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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 1d

Callback to the last strike. I still stand with workers. Private companies will never serve us as well as a Crown corp with a strong union!

Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · Dec 12

I continue to stand with the Canada Post workers on strike. No amount of inconvenience or media hit pieces will make me blame anyone but the company for refusing to bargain in good faith.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 2d

I’m pleased to say you can now pre-order my next book, ‘Fairies: A History’ (out in February 2026) from
@politybooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jeremy Harte, Simon Young, Jo Hickey-Hall and Owen Davies for such generous endorsements! 🌿📚 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Susan Kiddie 🍉 @susankiddie.bsky.social · 2d

Time for my annual Covid/flu Vaccine PSA for Toronto folks:

If you have mobility issues and need a vaccine at home, Toronto Paramedic Services will come to you! You don’t have to be a senior to qualify. (I was referred by a TPH nurse but self-referral is fine)

Spread the word!

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 2d

One more week of packing. I can do this. I think.

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Ema Acosta @ema-acosta.com · 2d

My tabletop fantasy dyad, Crescent and Exile, is now available for preorder at the Mythworks store. 🖤 www.myth.works/pages/cresce...

All orders (along with crowdfunding rewards) will be shipping in November. Stay tuned. 🌜💫⚔️

Two hardcover books. Left book reads "CRESCENT 2E: Feelings-Delving Role-Playing" and depicts five children running away from a dinosaur. The mood in the picture is light-hearted, playful, and fantastic. The right book reads "EXILE: Dark Fantasy Role-Playing" and depicts a winged figure thrusting a blood-soaked blade out of a horned monster. The mood is mysterious, emotional, and fierce.

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Nicola King @nicolaking.bsky.social · 2d

Please recommend some history podcasts that aren't about the Tudors or kings and queens.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 2d

I solicited peer reviews as part of my job at OUP Canada, and I cannot imagine transferring that work to AI. Small things like personalizing emails made a huge difference in response rates, plus database info was often inaccurate and needed to be updated during communications.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 2d

ICYMI: Here's how the Doug Ford government plans to establish areas of Ontario where development can move ahead without abiding by provincial or municipal laws: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

Ontario drafts special economic zone rules around minister's opinion | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government’s draft rules for special economic zones under Bill 5 empower ministers and dismiss First Nations’ request for oversight

thenarwhal.ca

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Felix "Wildsea" Isaacs (is finishing Tigers on the Wire) @felixisaacs.bsky.social · 5d

THE #PICO #TTRPG DIGITAL RELEASE IS DONE!

And its up on my #itchio store page now. I'm happy, I'm relieved, and I'm looking forward to hearing about even more bug-based shenanigans in the near future.

... I still can't believe Silksong JUST beat me to it.

felixisaacs.itch.io/pico-core-bo...

PICO Core Book (digital) by Felix Isaacs

A tabletop RPG about tiny bugs, huge adventures, and riding cats

felixisaacs.itch.io

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 5d

I copy edited these and it was so much fun! Em did a great job linking the mechanics to the themes so that they feel seamless. And their illustrations are really evocative too.

Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · 5d

The brilliant new twinned game project by illustrator/designer Em Acosta.

Crescent is about kids who go to the dream world. Then Exile is about them as teenagers in the nightmare world. So rad lol

Pre-order here www.myth.works/pages/cresce...

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 7d

A gorgeous, coppery sweat bee enjoying the Snakeroot in the yard

#invertebrates 🌿 🐝 #NativePlants

A metallic copper colored bee perches sideways on a cluster of small white flowers. It’s got lots of tiny white grains of pollen all over it.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 6d

Covid is a social justice issue.

Mitigations like masks, anti virals, air purifiers and tests cost money.

We should have free respirators in public places. Mandatory masking in hospitals. Clean air benchmarks. Paid time off.

Those steps would drastically reduce spread.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 6d

Spa update: I smell like an orange creamsicle and my muscles actually feel normal. This was a good idea.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 7d

I told my boss that I'm going to the spa tomorrow and he told me "don't forget to fast". My brain completely locked up trying to parse the joke until he told me it was Yom Kippur. I've never been so aware of how unfamiliar I am with the Jewish experience haha.

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Christopher Hutton --> PAX Unplugged @newsnerd.bsky.social · 7d

Are any TTRPG designers planning to launch anything this November or December? Gimme a poke and let's chat!

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The Ghost of Morgan Eilish 🧡💜 @morganeilish.bsky.social · 7d

I currently write the CCU's Member Showcases. If you're a Canadian creator in the TTRPG or LARP space and want to make me write nice things about your really cool work, you should seriously consider joining the CCU. You can apply to become a member here: ccuttrpg.ca/pages/become...

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 7d

LinkedIn is expanding the data it scrapes for AI training. Remember to opt out here: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

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Christopher Hutton --> PAX Unplugged @newsnerd.bsky.social · 8d

The online TTRPG mapmaker Inkarnate formally announced a ban on AI-generated products in its marketplace. This decision arrives less than a week after its CEO faced scrutiny over considering AI in select contexts.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 8d

None of the clothes I've tried are thin. The bamboo blend is thicker and warmer than the tencel blend, but the tencel is crisper. I would say the bamboo blend is better for late fall and winter while the tencel is better for early summer and fall.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 8d

I've bought a few things over the years and they are so soft and comfortable. Like fashionable pyjamas.

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Helen Hey (she/her) @inkyfingertips.bsky.social · 8d

One of my favourite Canadian clothing makers has revealed her fall collection. There are cicadas, crows, and pomegranates! #BuyCanadian

Fall 2025

Discover exclusive products available only to our email subscribers. Special offers inside!

poisonpear.com

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 10d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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ivory1.bsky.social @ivory1.bsky.social · 8d

🌱🍂

Photo of a sign on my neighbour's front lawn that says: Leave the leaves.

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Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 9d

I'm reviewing the index for "True Color" now, and I just want to heap laurels on the indexer who read this <checks jacket copy> "kaleidoscopic journey" and noted every. single. color. name. mentioned. In a book about defining color names. The index is 6600 words long. A marvel.

a man in a captain america costume stands in front of a rock

Alt: Captain America in...I don't know. The OG Captain America film? Winter Soldier? Not sure! Haven't seen the movies, yes I am a terrible person, I've been busy! Anyway: Chris Evans' Captain America, in the ruins of war, turning and saluting the viewer, weary yet heartfelt.

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