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Critically acclaimed working class humor/fiction. Progressive. “Reading is better than hating.” https://davidmunroe.substack.com/ “Munroe's prose is pitch-perfect and direct…like the character of the working-class stiff he depicts.” - Globe and Mail.

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05.03.2026 18:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My spouse wrote this in 2024. Her full song has much to say.

02.03.2026 01:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Seriously should listen to my spouse’s song “They Say”. As the chorus goes, “we’ll never agree, so let’s all die”.

01.03.2026 22:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lyrics to my demo for "They Say" about the bombing of Iran. I wrote this in 2024 - somehow, I just knew.

They say that they can bomb us
But we better not retaliate
They are the world’s power
They control the levers of hate
They live by a rule of law, ha
We’d better not bend or break
They call others the axis of evil
Yeah, the whole world’s got that straight

Listen here. https://on.soundcloud.com/XaOQKLBnImZiw6wxwr

Lyrics to my demo for "They Say" about the bombing of Iran. I wrote this in 2024 - somehow, I just knew. They say that they can bomb us But we better not retaliate They are the world’s power They control the levers of hate They live by a rule of law, ha We’d better not bend or break They call others the axis of evil Yeah, the whole world’s got that straight Listen here. https://on.soundcloud.com/XaOQKLBnImZiw6wxwr

Lyrics to my demo for "They Say" about the bombing of #Iran. I wrote this in 2024 - somehow, I just knew. Listen on.soundcloud.com/XaOQKLBnImZi...

01.03.2026 19:30 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A Personal Note of Gratitude Dear Readers,

Fiction. Human created and sorely needed in this world. I am grateful to receive another grant and grateful to my readers. Please consider breaking from your doom scrolling for a bit. #fiction open.substack.com/pub/davidmun...

08.02.2026 19:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Behind every #MarkCarney cheerleader's assertion that his meek, #ElbowsDown cowardice is smart statesmanship is a fundamental misunderstanding of how Trump has NEVER respected his subservients & ALWAYS rolls right over them.

PM Trudeau showed no weakness and won most exchanges with him
#cdnpoli

07.01.2026 14:51 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

Mark Carney was a Trojan horse and Canada is fucked. They keep Pollievre around to make Carney look like the good guy but we are experiencing Harper 2.0 and worse.

06.01.2026 15:56 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

New releases. Deep cuts. Career-defining songs. I help turn them into stories people want to share. Eric@ThatEricAlper.com

27.12.2025 00:05 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Trumps lies aren’t the problem. It’s the chuds cheering and waving signs behind him.

10.12.2025 00:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ever seen The Coffee Table?

25.10.2025 23:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The ramifications are already being felt. I’m in Toronto. A medication I’ve taken for thirty years and absolutely need is now hard to get. Shortages.

11.10.2025 00:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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WINGSPEAK 'Saskatoon' Launch Party Joined by musical guests Edge, Leon and Rui, it's going to be a sonic journey you don’t want to miss.

#music #toronto #livemusic if you’re in Toronto Labour Day weekend, come enjoy great music and the company of really wonderful people at The Painted Lady, one of Toronto’s best live music venues. www.eventbrite.com/e/1415826478...

07.08.2025 17:12 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Dave Bautista in The Romantic? Good for him! Now read what may have been the original script here!

Sick of this fucked up world? Read something funny and sweet for a change. #romanticcomedy #humour #awards open.substack.com/pub/davidmun...

01.08.2025 14:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes. Yes it is. So happy they got it right so far.

13.07.2025 02:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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05.07.2025 13:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

trudeau était un meilleur négociateur que carney

carney en campagne nous a promis de sortir le canada de la zone d'influence américaine

depuis qu'il est pm, c'est humiliation après humiliation

30.06.2025 02:57 👍 33 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 1

He is a real dud.

22.06.2025 21:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hate to say it but with the way things are going, that could happen. Waving around a bogey man only works so many times. But who knows. Maybe this government still has some progressiveness to it, but so far, I think many are freaked out.

21.06.2025 00:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The problem with your argument is that those who voted liberal were lied to thus abandoning the NDP. This is not what they voted for. And the fact that the liberals and conservatives are voting together maybe for the first time in recent history is proof that progressive Canadians were swindled.

20.06.2025 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

When our son was in kindergarten he read more books for the scholastic book thing (challenge?) than any other kid in his school (all grades). Children loving reading. Imagine what this world could be.

17.06.2025 22:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Last year, I signed 4yo up to a "1000 Books Before Kindergarten" challenge. Ignoring all the books I had read her up to that point, we just finished book #1000 in 12 months. We finished the challenge with "The Woman Behind the Magic". So proud of her ♥️

16.06.2025 20:39 👍 138 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 1

Exactly. Not a fan of any of the “ruling class”. They all suck. But him standing up against Bush was a classic moment.

16.06.2025 03:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I wasn't a big fan of the Liberals or of Chretian but was very happy that he did not go along with the bs about WMD. I was proud of him that day. I like listening to him now. He's a pulls no punches kind of guy.

16.06.2025 02:10 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I miss Chrétien.

16.06.2025 00:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? | Erica Ifill If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill

This is the correct take. #cdnpoli

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

14.06.2025 02:38 👍 45 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 2

"'Elbows up' turned into stares of disbelief at the measures posited by Carney’s Liberal government. It’s one of the most profound political reverses on the Canadian public, proving that while Carney charms us in the front, he is stripping our rights behind our backs."

13.06.2025 20:06 👍 54 🔁 32 💬 7 📌 1

Ya. I know what the alternative was. That’s the point. We all knew what the alternative was so we went and voted lib. They fooled us and slipped in a Trojan horse.

14.06.2025 05:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Canada voted in a real POS.

14.06.2025 04:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m not sure how people’s argument that Carney is “better than the alternative” when the alternative lost his seat is a flex. Poilievre is irrelevant and using him as a boogie man to justify Carney’s love for dictators & atrocity is non-sensical. He is using your fear to govern poorly
#cdnpoli

12.06.2025 17:32 👍 36 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 0
Cute tabby cat hanging out in an albums shelf.

Cute tabby cat hanging out in an albums shelf.

4K followers this week. I know on Bluesky that’s not a huge number but I am humbled regardless. Thanks. And if you want to read my acclaimed working class fiction for free, the link is in my profile! I swear I’m not an asshole but sometimes my protagonists are, lol. (Obligatory cat picture.)

10.06.2025 15:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0