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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1h

Today, Elections AB also issued the petition after a Calgary teacher applied to petition for a referendum on the question of ending public funding to private schools.

Alicia Taylor has until Feb. 11, 2026 to gather 177, 732 signatures in support of a referendum on the Q #AbLeg #AbEd

Background:

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1h

This is the first publicly released polling on Alberta education issues from a professional pollster in a while, and the results are super interesting.

ARI poll suggests contract dispute support for teachers: 58%
Support for AB govt: 21 %
Neither: 18 % #AbLeg #AbEd

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 4h

<totters out onto porch>

<settles into rocker>

<thumps cane a few times>

Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.

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Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · 3h

Less than $1600 and 13 hours to fund INTO THE DARK!

Filled with dark fantasy including my story 'Imperfect Monsters', you don't want to miss the chance for early copies, exclusive art, and more!

🌘 "You are the final monster, and the stars are bored. They do not wait to reveal your true nature." 🌒

Into the Dark

A Dark Fantasy and Fantastical Horror Anthology

www.kickstarter.com

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 8h

Come get your Halloween reads and recommend Bsky any on sale that you enjoyed!

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 13d

Kobo's big month-long Spooky Sale is live! 👻

eBooks: www.kobo.com/p/halloween-...

Audiobooks: kobo.com/p/spooky-aud...

Writers, link to your books that are in the sale and tell us a few words about them! (No AI!)

Readers, see one you recommend? Also tell us!

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 10h

Last day to get Thanksgiving deals on Kobo!

Try Unmagic by Jane Glatt & Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft for 99 cents!

Unmagic: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
Jumpship Hope: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

book promo post. Parchment watercolour background with pumpkins in lower left corner and leaves in the upper right corner. In the centre are two book covers, Unmagic by Jane Glatt and Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft. Unmagic is blue and shows a young woman standing on a beach. The trees around her are crystalline. Jumpship Hope is a green cover and shows a young starship pilot wearing an exo-suit, surveying a strange landscape, while overhead a space station is visible in the sky.

Additional text says Thanksgiving Sale Weekend, Kobo.

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 1d

My unhinged literary opinion is that you should buy all my small press and indie pub friends books.

ALL.

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Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 1d

Thread (read all the posts) and quite true. Just ASK animal-related groups that are local: "I'm struggling, do you know of any pet food banks/options around?" because they usually have contacts and might run one themselves.

Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 1d

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

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Marie Bilodeau @mariebilodeau.bsky.social · 1d

We are getting close to @canconsffh.bsky.social and I am taking a moment to say that I have the best crew anyone could ever ask for. Ever. Lemme go on for a bit. You need to know how amazing they are, and they deserve it to be seen.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 5d

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 5d

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 1d

Gentle reminder: I am seeing more "I cannot afford pet food" posts & if you might face this in the near future/now, I recommend checking your local area's subreddit and posting if anyone knows of local programs for pet food. Many areas have small under-the-radar charities that give out pet food.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Lots of us have great-grandparents names who were absolutely changed when they came here, and when people say otherwise, they're assuming your great-grandparents name was in the Roman alphabet.

Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 1d

Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.

First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of comments on Mars rovers or Moon landings, but it's important to remember that the planet NASA studies most is Earth. This is less about cutting flashy things like moonwalks and more about keeping communities in the dark on climate, weather, agriculture, pollution, natural hazards, and more.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Many of the "classics" one reads in school are chosen to be non-controversial to contemporary censorious nincompoops, which as I understand it is one reason it's often challenging to get and keep contemporary literature in school classes.

Eric_IAG @thesocialjusticegm.bsky.social · 1d

I contend that the classics they make you read in school is meant to discourage reading.

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Emily J. Edwards (but witchy) @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 1d

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

A tumblr post that reads "WHo would have believed that the perfect wikipedia photo caption could have been improved upon?" Two identical images are then side by side. The first caption is "Piper Kerr, a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904". The Caption for the image on the left reads, "Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottis National Antarctix Expedition, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904"

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! Time to stock up on books to curl up and read after your pumpkin pie.

On Kobo, get Unmagic by Jane Glatt & Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft for 99 cents!

Unmagic: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
Jumpship Hope: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

K1: so we need to learn this lesson about writing
Me: ok ok
We talk about the Sumerians, cuneiform etc
K1/ they really wrote on clay?
Me: yep. Entire complaint letter sometimes
K1: ?
Me: let me introduce you to our local main character, Ea-Nasir...

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Waschfrau Schmitten @onafwendbaar.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, good old Ea-Nasir.

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 1d

The librarian in Lisa Timpf's @lisatimpf.bsky.social story "The Space Librarians' Code" faces the closure and destruction of her ship's library, by government decree.

Get a copy of Starship Librarians! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4ZKNHX

Book promo post. A textured orange-hued background with a book cover overlaid it. The book cover is for Starship Librarians and features a humanoid librarian in a retro-coloured spacesuit of oranges, creams, and teal, shelves books. They are framed by a window looking out onto space. Behind them is a bookcart with thrusters instead of wheels. Additional text says Opening Lines. "A... young man with a sweat-stained Engine Tech's uniform... strolled up to the... Bonavista's main circulation counter. " Lisa Timpf from "The Space Librarians' Code"

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 1d

See? The money was there all along. We were lied to

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 3d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 1d

The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.

The privatization crisis at Canada Post

Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...

canadiandimension.com

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite ongoing gag in Warhammer is that every year, at Christmas, the Orks discover socialism.

www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Wreck the halls – Da Red Gobbo is back with a festive robotic contraption - Warhammer Community

The new Christmas miniature revealed.

www.warhammer-community.com

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!

We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.

Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"

US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.

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Tyche BoooOOOoooks 👻🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 2d

t's a long weekend in Canada! Time to stock up on books to curl up and read after your pumpkin pie.

On Kobo, get Unmagic by Jane Glatt & Jumpship Hope by Adria Laycraft for 99 cents!

Unmagic: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...
Jumpship Hope: www.kobo.com/ca/en/e...

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