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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Pro-natalism will always get a 👀 from me.
And Robyn going off about the need for a pro-motherhood Canada without talking about fatherhood at all is... a choice.
And the complete lack of analysis on race is also telling. It's WHITE babies this crowd wants, let's be real.
And Robyn going off about the need for a pro-motherhood Canada without talking about fatherhood at all is... a choice.
And the complete lack of analysis on race is also telling. It's WHITE babies this crowd wants, let's be real.
Opinion: Policy alone won’t fix Canada’s fertility crisis. We need a cultural shift
More and more Canadian women are stopping at one child, if they choose to have children at all
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Pro-natalism will always get a 👀 from me.
And Robyn going off about the need for a pro-motherhood Canada without talking about fatherhood at all is... a choice.
And the complete lack of analysis on race is also telling. It's WHITE babies this crowd wants, let's be real.
And Robyn going off about the need for a pro-motherhood Canada without talking about fatherhood at all is... a choice.
And the complete lack of analysis on race is also telling. It's WHITE babies this crowd wants, let's be real.
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Pairs Short Program results #MilanoCortina2026
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Pairs Short Program results #MilanoCortina2026
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Canada’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud will be in the final flight of the pairs free skate Monday night.
They post the third-best short program of the evening.
A huge moment in their career.
They post the third-best short program of the evening.
A huge moment in their career.
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Canada’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud will be in the final flight of the pairs free skate Monday night.
They post the third-best short program of the evening.
A huge moment in their career.
They post the third-best short program of the evening.
A huge moment in their career.
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#MilanoCortina2026 Pairs SP
1 Hase/Volodin 80.01
2 Metelkina/Berulava 75.46
3 Pereira/Michaud 74.60
4 Pavlova/Sviatchenko 73.87
5 Miura/Kihara 73.11
6 Sui/Han 72.66
7 Kam/O'Shea 71.87
8 Conti/Macii 71.70
9 Chan/Howe 70.06
10 Ghilardi/Ambrosini 69.08
bit.ly/4aAuNwy #Olympics
1 Hase/Volodin 80.01
2 Metelkina/Berulava 75.46
3 Pereira/Michaud 74.60
4 Pavlova/Sviatchenko 73.87
5 Miura/Kihara 73.11
6 Sui/Han 72.66
7 Kam/O'Shea 71.87
8 Conti/Macii 71.70
9 Chan/Howe 70.06
10 Ghilardi/Ambrosini 69.08
bit.ly/4aAuNwy #Olympics
2026 Winter Olympics play-by-play/results: Pairs short program — Rocker Skating - Figure Skating Analysis by Jackie Wong
Live stream and play-by-play of the pairs short program at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano-Cortina
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
#MilanoCortina2026 Pairs SP
1 Hase/Volodin 80.01
2 Metelkina/Berulava 75.46
3 Pereira/Michaud 74.60
4 Pavlova/Sviatchenko 73.87
5 Miura/Kihara 73.11
6 Sui/Han 72.66
7 Kam/O'Shea 71.87
8 Conti/Macii 71.70
9 Chan/Howe 70.06
10 Ghilardi/Ambrosini 69.08
bit.ly/4aAuNwy #Olympics
1 Hase/Volodin 80.01
2 Metelkina/Berulava 75.46
3 Pereira/Michaud 74.60
4 Pavlova/Sviatchenko 73.87
5 Miura/Kihara 73.11
6 Sui/Han 72.66
7 Kam/O'Shea 71.87
8 Conti/Macii 71.70
9 Chan/Howe 70.06
10 Ghilardi/Ambrosini 69.08
bit.ly/4aAuNwy #Olympics
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Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden were two of Canada's best skaters during the 1950s.
Together, they won several championships in Pairs Figure Skating, and had a long-term impact on our skating history.
This is their story.
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Together, they won several championships in Pairs Figure Skating, and had a long-term impact on our skating history.
This is their story.
🧵 1/9
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden were two of Canada's best skaters during the 1950s.
Together, they won several championships in Pairs Figure Skating, and had a long-term impact on our skating history.
This is their story.
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Together, they won several championships in Pairs Figure Skating, and had a long-term impact on our skating history.
This is their story.
🧵 1/9
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Remembering the singular, indefatigable, ardent anti-fascist Martha #Gellhorn (d. 15 Feb 1998).
Her words, many of them written in the 1930s/1940s, apply to this terrible time in 2026.
#ReadWomen #WomensHistory #WarCorrespondent #WritingLife @prhaudio.bsky.social
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Her words, many of them written in the 1930s/1940s, apply to this terrible time in 2026.
#ReadWomen #WomensHistory #WarCorrespondent #WritingLife @prhaudio.bsky.social
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Yours, For Probably Always Audiobook on Libro.fm
Before email, when long distance telephone calls were difficult and expensive, people wrote letters, often several each day. Today, those letters provide an intimate and revealing look at the lives an...
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February 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Remembering the singular, indefatigable, ardent anti-fascist Martha #Gellhorn (d. 15 Feb 1998).
