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Monique AC
@moniqueac.bsky.social
queer SF/horror writer - first reader (Diabolical Plots & Small Wonders) - con stuff (Rainbow Space Magic & Can*Con) - settler - she/they - notwhereilive.ca
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Somehow it feels even weirder to promote a non-fiction piece, go figure.

Anyway, I wrote this for @heartlines-spec.com about volunteering at @canconsffh.bsky.social & it's now widely available: www.heartlines-spec.com/volunteering...
Volunteering Something of Myself
Volunteering Something of Myself by Monique Cuillerier
www.heartlines-spec.com
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Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space
Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.
crowdfundr.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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New collaboration between The Submission Grinder and @dreamfoundry.bsky.social : The Dream Foundry Market Report, a monthly report of speculative fiction/poetry publication updates
dreamfoundry.org/2026/01/26/j...
January 2026 Monthly Market Report
Hello, and welcome to a new Dream Foundry project. Every month we’ll be publishing a market report with data pulled from The Submission Grinder about market openings, closings, and other chan…
dreamfoundry.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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I've spent my day tracking down Canadian companies that have direct or indirect contracts supporting ICE operations.

So far, I've found NINE. I've reached out to all of them.

I plan to publish my video on this tomorrow, detailing the companies, contract amounts and purposes.
Following this exclusive (and excellent) piece from David, I've contacted the federal government to ask if they intend to continue subsidizing JSI Telecom in the future.

I've also contacted JSI Telecom for comment, adding them to the list of Canadian businesses working with ICE who I've contacted.
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.

JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.

thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Just a very normal article to have
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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This is a season of grief and struggle. Today we're going to share a long list of stories and poems - of hope, of not just surviving but thriving, of resistance, of unexpected kindness and connection in the midst of darkness. Save these up for when you need them.

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January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is really disgusting. I already wrote to my MP this morning and feel like I need to send an addendum.
In December, the Canadian government gave $1 million to Ottawa's JSI Telecom to commercialize AI-driven data analytics.

JSI, a wiretaps and investigation support firm, had a banner year in U.S. government sales in 2025, including a big new contract with ICE.

thelogic.co/news/exclusi...
Ottawa is subsidizing a tech firm that provides wiretapping tools to ICE - The Logic
The $1-million contribution came after the U.S. agency showed up in force in Minneapolis
thelogic.co
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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MPR, the phrase "immigration crackdown" is not in any way based in facts. Can you either refer to it as factually what it is, or at least put it in quotation marks to make it clear that that label is a quotation not a fact?
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Doug Ford said it had to close because the roof was unstable.
Massive snow dump, roof just fine.
Doug Ford lies.
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 9:05 pm.

Built for winter. ❄️
Built for Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions
‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This is delightful
I made this silly Wheel of Birds for my Content Project (TM) an now I just spin it for fun:

wheel-o-birds.binstobins.online
Wheel o' Birds
wheel-o-birds.binstobins.online
January 26, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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get in luddite we're going to the textile mill after dark make sure to bring your enoch hammer
January 25, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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We're heart-sick and furious. For all who fight galloping authoritarianism, in the Twin Cities, Charlotte, LA, Atlanta, in far too many places at far too high a price, Small Wonders stands in solidarity with you.

To help Minnesotans:
standwithminnesota.com
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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So I keep thinking about how these dudes who keep insisting that PROFESSIONAL, paid organizers are involved in grassroots organizing simply cannot imagine 1) volunteering 2) volunteering as a skilled person who can get paid for the skills they are donating
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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I've reached out to all Canadian companies listed here to ask if they intend to continue working with ICE:

Hootsuite
Roshel
Garda
Jim Pattison Developments

I've also reached out to @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social's team for comment on export permits for Canadian sale of armoured vehicles to ICE.
Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments.

I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite.

Would love to gather any and all other names.
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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NEW COLUMN: ICE is brutalizing Minnesota, and they’re doing it with the help of military equipment sold by Canadian companies. www.jakelandau.ca/p/how-canada...
How Canada is helping ICE murder Minnesotans
Roshel, a manufacturer in Brampton, Ontario, is supplying ICE's campaign
www.jakelandau.ca
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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If the will of one man is all it takes to invalidate the U.S. constitution in one year, there can be no trust placed in the U.S. for generations after that man is gone.
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Thread: John has been having a bunch of health issues and now has rib fractures that will require time and rest
Please consider chipping in
Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person
Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer.

Here are a few simple links.

Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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this whole moment is really demonstrating why those who shit on NATO but leftistly are dumbasses who cannot be trusted
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Tell me your pet’s name in a GIF
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Expel Pete Hoekstra
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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To create the textiles in this new exhibition at the Saskatchewan Craft Council, local artists worked with Saskatchewan ranchers and shepherds to source their wool. Many can even name the individual sheep whose fleece was used in their work! 🐑
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is such an excellent book!
Are you mad as hell and not going to take it any more? Have you been recently murdered by some rich bastard? If so you will see yourself represented in AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT! And the audiobook is still on mega-super-sale!

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
And What Can We Offer You Tonight Audiobook on Libro.fm
In a far future city, where you can fall to a government cull for a single mistake, And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed tells the story of Jewel, established courtesan in a luxurious H...
libro.fm
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Wow, so excited for this!
"Laser Eyes Ain't Everything" by Effie Seiberg, which you can read right here:
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I've been liking all the episodes, but this one was particularly great (I was listening while making dinner & I need to go back and listen again so I can take some notes lol)
to distract from the horrors, why not a podcast? WE HAVE A NEW ONE and it's a banger.

this week we talk with the astonishingly smart and fun @byzantienne.bsky.social about doing history and writing fiction, empathy and emotion, and 11th century best century. enjoy! #medievalsky

pca.st/2zd3kmwg
Space Opera and Byzantine History with Arkady Martine
We go on a journey in this episode. Arkady Martine (AnnaLinden Weller) and Prof. Gabriele talk here about telling stories, about getting at complicated lives, and about the allure of empires (even…
pca.st
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 PM