Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Beautiful day in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to wrap up with some live music and bowling, you guys 🎳 🍻 🤠 030
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026static.klipy.comBaby Billy Freeman: 8 Ball & 2 Million DollarsALT: Baby Billy Freeman: 8 Ball & 2 Million Dollars 031
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieJane French @janefrench.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trust me: this is a great suggestion 193
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieJustin Bryant @justinwriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This occupies its own genre. There are some surreal/weird fiction elements, but they’re all grounded around blue collar characters just trying to survive. Great stuff, bud. 1113
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieFusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Check out Sheldon's collection Where the Pavement Turns to Sand from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social here: malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement 052
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieFusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Saros SF #6 story preview! The issue kicks off with "Wristwatch" by @badguybirnie.bsky.social where, in between ginos and apples and filthy dangles, the boys happily sign their humanity away for the latest gadgets. Our hero feels differently. sarossf.com/issue-6/ 131
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieSheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Might I suggest something seasonally appropriate and rather left of the dial? bookshop.org/p/books/wher...bookshop.orgWhere the Pavement Turns to SandCheck out Where the Pavement Turns to Sand by Sheldon Birnie on Bookshop.org US! 086
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Finished S3, but could not get past first couple eps of S4, though I too loved those first 2 seasons. It lost the juice at some point, for me anyway 010
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Might I suggest something seasonally appropriate and rather left of the dial? bookshop.org/p/books/wher...bookshop.orgWhere the Pavement Turns to SandCheck out Where the Pavement Turns to Sand by Sheldon Birnie on Bookshop.org US! 086
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieSheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Seasonal reminder that you too can enjoy these weird western Canadian tales, just ask your friendly local independent bookseller or library for a copy! 🎃 👻 👽 📚 0137
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieSpace Cowboy Books @spacecowboybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Fuck Amazon! 051
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Seasonal reminder that you too can enjoy these weird western Canadian tales, just ask your friendly local independent bookseller or library for a copy! 🎃 👻 👽 📚 0137
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I also think if this one frequently “Everything he says is true.” youtu.be/uBF0KnMByfkyoutu.beKids in the Hall - Monkeys are LooseYouTube video by Monoyose 040
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026youtu.be/mh-0gE-sSNEyoutu.beKids in the Hall - If Elvis was my LandlordYouTube video by Parachute Adams 010
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This one also comes up pretty much every holiday dinner…. 140
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is nearly impossible, but I think of this one every day I’m in the office youtu.be/yQ1pO-tZbYAyoutu.beKids In The Hall - My PenYouTube video by jahnnee 5 141
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s fun trying to relearn songs you wrote and played hundreds of times half a lifetime ago, but of which you had completely forgotten about. Fun, but challenging and bewildering, as well. Funny how the mind works, or fails to. 021
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Coyotes cavorting through frosted fields beneath the light of the harvest half-moon. 020
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieJonathan Kennedy @getradified.net · 30/09/2026It’s a very good book and is extremely Western Canadian 141
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pulled these weird little guys from the garden’s gumbo. 🥕 050
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieSheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wrote about the landline revival for work. We’ve got one (VOIP) at home and my kids have really enjoyed being able to call their friends or grandparents anytime they want, and you better believe they too are racing to answer the phone each time it rings. 131
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wrote about the landline revival for work. We’ve got one (VOIP) at home and my kids have really enjoyed being able to call their friends or grandparents anytime they want, and you better believe they too are racing to answer the phone each time it rings. 131
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieAndrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 05/10/2025every day I wake up and kill a computer because I can 47010
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Behold, a treasure trove of nifty appliances & assorted doodads! Visited & wrote about the Electrical Museum’s vast warehouse of artifacts for work @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...winnipegfreepress.comMuseum warehouse holds the history of electrical power in ManitobaThe work it takes to bring any endeavour to light is rarely, if ever, seen by those who look upon the final result — be that a creative work such as a feature film or a museum display. 020
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Shitbird has landed @spencerfleury.bsky.social @stanchion.bsky.social 2101
Reposted by Sheldon BirniePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 103070982
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I wrote a million emails, and I sent them all. 0111
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieAP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.apnews.comhttps://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d 5542431631
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Playing a gig with the boys on Oct 10 at Park Alleys. Won’t be the first time we play a bowling alley, but it could be the best time we do? See ya there, Winnipeg 3common.com/event/cheeri...3common.com3Common - One platform for event businesses to run it all 011
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieElephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Elbows up Canadians come January. 041
Sheldon Birnie @badguybirnie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Chased by a dog down Magnusson Avenue this morning on my bike to work. 020
Reposted by Sheldon BirnieLJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Libraries are free! Browsing and choosing books and movies and picking up a magazine or newspaper and thumbing through is good for your brain! Make regular library time a part of your schedule and your whole life will be enriched! 1215