Her words, many of them written in the 1930s/1940s, apply to this terrible time in 2026.
#ReadWomen #WomensHistory #WarCorrespondent #WritingLife @prhaudio.bsky.social
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Her words, many of them written in the 1930s/1940s, apply to this terrible time in 2026.
#ReadWomen #WomensHistory #WarCorrespondent #WritingLife @prhaudio.bsky.social
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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World Curling has made another change in the middle of the Olympics following a meeting with national Olympic committees.
The two umpires who were actively monitoring the games will not be there anymore.
Only by request by the teams. Here’s the latest communication.
The two umpires who were actively monitoring the games will not be there anymore.
Only by request by the teams. Here’s the latest communication.
February 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
World Curling has made another change in the middle of the Olympics following a meeting with national Olympic committees.
The two umpires who were actively monitoring the games will not be there anymore.
Only by request by the teams. Here’s the latest communication.
The two umpires who were actively monitoring the games will not be there anymore.
Only by request by the teams. Here’s the latest communication.
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🇨🇦 Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud just delivered a season’s best performance in their short program.
And they both just told me it’s immensely satisfying to have done this, on this grand stage, with everyone they love around them.
A special moment for this to be sure.
And they both just told me it’s immensely satisfying to have done this, on this grand stage, with everyone they love around them.
A special moment for this to be sure.
February 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🇨🇦 Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud just delivered a season’s best performance in their short program.
And they both just told me it’s immensely satisfying to have done this, on this grand stage, with everyone they love around them.
A special moment for this to be sure.
And they both just told me it’s immensely satisfying to have done this, on this grand stage, with everyone they love around them.
A special moment for this to be sure.
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Articles like this drive me fucking nuts, because how can you post a stat like "50% of Canadian women say they don't want kids" and state that they would if Canada became a place that "reveres motherhood," but never once consider they just...don't want to?
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Policy alone won’t fix Canada’s fertility crisis. We need a cultural shift
More and more Canadian women are stopping at one child, if they choose to have children at all
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Articles like this drive me fucking nuts, because how can you post a stat like "50% of Canadian women say they don't want kids" and state that they would if Canada became a place that "reveres motherhood," but never once consider they just...don't want to?
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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God bless the Dutch for this
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
God bless the Dutch for this
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Toy loon becomes unofficial mascot for Canadian women's Olympic hockey team #TeamCanada
Nicknamed 'Wolf Bird,' the toy was a gift from a fan to Emma Maltais 🤭😏
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Nicknamed 'Wolf Bird,' the toy was a gift from a fan to Emma Maltais 🤭😏
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
The story behind Team Canada's lucky loon
Emma Maltais of the Canadian women's hockey team was given a toy loon by a fan at Milano Cortina 2026. It's since become a bit of a mascot within Team Canada, with the team dubbing it 'Wolf Bird' in r...
www.cbc.ca
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Toy loon becomes unofficial mascot for Canadian women's Olympic hockey team #TeamCanada
Nicknamed 'Wolf Bird,' the toy was a gift from a fan to Emma Maltais 🤭😏
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Nicknamed 'Wolf Bird,' the toy was a gift from a fan to Emma Maltais 🤭😏
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Tomorrow, today, presently
February 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Tomorrow, today, presently
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Hey, author friends -- do I know anyone in Canada with experience running virtual panel discussions? #WritingCommunity #CanLit
February 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Hey, author friends -- do I know anyone in Canada with experience running virtual panel discussions? #WritingCommunity #CanLit
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Secret signals, hopeful cynicism, tasty alliteration. Wariness, weariness, wetness. Flowers. Flight. The scrape of aging against eros. Artful rearrangements. Aversion. Minerals. Survival. @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social’s glorious chapbook The Tinder Sonnets (@knifeforkbook.bsky.social 2021) has …
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Secret signals, hopeful cynicism, tasty alliteration. Wariness, weariness, wetness. Flowers. Flight. The scrape of aging against eros. Artful rearrangements. Aversion. Minerals. Survival. @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social’s glorious chapbook The Tinder Sonnets (@knifeforkbook.bsky.social 2021) has …
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For the record.
Benoit Richaud is coaching 16 figure skaters from 13 different countries. I asked him about all the different jackets he has.
He told me he feels ridiculous walking to the arena with all of them. And that he packed three suitcases for them all.
Benoit Richaud is coaching 16 figure skaters from 13 different countries. I asked him about all the different jackets he has.
He told me he feels ridiculous walking to the arena with all of them. And that he packed three suitcases for them all.
Just finished a wonderful conversation with renowned figure skating coach Benoit Richard.
He coaches 🇨🇦Stephen Gogolev. And just told me that 7 months ago he told a friend he thought Stephen would finish 5th at the Olympics.
Gogolev finished 5th at the Olympics.
He coaches 🇨🇦Stephen Gogolev. And just told me that 7 months ago he told a friend he thought Stephen would finish 5th at the Olympics.
Gogolev finished 5th at the Olympics.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
For the record.
Benoit Richaud is coaching 16 figure skaters from 13 different countries. I asked him about all the different jackets he has.
