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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 27/09/2026

The St. Croix Public Library has put up a book walk along the river.

A white board with the page of a book stuck to it by a path along the river. An elderly black dog has gotten his leash tangled around the sign

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 16/09/2026

Dunno if that's a hit or an error, but Ern Dog is on base #BlueJays

A black and white dog sleeps on a purple pillow

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/09/2026

An old Quebecois biker dude just told me how to get a "service dog" license off Amazon so that I could bring Wenlock into the pub. They'd never suspect a thing.

An elderly black dog lies next to a metal Moose Light pail full of water in the pavement outside the pub

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 04/09/2026

Adventures in moving: taste the bottle of random home made blueberry wine you were given 13 years ago at a housewarming party.

An extremely dusty wine bottle, filled with Blueberry Bergamais, vintage 2013

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 01/09/2026

Leaving a little surprise for the next people to open up this wall.

A small plastic skeleton hanging inside a torn out section of drywall, with a sign around its neck that reads "Hide and Seek Champion 2026 - "

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 19/08/2026

Tonight's random discovery when wandering around Calgary...an EDM string quartet

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 15/08/2026

Another Ern Dog hit! #BlueJays And now I'm off to a wedding, so any further hits will not be commemorated.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 13/08/2026

Thanks to Jordan Rosemary Holm Faass Cha-Cha-Cha, the dog in whose memory this bench on McHugh Bluff in Calgary was placed, for giving me a place to sit on my walk.

A view of downtown Calgary from the McHugh bluff

A memorial plaque on the back of a bench, commemorating a family dog.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 09/08/2026

Ern Dog beats the throw to first by a nose. #BlueJays

A black and white speckled dog snoot peeks through a door.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 06/08/2026

An Ern Dog hit, erased by a double play before I even got a chance to post. #BlueJays

A black and white dog sleeps in the back seat of a car, resting his chin on the centre console between the front seats.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 04/08/2026

Ern Dog lost some friends today but he gets an RBI. And our Ern Dog spent the weekend with a new friend, who is, I swear, called Bert. #BlueJays

A black and white dog and a light brown dog sniff each other.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 29/07/2026

Double dogs for an Ern Dog double! #BlueJays

Two dogs on a porch. Ernie is on a yellow wicker sofa and Wenlock is on the floor. They are both staring at the camera

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 25/07/2026

Missed the first two, but here for Ern Dog's third hit! #BlueJays

A black and white dog lies upside down on a brown leather couch

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 25/07/2026

Reminds me of this lion I saw trying, and failing, to figure out how to eat this tortoise in South Africa.

A lioness sitting with a huge tortoise, unsure of how to eat it.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 25/07/2026

At the dog park, waiting for a friend.

A black and white dog stands in the corner of a dog park, gazing through the fence.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 23/07/2026

Ern Dog gets a hit! Maybe the ball is somewhere in our yard... #BlueJays

A black and white dog lies on the back of a brown leather couch, his head stuck between the green curtains so he can watch the back yard.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 19/07/2026

Ern Dog on a walk for an Ern Dog walk #BlueJays

A black and white dog stands on a bright blue splash pad

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 08/07/2026

The pub where I run trivia night makes the worst AI flyers. I assume that bald right-wing podcaster looking dude is supposed to be me.

An ad for my local Trivia Night. It includes a picture of a bald, goateed dude wearing headphones for some reason, who is definitely not me. Also the usual poorly rendered AI slop of money, food, and drinks.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 28/06/2026

I don't think I've ever had an easier time choosing a side in a World Cup game as a neutral than Colombia v Portugal. I visited Medellin a couple years ago, and I really hate Ronaldo.

Me wearing a white Panama hat and a poncho with the Colombian flag down the sides, with the soccer game on in the background

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 26/06/2026

Hard to get a decent pic, but there are a couple of seals hanging out in the St. Croix River.

A small black dot, which I swear is a seal's head, in the middle of a river

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 25/06/2026

🦀 See a crab, post a crab🦀 A bowl of European Green Crabs.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 22/06/2026

Was given these beautiful chef's knives for Father's Day. Now to figure out which one should be used for which specific jobs.

Two chef's knives with wooden handles in a black-lined cherrywood box

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 21/06/2026

Proud to win silver in the Climate Action Reporting category at the Atlantic Journalism Awards in Halifax tonight, for a story in the Atlantic Salmon Journal. And congratulations to @cloelogan.bsky.social and @nationalobserver.com for winning Gold!

Me wearing a tan suit, holding my certificate

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 18/06/2026

A little dribbler, but it's still an Ern Dog hit. #BlueJays

A blurry black and white dog climbing into my lap on the sofa with a blue Jays game on the TV in the background

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 16/06/2026

I'm out here catching strays as I scroll BlueSky. "If you want to be a writer, put on a cool hat and go sit in a bar with cheap beer."

Me sitting under a red patio umbrella on the terrace of a tapas bar in Montreal, wearing my new, and debatably cool, Panama hat, with a glass of not particularly cheap beer.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 15/06/2026

Accidentally wandered into what I gathered was a francophone music street festival in Montreal tonight on the way back to my hotel. Caught a show by St Graal, which had a pretty good crowd considering the weather is shit.

The French singer St. Graal on stage with a guitar, surrounded by blue smoke and red lights

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 13/06/2026

An Ern Dog hit! Have to reuse an Ernie pic because he's currently out for a walk with @ponddrop.bsky.social #BlueJays

A black and white dog stares at the camera with a baseball game on the TV in the background

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 13/06/2026

My mom is texting me photos from the pride parade in my hometown and it is very cute. They've gone all in on having a trans grandkid.

An older couple, waving trans flags.

My dad is even wearing a golf shirt in trans colours

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 12/06/2026

In honour of the World Cup, I present my favourite example of FIFA brand protection...this censored ketchup at the concession stand at the 2014 U20 Women's World Cup in Moncton, because Heinz was not an official sponsor.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 08/06/2026

Baby cobra chickens on the St Croix River.

Two adult Canada Geese keep a watchful eye out while three fuzzy goslings feed at the edge of a river.

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 05/06/2026

Keep getting those hits Ern Dog #BlueJays

A black and white dog peers over a woman's knees

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 31/05/2026

Turned on the #BlueJays game just in time to see an Ern Dog hit. Shame about the score...

A black and white dog sits next to a pile of sticks in the dark, refusing to pee.

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