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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁

@mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social
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I write books. I ponder life, the universe, and everything. I like naps. web page : damnfoolpress.com/BrianGreiner Living in Ontario, Canada.

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 4h
We had a touch of frost, a couple of mornings ago. Winter is coming.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When Steve is sleeping, he does not commit sins. A saint is someone who does not commit sins. Therefore Steve is a saint.
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Continuing my career as a serious journalist by trying out M&S’s false nipples for a week inews.co.uk/opinion/unst...
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The unstoppable rise of nipples - and why you are seeing them everywhere
Kate Lister: I tried a pair of stick on nipples in the wild to see what the fuss is all about
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Phones make for pretty good point-and-shoot cameras. And it's the camera you usually have with you.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Great shot! I've never been able to get a good photo of a spiderweb.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It was a chilly day, so we lit the first fire of the season. The first of many until next spring!
Fire in fireplace
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hmmm, I've seen some 1950s British sf movies that start that way. Perhaps bring in an expert to investigate ... perhaps Professor Quatermass is available.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sometimes dancing is the best way to beat the blues. #sparrows #birds
Sparrow appears to be dancing atop a wooden beam
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Make Alberta America again? The fantastic Globe crew unearths even deeper ties between Alberta separatists and Republican officials, including a pledge to give the U.S. some of our resources in exchange for backing sovereignty www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Credit to shitmydadtaughtme Elsie McGill one of #Canada’s most accomplished women—known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes", was a Canadian engineer. She was chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry (CC&F) in Fort William, Ontario during the Second World War. #History
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sparrow of darkness. Sparrow of light. Which one of these Shall I be tonight? #sparrows #birds
Two sparrows, one higher up than the other. The upper one is lit by the sun. The lower is hidden in shadow.
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Krista D Ball is Canada's Spooky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm getting some very kind messages of support, many surrounding the concept of money, and how law suits are expensive. Please do not worry about me. Instead, I wish to turn your wallets toward a lovely group of people who brough me support, joy, and/or distraction in the past three years. 🧵
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That’s populist politics.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With alt text. I know someone who actually did this
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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me. What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on. After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Jr.-backed Unusual Machines, US asset manager invest $10 million in Canada's Draganfly reut.rs/3VzLpAM
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Jr.-backed Unusual Machines, US asset manager invest $10 million in Canada's Draganfly
Donald Trump Jr.-backed Unusual Machines and an unnamed US asset management company have invested $10 million ​in Canadian drone services firm Draganfly , as defense sector investments ‌gather pace amid persistent geopolitical tensions.
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Guard The Leaf @guardtheleaf.com · 29/09/2026
Canada Needs To Start Watching Who We’re Letting Through The Back Door BRING THIS UP WITH YOUR MP AND LOCAL MEDIA! I left email contacts for all major canadian media in the article #elbowsup #boycottusa #canadastrong #CanadaSky #never51state #political www.guardtheleaf.com/p/canada-nee...
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Canada Needs To Start Watching Who We’re Letting Through The Back Door
From Kristi Noem at a Canadian mining company to a Don Jr. connected investor in Draganfly, Canadians need to start asking who we’re letting into our strategic industries.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Or perhaps it annoys them because it makes them think. Far too many people prefer soundbites to reasoned discussion.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's really a sensible and considerate thing to do.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hmmm, I actually enjoyed being exposed to ee Cummings. And limericks. And Robert Service, among others Never attended a slam poetry event. There's an ebb and flow to things, and I think poetry these days tends to be found in songs rather than static prose.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The sparrow gang defends "their" turf (and birdseed) against any and all. The discussions can get quite vigorous! #sparrows #birds
Birds on a fence appear to be arguing. A dove on the left, and several sparrows on the right.
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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Given the US hostility to Canada, I want to start reading more new Canadian fiction: Any recommendations for newish Canadian sci fi, fantasy, or historical fiction?
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, I'm a Canadian author who has written 10 books (see attached pic) covering horror, thrillers, SF, and poetry. If you like cozy mysteries you should take a look at the Janice Richardson "Suddenly a Millionaire" series, or her "Casket Cache" series.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Too clean. Too organized. Ah, but I did spy a glass of amber liquid .... whisky?
