Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood
@rollwithheather.bsky.social
Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
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Dear City of Toronto,
Just do whatever you want. If Doug wants to pout and cry, let him. Go to court. Run it to the Supreme Court. Make it a constitutional challenge. I don’t care anymore, this system ain’t working for anyone but a select few rich people.
Just do whatever you want. If Doug wants to pout and cry, let him. Go to court. Run it to the Supreme Court. Make it a constitutional challenge. I don’t care anymore, this system ain’t working for anyone but a select few rich people.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Dear City of Toronto,
Just do whatever you want. If Doug wants to pout and cry, let him. Go to court. Run it to the Supreme Court. Make it a constitutional challenge. I don’t care anymore, this system ain’t working for anyone but a select few rich people.
Just do whatever you want. If Doug wants to pout and cry, let him. Go to court. Run it to the Supreme Court. Make it a constitutional challenge. I don’t care anymore, this system ain’t working for anyone but a select few rich people.
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I been writing about exactly this
The Liberal team successfully fought off their right flank and attracted purple voters.
If they don't evolve and adapt to ALL Canadians' concerns, not just the trade-exposed ones (mostly boys), they will lose some peach/salmon coloured voter (mostly girls) in the next electoral test.
If they don't evolve and adapt to ALL Canadians' concerns, not just the trade-exposed ones (mostly boys), they will lose some peach/salmon coloured voter (mostly girls) in the next electoral test.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I been writing about exactly this
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Doug Ford handing murderous drivers a lifetime ban on driving is pretty clever when you remember that he is also making roads so unsafe that the murderous drivers have a higher chance of bring killed while walking or cycling.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Doug Ford handing murderous drivers a lifetime ban on driving is pretty clever when you remember that he is also making roads so unsafe that the murderous drivers have a higher chance of bring killed while walking or cycling.
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Contractor who drove plow through Palestinian protesters posted Islamophobic, anti-protest content on social media
Contractor who drove plow through Palestinian protesters posted Islamophobic, anti-protest content on social media
The company the driver works for said it issued a one-day suspension over the incident.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Contractor who drove plow through Palestinian protesters posted Islamophobic, anti-protest content on social media
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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‘This comes down to power.’ Why the clash between frustrated renters and the Ford government feels different this time
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November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
‘This comes down to power.’ Why the clash between frustrated renters and the Ford government feels different this time
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Folks, if your library doesn’t have a book you want to read, ask them to buy a copy. Most have a convenient form and will let you know when it comes in. If your library offers ILL, they can even borrow books from other libraries.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Folks, if your library doesn’t have a book you want to read, ask them to buy a copy. Most have a convenient form and will let you know when it comes in. If your library offers ILL, they can even borrow books from other libraries.
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Hey #BookSky — if you’re looking for some novellas for your end-of-year goal, and you’re also feeling the mood now the snow is flying (if you’re somewhere like me, anyway), my indie stories are all available in #KoboPlus, which includes "Handmade Holidays" (gay romance holiday novella).
Handmade Holidays ebook by 'Nathan Burgoine - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Handmade Holidays" by 'Nathan Burgoine available from Rakuten Kobo. At nineteen, Nick is alone for the holidays and facing reality: this is how it will be from now on. Refusing to give up ...
www.kobo.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers « Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
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November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ken and Robin Consume Media: Nouvelle Vague, an Obscure New Wave Gem, and The Brain Stealers
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Toronto friends, this great event is happening tomorrow night! We hope you can come out. Ann Y.K. Choi and Saad Omar Khan at Flying Books, Wednesday November 26th starting at 6:30 pm.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Toronto friends, this great event is happening tomorrow night! We hope you can come out. Ann Y.K. Choi and Saad Omar Khan at Flying Books, Wednesday November 26th starting at 6:30 pm.
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Stalking kills. I am, by every possible measurement, a statistical anomaly because few people survive being stalked for a decade like I was.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Why Don’t We Take Stalking More Seriously? | The Walrus
The law makes it hard for victims of criminal harassment to prove they’re at risk
thewalrus.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Stalking kills. I am, by every possible measurement, a statistical anomaly because few people survive being stalked for a decade like I was.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
Stalking is femicide in slow motion.
Grateful @thewalrus.ca covered this and asked me to weigh in.
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City of Toronto announces plan to double its employment readiness capacity for youth in Parks and Recreation.
Read the full news release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-announces-plan-to-double-its-employment-readiness-capacity-for-youth-in-parks-and-recreation/
Read the full news release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-announces-plan-to-double-its-employment-readiness-capacity-for-youth-in-parks-and-recreation/
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
City of Toronto announces plan to double its employment readiness capacity for youth in Parks and Recreation.
Read the full news release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-announces-plan-to-double-its-employment-readiness-capacity-for-youth-in-parks-and-recreation/
Read the full news release: https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-announces-plan-to-double-its-employment-readiness-capacity-for-youth-in-parks-and-recreation/
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calling canadians “customers” of canada post is like calling us “customers” of the healthcare system. it’s such a silly, commercial framing.
