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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦

@uncle-anonymous.bsky.social
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I was born mid way through the last century and raised in Montreal. After a misspent youth playing soldier (reserve), pouring over comics, reading sci-fi novels, listening to the Beatles, Stones, & watching Laugh In, I ran away to the circus, er, military.

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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My wife and I were lucky enough to go on the first cruse of the RMS Segwun. This ship that has been around for a while first setting sale in 1887 as a passenger and postal carrier. This was her first cruse after she was in refit for over a year. I couldn't resist doing the photo in B&W.
The RMS Segwun at her dock in Muskoka, ON.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I saw this beautiful nineteen sixties vintage Austin-Healey 3000 while I was at Muskoka Wharf today.
A nineteen sixties vintage Austin-Healey 3000 sports car seen outside the boat tour ticket office at Muskoka Wharf.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Moon is up on the bay.
B&W photo of the moon rise over the local bay taken with a Samsung cellphone.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Caseway Withdraws from Canada's Silicon Valley Accelerator, Shifts Growth to Canada, Europe and Taiwan - Canadian Defence Review
Canadian AI company will keep serving its American customers, and will stop placing new growth in the United States while the Trump administration attacks Canada's economy and pressures NATO allies
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you like cool rides and have a big wallet this could be for you. The bidding starts at *checks notes* $15,000,000 USD. www.goodingco.com/lot/1967-fer...
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1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider | Rétromobile New York Auctions | Gooding Christie’s
View the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider at Gooding Christie’s's Rétromobile New York Auctions. Contact us for more information.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Canada supplies around 85% of the potash American farmers put in the ground, and the US imports more than 90% of the potash it uses. Three countries control about 80% of global supply: Canada, Russia and Belarus and Russia and Belarus don't have any potash to spare, it's all under contract.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Because, you can never have to many pockets... www.youtube.com/shorts/_pUaj...
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The Infinite Pocket Jeans
YouTube video by Cory Infinite
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Of course the toilet has to fail mere hours before our guests are to arrive, the toilet goes wonky. One quick YouTube video plus a fast trip to the hardware store, grab some tools and voila, toilet fixed! I guess that's another thing that I can add to my handyman repertoire, plumber. 🚽👍
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Slava Ukraini! www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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World’s First Naval Drone Duel Results In Ukrainian Success - Naval News
Naval drones (USVs) have become increasingly prominent in the Russo-Ukrainian War since 2022. Today, in a world first, two naval drones engaged in combat. The Ukrainian Sargan-3000 USV sunk the Russia...
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Jensen Interceptor is back. This is a car that when I was a kid I really wanted but could never afford. Looking at what they plan to market, it looks like they are going to give Aston Martin a run for their money. www.jensen.ltd/furturemodels
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Jensen | Future Models
The future line up of Jensen Cars
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
To my American friends, if you want a glimpse of the future, get a copy of and read The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047. It was written in 2016 by American author Lionel Shriver.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Entertaining the kids... Happy Caturday
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I start most days with reading the latest short story from 365Tomorrows. For some reason today's story was a good one and, I think, worth sharing. 365tomorrows.com/2026/09/03/s...
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
All I wanted to do was mail a form. Went to the post office to find it was closed because of renovations. Then I stopped off at a postal outlet to learn they were no longer a postal outlet. Then I stopped off at another outlet and they were out of stamps. So I gave up... *sigh*
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How do you know when Hogsbreath is in trouble? When he puts the likes of retired Air Force Colonel Rob Maness, retired Army Colonel Kurt Schlichter, retired colonel, Thomas Anderson on the payroll. They are social media influencers paid to promote the pentagon to their million followers on X.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yep, it looks like the brain trust at Google Maps are trying to suck and blow at the same time... www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkcB...
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Google Maps releases statement after changing Lake Ontario to Lake America
YouTube video by CTV News
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I was today years old when I discovered how frustrating it is to deal with the RCMP when you misplace/lose your firearms license. 4 hours of combing their website and getting nowhere. Then finding that the location of the OPP detachment where I've done my in person paperwork is no more. 🤬
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Funny Office Worker Breaks Computer in Frustration
ALT: Funny Office Worker Breaks Computer in Frustration
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
For those who are tired of all thing Trump and have Chrome, here's an app for you... chromewebstore.google.com/detail/quiet...
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Quiet Piggy Filter - Chrome Web Store
Replaces every mention of 'Trump' with 'Piggy' on web pages.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh no, not another one... www.ctvnews.ca/entertainmen...
