Jen Falkner
@jenfalkner.bsky.social
she/her
Author of SUSANNA HALL, HER BOOK (Fish Gotta Swim Editions) and ABOVE DISCOVERY (Invisible Publishing)
Trying to learn Welsh, obsessed with standing stones
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Author of SUSANNA HALL, HER BOOK (Fish Gotta Swim Editions) and ABOVE DISCOVERY (Invisible Publishing)
Trying to learn Welsh, obsessed with standing stones
linktr.ee/jenfalkner
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I was lamenting the fact that my cats get tired of one brand of food after two days then I tried to think of it in a different way and asked myself "What if YOU ate salt’n’vinegar crisps every day?" then realised I do that already and that my cats should shut the fuck up and stop acting so entitled.
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I was lamenting the fact that my cats get tired of one brand of food after two days then I tried to think of it in a different way and asked myself "What if YOU ate salt’n’vinegar crisps every day?" then realised I do that already and that my cats should shut the fuck up and stop acting so entitled.
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Wondering which Canadian novel to read out loud to the family at Christmas.
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wondering which Canadian novel to read out loud to the family at Christmas.
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“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
c.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Don’t shop at big retailers this year, give these gifts instead!
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Don’t shop at big retailers this year, give these gifts instead!
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
- mysterious bowl of moss
- inscrutable jar of fog
- weird old log
- large boulder the size of a small boulder
- scarf infused with goblin wild magic
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
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Seconded. That last line hits hard.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Seconded. That last line hits hard.
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🎉 EXCELLENT NEWS!
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
Greek and Roman Studies | Faculty of Arts
Discover all the good reasons to choose uOttawa. From programs made for you, co-op opportunities and more.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎉 EXCELLENT NEWS!
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
The University of Ottawa has lifted the suspension of admissions to Greek & Roman Studies.
Thank you to everyone who signed, shared, wrote letters, and raised their voice. Apply now for next year's cohort: buff.ly/1i2Iw0B #SaveTheHumanities #SOSClassicsUO #AncientHistory
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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I see we're being told piracy is good, actually, or we get exposure,or it's a compliment that someone wants our work enough to steal it.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I see we're being told piracy is good, actually, or we get exposure,or it's a compliment that someone wants our work enough to steal it.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
1)No.
2)People die of exposure.
3)No. It's entitlement.
Would you walk into someone's house, take a book and leave? Theft is theft.
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I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate summit
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I wrote a little thing.
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
Alt title: the Hypocrisy in Having Value(s)
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Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #uOttawa #Ottawa
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #uOttawa #Ottawa
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Join us for a vital discussion with @alexhim.bsky.social about his book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, in conversation with @kevinskerrett.bsky.social.
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Join us for a vital discussion with @alexhim.bsky.social about his book Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada's Challenge, in conversation with @kevinskerrett.bsky.social.
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
Tues Dec 2, 7pm - 8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/himelfarb
I don't poem often and I share even more rarely. Many thanks to Bywords for publishing Eclipse <3
www.bywords.ca
www.bywords.ca
Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events
Bywords publishes poetry, a Calendar of Literary Events, and the Bywords Quarterly Journal. Its aims are to publish emerging and established poets who reside, study or work in Ottawa.
www.bywords.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I don't poem often and I share even more rarely. Many thanks to Bywords for publishing Eclipse <3
www.bywords.ca
www.bywords.ca
Please sign!
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
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October 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Please sign!
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Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin
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The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
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Please sign this petition to save the Honours Classics program at the University of Ottawa, the same program from which I graduated in 2003. This is also the only program in Ontario that delivers Greek and Latin training to Franco-Ontarians, and its loss would be immeasurable for that community.
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Please sign this petition to save the Honours Classics program at the University of Ottawa, the same program from which I graduated in 2003. This is also the only program in Ontario that delivers Greek and Latin training to Franco-Ontarians, and its loss would be immeasurable for that community.
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If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
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A few new short stories, and a poem: www.tom-cox.com/fungal-misad...
October 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
A few new short stories, and a poem: www.tom-cox.com/fungal-misad...
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"Our two heads bent in conversation,
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
Frances Boyle
affinity/ease Our two heads bent in conversation, touches on shoulder, on the small of backs. That daylight dance we recognize from...
talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Our two heads bent in conversation,
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
touches on shoulder, on the small
of backs. That daylight dance
we recognize from long years of practice."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
affinity/ease by @francesboyle19.bsky.social (2025 @talking-time.bsky.social) talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2025/10/fran...
Is it... me?
Pumpkin Spice Jenny
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Is it... me?