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Greg Stone

@gregstoneauthor.bsky.social

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Media consultant and mystery novelist (Dangerous Inspiration and Deadline on Arrival). My detective has synesthesia, commingling his senses. Have also published 3 business books. Posts on art, literature, etc. — whatever I'm thinking. See gregstone.com.

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Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Apr 16

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3,000 or so, I’d say.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · 13h

Attended the No Kings rally today in Lexington, MA. Peaceful protest is as American as apple pie.

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The Kahlo family opens the doors of their house, inviting visitors to Frida's beloved basement

The secrets of the Kahlo family are being revealed with the opening of the Casa Kahlo Museum this weekend in Mexico City.

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Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · 26d

Lines and lines.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Sep 16

My latest newsletter, with tips on managing stage fright, an all-too-common concern. See createsend.com/t/t-FE9B5DE3...

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Sep 8

Provocative article from Nature:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Spouses tend to share psychiatric disorders, massive study finds

Analysis of almost 15 million people shows the trend increases with each decade, across cultures and generations.

www.nature.com

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Sep 7

I recommend this whodunit, set in a rural area in Ghana. It's a murder mystery/family story. #booksky #mysteries

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Trump seeks to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

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Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Study Finds 20-Year Drop in Reading for Pleasure

A new report from researchers at the University of London and University of Florida found that only 16% of adults read for pleasure on a given day in 2023, the lowest rate in the 20-year period covere...

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Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 17

Make of this what you will.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 15

Fresh garlic from our garden, thanks to my wife Mary’s genius green thumb.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 12

Was Claude Monet in a rut? After all, he painted the pond behind his house in Giverny countless times: “It is not 200 meters around,” he said, “yet its image awakens in you the idea of infinity.”

Each painting is the same as all the others in many ways, but never boring.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 8

The truth about tariffs: the company importing the goods pays them, not the firm selling them.

In other words, US businesses are shelling out the dough at the borders. And they'll no doubt pass the extra cost on to consumers.

Ultimately, we pay.

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Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 5

Gotta protect the tree supports, but what about the tree itself? Cambridge, MA anomaly.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Aug 4

If you want to know what happened with regard to Russia's role in the first Trump campaign, read the Mueller report, as I did. Buy in on Amazon, then you can decide for yourself.

For the record, Mueller, a lifelong Republican, neither exonerated nor condemned Trump.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 31

Take this psychological test. Choose your preferred bookshelf style. What do you think it says about you?

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 30

If you study a Jackson Pollock painting and think, “That’s easy, any child could do it,” think again.

I know. I tried my hand at painting in the style of Pollock. I showed it to a video editor I know who said it looks like something Pollock would have done in sixth grade. I have to agree.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 28

In 1929 Kuleshov produced a short film with closeups of a bowl of soup, a dead woman, and a woman in bed, all paired with an actor's face. The audience thought he was hungry in the 1st scene, sad in the 2nd, and in love in the 3rd.

Yet in each case the actor’s face was exactly the same!

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 27

I like the 2nd one. Shows more of the bird’s face. Nice work all around.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 27

The first one is best, IMHO. great contrast b

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 23

Morning gold in Boston.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 20

Two views of a deck on a sunny day in Boston.

Greg Stone @gregstoneauthor.bsky.social · Jul 20

In this little known thriller from 1953, the ex-con narrator makes pronouncements like these in the style of James Cain or Raymond Chandler:

“You’ve never heard a siren until you’ve heard one looking for you and you alone."

“He said solitary itself was nothing but a room and a cot and you ..."