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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 12h

The 5 Ursula K. Le Guin Books You Need to Read, According to Her Son | Portland Monthly buff.ly/lD44afJ

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm. No I don't think so. It still sounds wrong although I think that example is better than "He estranged me"

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 3d

I agree. I don't think it can be used as an active verb. His behaviour caused us to become estranged; not his behaviour estranged me.

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The Bitter Southerner @bittersouth.bsky.social · 14d

“Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.” ~ Jane Goodall

Thank you, Ms. Goodall. Rest in peace.🤍🌎

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 14d

Such sad news. Another light has gone out in this increasingly dark world.

Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · 14d

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 15d

Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! (jumps up and down)

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Gander Social @gandersocial.bsky.social · 15d

Residential school denialism doesn't stand up to reality despite the disinformation that so often fills our feeds.

"Each of the 7,000 statements from residential school survivors is a gift...Deniers would prefer we forget them."

So let’s not forget them.

nctr.ca/uncategorize...

Residential-school denialism doesn’t stand up to reality

Authored by Raymond Frogner, head of archives for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Canada’s Supreme Court has acknowledged that Canadian governments and Christian organizations…

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 15d

A beautiful image for this day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.

Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 15d

Every Child is a Universe
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2025

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 21d

I think it depends on how easy you find it to carry your smart phone around with you (assuming you have one). imo the only add-on for the watch is perhaps more consistent and persistent health monitoring.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 21d

I've read some of this in an earlier form, and it's REALLY interesting. Especially if you like children's fantasy and have sensitivity to and curiosity about absorption and/or appropriation of indigenous myth and the way fantasy can give a "way in" to the Land (or Country).

Judith Ridge @msmisrule.bsky.social · 21d

I've posted on Substack about my PhD research. I'm writing about the way White children's writers have worked within the fantasy genre to explore a different relationship to Country than the realist "everything in Australia will kill you" mode allowed.

open.substack.com/pub/msmisrul...

Australian children’s fantasy fiction and the Settler Colonial desire for a connection to Country.

An overview of research towards my PhD in Children's Literature through the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

open.substack.com

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 29d

Strange Horizons published our first issue 25 years ago this month! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who has ever read, shared, submitted, donated! We wouldn't be here without you and we hope you'll continue to support us into the future!

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · 29d

Ah - ok that makes sense. I was thinking that it sounded more like "brown sauce" than Worcestershire sauce per se.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Sep 15

hmm. I doubt real Worcestershire sauce has apple cider vinegar, soy sauce, or molasses in it. And I'm pretty sure it has anchovies in it.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Sep 13

I loved lying in bed this morning listening to the foghorns.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Sep 9

Aw. Good luck to you and Salem. Can you ask the vet for some gabapentin to give Salem beforehand?

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Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · Sep 2

New episode up now. The Tombs of Atuan (1970) by Ursula K. Le Guin, the second part of Earthsea, with guest Frank Cottrell-Boyce in conversation with Una McCormack and Andy Miller. @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0sc5...

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · Aug 27

Imagine the complicated and precious genius of the girl who made this embroidery sampler in 1811

The Solar System, sampler, unknown maker, 1811, England. Museum no. T.92-1939. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

a 19th century embroidery sampler showing the solar system, the distance of the planets from the sun, and the length of time it takes each planet to circle the sun

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 26

For #InternationalDogDay I felt I had to post this absolutely joyous shot of my Baggins, from a few years back. #Dogs #DogsOfBluesky 📷🐈

A grey and white Bearded Collie dog is running out of the ocean, the wind blowing his coat and tail and small waves breaking behind him.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you!

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thank you!

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hive mind, especially SF peeps. A friend is asking what the origin is of the term "little green men" for aliens, and I confess I have no idea. Does any of you?

A figure depicting a typical "little green man" alien being against a while ground (Adobe stock)

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Aug 22

As Tove Jansson’s Moomins turn 80, new generations are discovering a world where “trolling” means weathering life’s many anxieties | The New Yorker

The Joys of Moomscrolling

As Tove Jansson’s lovable creatures turn eighty, new generations are discovering a world where “trolling” means weathering life’s many anxieties.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 22

I wish I were still teaching so I could use it for a creative non-fiction class or composition. It's a wonderful essay. And I'm so sorry this happened.

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is such a good essay. Please read it. And - presenters - FFS learn how to pronounce the names you are reading! (My name is very seldom pronounced correctly, especially in N.A.)

Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️ @grigorylukin.bsky.social · Aug 21

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"

grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...

#Worldcon

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Dr. Gascoyne 🇨🇦 @debbieg.bsky.social · Aug 18

What's your favourite Quentin Blake illustrated book? Mine is How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsman. I also very much love Michael Rosen's Sad Book, except that it always makes me cry.

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Aug 18

Quentin Blake and Me at the Lowry: the magic touch of Britain’s best-loved children’s illustrator | The Conversation

Quentin Blake and Me at the Lowry: the magic touch of Britain’s best-loved children’s illustrator

A new exhibition reveals how Blake’s warm, funny and kinetic illustrations transport readers young and old.

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