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Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80
Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” has died. He was 80.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#Cdnpoli The Great American Shit Ticket Panic of 2026... Without Canada, the US can’t make toilet paper. And we just tariffed the SHIT out of what the US needs to make it. - Dean Blundell, Substack
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#Canpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUA...
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Canadian Resistance Army - Trade War (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sitting on the deck and having my morning coffee and suddenly, hummingbird...
A hummingbird at the feeder just over my head...
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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A MEME of the last supper.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
👍
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Aside from being here, I'm now on a wonderful Canadian social media site called Gander. If you are over there, look me up... 😊 @uncle-anonymous.gander.social
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On the way home from the dump I made a short stop at the local chip truck and picked up 2 orders of fries. 1 for my wife and 1 for me. Why? Because I'm a good husband and I felt like fries. There's just something good about the fries you get from chip trucks that makes me salivate when I pass one.
The local chip truck.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On the way home from the dump I made a short stop at the local chip truck and picked up 2 orders of fries. 1 for my wife and 1 for meI. There is just something good about the fries you get from chip trucks that makes me salivate when I pass one.
The local chip truck.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Well, time to end my BlueSky sojourn for now and do a dump run. The scrap metal in my trailer will not dispose of itself...
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Regrets... babylonbee.com/news/civil-e...
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Civil Engineer Really Starting To Regret Building City On Rock & Roll
U.S. — Civil engineer David Sharpe started out with an ambitious goal to build a city on rock and roll, but now says he should have just stuck with more traditional infrastructure planning methods.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I just finished my 1/2 hour daily work out. As I walked up the stairs I thought of a coworker that was my age who told me I was wasting my time in the gym. That was 12 years ago. Last week, I turned 72 and have been retired for 10 years. He died 2 years ago. Work out, it keeps you young. 🏋️‍♂️👍
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Timeline cleanse...
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The Skye Boat Song - Celtic instrumental by Leyna Robinson-Stone
YouTube video by Leyna Robinson-Stone
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Spent the day yesterday tromping around Muskoka Wharf scouting out locations to bring out guests in September. It's a lovely place that my wife and I should visit more often.
The view from a store called The Shipyards at Muskoka Wharf.Looking at the Seguan and her sister ship tied up waiting for tourists...
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Happy Caturday
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No words... www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWr-...
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Police rescue dog and cat left in moving truck in nearly 37°C heat | #shorts #animalrescue
YouTube video by The Weather Network
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yesterday, I splurged and turned a small strip loin steak, some green peppers, an onion and shredded cheddar plus a pair of large buns into a pair of lovely cheese stake sandwiches. OMG, it was good.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Another August long weekend over. Friday was nice, Saturday the weather turned not so nice and people started to go home. Sunday it rained and the rest of the "happy campers" went home and Monday the weather was perfect, typical. It looks like Mother Nature had another laugh at us mere mortals.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🤣
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you want to know why he would make a great president. watch this. Yes, the video is a little long but it's well worth the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF6u...
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2028 Presidential Frontrunner: 4 Soldiers Died And Their Names Were Erased
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🤣
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
O M G!
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Ewww...
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Take a moment, watch this and take a breath.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELsq...
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The Sound of Silence - Celtic Instrumental by Leyna Robinson-Stone
YouTube video by Leyna Robinson-Stone
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Well, that's an oops... www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEvv...
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Truck hauling forklift snags hydro wires and rips pole from the ground
YouTube video by CTV News
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sunday #brunch, I'm liking it...
Bacon and pancakes with butter and fresh, real maple syrup...Bacon on the warming rack and pancakes cooking away... Yum.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#Caturday
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If you have a few extra bucks and like classic fast cars... bringatrailer.com/listing/1969...
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23-Years-Owned 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta
Bid for the chance to own a 23-Years-Owned 1969 DeTomaso Mangusta at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #253,751.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Time to get going, that load of wood and metal in the back of my trailer isn't going to tow itself to the dump.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Since it wasn't hot enough outside to melt lead, I actually some chores done. The grass is cut, the utility trailer is loaded for a dump run, and I repaired a Jerry can. At 72, I miss the days when I could put in a full day and not feel all wrung out like a used dish rag. Golden years my ass.
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Mike Ryan 🇨🇦 @uncle-anonymous.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I like Saturday brunch. Good coffee, bacon and pancakes with fresh butter, real maple syrup and blueberries for brunch. Life is good.
First cook, bacon. Crispy bacon. Yummm.Next up, pancakes. Nothing special, just pancakes.Bacon, pancakes with real maple syrup, fresh butter and wild blueberries.
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