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Michael

@garrattguy.bsky.social
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Retired 🇨🇦 stage tech. I designed & made Neil Peart’s rotary drum riser (Rush). Learning about here. OCWGA (old cis white guy trying hard to be ally). Model engineer, amateur machinist, steam, trains, boats. Living afloat in Toronto.

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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17h
Canada - are you listening? #F35 #cdnpoli
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 18h
Tired: The shore power is off this morning for four hours for a scheduled wiring upgrade. Wired: We are on onboard genny power now but it seems a bit weird to be running a 6kw diesel gen-set to run a few lights and the coffee machine but … coffee! Yay! 😆 Also wired: it’s not January!
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 18h
As a 🇨🇦Liberal and supporter of this government, one agrees with Mr. Picard. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I listen to a radio DJ who regularly uses the phrase “we will continue on with …”. Drives me crazy. “We will continue with …” is sufficient. “On” in this sentence is superfluous. Cc @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Read Alex 👇👇👇
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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The problem with books is that one does spend an inordinate amount of time reading them! May I recommend #Enshittification by @doctorow.pluralistic.net ? It is an eye opener into a world I use every day yet know nothing about. #BookSky
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Posted this morning by my good friend and celebrated writer Allan Stratton.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Okay - this made me snort...
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The day has no right starting at five am. I mean. Seriously. Five am? Get a grip, even the sun knows 5am is too early! My name is not @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social so I shouldn’t have to do it. Hmpf.
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If #AI is going to kill off all of us in the next decade (new #virus?) who is then left to keep the data centre lights on? Wouldn’t they have to build a race of super humanoid robots first? Robot games showed a whole lot of progress is needed there. Would “we” notice or care or just help build ‘em?
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We are so fortunate in having @mark-carney.bsky.social at the tiller. Imagine, a national leader who thinks and speaks in full sentences and resists the temptation of all politicians to appeal to emotions and prejudices rather than reason. O Canada🇨🇦 Well worth a watch 👇🏻 youtu.be/eYAwioM3RQI?...
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Forward Guidance: A Stronger Canada
YouTube video by Mark Carney
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So, Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social, Trump says the 🇺🇸USA doesn’t need 🇨🇦Canada, and that must include our buying fighter jets from him. So let’s get on with the Swedish Saab Gripen project. Just do it! 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Gather 'round, because it’s time for a deep-dive exposé on the greatest religious heist in history. Let’s talk about how corporate titans literally bought, repackaged, and completely manufactured the "Christian America" brand we see today.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Oh, @deadder.bsky.social just made our weekend. 😏🤭😂
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dear fellow Canadians - you know Trump's stunt about "re-naming" Lake Ontario is just that. A stupid stunt to distract from all the real and important issues between our countries where Trump is failing so miserably. It's arguing with Grandpa. Don't waste your time. #cdnpoli
Keep calm and Canada on.
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Do please watch Ms Maddow put the boots to 🇺🇸Nazi Trump, linking his failure in Iran to his transparent distraction via an attack on 🇨🇦Canada. Lots of quotes from our 🇨🇦Prime Minister. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 youtu.be/fLzg4EO5bDg?...
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Maddow: Trump learns the hard way, 'incompetence has consequences'
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Andrew Jeanes @wanderoo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If I was advising Avi Lewis, I'd tell him that he should raise his national profile by making more strong statements critical both of Carney's handling of Canada's relationship with the U.S., and his shortsighted cuts to the federal government that will cause many short-term and long term problems.
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smittycanada1🇨🇦 @smittycanada1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Petition e-7531 to expel Hoekstra now at 217,345. Use your voice Canadians! Find the petition directly by searching "petition e-7531". Charlie Angus also has the link on his page. Remember to check your email once you sign & click link to verify your signature. GO🇨🇦!!! #expelhoekstra
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We're almost at 218k votes! Let's shoot for 1 million! Please share. Sign this Petition - Petitions share.google/dE5h7aytTjhJ...
