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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · Oct 17

screenshot from the movie "Ikiru" in which the protagonist (who is dying and knows it) says "But I had a truly marvelous day today."

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torontorivers.bsky.social @torontorivers.bsky.social · 1h

71 years ago, Hurricane Hazel reached Toronto & 3 days of continuous rain filled our rivers & creeks to overflowing.
After midnight, the #Humber River poured into a small neighbourhood on #Etobicoke's Raymore Dr.
TODAY @ 4pm, a walk tells the story & points to lessons for today.

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 13h

Moe: you numbskull
Larry: yeah, if we ever get past that inch by inch line, maybe this act would be something
Moe: what're you sittin' in there for?
Curly: so it shouldn't be a total loss, i'm taking a bath
Moe: a bath?
Curly: yeah
Moe: ...
Moe: move over

rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 1d

fabulous, stunning cinematography in the 1930 widescreen film "The Big Trail" with a dashing 23-year-old John Wayne

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big...

it's free on Tubi but you have to sit through those "you didn't check Trivago" commercials

tubitv.com/movies/10004...

scene from "The Big Trail" starring John Wayne, in which he says "Someday, somewhere, our trails will cross again"

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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone wondering how the Eglinton Crosstown LRT revenue service demonstration is going, many of the drivers are still finding it challenging to stop in the right place and to set the destination shown on the vehicle (and on the displays above the platforms).

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Eric Meyer @meyerweb.com · 1d

As of today, Nintendo’s platform game “Super Mario Bros.” was released closer to the end of fighting in World War II than to the present day.

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Tim & struppig @mkltxt.bsky.social · 1d

Ich soll bitte was!?

Karton mit Süßigkeiten von Hitschler in Warenregal. Auf dem Karton steht „Hitschies. Nasch dein Ding.“

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 1d

Buffalo Bills are on

rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 1d

you, you, you
i'm in love with you, you, you

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNR...

The Ames Brothers - You, You, You (with lyrics)

YouTube video by Vista Vasta

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 1d

autumn colours are real, and they're spectacular

#Toronto

a tree in a park, displaying glorious colours of red and orange and yellow

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 1d

Two paths diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one more traveled by;
Because the wood is still a full ecosystem and leaving the maintained path can damage it,
Also I don't want ticks or wet socks

A photo of an open section in an autumn forest, there is a rocky dirt path on the right and a half-formed path through tall grasses and possibly reeds to the left.

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 1d

can you guess where i am? listen carefully

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

among the American prisoners was Lt Colonel Winfield Scott, who was later exchanged and came back to take part in the Battles of Fort George, Chippawa, and Lundy's Lane

#WarOf1812

Scott had a substantial military career afterwards, too

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfiel...

rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD October 13 1812, the Battle of Queenston Heights, the first attempted invasion of Canada by the Americans in the war

the battle was won by the British with the help of Canadian Mohawk warriors, and almost 900 Americans were taken prisoner

#WarOf1812

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqct...

War of 1812 Six Nation memorial unveiling

YouTube video by CBC News

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

gold 🏆

Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ @padresj.bsky.social · 2d

It's ok to not be ok.

There's a lot happening. Most of it is pretty awful.

Be kind.

Be patient.

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Zane Harker @zandahar.bsky.social · 2d

We’re real and we’re spectacular.

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

first pitch, Springer Dinger

#BlueJays

George Springer wears the home run jacket after putting the Jays up 1-0

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto Islands by @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social

#Toronto

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddc6...

Toronto Islands - What's Their Story?

YouTube video by notsmoothsteve

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

sheesh

Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 3d

The things you see while bicycling in Calgary. 🤨
This is near the, check notes, the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 😬
#yycbike

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

Geralald Ford

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Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social · 2d

I love Bickford Park. Christie Pits is just across Bloor, with playground structures for ages, baseball amd pool and more. But Bickford has trees around a grassy bowl, secret stairs and magnificent trees. It’s also one place you can get down to the grate in the grass & hear buried Garrison Creek.

The same scene as the last post, zoomed out: a red maple has lost a lot of leaves, resulting in a large red skirt u see it on the otherwise green hill. A few trees are showing early changes, orange and gold against green. The path has puddles from earlier rain.

A massive maple, leaves still green, forms a wide canopy over the fenced in dog run area at the bottom of the hill. The tree boughs reach out far from the trunk, many horizontally. The red maple from the last photo shows at the left.

A stacked handful of bright red, yellow and burgundy sugar maple and ash leaves held in my hand in focus while the tree-lined path beyond is a soft blur. A few trees show orange or yellow amidst the green. Houses, garages and cars are seen at left in the laneway.

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

#space

a year after this flight, Komarov, Feoktistov, and Yegorov retired and formed a law firm in Moscow

a scene from the 1939 film Ninotchka, with Greta Garbo in the title role and a trio of characters named Buljanoff, Iranoff, and Kopalski

rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlxM...

Imaginaria

YouTube video by Joe Mckenna

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rudy.ca @rudydotca.bsky.social · 2d

and here's the reason for the slow speed -- switching from one track to the other

eastbound CP freight switching from track on the right to track on the left... gotta take it slow and easy

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