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Jason Haslam
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Professor, English and Gender & Women’s Studies at Dalhousie U. He/him

Check out my Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-anthology-of-science-fiction/

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Today in Halifax! #Halisky
A poster for a Hands Off Venezuela rally, 2PM, SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 VICTORIA PARK 5720 SPRING GARDEN ROAD (CORNER SPRING GARDEN & SOUTH PARK)
January 4, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Given what just happened, this chart is terrifying.
A chart of countries with the largest oil reserves. Venezuela, just invaded by a newly emboldened imperial US, is at the top, followed by Saudi Arabia, Iran, and then Canada. Trump has already threatened the latter two.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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My sister made us this for X-mas. It’s a chair pad based on a William Morris design, but I don’t want to sit on it.
A square rug-hook chair mat in blues, greens and yellows with a symmetrical leaf design.
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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A picture of tonight's full moon, taken handheld at the full length of my 100-500 lens, on Canon R6, f7.1, ISO 320, 1/1250 (I have a shaky hand, lol). Some light editing in ON1 Photo Raw 2024, including very lightly added NoNoise AI.
January 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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Late present for myself. #NowSpinning
On the left in the foreground the cover of Lou Reed’s “Words and Music May 1965”; on the right in the background, a black vinyl album spins.
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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This is your brain on AI
An image of eggs frying in a pan from the old “this is your brain on drugs” campaign
December 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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It’s official: purple Quality Streets are the weakest link:
An empty Quality Street chocolate tin with one sole chocolate in purple wrapping.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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One of the things about my anthology that I am both excited and extremely humbled by is the fact that Samuel Delany sent @broadviewpress.bsky.social a newly edited version of his story “Among the Blobs” for me to use, complete with some relevant images, new notes, and a new introduction! #SFF
Me holding a copy of the anthology for the first time! A photo of part of the first page of Delany’s story. You can see the end of his intro, which reads. “But that's the tale behind the tale. —Philadelphia November 2022”
December 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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A picture of my hand holding a copy of my Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction
December 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Rewatching “Logan” & I’m convinced it’s the best—maybe only accurate—allegory about Gen-X. Even our superhero narratives are like “My knees hurt. I drink. My job is driving a parent around & checking their meds. Also, these f’in’ kids’re gonna kill me. Still. Better than being young. I was an idiot”
A screenshot from “Logan” with Logan driving Charles unwillingly while Charles tells him how to drive.
December 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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May 2026 see all who deserve it face this smile as they meet immediate and righteous justice:
Anthony Joshua smiling as he sets up to break Jake Paul’s entire head.
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Early present for myself:
The cover of “Death of the Author: A Novel” by Nnedi Okorafor The alternate cover for the main character’s novel “Rusted Robots,” printed on the book under the dust jacket for “Death of the Author: A Novel” by Nnedi Okorafor
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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What a petty, stupid, morally bankrupt man.
A “truth social” post by the president of the United States that reads: “A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!”
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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In Halifax, we warn people when they’re about to run into a Derridean.
A red sign that reads, “DECONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS NO UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS”
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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I am very much having a “it was the best of times; it was the blurst of times” year.
Mr Burns yelling at a monkey, “IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE BLURST OF TIMES!”
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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An absolute unit of a Blue Jay and a Northern Cardinal from early November, and then a Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker from early December, all in #Halisky. #Birds #NaturePhotography
A Blue Jay on a small branch, facing the camera, puffed up in the cold. A male Northern Cardinal, shot from a low angle, sitting in the crook of a branch in a small tree, looking to the left. A yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, coming out of a hollow in a tree, looking up to the right. A yellow-shafted Northern Flicker, in a hollow in a tree, looking to the right.
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I knew I’d seen this picture before:
A picture of Trump grinning like a child while wearing his new made-up medal Ralph Wiggum dressed as Idaho
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This is AI, almost certainly. Look at his patch:
A close up still of a patch on the supposed NYPD officer. The language on it is largely misspelled, e.g. “POICE”
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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I ask again, as a property-tax payer, is Andy Fillmore the WORST mayor ever, or THE worst mayor EVER?
A snip from a news item, highlighted, that reads, “However, Mayor Andy Fillmore said the property tax hike is ‘simply too high’ and put forward a motion asking staff to find more savings. He proposed a 10 per cent reduction in program grants, reducing the climate action tax by one-third, and implementing a hiring freeze.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Hawkins Cheezies aren’t a snack; they’re a physical and moral challenge.
A Hawkins Cheezy nearly the size of my palm.
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Only caught the aftermath, but there was bonding over the colour blue:
With Metal!
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Anniversary, three-months late, post-surgery and lockout.
Selfie at the Habs/Bruins game Warm up with both teams on the ice.
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Captain Picard shouting “THEREI ARE! FOUR! DRAWER-FRIDGES!”
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Finally went to the Halifax @fluevog.bsky.social store. You guys my bank account is in serious danger. Like, I expected the robot from Lost in Space to try to stop me from going in levels of Will Robinson danger.
A picture of beautiful burgundy shoes.
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Beautiful and great-sounding 40th-anniversary rerelease of The #Pogues Rum, Sodomy, & the Lash! #NowSpinning
In the foreground on the left, the iconic album cover; in the background on the right, a deep-red marbled vinyl LP plays.
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM