Eva Holland
@evaholland.bsky.social
Yukoner * freelance writer * book author * devoted servant to a retired sled dog
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Alberta has collected more than $1 billion in cannabis revenue.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
Canada collected over $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue since legalization | CBC News
Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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"What jolted me about your piece, to be honest, is that it’s more than a judgment on the Victoria Goldiees of our time. It’s also a judgment on an industry that found her writing credible enough to let through."
I spoke to @thewalrus.ca EIC Carmine Starnino about Victoria Goldiee, fake reporters, and what the hell journalists are supposed to do in this AI slop era. thewalrus.ca/the-phantom-...
The Phantom Writer Who Fooled the Internet | The Walrus
The bot-assisted fake journalism of “Victoria Goldiee” and why editors should be very worried
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"What jolted me about your piece, to be honest, is that it’s more than a judgment on the Victoria Goldiees of our time. It’s also a judgment on an industry that found her writing credible enough to let through."
My friend @brianphillips.bsky.social has, for his own reasons, dedicated 4000 words and his substantial talent to the Nuzzi-Lizza-Kennedy-(Sanford) fiasco, and I confess I read every one.
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My friend @brianphillips.bsky.social has, for his own reasons, dedicated 4000 words and his substantial talent to the Nuzzi-Lizza-Kennedy-(Sanford) fiasco, and I confess I read every one.
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We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
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they're doing a reader survey (do it) but i would like to say that 404 Media is real good, it's amazing what they accomplish with such a small team, their reporting is essential, and everyone should subscribe, so that they can keep going
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November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
they're doing a reader survey (do it) but i would like to say that 404 Media is real good, it's amazing what they accomplish with such a small team, their reporting is essential, and everyone should subscribe, so that they can keep going
Going through my credit card statement and pruning/downgrading some media subscriptions I don't use enough to save a little cash, typing "I'm sorry I'm sorry!!" in the little comment boxes, writhing with guilt. 😩
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Going through my credit card statement and pruning/downgrading some media subscriptions I don't use enough to save a little cash, typing "I'm sorry I'm sorry!!" in the little comment boxes, writhing with guilt. 😩
Oh, this is going to haunt me.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh, this is going to haunt me.
I love books, I love supporting authors, and I put more of my money than I can honestly reasonably spare into doing so. But this trend of some new romance novels coming out in hardcover - oof, y'all, that's a tough ask. It probably flips me from "buy it on day one" to "get it from the library."
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I love books, I love supporting authors, and I put more of my money than I can honestly reasonably spare into doing so. But this trend of some new romance novels coming out in hardcover - oof, y'all, that's a tough ask. It probably flips me from "buy it on day one" to "get it from the library."
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“Frog,” said Toad, “let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.”
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Frog,” said Toad, “let us eat one very last cookie, and then we will stop.”
This allegation needs to be reported out. I hope it will be.
well, I read it, and the salient, non-gross part is Lizza alleging, midsentence and without elaboration, that Nuzzi ran numerous “catch-and-kill operations” on RFK’s behalf, which would give her a role in both his appointment and the untold preventable deaths he has abetted in office. Cool.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This allegation needs to be reported out. I hope it will be.
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I owe everyone an apology. www.todayintabs.com/p/zz-flop
ZZ Flop
Hey guys! Guess who's in the Epsteiiiin fileeees!
www.todayintabs.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I owe everyone an apology. www.todayintabs.com/p/zz-flop
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Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
(My wife dictated this meme to me)
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
(My wife dictated this meme to me)
Really nice to be reminded of this story today (in the kindest possible way, no less), more than a decade after I wrote it. Sadly the beautiful but of-an-era web layout it started life with has long since gotten chewed up...
cant recite the lede but I think of this one often, it's beautiful on so many levels
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November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Really nice to be reminded of this story today (in the kindest possible way, no less), more than a decade after I wrote it. Sadly the beautiful but of-an-era web layout it started life with has long since gotten chewed up...
To balance out that (excellent but) bleak freelance-slop story from earlier today, here's a bleak editor-slop story too. Good for the reporters, and a hearty WTF to this editor and board.
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
To balance out that (excellent but) bleak freelance-slop story from earlier today, here's a bleak editor-slop story too. Good for the reporters, and a hearty WTF to this editor and board.
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i hope people read this report. jasper's view of the industry is sharp, clear-eyed, fair, and reasonable in its hopes and skepticisms: defector.com/defector-ann...
Defector Annual Report, September 2024 – August 2025 | Defector
Published on November 19, 2025 Purpose of this report Defector celebrated our fifth birthday in September 2025. It is a great honor, and something of a burden, to be publishing a fifth Annual Report. ...
defector.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope people read this report. jasper's view of the industry is sharp, clear-eyed, fair, and reasonable in its hopes and skepticisms: defector.com/defector-ann...
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves... this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment." Oof, this bleakly fascinating story from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social is today's media industry must-read, and with a hell of a kicker:
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves... this generation’s internet scammers are scavenging in the wreckage of a degraded media environment." Oof, this bleakly fascinating story from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social is today's media industry must-read, and with a hell of a kicker:
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COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
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COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
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just being out at night if you’re anywhere near roads is like actively painful at this point
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
just being out at night if you’re anywhere near roads is like actively painful at this point
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This story is not getting much traffic and that's too bad.
If Full Metal Jacket was part of the DNA or earlier periods of your life, the photos here (and in the exhibit, linked) will genuinely make you gasp.
And doubly so because Matthew Modine took them.
taskandpurpose.com/culture/behi...
If Full Metal Jacket was part of the DNA or earlier periods of your life, the photos here (and in the exhibit, linked) will genuinely make you gasp.
And doubly so because Matthew Modine took them.
taskandpurpose.com/culture/behi...
While filming 'Full Metal Jacket,' Matthew Modine kept a record of life on set
While cast as Vietnam Marine Pvt. Joker in the classic war film, Matthew Modine carried a camera and a journal to record life on set.
taskandpurpose.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This story is not getting much traffic and that's too bad.
If Full Metal Jacket was part of the DNA or earlier periods of your life, the photos here (and in the exhibit, linked) will genuinely make you gasp.
And doubly so because Matthew Modine took them.
taskandpurpose.com/culture/behi...
If Full Metal Jacket was part of the DNA or earlier periods of your life, the photos here (and in the exhibit, linked) will genuinely make you gasp.
And doubly so because Matthew Modine took them.
taskandpurpose.com/culture/behi...
This book was a delight:
In the new year, I'll be hosting a read-a-long of my bestselling trans Regency romance A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN. Read it again or for the first time, everyone is welcome.
Sign up: buttondown.com/a-gentlemans...
Sign up: buttondown.com/a-gentlemans...
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This book was a delight:
The one serious thing I have to say about the latest Nuzzi fiasco is that NY Mag's response to the RFK Jr. relationship - IIRC they said it only created the 'perception' of bias - was inadequate then and is even more so now. I hope media reporters will ask them about this (and Vanity Fair, too).
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The one serious thing I have to say about the latest Nuzzi fiasco is that NY Mag's response to the RFK Jr. relationship - IIRC they said it only created the 'perception' of bias - was inadequate then and is even more so now. I hope media reporters will ask them about this (and Vanity Fair, too).
Timeline cleanse:
"We tried to pin down what it was about Fire in the Mountains that still had us sobbing intermittently a week out. Von Till nailed it: 'It made me dare to hope.'” @btoastie.bsky.social @highcountrynews.org
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
www.hcn.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Timeline cleanse: