Michael Coyle
@oplopanax.ca
🇨🇦 Search and Rescue volunteer, ⛰️🧗🏻♂️⛷️🚵🏻♂️🪢mountain rescuer, SAR manager, software developer (C#, C++), technology and risk expert, transplant recipient.
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Reposted by Michael Coyle
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Reposted by Michael Coyle
Reminder for the weekday crowd: Tell Jim Pattison Group (Save-On Foods, etc.) not to collaborate with ICE in Virginia. Does Jim P really want his legacy to be "facilitated imprisonment of toddlers and their families"? #CdnPoli #BCPoli www.vpm.org/news/2026-01... See thread for info.
January 26, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Reminder for the weekday crowd: Tell Jim Pattison Group (Save-On Foods, etc.) not to collaborate with ICE in Virginia. Does Jim P really want his legacy to be "facilitated imprisonment of toddlers and their families"? #CdnPoli #BCPoli www.vpm.org/news/2026-01... See thread for info.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
As Eli notes in the follow-up posts, last year Trump fired all the Biden appointees from the board of the US Holocaust Museum and replaced them with a bunch of Trump toadies. It's really gross that the org is throwing a fit like this. It's so obviously political.
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
As Eli notes in the follow-up posts, last year Trump fired all the Biden appointees from the board of the US Holocaust Museum and replaced them with a bunch of Trump toadies. It's really gross that the org is throwing a fit like this. It's so obviously political.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
One of my directors wandered by last week and wondered if, rather than using XML for certain structured data files (like we have for the past 18 years?) we could use JSON instead. For vibes, I guess.
Then one of my devs pointed me at this: marcosmagueta.com/blog/the-los...
Then one of my devs pointed me at this: marcosmagueta.com/blog/the-los...
The lost art of XML — mmagueta
marcosmagueta.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
One of my directors wandered by last week and wondered if, rather than using XML for certain structured data files (like we have for the past 18 years?) we could use JSON instead. For vibes, I guess.
Then one of my devs pointed me at this: marcosmagueta.com/blog/the-los...
Then one of my devs pointed me at this: marcosmagueta.com/blog/the-los...
Reposted by Michael Coyle
im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
January 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
im sorry but we just spent the last decade being told the biggest issues were pronouns in emails and a trans kid playing jv lacrosse
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
if you said these things and got paid for it then you need to go away. literally if “woke mind virus” is something youve ever said unironically you need to go away
Reposted by Michael Coyle
We are proud to introduce Whiskey Everyday with Joseph Goebbels
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 4:20 PM
We are proud to introduce Whiskey Everyday with Joseph Goebbels
If those rights depend on who is president then you don't have a system that protects your rights and freedoms. you have the whims of a tyrant.
It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. If the government can execute you on the street or in your own home on a whim, you have no rights. None.
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
If those rights depend on who is president then you don't have a system that protects your rights and freedoms. you have the whims of a tyrant.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
Starting next week, CBS News will begin its twelve-part series on the crimes committed by Palestinian children.
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Starting next week, CBS News will begin its twelve-part series on the crimes committed by Palestinian children.
[man on the internet does a weird laugh]
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
[man on the internet does a weird laugh]
Reposted by Michael Coyle
Me: "North Americans need to stop thinking of bikes as being the same as cars." (As in we need to put aside John Forester).
Carbrain: "IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DRIVE A CAR YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE"
Me: "Thanks for proving my point."
Bike: 40lb
Car: 2500lb
"They're the same!"
Carbrain: "IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DRIVE A CAR YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE"
Me: "Thanks for proving my point."
Bike: 40lb
Car: 2500lb
"They're the same!"
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Me: "North Americans need to stop thinking of bikes as being the same as cars." (As in we need to put aside John Forester).
Carbrain: "IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DRIVE A CAR YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE"
Me: "Thanks for proving my point."
Bike: 40lb
Car: 2500lb
"They're the same!"
Carbrain: "IF YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU DRIVE A CAR YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE"
Me: "Thanks for proving my point."
Bike: 40lb
Car: 2500lb
"They're the same!"
Reposted by Michael Coyle
The Carney government announced another round of austerity layoffs today. Austerity is grossly ineffective public policy, unless your goal is to service the rich. Of course, it's going to be hard to prove it, since the first round of layoffs targeted the agency that tracks policy outcomes...
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The Carney government announced another round of austerity layoffs today. Austerity is grossly ineffective public policy, unless your goal is to service the rich. Of course, it's going to be hard to prove it, since the first round of layoffs targeted the agency that tracks policy outcomes...
Reposted by Michael Coyle
I use the register at work. And my employer is shutting it down
“It's used by everyone from genealogists to Realtors to architects & engineers to heritage professionals, ranging from museum staff to ParksCanada staff to heritage planners as well as students and academics”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It's used by everyone from genealogists to Realtors to architects & engineers to heritage professionals, ranging from museum staff to ParksCanada staff to heritage planners as well as students and academics”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parks Canada shuttering Historic Places website, sparking heritage concerns | CBC News
Parks Canada says it will deactivate the Canadian Register of Historic Places website this spring, leaving no alternative database to look up Nova Scotia heritage sites in one location.
www.cbc.ca
January 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I use the register at work. And my employer is shutting it down
“It's used by everyone from genealogists to Realtors to architects & engineers to heritage professionals, ranging from museum staff to ParksCanada staff to heritage planners as well as students and academics”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It's used by everyone from genealogists to Realtors to architects & engineers to heritage professionals, ranging from museum staff to ParksCanada staff to heritage planners as well as students and academics”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Michael Coyle
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
Reposted by Michael Coyle
As masked agents increase their violence south of the border - including killing ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday - it's easy to feel powerless.