He told me he feels ridiculous walking to the arena with all of them. And that he packed three suitcases for them all.
Benoit Richaud is coaching 16 figure skaters from 13 different countries. I asked him about all the different jackets he has.
He told me he feels ridiculous walking to the arena with all of them. And that he packed three suitcases for them all.
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“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
February 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
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Toad was asleep, and he was having a dream.
He was on stage, and he was wearing a costume.
Toad looked out into the dark.
Frog was sitting in the theater.
He was on stage, and he was wearing a costume.
Toad looked out into the dark.
Frog was sitting in the theater.
February 15, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Toad was asleep, and he was having a dream.
He was on stage, and he was wearing a costume.
Toad looked out into the dark.
Frog was sitting in the theater.
He was on stage, and he was wearing a costume.
Toad looked out into the dark.
Frog was sitting in the theater.
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Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
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Whitewash 1
Katherine Burns
2022
Katherine Burns
2022
February 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Whitewash 1
Katherine Burns
2022
Katherine Burns
2022
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On this day in 1982, the Ocean Ranger oil platform sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in a storm, taking the lives of all 84 onboard. In 1983, due to concerns over the danger the wreck posed to shipping, it was towed to deeper waters, leading to the deaths of three divers.
February 15, 2026 at 1:15 PM
On this day in 1982, the Ocean Ranger oil platform sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in a storm, taking the lives of all 84 onboard. In 1983, due to concerns over the danger the wreck posed to shipping, it was towed to deeper waters, leading to the deaths of three divers.
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Marie-Joseph Angélique was an enslaved woman who ran away from her enslaver but was recaptured.
Shortly after, a fire destroyed 25% of Montreal. Angelique was put to death for the disaster.
This is her story.
📸Annie Beaugrand-Champagne
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Shortly after, a fire destroyed 25% of Montreal. Angelique was put to death for the disaster.
This is her story.
📸Annie Beaugrand-Champagne
🧵 1/10
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Marie-Joseph Angélique was an enslaved woman who ran away from her enslaver but was recaptured.
Shortly after, a fire destroyed 25% of Montreal. Angelique was put to death for the disaster.
This is her story.
📸Annie Beaugrand-Champagne
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Shortly after, a fire destroyed 25% of Montreal. Angelique was put to death for the disaster.
This is her story.
📸Annie Beaugrand-Champagne
🧵 1/10
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Capitalists & public services never mix.
Public goods & services belong in the public's hands. The news is a public good.
A corporation or private ownership should not own any news deliver service.
News should be non-profit &
held to common standards of truth.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Public goods & services belong in the public's hands. The news is a public good.
A corporation or private ownership should not own any news deliver service.
News should be non-profit &
held to common standards of truth.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Learn this from Bezos and the Washington Post: with hypercapitalists in charge, your news is not safe | Jane Martinson
His shameful stewardship of a once great title highlights how much we lose when private interest eclipses the public good, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Capitalists & public services never mix.
Public goods & services belong in the public's hands. The news is a public good.
A corporation or private ownership should not own any news deliver service.
News should be non-profit &
held to common standards of truth.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Public goods & services belong in the public's hands. The news is a public good.
A corporation or private ownership should not own any news deliver service.
News should be non-profit &
held to common standards of truth.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The imminent return of trains to northern Ontario and the Gaspé Peninsula is great news. But we need to make sure it’s only the beginning of a long-lasting national passenger rail revival.”
@taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
@taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
Opinion: Canada’s passenger rail lines are getting revived after decades of vanishing service
Across North America, there is a grassroots clamouring for the return of railway lines that once provided a reliable and affordable alternative to cars and planes
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:14 AM
“The imminent return of trains to northern Ontario and the Gaspé Peninsula is great news. But we need to make sure it’s only the beginning of a long-lasting national passenger rail revival.”
@taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
@taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
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The mid 1980s to the mid 1990s got So. Much. Wrong. with public policy.
It was painful to go through it at the time but doubly so as they have to reverse these dumbass decisions, meant to save money and costing us so much more in time and money and lost opportunity
It was painful to go through it at the time but doubly so as they have to reverse these dumbass decisions, meant to save money and costing us so much more in time and money and lost opportunity
“The imminent return of trains to northern Ontario and the Gaspé Peninsula is great news. But we need to make sure it’s only the beginning of a long-lasting national passenger rail revival.”
@taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
@taras-grescoe.com makes the case for Canada’s trains.
Opinion: Canada’s passenger rail lines are getting revived after decades of vanishing service
Across North America, there is a grassroots clamouring for the return of railway lines that once provided a reliable and affordable alternative to cars and planes
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The mid 1980s to the mid 1990s got So. Much. Wrong. with public policy.
It was painful to go through it at the time but doubly so as they have to reverse these dumbass decisions, meant to save money and costing us so much more in time and money and lost opportunity
It was painful to go through it at the time but doubly so as they have to reverse these dumbass decisions, meant to save money and costing us so much more in time and money and lost opportunity