Opinion: MAGA’s plan for Canada: not annexation, but dismemberment A new defence think tank argues we are a problem in need of a solution – and the solutions are insane

It could never happen on Ghorman www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #Andor

Pennywise Fragrances

In these tough times, it's nice to see a murderous, multidimensional, New England ur-clown getting back on his feet

I'm an amateur urban astronomer & astrophotographer (see yesterday's photo of the Pleiades at @timothyquinn.bsky.social. Also a science communicator through my work leading @darkdataproject.bsky.social.

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Pleiades star cluster

20-minute exposure of the Pleiades, under a light-saturated Toronto sky and a moon bright enough to cast shadows #FridayNightLights

Glowing white light and large transparent bubbles leak from the lid of a large black chest that sits in what looks like a cellar

Ads within ads. Their investors loved the idea. Will love it. Will have loved it. It gets complicated.

#scifi by @timothyquinn.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Leland Palmer & guest

It's important to enjoy Twin Peaks Day FOR THE RIGHT REASONS

Cover of the Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol 3

Congratulations @ourmankoto.bsky.social and contributors for putting the Year's Best Canadian FSF Vol 3 on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading list locusmag.com/2026/02/2025... #timothyquinn-recommends

Still from the film Something Wicked This Way Comes

Getting carded at LCBO while buying three Asahi tallboys is like an absurd belated birthday gift courtesy of Mr. Dark's midnight small-town carousel

Large black modern shower fixture

Booked a couple nights over the holidays on the Death Star, but can't figure out the interrogation shower

Today's the day! Join us at 3:00pm to celebrate the release of YEAR'S BEST CANADIAN FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 3! There'll be readings, signings, and snacks!

Hammer & Nails by Timothy Quinn In this special blog post, Timothy Quinn describes the world events and scientific advancements from the last 43 years that inspired his latest story, “Scarecrow,” in o…

Check out this week's blog post, where author Timothy Quinn describes the meaning behind his story "Scarecrow," and reminds us to never become "inoculated to the extraordinary"
theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2025/11/04/h...

Here at the Freezing End In this month’s first, free, story, we welcome Benjamin C Kinney back with a story about survival in the midst of the impossible…

If you missed it in @analogsf.bsky.social, @benjaminckinney.com's enjoyably grim "Here at the Freezing End" reappears this month in @morningtransport.bsky.social www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/here-at-th... #playlist

"Pshaw," demurred Holmes. "You may remember my little monograph on the unwarranted use of the transitive property in beach placard authorship."

Just ask your local independent bookseller to point you at the YBCFSF(V3). They'll know what you mean.

We were lucky enough at @smallwondersmag.com to publish @timothyquinn.bsky.social’s “The Warfighter” that appeared in the 2024 edition of this collection. If you’ve got an eligible story, please submit it!

“The Religious Education of Rotisserie Opera” explores the nature of belief in a closed ecosystem; is a manufactured metaphysics really so different than those social, cultural and religious frameworks in which we’re raised today? www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/20... #scifiJournal

I need a timeline cleanse. How about a table of contents announcement! That’s right—despite the world being on fire, it’s time to reveal the TOC for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! It was VERY hard to narrow the list down but it's all killer, no filler. The book launches October 14. Enjoy! 1/2

Our September/October issue is on sale now! Pick up a copy for the latest stories from Jay Werkheiser, Larry Niven, Auston Habershaw, M.L. Clark, and more

Evidently Grammarly has yet to introduce irony detection

Small Wonders A monthly magazine featuring science fiction and fantasy flash fiction and narrative poetry that packs a punch.

If you missed "The Warfighter" last year, it's now online for free in the latest issue of @smallwondersmag.com ...or consider spending $3 for the whole issue & supporting the short fiction ecosystem smallwondersmag.com/piece/the-wa... (thanks to @cislyn.bsky.social ky.social and @granades.com)

The Warfighter - Small Wonders Cadence noticed the warfighter on her way to school, and then later walking home along Sixth Avenue he was still in the tiny fenced park and there was a pigeon watching him, which the police had thought at one time was a good way to disguise a camera.

Today's reprint by @timothyquinn.bsky.social has relativity, bird bots, and questions of consciousness and identity. Meet "The Warfighter":

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Cover art for issue 23 (May 2025) of Small Wonders Magazine. A pensive double-headed stone masks floats against a gradient backdrop of dark red. The cover art is by Vincenzo Cohen. The authors and poets in the issue are Carol Scheina, Isabel Cañas, Timothy Quinn, Bret Nelson, Bogi Takács, Gendel Gento, Jon Hansen, Lillian Tsay, and Anne Wilkins. The editors are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith.

Issue 23 is coming in May! The cover art is by Vincenzo Cohen. Authors and poets are @carolscheina.bsky.social, @isabelcanas.bsky.social, @timothyquinn.bsky.social, Bret Nelson, @bogiperson.bsky.social, Gendel Gento, @jonmhansen.bsky.social, @lilliantsay.bsky.social, and @annewilkins.bsky.social.

Brush up on your exoeconomics by reading "The Liberties" in this month's issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social. onspec.ca (with thanks to Diane L. Walton and @boneblackstories.bsky.social) #ScienceFiction #MadeInCanada

I suspect in the long run it's cheaper to buy

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Dammit, who's got the the key to the bunker?
(Is it you?)

"Let the people know the facts, and the country will be safe." — Abraham Lincoln, 1861

...long live the Empire? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/s...

Feels like we went pretty quickly from flirting with fascism to carrying fascism's child, and inviting fascism's parents over for tea and deportations www.usnews.com/news/nationa...