Mike O’Toole
@mikeocool.bsky.social
Software engineer - formerly Co-founder/CTO at Funnel Leasing
I was just looking through Everett’s candy being like “who buys Almond Joys for Halloween?” I should have known.
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I was just looking through Everett’s candy being like “who buys Almond Joys for Halloween?” I should have known.
DSNY Trash Truck cuts of a biker in a bike lane.
Biker: yells something inauditable
Trash-man: Ok, Zohran.
Biker: yells something inauditable
Trash-man: Ok, Zohran.
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
DSNY Trash Truck cuts of a biker in a bike lane.
Biker: yells something inauditable
Trash-man: Ok, Zohran.
Biker: yells something inauditable
Trash-man: Ok, Zohran.
Keeps getting better, at 1015am on October 16, 16 hours ago was either 1am or 4pm on October 15, depending on your clock format.
October 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Keeps getting better, at 1015am on October 16, 16 hours ago was either 1am or 4pm on October 15, depending on your clock format.
They somehow managed to make this worse, starting with getting the current time and date wrong.
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They somehow managed to make this worse, starting with getting the current time and date wrong.
If only computers had a way to know the current time.
September 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If only computers had a way to know the current time.
Perhaps the best response I’ve gotten from
AI yet
AI yet
September 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Perhaps the best response I’ve gotten from
AI yet
AI yet
Capitol Critters
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Capitol Critters
Reposted by Mike O’Toole
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
Or about 45% of NYC apartments.
August 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Or about 45% of NYC apartments.
If you rent in New York City in a building with more than six units built before 1974 (and the rent didn’t hit certain thresholds and the landlord didn’t put a certain amount of money into renovations before 2019), you very likely live in a rent stabilized apartment.
August 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you rent in New York City in a building with more than six units built before 1974 (and the rent didn’t hit certain thresholds and the landlord didn’t put a certain amount of money into renovations before 2019), you very likely live in a rent stabilized apartment.
Was that an earthquake in NYC?
August 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Was that an earthquake in NYC?
A sign just went up announcing a new Sixteen Handles opening on Court Street. I kinda thought it had to be a joke, but apparently not!
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June 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A sign just went up announcing a new Sixteen Handles opening on Court Street. I kinda thought it had to be a joke, but apparently not!
Interestingly, I used to have more than 3 friends, but Meta replaced them all with videos of strangers eating perfectly curated açaí bowl breakfasts.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)
May 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Interestingly, I used to have more than 3 friends, but Meta replaced them all with videos of strangers eating perfectly curated açaí bowl breakfasts.
My dog gets dinner from my wife and then immediately comes to me acting like she hasn’t eaten in hours. Her ploy works at least once a month.
April 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My dog gets dinner from my wife and then immediately comes to me acting like she hasn’t eaten in hours. Her ploy works at least once a month.
There is a gentleman in the emergency exit row on my flight who is currently reading every word of the emergency instructions. I appreciate him.
March 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There is a gentleman in the emergency exit row on my flight who is currently reading every word of the emergency instructions. I appreciate him.
In other words: “do your job, developer!”
March 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In other words: “do your job, developer!”
Just asked Claude Code to help debug a failing test. It told me multiple incorrect things about the code, charged me $1, and ended by giving up and saying “Try adding debug logging in your code to see what's happening in that specific check, or look at the exact error message from the failing test.”
March 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just asked Claude Code to help debug a failing test. It told me multiple incorrect things about the code, charged me $1, and ended by giving up and saying “Try adding debug logging in your code to see what's happening in that specific check, or look at the exact error message from the failing test.”
Apparently the only to get Microsoft Teams to update is to join a critical meeting I’m already late for.
January 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Apparently the only to get Microsoft Teams to update is to join a critical meeting I’m already late for.
Whole Foods found the one guy who’s never seen a graham cracker to make their graham crackers.
January 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Whole Foods found the one guy who’s never seen a graham cracker to make their graham crackers.
Seems like cheaper, less environmentally destructive AI should actually be a good thing?
January 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Seems like cheaper, less environmentally destructive AI should actually be a good thing?
Also thin mints also appear to be made by both bakeries, but some how they managed to keep the name consistent.
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Also thin mints also appear to be made by both bakeries, but some how they managed to keep the name consistent.
This suggests Tagalongs are slightly more delicious. So clearly they should fire the peanut butter paddie people.
January 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This suggests Tagalongs are slightly more delicious. So clearly they should fire the peanut butter paddie people.
The Girl Scouts need to learn something about brand clarity — why are Tagalongs also known as Peanut Butter Paddies, not be confused with Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies, also known as Do-Si-dos.
January 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The Girl Scouts need to learn something about brand clarity — why are Tagalongs also known as Peanut Butter Paddies, not be confused with Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies, also known as Do-Si-dos.