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We are being weaponised against each other by design. The battlefield? The gap between Relative Truth and Ultimate Truth. Politicians, billionaire media owners, and Gen-AI bot farms don’t want you to see the difference. Here is how they use philosophy to control you.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨SEND PETE HOEKSTRA PACKING🚨 200K+ Canadians have signed the petition calling for U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to be declared persona non grata and be expelled. This is an unbelievable response. The petition is open until Novevember 18. 🔗 Petition e-7531: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Winnie #Fella 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇵🇹🇪🇺🇿🇦🇺🇸🥩 @sharpcloud.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Source here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy
Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, resea...
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My 2 Cents @provokediscussion.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
OK, that sounds far-fetched. Oh fuck... "Advanced AI and specialized software can analyze how radio waves bounce off a human body, effectively turning router signals into a tool that tracks shape and movement."
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
One seldom agrees with @theglobeandmail.com‘s Mr. Clark, but he’s right about this👇🏻 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As of just now 72,107 signatures - Petition in thread here #GoCanada 🔥💪🏻🍁🇨🇦 Nearly 60,000 people had signed the petition as of Wednesday morning, almost double the number of signatures 24 hours earlier. /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Tens of thousands of Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled | CBC News
A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra persona non grata and remove him from Canada.
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I once went into a record store and asked for a copy of “Dire Straights” by The Sultans of Swing. The clerk thought about it for a second and said he thought that might be the wrong way around. I was so sure I was right! 🤣
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hey @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social If the peasants rejoice does that mean they already joiced once?
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Why is it when these sorts of things arrive unrequested, they never include an “‘eff off and die” button?
An emailed text plus graphic invitation from Google workspace to try new AI features.
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@canadiancynic.bsky.social : 👇
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 07/08/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for Aug. 7, 2026 ~ The big lie. "Our ability to share knowledge and understand the situation we’re in has become utterly compromised, and deadly. If so many people weren’t dying and going to die, it would almost be impressive." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...
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The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat...
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🇨🇦 Read the whole thing! This is great. 👇
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is it. Will they outnumber us or will we outnumber them? Teach your children well.
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
🤣🎯
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All you need to know about why not to vote for far right wing #topoli mayoralty candidate Brad Bradford is that Warren Kinsella is campaigning like mad for him. 🤷🏼🤫🤭🙄🤷🏼
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Ms Freeland is spot-on, quoting the late, great Leonard Cohen in this @nytimes.com piece today. ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
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Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)
Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This 👇🏽 is terrific news! Now we need to replicate this across all of Ontario and Canada!!
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A Major Win for Indoor Air Quality: Toronto's Board of Health Moves to Adopt Stronger Ventilation Standards
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers celebrates a major win for indoor air quality with stronger ventilation standards in Toronto.
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is just not on. When you are scrolling and it’s just awful after awful. Suddenly. Absolute cuteness comes on your feed. Cooking recipes and giving you life. Please everyone. Raise your children to be like this angel. The cuteness is off the scale.
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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Saxophonist Plas Johnson, known for solo on The Pink Panther Theme, dies aged 94. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Saxophonist Plas Johnson, known for solo on The Pink Panther Theme, dies aged 94
Jazz saxophonist – who recorded with artists Frank Sinatra, BB King and more – died in Los Angeles, reports say
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Scubagrl @scubagrl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
youtu.be/HhHwnrlZRus?...
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Pink Panther Theme Song
YouTube video by smallghost0121
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
In which vocal anti-MAID zealots like University of Toronto Law School’s professor of health law and policy are civilly and decisively corrected on a lot of their MAID misinformation and distortions: 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 open.substack.com/pub/maidinca...
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Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee- avoiding misunderstandings
Committee members respond to Ramona Coelho, David Shannon, and Trudo Lemmens
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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Too … 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Michael @garrattguy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@captainconstance.bsky.social heading for Kingston tomorrow. RV time.
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a Page in your life 🍁📎 @sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@schiff.senate.gov I would like you to understand that the boycott of US products was not initiated by our Provincial or Federal Governments. It was and remains a grassroots initiative by the people in DIRECT response to the ILLEGAL tariffs your govt has placed on our country.
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