Kate Barker

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A writer and historian living in Kingston Ontario. Also an open water swimmer and angler.
www.katebarker.com

I don't think journalists (in general) -- and certainly not the organizations they work for -- fully understand the threat Musk represents to the future of free expression and journalism itself.

Begging him to reinstate the banned accounts is pure folly. It is bended-knee supplication to a sociopath who now controls a powerful media company. But the power of his company depends in no small degree on keeping journalists there.

Leave. Now.

#womenwriters #Canadianwriters #new novels #Ann-Marie MacDonald #Fayne
Just finished Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fayne. Fabulous. Get it. Can't say enough about this wonderful chunky read. It ought to be nominated for every prize out there. Kudos, again, Ann-Marie .
#coldwaterswimming #coldwater #polarbeardip #wimhof So I plan to join the Kingston Wimhof group on Sunday and take a 5 minute dip in Lake Ontario. Prepping by doing some breathing work taking cold showers. Feel weirdly great after the showers btw
I kinda love when non-bird people only use the male coloration of birds in their designs and unknowingly give us decorations featuring gay birds.
#debirdify #allin #newbies
I just deactivated that other account and it felt good. Looking forward to getting to know this platform and connecting with others.

Listen to me, kids. Don't get old. I was lying in bed this morning when I sneezed and threw my back out.

50 is the new dead. Don't get old. It's a trap.

#nonfiction #WomanWatching #MerilynSimonds
Now that I am writing nonfiction instead of my PhD, I thought I would share the latest wonderful books I have had the pleasure to read that have nothing to do with my research. This is a fantastic biography of Louise deKiriline Lawrence. If you love birds, adventure stories, kick-ass women or North Bay, get it.
#ErinSwan #WalkTheVanishedEarth
#novels
May as well boost the last novel I read as well - if you want a great read about the end of the world as we know it that still leaves you with a sense of hope - this is your book
It’s good to see engagement and use growing here. It would be healthy to have a social platform free of the billionaire oligopoly and the corporate ad folks, don’t you think?
#novels #JohnIrving I am fully committed to John Irving's latest - The Last Chair Lift - now two thirds of the way through this 800 plus page tome. It is classic Irving and a lovely read