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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Went on a hike today and was excited to encounter the rare Canadian wood monkey.

Large knot in a tree looks like a monkey's face.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I really want to get in touch with these guys and tell them to keep their snobby crap out of my mailbox.

Flyer for home landscaping company JPS Property Solutions entitled Not Every Property Qualifies And That's the Point.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Line 5: sign says train is here. Sign switches to 2 minutes, counts down and train still doesn't arrive. What's the point of these signs if the information isn't real #ttc

Sign says the train is here and the tra8n is not here.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Do people in Milton actually have to use the 401 to pick up their kids? That seems ... bad. Like maybe build more schools?

Provincial government advertisement reading: Next exit: school pickup. We've expanded Highway 401 from Mississauga to Milton so you can be there faster. Ontario is building new highways, upgrading roads and improving transit to make your travels faster and easier. The image is of a mother crouching to kiss her daughter.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The Content Marketing Institute is describing an average weekday

Screenshot of email subject reading What happens when agentic AI goes off the rails. Email is from the Content Marketing Institute.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

No. No you're not. You are literally the opposite of here to help.

Text from website that reads "We're here to help" but only has links to "FAQ" and "Chat with virtual assistant"

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Greetings from Turtle Island! LOVE my new sweatshirt from Decolonial Clothing.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Me every time a company tries to convince me that adding AI to their product is exciting.

Image of girl from Mean Girls movie with text reading "Stop trying to make AI happen."

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

To my trans friends and neighbours, I see you!

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Every once in a while I remember I have an ice cream maker

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Everyone else: When will this winter ever end? Mary and me:

Couple on a trail in the forest, snow everywhere.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Going through pointless elections is... frustrating.

Image of text reading: In January 2025, Ford began to state that he would need a "clear mandate" from voters to respond to the tariffs on Canadian imports to the United States threatened by new President Donald Trump. Ford was caught on video saying that on the day of the 2024 U.S. presidential election he was "100% happy" that Trump won, until Trump threaten tariffs on Canada.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Got 3 mail deliveries today! And on the third one we finally got our voter cards. We've already voted, but take this as a reminder to vote and a reminder to remind others to vote too! #onpoli

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

So much for enjoying a nice coffee on the deck.

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

How to enjoy winter in three easy steps. 1. Get your skis. 2. Go cross country skiing. 3. I dunno, hot chocolate?

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Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝 @cgarbutt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Lots to shovel out front but so beautiful out back.

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