But here’s something we all can do.
ICE agents are patrolling in vehicles made in Canada.
If you're sick of the horrifying videos, contact your MP. 1/2
But here’s something we all can do.
ICE agents are patrolling in vehicles made in Canada.
If you're sick of the horrifying videos, contact your MP. 1/2
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
As masked agents increase their violence south of the border - including killing ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday - it's easy to feel powerless.
But here’s something we all can do.
ICE agents are patrolling in vehicles made in Canada.
If you're sick of the horrifying videos, contact your MP. 1/2
But here’s something we all can do.
ICE agents are patrolling in vehicles made in Canada.
If you're sick of the horrifying videos, contact your MP. 1/2
Reposted by Michael Coyle
That's an armoured vehicle sold to ICE by a Canadian company btw.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
That's an armoured vehicle sold to ICE by a Canadian company btw.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
Some of us were furious about the sale of such vehicles to Saudi Arabia under Harper/Trudeau, and we are equally furious about this under Trudeau/Carney.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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TikTok USA is broken
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
TikTok USA is broken
No, it isn’t just you.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
TikTok USA is broken
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
Your videos aren't being censored because they're about ICE -- most videos uploaded in the US over the last day or so just aren't being published at all, and from inside the US, I can't see new videos posted by people outside the US.
www.theverge.com/news/867625/...
Reposted by Michael Coyle
As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
As an older tech person, it's legit heartwarming watching the TikTok generation discover why we all hate Oracle.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
Had a pretty convincing scam call from a lady pretending to be from my mobile operator.
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Had a pretty convincing scam call from a lady pretending to be from my mobile operator.
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in?
And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)…
(—> cont’d)
Reposted by Michael Coyle
I love the hell out of Super Mario, but just in case people needed a reminder about the ghoul whose voicing him and his views on both vaccines and autistic people, here ya go because fuck that guy.
Chris Pratt Defends Some RFK Jr. Plans, Criticizes Polarized Views: “Be Reasonable”
The Marvel star on his relationship with the controversial Health and Human Services Secretary and the blowback to some of his policies: "I'd hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any s...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I love the hell out of Super Mario, but just in case people needed a reminder about the ghoul whose voicing him and his views on both vaccines and autistic people, here ya go because fuck that guy.
Reposted by Michael Coyle
was looking for an anime clip on youtube recently and i spent way too long wondering why the only version i could find was some shitty fandub until i realized that the clip was actually the video i was looking for but youtube had auto-dubbed it with AI. who's idea was it to make that the default
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 AM
was looking for an anime clip on youtube recently and i spent way too long wondering why the only version i could find was some shitty fandub until i realized that the clip was actually the video i was looking for but youtube had auto-dubbed it with AI. who's idea was it to make that the default
Reposted by Michael Coyle
Initial conditions:
m1=20.1 m2=47.0 m3=75.3 (solar masses)
v1x=1.379 v1y=1.064 v2x=2.452 v2y=-1.6 v3x=-6.079 v3y=-0.246 (km/s)
x1=-27.0 y1=2.0 x2=-32.0 y2=-31.0 x3=-18.0 y3=33.0 (AU from center)
Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin
m1=20.1 m2=47.0 m3=75.3 (solar masses)
v1x=1.379 v1y=1.064 v2x=2.452 v2y=-1.6 v3x=-6.079 v3y=-0.246 (km/s)
x1=-27.0 y1=2.0 x2=-32.0 y2=-31.0 x3=-18.0 y3=33.0 (AU from center)
Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin
January 26, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Initial conditions:
m1=20.1 m2=47.0 m3=75.3 (solar masses)
v1x=1.379 v1y=1.064 v2x=2.452 v2y=-1.6 v3x=-6.079 v3y=-0.246 (km/s)
x1=-27.0 y1=2.0 x2=-32.0 y2=-31.0 x3=-18.0 y3=33.0 (AU from center)
Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin
m1=20.1 m2=47.0 m3=75.3 (solar masses)
v1x=1.379 v1y=1.064 v2x=2.452 v2y=-1.6 v3x=-6.079 v3y=-0.246 (km/s)
x1=-27.0 y1=2.0 x2=-32.0 y2=-31.0 x3=-18.0 y3=33.0 (AU from center)
Music: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor (Posthumous) – Chopin
Reposted by Michael Coyle
It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
Reposted by Michael Coyle
I know you all love The Fartlantic today because of that one article but please try to remember that they played an instrumental role in the rise of fascism in the US and you do not, in fact, have to hand it to them.
January 26, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I know you all love The Fartlantic today because of that one article but please try to remember that they played an instrumental role in the rise of fascism in the US and you do not, in fact, have to hand it to them.