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tonia laird
@tonialaird.bsky.social
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Writer of novels and lorekeeper of video games. Michif living in Treaty 6. No kings, only kin.

Book 1 of the Kin Trilogy (fall 2026)
Seventhblade (out now!)

www.tonialaird.com
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tonia laird @tonialaird.bsky.social · Aug 25
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! World English rights to tonia laird's trilogy: Black Dog, Black Dog Reign, and Black Dog Riot sold to senior editor Katherena Vermette and children's editor Yashaswi Kesanakurthy at Simon & Schuster Canada by Marilyn Biderman and Amanda Orozco!
Screenshot from Publisher's Marketplace, info in main post.
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voidstarkat.bsky.social
For my fellow Canadians, please sign this official petition to ask Parliament to use Disallowance to override the bigoted use of notwithstanding clause in Alberta and Saskatchewan to make anti trans laws. An easy actionable thing you can do to help trans people

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7027 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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aidanmoher.com
I don’t think a single guy with a brain worm should be able to make these decisions.
December 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
tonialaird.bsky.social
man. come on.
publisherswkly.bsky.social Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · 12d
AI isn’t coming to publishing—it’s already here. PW’s new AI for Publishing Bootcamp gives teams the tools and workflows to keep up.

First session is Feb 11. Early Bird pricing is now open.
👉 buff.ly/jTdumKC
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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ricochetmedia.bsky.social
With a backroom deal, Carney has bulldozed Canada’s remaining #climate policies and ignited a firestorm among #Indigenous communities across the country.

It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay.

@richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth:

ricochet.media/climate/the-...

#Alberta
The Carney-Smith ‘grand bargain’ is a fire sale of our future
The former UN climate envoy is trading Indigenous rights and Canada’s climate legacy for a financially toxic tar sands pipeline deal with Alberta
ricochet.media
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Well lookie here! It's my best of/most notable/favorite young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books of 2025! reactormag.com/notable-youn...
Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2025 - Reactor
Check out 30 of the best young adult titles of the year
reactormag.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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khoffin.bsky.social
When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
People are rightfully freaking out about this, but also know this reverberates into K-12, esp independent schools. Much of my job as a high school librarian is preparing kids for college. And if college now means AI, it makes resistance to AI in education that much harder.
matthewboedy.bsky.social Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 16d
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”

www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
tonialaird.bsky.social
The surrounding land for kms on end is still built to run water directly into the area. The flooding is not simply resurrecting a temporary ghost of the past. The lake is still there. The water will always return.
alinapete.bsky.social Alina Pete @alinapete.bsky.social · 15d
BC folks: Ahhhh Abbotsford floods ALL the time what gives??

Me: It was called Sema:th Lake. Because the Sema:th lived there and told you it flooded every year, but you drained the lake to drive them off their land and to expose fertile farmland, then built a city WHERE THE LAKE SHOULD GO
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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bookjockeyalex.bsky.social
Screenshot of text: “There! There he is, that speck on the horizon!” said Winfrey, who had armed herself with a pistol, several daggers, and a heavy hardcover copy of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections in preparation for a final face-to-face encounter with Dr. Phil. “I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!”
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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alinapete.bsky.social
It is imperative that you put on music and dance in the kitchen while making a big meal because the animal that gave its life, the pain and exertion of the people who picked your vegetables, all deserve to be honored with joy and reverence
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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sethabramson.bsky.social
Kristi Noem is conclusive proof that the sort of person who would murder a dog in cold blood is *exactly* the sort of person you think they are
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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thebeaverton.com
News In Photo:
News Headline: X users disappointed after new Location Transparency feature reveals 100% of them are foreign bots
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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theeagleist.bsky.social
BREAKING: Pipelines only bad when Conservatives do it
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Albert Edwards gets the @fortune.com treatment:

“.. It will end in tears, that much I’m sure of.”

fortune.com/2025/11/23/i...
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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canconsffh.bsky.social
Our final Guest of Honour for 2026 will be author @chuckwendig.bsky.social!

Chuck is a NYT bestselling author, writes games, comics, film and TV, and we are so excited that he will be joining us in the fall!
Graphic advertising Can*Con 2026 Author Guest of Honour Chuck Wendig. Dates of the convention are 16 to 18 October, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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canconsffh.bsky.social
We are very excited to announced that our 2026 Agent Guest of Honour will be @hel-no-wai.bsky.social!

Hana is a Literary Agent and Rights Manager at Cooke McDermid and a co-founder of BIPOC Publishing in Canada.

We are super thrilled that Hana can join us next fall!
Graphic advertising Can*Con 2026 Agent Guest of Honour Hana El Niwairi. Dates of the con are October 16-18, 2026.
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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canconsffh.bsky.social
We are HYPED to announce that our 2026 Editor Guest of Honour will be @jenralbert.bsky.social - Jen is an acquiring editor at ECW Press, won a British Fantasy Award for her editing work and has been nominated for the Hugo, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Awards.

So excited to have Jen with us next fall!
Graphic advertising the 2026 Can*Con Editor Guest of Honour, Jen Albert. Dates of the convention are 16-18 October, 2026.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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oldmankaidan.bsky.social
Might as well post here. Times are hard so I'm letting go of a few of my more precious collectibles. I'm selling my Mass Effect Garrus statue, my PlayStation Journey statue, and my beloved Destiny Launch 3A Mara Sov statue. Any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated.❤️
Links below. 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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wiswell.bsky.social
I am once again asking fans to be kinder to each other.
gavreads.co.uk @gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · Nov 20
It hits different reading this whole thread.
Alt text: Image showing four text messages about fae in romantasy books: Message 1: “Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!” Message 2: “Didn't have getting dragged in the comments on my bingo card today. Thank you to those that were kind. I'm new to romantasy and fantasy in general. Until I had read SJM, I hadn't encountered books with fae described like that. I didn't make the connection between Celtic folklore, fairies, elves, or sprites with being fae since their characteristics and mannerisms are drastically different. Tink is tiny. Puck has goat legs. The closest I encountered were elves in LOTR, but those were not faeries.” Message 3: “Forgive me for not knowing fae were inspired by Celtic folklore. I'm not Irish. I was never told these stories. I was just surprised two separate book series shared very similar interpretations of fae. I've enjoyed the genre of romantasy bc it's really gotten me back into reading. That's the goal, right? To continue to learn and escape into stories and discuss theories and celebrate the beauty of imagination? At least, that's what I'm gonna focus on.” Message 4: “Clarifying my original point: I never said SJM invented fae. My post was only comparing how Quicksilver and SJM depict fae characters (their traits, dynamics, etc.) and whether THIS interpretation of fae is common in romantasy books, not the origins of the mythology. I also didn't grow up connecting fairies, elves, and fae as one mythology. They were always separate in my mind, so I'm still learning how interconnected they are across folklore. Thanks to those who pointed that out respectfully.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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ashleybardhan.bsky.social
we're hiring! ❤️‍🔥
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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ecmyers.com
Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
jillmurray.bsky.social Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · Nov 19
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
A Facebook post from Scrivener: "Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you're on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt. Here's why, and what you can do if you want to remove this" attention-grabbing graphic says "SCRIVENER AND AI: WHY DO I SEE AI PROMPTS IN MY SCRIVENER PROJECTS ON MAC?"
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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brianbanks.bsky.social
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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emiliusdraws.bsky.social
#3157 A helpful tutorial
A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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canconsffh.bsky.social
We are EXCITE to be able to announce our Guests of Honour for 2026 this week!

First up is @tonialaird.bsky.social! tonia is a Michif writer from Treaty 6 who does video games, comics, an interactive novel, and her debut novel Seventhblade was released in June from ECW Press.
Poster graphic for 2026 Can*Con Author Guest of Honour tonia laird. Dates for the convention are October 16-18, 2026.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM