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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Describe your bluesky account in three words: rage. punk. joy.
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Aging GenX Angst
Aging GenX Angst
Making partisans cry
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Describe your bluesky account in three words: rage. punk. joy.
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The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.
February 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting.
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This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.
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It's not even satire anymore.
Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
DETROIT, MI - Billionaire Matthew Moroun, whose family recently lobbied the Trump administration to publicly threaten the Gordie Howe International Bridge which competes with their interests, has prai...
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February 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
It's not even satire anymore.
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Best of luck to everyone tomorrow.
#FridayThe13th.
#FridayThe13th.
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Best of luck to everyone tomorrow.
#FridayThe13th.
#FridayThe13th.
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HISTORIC BRONZE MEDAL
Courtney Sarault becomes the first Canadian outside of Quebec to win an individual medal in short track speed skating. Bronze in the 500m
Sarault is from Moncton, New Brunswick. And she just told me she’s so proud to put her home on the map.
Courtney Sarault becomes the first Canadian outside of Quebec to win an individual medal in short track speed skating. Bronze in the 500m
Sarault is from Moncton, New Brunswick. And she just told me she’s so proud to put her home on the map.
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
HISTORIC BRONZE MEDAL
Courtney Sarault becomes the first Canadian outside of Quebec to win an individual medal in short track speed skating. Bronze in the 500m
Sarault is from Moncton, New Brunswick. And she just told me she’s so proud to put her home on the map.
Courtney Sarault becomes the first Canadian outside of Quebec to win an individual medal in short track speed skating. Bronze in the 500m
Sarault is from Moncton, New Brunswick. And she just told me she’s so proud to put her home on the map.
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My apologies, Charles Darwin. I wasn’t familiar with your Hater Game
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
My apologies, Charles Darwin. I wasn’t familiar with your Hater Game
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Heated Rivalry season two to follow hockey players who secretly don't cheat on their wives
Heated Rivalry season two to follow hockey players who secretly don't cheat on their wives
OTTAWA - After a universally beloved first season of ground-breaking television, Heated Rivalry season two has been green-lit with a story following two new hockey players hiding their in-infidelity f...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Heated Rivalry season two to follow hockey players who secretly don't cheat on their wives
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Aging GenX Angst
Aging GenX Angst
Making partisans cry
Describe your Bluesky account in three words: culture/anticapitalism/blather
February 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Describe your Bluesky account in three words:
Aging GenX Angst
Aging GenX Angst
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The gender identity of the Tumbler Ridge shooter is not the point. THIS IS THE POINT 👇🏼
Amid the scapegoating of the trans community, it seems like no one is talking about how the Tumbler Ridge shooter was a neonazi, watched gore and murder videos constantly, and glorified mass atrocities and school shooters.
Online radicalization needs to be addressed. The young people are not okay.
Online radicalization needs to be addressed. The young people are not okay.
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The gender identity of the Tumbler Ridge shooter is not the point. THIS IS THE POINT 👇🏼
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Here’s my advice on how to use 10 fiendish & deeply “assorted” words to craft a decent poem in just 48 hours. (To students & former students reading this post: don’t make a habit of writing poems this fast. But @cv2magazine.bsky.social’s 2-Day Poem Contest is too fun to pass up.)
Sarah Wolfson, 1st place winner of the 2025 2-Day Poem Contest, is here to share her perspective on writing a poem in 48 hours!
Follow the link to sign up for the 2026 contest! contemporaryverse2.ca/2-day-poem-c...
Read @sarahwolfson.bsky.social 's advice below!
Follow the link to sign up for the 2026 contest! contemporaryverse2.ca/2-day-poem-c...
Read @sarahwolfson.bsky.social 's advice below!
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Here’s my advice on how to use 10 fiendish & deeply “assorted” words to craft a decent poem in just 48 hours. (To students & former students reading this post: don’t make a habit of writing poems this fast. But @cv2magazine.bsky.social’s 2-Day Poem Contest is too fun to pass up.)
