Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like Kermit is the frog I aspire to be and Fozzie is the bear I actually am.

Cake or Death @johngcole.bsky.social · 10h

Who is your favorite muppet? Personally, I would kill if anyone so much as thought about harming a hair on Janice's head, while Joelle is a big fan of Sweetums.

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 14h

He's going to be so frickin' mad when he doesn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.

2

Reposted by Stephen Geigen-Miller

An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 15h

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 17h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

1 10 26

Reposted by Stephen Geigen-Miller

Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 16h

This represents a huge loss to Canadian SFF

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 17h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

8 10

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 20h

Have you read Naomi Klein's book THE SHOCK DOCTRINE? It's from 2007 but there's much in it that applies to the present moment. It's disaster capitalism.

1

Reposted by Stephen Geigen-Miller

The Skiffy and Fanty Show @skiffyandfanty.com · 23h

This is just a friendly reminder that we will not willingly/knowingly discuss or review AI generated materials except to examine why we are opposed to it in the first place.

There is no argument you can make to change our mind. We are firm in the belief that human art must be protected from slop.

3 29

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to get ahead of myself and jinx it! First comes the AL Championship Series!

1

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, rarely has the rest of baseball been so united in rooting for the Toronto Blue Jays. 😀

1 5

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Eat my entire Canadian ass, New York Yankees fans.

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 1d

YOU DARE BOO THE BEAUTIFUL CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. YOU PAY WITH BLOOD! YOU PAY WITH BLOOD!

2 23 500

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

The Jays knocked out the Yankees move on to the AL Championship Series, while the Tigers and Mariners fight it out for the other slot in a Game 5.

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

JAYS WIN! JAYS TAKE THE SERIES!

1 3

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

JAYS WIN! JAYS TAKE THE SERIES!

6

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Come on Hoffman!
#LetsGoBlueJays

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

I'm breathing again.

1

Reposted by Stephen Geigen-Miller

Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 1d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

kotowych.com

95 85

Reposted by Stephen Geigen-Miller

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 1d

the story of the 2025 toronto blue jays is a guy you've barely heard of who plays four positions and has been in and out of the minors for the last three years hitting .491 in scoring position

6 15 140

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Also, Roncesvalles Avenue, Spadina Avenue, Yonge Street, Etobicoke, and if you want to get hyperlocal, Balliol Street, which locals pronounce differently than even other people in Toronto do.

2

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

We're in Toronto, so also: "Toronto". 😉

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

In Toronto? "Toronto". 😀

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

2 1 4

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Look, for starters, if someone finally really fixed CHESS that's amazing, but more importantly, *how did I not know that Murray Head and Anthony Stewart Head are brothers?!*

reactormag.com/danny-strong...

Danny Strong Turned Down Writing the Buffy Reboot to Rewrite Chess on Broadway - Reactor

Yes, Chess. The musical. Chess.

reactormag.com

1 2

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

I don't pray, but thank goodness.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Freida Parton says she did not mean to scare anyone when asking for prayers for her older sister, Dolly:

Freida Parton
“I want to clear something up. I didn't mean to scare anyone or make it sound so serious when asking for prayers for Dolly. She's been a little under the weather, and I simply asked for prayers because I believe so strongly in the power of prayer. It was nothing more than a little sister asking for prayers for her big sister. Thank you all for lifting her up. Your love truly makes a difference.”

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, avoiding fighting in an unjust war was good! Sure, there's nuance around the unequal opportunities offered the poor vs. the rich to avoid the war, and the people who avoided the war who later became warmongers. But it's important to remember that evading the draft was a morally correct choice.

1

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, even she agrees that she's a large flaw!

Reposted by Stephen Geigen-Miller

Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 2d

Whose safety or health is being threatened?

Whose safety or health is being threatened?

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Privacy officials with the Ontario government won’t release details of who was responsible for cabinet minister vehicles caught speeding, saying it would violate personal privacy and could threaten the “safety or health of an individual.” #OnPoli

globalnews.ca/news/1146863...

Ontario government won’t say which cabinet minister vehicles were speeding, citing safety | Globalnews.ca

Documents show vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford's cabinet ministers were caught by automated speed cameras 23 times, including one driving at 70 km/h in a 40 zone.

globalnews.ca

2 11 36

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 2d

All right, this could go either way but I have to go into the office in the morning so I'm tapping out.
#LetsGoBlueJays

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 2d

DAMMIT. Three run homer for the Yankees. It's tied up.
#LetsGoBlueJays

2

Stephen Geigen-Miller @stephengm.bsky.social · 2d

DAMMIT. Three run homer for the Yankees. It's tied up.
#LetsGoBlueJays