Leslie Allen

I have just realized that while I was sick with covid, I missed my book's first birthday, and how my world has changed with it. Revenge of Captain Vessia, my darling Vampirate revenge story, is an award finalist. I've been to two conventions, and on my way to Hal-con in Nov. (1/5)

Imagine not being completely in love with the moon, as if that was something one could do

Just noticed something in avatar seven havens that has me hoping they're going the direction I think they're going with Korra, and if they are I may in fact lose my mind (in a good way)

Was I expecting the federal NDP to comment on the BioWare closure? No. Am I glad they did? Hell yes. BioWare was a staple of Canadian game development and its loss is a political one too! All those game devs from Edmonton suddenly without work is a shock to the city as well as gamers.

Mass Effect and Dragon Age basically made who I am as a creative. I learned to not pull the punches narratively from them and that perseverance in the face of adversity is never in vain. To learn that they're not gone for good... I'm heartbroken.

THERE IS VIDEO. IT IS NUTS. The way Everwind treated those two reporters is the way they’ll treat our whole province.

She was murdered by transphobia 😥😥😥

the only data centers in Nova Scotia SHOULD BE LIBRARIES

This is indefensible behaviour from Everwind. The research done by this reddit poster on the issue is worth your time. The link to the thread www.reddit.com/r/halifax/co... - The Halifax Examiner is one of the last true resources we have for journalism in Nova Scotia. Disgusting.

No ISBNs in Canada for AI writing. This is a fantastic policy, and every country should do the same. www.canada.ca/en/library-a...

As far as I'm concerned, this is a point of no return for journalism in Nova Scotia. The moment throwing out reporters becomes normalized, is the moment we accept that we don't need the powerful to answer questions they don't want to have asked. We cannot let this go unanswered.

I just got off the phone with both Jennifer and Joan. They're rattled but otherwise OK. They'll have a full report as soon as they can write it up. Adding: I take this extremely seriously and unequivocally support our reporters. I'll be filing complaints with Houston and others.

oogh

Stocking up on Avid Readers, for those of us who get so absorbed in a book that you forget to eat, sleep and breath until your skeleton is overgrown with vines. www.martintomsky.com/shop/avid-re... #art #illustration #bookclub

on AI eroding trust and humanity

women can do anything

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The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor.

A certain lesbian vampirate captain would like to say hello! ^.^

I'm feeling attacked by @theonion.com but also 10/10.

music that makes my fingers hurt (the audacity by anomalie/polyphia)

Protect the dolls includes The non-conforming ones. The brash ones. The ones whose mental health is always near the point of crisis. Not just the dolls who conform and assimilate into cis society.

yo Leo are you willing to commission me for some Mary Magdalene x angel Gabrielle yuri

As the back of the crowd sings to never give up, the RIP Equality coffin holders chant "Not the court, not the state, we decide our own fate"

We’re launching SECRETS OF DORLEY HALL at The Common Press on Thursday 5th November! I’ll be talking, signing, and being awkward, so you should totally come and witness that :) Tickets are pay what you can. outsavvy.com/event/40240/...

This post brought to you by @badambulist.bsky.social and Sisters of Dorley, which after four years of being on my tbr shelf, is finally getting around to making me sob on the floor like I knew it would.

I tend to put off books (and movies/shows/video games) I know I'll love and obsess about because I know they're going to pivot everything I'm thinking about and prioritizing. It's like switching train tracks, where I'm suddenly put on a different destination and there's nothing I can do about it.

.... wow You know one of the most hurtful parts of finding out these kinds of things is just, how otherwise reasonable good seeming guys can do this. It's so baked in, you have smart thoughtful guys who make essays about the human condition, but then still will rape a girl

The Sportsman's Club in Charlottetown PEI booked the punk band Rougaroux, which has several trans members. The bartender immediately barred them from using the women's restroom, even taping up a transphobic sign. The band packed up their gear and left. Google and Yelp review your hearts out, folks.

Just got some pretty devastating family news today. And I would just like to say in force: Fuck cancer.

Like what the fuck are we doing that this isn't being brought up at every meeting. Chat gpt is responsible for one of the worst shootings in Canadian history. I want this banned immediately

I have a migraine and people keep interrupting my lunch hour and all I wanna do is play FFXIV and write my trans girl mech version of honorverse manuscript to distract from vampirates book 3 not getting worked on and the thoughts of mortality from the inevitable passage of time

AND MAYBE There's some more on the way soon ^.^ News is coming!

AND MAYBE There's some more on the way soon ^.^ News is coming!

It's my birthday this week! So if you could take a look at this elderly goth trans lady's book, I'd really appreciate it <3 You can get it anywhere you get books, but especially here: books2read.com/u/47LZe8 And you can read the first few chapters for free on my website at leslieallen.com !

That went surprisingly better than I imagined it would. I don't know I got a whole lot out of it, but he was at least decent about it. He's waiting to see what Ritcey brings to cabinet, armed with what me and our library director have told him.

Me and my MLA will be at the same event today, and I'm hoping I can have a one-on-one with him to talk library funding. Wish me luck

you know what else unfolds in the palm of your hand and contains everything there is to know?