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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 : http://damnfoolpress.com/BrianGreiner/ Living in Ontario, Canada.

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · Oct 18

I've written and published 10 books about SF, horror, thrillers, and a book of haiku poetry with pictures of my cat.
All the books are available as ebooks or paperback from the usual suppliers.
My website has sample chapters for all the books, so please take a look : www.BrianGreiner.ca

#amwriting

A graphic showing all 10 of my published books, plus a link to my web site.

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 1d

It's a half-baked DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Great (British) new strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/08/h...

Reblog/Repost/Repeat! Thanks SO much!

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

It is a good day for #baking , so I made these scones.

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Mial Pagan @mialp.bsky.social · 2d

Loopy idea of the year. Actually make that this morning, Trump isn't up yet.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

They're going to put an enormous lawsuit magnet in the sky.
mastodon.social/@sundogplane...

Prof. Sam Lawler (@[email protected])

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disas...

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect!

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 2d

A twilight bunny.
Foraging for some bird seed.
A most welcome guest.

#bunny

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 2d

Word quickly spread throughout the office about Phil's high-handed shenanigans.
More and more voices were raised in protest, although a few continued to meekly accept mistreatment.

#sparrows
#birds

Four sparrows. Three facing right, one facing left.

Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 2d

"That's it, Phil! I'm not putting up with your crap any more! I'm outta here."

"Don't you walk away from me," shrieked Phil. "I made you. I can just as easily break you!"

Ah, the drama of #sparrow office politics is endlessly entertaining.

#birds

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Adrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 3d

Thymol tastes and smells like thyme (hence the name). Most people, even if not very interested in gastronomy, can distinguish quite a few herbs and spices by their smell and taste. This could lead to a chewing gum that would diagnose any ENT infection.

BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 3d

Just published, a study describing a taste-based flu test yes, chewing gum that could tell you if you have influenza. The gum contains a sensor that detects the flu enzyme neuraminidase & releases a compound called thymol that changes taste when the virus is present.
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A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza

Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm, they could do a massive crossover sort of thing.
A bakeoff show that creates every one of the rooms.
A pottery throwdown show could create props.
And, of course, Forged in Fire could make the weapons.
And all brought together for the Grand Finale, a live action enactment of the board game!

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 3d

It is a good day to do some #baking, so I made these molasses spice cookies. The house now smells lovely

The spice must flow!

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Doug Johnson 🇨🇦🇺🇦🌦️🏞 @smikooman.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Washington, D.C. today for a working visit with U.S. President Donald Trump. This marks his second meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, after surviving a visit in May.

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Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know?

In the Victorian era, a Scottish woman named Emily Gerard quietly shaped one of the darkest legends in literature.

She wrote an essay titled “Transylvanian Superstitions,” describing eerie local beliefs about the dead who rise from their graves.

#Victorian #history

It shows an image of a female vampire sitting above a man.

The Vampire by Philip Burne-Jones (1897)

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 5d

It is a good day for #baking, so I made these chocolate chip cookies.
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

Chocolate chip cookies cooling on a pair of wire racks.

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 5d

*Return to the office, you slackers. I'll not listen to any more nonsense about work-life balance."

#birds
#ReturnToOffice

Large black bird on top of an evergreen tree. In the background is multicoloured foliage.

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for your kind words.

Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 6d

"Dammit, Phil, I'm not interested in your stories about the worm that got away."

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🇬🇧📺 Classic British TV 📺🇬🇧 @classicbritishtv.bsky.social · 6d

Monty Python is 56 today, The programme, which first aired on October 5th 1969, was a surreal sketch series by the group consisting of John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman they also produced several Films, Happy Anniversary 🎉🍾

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 6d

Apparently bird feeders aren't just for the birds!
I caught this furry thief in the act.
Hard to be angry with someone this cute, though.

#chipmunk

Chipmunk on the side of a metal bird feeder.

Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 6d

"Dammit, Phil, this meeting could have been an email."

#birds
#sparrows

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Naomi P Lane @namaferd.bsky.social · 22d

New blog post today. Book 2 of my sci-fi/ romance trilogy coming soon. Get your free digital copy now in exchange for an honest review.
Naomiplane.com

The Friday Blog

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 9d

Bertie can't be fat...his fur still fits.

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 10d

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

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Anti Fa Jacqueline @keuningin.bsky.social · 9d

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Brian Greiner 🇨🇦🍁 @mrfumblethumbs.bsky.social · 10d

Never!
I have never, and would never, drink green beer at any time. Ewwwww.
I do, however, admit to enjoying Irish whisky. Writers Tears is a favorite, and am currently enjoying McConnell's Whisky Irlandais.