Aura Penny
@aurabeth.bsky.social
Reader, bookseller, writer, knitter, eldritch slacker, housecoat enthusiast. Has too many unread books. She/Her
My four year old, who is in jk, came home from school last week chanting 6-7 and giggling. She brought home her first meme. Her father and I are so proud.
December 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My four year old, who is in jk, came home from school last week chanting 6-7 and giggling. She brought home her first meme. Her father and I are so proud.
So excited for Can*Con this weekend!
October 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So excited for Can*Con this weekend!
For family reasons I've been semi active on Facebook again. It's pretty depressing.
Is there a word for the sadness of blocking past friends who have been radicalized by fascism?
Is there a word for the sadness of blocking past friends who have been radicalized by fascism?
September 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
For family reasons I've been semi active on Facebook again. It's pretty depressing.
Is there a word for the sadness of blocking past friends who have been radicalized by fascism?
Is there a word for the sadness of blocking past friends who have been radicalized by fascism?
Hey I found a new planner to try and this one's definitely going to be the one that I stick to and my life will be forever changed.
May 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hey I found a new planner to try and this one's definitely going to be the one that I stick to and my life will be forever changed.
Always love to see a recommendation for Leah Bobet in the wild. This time for her 2011 novel Above. Deliciously weird while wrestling with when to admit you can't save someone.
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Five SFF Novels Featuring Tunnels - Reactor
Name a better place to hide from and/or look for trouble!
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May 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Always love to see a recommendation for Leah Bobet in the wild. This time for her 2011 novel Above. Deliciously weird while wrestling with when to admit you can't save someone.
reactormag.com/five-sff-nov...
reactormag.com/five-sff-nov...
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Everyone watching Pierre Poilievre eat absolute shit in Carleton and respecting Canada's bilingual culture.
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Everyone watching Pierre Poilievre eat absolute shit in Carleton and respecting Canada's bilingual culture.
Thinking a lot about the story "After the Siege" by Cory Doctorow lately.
April 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Thinking a lot about the story "After the Siege" by Cory Doctorow lately.
I need to rewatch The Banshee Chapter (2013). Ted Levine as a Hunter S. Thompson analogue is just stellar.
April 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I need to rewatch The Banshee Chapter (2013). Ted Levine as a Hunter S. Thompson analogue is just stellar.
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I know it can be overwhelming when you open your CD carrying case because there are so many CDs in there. How do you know which one to choose? Relax. Close your eyes and just point to a CD and wherever your finger lands that's the CD you're supposed to listen to
March 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I know it can be overwhelming when you open your CD carrying case because there are so many CDs in there. How do you know which one to choose? Relax. Close your eyes and just point to a CD and wherever your finger lands that's the CD you're supposed to listen to
Classic.
Not to mention all the Canadian Heritage Minutes and a lot of #NFB films like this one...
youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8?...
youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8?...
Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz
YouTube video by NFB
youtu.be
March 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Classic.
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And this morning the Shed is a puzzle box, made by a blind craftsman in ancient Japan; in which tiny components, too small for the eye, move and readjust at a touch, to reveal a secret hiding-place, left unopened for centuries...
March 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
And this morning the Shed is a puzzle box, made by a blind craftsman in ancient Japan; in which tiny components, too small for the eye, move and readjust at a touch, to reveal a secret hiding-place, left unopened for centuries...
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Just letting you know that today is the last day of the CKLU pledge drive.
Pleas if you are able to go to cklu.ca and pledge anything you can.
it all helps.
Pleas if you are able to go to cklu.ca and pledge anything you can.
it all helps.
March 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just letting you know that today is the last day of the CKLU pledge drive.
Pleas if you are able to go to cklu.ca and pledge anything you can.
it all helps.
Pleas if you are able to go to cklu.ca and pledge anything you can.
it all helps.
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Ford wants as few people to vote as possible. Let's disappoint him. Please vote, so we can take him out of office and put him under investigation, where he belongs.
All the ID, poll location, accessibility, candidate information you need is right here:
www.elections.on.ca/en.html
All the ID, poll location, accessibility, candidate information you need is right here:
www.elections.on.ca/en.html
Home
Welcome to Elections Ontario
www.elections.on.ca
February 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ford wants as few people to vote as possible. Let's disappoint him. Please vote, so we can take him out of office and put him under investigation, where he belongs.
All the ID, poll location, accessibility, candidate information you need is right here:
www.elections.on.ca/en.html
All the ID, poll location, accessibility, candidate information you need is right here:
www.elections.on.ca/en.html
I keep seeing American media saying Canadians are pissed about tariffs. I think they are wildly underestimating the effect of all the "51st state" comments.
My rage is fueled by existential dread not economics.
My rage is fueled by existential dread not economics.
