Shannon Page
@shanpage.bsky.social
Writer. Words in Grain, Plenitude, Foglifter, etc.
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Something I've noticed lately is how, in the shadow of America's increasing loud anti-trans rhetoric, every time there's a "here's what it means to be Canadian and fight back in the face of These Hard Times" there are also no trans people involved. Like our elbows don't go up the same way.
September 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Something I've noticed lately is how, in the shadow of America's increasing loud anti-trans rhetoric, every time there's a "here's what it means to be Canadian and fight back in the face of These Hard Times" there are also no trans people involved. Like our elbows don't go up the same way.
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fellow authors, it’s our duty to financially ruin the AI industry
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
fellow authors, it’s our duty to financially ruin the AI industry
"Clearly, this government is capable of speaking about spending decisions that don’t align with its priorities. So why is it clamming up in the face of big business behaving badly in the United States?"
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee
Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.
thetyee.ca
August 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Clearly, this government is capable of speaking about spending decisions that don’t align with its priorities. So why is it clamming up in the face of big business behaving badly in the United States?"
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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“This wishy-washy stance when it comes to jaw-dropping cruelty tied to the U.S. is yet another stroke in an increasingly clear portrait: one of PM Mark Carney with his elbows firmly planted to his sides when it comes to big business.”
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Tyee
Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.
thetyee.ca
August 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“This wishy-washy stance when it comes to jaw-dropping cruelty tied to the U.S. is yet another stroke in an increasingly clear portrait: one of PM Mark Carney with his elbows firmly planted to his sides when it comes to big business.”
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social’s first column with The Tyee.
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In real life, it is seniors who rent in crisis. Fastest growing group of homeless residents, almost no returns on savings due to low interest rates leading to collapse, almost no rental housing built in decades, rising rents at historic levels eating up fixed incomes, & stagnant disability supports
August 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In real life, it is seniors who rent in crisis. Fastest growing group of homeless residents, almost no returns on savings due to low interest rates leading to collapse, almost no rental housing built in decades, rising rents at historic levels eating up fixed incomes, & stagnant disability supports
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“We can’t allow housing to get affordable because a chunk of the population relies on home equity to retire because capitalism & a move away from unions = no pensions anymore” is a diabolical take
August 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“We can’t allow housing to get affordable because a chunk of the population relies on home equity to retire because capitalism & a move away from unions = no pensions anymore” is a diabolical take
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any creative that talks to generative ai for ideas instead of to the shadows that haunt them or to the small animal bones under their bed isnt worthy of being read by human eyes.
Your results may vary, but in my opinion, none of these uses are acceptable.
August 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
any creative that talks to generative ai for ideas instead of to the shadows that haunt them or to the small animal bones under their bed isnt worthy of being read by human eyes.
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The camp has raised almost $20K since yesterday, but they still have a ways to go. Donation link is in the reply to my original post.
So this camp for queer kids in Northern Ontario has lost a lot of its funding because Canadian corporations with US ties have stopped donating.
Northern Ont. 2SLGBTQ+ youth camp in crisis after losing key donation
A northern Ontario summer camp for 2SLGBTQ+ youth says it is struggling to meet a surge in demand while facing a critical drop in funding.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The camp has raised almost $20K since yesterday, but they still have a ways to go. Donation link is in the reply to my original post.
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I am so tired of academia's entrenched "just get a job somewhere else" mentality. Like, "I'm sure there's something a few states/countries over."
What other workers do we ever say that to?
No. The tools of resistance are to fight for what we have here.
What other workers do we ever say that to?
No. The tools of resistance are to fight for what we have here.
a group of people protesting in front of a building that says bet on it
ALT: a group of people protesting in front of a building that says bet on it
media.tenor.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I am so tired of academia's entrenched "just get a job somewhere else" mentality. Like, "I'm sure there's something a few states/countries over."
What other workers do we ever say that to?
No. The tools of resistance are to fight for what we have here.
What other workers do we ever say that to?
No. The tools of resistance are to fight for what we have here.
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The women around terrible men aren’t secretly heroes of the revolution. They are collaborators.
July 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The women around terrible men aren’t secretly heroes of the revolution. They are collaborators.
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Also to make an em dash all you have to do is put two dashes in a row in Word, and the program makes it for you. Wordpress too.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Also to make an em dash all you have to do is put two dashes in a row in Word, and the program makes it for you. Wordpress too.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
Anything an LLM is doing is stolen from actual writers and I'll be damned if I'll let a plagiarism machine dictate how I use language, grammar or punctuation.
