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Dennis Van Staalduinen

@denvan.bsky.social
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Ottawa guy. Hating the Musky stench on Twitter. Kinda liking Threads (www.threads.net/@denvangram), but I’m app-ing around. Say hi if you know me from @denvan on Twitter… or IRL.

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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
That moment you realize we’re just one small comma away from having centaurs.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I feel bad for the growers.... but otherwise? It couldn't happen to a nicer trading partner.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Had such a great time leading two walks for @janeswalkottawa.bsky.social this weekend: 1) a re-walk of my Unbuilt Ottawa walk, and 2) my brand new walk MANIFEST DISCREPANCY - Ottawa's complicated history with Americans. Both were big hits, and the weather?!? Mwah! Chef's kiss!
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Amid my LONG hours with Elections Canada this week, I snuck in a CBC Radio interview to promote my Jane’s Walk next weekend - called Manifest Discrepancy - about Ottawa’s complicated history with the United States. All in a Day with Alan Neal: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
CANADAAAAAAA!!!!!
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Hoping for some poetic justice for Team Canada. The USA lost to *Panama*, and if they lost to Canada too? Mwah! Chef's kiss! The only thing better would be if they also lost to Greenland and Mexico as well.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Really enjoying a day of international soccer. First the just-ended Netherlands vs. Spain game (sadly a loss for the Oranje) and now catching the second half of the Canada/USA third place Nations League game. GO CANADA!
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 18/03/2025
Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime” www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/poil...
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Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime”
Lethbridge, AB - Conservative party leader, Pierre Poilievre, spoke to a mystified crowd of supporters as he promised to go to Ottawa and “Dink the Rink” while standing in front of a banner emblazoned...
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Uh, thanks for the recommendation LinkedIn... (jumps off bridge)
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Brilliant explainer. Please watch and learn.
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Apparently those who said the problem with annexation was that the price wasn't high enough, were the problem
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Well, to be fair, math is hard…
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Normally, I'm in favour of careful proofreading of photo captions... but in this one case...
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
After Donald Trump pledged to "pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars... (and) plant the stars and stripes on the Mars".
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
That hat.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I see Melania dressed in her most festive outfit for the occasion.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
That feeling you get when the worst humans are having a happy Monday.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I keep hearing American newscasters going on about the dangerous, record-breaking cold weather in Washington DC for today's presidential inauguration. IT'S ONLY FREAKING -3 CELSIUS YOU WIMPS!!!
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Brilliant.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Finally!! My $300 Million payment has come through from the "SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND"!
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Hey Americans. Stop this crap about Canada as a "51st State". It shows you don't comprehend some basic facts: 1) Canada as a whole is significantly larger than the USA; 2) Fully SEVEN of the top ten largest North American states or provinces are Canadian; 3) We're not bloody interested. Not ever.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Agreed! But... if we DO talk about it (which we absolutely shouldn't) let's stop this insulting nonsense about Canada becoming just ONE state out of 51!
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Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Here I am performing "Tell Me Again" in Ottawa back in 2017 RS youtu.be/8G_oVubPB_A?...
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Tell Me Again - Ron Sexsmith April 29, 2017 NAC Theatre Ottawa
YouTube video by Jim McQuaid
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
My message to Zuck
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Great episode.
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Dennis Van Staalduinen @denvan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Hey Bluesky! Thanks to all who have followed me here… without any actual participation from me for the last year. Any good tips for the new kid? Worth sticking around? Smart people to follow?
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 16/07/2023
this picture of an Amtrak derailment in Florida is exactly what living in America feels like on a deep emotional level
A train off the rails next to a highway and a sign behind it that reads, in comic sans "AMERICA... last best hope on earth! [Abraham Lincoln]"
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