Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026While Canada and the USA will always have a relationship based on our shared border, I do believe that our "special relationship" of the past is over forever. Even WITH a regime change in the White House, that trust is broken. 120
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm sorry, but he'd have better luck trying to explain economics to a Cocker Spaniel... 010
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Sagan actually said (Pale Blue Dot, 1994) but still: "The Earth is the only world known so far to harbour life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit? Yes. Settle? Not yet. Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand." 000
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. As our world once again descends into xenophobia and escalating conflict, Shakespeare's words, delivered by the outstanding Sir Ian McKellen. 011
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Maybe it's just my radical lefty feminist woke queer ass talking, but I'm kind of glad that the Canadian Minister of Defence would NEVER post: NO FATTIES! NO TRANNIES! NO BEARDOS! NO WEIRDOS! NO WIMPS! (although clearly HIS hair and makeup team need a good drag queen). 010
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Well, this is shock. I actually AGREE with Donald Trump. The current Supreme Court HAS rendered some of the most destructive rulings in American history. They're just not the ones he thinks they are. 021
Reposted by Olden Cranky 🇨🇦Monty 🇨🇦 @onlymonty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Jeff is irrelevant… the cons would do well to distance themselves from his stench… 072
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Remember back when the incredibly smart gay guy was running the department and this kind of thing never happened? Damn DEI hires of actually qualified people! 000
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And I'M old enough to remember when Canada and the USA were still allies and we helped rescue American diplomats who were trying to evade capture in Iran. But of course, NOW that's considered "fake news". 031
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I love this for Poilievre! Seriously. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. 130
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Interesting how only one Canadian Premier has suggested we abstain from reciprocal tariffs against the USA. Sorry, I'm trying to remember which one it was... 031
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026And to think, in the USA, he could have been the President - and therein lies the essential difference between the countries that share the 49th parallel. 031
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026After a few hours of Trump-infused doom scrolling, a ray of hope - and a show of strength... 120
Reposted by Olden Cranky 🇨🇦🪀Lefty Wilbury🇺🇦 @leftywilbury1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I cannot believe the shame this “President’s” administration has lowered everything America has EVER stood for so ardently to FIGHT for, to below our very knees. Shame. Shame. Shame on us. 34987172574
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026As we gear up for the new school year (and whether you're a teacher, a parent, a student, or simply live in a community where any of those exist, you're involved), a reminder that well designed cycling infrastructure makes EVERYONE safer, even cranky old farts with no kids, cars, or bicycles! 151
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Respectfully, I would opine that the truly insane thing about this is that neither of these conservative brainiacs seem to be aware that Alberta and Ontario don't share a border. And while the like-minded leader of Saskatchewan is in lockstep, Manitoba's Kinew is going to be "a problem". 020
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Well, that tunnel under the 401 certainly isn't going to build ITSELF. 030
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I KNEW I'd seen that outfit before! (the gays never forget) 071
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Remember the good ol' days of Stephen Harper's "War on Science"? Fun times... 0133
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I mean, I love Spring and all, but my sinuses are absolutely NOT fans of arboreal masturbation. 151
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 10/05/2026My husband and I were both raised by single mothers in an era where there was little support (legal, financial, political, or societal) for women in their 'situation', blamed by all of the above for 'failing' marriages to adulterous or abusive men. Happy Mother's Day to strong mothers everywhere! 060
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 25/04/2026The glaring error that #Carney is making here, is the assumption that the Conservatives base their policy decisions on actual information. 030
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Revenge has never been sweeter. I would go further and suggest that all MEMBERS of Parliament should have to hold top security clearances. If I had to maintain one for decades just to BID on government work, so should they. 130
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Proving that you're never too old to be "on trend", I revisited the 70's by accidentally getting Krazy Glue all over my index finger. Proving that SOME things from the past are better left in the past (eg. mullets), I can no longer access any of my devices using the fingerprint scanner... 040
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Dammit. In my rush this morning, I accidentally used my husband's Green Apple Head & Shoulders shampoo, and now I smell like a 'feminine hygiene' advertisement from the 70's. And I have the irresistible urge to run through a field of wildflowers in a peasant blouse... 020
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Good thing that Doug Ford is bypassing those pesky environmental protections to greenlight a bunch of new "clean" reactors. It's not just fashion, kids - we're officially in 'That 70's Show'... 032
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 18/04/2026It's almost like we should STOP electing overweight white guys in ill-fitting suits that are also malignant narcissists. (and one can safely assume that the usage and costs associated with this publicly funded "private" jet will be just as open and transparent as his "private" cellphone records)ctvnews.ca‘Terrible timing;’ Doug Ford facing opposition criticism over purchase of $28.9M private jetA brand new 28.9 million private jet is taking off at Queen’s Park and so is the criticism across Ontario. A brand new 28.9 million private jet is taking off at Queen’s Park and so is the criticism ac... 1213541
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Shocker: More drivers speeding in school zones since photo radar cameras turned off: - Compliance with speed limits was 84% prior to removal. - 1 week later, compliance dropped to 62% - 3 weeks later: 51% - 8 weeks later: 44% - 12 weeks later: 41% - excessive speeding increased by 1500% (0.3 to 4.5)ctvnews.caMore drivers speeding in school zones since photo radar cameras turned off: City of Ottawa dataOttawa drivers are speeding up in school zones since photo radar cameras were turned off by the Ontario government five months ago, with more than half of drivers not following the speed limit, accord... 063
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This is what happens when you don't teach world geography in grade school... 141
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026While I did not know this guard personally, the news of his death has affected me deeply. Everyone needs to slow down - literally - and realize that in all likelihood, children were with this guard when he was struck and killed in this intersection. Please slow down and put your phone down!ctvnews.caPolice arrest suspect in hit-and-run crash that killed Ottawa crossing guardOttawa police say a 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the investigation into a hit and run that killed a crossing guard near a Barrhaven elementary school on Monday. 131
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Did you know that, in Ontario at least, entering a crosswalk while there is a crossing guard with stop sign raised can result in a fine of up to $1000 and 4 demerit points? It varies by municipality and whether it is a Community Safety Zone, but I suggest that you refrain from trying to find out... 193
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 26/02/2026End of an era... Just opened the last package of toilet paper that we stockpiled during the pandemic. 😉 221
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Today is Pink Shirt Day: a day to fight bullying of LGBTQ2S kids across Canada. As someone who regularly faced bullying throughout my school years - including frequently being called derogatory gay slurs by BOTH classmates AND teachers - I will be wearing my pink shirt AND pink toque today! 🏳️🌈💗 020
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I have never been prouder to be an elderly homosexual. (Ian McKellen is a national treasure. They just don't make actors like that anymore) substack.com/@thedingodav...substack.com400 YEARS ago, Shakespeare wrote THIS soliloquy about GETTING RID of the "immigrants" and "unwanted"And it's STILL pertinent to today's political conversations BOTH in America AND in Great Britain! 040
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Reasonably certain it's just a fingerprint on the lens... 030
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I feel both amazed and appalled that a child has the sociopolitical awareness to compose a song like this. As a male child, at least he is less likely to be sexually assaulted by MAGA politicians and their acolytes. With a female child, it would be a virtual certainty. youtu.be/9F3ULRB7wbs?...youtu.beThe Iceman Cometh - coldfishstixYouTube video by montroller 1117
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I do hope that if Canada ever abandons the "daylight savings time" nonsense, it happens when a party that actually understands science is in charge. (i.e. ABC) 030
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Been thinking we needed a protest song to define the moment... 030
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I'm really disappointed that Mark Carney didn't pay the membership fee for Canada to get in. Gosh knows, Pierre Poilievre would have signed us up in a second. 120
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Proving that you're never too old to learn, I have just been educated over on Substack about why Trump's annexation of Greenland is in fact vital for America's national security: to protect it from its "historical enemies", Germany and the UK. Apparently, the UK is still holding a grudge from 1776. 140
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Based on official measurement, we received 21 cm of snow at the YOW Airport yesterday, and due to the configuration of the intersection where I am a crossing guard, every single cm of that will be blocking the crosswalk this morning. Wherever you are, please watch for tiny pedestrians in snowsuits! 040
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Looks like the purge of LGBTQ2S people in America has begun. (those with any knowledge of world history were expecting this stage) 213
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Just this morning my husband presented me with the "shortbread" recipe from a coworker that contained confectionery sugar and cornstarch. Needless to say, I'm single again. 161
Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Pierre Poilievre confirming that the Cons are the party of law and order. As in, just follow orders and to hell with the law. International, domestic, whatever. 030
