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Mark Carruthers
@markc-289.bsky.social
Near London in SW Ontario Canada, now avid gardener & nature lover, smallbiz advocate, 40+ years in management or self-employed, country boy, Golden Rule, broad interest
Vive le Canada! Elbows Up!🇨🇦
Just selfies does not get a follow back.🤷‍♂️
It’s amazing the reports about the “boos for JD Vance” on the “dead bird” platform. From reports of Vance being booed were faked to reports that fans booed both Vance AND the US athletes.
Watching the Olympic opening ceremonies on a Canadian network (the CBC) the athletes were cheered & Vance booed.
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
And, of course like so many involved in this Epstein atrocity, Bill Gates denies his involvement, despite strong allegations from victims, emails & other incriminating evidence.
February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
After several weeks of Alpen Muesli being unavailable on store shelves under the pretence of taking time to improve the recipe of the cereal, it is once again available…bag half full in a bigger sized box, 50 grams lighter but at the same price.😡
#ShrinkFlation #PostCereals
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
A number of times in the past I saw people post they thought a word had been used before but Wordle did not duplicate words. In case you’re not already aware, that stopped yesterday. Starting Feb 2nd Wordle started using words a second time with “cigar” which was the inaugural word back in 2021.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I think it is well known that Trump was on Epstein’s plane. He states he was never on Epstein’s island. Perhaps he ran the US division of Epstein’s business, out of Mar a Lago & his other properties (including golf courses). Of course, many of Trump’s denials have been proven to be wrong.🤷‍♂️
February 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
If this is credible information, surely people will start to be held accountable, or things will get much worse in the US.
February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
OOO OOO PICK ME…PICK ME!
The answer to the question of “What is leadership without integrity?”:

DONALD J TRUMP!!
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
For several weeks this Alpen Muesli has been unavailable in stores with Post cereals saying they were improving its recipe. It is now, once again, available in stores repackaged in 600g packages, at the same price as this 650g package was.🤬
#Shrinkflation
January 31, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Poilievre may have had 87.4% support from his leadership review but, unless I am terribly mistaken, with him as the CPC leader the party is unlikely to win an election while Carney is Liberal leader.
He didn’t even win his own riding in the last election.
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
January 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Who is feeding him this crap?!
Why can’t someone show him this:
(But then he might not understand or believe it, anyway)
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Lyrics to “The Streets of Minneapolis” by Bruce #Springsteen
#Minneapolis
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Fed Chair Powell holds interest rates once more, effectively blaming Trump’s actions for him doing so.
I’m sure Trump will be thrilled!!😂🤣
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Excellent post by @arlenedickinson.bsky.social reminding Canadians that PM Carney’s efforts to reduce our reliance on the US by diversing 🇨🇦’s trading partners possibly opens doors for new businesses but also does so for existing businesses which may be struggling.
www.linkedin.com/posts/arlene...
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I would guess we maybe only got 6” of snow where we are but Toronto got much more.
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Before Carney’s speech and Trump’s fiasco at the WEF annual meeting Trump was all in favour of a Canada/China deal. Funny how his opinion changed after he was embarrassed while in Davos Switzerland.😂
January 25, 2026 at 7:43 PM
We are just having a “normal” Winter’s day here in SW Ontario with a windchill feeling like -6ºF & it’s snowing & blowing (we were at ~-12F at 6:30am)
Fortunately, some 30km SW of London Ontario we’ve not had as much snow as those that distance North of London where many of their roads are closed
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
…and the POTUS continues to use the term “global warming” twelve months of the year rather than using the term “climate change” to properly reflect the results of it, regardless of what extremes it may cause such as higher or colder temps, worse storms, rain excesses or shortages, etc.
#DOTARD
January 23, 2026 at 10:55 PM
He keeps saying Canada is ungrateful for all the US had done for us & doubts NATO would back the US if they “gave them (NATO) a call”.
Canada & other NATO countries have been there even when the US started the problem!
Talk about ungrateful!!🤬 (selective memory or its gone altogether)
January 22, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Jennings: “Don’t be upset about something so unimportant.”
Trump: “Epstein…why are you still talking about him?”
Trump & his minions have tried & are trying to make the “Epstein thing” unimportant but everyone SHOULD be upset about what is being done about horrific things that have been done.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Two can play that game.
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I wanted your perspective.

Every time I see a pic of a Tesla truck, or see it on the street, I can’t help but be reminded of when the Ladas first came to Canada.😂
The current Chinese cars certainly do not remind me of a Lada or the Tesla truck.
January 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The first response to this was that someone within the Ukraine government could have leaked this to the Russians.
I would think the strategic info was only shared within Zelenskyy’s inner circle & I personally doubt the leak was from within.
🤔🤷‍♂️
January 18, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It seems imitating a police officer is illegal…🤷‍♂️
January 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I’m sure you can imagine the responses to this back on the other platform, with the praises of Trump with the vitriol & bigotry towards immigrants. The racism & hatred in the US was/is very evident in the responses & they see no downside.
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Trump: “I have concepts for a plan”
-Healthcare concept-“in two weeks” but no plan yet or semblance of one
-Venezuelan oil-US oil companies say “No thank you. We cannot make it work & be profitable”
-Greenland-if concept relates to minerals, extracting them is not viable in current climate
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January 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM