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Lynn Greiner

@lynngr.bsky.social
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Writer, IT pro, Techie, explainer of geekdom to non-geeks. Voracious reader. Owned by a cat of little brain and strong opinions.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 1h
I remind you again that, when asked about EU states relying on US tech companies, subject to US Government whims, Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise said he’d not heard any concerns raised about this in Europe.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 32m
Indie and debut authors are being targeted by “an explosion” of scams—and it’s working.
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The Lucrative World of Literary Scams — The Dial
Why writers are the perfect target.
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 51m
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 52m
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 23h
And how much ink ended up on your fingers?
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This is the thing. A controller may well engage external providers, such as DPO as a service, to help advise on compliance, but accountability and compliance always remains with the controller. Controllers would be advised to ensure their contracts & liability clauses ;) reflect that reality.
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A definite sign of ageing is that you cannot impress me with "over 20 years" anymore. Am I expected to think this sauce is ancient, because it's as old as Nelly Furtado's Maneater?
Marks & Spencer in-store signage for a tomato sauce that says "The same Calabrian recipe for over 20 years"
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Tyche Books 🇨🇦 @tychebooks.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
*Her* name was Winnipeg.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 15/10/2026
Opinion: Ontario’s flu season is off to an early start this year, but family doctors won’t get vaccine shipments until Oct. 26. This delay comes at a high price, writes @drgorfinkel.bsky.social.
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Iris Gorfinkel: Ontarians are ready for their flu shots, but their family doctors aren’t
Even though family doctors deliver most of the primary care and are consistently ranked among the most trusted clinicians, we’re last on the Ministry’s flu shot delivery list. It’s a
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 15/10/2026
Jason Statham is the Olivier of slightly junky action films. I mean this in a *good* way.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Q: Why does a man name his penis? A: Because he doesn't want a total stranger making 90% of his decisions.
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
My doctor asked me if I minded his use of AI to summarize summary my appt yesterday, so first I told him why I mind and then I consented because I wanted to see the summary it generated. It listed a medication I don't take and have never taken on my list of current meds, so here we are.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 14/10/2026
Canadians remember this classic Heritage Minute
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 14/10/2026
Happy 100th birthday, Winnie-the-Pooh! Did you know that Winnie was based on a real Canadian-British bear—and that his full name was WINNIPEG?
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
There’s really only one way to mark the 99th anniversary of Roger Moore’s birth
Marc Haynes’ story: As a 7 year old in about 1983, … I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore Sitting at the departure gate, ... told my granddad i'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. …so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and signs the back of my plane ticket... I'm ecstatic, but …I glance down at the signature. … it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. ...I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, … so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore...
"he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. …he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone …and thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said.
I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many years later, I was working on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him the story. He …had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."
I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.
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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Once again, Thunderbird for the overall win: Best Email Clients for Linux in 2026: 13 Apps Compared buff.ly/GEwbmvc
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Best Email Clients for Linux in 2026: 13 Apps Compared
Webmail is not your only choice. Compare 13 Linux email clients, from Thunderbird to NeoMutt, with pros, cons, privacy notes and a full table.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
How a few pencil sketches turned into a matchstick you can strike, and why the flicker needed three sine waves instead of one.
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A flame needs three sine waves
How a few pencil sketches turned into a matchstick you can strike, and why the flicker needed three sine waves instead of one.
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
It happens in offices too. A colleague called the little rubber tips on IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad tracksticks "mouse condoms" and the entire group picked it up.
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Maybe when in grade 1 I baffled my teacher by doing long division in Roman numerals
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Rebecca Blood 🇺🇦 @rebeccablood.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Does anyone know of a similar knitting pattern? 🧶
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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David C Bell @moviehooligan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.
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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Rhonchisonant [ron-CHIZ-uh-nent] (adj.) - Producing a snorting, snuffling, or snore-like sound. Used in a sentence: “Alas, that such nonpareil pulchritude should be countervailed by a rhonchisonant cachinnation more befitting a congested warthog!”
