Non-writers are wondering why in the replies, and it's basically math. Authors typically make a few bucks or less /copy and even a Big 5 book can sell <10k and that might even meet expectations (depending). Like all things in capitalism, it's uneven, with a small minority of authors selling lots.
Canadian authors, remember to register your books for the PLR program by May 1! For the first time, you are no longer required to mail things in—you can do it online.
annual reminder: Alberta's deficit is a choice.
A picture of 104 Street full of people because it is closed to cars.
If there ever was a space that should be pedestrianized year-round, it's 104 Street.
Sign the petition and help revitalize downtown:
c.org/hj2QPp696q
#yeg #yegdt
That's without saying anything about the various other choices the ruling party has made to dig us into this hole in the first place.
Climbing out of the pit of their own incompetence on the backs of people who made the mistake of thinking this country and this province was what we said we were.
Alberta's current fiscal issues could basically be solved by adopting a tax regime comparable to every other province in the country, but instead we're going to scapegoat the vulnerable and try to tear down the best parts of Canada.
What a complete disgrace.
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
Most people know you can text 31100 for bus times, but almost nobody uses the ‘SAVE’ feature. You can actually give your stops nicknames like ‘HOME’ or ‘WORK.’ One word, one text, and you’re in the know.
#transit #yeg #transithacks #urbanism #yeglrt #takeets
The thing that bothers me so much about Carney's joke about greenlighting the Heated Rivalry show is that it furthers the narrative that it's a needle in a haystack. Anyone who reads Canadian books and watches Canadian film knows that we could have dozens more HRs with enough funding.
Updated with comments from Jason Kenney.
The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
On TalkPaperScissors this week, David Berry @pleasuremotors.bsky.social (How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists) talks all things art and economics alongside Raymond Biesinger!
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Local creep Jesse Watson, after losing in the election this fall has doubled down on his pattern of behaviour of stalking, harassment and bullying.
Yesterday, he attempted to dox a city councillor in a post about parking bans that WAS FALSE
He really, REALLY wants to be a right wing influencer
Hi. The Aviary needs help. Please consider buying a gift certificate to help fix damage caused by the neighbouring derelict building. 50 bucks or more gets you a t-shirt. Owner Philip Muz with details:
this gets at something important.
The front cover of David Berry's new book, How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists with an illustration of a man holding an image of a palm open hand and another larger hand over the man holding a coin.
Good gift @pleasuremotors.bsky.social
Still can’t get over how Mark Carney hates Canada Post so much he’s willing to kill libraries along with it.
My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods
I don't love making broad predictions but I feel this one in my bones
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
Hell yeah
I still remember the tank jumping from one side of a twinned highway bridge to another. Or something like that. I do always forget which one I actually saw though.
Anyway, it seemed fine.
They made me cut so many personal insults
it was a miracle I was able to keep my job after that, honestly
Hey, did you guys know my DMs are open? Truth.
I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically.
Come say hi! #ableg #abpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Now this is a deep dive! Excellent investigative journalism by @carrietait.bsky.social and company. #ableg
“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
The details of the Northern Gateway debate may have faded from our memories. (They certainly did from mine, I realized, while working on this article!)
So here's a little refresher on what the country went through the last time an MOU was signed on a pipeline from Alberta's oilsands to BC's coast:
