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J. Marshall Freeman

@jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social

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Novelist, poet, musician, queer aesthete, Toronto biker, older and only marginally wiser. jmarshallfreeman.com My new short story collection, "To Wrap Yourself in Light," is now available on Amazon.

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J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 6m

Amalas is the greatest. Hire her!

Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 2d

Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia

[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa

Book cover for the YA book ICEBREAKER by A.L. Graziadei showing the two male main protagonist facing each other and holding onto each others collar.

Digital art of my original characters Aran and Tao as young adults out at night in their local nyc neighborhood kissing. Tao sits on a bicycle and Aran bends down slightly to kiss him.

Mock cover of Suzanne Samin and my upcoming graphic novel. The title still r wads Fear Of Falling but we changed it now to Wherever I’m With You.

The cover shows a brick house fall and Aran and Tao sitting on the rooftop, their legs dangling down the edge, and in big letters underneath them it reads “fear of falling”

Digital art of original characters Aran and Tao as young teenagers on a hot summer day walking down the streets in their local nyc neighborhood and playing around with a basketball.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 26m

I like to write there, too, although the stools and counter are too high.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 5h

“Her anger flared …”

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 6h

Kate Mulgrew also starred in Mrs. Columbo. We need a wacky “Columbo Family” sitcom.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 6h

“Baby-Yodaing Bosch”

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 7h

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

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J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been watching the decimation of colleges, like George Brown where my husband is losing the work he’s had for decades due to cuts. Is this ultimately all about making room for 100% private institutions—friends (actual or ideological) of the Premier?

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

I think… those are powered by… uh… nuclear materials? But I get the idea.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

But what about the famous “What if Sonic the Hedgehog and Anne Frank were friends” fan story?

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

In the last ep of Marc Maron’s podcast, he again reiterated that being audio-only improved the quality of the conversations. The guests didn’t have to perform for video; they could more easily be themselves in a casual environment.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a video on the various reasons companies post job ads for jobs that don’t exist. It makes it look like the company is growing, which appeases shareholders and the market. It makes existing workers worry that their jobs are at risk so they work more, etc., it helps HR justify its own jobs.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

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J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

But the very existence of all the job postings, and the constant barrage of “helpful” tips on how to land the jobs is designed to make job seekers like you feel like losers. No, it’s actually a rigged game. I’m sorry you’re going through this.

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J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

The extra piece of context (and what she’s referencing when she says the hot dogs are being slammed down people’s throats) is that the idiots making this slop keep sending them to her and her family, as if the Williams clan will applaud these “tributes.” AI slopmeisters are truly deranged.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

And if you or the kids need something non-historical there, check out the big science museum, which is amazing.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

What can we do to ensure that?

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

They do have every single picture on their website.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

She is a gem

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh. I didn’t even know about that program.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

I’m Jonathan Freeman

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

We must know each other. I was in Mr. Grant’s senior chamber orchestra the whole time I was there.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. graduated in 1982. Bakka! Yes.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

I assume it comes from “badass.”

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Made crazy by the flesh

Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · Dec 17

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

J. Marshall Freeman @jmarshallfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

That sounds like the opening of my novel! Including York Mills to Bloor. Although his first destination is the Silver Snail on Queen St. W.