Laura Frey
@lauratfrey.bsky.social
Franzen apologist, book blogger, reads literary fiction, translations, classics, etc. Let's go Oilers! #yeg /Edmonton /Treaty 6. https://reading-in-bed.com/
Will this event motivate me to finish AND review Don Quixote in December? Let's hope so! I have about 300 pages to go... drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...
Doorstoppers in December!
It’s almost time for Doorstoppers in December! A reminder of this challenge and why it came about: I made this extremely sophisticated graphic which you can use or ignore as you see fit. I lo…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Will this event motivate me to finish AND review Don Quixote in December? Let's hope so! I have about 300 pages to go... drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/d...
A platform can't be against or accept anything. Just like an LLM can't think or know anything. Hope that helps
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A platform can't be against or accept anything. Just like an LLM can't think or know anything. Hope that helps
My hot tips for avoiding AI slop recipes:
-Save your recipes. Mine's a google doc now bc I lost decades' worth of notebooks in a fire.
-Cookbooks. Invest in a few, borrow lots from the library (including Libby if you need it *right now*)
-NYT Cooking (paid) or Chef John (free) in a pinch
-Save your recipes. Mine's a google doc now bc I lost decades' worth of notebooks in a fire.
-Cookbooks. Invest in a few, borrow lots from the library (including Libby if you need it *right now*)
-NYT Cooking (paid) or Chef John (free) in a pinch
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My hot tips for avoiding AI slop recipes:
-Save your recipes. Mine's a google doc now bc I lost decades' worth of notebooks in a fire.
-Cookbooks. Invest in a few, borrow lots from the library (including Libby if you need it *right now*)
-NYT Cooking (paid) or Chef John (free) in a pinch
-Save your recipes. Mine's a google doc now bc I lost decades' worth of notebooks in a fire.
-Cookbooks. Invest in a few, borrow lots from the library (including Libby if you need it *right now*)
-NYT Cooking (paid) or Chef John (free) in a pinch
The fact that these food blogs are all insufferable too - I opened all the ones linked in the story, and the amount of intrusive pop-ups, auto-play video ads, SEO and ads is crazy. Also, ironically saw this on one site, have no idea what this means/would do?
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The fact that these food blogs are all insufferable too - I opened all the ones linked in the story, and the amount of intrusive pop-ups, auto-play video ads, SEO and ads is crazy. Also, ironically saw this on one site, have no idea what this means/would do?
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Done with Camus. The Fall is his masterpiece, followed by The Plague. The short story The Renegade is his most abstract and best piece of writing. His essay Reflections on the Guillotine is a brilliant analysis of capital punishment and how it engenders a Sisyphean cycle of revenge.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Done with Camus. The Fall is his masterpiece, followed by The Plague. The short story The Renegade is his most abstract and best piece of writing. His essay Reflections on the Guillotine is a brilliant analysis of capital punishment and how it engenders a Sisyphean cycle of revenge.
Great review of a novella that I recently bought, looks like I made a good choice! #novnov 746books.com/2025/11/24/n...
No 216 Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym #NovNov25
Last year I read – and loved – Excellent Women by Barbara Pym and was keen to read more of her back catalogue. Quartet in Autumn, though different in tone, didn’t disappoint. An u…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Great review of a novella that I recently bought, looks like I made a good choice! #novnov 746books.com/2025/11/24/n...
I was gonna meet my mom for our traditional Sunday morning mall walk. Made it about 2 blocks and turned around. Crazy icy out there! #yeg
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I was gonna meet my mom for our traditional Sunday morning mall walk. Made it about 2 blocks and turned around. Crazy icy out there! #yeg
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@theglobeandmail.com published my letter on Alberta’s proposed expansion of private healthcare.
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@theglobeandmail.com published my letter on Alberta’s proposed expansion of private healthcare.
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
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November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Day 19: kid
#LyricsPrompt2025
Kanye west (apologies) - gold digger ft Jamie fox
🎶four KIDS
And I gotta take all the bad ass to ShowBiz?🎶
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwN...
