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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 17/09/2026

He said he was not “proposing a third bloc” to challenge “great power rivals, only with better manners,” but an alliance of resilient nations “principled enough that our strength reinforces international law rather than seeks to replace it”

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 14/09/2026

Lunchtime walk after heavy rain last night #TruroNS

Deer comes really close then disappears onto the adjacent golf course

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 13/09/2026

I really want to put a sign underneath that says “F**k Cancer”

Sign on utility pole says “Screw Piles” and a phone number

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 05/09/2026

Fungus on our walk yesterday morning before work. By the time I came home it was in full umbrella mode! #fungus #fungi #NovaScotia #xp

small fungus - orange in colour with spots and nestled in a bed of moss and grass.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 20/06/2026

Ducklings on the river on my lunchtime walk yesterday. So cute. #NovaScotia #xp

Mother duck and four ducklings (plus a straggler in the back) on water from above

Mother and four ducklings under shade on the river

Ducklings heading towards the river bank

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 14/06/2026

20 years ago this week, we visited #NovaScotia to look at properties. We had already sold our house in England and just waiting for the sale to complete. In one way that 20 years has gone so fast. In another way, living in England seems a long time ago. #xp #NS #immigration

White 38 year old man stands next to a car in a wooded setting.

White guy with very short hair does an odd toothy half smile in front of a typical Nova Scotian lighthouse in Hampton Beach

Man from the back on a pebble beach skimming stones.

Our "heart house" the place we moved to in Nova Scotia - typical white wooden 1830s farmhouse with barn and a large oak tree in front. Side view of house with trees behind.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 10/05/2026

The weather has been slowly improving and the showers greening things up. It has meant opportunities for a nice lunch time walk which has been much needed this week while we have been dealing with layoffs and position eliminations 🙁 #xp #NovaScotia

Bridge on a trail. Blue sky and white clouds.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 24/04/2026

This deer was ludicrously close to me and interested rather than afraid - not good. #wildlife #xp

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 19/04/2026

An hour before there was a downpour and we worried no-one would come. But they did and it was dry the whole 90 minutes of the #hike Met some lovely new people too. #2SLGBTQIA #xp

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 18/04/2026

Great #hike with the #dogs today. Checking the route for the #PrideHike tomorrow but sadly the weather may not be as good then. #xp

Guy in his 50s, rather adorable with a black dog and a yellow dog at the entrance to a trail

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 03/04/2026

Freezing rain warning ✅ Fire lit 🔥✅ Dog cuddles ✅✅✅ #NSStorm #xp

A black lab and yellow goldendor head to head on a sofa which is covered by an IKEA throw. Black lab has a white muzzle as she is a grand old thing.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 29/01/2026

Oh joy - the possibility of another dump of snow on #NovaScotia on Sunday into Monday (it's become a pattern). Nothing certain, so watch the forecast from reputable sources. #NSStorm #xp

Weather network screenshot showing forecast for 15 to 20cm snow on Sunday and 5-10cm on Monday.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 25/01/2026

There is a nasty storm coming up from the US that will make things unpleasant here for a few days. I wish the other fallout from that country was as short-lived. #xp #NSStorm

Canadian flag and the words "and our sovereignty" on the screen. Taken from a Mark Carney video.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 19/01/2026

Snow looking very pretty on the trees and still coming down in #ColchesterCounty #NS #NSStorm #xp

Back garden covered in snow. Trees at the back of snow covered lawn and at the sides, limbs of pines heavy with snow.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 18/01/2026

Happy Winnie the Pooh day for all those that celebrate. "A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." A.A.Milne #xp #WinniethePooh

Collage of Winnie the Pooh pictures from E.H.Shepard

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 02/01/2026

One year ago today I was being discharged from hospital minus a gallbladder after a week stay in the maternity wing (?!) with pancreatitis. Great care and did not cost me a single $. #UniversalHealthcare #xp #LoveCanada

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year - I much prefer celebrating at London midnight which is a civilized 8pm AST. #HappyNewYear #HNY #xp

Queen Elizabeth Tower at Palace of Westminster with fireworks behind.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 31/12/2025

Luckily I do not have to give in my #1980s #GayCard Memories of dancing in my 501s, DM shoes and White T-shirt at #Rockshots in #Leeds . #xp #1988 #1989

Screengrab of 80s heardle with Man 2 Man song Male Stripper - and I got it in 2 seconds!

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 14/12/2025

I wonder if it is going to be this sort of winter? #NSStorm #xp

Screenshot of Alertable app for Nova Scotia showing multiple alerts including weather, winter storm and snowfall.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 07/12/2025

Friday woke up to no internet, it came back then off again from 4pm to 10:30am yesterday. Reduced speed but a modem reboot made those lights turn green. Globe bulbs controllable over the LAN but not heat pumps. Luckily we still have DVDs, CDs, battery radio and cellphones with data.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 25/10/2025

Fields around Debert #NovaScotia I had a wonderful experience on an after work flight with a colleague who is a pilot.

