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Giles Blunt

@gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social
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Author of John Cardinal mysteries morphing from crime to literary fiction. Don't wanna whine but, like they say about getting old, it ain't for sissies! No DMs.

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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Envoi: Go, little book, and may you shine in the hearts and minds of, well, everybody!
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
In 1949 the USA, assisted by Great Britain and France, established an airlift of food to Berlin, which was blockaded by the USSR. Today I wrote to Prime Minister Carney suggesting that it would do much to alleviate suffering if we organized a similar airlift to the killing floor that is Gaza.
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Thanks, Katherine!
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We have so much, while others have so little--some are not even allowed to have a country--and I hope that Canadians, with elbows up but hearts open, will do everything we can to help others attain and preserve the rights and freedoms that make this land truly blessed. Happy Canada Day!
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Hey, Loblaws, why are you always experiencing "longer than normal call volume?"
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a skeleton is sitting in front of a sign that says " waiting waiting ... "
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
“There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday, that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m going to join her,” Vance said.
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a white cat is sitting on a tiled floor and licking its paw .
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Jesus brought former sex worker Mary Magdalene to the Last Supper. Typical liberal, always virtue signalling.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
America’s wealth gap is now more extreme than it’s been in over a century. Until this structural problem is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Watch the full interview with @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and subscribe to support independent media here:
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Senator Murphy issues DIRE WARNING amid bombshell Republican plan
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Cathleen @cjmmusic1.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
My new novel is set in Saranac Lake, NY, in 1916. In the 1890s, S.L. inaugurated a winter carnival to entertain the TB patients in the sanitarium. It included a magnificent ice palace. I loved seeing it, and it ended up playing a significant role in Bad Juliet. #winterstories
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Sorry Kellogg's. Raisin Bran has always been my favourite cereal, but as long as your government keeps threatening and insulting my country, well, buh-bye! #boycottusa #buycanadian #impeachtrump2025 #arrestelonmusk
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This is horrific to see. And any news organization that resorts to any sort of euphemism to describe this is absolutely failing everyone.
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Happy to buy Canadian brand/Mexican made guitar strings--ten packs of them. No more Martin, Gibson, Dean Markey, Ernie Ball etc for me. #buycanadian #canadianhegemony #remember1812 #boycottUSA
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Congratulations, Trump Voters! You've got your first concentration camp. You must be so proud.
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Dundurn Press @dundurnpress.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📘 COVER REVEAL! At a tuberculosis sanitarium in the Adirondacks, a tutor falls in love with a mysterious woman who survived the Lusitania disaster. BAD JULIET by @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social is available for pre-order! buff.ly/3EJeilu
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Big change for the New Year. Hope my crime fans will follow me here, and--may it be so--maybe l pick up a few new ones? #authorsofinstagram📚 #torontowriters #literaryfiction #crimefiction
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George Meanwell @meanwell.ca · 25/12/2024
In fact I subscribe
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
This nails it perfectly.
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@gloria🕊️🟧 @gloriaprosperi.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
From @ennui365
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Saw this review of a How-To vid while looking up ways to repair a favourite pair of boots. "Sometime I watch a repair video of something and think nice but whatever. Sometimes I watch one and I'm impressed. This is one of those times."
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This ludicrous “election interference” lawsuit by Donald Trump against the Des Moines Register and its top pollster would be laughable if it weren’t such a lamentable threat to freedom of the press and such a scary harbinger of the coming autocracy www.axios.com/2024/12/17/t...
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Trump sues Des Moines Register for "election interference" over Iowa poll
Trump vowed to continue suing new outlets and influencers at a press conference Monday.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 16/12/2024
Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine, choked to death Jordan Neely, a slender 30-year-old street performer having a breakdown on the F train. Now, writes Dave Zirin, Penny is a right-wing folk hero who sits with Trump at the Army-Navy game.
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Trump Invites a Killer to His Luxury Box
Daniel Penny, who choked Jordan Neely to death on the subway, sat with Trump at the Army-Navy game. The right-wing celebrations of Penny echo a violent, racist past.
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 16/12/2024
NEW: We just sent Donald Trump a letter demanding that he divest from his businesses before taking office in January. If he doesn't divest, he will violate the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution.
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Donald Trump must divest from businesses ahead of inauguration - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump must divest from his businesses that may pose a conflict of interest ahead of inauguration to avoid violating the Emoluments Clauses.
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
A little surprised they haven't gotten around to stamping King Charles on the Loonie and Toonie. (I think it should be spelt *Twonie* but pronounced the same--just to add one more bit of English even more confusing.)
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/12/2024
Brazilian police on Saturday arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a close ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro and his running mate in 2022, according to a police official, accusing him of meddling in their investigation into a plot to stage a coup after Bolsonaro lost the election.
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Brazilian Police Arrest Close Ally of Ex-President Bolsonaro, Official Says
Gen. Walter Braga Netto was Jair Bolsonaro’s running mate. The arrest was for meddling in an investigation into a plot to stage a coup, the police said.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
MAGA is a death-cult, friends. Pure and simple. These are nihilists who want to burn the whole world to ash.
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Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Rudy, Rudy, Rudy. Paging James Comer! bsky.app/profile/brad...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Instead of raising the age minimum for benefits, eliminate the cap on contributions.
Screenshot of Robert Reich's tweet about Social Security and politics.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I served as a US ambassador and know hundreds of others Never met one before who hired a prostitute to seduce their brother-in-law or sent a videotape of the encounter to their sister Or who committed 18 felonies & was pardoned by another in-law I guess the job qualifications are changing…
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 29/11/2024
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 29/11/2024
X is a bad place.
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Fight him with facts. Call out his, his MPs, and his supporters lies and dis/misinformation wherever and when ever you can. It's up to us ! #InvestigatePoilievre #PierrePoilievreIsAForeignAsset #NeverPoilievre #PierrePoilievreIsLyingToYou #PierrePoilievreMustResign #PierreHasGotToGo #MapleMAGA
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🎀FANCY🎀 @fancysplace.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Giles Blunt @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Have you ever written a novel that was inspired by a particular book? Big thanks to Philip Gallos for this one. My novel will be published in August. #historicsaranaclake #trudeauinstitute #canlit #upstatenewyorkphotographer #upstatenewyorklife #authorsofinstagram📚 #torontowriters #magicmountain
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Maya “All I do is” Nguyen @allidoisnguyen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/11/2024
Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered to be the next Attorney General, David A. Graham writes. The move comes after bipartisan outcry against the nomination, and forces Trump to nominate a contender with the ability to be confirmed:
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Trump’s First Defeat
Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered for attorney general.
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♘ 𝕴𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖍 千尺丨几Ꮆ乇 ☘️⚔️ @irish-pickle.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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