Notices by Shantell Powell (shanmonster@c.im)

Someone on my feed knowingly shared AI slop. Unfollowed.

I don't want to see that shit.

Please share as widely as possible.

This is open to Palestinians anywhere in the world, published or not.

Call for Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories! Pro rate pay: https://soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travellers-2-call-for-submissions/

#WritingCommunity #PalestinianAuthors #SpeculativeFiction

I woke up from a dream in which children shouted, "It's the Wizard of words!"

It took me hours to remember where I knew that from. It's from advertisements for Alpha-Bits cereal in the 70s-80s.

Ok, subconscious. Why did you dredge that back up?

I wrote a new story today about nonbinary harpies. Was wonderfully cathartic. I call it "Dinner is Served." #AmWriting #nonbinary #harpy #harpies #mythology

Laibach is still around. Doing some club music now, I guess. Pretty sure I saw LadyBeard in there at one point. https://youtu.be/erR5PSfKo7w #music #Laibach #techno

@dalias people stole art and photography off my website in the mid-90s. I had essays from my website plagiarized back then, too.

Online Mi'kmaw language classes begin again in January.
https://outdoorlearning.com/event/mikmaw-winter-2026/ #language #SpeakMikmaw #mikmaw #mikmaq

I have now served a stint as a grant adjudicator. It was stressful & a bit of a bloodbath. Not sure I want to ever do that again, but it was certainly educational. There's nowhere near enough money to go to all the deserving artists. Tax the rich and bring about UBI already.

I emailed them reiterating myself and reminding them my name is "Shantell."

They just sent me an apology to "Shantelle."

I sent an email off to a place saying I did not and never have lived in a particular location, but was interested in a programme which allows travel there. I signed it "Shantell."

They responded by calling me Shannon and sent me information specifically for residents of the place where I told them I did not live.

Why???

One day in the mid-90s, my phone rang, and when I answered, the voice on the other end said, "Hello. This is the information superhighway calling."

I held the receiver out in front of me and stared at it, wondering if I was dreaming. #EarlyInternet #90s #InformationSuperHighway

There's a snoot in my shirt. #chinchilla

I see so many posts about Remembrance Day being about honouring veterans, but this is the smallest part of what this holiday is about for me. I see Remembrance Day as the day when we remember the horror of war and pledge to seek peaceful solutions. It is a time when we recognize the corruption and xenophobia which inspire war, and when we remember the many people and animals whose lives have been destroyed through no fault of their own. I honour the peacekeepers who put themselves in danger to protect others.

It's Devil's Night. I grew up with this being celebrated in rural NB. It was a time when people set fire to their enemies' property. I'm just gonna celebrate by watching The Crow instead. #DevilsNight

@evan I've completed countless board games and card games.

@cosmiclibrarian @PhoenixSerenity I had much better luck with a naturopath than with my family doctor, unfortunately. My doctor put me on antidepressants which, although they did get rid of my hot flashes, made my health much, much worse. I managed to wean myself off them, and until I could finally get to see an OBGYN, the naturopath helped me with supplements which decreased the severity of my hot flashes and severe night sweats.

Ultimately, HRT is what helped me the most, but it took me literally years before I could finally get them prescribed by an OBGYN. I suffered the whole time. It's appalling how menopausal people are disregarded and mistreated by the medical establishment.

The Aurora award ceremony is this weekend, and I'm a first-time finalist. I know a wack of other writers on the finalist list, too. Won't you celebrate speculative writing/art with us? 17:00 EST Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2k5h0AKKQ #AuroraAwards #CanLit #SpeculativeFiction #SpeculativePoetry #SFF

I caught a glimpse of an orca breaching today. Just a flash of fin, and later the tip of a snout, but I'll call that a win. This was not too far from Red Bay, Labrador.

Tired of being a bird?

My laptop with its amazing sticker collection is dead. I was told my machine is "vintage." I bought it for school in 2018. This is gonna be expensive. And I guess those stickers are toast now, too.