Michelle Butler Hallett
@mbutlerhallett.bsky.social
I write fiction about violence, evil, love, and grace. Disabled. Autistic. Comically awkward history nerd and mother hen. #PWHL fan -- allez, Victoire! She/her. Canadian. Let's be excellent to one another.
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
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Happy Canada Day!
July 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy Canada Day!
Beautiful things happen when you loan out your typewriter.
June 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Beautiful things happen when you loan out your typewriter.
June 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The receptacles into which Mrs Spry puts her flowers are equally varied: a wooden bowl, a silver sauce-boat, a tin-lined bible-box, and something which she calls a pancheon. #gardening www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-a...
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The receptacles into which Mrs Spry puts her flowers are equally varied: a wooden bowl, a silver sauce-boat, a tin-lined bible-box, and something which she calls a pancheon. #gardening www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/art-a...
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If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
June 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you need a breather from all this bullshit, here's a photo of Earth.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
From Saturn.
We're that slightly brighter star at centre right.
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"Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide."
-John Muir
-John Muir
June 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide."
-John Muir
-John Muir
Historical fiction workshop at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Can't wait!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/where-wind...
Can't wait!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/where-wind...
WHERE WINDS BLOW ON SHORE: a Writing workshop with Michelle Butler Hallet
Historical Texture, Historical Fiction, and the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
www.eventbrite.ca
May 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Historical fiction workshop at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Can't wait!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/where-wind...
Can't wait!
www.eventbrite.ca/e/where-wind...
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“My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller.”
― William Trevor (born on this day 1928)
― William Trevor (born on this day 1928)
May 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller.”
― William Trevor (born on this day 1928)
― William Trevor (born on this day 1928)
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![@ChuckWendig honestly do you blame it
New research finds Jupiter is flinging asteroids at Earth
[pic of jupiter]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreibcu7cukirtg2qzx7j5tox4c6255sid5nccd2a4evuhim6pqfplbq)
May 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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@scoffeywrites.bsky.social Happy or wha?
May 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@scoffeywrites.bsky.social Happy or wha?
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"It’s about denying the fundamental truth of being human. We all get sick. Our bodies are frail. We get older and things start to break down. If you live long enough, you will experience #disability. There’s no way around that, and yet a shocking number of people are completely unable to accept it."
"'Wellness' is not about a healthy lifestyle. It’s a multi billion dollar industry that promotes the idea that all chronic illness and disability can be ‘cured’ with the right combination of ‘good vibes’, supplements and snake oil."
www.disabledginger.com/p/why-the-ne...
www.disabledginger.com/p/why-the-ne...
Why The New Surgeon General Pick Might Be The Most Dangerous One Yet
Wellness "Influencer" Casey Means has been selected as the next US Surgeon General, despite having an inactive medical license. Her viewpoints range from nonsensical to absurdly dangerous.
www.disabledginger.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"It’s about denying the fundamental truth of being human. We all get sick. Our bodies are frail. We get older and things start to break down. If you live long enough, you will experience #disability. There’s no way around that, and yet a shocking number of people are completely unable to accept it."
@scoffeywrites.bsky.social Oh, look at that: a Montreal power play.
May 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@scoffeywrites.bsky.social Oh, look at that: a Montreal power play.