February 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I keep seeing American media saying Canadians are pissed about tariffs. I think they are wildly underestimating the effect of all the "51st state" comments.
My rage is fueled by existential dread not economics.
My rage is fueled by existential dread not economics.
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The NDP is the party of universal public healthcare 🍊We have a plan to FIX it, to connect every single Ontarian with a family doctor. You deserve to have the care you need, when you need it. You deserve a Government that cares about YOU.
February 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The NDP is the party of universal public healthcare 🍊We have a plan to FIX it, to connect every single Ontarian with a family doctor. You deserve to have the care you need, when you need it. You deserve a Government that cares about YOU.
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Apathy is boring & overrated. Giving a shit about others, showing up for your community & banding together to keep each other safe? Très chic. Very cool.
Let me teach you bystander intervention - for free!
Feb 17
noon - 1pm EST
Cameras/mics muted
Open to anyone anywhere aged 12+
Register!
Let me teach you bystander intervention - for free!
Feb 17
noon - 1pm EST
Cameras/mics muted
Open to anyone anywhere aged 12+
Register!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stand up against street harassment!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
It starts by taking action right now. Join us for a one-hour, interactive, virtual training to learn how to intervene when you see harassment happening. We’ll talk about what harassment looks like — f...
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February 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Apathy is boring & overrated. Giving a shit about others, showing up for your community & banding together to keep each other safe? Très chic. Very cool.
Let me teach you bystander intervention - for free!
Feb 17
noon - 1pm EST
Cameras/mics muted
Open to anyone anywhere aged 12+
Register!
Let me teach you bystander intervention - for free!
Feb 17
noon - 1pm EST
Cameras/mics muted
Open to anyone anywhere aged 12+
Register!
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My 2025 hobby is helping my pals de-centre tech from their lives.
Acquire CDs, records, DVDs, paper books, reference books, magazines, dictionaries, etc. Go to the library!
Going analog is a small way to stop relying on tech bro monsters & helps preserve knowledge they're literally deleting.
Acquire CDs, records, DVDs, paper books, reference books, magazines, dictionaries, etc. Go to the library!
Going analog is a small way to stop relying on tech bro monsters & helps preserve knowledge they're literally deleting.
February 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My 2025 hobby is helping my pals de-centre tech from their lives.
Acquire CDs, records, DVDs, paper books, reference books, magazines, dictionaries, etc. Go to the library!
Going analog is a small way to stop relying on tech bro monsters & helps preserve knowledge they're literally deleting.
Acquire CDs, records, DVDs, paper books, reference books, magazines, dictionaries, etc. Go to the library!
Going analog is a small way to stop relying on tech bro monsters & helps preserve knowledge they're literally deleting.
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once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
December 11, 2024 at 6:46 AM
once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
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You can vote on the new baby hippo’s name!
the choices are:
Poppy
Juniper
Hammie Mae
Omi
I am interested to know what you vote if you do 👀
metrorichmondzoo.com/newsroom/pyg...
the choices are:
Poppy
Juniper
Hammie Mae
Omi
I am interested to know what you vote if you do 👀
metrorichmondzoo.com/newsroom/pyg...
Pygmy Hippo Naming Poll - Metro Richmond Zoo
metrorichmondzoo.com
December 28, 2024 at 4:51 PM
You can vote on the new baby hippo’s name!
the choices are:
Poppy
Juniper
Hammie Mae
Omi
I am interested to know what you vote if you do 👀
metrorichmondzoo.com/newsroom/pyg...
the choices are:
Poppy
Juniper
Hammie Mae
Omi
I am interested to know what you vote if you do 👀
metrorichmondzoo.com/newsroom/pyg...
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anybody hear about this?
December 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
anybody hear about this?
Santa Claus is my favorite cryptid.
Unless chibi mothman is an option. Can't resist chibi mothman.
Unless chibi mothman is an option. Can't resist chibi mothman.
December 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Santa Claus is my favorite cryptid.
Unless chibi mothman is an option. Can't resist chibi mothman.
Unless chibi mothman is an option. Can't resist chibi mothman.
Lost an uncle to COVID three days ago. It doesn't seem real that he won't be at holiday gatherings ever again. He was the kind of person that shone a light wherever he went. Rest in peace Uncle Ron.
December 21, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Lost an uncle to COVID three days ago. It doesn't seem real that he won't be at holiday gatherings ever again. He was the kind of person that shone a light wherever he went. Rest in peace Uncle Ron.
Listening to a 90's playlist that has everything from Bare Naked Ladies to Rage Against the Machine to solo classical guitar.
The whiplash is real.
The whiplash is real.
December 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Listening to a 90's playlist that has everything from Bare Naked Ladies to Rage Against the Machine to solo classical guitar.
The whiplash is real.
The whiplash is real.