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Listening to Canadian news is basically just everything is on fire also we need to fast track approvals on resource extraction.
June 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Listening to Canadian news is basically just everything is on fire also we need to fast track approvals on resource extraction.
For once I wish I were in Toronto. This line up is🔥
It's @torontocomics.bsky.social this weekend! Come find us on the ice rink at Mattamy Athletic Centre keeping it cool w/ @katebeaton.bsky.social @dirtbagg.bsky.social @michaeldeforge.bsky.social Guy Delisle, Maria Medem, & many more. Full schedule: drawnandquarterly.com/event/dq-exh...
June 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
For once I wish I were in Toronto. This line up is🔥
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Anyways.... Albertans, if you want to fill in an extremely leading survey that the government wants to use to ban books that hurt their feelings, that would be great. It has freeform boxes, which are always funnnnnn! 😈 #abed #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #BookBanning your.alberta.ca/school-libra...
School Library Materials
The Government of Alberta wants to hear from Albertans about age-appropriate materials in school libraries To bring more transparency and oversight to the selection and management of school library ma...
your.alberta.ca
May 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Anyways.... Albertans, if you want to fill in an extremely leading survey that the government wants to use to ban books that hurt their feelings, that would be great. It has freeform boxes, which are always funnnnnn! 😈 #abed #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #BookBanning your.alberta.ca/school-libra...
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Let's be clear: three of the four books flagged by the Alberta government today as containing "inappropriate content" feature queer and trans people.
This is moral panic.
This is the same blueprint of book bans in the US.
And this is happening in Canada.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
This is moral panic.
This is the same blueprint of book bans in the US.
And this is happening in Canada.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
‘Extremely graphic’ sexual content found in books at K-9 schools, province says
Books found in some school libraries in Calgary and Edmonton had “explicit sexual content,” said the provincial government.
calgaryherald.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Let's be clear: three of the four books flagged by the Alberta government today as containing "inappropriate content" feature queer and trans people.
This is moral panic.
This is the same blueprint of book bans in the US.
And this is happening in Canada.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
This is moral panic.
This is the same blueprint of book bans in the US.
And this is happening in Canada.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
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My story (with video!) on the announcement about Alberta's new plan to restrict school library books announced today, and how three of the four books they singled out as "inappropriate" were focused on LGBTQ2S+ themes.
xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
Alberta to create standards for ‘age-appropriate’ school library books | Xtra Magazine
Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” and Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” are among the books flagged as “extremely graphic”
xtramagazine.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My story (with video!) on the announcement about Alberta's new plan to restrict school library books announced today, and how three of the four books they singled out as "inappropriate" were focused on LGBTQ2S+ themes.
xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
xtramagazine.com/video/albert...
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if you use AI secretly in your writing, which a lot of people seem to be doing? why are you a writer? The only two pleasures in writing are writing and having written, neither of which you will have done, so what pleasure will you have? The pleasure of being self-published and read by no one?
May 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
if you use AI secretly in your writing, which a lot of people seem to be doing? why are you a writer? The only two pleasures in writing are writing and having written, neither of which you will have done, so what pleasure will you have? The pleasure of being self-published and read by no one?
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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they're defunding the arts because the arts are a threat. make more art.
May 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
they're defunding the arts because the arts are a threat. make more art.
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Hello all!! I am raising money to go home and visit my stepdad with terminal cancer. I'd like to visit a few times while I still can. I have pins and bracelets in my ko-fi store, plus a few copies of TFOTS on hand. Can also send ebooks to ppl upon request 💖 ko-fi.com/lormaggot
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ko-fi.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hello all!! I am raising money to go home and visit my stepdad with terminal cancer. I'd like to visit a few times while I still can. I have pins and bracelets in my ko-fi store, plus a few copies of TFOTS on hand. Can also send ebooks to ppl upon request 💖 ko-fi.com/lormaggot
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supports & resources for anyone impacted by the terrible events at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, please share: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site
April 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
supports & resources for anyone impacted by the terrible events at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, please share: vanfilemergency.my.canva.site
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Filipino emergency response resources for anyone in need of support (Google doc): docs.google.com/document/u/0...
Filipino Emergency Response - Resources
docs.google.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Filipino emergency response resources for anyone in need of support (Google doc): docs.google.com/document/u/0...