Had a lovely time interviewing the very sharp @olddog.games about his incredible sequel to Blades in the Dark for @springmagca.bsky.social. Blades ‘68 is both radical and extremely rad—it’s just what a work of art should be.
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Needless to say, the people who accept this work are scabs. They may be exploited, as all workers who scab are exploited. But they are scabbing, and should feel ashamed of it.
Linkedin job posting for 'expert' writers to train AI.
My Linkedin is just dozens of postings like this. When LLMs produce something usable, there's a reason for that: it's someone else's writing. LLMs are best understood as a copyright-laundering service. Labour & intellectual property enter the black box, and emerge freely exploitable.
AVI LEWIS WINS! There's a long road ahead, but by the time I'm my parents' age, this country's going to look different. We're going to break the power of the oligarchs, decarbonize the economy, and rebuild & expand social democracy. We're going to do this ourselves, but Lewis is going to be our ally
Really happy to see Avi Lewis win the NDP leadership race. Everything that makes Canada worth living in comes down to social democracy. It’s long past time those ideas had someone to fight for them on the national stage again.
// POLITENESS, WHATEVER THE STINK
// ADVANCEMENT, WHATEVER THE INDIGNITY
// GODHOOD, WHATEVER THE COST
A new tale of gods and mortals, myth and madness from The Wrong Station. Listen to "ZAGREUS," now available on all podcast platforms.
Last episode of @patrickwyman.bsky.social ‘s excellent ‘Past Lives’ just came out today. I wrote about it for Spring magazine—I think it’s a really important show: springmag.ca/past-lives-a...
If you’re in Canada and you want to get looped into the anti-war movement, this phone action tomorrow night is a great way to dip your toe in the water. Just put on the zoom call while cooking dinner, and they’ll walk you through everything.
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Wrote this review of the superb ‘Past Lives’, by @patrickwyman.bsky.social for @springmagca.bsky.social. This is a really special show; so smart, so sensitive, so full of crucial insights for the moment we’re living through. Can’t recommend it enough.
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Couple hundred folks out in the snow outside the US embassy shouting for an end to the blockade of Cuba. Let Cuba live.
Very proud of the latest @thewrongstation.bsky.social episode. It’s a weird fiction spy thriller. It’s about ‘Operator’ culture and the Imperial Boomerang. Nobody learns anything.
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He’s rock solid on this issue
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Room full of about 100 people gathered around a banner that reads ‘solidarity has no borders’, many hold signs that read ‘abolish ice’
100+ workers organizing in Toronto tonight, here to show solidarity with #Minneapolis #abolishICE #defundICE #ICEout
Kakopolis
Procession of Ghosts Across the Rainswept Land
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Avi Lewis has the juice. He’s sharp, good on camera, knows how to organize, and has a strong, optimistic, and achievable vision for this country. If you’re looking for the Canadian standard-bearer of a Mamdani-style socialist politics, this is your guy.
You can pick up a copy here, and you really, really should. If you like Wrong Station, it’s for you. Moreover, proceeds go to No More Deaths, which offers humanitarian aid to migrants at the US border. Read fiction, fuck fascism, solidarity forever.
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Cover of ‘in the eyes of the hungry’, edited by Michael Tichy and Valentina Rojas. Rendered in charcoal, a male figure flays himself with a straight razor. From Castaigne publishing.
‘It Doesn’t Matter How Many Times You Kill Us’ was first published in this gorgeous print volume from @castaignepub.bsky.social, edited by @emptywrites.bsky.social and @styxteeth.bsky.social.
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It’s October. We’re releasing an episode every single day this month. We’re doing this because our enemies are powerless to stop us. Here’s one of those episodes. It’s called DULLAHAN.
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10 seasons. Over 150 original stories. Thousands of hours of writing, editing, and recording.
This October, Wrong Station celebrates a Decade of Dread. It's a truly disturbing achievement.
Listen to our special season 10 announcement and discover the all horrible festivities we have in store.
PRODUCTIVITY HACK: fall asleep in a sunbeam partway through the afternoon
There’s an unproduced 4th Ilsa script, ‘Ilsa, Nanny to Royalty’ in my parents’ basement. It’s about Ilsa breaking out of the count of monte cristo prison and trying to seize control of a European micro-nation. Craig Russell from Outrageous (1977) plays the entire royal family, a la Kind Hearts
Drop me a DM if you want to come take a look at the place!
It’s a great space, and a fantastic community. I have personally moved EVERY PIECE OF FURNITURE there up and down AT LEAST THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS on THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS now. If this act of faith won’t convince you the vibes are good, you’re beyond reaching!
A lovely newly unpacked office space reserved for WRITING and WRITING ALONE. Lovely birch floors, snug cubicles, cosy bookshelves, etc
If you’re a #writer or other creative looking for a place to work quietly in the heart of #Toronto, the Toronto Writers Centre has just moved into lovely new digs at Bloor & Spadina. 250/mo, 24hr access, no kids, all the damn coffee you can drink. You won’t find a better deal on a desk in this town!
I read MacLeod in high school and didn’t really care. Now that I’m older—now that I know what it is to work a physical job in chronic pain—now that I know what it is to watch my loved ones age and die—I think he’s maybe the best writer this country ever produced.
He’s interested in modernity, but not as critic or apologist. He elevates the strength & dignity of the men he grew up around but isn’t a Retvrn guy, because he understands their brokenness & misery. He’s found his way into a world beyond the meatgrinder, but can’t pretend the grinder doesn’t exist
