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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦

@krwbooks.bsky.social

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The wart on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of Canadian Literature. www.krwilson.ca No A.I.
Stan On Guard coming Mar 2026.

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Richard Middlewood Wilson was an English philologist.

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · Jul 1

TEASER BOOK TRAILER
Stan On Guard. The sequel to Call Me Stan that you didn’t know you were waiting for. Coming in 2026 from @guernicaeditions.bsky.social.

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Stan On Guard book trailer

Teaser trailer for the 2026 novel Stan On Guard by K. R. Wilson.

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 10h

… is a powerful story of trauma and resilience, illness and otherness, misaligned aspirations, and the complicated braid of the mother/daughter relationship.

K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 10h

Two generations, two timelines, two cultures, two continents. From the brutalities of the Cultural Revolution to the illusions of the American Dream to the awkward embrace of the Toronto theatre community, Su Chang’s The Immortal Woman (@houseofanansi.bsky.social) …

K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 10h

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Robert Picardo @robertpicardo.bsky.social · 10h

People will still debate what Star Trek "should" be but, if they do some research, they'll discover what the man who created it meant to convey:" I believe that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day it learns to value diversity in life and in ideas.” -- G Roddenberry

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h

100% this!👇

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 13h

The way the elites around the world talk about X, as if it's a supply of Unobtainium that must be preserved and nurtured, rather than a billionaire's personal 4chan, shows how high they are on their own supply.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

Ronald Reagan’s budget director.

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unixwhisperer @unixwhisperer.bsky.social · 13h

"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy." - John C. Sawhill (1936-2000), quoted in The Future of Life (2002) by E. O. Wilson

#SundaySentence

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 16h

Third time in not much more than a week for the "falconry, ski-ing & horses" anonymous brief on SEND. What's worse: the Westminster insiders who put this toxic, nasty crap about or the journalists who blithely repeat it? PS ask an OT professional about autism, dyspraxia, core stability & horses

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The Far Shore 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @thefarshore.bsky.social · 20h

Demand the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada.
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Ban X/Twitter in Canada

I just signed a petition demanding the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ban-x-twitter-in-canada/?source=f...

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Margo McMahan @margomcm.bsky.social · 1d

American owned media to avoid, fellow Canadians, who are trying to control the narrative in Canada; not new, but so many Canadians are still unaware. Don't be a Quisling (Nazi collaborator) selling your soul for a greeting card like some Premiers. Choose media who support Canada.🍁🧐💞
#Canpoli
#ABpoli

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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 1d

Medievalist job (term), Brandon U: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Jethro Tulle.

Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 1d

The Beatless

Scary Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 1d

Slightly diminish a band

They Might Not Be Giants

K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We see this from Doug Ford all the time.

Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Sep 1

Just a reminder: propaganda works by pervasive repetition, not logical consistency

‮Jeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · Apr 9

I think I’ve mentioned it before but discovering Jacques Ellul’s writing on propaganda as the creation of a totalizing information space where a message is reflected in all mediums and all forms to imply unassailability, as opposed to just “biased messages” was really what clicked for me

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers identify two psychological traits that predict conspiracy theory belief www.psypost.org/researchers-... via @psypost.bsky.social

"...perceive the world as fundamentally unjust" and

"...struggle with uncertain or ambiguous situations..."

Researchers identify two psychological traits that predict conspiracy theory belief

New research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology identifies a strong link between conspiracy theory endorsement and two specific traits.

www.psypost.org

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 1d

The Beatless

Scary Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 1d

Slightly diminish a band

They Might Not Be Giants

James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 1d

Slightly diminish a band

Infravox

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Neil Before Zod @waytowichneil.bsky.social · 1d

Postmedia journalists are bereft of any humanity or decency. The world will be a better place when it is bankrupt and gone.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.

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Shani 🫧 (Bluesky hates Palestinians) @blerdmommy.blacksky.app · 1d

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In this case, the far left ended up catching a few well-deserved bullets for their miscalculation

2:54 PM • 2026-01-09 • 15K Views

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 1d

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World

Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

www.forbes.com

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 1d

Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.

K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 2d

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Owen Blacker @owenblacker.bsky.social · 2d

In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

www.theverge.com

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weisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 2d

Lust
Pride
Gluttony
Envy
Greed
Wrath
Sloth

Medieval theologians would lose their fucking minds.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 2d

… as the jumping-off point for a fascinating exploration of the spaces our society makes—or resists making—for female genius, what the nature of that genius might be, and what the necessary conditions are for women to claim access to these spaces.

K. R. Wilson 🇨🇦 @krwbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Where, among the western world’s public monuments, are the women? Not female allegories of virtues, of whom there are plenty, but actual, historical women?

Part memoir, part cultural history, Kasia Van Schaik’s Women Among Monuments (Dundurn Press) takes this question …

Cover image of Kasia Van Schaik’s book Women Among Monuments: Solitude, Permission, and the Pursuit of Female Genius, with the title and author’s name on a collage made up of a fragmented black and white photo of a woman’s face and patches of two shades of green.

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Owen Blacker @owenblacker.bsky.social · 2d

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

www.theverge.com

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Anne Marie Aikins @femwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Demonizing a whole group of citizens as “crazy lefties” is a strategy right out of Trump’s handbook

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 3d

Opponents of the Doug Ford government’s controversial Ontario Place redevelopment will make their case to the Supreme Court of Canada, raising doubts about the project’s future, after the top court granted leave to appeal Thursday.