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John deRuiter 🇨🇦

@jderuiter.bsky.social
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Old guy left of center. Music, books, comedy, science, cars and motorcycles (oh yeah, and politics).

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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Swim Jeans 👖 @shortsleevesuit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
[motorcycle lesson] INSTRUCTOR: first put your helmet on ME: this seems dangerous INSTRUCTOR: *turns it around so I can see* how about now
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 10/09/2026
REACHER: I need help with my iPhone SUPPORT: regular iPhone or duo? REACHER: how can I tell SUPPORT: if it folds it’s the duo *extremely loud crunching noise* REACHER: it’s the duo
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.com
anyhumanever.com
Any Human Ever
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
See, how it works is, when you push the button on the top with your thumb, the pen part pops out. So you can write. And, if you press that same button again with your thumb, then the pen part goes back up. Okay, so if the pen part is up, and we want to write or sign something, what do we need to do?
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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D.C. Stuelpner | Drawer of Drawings @drawerofdrawings.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
One sick puppy.
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
gem.cbc.ca/gordon-light...
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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind | Films | CBC Gem
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is an exploration of the career, music, and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon Gordon Lightfoot.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
(twentieth pilot enters cockpit) ok certainly that's the last one
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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
All my library holds came in at once so now I have to quit my job to read.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 01/04/2026
Everyone remember to hide when the astronauts comes back.
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes
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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
800 billion stars captured in one frame. This is Sombrero Galaxy captured by Hubble. 31 million light-years away from us.
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The song as released was the first take AND the first time the band had played the song! Unreal.
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fredesque @fredtaming.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
doctor: lets test your reflexes me: thats a regular hammer doctor: then i hope theyre good
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an appliance is making a weird noise that isn't on youtube @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I can't handle this if he dies in the first episode
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026
❤️
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Happy birthday! Got a few years on you. All the best in the new year! 🎉
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
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ceej @ceej.online · 06/03/2024
if your band sucks I’m still gonna say nice set. being in a band that sucks is still pretty cool
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
That got you a follow.
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ceej @ceej.online · 19/11/2025
when I was a kid my dad could have kicked my ass because he was an adult. now I could kick my dad’s ass because he’s old. but there was one day between then and now when we were exactly evenly matched. the father/son convergence
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ceej @ceej.online · 02/10/2025
hardly anything is on fleek these days
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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I can
I can
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Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Earth at night viewed from space (watch fullscreen).
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/08/2025
The goal of a nuclear reactor on the moon is a heady one for an administration full of people who can barely bang two rocks together
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 18/09/2024
Google maps greatly underestimates my willingness to break the law
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
brian was starting to think that maybe his mom wasn’t coming back
A man seated on a pink stroller, outdoors on a sunny day. Other people are visible in the background.
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Amish Super Model @amishsupermodel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I can’t believe how old people my age are.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Isaac Asimov on, "If God is Dead, Everything is Permitted?"
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.” - Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP “Good Vibrations” (1966)
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
♫ But I would walk 500 miles ♫ ♫ And I would walk 500 more ♫
Two Siberian Huskies standing close together on a wooden platform, both with their mouths open and facing upward.
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
To be fair though, he had the entire instrumental section as well as a full orchestral bridge in his head too!
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Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 03/04/2025
everyone always says "death to america" but then when someone steps up and does it you get mad at him
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The ultimate Australian mash-up.
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Stayin' in Black (Bee Gees + AC/DC Mashup) by Wax Audio
YouTube video by Wax Audio
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Has anyone guessed one yet? I'm gonna say one.
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Because you need a chuckle today.
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KAFUI 🇬🇭 @mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A nice thing about getting older is you can say, “boy i done seen some shit” and even if you if haven’t actually seen anything, people will mostly take your word for it
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/02/2025
This is Wesley. He wants to know if you will accept this rose. Because he grabbed it thinking it was a stick, and now doesn't want it anymore. 12/10
a reddish golden retriever sits and looks up at the camera with inquisitive eyebrows and ears that look softer than velvet. he’s holding a single red rose in his mouth that ever so slightly pushes his lip up on each side.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
CNN: Do you think that calling Elon Musk "a dick" is effective messaging? Rep. Robert Garcia: "Well, he is a dick." I approve this message. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Retired EDMD @scholerined.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
#DEI
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
RIP Marianne Faithful. You were written off by so many and came back with one of the most powerful, defiant and kick-ass feminists comebacks of all time. You were a powerful and unique voice. Go to the angels. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Nx...
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Marianne Faithfull -- The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan HD
YouTube video by walter “Club Dj 80s” mogentale
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
RFK Jr trying to distance himself from the antivax movement is like Bob Seger denouncing old time rock and roll.
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John deRuiter 🇨🇦 @jderuiter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Enjoy fellas!!
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Kris 🎃 HORRORchild @direkris.itch.io · 27/01/2025
Someone: Thirty years ago... Me, nodding: The 70s
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