Simon Thibault
@simonthibault.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, food writer, cookbook fan. Lover of pomology, grains, and archives. Author of "Pantry and Palate: Remembering and Rediscovering Acadian Food." Acadien. Queer. Kjipuktuk/Halifax, NS Deleted old account due to b*ts, starting fresh.
For all of you who love reading about food/cultures/foodways/butchery/The American South, may I suggest Chase Cormier’s new title “Boucherie,” from LSU Press. Approachable, well-researched, giving credit where credit is due, from the sawing to the smoking, from culture to culture to culture.
If Mel Woods had their way, everyone would treat the Harry Potter series “as a regretfully significant cultural artifact of a moment in time” in light of J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans activism. With their new collaboration, Tim Hortons has done the opposite. https://ow.ly/WJUW50Zw1aA
I had a long, honestly pretty spectacular conversation with Antonio Banderas (!!!!) and i think you will really enjoy reading it www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Antonio Banderas’s Acts of Faith
Antonio Banderas on meeting Stephen Sondheim, staging “Godspell” for the Pope, and the thrill, in the new Anthony Bourdain bio-pic, of playing someone “good.”
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ICYMI from me yesterday ... Let's not forget that Tim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in the year 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-...
Tim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration | Xtra Magazine
Tim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade
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Free shipping until August 20! This is an amazing issue. It's Disability Pride month. Get this. It's full of amazing work by disabled authors, including yours truly. I have a hair-raising story about an old woman who becomes a polar bear. For vengeance.
The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · last wk.We would like to inform our readers that our Summer 2026 issue (No. 308)—Disability: The Revolution normally distributed July 15 is unavoidably delayed. The issue is now expected to ship from our printer August 26, which means that it will be shipped to subscribers and newsstands in early September.
red bird peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1937
Using AI slop as a means of promoting culture and cultural content is the antithesis of culture and cultural content. In other words: It cheapens your message. In other, other words: Va chier. You're lazy.
Reliving the early 2000’s and listening to a bunch of Final Fantasy/Owen Pallett. I feel like I should have this on my iPod Mini
freestone plums, painted by royal charles steadman, 1916
I love how jewelled black currant jelly looks. Fits perfectly with the vases.
Blackcurrants means blackcurrant jelly means out comes the Grigson.
Why the collaborative effort of editing is the ultimate reward (especially when your anthology is about community).
Labor of Love: On Editing and the Rewards of Collaborative Effort
From July to December 2024, Adam Vitcavage and I sent 68 emails back and forth. We were collaborating on a project that was a big deal for both of us: my first book, the anthology Living, Together:…
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simon plums, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1908
Alice Mattison on having your correspondence with a famous writer turned into a book.
When Someone Wants to Publish Your Correspondence With a Famous Writer
For most of my life I didn’t read books of letters. I wanted what I read to be deliberately shaped. I wanted art. And in middle age, I lost some vision. I read more slowly, so every word had to be …
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Canada relies on Black farm workers. So why are there so few Black farm owners?
Why are there so few Black farm owners in Canada? | The Narwhal
Black and racialized workers power agriculture, but barriers to land ownership mean they rarely own farms
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Cherry pitting time. 1/2 flat for sour cherry morabia (a Georgian compote), the other half to be frozen for later.
hawley apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1894
When the fruit glut hits, you start finding as many was as possible of using them.
Get ready for part two! These are the 258 books we’re most anticipating in the second half of 2026.
Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026, Part Two
The year is half over, if you can believe it. Time marches ever forward, into the abyss. Books, though, can smooth the passage. If you choose wisely, that is. To that end, here are the novels, coll…
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Today’s read. Janet Flanner’s dispatches from Paris between the wars, originally published in the New Yorker.
we want our fresh water and real jobs, not artificial intelligence
Wide Waterfalls Memories
ALT: Wide Waterfalls Memories
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“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”
Generative AI may be making us faster, but research suggests it could also be weakening the very skills we need to think critically. AI strategist Sheldon Fernandez examines how tools like ChatGPT are reshaping memory, expertise, and judgment: https://ow.ly/CVsY50Z6WQI
Blanching nettles this morning and decided to poach the eggs in the same water. Saving the asparagus water for pasta later.
Looking forward to hosting tonight's @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social Writing the Truth: An Evening of Non-Fiction. The event is free, so come on down to King's College! atlanticbookawards.ca/event/writin...
Writing the Truth: An Evening of Non-Fiction – atlanticbookawards
Non-fiction writing prioritizes facts over the imagined, but stories based in the real world can be as fast-paced and fascinating as fantasy! Join Nova Scotia Book Award nominees in an evening of read...
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Nova Scotia grant cut leaves fewer historical research funding opportunities www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Nova Scotia grant cut leaves fewer historical research funding opportunities
A researcher says the loss of the Provincial Archives Development Program will mean fewer opportunities to delve into Nova Scotia's history.
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Found a collection of postcards I had started collecting in the 90’s and early 2000’s, from bands to artists, art of all kinds, and from the 30’s to the 90’s. Sending them off to friends because who doesn’t like actual mail (that isn’t a bill)?
