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J.E. Barnard
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Incisive Editing Services; MECFS amateur sleuth in The Falls Mysteries from Dundurn; owned by a large ginger tomcat
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J.E. Barnard @jebarnard.bsky.social · Jun 19
Hard to believe so much water has passed under the bridge since I started writing my debut psychological suspense novel, When The Flood Falls, based on a lowering sky and a rising Elbow River.
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#CrimeFiction #CanadianAuthor
Book cover of a green hilly landscape with light shining on a lake. A person watches the light on the water. Title in yellow is Where The Flood Falls. Author in white at bottom is J.E. Barnard Text reads: On this day in #FloodFalls "At some point along the restless path to full sleep, Lacey roused to find Dee bending over the bed, shaking her shoulder and whispering urgently, "Wake up, please! Please wake up! There's someone on the deck and the dogs aren't barking. Please!"
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Thank you @theatlanticpr.bsky.social for this exquisitely timed and much-needed reminder of what the American Revolution was about. ❤️

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc...

#NoKings #BookSky #MomSky
October 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Cover of THE BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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I think there is a misunderstanding about peaceful people.

The person who is choosong to solve their conflict with negotiations, discussions and reasoning is not lack of anger, temper and aggressive instinct.
No.

But the peaceful person is CHOOSING to not let those emotions and instincts lead.
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Here's a link to my short film Temple Lament that was shown at the UNFIX NYC 2025 Film Festival and at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.
Enjoy: vimeo.com/1037315566
TEMPLE LAMENT
Bereep-Bereep is the Indigenous name for Mount Cole. It translates as ‘wild’ in the language of the Beeripmo balug group of the Djab wurrung people.…
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July 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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From the squalor of the first Kingston pen to the 21st century, this entertaining tome covers a whole section of Canadian history not generally taught in schools.
#DundurnPress #OnTheLam #NewRelease

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October 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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“Just a master. Like the van Gogh of painting. Just in control from the first stroke to the last.” Summer McIntosh tried to conquer the greatest female swimmer ever, and the result was the best distance race ever swam, a Katie Ledecky gold, and a hard, hard lesson. www.thestar.com/sports/amate...
Bruce Arthur: Inside the race of the century, where Summer McIntosh tried to conquer 800 ‘master’ Katie Ledecky, but fell just short
The 800-metre freestyle was an all-time race, but McIntosh faded at the end to take bronze. Five world swimming championship golds will have to wait.
www.thestar.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Fascinating! Ice cleaving and a 200 ft tower rises from the water.
July 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The Opabinia is an extinct marine creature, only around 7 cm long, who probably didn't have a silly expression like the one I drew for #AugArthroAwe
Ink and watercolor drawing of an Opabinia, a tiny marine creature who looks kind of like a shrimp with flaps along its side and an elephant's trunk.
August 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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"I don't think it can cross Donald Trump's mind that there are neutral arbiters who are objective and not politicized. But this is the weakness of authoritarian or pseudo-authoritarian regimes. They create an atmosphere in which it's not possible to be honest with the executive."
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Brooks and Capehart on Trump's firing of labor statistics head after weak jobs report
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump fires the head of the agency that produces the monthly j...
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August 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
jebarnard.bsky.social
How Curiosity Can Help Us Overcome Disconnection greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
How Curiosity Can Help Us Overcome Disconnection
Here are four steps to practicing deep curiosity about the perspectives, stories, and humanity of others.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
August 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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At only 4' 8" tall, Simone Biles' jump clears more than 7 ft of air.
Or, in library terms, she could jump over roughly 65 James Patterson books. 🤸‍♀️ 📚 😆
Image & text by the Gail Borden Library
#Booksky
July 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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On this day in 1970, sailors in the Royal Navy got their last official shot of rum. A daily ration of alcohol – called a tot – had been provided to English sailors since the 1600s.
#History #OTD #BoozeCruise
It became a source of some controversy in 1850 and the Navy empaneled (and this is its actual name) the Admiralty’s Grog Committee to review the practice. The Committee did not call for ending the traditional tot. On this day, 55 years ago, members of the Royal Navy held a funeral, wore black arm bands, and called this Black Tot Day. A b/w photo of Royal Navy sailors and officers having their last official "tot" or shot of rum. The sailor on the right is wearing a black armband, signifying "Black Tot Day."
July 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Recommended: this succinct piece on the history & current status of antivax attitudes by the author of ‘The Irrational Ape: Why We Fall for Disinformation, Conspiracy Theory and Propaganda.’

Free link.

archive.ph/Ib9yC
July 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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fiona-webster22.bsky.social
=big sigh= Even *not* subsidized, wind & solar are by far the cheapest forms of energy.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 31
VARNEY: I thought we needed all forms of energy, including wind, to power AI. But it looks like the administration is killing the entire wind industry. Is it?

BURGUM: We're ending the last 33 years of highly subsidized preferential treatment for certain forms of energy, particularly wind and solar
July 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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July 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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"Fire in the Evening". Paul Klee. 1929. 
July 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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I find so much beauty in the words of queer poets who wield their pens like swords, cutting through the noise. Their truths resonate deeply, echoing in my heart. Let's uplift their voices! 🌈✨ #booksky #writersky #po
pitymilkpress.bsky.social Pitymilk Press @pitymilkpress.bsky.social · Aug 1
Tag your favorite #queer #poets who speak truth to power with tender viciousness.

#booksky #writersky #poetry #politics
August 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Each Story Seed is a prompt, a question, or an idea, to give you a starting point. Each seed is a trigger for your imagination. Here is Seed 212!

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#366StorySeeds #storyidea #storyprompt #writingprompt #ideaoftheday
Story Seed # 212 — Day 212 — Jul 30, 2025
These 366 Story Seeds are a year’s worth of writing prompts, one day at a time.
medium.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Today’s Podcast: EP. 1551: Filmmaker/Musician Justin Gray (IMMERSED – A Cinematic Immersive Album by Justin Gray)

youtu.be/tPdT0-4HB1E?...

The album features 38 artists from Toronto and around the globe, placing listeners at the center of a three-dimensional global orchestra.

#wildsound #podcast
Podcast: EP. 1551: Musician Justin Gray (IMMERSED – A Cinematic Immersive Album by Justin Gray)
YouTube video by Wildsound Festival
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July 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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#audiobook #voiceover #multicast #SFX

We'd love feedback on our promo video! It's fun and has plenty of sound effects.

The concept reads as one Narrator for many characters, but we also do Multicast.

Any tips to improve our ad for authors or for audiobook listeners?
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOOTH, STAYS IN THE BOOTH #audiobooknarration #audiobook #audiobooknarrator #solonarration #voiceacting #voiceactor #voiceactors #voiceoveractor #voiceover #inthebooth#inthebooth🎧...
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July 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Germany’s parliament banned the Pride flag. It backfired spectacularly. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/germ...
Germany's parliament banned the Pride flag. It backfired spectacularly. - LGBTQ Nation
Far-right influence is growing in the country, but queer people and allies aren't backing down.
www.lgbtqnation.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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(R-OH) Rep. Jim Jordan, one of the Republican Party’s top inquisitors in Congress, was deposed today regarding allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator.

And not one media outlet covered it.

www.yahoo.com/news/court-f...
Court filing confirms Rep. Jim Jordan deposed in Richard Strauss sexual abuse case
U.S. House Rep. Jim Jordan, an Urbana Republican, previously served as an Ohio State assistant wrestling coach from 1986 to 1994.
www.yahoo.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#BookSky
July 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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This is so freaking adorable…. 🫠
Snuggles… 🥰
🐯 🐯
July 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM