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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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
February 18, 2026 at 6:13 PM
GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
CANADA 🇨🇦 WINS IT IN OVERTIME
MOVING ON AT THE OLYMPICS
EXHALE CANADA
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I would absolutely write a DS9 version of Heated Rivalry starring Garak and Bashir. After all, I would certainly READ one.
February 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I would absolutely write a DS9 version of Heated Rivalry starring Garak and Bashir. After all, I would certainly READ one.
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Canada invokes NATO Article 5 against Sweden following Olympic curling conflict
Canada invokes NATO Article 5 against Sweden following Olympic curling conflict
NORTH SEA - Following a dispute at the 2026 Winter Olympics in which the Swedish team accused Canadian players of cheating, Prime Minister Mark Carney has mobilized the whole of the Canadian military ...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Canada invokes NATO Article 5 against Sweden following Olympic curling conflict
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I am very lucky to have already read an early draft of Meaghan's new book - it's all killer, no filler.
@nashls.bsky.social
@pressassembly.bsky.social
@nashls.bsky.social
@pressassembly.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I am very lucky to have already read an early draft of Meaghan's new book - it's all killer, no filler.
@nashls.bsky.social
@pressassembly.bsky.social
@nashls.bsky.social
@pressassembly.bsky.social
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Winner of the Claire Harris Poetry Prize, Qurat Dar’s debut collection NON-PROPHET (@gooselane.bsky.social) is our featured collection in today's Poetry in Motion.
Enjoy two poetry readings by @quratdar.bsky.social from her book right here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
Enjoy two poetry readings by @quratdar.bsky.social from her book right here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
February 18, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Winner of the Claire Harris Poetry Prize, Qurat Dar’s debut collection NON-PROPHET (@gooselane.bsky.social) is our featured collection in today's Poetry in Motion.
Enjoy two poetry readings by @quratdar.bsky.social from her book right here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
Enjoy two poetry readings by @quratdar.bsky.social from her book right here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
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The Ford Government’s Guide to Not-Stupid University Courses
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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These will prepare you for jobs of the future like sex robot engineer. lmfao
February 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
These will prepare you for jobs of the future like sex robot engineer. lmfao
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And now I find report a very liar
February 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
And now I find report a very liar
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2023: Quantum computing and AI are here so you’d better get on board or be left behind!!!
2026: We are buying up all the hard drives and negging you with Super Bowl ads, please please please
2026: We are buying up all the hard drives and negging you with Super Bowl ads, please please please
At a conference last summer, I had to sit through a 45-minute speech from physicist and “futurist” Machio Kaku, praising the coming of AI and the genius of Elon Musk, and it was so obvious that he’d been bought and paid for. Like, sure, pay your mortgage, dude, but leave me out of this 😡
February 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
2023: Quantum computing and AI are here so you’d better get on board or be left behind!!!
2026: We are buying up all the hard drives and negging you with Super Bowl ads, please please please
2026: We are buying up all the hard drives and negging you with Super Bowl ads, please please please
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CANADA 🇨🇦 🥌 FOR THE WIN
After a slow start the Canadian men heated up and cruise to victory over Italy.
It’s an 8-3 final and Canada is now 7-1 at the Olympics as the semifinals approach. One more round robin game left.
After a slow start the Canadian men heated up and cruise to victory over Italy.
It’s an 8-3 final and Canada is now 7-1 at the Olympics as the semifinals approach. One more round robin game left.
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
CANADA 🇨🇦 🥌 FOR THE WIN
After a slow start the Canadian men heated up and cruise to victory over Italy.
It’s an 8-3 final and Canada is now 7-1 at the Olympics as the semifinals approach. One more round robin game left.
After a slow start the Canadian men heated up and cruise to victory over Italy.
It’s an 8-3 final and Canada is now 7-1 at the Olympics as the semifinals approach. One more round robin game left.
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Swedish freestyle skier Elis Lundholm made history as the first openly trans Winter Olympian
NBC apologizes after misgendering Olympic skier | Xtra Magazine
Swedish freestyle skier Elis Lundholm made history as the first openly trans Winter Olympian
xtramagazine.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Swedish freestyle skier Elis Lundholm made history as the first openly trans Winter Olympian
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Well. I guess Jeneroux has reconsidered his retirement.
That statement:
That statement:
February 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Well. I guess Jeneroux has reconsidered his retirement.
That statement:
That statement:
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Port-au-Persil
Randolph Hewton
1957
Randolph Hewton
1957
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Port-au-Persil
Randolph Hewton
1957
Randolph Hewton
1957
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No, Charles Quinn, AI can never replace reporters
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
No, Charles Quinn, AI can never replace reporters - Halifax Examiner
How we tell stories matters.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
No, Charles Quinn, AI can never replace reporters
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
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AI fan boys whining that lefties Luddites are missing out on the technology.
February 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
AI fan boys whining that lefties Luddites are missing out on the technology.
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
February 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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Back in 2023, I noticed the refreshed Ursula K. Le Guin website no longer had this essay. I reached out to ask if it could be restored, and a few days later someone from the foundation sent over the URL to show it was back online :)
Ursula Le Guin wrote a response to this kind of nonsense years ago. Read it instead.
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...
February 18, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Back in 2023, I noticed the refreshed Ursula K. Le Guin website no longer had this essay. I reached out to ask if it could be restored, and a few days later someone from the foundation sent over the URL to show it was back online :)
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"Media veterans looking to join a groundbreaking publication will receive a plot of land to tend and protect in exchange for publishing ten articles per week and complete loyalty to the Crown."
Digital Media is Broken, So We’re Turning Our Company Into a Feudal State
Face it: digital media is broken. Advertising revenues are dropping, employee turnover is skyrocketing, and publications are making ends meet with ...
buff.ly
February 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"Media veterans looking to join a groundbreaking publication will receive a plot of land to tend and protect in exchange for publishing ten articles per week and complete loyalty to the Crown."
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“I walked in the meadow. Soon I came to another corner. I went around the corner to see if spring was there. “
February 18, 2026 at 5:37 AM
“I walked in the meadow. Soon I came to another corner. I went around the corner to see if spring was there. “
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What isn’t being widely discussed is the connection between #IPV and #MassShootings, as seen in Canada’s two largest mass shootings in Montreal and Nova Scotia - this isn’t even getting into Incels as a specific extremist subgroup.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2020/05/the-...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2020/05/the-...
The intimate connection between mass shootings and violence against women
Last month 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman killed 22 people over two days in a shooting and arson spree across Nova Scotia. Immediately prior to the killings he had assaulted and bound his girlfriend. The...
policyoptions.irpp.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
What isn’t being widely discussed is the connection between #IPV and #MassShootings, as seen in Canada’s two largest mass shootings in Montreal and Nova Scotia - this isn’t even getting into Incels as a specific extremist subgroup.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2020/05/the-...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2020/05/the-...
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"Nearly 90% of firms said AI has had no impact on employment or productivity over the last three years, the research noted."
Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune
In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”
fortune.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:57 AM
"Nearly 90% of firms said AI has had no impact on employment or productivity over the last three years, the research noted."
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On this day in 1918, Georges Vezina recorded the first shutout in NHL history when Montreal blanked Toronto 9-0. It was his only shutout that season. In his career he recorded 15 NHA/NHL shutouts, with a career high of five in 1924-25.
February 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
On this day in 1918, Georges Vezina recorded the first shutout in NHL history when Montreal blanked Toronto 9-0. It was his only shutout that season. In his career he recorded 15 NHA/NHL shutouts, with a career high of five in 1924-25.
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Doug Ford criticizes students for studying 'basket weaving' in college. www.youtube.com/shorts/8uN6t...
Ford responds to student complaints over OSAP funding changes
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Doug Ford criticizes students for studying 'basket weaving' in college. www.youtube.com/shorts/8uN6t...