Daniel Nikpayuk
@nikpayuk.bsky.social
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I'm at the point in my functional type system implementation where I have algebraic data structures and lists, and I can now build interesting types + their algorithms.
Then again, as I'm starting to code I'm finding my conceptualization of *values* isn't self-similar enough yet. Tomorrow!
I'm at the point in my functional type system implementation where I have algebraic data structures and lists, and I can now build interesting types + their algorithms.
Then again, as I'm starting to code I'm finding my conceptualization of *values* isn't self-similar enough yet. Tomorrow!
January 23, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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I'm at the point in my functional type system implementation where I have algebraic data structures and lists, and I can now build interesting types + their algorithms.
Then again, as I'm starting to code I'm finding my conceptualization of *values* isn't self-similar enough yet. Tomorrow!
I'm at the point in my functional type system implementation where I have algebraic data structures and lists, and I can now build interesting types + their algorithms.
Then again, as I'm starting to code I'm finding my conceptualization of *values* isn't self-similar enough yet. Tomorrow!
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Sky Lights
Dana Irving
2022
Dana Irving
2022
January 23, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Sky Lights
Dana Irving
2022
Dana Irving
2022
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APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued threats to annex Greenland is having a direct effect on the people of Nunavut.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Greenland top of mind in Nunavut says journalist
APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says the situation in Greenland is top of mind for Inuit living in Nunavut.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 AM
APTN's reporter in Iqaluit says U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued threats to annex Greenland is having a direct effect on the people of Nunavut.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
Read more on how Nunavut and Greenland play into global strategic defense from Nation to Nation.
"Last year, a Canadian study found that around one third of people around the world may be at a high risk for smartphone addiction."
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
Shocked by how much she used her smartphone, a tech reporter switched to a flip phone instead | CBC Radio
Kashmir Hill feels she spends too much time on her phone. That's why for a month in December, she traded her state-of-the-art iPhone 15 for an old-school flip phone.
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"Last year, a Canadian study found that around one third of people around the world may be at a high risk for smartphone addiction."
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
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If you're interested in some of the design choices behind TensorType, have a look at the great blog post that @Andrev just posted:
types.pl/@Andrev/1159...
TLDR; Tensors in NumPy are secretly built out of the composition product of containers
types.pl/@Andrev/1159...
TLDR; Tensors in NumPy are secretly built out of the composition product of containers
Andre Videla (@[email protected])
Glaive has a new blog post aimed at curious engineers https://glaive-research.org/2026/01/21/Generalised-tensors.html
types.pl
January 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
If you're interested in some of the design choices behind TensorType, have a look at the great blog post that @Andrev just posted:
types.pl/@Andrev/1159...
TLDR; Tensors in NumPy are secretly built out of the composition product of containers
types.pl/@Andrev/1159...
TLDR; Tensors in NumPy are secretly built out of the composition product of containers
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I highly doubt Indigenous folks are going to see this as anything but settler-washing. This is a speech written for settlers to get them onside with his extraction projects, presumably, in part, so that when Indigenous resistance mounts, settlers will see that Indigenous resistance as unreasonable.
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I highly doubt Indigenous folks are going to see this as anything but settler-washing. This is a speech written for settlers to get them onside with his extraction projects, presumably, in part, so that when Indigenous resistance mounts, settlers will see that Indigenous resistance as unreasonable.
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the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
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Another water crisis is unfolding in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut where there’s been little water delivery for a while due to a water plant pipe issue and truck problems. People are melting ice or doing without. This is a community that already has a lot of food insecurity and is still dark most of the day.
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Another water crisis is unfolding in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut where there’s been little water delivery for a while due to a water plant pipe issue and truck problems. People are melting ice or doing without. This is a community that already has a lot of food insecurity and is still dark most of the day.