#LyricsPrompt2025
Kanye west (apologies) - gold digger ft Jamie fox
🎶four KIDS
And I gotta take all the bad ass to ShowBiz?🎶
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwN...
Kanye West - Gold Digger ft. Jamie Foxx
YouTube video by KanyeWestVEVO
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November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Day 19: kid
#LyricsPrompt2025
Kanye west (apologies) - gold digger ft Jamie fox
🎶four KIDS
And I gotta take all the bad ass to ShowBiz?🎶
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwN...
#LyricsPrompt2025
Kanye west (apologies) - gold digger ft Jamie fox
🎶four KIDS
And I gotta take all the bad ass to ShowBiz?🎶
m.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwN...
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Hard not to be both depressed & infuriated about these regressive, science-free, & cruel actions.
AB to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Very obviously, NO evidence these MAGA are laws needed.
AB to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Very obviously, NO evidence these MAGA are laws needed.
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hard not to be both depressed & infuriated about these regressive, science-free, & cruel actions.
AB to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Very obviously, NO evidence these MAGA are laws needed.
AB to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Very obviously, NO evidence these MAGA are laws needed.
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Here we go again …
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here we go again …
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Happy “On the Calculation of Volume” (by Solvej Balle) day for those who celebrate !!
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Happy “On the Calculation of Volume” (by Solvej Balle) day for those who celebrate !!
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
Psyched for Vol. 3 out today
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Borrowed this from the library & began to read it this morning with zero idea what today's date is...
Wtf
Wtf
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Borrowed this from the library & began to read it this morning with zero idea what today's date is...
Wtf
Wtf
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I hope everyone has the kind of November 18 you wouldn’t mind repeating indefinitely
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I hope everyone has the kind of November 18 you wouldn’t mind repeating indefinitely
Happy "On the Calculation of Volume" day to those who celebrate!
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy "On the Calculation of Volume" day to those who celebrate!
As a Canadian. Am I supposed to know who the guy in the reveal at the end is? Also is this guy writing this way to make fun of the way *she* writes, or is he serious?
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
As a Canadian. Am I supposed to know who the guy in the reveal at the end is? Also is this guy writing this way to make fun of the way *she* writes, or is he serious?
Actually can't do a federal election right now
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Actually can't do a federal election right now
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Firing up the bad news machine to see if we’re having another election
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Firing up the bad news machine to see if we’re having another election
Weezer singing about the male loneliness epidemic, twenty years ago
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Weezer singing about the male loneliness epidemic, twenty years ago
Tara Rout is a local author (and so much more!), also one of the smartest and kindest people I've ever met, and she needs support: gofund.me/6233b167c
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November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tara Rout is a local author (and so much more!), also one of the smartest and kindest people I've ever met, and she needs support: gofund.me/6233b167c
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An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.
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drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when you call your MLA?
An errant voicemail gives us insight into how the UCP is handling the backlash against its use of the notwithstanding clause. They're not doing well.
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
So has anyone got a screenshot of the offending Johnny Cash post (yes I googled and searched on here) like did she write the exact lyric itself or did she change it to reference the author of the article or what
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So has anyone got a screenshot of the offending Johnny Cash post (yes I googled and searched on here) like did she write the exact lyric itself or did she change it to reference the author of the article or what
Apparently there is a new Wuthering Heights trailer, saving this for my next break, stand by. Hopefully it doesn't make me mad!!
"The first trailer was for the degenerates (me) and this new one is for the literary snobs (also me), and I suppose the next one will be for the epic nerds (’tis I) and the one after that for the grimdark brooders (hi)." lololol #same
www.vulture.com/article/sorr...
www.vulture.com/article/sorr...
Sorry, But These Wuthering Heights Trailers Rule
Emerald Fennell’s adaptation is already driving everybody insane. This is mostly a good thing.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Apparently there is a new Wuthering Heights trailer, saving this for my next break, stand by. Hopefully it doesn't make me mad!!