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Matt Cahill

@mattcahill.bsky.social

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Novelist (Radioland, The Society of Experience) / short fiction / essays. Agent: Kelvin Kong, K2 Literary https://k2literary.com/ Former film/TV post supervisor, currently Registered Psychotherapist in private practice

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · Feb 23

I don't promote my writing very often (ironically because I'm usually busy writing in my spare time), but I'd like to feature my two novels today, THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE and most recently RADIOLAND.

Both are mind-bendy urban literary fiction with generous doses of dark spec blended in.

My two novels laying on nicely art-directed industrial flooring.

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VassB @vassb.bsky.social · 5h

Sometimes NO works from a policy perspective.

The Verge @theverge.com · 5h

New York bans AI-enabled rent price fixing

Renters in the Big Apple could have just caught a big break today.

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 2h

Chef's kiss.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 7h

I understand the real politik at work, I am interested in how this plays w people who did their bit, as much as they could. Symbolic efforts, signals and signs, matter too.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 8h

Regular people did so much heavy lifting w the elbows up stuff while elites balked. I am interested in how this all plays out.

Feels like Carney cheering "Go Mariners!" almost.

'It's time to talk': Carney rules out hitting the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday his government is not considering hitting American goods with more retaliatory tariffs, even as the trade war rages on, because there are signs that the bilate...

www.cbc.ca

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 3h

[CAMERA PANS TO CANADA]

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 3h

And Saint Petersburg. I'd love to go under different circumstances (!) but I hear the mosquitos are huge.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 12h

Notice how the adultification of Black children (especially young Black men) is the inverse of the infantilization of White adults (especially fully grown White men). It holds Black children as always blameworthy and White adults as blameless.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

These. Were. Men. In. Their. 30s.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 5h

I heard Sarah MacLachlan for the first time as a 22 year old host at the Canada Pavillion at EXPO ‘92 in Seville.
She, like other up and comings, came and sang, for a time, on a floating stage at the centre of Bing Tom’s impressive Zinc-clad box. She was 23. She sang barefoot. We all loved her.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 4h

Blue Jay
Ben Houstie ~ Heiltsuk
2024

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 9h

New horror movie somehow not a metaphor for trauma

BRANDON, MB - Scary movie enthusiasts are stunned after discovering that a recent popular horror film is in no way an allegory for grief, PTSD, or intergenerational trauma.

www.thebeaverton.com

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 8h

October's moving fast, so before I forget I wanted to recognize this month as the 10th anniversary of my first novel, THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE, being published (via @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social). It's been a wild ride and I look forward to the future as my third novel is out on submission.

A copy of THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE resting on a woven textile backdrop.

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Jenn Woodall @funeralbeat.bsky.social · 9h

Poster for ZINEDUMP, a new Toronto zine fair! I'm one of the organizers for the event, and we are having our inaugural event on November 9th! We hope to see you there!
For updates, please check our website or follow our instagram at zinedump.fyi

A poster for Zinedump, a new Toronto zine fair. The poster features a woman levitating above a star drawn on the earth in chalk. She is wearing a goat skull and holding a zine, which is emitting orange smoke. 3 small Toronto associated animals are gathered around in worship - A raccoon, a rat and a skunk. The information on the poster is as follows:
November 9th, 12pm to 5pm
Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street
12 - 1pm - Masks mandatory
1pm - 5pm - Masks encouraged
60+ vendors and programming
More updates coming!

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 11h

Biking through Niagara wine region is awesome.

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Maggie Helwig's ENCAMPMENT has won the Toronto Book Awards!

The city has also just given notice that the encampment beside her church (St. Stephen-in-the-Fields) is to be cleared TOMORROW MORNING (Thurs., Oct. 16). If you're in Toronto, support the encampment and its residents at 103 Bellevue Ave.!

A photograph of Maggie Helwig alongside friends, encampment residents, and readers.

A photograph of the notice given to clear the encampment with less than 24 hours notice.

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Maggie Helwig @maggiehelwig.bsky.social · 1d

We have just been informed that the encampment at St Stephen's will be cleared TOMORROW (Thursday). If you can be here in support of the residents, please come. We anticipate that things will start around 9 am and probably go on for some time.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1d

There's a Sylvain Charlebois for everything, it seems.

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Stalk Talk with Braiden Palumbo

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Yup

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 2d

That header font is an assault. Mind you so is the wallpaper.

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 2d

Fiction-wise, I'm doing satire these days...and there are, like, two? publications available to submit to? It's rough.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d

“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 2d

Movie poster legend Drew Struzan has passed away at 78. RIP.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 2d

Back when I was playing bass in bands, I took a few lessons to up my game. After the last lesson, the teacher told me to pick up D'Angelo's Voodoo album and said, "Honestly, everything you need to know is on this record." He was right. RIP.

D’Angelo, Groundbreaking R&B Artist, Dies at 51

From his 1995 debut Brown Sugar to his 2014 comeback Black Messiah, he helped define the neo-soul movement

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 2d

Philip Glass should've scored more horror flicks.