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american foreign correspondent, fired from job in Canada, forced to return to the US, now drives Uber. eloquent and terrifying.
stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
My journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America
I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it
stevescherer.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:47 PM
american foreign correspondent, fired from job in Canada, forced to return to the US, now drives Uber. eloquent and terrifying.
stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
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AI isn’t the culprit behind slower hiring; economic uncertainty and monetary policy shifts are. Advanced economies are struggling more, with hiring down 20%–35% compared to pre-pandemic levels. In emerging markets like India (+40%) and the UAE (+37%) hiring is up.
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
AI isn’t the culprit behind slower hiring; economic uncertainty and monetary policy shifts are. Advanced economies are struggling more, with hiring down 20%–35% compared to pre-pandemic levels. In emerging markets like India (+40%) and the UAE (+37%) hiring is up.
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The Canadian 🇨🇦 govt, and its Minister of AI and Innovation, is rushing headlong into full blown AI.
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The Canadian 🇨🇦 govt, and its Minister of AI and Innovation, is rushing headlong into full blown AI.
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
All gas, no brakes, no real consultation
So we're launching the People’s Consultation on AI
You can find out more here 👇:
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca/news-updates/
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon left Mexico City following a visit that began Monday and included a sit-down with Sheinbaum. The Mexican president said Simon was a “very interesting woman” and that they discussed the theme of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the state.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
Carney's Davos speech strikes a chord in Mexico | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, resonated in Mexico, a country which, much like Canada, has also been forced to grapple with the mercuria...
www.cbc.ca
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon left Mexico City following a visit that began Monday and included a sit-down with Sheinbaum. The Mexican president said Simon was a “very interesting woman” and that they discussed the theme of reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the state.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
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There was a closeted little girl in 2001, who wanted more than anything to get her ears pierced like all of her friends. She knew what a transsexual was, and was terrified people would find out she was one.
It took 16 more years and a suicide attempt for her to come out. It shouldn’t take so long.
It took 16 more years and a suicide attempt for her to come out. It shouldn’t take so long.
There was a closeted little girl in 1989 who felt happy when she'd secretly try on women's clothes or makeup, but who got in trouble when her rural Texas family found out.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
there was a closeted little girl in 1986 praying every single night to wake up in the right body, the only prayer she really meant. she instinctively knew it wasn’t safe to tell her parents; she’d be forced to see a priest and confess
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 AM
There was a closeted little girl in 2001, who wanted more than anything to get her ears pierced like all of her friends. She knew what a transsexual was, and was terrified people would find out she was one.
It took 16 more years and a suicide attempt for her to come out. It shouldn’t take so long.
It took 16 more years and a suicide attempt for her to come out. It shouldn’t take so long.
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There was a closeted little girl in 1989 who felt happy when she'd secretly try on women's clothes or makeup, but who got in trouble when her rural Texas family found out.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
there was a closeted little girl in 1986 praying every single night to wake up in the right body, the only prayer she really meant. she instinctively knew it wasn’t safe to tell her parents; she’d be forced to see a priest and confess
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
There was a closeted girl in 1993 who went to her friend's house and played the board game "Pretty Pretty Princess", putting on costume jewelry. She ran home and bragged about how much fun it was, to indifference from her parents. It took her 32 more years to come out.
It shouldn't take so long.
It shouldn't take so long.
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 AM
There was a closeted little girl in 1989 who felt happy when she'd secretly try on women's clothes or makeup, but who got in trouble when her rural Texas family found out.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
When her body changed years later she felt wrong and sad
It took her 30 more years to come out. It shouldn't take so long.
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there was a closeted little girl in 1986 praying every single night to wake up in the right body, the only prayer she really meant. she instinctively knew it wasn’t safe to tell her parents; she’d be forced to see a priest and confess
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
There was a closeted girl in 1993 who went to her friend's house and played the board game "Pretty Pretty Princess", putting on costume jewelry. She ran home and bragged about how much fun it was, to indifference from her parents. It took her 32 more years to come out.
It shouldn't take so long.
It shouldn't take so long.
