Eva Holland
@evaholland.bsky.social
Yukoner * freelance writer * book author * devoted servant to a retired sled dog
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"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
We've got three oceans and we couldn't put "Canada Shore" on a single one of them. Just deeply embarrassing.
I can’t believe I’m about to get mad about a Jersey Shore ripoff but HERE WE ARE. I never watched it but I know the original was named after the specific location and featured a cast from the region.
This is just vaguely “Canada Shore”, is filmed in Kelowna, and the cast is almost all from Toronto
This is just vaguely “Canada Shore”, is filmed in Kelowna, and the cast is almost all from Toronto
'Canada Shore': Meet the 10 Canadians who will show the world how Canada parties in 'Jersey Shore' spinoff
Meet the cast of 10 Canadians who will star in the Paramount+ Jersey Shore spinoff Canada Show, filmed in Kelowna, B.C.
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We've got three oceans and we couldn't put "Canada Shore" on a single one of them. Just deeply embarrassing.
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Alaska Earthquake Center measured a 6.2 magnitude quake near Willow at 8:11 this morning.
Definitely felt that one
Definitely felt that one
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Alaska Earthquake Center measured a 6.2 magnitude quake near Willow at 8:11 this morning.
Definitely felt that one
Definitely felt that one
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When a Canadian says “It’s a bit of a gong show down there," what are they talking aboot? defector.com/how-a-campy-...
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he…
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November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When a Canadian says “It’s a bit of a gong show down there," what are they talking aboot? defector.com/how-a-campy-...
Well this, on "gong show," was a damn delight:
How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part Of Canada's National Lexicon | Defector
On tiny Hornby Island northwest of Vancouver, after the Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2015, our bed-and-breakfast host was telling us about the town. The pizza place in the park is terrific, he s...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Well this, on "gong show," was a damn delight:
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Speaking of the petite bourgeois (writers), did you know you can still buy my book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman? A great gift for the holidays and all the other days.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Speaking of the petite bourgeois (writers), did you know you can still buy my book The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman? A great gift for the holidays and all the other days.
📘🛒 : is.gd/iMcYEA
📘🛒 : is.gd/iMcYEA
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Hey folks! I know people are stretched a little thin right now but I wanted to boost this fundraiser for @siwc.bsky.social -- which as some may know cancelled this year so as to avoid crossing the picket line for the con hotel staff. (But now they are broke!)
Shares appreciated!
Shares appreciated!
Donate to Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!, organized by Jenn Striemer
For thirty-two years, the Surrey International Writers’ Conference… Jenn Striemer needs your support for Support the Surrey International Writers' Conference!
www.gofundme.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hey folks! I know people are stretched a little thin right now but I wanted to boost this fundraiser for @siwc.bsky.social -- which as some may know cancelled this year so as to avoid crossing the picket line for the con hotel staff. (But now they are broke!)
Shares appreciated!
Shares appreciated!
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Alberta has collected more than $1 billion in cannabis revenue.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
Canada collected over $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue since legalization | CBC News
Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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"What jolted me about your piece, to be honest, is that it’s more than a judgment on the Victoria Goldiees of our time. It’s also a judgment on an industry that found her writing credible enough to let through."
I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...
The Phantom Writer Who Fooled the Internet | The Walrus
The bot-assisted fake journalism of “Victoria Goldiee” and why editors should be very worried
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"What jolted me about your piece, to be honest, is that it’s more than a judgment on the Victoria Goldiees of our time. It’s also a judgment on an industry that found her writing credible enough to let through."
My friend @brianphillips.bsky.social has, for his own reasons, dedicated 4000 words and his substantial talent to the Nuzzi-Lizza-Kennedy-(Sanford) fiasco, and I confess I read every one.
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My friend @brianphillips.bsky.social has, for his own reasons, dedicated 4000 words and his substantial talent to the Nuzzi-Lizza-Kennedy-(Sanford) fiasco, and I confess I read every one.
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We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
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they're doing a reader survey (do it) but i would like to say that 404 Media is real good, it's amazing what they accomplish with such a small team, their reporting is essential, and everyone should subscribe, so that they can keep going
It'll take just a minute and help 404 Media figure out how to grow sustainably.
Please, please do our reader survey
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www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
they're doing a reader survey (do it) but i would like to say that 404 Media is real good, it's amazing what they accomplish with such a small team, their reporting is essential, and everyone should subscribe, so that they can keep going
Going through my credit card statement and pruning/downgrading some media subscriptions I don't use enough to save a little cash, typing "I'm sorry I'm sorry!!" in the little comment boxes, writhing with guilt. 😩
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Going through my credit card statement and pruning/downgrading some media subscriptions I don't use enough to save a little cash, typing "I'm sorry I'm sorry!!" in the little comment boxes, writhing with guilt. 😩
Oh, this is going to haunt me.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh, this is going to haunt me.
I love books, I love supporting authors, and I put more of my money than I can honestly reasonably spare into doing so. But this trend of some new romance novels coming out in hardcover - oof, y'all, that's a tough ask. It probably flips me from "buy it on day one" to "get it from the library."
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I love books, I love supporting authors, and I put more of my money than I can honestly reasonably spare into doing so. But this trend of some new romance novels coming out in hardcover - oof, y'all, that's a tough ask. It probably flips me from "buy it on day one" to "get it from the library."
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“Frog,” said Toad, “let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Frog,” said Toad, “let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.”
This allegation needs to be reported out. I hope it will be.
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This allegation needs to be reported out. I hope it will be.
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I owe everyone an apology. www.todayintabs.com/p/zz-flop
ZZ Flop
Hey guys! Guess who's in the Epsteiiiin fileeees!
www.todayintabs.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I owe everyone an apology. www.todayintabs.com/p/zz-flop
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
(My wife dictated this meme to me)
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
(My wife dictated this meme to me)
Really nice to be reminded of this story today (in the kindest possible way, no less), more than a decade after I wrote it. Sadly the beautiful but of-an-era web layout it started life with has long since gotten chewed up...
cant recite the lede but I think of this one often, it's beautiful on so many levels
Unclimbable | SB Nation
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November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Really nice to be reminded of this story today (in the kindest possible way, no less), more than a decade after I wrote it. Sadly the beautiful but of-an-era web layout it started life with has long since gotten chewed up...
To balance out that (excellent but) bleak freelance-slop story from earlier today, here's a bleak editor-slop story too. Good for the reporters, and a hearty WTF to this editor and board.
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
To balance out that (excellent but) bleak freelance-slop story from earlier today, here's a bleak editor-slop story too. Good for the reporters, and a hearty WTF to this editor and board.
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i hope people read this report. jasper's view of the industry is sharp, clear-eyed, fair, and reasonable in its hopes and skepticisms: defector.com/defector-ann...
Defector Annual Report, September 2024 – August 2025 | Defector
Published on November 19, 2025 Purpose of this report Defector celebrated our fifth birthday in September 2025. It is a great honor, and something of a burden, to be publishing a fifth Annual Report. ...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope people read this report. jasper's view of the industry is sharp, clear-eyed, fair, and reasonable in its hopes and skepticisms: defector.com/defector-ann...