Susan Portelance
@prairiescribe.bsky.social
Writer, Editor and Instructor. Lover of poochies, music, movies, canoes and the outdoors. Frequently found with a book and a cup of tea. Neurodivergent (She/her) Winnipeg/Treaty One Territory 🇨🇦
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
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It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney briefs cabinet on Alberta energy deal to be unveiled Thursday
Agreement could open the door for a new heavy oil pipeline to the B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's a strange way to go about building national unity—agreeing with Alberta what should be built in BC without talking to BC about it.
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Can't imagine the federal government taking this approach to a project that went through Ontario or Quebec.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Got some new Christmas vinyl.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Got some new Christmas vinyl.
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Here are the Winnipeg businesses I’ve bought Xmas presents at this year:
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Here are the Winnipeg businesses I’ve bought Xmas presents at this year:
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
Here are the Winnipeg businesses I’ve bought Xmas presents at this year:
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Here are the Winnipeg businesses I’ve bought Xmas presents at this year:
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
Humboldt’s Legacy
Portia-Ella
Whodunit Books
McNally Robinson Booksellers
Constance Popp Chocolates
Patent 5 distillery
Cornelia Bean
Canadian stores:
Simon’s
Roots
The Silk Road Spice Merchant
Murchie’s Tea & Coffee
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Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Canada made weird tv shows because it was all being done with government funded art grant money so they fell in this wacky middle ground between “shoestring budget” and “no expectation to generate shareholder value” which is really the best way to make art
I thought Gushue was going to get that triple. Nice for Dunstone to make the playoffs.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I thought Gushue was going to get that triple. Nice for Dunstone to make the playoffs.
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Last night on The National we honoured Colleen Jones.
I’m so grateful for everyone who played a role in putting it together and lending their voice to celebrating Colleen’s life and legacy. She was iconic, memorable and so loved.
The full piece here: youtu.be/YNCnibXE--8?...
I’m so grateful for everyone who played a role in putting it together and lending their voice to celebrating Colleen’s life and legacy. She was iconic, memorable and so loved.
The full piece here: youtu.be/YNCnibXE--8?...
How Colleen Jones would want you to remember her
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Last night on The National we honoured Colleen Jones.
I’m so grateful for everyone who played a role in putting it together and lending their voice to celebrating Colleen’s life and legacy. She was iconic, memorable and so loved.
The full piece here: youtu.be/YNCnibXE--8?...
I’m so grateful for everyone who played a role in putting it together and lending their voice to celebrating Colleen’s life and legacy. She was iconic, memorable and so loved.
The full piece here: youtu.be/YNCnibXE--8?...
Nice shot out in the weeds for Brad Jacobs.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Nice shot out in the weeds for Brad Jacobs.
We have water again! (It’s been off for a day and a half due to a break in the water main down the street. Let’s hope the patch holds.)
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We have water again! (It’s been off for a day and a half due to a break in the water main down the street. Let’s hope the patch holds.)
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I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
The face of an arsehole who tried to take the butter tart off the plate I was holding when I leaned over to pick up my tea. (He’s mostly pretty good around our food, but he’s had a few weak moments.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The face of an arsehole who tried to take the butter tart off the plate I was holding when I leaned over to pick up my tea. (He’s mostly pretty good around our food, but he’s had a few weak moments.)
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
Yep. It sucks.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Yep. It sucks.
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off
Apparently I’m getting too old to do concerts two Tuesdays in a row when I have to get up for work the next day, especially when a concert is standing room only. We have given away our Aysanabee tickets for tonight. I hope Ray’s co-workers enjoy the show.
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Apparently I’m getting too old to do concerts two Tuesdays in a row when I have to get up for work the next day, especially when a concert is standing room only. We have given away our Aysanabee tickets for tonight. I hope Ray’s co-workers enjoy the show.
I think it’s an old fashioned hard candy.
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I think it’s an old fashioned hard candy.
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RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
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Just a treasure.
Her in the morning doing weather and curling at the same time will always be a nice memory
Some of her favourite stories:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Some of her favourite stories:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
A lookback at the legendary career of the CBC's Colleen Jones
For reporter Colleen Jones, storytelling has always been about people. And she’s followed that mantra for four decades.
For her last day at CBC, she recounts her favourite stories.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just a treasure.
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Colleen Jones was larger than life.
I’m devastated by her death. And will be forever inspired by how she lived. And fought. And loved.
More than anything I’ll miss our laughs and lattes. And am so grateful for every second we had together. I love you, Coll.
I’m devastated by her death. And will be forever inspired by how she lived. And fought. And loved.
More than anything I’ll miss our laughs and lattes. And am so grateful for every second we had together. I love you, Coll.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Colleen Jones was larger than life.
I’m devastated by her death. And will be forever inspired by how she lived. And fought. And loved.
More than anything I’ll miss our laughs and lattes. And am so grateful for every second we had together. I love you, Coll.
I’m devastated by her death. And will be forever inspired by how she lived. And fought. And loved.
More than anything I’ll miss our laughs and lattes. And am so grateful for every second we had together. I love you, Coll.
The curling world lost a giant. RIP Colleen Jones.
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The curling world lost a giant. RIP Colleen Jones.
Tried a savoury kugel tonight.
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Tried a savoury kugel tonight.
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Unless the thieves are a rival ballet company, I desperately want to see the facial expressions when they open that truck and discover they've stolen the set for the Nutcracker.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who stole the Nutcracker set? Travelling ballet says moving truck with backdrop inside was swiped | CBC News
A ballet company on an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker says someone stole the moving truck storing its “irreplaceable” sets and backdrops.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Unless the thieves are a rival ballet company, I desperately want to see the facial expressions when they open that truck and discover they've stolen the set for the Nutcracker.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The people running Silicon Valley are some of the craziest people alive, and the people running the White House are the most loathsome demons in the western world, and the rest of the billionaires are mostly evil weirdos, and all of them have the equivalent of lead poisoning from the Internet
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The people running Silicon Valley are some of the craziest people alive, and the people running the White House are the most loathsome demons in the western world, and the rest of the billionaires are mostly evil weirdos, and all of them have the equivalent of lead poisoning from the Internet
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.