Lisa Cai
@lisacai.bsky.social
She/her | From Toronto, Canada | Writes SFFH | Head of ToWriMo | Stories in Diabolical Plots, The Dark, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, and others | Brave New Weird nominee | #amquerying
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BREAKING: @OntarioPCParty convention today @fordnation was asked:
“Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”
Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
#FreeGrassy #OnPoli #GrassyNarrows #OPC2026
“Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”
Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
#FreeGrassy #OnPoli #GrassyNarrows #OPC2026
February 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
BREAKING: @OntarioPCParty convention today @fordnation was asked:
“Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”
Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
#FreeGrassy #OnPoli #GrassyNarrows #OPC2026
“Grassy Narrows is still being poisoned. Will you compensate Grassy Narrows for the ongoing mercury crisis?”
Ford said thanks to "my OPP" for clearing protesters.
#FreeGrassy #OnPoli #GrassyNarrows #OPC2026
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We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4, Table of Contents! — tenebrous press
The Weird Fiction scene is as healthy now as it's ever been, and I think this collection—our fourth!—might have the broadest appeal yet. Much as Tenebrous continues to evolve, so has our selections pr...
tenebrouspress.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
We are elated to announce the BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winners, Class of 2025!
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
This year's Table of Contents truly has something for everyone...as long as you like it Weird.
BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol. Four is out in July.
Congratulations, Weirdos🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/47f6tt48
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Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
Little Ghosts Books Workshop Space
Little Ghosts Books horror bookstore & community hub is looking to expand its space by renovating our back garage into a studio to host our workshops, book clubs, and author events.
crowdfundr.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Hey friends, can I ask you all to give our @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social Crowdfundr a look? Any amount helps us with our workspace renovation plans, if you're not able (which I understand!), if you could share the link that would be amazing. Love you all! 🤗🧡 👻📚
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
crowdfundr.com/littleghosts...
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I have now created a template letter you can send to your MPP if you're in Ontario or to your MP anywhere in Canada; while this is primarily a provincial issue, it could also have major repercussions nationally & that must be considered
Template below:
Template below:
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I have now created a template letter you can send to your MPP if you're in Ontario or to your MP anywhere in Canada; while this is primarily a provincial issue, it could also have major repercussions nationally & that must be considered
Template below:
Template below:
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I was trying to give them a chance to respond, but it's been 15 hrs and nothing so: LA WorldCon is using genAI "art" on their website and promo materials. Given everything that went down last year (and with SWFA recently), it's pretty disheartening to see this.
January 21, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I was trying to give them a chance to respond, but it's been 15 hrs and nothing so: LA WorldCon is using genAI "art" on their website and promo materials. Given everything that went down last year (and with SWFA recently), it's pretty disheartening to see this.
"Margery Lung is Unstoppable" is in here! Thanks for the shoutout :)
🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4 — tenebrous press
tinyurl.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"Margery Lung is Unstoppable" is in here! Thanks for the shoutout :)
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Making art gives you power. Writing gives you power. Literacy gives you power.
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Making art gives you power. Writing gives you power. Literacy gives you power.
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
Fascists HATE when you have power because you can fight them with it.
They also hate when an avenue of power is out of reach to them, re: art (of all mediums). They can't make art bc it takes vulnerability to make it--
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Shove this down the throat of everyone who signed that Hollywood creative AI open letter
PEOPLE MAG ON MUSK VS. MEMPHIS: “Resident says she can’t open windows anymore because of rotten smell from living near Elon’s data center in BOXTOWN…”
No community input. Just vague promises of jobs and investment. @MemphisChamber @mayorpaulyoung
people.com/resident-liv...
No community input. Just vague promises of jobs and investment. @MemphisChamber @mayorpaulyoung
people.com/resident-liv...
December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Shove this down the throat of everyone who signed that Hollywood creative AI open letter
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
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We need to be really aware of the danger of this. GenAI is a tool of oppression & conformity. When all art looks & sounds the same, it has no impact to change the world.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We need to be really aware of the danger of this. GenAI is a tool of oppression & conformity. When all art looks & sounds the same, it has no impact to change the world.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
adamant.moksha.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Well, glad to share good news! Vol3 is trending at #17 in its category -- that is AWESOME news.
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
#IReadCanadian
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Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three ebook by Stephen Kotowych - Rakuten Kobo
Read "Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three" by Stephen Kotowych available from Rakuten Kobo. “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reade...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Well, glad to share good news! Vol3 is trending at #17 in its category -- that is AWESOME news.
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
#IReadCanadian
kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/year-s-best-canadian-fantasy-and-science-fiction-volume-three
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Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
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🎃 Horror writers! Our FREE panel is TOMORROW (Oct 28, 2pm ET)
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🎃 Horror writers! Our FREE panel is TOMORROW (Oct 28, 2pm ET)
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
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here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
October 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
here's how you remove the AI from the latest Firefox update
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Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
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For anyone who wants to know. (This is for Pinterest.)
This is how to do it via computer at least, not sure about mobile. Select the Settings button, push "Refine your recommendations", click the GenAI section and switch off everything in there.
I just did this so I've yet to see if this'll actually get rid of all AI content or not, but so far so good.
I just did this so I've yet to see if this'll actually get rid of all AI content or not, but so far so good.
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
For anyone who wants to know. (This is for Pinterest.)
Submit your claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/
Settlement of AI lawsuit gets tentative approval; some writers will get paid, but mostly only if they make claims | NWU
On September 25, 2025, Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave preliminary (tentative) approval to a proposed $1.5 billion settlement of some of the...
nwu.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Submit your claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact
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...and the rest! Ebook pre-orders are live now, with trade paperback to follow shortly! www.amazon.ca/Years-Canadi... 2/2
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
...and the rest! Ebook pre-orders are live now, with trade paperback to follow shortly! www.amazon.ca/Years-Canadi... 2/2