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"you ask me what is my threshold?
on a scale of one to ten
ten childbirth
one, not being?"
on a scale of one to ten
ten childbirth
one, not being?"
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Jacqueline Valencia @jacquelinevalencia.ca : Two poems
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Jacqueline Valencia : Two poems
Stilts Knees wish I had them not a semblance just aged and used irresponsibly no glue to bond sorry I walk on impossible stilts/...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"you ask me what is my threshold?
on a scale of one to ten
ten childbirth
one, not being?"
on a scale of one to ten
ten childbirth
one, not being?"
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Nice to see some book coverage at the Spec, and I'm always happy to hear about new bookstores - this one was primarily used and is now selling new. Now if we could just get away from shock at the titles approach.
Are you having a love affair? With romance books? This Grimsby bookstore can help
Are you having a love affair? With romance books? This Grimsby bookstore can help
Ontario Street shop started out as a used bookstore before rebranding this past fall.
www.thespec.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Nice to see some book coverage at the Spec, and I'm always happy to hear about new bookstores - this one was primarily used and is now selling new. Now if we could just get away from shock at the titles approach.
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CANADA 🇨🇦 FOR THE WIN
The Canadian women’s hockey team defeats Finland 5-0 in their final round robin game.
Canada now takes on Germany in the quarterfinals.
The Canadian women’s hockey team defeats Finland 5-0 in their final round robin game.
Canada now takes on Germany in the quarterfinals.
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
CANADA 🇨🇦 FOR THE WIN
The Canadian women’s hockey team defeats Finland 5-0 in their final round robin game.
Canada now takes on Germany in the quarterfinals.
The Canadian women’s hockey team defeats Finland 5-0 in their final round robin game.
Canada now takes on Germany in the quarterfinals.
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I keep hearing from friends getting confused/caught up in bookclub promotion scams and wasting time because of them.
IME, a book club doesn't need to contact you to choose your book for their club. Any book club that contacts me, from a group I don't already know, wanting anything more then to say-
IME, a book club doesn't need to contact you to choose your book for their club. Any book club that contacts me, from a group I don't already know, wanting anything more then to say-
February 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I keep hearing from friends getting confused/caught up in bookclub promotion scams and wasting time because of them.
IME, a book club doesn't need to contact you to choose your book for their club. Any book club that contacts me, from a group I don't already know, wanting anything more then to say-
IME, a book club doesn't need to contact you to choose your book for their club. Any book club that contacts me, from a group I don't already know, wanting anything more then to say-
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A wonderful review of Sunny Dhillon's Hide & Sikh is up at Hippocampus Magazine:
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/02/revi...
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/02/revi...
REVIEW: Hide and Sikh: Letters from a Life in Brown Skin by Sunny Dhillon | Hippocampus Magazine
The hiding Sunny Dhillon speaks of in the title of his deceptively charming, but searingly frank memoir, begins right out of the gate, in the preface.
www.hippocampusmagazine.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A wonderful review of Sunny Dhillon's Hide & Sikh is up at Hippocampus Magazine:
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/02/revi...
www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/02/revi...
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Great chat with @davebidini.bsky.social today about the new Rheostatics album, sampling Gord Downie on The Drop Off, and his role in sparking the late-80s comeback of Stompin' Tom Connors.
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/dave...
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Dave Bidini: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1847
In this 1847th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Dave Bidini about new Rheostatics, sampling Gord Downie, the value of journalism and how he sparked Stompin' Tom Connors's comeback. This epis...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Great chat with @davebidini.bsky.social today about the new Rheostatics album, sampling Gord Downie on The Drop Off, and his role in sparking the late-80s comeback of Stompin' Tom Connors.
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/dave...
www.torontomike.com/2026/02/dave...
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All of @thelocal.to's reporting in their Cost of Care series has been fantastic. Read @wencyleung.bsky.social on Health811's endless wait times
Back when it was Telehealth Ontario, callers could speak with a nurse within seconds or minutes. Now that the service has been replaced by Health811, the average wait time can be many hours #onthealth
Health811 is touted as a way to provide Ontarians with free, 24/7 health advice, writes @wencyleung.bsky.social. But data obtained by The Local shows wait times have risen dramatically since 2022, and it’s unclear where callers end up once they do speak with someone. thelocal.to/health811-te...