There was a closeted girl in 1989 who booted up Baseball Stars and added "Amanda Johnson" as a player to the Lovely Ladies team. It took her 30 years to come out
It shouldn't take so long
It shouldn't take so long
January 22, 2026 at 12:30 AM
there was a closeted little girl in 1986 praying every single night to wake up in the right body, the only prayer she really meant. she instinctively knew it wasn’t safe to tell her parents; she’d be forced to see a priest and confess
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
it took her 38 more years to come out
it shouldn’t take so long
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There was a closeted girl in 1993 who went to her friend's house and played the board game "Pretty Pretty Princess", putting on costume jewelry. She ran home and bragged about how much fun it was, to indifference from her parents. It took her 32 more years to come out.
It shouldn't take so long.
It shouldn't take so long.
There was a closeted girl in 1989 who booted up Baseball Stars and added "Amanda Johnson" as a player to the Lovely Ladies team. It took her 30 years to come out
It shouldn't take so long
It shouldn't take so long
it’s 2007.
a closeted trans girl in texas is booting up Mass Effect 1 and choosing to (obviously) play as FemShep.
she names her Emma Shepard.
it takes her 15 years from this point to come out. 💔
the reason i'm so passionate about helping trans kids today is so this never happens to anyone else.
a closeted trans girl in texas is booting up Mass Effect 1 and choosing to (obviously) play as FemShep.
she names her Emma Shepard.
it takes her 15 years from this point to come out. 💔
the reason i'm so passionate about helping trans kids today is so this never happens to anyone else.
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
There was a closeted girl in 1993 who went to her friend's house and played the board game "Pretty Pretty Princess", putting on costume jewelry. She ran home and bragged about how much fun it was, to indifference from her parents. It took her 32 more years to come out.
It shouldn't take so long.
It shouldn't take so long.
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I'm glad our hooting and hollering is making a dent.
AI is a tool, not magic fairy dust. As such, we have to be real straightforward about what it can and can't do... And what it shouldn't do. We are the ones wielding it, and we are responsible for what happens next.
AI is a tool, not magic fairy dust. As such, we have to be real straightforward about what it can and can't do... And what it shouldn't do. We are the ones wielding it, and we are responsible for what happens next.
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I'm glad our hooting and hollering is making a dent.
AI is a tool, not magic fairy dust. As such, we have to be real straightforward about what it can and can't do... And what it shouldn't do. We are the ones wielding it, and we are responsible for what happens next.
AI is a tool, not magic fairy dust. As such, we have to be real straightforward about what it can and can't do... And what it shouldn't do. We are the ones wielding it, and we are responsible for what happens next.
I'm not surprised by anything anymore.
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I'm not surprised by anything anymore.
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Come to my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices workshop at NDC Toronto May 5-6, 2026!
ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-...
ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-...
C++ Best Practices | NDC Toronto 2026
This is a 2-day workshop that explores Best Practices as they apply to C++.
ndctoronto.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Come to my highly interactive and dynamic C++ Best Practices workshop at NDC Toronto May 5-6, 2026!
ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-...
ndctoronto.com/workshops/c-...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
shared, with permission
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The interesting applications of AI are all, like, "we built an open framework that uses processors on recycled cell phones to identify and triangulate the location of rare bugs in tropical rainforests" while big tech is going "what if we burned down that rainforest to summarize your emails?"
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM
The interesting applications of AI are all, like, "we built an open framework that uses processors on recycled cell phones to identify and triangulate the location of rare bugs in tropical rainforests" while big tech is going "what if we burned down that rainforest to summarize your emails?"
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Canada is having a real global cultural moment right now. While Heated Rivalry deserves plenty of the spotlight, Canadian—and international—audiences shouldn’t overlook the absolute gem that is North of North. Season 2 is officially in production 🇨🇦✨ #CBC
Canadian TV hit ‘North of North’ announces production of its second season
Before “Heated Rivalry,” there was “North of North,” a much praised comedy about a young Inuk woman played by Anna Lambe.
www.thestar.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Canada is having a real global cultural moment right now. While Heated Rivalry deserves plenty of the spotlight, Canadian—and international—audiences shouldn’t overlook the absolute gem that is North of North. Season 2 is officially in production 🇨🇦✨ #CBC