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Lynda Hookham🇨🇦 @nanaimo13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
americanpulse.substack.com/p/your-neigh...
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Your Neighbour Canada Has Changed. What's Happening Now Is Explosive. You're Not Going To Like It. But You Need To Know It.
The story Washington isn't telling you. The receipts American media is missing. And the consequences that are already hitting your wallet, your security, and your country's place in the world.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wasp on the edge of a birdbath seems to be admiring its reflection.
A wasp on the edge of a bird bath
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What would a U.S. invasion of Canada result in? #History #USA #historyfacts #historical #trump
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our days would be smaller and duller.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Don't leave us in suspense! Which one was that?
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DeniseSF5 🇨🇦*🇺🇦*🇩🇪 @denisesf5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He'd be a fool not to be prepared. The orange shit stain is demented and has ZERO IMPULSE CONTROL. Better safe than sorry. I'm almost 66 and I just got my firearms license. Any MAGA hats coming on my lawn are target practice. And to be honest, I'm sniper material.🎯 www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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PM Carney prepared for ‘risk’ that Trump might order U.S.-led military invasion of Canada: report
Prime Minister Mark Carney has carefully examined the possibility of U.S. President Donald Trump ordering a military invasion of Canada, according to a new report.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just saw this squirrel standing on a piece of my recently-delivered firewood. It looks to be holding seeds in its hands.
Black squirrel standing on a piece of firewood.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
People should stop calling tech manual "bibles". The Bible is a barely coherent bunch of stories and half-truths, told by illiterate men, packaged together by the powerful to exert political control over the masses. Your average tech manual can only dream of being that
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The CPC appears to be on the path to becoming a purely regional party, like the PQ.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We had two bush cords of firewood delivered today. That is twice as much as we normally get! I managed to stack a third of it this afternoon before I ran out of steam. Probably will get most of it into the garage, but some will sit at side of house on the deck. Another two or three day's work
Two bush cords of firewood piled on a driveway waiting to be stacked
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just the normal Canada bashing. Sound, fury, and lies signifying nothing.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do you really want to look like a catless person?
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
These mini-muffins I baked are 1/4 the size of a regular one. That means I can eat two and still feel virtuous. #baking
Mini muffins cooling on a wire rack.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That glare! A master class in catitude.
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Ruthanne Reid (A.K.A. Trin) @ruthannereid.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Broad question, friends: Have any of you moved from Wordpress to Ghost? I've been a Wordpress user since 2007. I'm really good at it. I'm also REALLY frustrated with bloat and poor coding. Any thoughts? #cms #ghost #wordpress
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Let's do the time warp again"
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sometimes a chipmunk has to simply ignore human intruders, and gaze upon its grassy kingdom.
Chipmunk standing on hind legs.
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 17/09/2026
Thanks to Andy Donato's cousin, I have Andy's final editorial cartoon that was rejected by The Toronto Sun, resulting in Andy resigning from the paper after 55 years. www.torontomike.com/2026/09/andy...
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Andy Donato's Final Comic Rejected by Postmedia
On Wednesday I shared the sad news that Andy Donato had passed away at the age of 89. Until very recently, Andy was still getting published in The Toronto Sun, a Postmedia-owned newspaper. I attached ...
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They are top-level predators ... especially of snacks.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Conflict at the bird feeder! The Game of Seeds never ends. #sparrows #birds
Two sparrows on a bird feeder as a third flies up to it
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
And now you yell at those damn kids to get off your lawn.
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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
People often ask me just how I've managed to write fifteen history books. The honest answer: commuting, finding fun in footnotes, and an encounter with an inspiring historian in his eighties. Forgetting quality just for now - here's a post on productivity! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...
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The Secret to Writing Fifteen Books Is a Bad Commute
Pomodoro timers, obsessive footnoting, and one very inspiring man in his eighties — a working historian’s productivity tips.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It all sounds like lovely vigilante justice, BUT how often was it mis-used? How to prevent/stop bullying? In modern terms, what's to stop harrassment from MAGA-types?
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The horror. The horror.
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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bunny in bushes. Creature of light and shadow. Omen or blessing? #haiku
Bunny in underbrush
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