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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Aug 16

Missing all my Worldcon peeps but sorry, not spending tourist dollars in the U.S. this year.

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Zachary Berger @zacharyberger.bsky.social · Aug 13

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.

TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!

Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Aug 12

See my last post

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you're a Canadian author looking to search the Books3 or LibGen DBs for the class action suit, here are gift links to the search tools on The Atlantic. You should have full access.

Books3 search: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

LibGen search: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Aug 12

Canadian writers, there are now a couple of AI class actions for Canadian authors. Please check out both links below.
If you have found your books in the Books3 or LibGen DBs, you are likely to be included in the class(es).
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

Meta AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers

www.cfmlawyers.ca

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Aug 12

Canadian writers, there are now a couple of AI class actions for Canadian authors. Please check out both links below.
If you have found your books in the Books3 or LibGen DBs, you are likely to be included in the class(es).
www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-action...

Meta AI Copyright - CFM Lawyers

www.cfmlawyers.ca

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Jul 30

More info on expected timing

www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...

www.tsunami.gov

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Jul 30

Tsunami watch for much of the coast of BC

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tsunami watch issued for several parts of the B.C. coast after major earthquake near Russia | CBC News

A tsunami watch has been issued for multiple parts of the B.C. coast after a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon.

www.cbc.ca

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · May 19

Author friends, I have to move away from Mailchimp because they are going to charge for email automation now and I don't have a big enough subscriber base/writer income to justify a paid plan. Top alternative contenders include MailerLite and Brevo.
Opinions?

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 8

I mean, these days I'll take any light coming from anywhere.

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 8

In good news my laptop is still working after the bag holding it fell onto the pavement from the back of the car during weekend travels.

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 8

Long but sobering read.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy

Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague

www.theguardian.com

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 3

Also with one black door stating “This door identifies as blue”

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 3

Seen in Longueuil

Blue car with license plate BLUEBOX and holder stating “MY OTHER CAR IS A TARDIS”

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 3

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Why is your boss a narcissist? Blame the job ad that got them hired

The language used in many job postings appeals to people with ‘a grand view of self’, researchers find

www.theguardian.com

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 3

Well then …

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

www.theguardian.com

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Apr 2

Greetings new followers! I am a weird little guy who lives in the woods. If you came for my political posts, brace yourself for mostly jokes and love of media. My second book, WEARING THE LION, drops in June!

Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell: 9780756419547 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

"This novel effortlessly ascends to the heights of Mount Olympus. Tough and tender and bittersweet. Wearing the Lion establishes Wiswell firmly on the new fantasy landscape." —T. Kingfisher, Hugo...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Apr 2

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk

Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated

www.theguardian.com

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Mar 22

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history

Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase

www.theguardian.com

Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Mar 22

youtu.be/AObC5VKMdEc?...

The Oh Hellos - Hello My Old Heart

YouTube video by Kyle Doherty

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Mar 22

As a bilingual person, my new favourite tech feature is dual language keyboards w/ autocorrect that can differentiate when I’m typing En/Fr, En/It, or En/Ko. (I’m only bilingual En/Fr, but my learning It/Ko clued me into the keyboard business)

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Mar 19

The kicker is at the end. More detainees = more profits.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Mar 1

"This will make great television."
Yeah, so do disaster movies.
FFS

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Feb 28

OMFG that Ukraine Oval Office mess is the most disgusting thing I've seen in a long time. Vance can fuck right off about Ukraine not saying thank you. How asinine can you get?
My sympathies to the great people of Ukraine >:-(

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Feb 24

NO @searchliaison.bsky.social, this is ABSOLUTELY NOT a *state* park.
We have provincial parks in Canada, and we are still a sovereign nation, despite certain musings.
Get your act together

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Katrina Archer @katrinaarcher.bsky.social · Feb 23

Some of you I haven't seen in person in years, and some of you I barely even know, but you are all wonderful people and your help has meant the world! I don't know what the next chapter is yet, but I know it's out there somewhere 🙂
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