Canada Post ‘integral part of Canada’ that must be successful: union leader | Hanomansing Tonight
YouTube video by CBC News
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November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
calling canadians “customers” of canada post is like calling us “customers” of the healthcare system. it’s such a silly, commercial framing.
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“Tonight’s the night you’re going to die.”
This is what Collette Martin’s ex told her before he stabbed her thirty-seven times. Martin's case is an extreme outcome of a behaviour society often treats as harmless: stalking. Sheima Benembarek investigates: thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take...
This is what Collette Martin’s ex told her before he stabbed her thirty-seven times. Martin's case is an extreme outcome of a behaviour society often treats as harmless: stalking. Sheima Benembarek investigates: thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take...
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Tonight’s the night you’re going to die.”
This is what Collette Martin’s ex told her before he stabbed her thirty-seven times. Martin's case is an extreme outcome of a behaviour society often treats as harmless: stalking. Sheima Benembarek investigates: thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take...
This is what Collette Martin’s ex told her before he stabbed her thirty-seven times. Martin's case is an extreme outcome of a behaviour society often treats as harmless: stalking. Sheima Benembarek investigates: thewalrus.ca/why-dont-we-take...
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🤦♀️ 😑
New school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras won’t fit Ottawa’s poles
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
New school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras won’t fit Ottawa’s poles
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
New school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras won’t fit Ottawa’s poles
The temporary 12-foot-tall school-zone signs intended to replace photo radar cameras on Ottawa streets will not fit on municipal street poles, according to a councillor.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🤦♀️ 😑
New school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras won’t fit Ottawa’s poles
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
New school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras won’t fit Ottawa’s poles
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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NEW: A couple of months after the auditor general report was released, the Ontario NDP has asked the integrity commissioner for an investigation into David Piccini and the skills of development fund #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154159...
globalnews.ca/news/1154159...
Opposition asks integrity commissioner to investigate Ford’s embattled labour minister | Globalnews.ca
The Ontario NDP is calling on the province's integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister over a $2.5-billion skills program that favoured certain applicants.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
NEW: A couple of months after the auditor general report was released, the Ontario NDP has asked the integrity commissioner for an investigation into David Piccini and the skills of development fund #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154159...
globalnews.ca/news/1154159...
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There's a fancy new Eventbrite page for my book launch -- which is in less than two weeks.
You may make your reservation here and then share it if you want to make your friends feel envious. Or you can just show up. #books #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
You may make your reservation here and then share it if you want to make your friends feel envious. Or you can just show up. #books #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
BOOK LAUNCH: Performance Reviews by Jeff Cottrill
With guests Heather Babcock, Heather Wood, Timothy Carter, Sean Peever and Neil Traynor!
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November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
There's a fancy new Eventbrite page for my book launch -- which is in less than two weeks.
You may make your reservation here and then share it if you want to make your friends feel envious. Or you can just show up. #books #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
You may make your reservation here and then share it if you want to make your friends feel envious. Or you can just show up. #books #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
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Yet under pressure from lobbyists governments refuse to regulate AI while pumping obscene amounts of public money into this massive bubble:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...
In the age of AI, it's easy to make deepfake porn. But victims find it hard to undo the damage | CBC News
Earlier this year, more than 700 photos, which included AI-generated pornographic images, were discovered on the laptop of a male student at Hong Kong University. They included images of three young w...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yet under pressure from lobbyists governments refuse to regulate AI while pumping obscene amounts of public money into this massive bubble:
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/a...
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90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year's theme is digital abuse.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
90% of deep fake images online are non-consensual pornographic images of women and girls.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
And yet, these images are not yet illegal in Canada.
Wow, way cool!
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wow, way cool!
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year's theme is digital abuse.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year's theme is digital abuse.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Fewer than 40% of countries have laws protecting women from cyber harassment or cyber stalking. This leaves 44% of the world’s women and girls without access to legal protection.
Or, you know, perhaps you’re a Canadian leftist who doesn’t want the Overton Window to shift anymore to the right than it already sadly has.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Or, you know, perhaps you’re a Canadian leftist who doesn’t want the Overton Window to shift anymore to the right than it already sadly has.
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Take it from a who wrote a book on horror: trying to fence off the genre to exclude certain media doesn't work. Horror is an emergent quality in art and literature that comes from the inclusion of certain infectious elements. Like a botfly larva, horror can be in anything, so anything can be horror.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Take it from a who wrote a book on horror: trying to fence off the genre to exclude certain media doesn't work. Horror is an emergent quality in art and literature that comes from the inclusion of certain infectious elements. Like a botfly larva, horror can be in anything, so anything can be horror.
My little local cafe has been selling Canadianos for a while now. I’m looking forward to having a Quebecano the next time I’m in Montreal.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My little local cafe has been selling Canadianos for a while now. I’m looking forward to having a Quebecano the next time I’m in Montreal.