Candas Jane Dorsey
@cjdwriter.bsky.social
Wrote Black Wine, Epitome Apartments Mysteries, Story of My Life Ongoing, & other books. Pomeranians. Partner is also a writer, so, weird conversations. Forced to diversify after fifteen years atwitter, slowly accepting, but don't come here much yet...
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Good thread!
1) This is blatantly unconstitutional
2) Withholding funding from which judicial appointments? Provincial? Because federally-appointed judges get paid from the federal budget. That's why new judicial spots end up in federal budget bills
3) Withholding any funding will make the justice system worse
2) Withholding funding from which judicial appointments? Provincial? Because federally-appointed judges get paid from the federal budget. That's why new judicial spots end up in federal budget bills
3) Withholding any funding will make the justice system worse
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Good thread!
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Here comes Trump's vindictiveness and interventionism. Canadians everywhere and Albertans in particular should have no illusions about the Alberta separation movement. It is funded and supported from abroad in order to destroy Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump cabinet member weighs in on Alberta separatism | CBC News
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent commented Thursday on the separatist movement in Alberta — making him the highest-ranking member of the Trump administration to weigh in on the province's politic...
www.cbc.ca
January 24, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Here comes Trump's vindictiveness and interventionism. Canadians everywhere and Albertans in particular should have no illusions about the Alberta separation movement. It is funded and supported from abroad in order to destroy Canada.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Now is the time to register or renew for your CSFFA membership -- it's only ten bucks. :)
Jan. 2026 CSFFA Newsletter drops, including: registration for the year is open, and our first book club meeting is happening on Jan. 22 (featuring @cjdwriter.bsky.social!) to talk A JUDGMENT OF DRAGONS and matron saint of Canadian spec fic, Phyllis Gotlieb.
mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
2026 CSFFA Registration Opens, Book Club Meeting Jan. 22
mailchi.mp
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Now is the time to register or renew for your CSFFA membership -- it's only ten bucks. :)
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This book club (covering every Aurora Best Novel winner) is ambitious and cool!
Jan. 2026 CSFFA Newsletter drops, including: registration for the year is open, and our first book club meeting is happening on Jan. 22 (featuring @cjdwriter.bsky.social!) to talk A JUDGMENT OF DRAGONS and matron saint of Canadian spec fic, Phyllis Gotlieb.
mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
2026 CSFFA Registration Opens, Book Club Meeting Jan. 22
mailchi.mp
January 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
This book club (covering every Aurora Best Novel winner) is ambitious and cool!
This is going to be just so great. Phyllis was a goddess...
Jan. 2026 CSFFA Newsletter drops, including: registration for the year is open, and our first book club meeting is happening on Jan. 22 (featuring @cjdwriter.bsky.social!) to talk A JUDGMENT OF DRAGONS and matron saint of Canadian spec fic, Phyllis Gotlieb.
mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
2026 CSFFA Registration Opens, Book Club Meeting Jan. 22
mailchi.mp
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This is going to be just so great. Phyllis was a goddess...
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
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Please find an announcement from us on the tragic passing of our friend and fellow board member, Jean-Louis Trudel.
mailchi.mp/csffa/in-mem...
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Jean-Louis Trudel, 1967-2025
mailchi.mp
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Please find an announcement from us on the tragic passing of our friend and fellow board member, Jean-Louis Trudel.
mailchi.mp/csffa/in-mem...
mailchi.mp/csffa/in-mem...
Gonna be fun to talk about Phyllis and her work at the inaugural Aurora Book Club January 22 2026!
Happy Holidays from CSFFA!
Check out the info for our Aurora Book Club, launching in January with Phyllis Gotlieb's "A Judgment of Dragons" and a book club event featuring special guest @cjdwriter.bsky.social!
+ CSFFA's 2026 Calendar & Aurora Eligibility Reminder
mailchi.mp/csffa/dec-2025
Check out the info for our Aurora Book Club, launching in January with Phyllis Gotlieb's "A Judgment of Dragons" and a book club event featuring special guest @cjdwriter.bsky.social!
+ CSFFA's 2026 Calendar & Aurora Eligibility Reminder
mailchi.mp/csffa/dec-2025
Season's Greetings, Book Club Launces in January & CSFFA's 2026 Calendar
mailchi.mp
December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Gonna be fun to talk about Phyllis and her work at the inaugural Aurora Book Club January 22 2026!
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Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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It does not escape me that those of us who have been saying it was a genocide, since early days, are also the ones who correctly called what is happening here fascism, since early days.
Things are pretty obvious if you are willing to look.
Things are pretty obvious if you are willing to look.
"Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in Article II of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)".