Multi coloured fall fields taken from the air. Sky and clouds on the horizon. A few vivid red blueberry fields.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 21/09/2025

Cold start to the day in #trurons #novascotia Red is temperature and green is dew point. #ns #xp

Graph showing temperature in red and dew point in green from 12am Sep 21 to 7:30am. Starts between 2 and 3 degrees but ends below -1.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 20/09/2025

Meanwhile I get this MAGA stuff from the #CPC peddled on Facebook: #MapleMAGA

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 16/08/2025

I think I may have inadvertently snapped a picture of the beginning of the #AnnapolisCounty #LongLakeWildfire on Wednesday afternoon.at 5:17pm. I had been to Hampton Beach and liked the view of the field. #NS #NovaScotia #wildfire micro.matthewguy.com/sn/161

View across fields - in the distance, smoke rises from the ground - looked like clouds

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 04/08/2025

I set out to raise $100 and after two increases, I have now achieved my new $600 target! Thank you so much! matthewguy.com/cancerhike #cancer #hike micro.matthewguy.com/sn/159

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 01/08/2025

It is day 1 of my Hike for Cancer. As a prostate cancer survivor, I am doing this for the research, and for the care of patients. Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me. 30km to go. matthewguy.com/cancerhike #Hike4Cancer #ProstateCancer #cancer #Ca... micro.matthewguy.com/sn/157

Hike for Cancer Day 1. Graphic image with a hiker figure with backpack and stick.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 25/07/2025

I think the main use of my calendar is to track when free trials expire! #Cheapskate #Calendar #xp #Frugal

A screenshot of today's date in my calendar and the reminder "free trial expires"

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 20/07/2025

It is #Pride in #Halifax #NovaScotia and yesterday was the big parade. We did not participate but had a lovely time on the #PrideHike with #HikeNovaScotia and over 50 queer people today. #Hike #GayHiking #xp #LGBTOutdoors #NS Video: mstdn.ca/@matthewguy/11488709626846…

Moss on a rock at the base of a tree #mosstodon

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 16/07/2025

Lovely evening with a friend – eating takout and lots of chatting at his lakeside off-grid camp site. #NovaScotia #Lake #NS #AnnapolisValley micro.matthewguy.com/sn/155

Still lake with rocks poking out from the lake. Trees either side and on the far shore. Trees on the far shore reflected in the water. Blue sky above the lake and no clouds.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 14/07/2025

Lunch in my lovely Tiffin Tins (or dabba). Once watched an amazing documentary about the Dabbawalas and the amazing network they service. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala micro.matthewguy.com/sn/153

Two steel containers and a lid next to a keyboard on a desk. One container of cous cous and another of salad.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 04/07/2025

Dramatic clouds before the rain on my drive home last night. #NSStorm #NovaScotia #weather

Dark dramatic clouds above a rural road with fields either side.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 03/07/2025

Mid-journey and then end of journey yesterday morning. Weather improved but in between were some serious downpours! #NS #NovaScotia #NSStorm #xp #Weather

Grey skies over a rural road with trees either side and a domestic power line across the road.

Blue skies in rural area, fields either side of rural road, white clouds in the sky, hills in the background

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 01/07/2025

Canada Day hike on the Mi'kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail. #CanadaDay #Hike #LGBTOutdoors #GayHiking matthewguy.com/cd25

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 27/06/2025

In the city for work the last couple of days. Had a lovely 5km walk this morning around Shubie Park with a colleague. #NovaScotia #DartmouthNS

Lock in Shubie Park. You can see water, green trees either side and a lock gate.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 23/06/2025

Had a wonderful weekend. The highlight was cheering on my husband at the finish line of the Ulnooweg 10km #HappyPost

Male runner crossing the finish line of a race - people line the route in the background.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 31/05/2025

My #EndOf10 project was going well with my #LinuxMint installation but connecting to my old #NAS through #Samba is tiresome and needs more concentration than I currently have available.

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 19/05/2025

In light of the #JoeBiden #prostatecancer diagnosis, please, men over 50 (or 45 in high risk groups) consider getting your #PSA checked. #cancer matthewguy.com/men-get-your-psa-tes…

Screen shot of news article about Joe Biden prostate cancer diagnosis

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Matthew Guy 🇨🇦 @matthewguy.com · 18/05/2025

I used to love The Sunday Edition on CBC which had some great documentaries. I am sure there still are some but I feel like Sunday morning radio has turned into a few hours of "trauma radio". I am not advocating "good vibes only" but give us a break! #CBC #radio #RadioDocs

Schedule for CBC Radio in Halifax on Sunday May 18, 2025

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