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Sheldon Birnie
@badguybirnie.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Fancy some strange stories set in the wilds of western Canada? Look no further, bud malarkeybooks.com/store/pavement
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Sheldon Birnie's story in Short Story, Long is also great: ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/not-dark-y...
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sheldon Birnie's story in Short Story, Long is also great: ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/not-dark-y...
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I bought this collection a while back and started it the other day: it's *so* much fun, often hilarious and genuinely spooky at the very same time, and with such an eye for its locale, the Canadian prairies, and those who live there. 'X-files on VHS' could have been written just for me. Loving it.
Look, friend, I’m not here to tell you what to do but wrapping this collection up and sliding under the tree for a person or two on your list this year isn’t a half bad idea bookshop.org/p/books/wher...
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I bought this collection a while back and started it the other day: it's *so* much fun, often hilarious and genuinely spooky at the very same time, and with such an eye for its locale, the Canadian prairies, and those who live there. 'X-files on VHS' could have been written just for me. Loving it.
Look, friend, I’m not here to tell you what to do but wrapping this collection up and sliding under the tree for a person or two on your list this year isn’t a half bad idea bookshop.org/p/books/wher...
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Look, friend, I’m not here to tell you what to do but wrapping this collection up and sliding under the tree for a person or two on your list this year isn’t a half bad idea bookshop.org/p/books/wher...
Caught a glimpse of the aurora out in the parking lot after hockey last night. Even amidst all the light pollution, still pretty magical.
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Caught a glimpse of the aurora out in the parking lot after hockey last night. Even amidst all the light pollution, still pretty magical.
Slow Horses and a pint during son’s drum lesson, real enjoyable
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Slow Horses and a pint during son’s drum lesson, real enjoyable
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another email claiming it can sell my books to millions, another text declaring I owe the government money, another phone call pretending to be my bank in distress, another passing Cybertruck weeping some kind of fluid into churned snow - maybe it knows its maker. scams rule everything around me.
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
another email claiming it can sell my books to millions, another text declaring I owe the government money, another phone call pretending to be my bank in distress, another passing Cybertruck weeping some kind of fluid into churned snow - maybe it knows its maker. scams rule everything around me.
Watching Sister Act with the family. Great excuse to bring up the time I played the Pope as a cameo on Rainbow Stage.
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Watching Sister Act with the family. Great excuse to bring up the time I played the Pope as a cameo on Rainbow Stage.
This is what the grocery barons think of us
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is what the grocery barons think of us
Love a Manitoba reference on Task
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Love a Manitoba reference on Task
Watching Bram Stoker’s Dracula (by myself).
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Watching Bram Stoker’s Dracula (by myself).
Watching Cool Runnings with the gang
November 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Watching Cool Runnings with the gang
Hell yeah
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hell yeah
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The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
Budget of Winnipeg-based federal water agency to take a hit
The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The fledgling Canada Water Agency, based in Winnipeg, is about to get its funding reduced just two years after the federal Liberal government unveiled it.
Cool people doing cool things
Next Door Neighbour Studio offers art classes, workshops, and more www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communit...
Bringing art home
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Cool people doing cool things
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You know what's urgently needed? Basic software. Reliable database systems, accessible interfaces, privacy oriented design. It's super mundane stuff like asking, "how can software make your life better", not telling people "this is how software is going to solve all your problems." Because it won't.
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
You know what's urgently needed? Basic software. Reliable database systems, accessible interfaces, privacy oriented design. It's super mundane stuff like asking, "how can software make your life better", not telling people "this is how software is going to solve all your problems." Because it won't.
Enjoyed getting a look inside Lifes Short Gallery at the Beaches, Cemeteries & Playgrounds show featuring work of Ten Yetman & Hamideh Behgar. Cool people doing cool things!
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Enjoyed getting a look inside Lifes Short Gallery at the Beaches, Cemeteries & Playgrounds show featuring work of Ten Yetman & Hamideh Behgar. Cool people doing cool things!
No more $$ for trees, but a big bet on AI? Seems like that’ll totally pay out long term
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
No more $$ for trees, but a big bet on AI? Seems like that’ll totally pay out long term
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Sir, the economy is not great
Neolib: “I’ve got this. Lay off 40,000 people who provide services to Canadians who need it most”
How… will that help?
Neolib: “It will save us money to buy bombs, and invest in technology that will cause mass layoffs”
Ah yes, of course. That’ll fix it.
Neolib: “I’ve got this. Lay off 40,000 people who provide services to Canadians who need it most”
How… will that help?
Neolib: “It will save us money to buy bombs, and invest in technology that will cause mass layoffs”
Ah yes, of course. That’ll fix it.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sir, the economy is not great
Neolib: “I’ve got this. Lay off 40,000 people who provide services to Canadians who need it most”
How… will that help?
Neolib: “It will save us money to buy bombs, and invest in technology that will cause mass layoffs”
Ah yes, of course. That’ll fix it.
Neolib: “I’ve got this. Lay off 40,000 people who provide services to Canadians who need it most”
How… will that help?
Neolib: “It will save us money to buy bombs, and invest in technology that will cause mass layoffs”
Ah yes, of course. That’ll fix it.
Looking forward to spending some time this winter teaching a course on creative writing for kids with my pal Jacob. Between this and Jackrabbits hockey, gonna be spending a lotta time at the local community centre. riverviewcc.ca/young-writer...
Young Writers Workshop - Riverview Community Centre
Creative Writing Workshop Series Join us for an eight-week creative writing series where young writers bring their stories to life! Each week, we’ll experiment with character, setting, dialogue, and v...
riverviewcc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Looking forward to spending some time this winter teaching a course on creative writing for kids with my pal Jacob. Between this and Jackrabbits hockey, gonna be spending a lotta time at the local community centre. riverviewcc.ca/young-writer...
Still getting gouged at the grocery store, eh, but at least the rich won’t have to pay luxury tax on their next yacht purchase.
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Still getting gouged at the grocery store, eh, but at least the rich won’t have to pay luxury tax on their next yacht purchase.
Getting into this weird world, on the recommendation of a pal
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Getting into this weird world, on the recommendation of a pal
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Shampoo in the eye
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Shampoo in the eye
Hometown is back in the headlines www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Behind the fear: The unsolved killings in Dawson Creek, B.C. | CBC News
A year after the RCMP told the fifth estate “some level of success” was coming in a string of killings in a small B.C town, they remain unsolved and the body count continues to rise.
www.cbc.ca
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hometown is back in the headlines www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It will be a comfort to know that somewhere 255 feet of conveyor is ready to take you on a five minute trip to another dimension.”
Really felt this piece by @mmkaufman.bsky.social and maybe you will too?
Really felt this piece by @mmkaufman.bsky.social and maybe you will too?
"You had no idea all the ways life can break you, and wouldn’t you give anything to have that ignorance back?"
@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
trampset.org/the-carwash-...
@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
trampset.org/the-carwash-...
The Carwash Essay
by M.M. Kaufman
trampset.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“It will be a comfort to know that somewhere 255 feet of conveyor is ready to take you on a five minute trip to another dimension.”
Really felt this piece by @mmkaufman.bsky.social and maybe you will too?
Really felt this piece by @mmkaufman.bsky.social and maybe you will too?