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, genocide scholars' association says - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It does not escape me that those of us who have been saying it was a genocide, since early days, are also the ones who correctly called what is happening here fascism, since early days.
Things are pretty obvious if you are willing to look.
Things are pretty obvious if you are willing to look.
It was great fun!
Thanks for coming out last night to celebrate some very fine writing in the form of 'The End of the World As We Know It', with the fantastic @cjdwriter.bsky.social and @premeemohamed.com .
Check our events calendar for when we'll have these two (and many other great local authors) in store again.
Check our events calendar for when we'll have these two (and many other great local authors) in store again.
August 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It was great fun!
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BEST TITLE AT #yegfringe: Tonight I saw Celia Taylor’s play “Cult of the Clitoris” - great fun, great cast, and I learned some #Lgbtq History!
August 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
BEST TITLE AT #yegfringe: Tonight I saw Celia Taylor’s play “Cult of the Clitoris” - great fun, great cast, and I learned some #Lgbtq History!
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Canadian writers, there are now a couple of AI class actions for Canadian authors. Please check out both links below.
If you have found your books in the Books3 or LibGen DBs, you are likely to be included in the class(es).
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
If you have found your books in the Books3 or LibGen DBs, you are likely to be included in the class(es).
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...
Meta AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers
www.cfmlawyers.ca
August 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Good question...kinda obvious tho...
Danielle Smith was elected to a Calgary school board. It had to be dissolved.
Smith became the leader of the WRP. It imploded.
Smith joined the PC party. It no longer exists.
What do you think she's going to do Alberta?
Smith became the leader of the WRP. It imploded.
Smith joined the PC party. It no longer exists.
What do you think she's going to do Alberta?
August 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Good question...kinda obvious tho...
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By the way I hope I will see my fellow Edmontonian horror fans at the signing for THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT -- please note our illustrious city of CANADA 😂
I will be in conversation with @cjdwriter.bsky.social at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social 7 pm Aug 19!
I will be in conversation with @cjdwriter.bsky.social at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social 7 pm Aug 19!
July 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
By the way I hope I will see my fellow Edmontonian horror fans at the signing for THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT -- please note our illustrious city of CANADA 😂
I will be in conversation with @cjdwriter.bsky.social at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social 7 pm Aug 19!
I will be in conversation with @cjdwriter.bsky.social at @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social 7 pm Aug 19!
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It is INDEED PROPHESIZED and actually our event (in conversation with the illustrious @cjdwriter.bsky.social ) is already up on the @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social site! 😍
audreys.ca/events/25540...
audreys.ca/events/25540...
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It is INDEED PROPHESIZED and actually our event (in conversation with the illustrious @cjdwriter.bsky.social ) is already up on the @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social site! 😍
audreys.ca/events/25540...
audreys.ca/events/25540...
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Let’s talk about an Edmonton science fiction institution -- On Spec, Canada’s most prominent English-language science fiction magazine.
onspec.ca/about-on-spec
onspec.ca/about-on-spec
About On Spec / Contact Us
In 1989, a small group of Edmonton writers formed The Copper Pig Writers Society in order to fill a niche in Canada–a paying market for English SF. SF with a uniquely Canadian Perspective. Of…
onspec.ca
July 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Let’s talk about an Edmonton science fiction institution -- On Spec, Canada’s most prominent English-language science fiction magazine.
onspec.ca/about-on-spec
onspec.ca/about-on-spec
We are at this place. Appalling.
Danielle Smith’s Separatism Panel is about using tax-payer dollars to campaign on issues Albertans have already said they don’t support - with a HEALTHY sprinkle of xenophobia - to distract from her failure to create jobs, address cost of living, and deliver healthcare & education.
The end.
The end.
June 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We are at this place. Appalling.
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If you are part of the #Edmonton community please take and share this survey from #BoyleStreet: di.legeropinion.com/survey/selfs...
Survey
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May 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you are part of the #Edmonton community please take and share this survey from #BoyleStreet: di.legeropinion.com/survey/selfs...
This conversation with the one-and-only @premeemohamed.com is gonna be great!!
It is INDEED PROPHESIZED and actually our event (in conversation with the illustrious @cjdwriter.bsky.social ) is already up on the @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social site! 😍
audreys.ca/events/25540...
audreys.ca/events/25540...
May 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This conversation with the one-and-only @premeemohamed.com is gonna be great!!
This will be grand!
It is INDEED PROPHESIZED and actually our event (in conversation with the illustrious @cjdwriter.bsky.social ) is already up on the @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social site! 😍
audreys.ca/events/25540...
audreys.ca/events/25540...
April 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This will be grand!
Word.
March 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Word.