Tara Borin
@taraborin.bsky.social
They/them 🏳️🌈 Poet, parent, and chocolate monster living in traditional Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon. Author of The Pit.
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Ice broke on the Yukon River at Dawson, YT at 1056am MDT Wednesday. This is the tenth earliest break-up in 130 years of observations. Four of the ten earliest break-ups have occurred in the past decade. #ytwx #ClimateChange @radtek58.bsky.social @jkanadisk.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Ice broke on the Yukon River at Dawson, YT at 1056am MDT Wednesday. This is the tenth earliest break-up in 130 years of observations. Four of the ten earliest break-ups have occurred in the past decade. #ytwx #ClimateChange @radtek58.bsky.social @jkanadisk.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social
I did not play The Last of Us video games and so I was not prepared for episode 2. I’m not sure I can go on! What the fuck!
April 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I did not play The Last of Us video games and so I was not prepared for episode 2. I’m not sure I can go on! What the fuck!
Okay I know Mike White is supposed to be cancelled now but I still watched the finale of White Lotus and it was so bad and disappointing! Boooo!
April 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Okay I know Mike White is supposed to be cancelled now but I still watched the finale of White Lotus and it was so bad and disappointing! Boooo!
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To tell stories about Indigenous nations, we need to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media — including Indigenous editors.
That’s why this year, The Narwhal is hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow. Learn more and apply. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...
That’s why this year, The Narwhal is hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow. Learn more and apply. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...
Apply for The Narwhal’s 2025 Indigenous editorial fellowship
The Narwhal has a job opening for an Indigenous editorial fellow — part of an effort to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media
thenarwhal.ca
April 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
To tell stories about Indigenous nations, we need to build capacity for Indigenous journalists in Canadian media — including Indigenous editors.
That’s why this year, The Narwhal is hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow. Learn more and apply. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...
That’s why this year, The Narwhal is hiring an Indigenous editorial fellow. Learn more and apply. #cdnmedia #journalismjobs thenarwhal.ca/2025-indigen...
Being an adult is just making a mess in the kitchen and then cleaning it up so you can make another mess in the kitchen and then cleaning that mess up and so on until you die
March 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Being an adult is just making a mess in the kitchen and then cleaning it up so you can make another mess in the kitchen and then cleaning that mess up and so on until you die
I haaaate the surge in nationalism that this trade war has brought on. I cringe every time I hear “elbows up”
March 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I haaaate the surge in nationalism that this trade war has brought on. I cringe every time I hear “elbows up”
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Big shout out to all the writers and activists who made this happen! 👏 👏👏
#Breaking: Giller Foundation ends its decades-long partnership with Scotiabank
CP NewsAlert: Giller Prize cuts ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank
The Giller Prize has cut ties with its lead sponsor Scotiabank more than a year after members of the literary community began protesting the bank's ties to an Israeli arms
www.thestar.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Big shout out to all the writers and activists who made this happen! 👏 👏👏
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Maybe it's a good time to share my feel-good doc about being gender-queer. Cuz, you know. We need to increase our gender joy. www.vimeo.com/michaelvsmit...
February 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Maybe it's a good time to share my feel-good doc about being gender-queer. Cuz, you know. We need to increase our gender joy. www.vimeo.com/michaelvsmit...
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Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
November 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
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BC poet Rob Taylor wrote a generous, breathtaking, wise and honest, and, above all else, personal appraisal of poetry prize adjudication in Canada. This should be required reading for Canadian poets, and poetry prize committees. And congrats to the long-listed poets. the-wood-lot.ca/2025/01/19/s...
Some Notes on Judging Poetry – Rob Taylor
by Rob Taylor In May 2024, I was invited to judge the Fred Cogswell award for the best Canadian poetry book of 2023. I said yes immediately, having long been a fan of the prize’s structure (and, of…
the-wood-lot.ca
January 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BC poet Rob Taylor wrote a generous, breathtaking, wise and honest, and, above all else, personal appraisal of poetry prize adjudication in Canada. This should be required reading for Canadian poets, and poetry prize committees. And congrats to the long-listed poets. the-wood-lot.ca/2025/01/19/s...
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The Writers Trust is accepting application for the Berton House Writers' Residence!
www.writerstrust.com/programs/ber...
www.writerstrust.com/programs/ber...
Berton House | Writers' Trust of Canada
Berton House is Canada's most sought-after writers' retreat. With special roots as Pierre Berton’s childhood home, the residency has played an influential role in the publication of dozens of manuscri...
www.writerstrust.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Writers Trust is accepting application for the Berton House Writers' Residence!
www.writerstrust.com/programs/ber...
www.writerstrust.com/programs/ber...
I’ve been lurking here for a bit, I still haven’t decided if or how I want to engage, but with Meta’s announcement, it doesn’t feel great to be on Insta anymore…billionaires ruin everything!
January 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ve been lurking here for a bit, I still haven’t decided if or how I want to engage, but with Meta’s announcement, it doesn’t feel great to be on Insta anymore…billionaires ruin everything!
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New from @razorfemme.bsky.social
Trans women's bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else. Why are they so obsessed with us?
Trans women's bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else. Why are they so obsessed with us?
Why is the anti-trans movement so obsessed with trans women? | Xtra Magazine
Our bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else
xtramagazine.com
December 6, 2024 at 11:43 PM
New from @razorfemme.bsky.social
Trans women's bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else. Why are they so obsessed with us?
Trans women's bodies are constantly the subject of what would be called sexual harassment if it were done to anyone else. Why are they so obsessed with us?
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Op-ed by Phillip Dwight Morgan 🔥
ANY WORD BUT ‘GENOCIDE’
The campaign targeting sponsors of the Giller Prize for their investments in and support of Israel’s military and occupation has sparked intense debate far beyond CanLit circles.
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 30, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Op-ed by Phillip Dwight Morgan 🔥
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What Writers Owe the Dead
On Poetry, Power, Politics & Responsibility
kaichengthom.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:05 AM
The season finale of our flag means death made me so sad that I don’t think I can rewatch the season just yet, it would be too upsetting knowing what I know now.
October 27, 2023 at 1:31 AM
The season finale of our flag means death made me so sad that I don’t think I can rewatch the season just yet, it would be too upsetting knowing what I know now.