hey, Toronto! Come out to the TIFA small press market at Victoria College, Chapel Lobby, UToronto until 5pm!

Thanks to @49thshelf.bsky.social for shining a light on us in the Publisher Spotlight series. We had the pleasure of chatting about our story & when we arrived on the CanLit scene 21 years ago, stand-out titles over the years, upcoming books we're excited about, & more.
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

Marbling workshop with Chena marblers. SATISFYING swirls in vat.

Post you from a different era.

(Blue Jays edition)

“Multiple adhesives on substrate”

Thanksgiving reading

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Deal

Not convinced these jellied. Future problem.

An increase in stress means an increase in food processing. Reviving my dormant sourdough from its fridge prison. Attempt at Concord grape jelly. A no-knead bread.

Gemini: Take a vacation from your problems. Your assassin isn’t in a rush.

very nice! my first ever shortlist for the Ottawa Book Awards, for On Beauty: stories (University of Alberta Press);
; congrats to Manahil, Nina, Paul and Chuqiao for also shortlisting! / @ualbertapress.bsky.social @manahil.bsky.social ;
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‘Prejudice against the disabled was still so widespread that in 1980 a Frankfurt court ordered the reimbursement of the cost of a hotel to a tourist who had been upset by the presence of a group of guests with cerebral palsy.’

Richard J. Evans on German eugenics: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Today in AI Is Not A Good Source For Learning About The World's Most Misunderstood Body Part, meet this ChatGPT gem.

Funnily enough, we're actually going to talk about how most of this is kinda sorta right (for small values of right), as a cautionary tale about generative AI.

Trying to imagine completing another/next book & it all feels impossible. Like trying to climb a mountain of melting ice cream.

The appt thing makes it that way for me too but they’re friendly once you’re there and the best fitting bras I’ve had were from their fittings. Have been trying to organize myself up for a re-measure as I’ve shifted size.

In Ottawa — Brachic for a fitting. Or Brio.

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#PostpartumPreeclampsia
#BlackWomen
"In the U.S., 5-8% of pregnancies are impacted by preeclampsia, a complication that leads to life threatening high blood pressure." This disproportionately affects #BlackWomen.

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“wellness” culture feeds directly into eugenics.

It perpetuates the idea that disability is a moral failing.

That we can “try harder” our way out of it and if we can’t, we didn’t really “want” to get better.

It makes it easier to punish the sick & poor.

Disability is not a moral failing.

@robmclennan.bsky.social Makes sense.

hey everyone! ive had a couple of dozen folk telling me they're going to this event on thursday, but only 5 tickets have sold, which is prompting the venue to talk about cancelling; if you are planning to go, could you please pre-purchase your ticket? thanks!
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