A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme featuring “Rhonchisonant,” an adjective meaning “producing a snorting, snuffling, or snore-like sound.” On the right, a black-and-white Victorian-style pen-and-ink illustration depicts a balding, mustachioed gentleman sleeping while sitting up in the seat of a passenger train. The example sentence reads: “Alas, that such nonpareil pulchritude should be countervailed by a rhonchisonant cachinnation more befitting a congested warthog!”
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Canada is worth fighting for.   Watch the video: youtu.be/tUTe5oJmSRo
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/10/2026
About fifteen years ago I made the joke that everyone had to decide which tech corporation would own their data: Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, or Google. Now I know I was wrong, they all trade that data like Magic the Gathering cards
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 12/10/2026
*weary voice* AI agents are not "going rogue". They are doing what they're told to do by humans who are not thinking hard enough about the guardrails and restrictions they explicitly need to set for the agents.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/10/2026
I'm being reminded that today this holiday is being celebrated in both the US and Canada, how delightful that despite everything these days we still have things in common
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Cassidy @cassidoo.co · 12/10/2026
Get a library card If you have one already: use it
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
1. This software did nothing 'on its own'. The human who approved its programming and release is responsible. 2. These programs are based on scraped government website instructions and millions of illegally obtained novels without any attempt made to distinguish between fact and fiction.
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Let me dedicate this award to all of the survivors of international crimes as well as to practitioners and defenders of international justice whose passion and courage continue to ensure that impunity will not be allowed to reign.” Navi Pillay, 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I suppose the question is how to choose which emoyees or leaders to charge. Our laws are designed to charge individuals, not companies but that might need adjustment. Interesting. How on earth do you criminally charge a company? AI is a tool. If I hit you with a hammer, you don't charge the hammer.
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In light of some magazines pulling scummy things on creators lately, I’m doing a little thread on short story rights. I don't want anybody getting taken advantage of. Also, if you're new, this stuff can be confusing!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
NEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence.
A vertical graphic on a white background displays an October 9, 2026, joint statement from the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The full statement, presented in black serif text, reaffirms unwavering support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), strongly opposes U.S. sanctions against the Court, warns of their impact on its work, staff, and families, and pledges continued support for international justice, accountability, and the rules-based international system.Marco Rubio, mouth agape, as he announces sweeping sanctions on the ICC to try to punish them for acknowledging Bibi Netanyahu’s war crimes
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@brainchain.ca West of Yonge 🙂
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 Just in: The US has sanctioned the ICC. "We ​will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate," Marco Rubio said in a statement.
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
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Dee 🦋 @iamstillwithher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Alfred Poor @alfredpoor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oooh... I just might have to steal that!
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
October roses. Defying winter's approach. The triumph of hope. #haiku
Two pink rose blooms and a pink bud not yet opened.
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Jan Gray @jangray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
SI stands for Système international en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...
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International System of Units - Wikipedia
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/10/2026
Sending ICE and federal agents to polling places is blatantly illegal, but that’s never stopped Trump before. Our new zine (illustrated by acclaimed comic book artist @gregpak.net) provides a pocket-sized guide on what to do if you see ICE at the polls: indivisible.org/wp-content/u...
WHAT IF YOU SEE ICE AT THE POLLS?
(Don't worry!
Read on for the plan!)

If you see ICE or
have any other trouble when you vote, call
866-OUR-VOTE
For help in other languages, go to 866ourvote.org.
• A real person will help you and get it on the record.
• Document everything on video, safely.
• Use the Hands Off Our Vote toolkit. We have a plan!
linktr.ee/wewillvote

If you're stopped by law enforcement...
• Prioritize staying safe. Remain calm, don't resist. Keep your hands visible.
• Document everything. Record on your phone or ask a bystander to do it.
• Get the agent's badge number, name, and their agency.
• If detained, ask for a lawyer, remain silent, and do not sign anything.
• To invoke your rights sayI want to remain silent" and "I want to speak with a lawyer."
• The Constitution protects your rights no matter your immigration status.
This is educational only, not legal advice. If you need legal advice, consult an attorney.
Our core principle is a commitment to nonviolent action. Work to de-escalate any confrontations with those who disagree, and act lawfully at all times.
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Lynn Greiner @lynngr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wow! Congrats!
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