February 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
All of @thelocal.to's reporting in their Cost of Care series has been fantastic. Read @wencyleung.bsky.social on Health811's endless wait times
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“You can’t have a reasonable discussion about AI” just sounds like a reboot of the “civility in politics” discourse. If I sound shrill about AI, it’s because it’s putting thousands like me out of work, sucking up all the water and filling the net with child porn. No, I fucking won’t be civil.
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“You can’t have a reasonable discussion about AI” just sounds like a reboot of the “civility in politics” discourse. If I sound shrill about AI, it’s because it’s putting thousands like me out of work, sucking up all the water and filling the net with child porn. No, I fucking won’t be civil.
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In some ways, #TumblerRidge appears almost too perfect to be true.
But the heartache brought to the small northern B.C. community on Tuesday is only too real.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes.
But the heartache brought to the small northern B.C. community on Tuesday is only too real.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes.
A Love Letter to Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee
The northern community faces some of its darkest days ahead, but is famously resilient.
thetyee.ca
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
In some ways, #TumblerRidge appears almost too perfect to be true.
But the heartache brought to the small northern B.C. community on Tuesday is only too real.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes.
But the heartache brought to the small northern B.C. community on Tuesday is only too real.
@amandafollett.bsky.social writes.
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The NUMBER TWO rule of time-travel, OF COURSE, is don’t bother to kill Hitler. He just keeps coming back.
The NUMBER ONE rule, OF COURSE is never EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER give the Roman Empire access to time-travel.
The NUMBER ONE rule, OF COURSE is never EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER give the Roman Empire access to time-travel.
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The NUMBER TWO rule of time-travel, OF COURSE, is don’t bother to kill Hitler. He just keeps coming back.
The NUMBER ONE rule, OF COURSE is never EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER give the Roman Empire access to time-travel.
The NUMBER ONE rule, OF COURSE is never EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER give the Roman Empire access to time-travel.
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We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying. It's new, $19.99, and tween fantasy fiction.
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A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying, by Kelley Armstrong
Twelve-year-old Rowan is next in line to be Queen; her twin brother, Rhydd, to be Royal Monster Hunter. Rowan would give anything to switch places, but the rule is, the oldest child is next in line, e...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying. It's new, $19.99, and tween fantasy fiction.
carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/a-r...
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Canada's captain Marie-Philip Poulin is out for a second game at the Olympics.
The Canadians play against Finland coming up next.
If Canada wins, they play Germany in the quarters.
The Canadians play against Finland coming up next.
If Canada wins, they play Germany in the quarters.
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Canada's captain Marie-Philip Poulin is out for a second game at the Olympics.
The Canadians play against Finland coming up next.
If Canada wins, they play Germany in the quarters.
The Canadians play against Finland coming up next.
If Canada wins, they play Germany in the quarters.
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Because of this story I can never give signed books to charity and if I buy one which turns out to have an inscription I feel bad for the signatory
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Because of this story I can never give signed books to charity and if I buy one which turns out to have an inscription I feel bad for the signatory
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FROM CANADA 🇨🇦
SILVER MEDAL IN MOGULS
MIKAEL KINGSBURY
Kingsbury is now the first men’s freestyle skier in history to own four Olympic medals.
SILVER MEDAL IN MOGULS
MIKAEL KINGSBURY
Kingsbury is now the first men’s freestyle skier in history to own four Olympic medals.
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
FROM CANADA 🇨🇦
SILVER MEDAL IN MOGULS
MIKAEL KINGSBURY
Kingsbury is now the first men’s freestyle skier in history to own four Olympic medals.
SILVER MEDAL IN MOGULS
MIKAEL KINGSBURY
Kingsbury is now the first men’s freestyle skier in history to own four Olympic medals.