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Front cover of novel Library of Brothel

Spine

Back cover of novel. Rush and preorder. Best cash you’ll ever spend

HOW’S SHE CUTTING?!
A finished copy arrived today
From my weary heart to your fabulous bookshelves I invite you to visit Library of Brothel.
May 26, 2026 - Canada
Jan 12, 2027 US/UK @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social
Probably my most unique/ambitious novel.
A FUCK AI, gimme a job or stigmata novel ❤️🧠

Unnerving art talk made easier thanks to CBC Radio pro @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social

This Day in History, 1986: Olaf Solheim's tragic death after being evicted for Expo 86 tourists Olaf Solheim had a chest-length white beard and liked to watch children play at Oppenheimer Park

With the 40th anniversary of Expo 86, Remember Olaf and the total price of the Fair

"This Day in History, 1986: Olaf Solheim's tragic death after being evicted for Expo 86 tourists" as told by John Mackie via @vancouversun.bsky.social

#bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre

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Editorial: We're now printing twice a month - Freshet News We're making our own 'freshet,' rolling out a hometown newspaper now every two weeks in New Westminster, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities

Check out 'Editorial: We're now printing twice a month - Freshet News': www.freshetnews.ca/editorial-we...

The precarity of safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz was an issue for nearly a decade before this Far Side cartoon was published.

Less than seven months later, the USS Vincennes recklessly shot down an Iran Air passenger jet, killing all 290 aboard. Just another forgotten American atrocity.

Pathetic.

Penne for your thoughts.

Some of them are rotini to the core.

I don't see what all the fusilli is about.

The woman who took down Jeffrey Epstein was forged in Philly “Philly is in my bones. I would not be where I am right now if not for Philadelphia.”

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I'd've been disappointed it wasn't Don Knotts.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Hilarious.

Great pix! (Especially the suit.) Here's my profile of Formental for SABR:
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6. A problematic neighbour.

Former boxer Alex Hilton was part of a troubled Quebec fighting clan He was a Canadian middleweight champion at age 18, but his battles in and out of the boxing ring eventually left him scarred and broken

“We looked for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but we didn’t quite make it because whatever pot of gold we had was spent before we had it.”

The Hilton brothers, the tragic story of Montreal's ill-fated boxing dynasty.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

I know a lot of journalists use it, especially those writing for a foreign audience, which is understandable, but doing so contributes to our civic illiteracy. A by-election fills a vacant seat. Elections Canada did not conduct a special election yesterday; it managed three separate by-elections.

"Special election" is an Americanism that has been adopted by journalists. We have by-elections in Canada. You will not find the description "special election" even once in the Canada Elections Act:
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/e-2...

Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

Can't vote for yourself if you don't live in the riding.

"Liberal Party won a special election." Ugh. Not what happened.

What's funny is Trump is 💯 guaranteed to depict himself as Jesus again in the future.

April 12, 1980. "Today is the day it all begins".
46 years ago today at 2:30 pm in St. John's NL, Terry Fox started to run across the country.
"I touched the ocean before I left, up this old dirt road that was impossible to run on."
via @terryfoxfoundation.bsky.social

New future trivia answer just dropped.

Ordered my copy from Munro's Books in Victoria, B.C., Canada. They have it in stock.

Murmur, the band’s debut studio album, was released 43 years ago on April 12, 1983. Produced by Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, Murmur remains, according to music journalist Tim Peacock, “one of the most compelling and otherworldly debut albums in rock history.” Share your Murmur memories in the comments.

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit

Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home”