Sage Tyrtle

@sagetyrtle.bsky.social

Award-winning storyteller, writer, workshop facilitator. Taught 150+ workshops including Second City, Smokelong Quarterly, Clarion West. Stories published in Barrelhouse, Baltimore Review, Apex, Fractured Lit etc. www.tyrtle.com

In Toronto: The bike lanes are a 1,000x safer and more numerous. New indie bookstores are opening. I saw a busker so good I almost burst into tears. There's a subway operator whose whole mission is to say kind and helpful things. People ask for and use pronouns like it's always been that way.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime

question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*?

like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*?

2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026

Yesterday I reviewed this and realized: out of those 82 km less than 10 were on roads shared with cars. That’s pretty great, actually. And that fits the whole “what’s better now than before” thing going around here today. Just the fact that I can cross the 400 at Finch is a huge improvement.

Todd Tyrtle@gooutsidetoday.com · last wk.

A longish Saturday ride with a huge variety of scenery and some off road gravel goodness. #cycling #toronto #summer #nature #brampton

Requested by @sharondblk.bsky.social, today's drawing is of me. I had a BLAST drawing this photo @daeganl.bsky.social took (see below) and found out I am overdue to dye my bangs... What should I draw next? Let me know! #HumanMade #DrawingADay #DailyDrawing

Pen and marker drawing of a person in green pants standing on the subway platform. Black and white glasses, blue bangs.
Sage Tyrtle@sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 2d ago

My #JunePants are finished, I'm so pleased with the results. See below for fabric info. COOL SEWING TIP: I've started putting washi tape on the right sides when sewing. SO much easier than trying to figure it out. #SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing #SewingTip

Person with black and white glasses stands on the Sheppard-Yonge subway platform in Toronto. White and black polka dot shirt and striped pants, alternating dark green and very dark green.

In Toronto: The bike lanes are a 1,000x safer and more numerous. New indie bookstores are opening. I saw a busker so good I almost burst into tears. There's a subway operator whose whole mission is to say kind and helpful things. People ask for and use pronouns like it's always been that way.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 22h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime

question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*?

like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*?

2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026

Requested by @sharondblk.bsky.social, today's drawing is of me. I had a BLAST drawing this photo @daeganl.bsky.social took (see below) and found out I am overdue to dye my bangs... What should I draw next? Let me know! #HumanMade #DrawingADay #DailyDrawing

Pen and marker drawing of a person in green pants standing on the subway platform. Black and white glasses, blue bangs.
Sage Tyrtle@sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 2d ago

My #JunePants are finished, I'm so pleased with the results. See below for fabric info. COOL SEWING TIP: I've started putting washi tape on the right sides when sewing. SO much easier than trying to figure it out. #SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing #SewingTip

Person with black and white glasses stands on the Sheppard-Yonge subway platform in Toronto. White and black polka dot shirt and striped pants, alternating dark green and very dark green.

Here's how to turn off AI for your Zoom account: Sign in at Zoom.com. Scroll to My Account on the left and select Settings. Go to the Zoom AI tab on the right where you can disable everything. Note: new AI options get added and they default to “on” so check back. #HumanMade

Salt City Runaway is going into reprint! Hooray! Thank you to every single person who has supported its journey, even the lady who read it and asked if I had been depressed when I wrote it. Especially her because she was engaged & interested & I talked at her for an HOUR.

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Here's how to turn off AI for your Zoom account: Sign in at Zoom.com. Scroll to My Account on the left and select Settings. Go to the Zoom AI tab on the right where you can disable everything. Note: new AI options get added and they default to “on” so check back. #HumanMade

Reading got me through a difficult childhood with alcoholic parents, dramatic teenage years and a pandemic. It's getting me through whatever this thing that is happening now is, and I highly recommend it.

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · 3d ago

I wrote this for the Guardian about the Couch to 5k for Reading. You can start today, I have a whole 'read across August' idea in this week's post: naomialderman.substack.com/p/ovids-exil... and here is my Reading Clinic: substack.com/chat/2882751... www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Borrow the tools of stage improvisation to strengthen their scenes, dialogue, and tension. It's open to all levels — whether you're just starting out or looking to shake loose a stalled draft, you're welcome here. #WritingWorkshop writingworkshops.com/en-ca/produc...

Improv for Fiction Writers: Stronger Scenes | Nov 2026

Use stage improv techniques to write stronger scenes, dialogue, and tension. Join Sage Tyrtle's one-day online fiction seminar. Nov 1, 2026. Enroll now!

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Borrow the tools of stage improvisation to strengthen their scenes, dialogue, and tension. It's open to all levels — whether you're just starting out or looking to shake loose a stalled draft, you're welcome here. #WritingWorkshop writingworkshops.com/en-ca/produc...

Improv for Fiction Writers: Stronger Scenes | Nov 2026

Use stage improv techniques to write stronger scenes, dialogue, and tension. Join Sage Tyrtle's one-day online fiction seminar. Nov 1, 2026. Enroll now!

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