Michael Coyle
@oplopanax.ca
🇨🇦 Search and Rescue volunteer, ⛰️🧗🏻♂️⛷️🚵🏻♂️🪢mountain rescuer, SAR manager, software developer (C#, C++), technology and risk expert, transplant recipient.
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territory
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh territory
[man on the internet does a weird laugh]
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
[man on the internet does a weird laugh]
Canadians did their duty.
![Canada suffered the third-highest absolute number of deaths of any nation among the foreign military participants, and one of the highest casualties per capita of coalition members since the beginning of the war.[65][66] More than 2000 soldiers were injured during the war between April 2002 and March 2014. 635 soldiers were injured in action while 1412 were injured in patrol or non-combat situations.[67]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kbhhbrzjvaru3h6iwt4f6eje/bafkreidu5kvwxt22farsqrbd6xqpigu2gmufswou4rzopz25gp6apnve34@jpeg)
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Canadians did their duty.
I am very happy that the District of Squamish's statement is so strongly against this speaker. It makes me proud to live in a place that values respect for our first nations neighbours over the racist lies of people like Kleiner.
January 23, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I am very happy that the District of Squamish's statement is so strongly against this speaker. It makes me proud to live in a place that values respect for our first nations neighbours over the racist lies of people like Kleiner.
Also unsurprising that she is a residential school denier, having contributed "research" to the documentary "Making a Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide, and Plunder in Canada" written and (produced by racist and residential school denier Tim Thielmann)
January 23, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Also unsurprising that she is a residential school denier, having contributed "research" to the documentary "Making a Killing: Reconciliation, Genocide, and Plunder in Canada" written and (produced by racist and residential school denier Tim Thielmann)
The "Squamish Historical Society" has had to cancel a invited talk by Masha Kleiner, local Zionist, Islamophobe and member of OneBC
She also claims that the Squamish Nation spreads misinformation and is unsurprisingly against decolonialization, supporting OneBC's racist views on first nations.
She also claims that the Squamish Nation spreads misinformation and is unsurprisingly against decolonialization, supporting OneBC's racist views on first nations.
January 23, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The "Squamish Historical Society" has had to cancel a invited talk by Masha Kleiner, local Zionist, Islamophobe and member of OneBC
She also claims that the Squamish Nation spreads misinformation and is unsurprisingly against decolonialization, supporting OneBC's racist views on first nations.
She also claims that the Squamish Nation spreads misinformation and is unsurprisingly against decolonialization, supporting OneBC's racist views on first nations.
Here are some more photos. Not the biggest or most Spectacular I have seen, but beautiful regardless.
Hair ice is surprisingly durable, it takes longer to melt than surrounding frost.
Hair ice is surprisingly durable, it takes longer to melt than surrounding frost.
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Here are some more photos. Not the biggest or most Spectacular I have seen, but beautiful regardless.
Hair ice is surprisingly durable, it takes longer to melt than surrounding frost.
Hair ice is surprisingly durable, it takes longer to melt than surrounding frost.
If you were in North Burnaby this AM it was good conditions for hair ice.
We have a lot of old cottonwood trees; lots of them are dead and rotting. Rotting, water saturated broadleaf wood with Exidiopsis effusa, and cold overnight temperatures gives you hair ice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
We have a lot of old cottonwood trees; lots of them are dead and rotting. Rotting, water saturated broadleaf wood with Exidiopsis effusa, and cold overnight temperatures gives you hair ice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 AM
If you were in North Burnaby this AM it was good conditions for hair ice.
We have a lot of old cottonwood trees; lots of them are dead and rotting. Rotting, water saturated broadleaf wood with Exidiopsis effusa, and cold overnight temperatures gives you hair ice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
We have a lot of old cottonwood trees; lots of them are dead and rotting. Rotting, water saturated broadleaf wood with Exidiopsis effusa, and cold overnight temperatures gives you hair ice.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_ice
After a major searches for missing people on Mount Seymour, and for survivors of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 on Mount Slesse, he created a group of skilled mountaineers to assist with mountain searches and rescues, the first organization of it's kind in BC.
(Photo: Anders Ourom)
(Photo: Anders Ourom)
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
After a major searches for missing people on Mount Seymour, and for survivors of Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 on Mount Slesse, he created a group of skilled mountaineers to assist with mountain searches and rescues, the first organization of it's kind in BC.
(Photo: Anders Ourom)
(Photo: Anders Ourom)
Hold shit, it's Fisto!!!!!
January 22, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Hold shit, it's Fisto!!!!!
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"
January 21, 2026 at 6:02 PM
issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the terror group ISIL. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them"
I have dozens of these that are exactly one cup
I think there's been some size inflation
I think there's been some size inflation
January 21, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I have dozens of these that are exactly one cup
I think there's been some size inflation
I think there's been some size inflation
What an excellent letter on #LNG in #Squamish by @myseatosky.bsky.social
Kate is correct, calls for "unity" do not absolve us of our civic duty. Principled opposition is not hostility.
www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squa...
Kate is correct, calls for "unity" do not absolve us of our civic duty. Principled opposition is not hostility.
www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squa...
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
What an excellent letter on #LNG in #Squamish by @myseatosky.bsky.social
Kate is correct, calls for "unity" do not absolve us of our civic duty. Principled opposition is not hostility.
www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squa...
Kate is correct, calls for "unity" do not absolve us of our civic duty. Principled opposition is not hostility.
www.squamishchief.com/opinion/squa...
Today would have been Chanie WenJack's 72nd Birthday had he not died as a result of Canada's residential schools.
I'm reading Secret Path by Jeff Lemire who collaborated with Gord Downie (of the Tragically Hip) for the music/graphic novel/movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanie_...
I'm reading Secret Path by Jeff Lemire who collaborated with Gord Downie (of the Tragically Hip) for the music/graphic novel/movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanie_...
January 20, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Today would have been Chanie WenJack's 72nd Birthday had he not died as a result of Canada's residential schools.
I'm reading Secret Path by Jeff Lemire who collaborated with Gord Downie (of the Tragically Hip) for the music/graphic novel/movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanie_...
I'm reading Secret Path by Jeff Lemire who collaborated with Gord Downie (of the Tragically Hip) for the music/graphic novel/movie.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanie_...
Examples of PCB board jokes from around the net
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Examples of PCB board jokes from around the net
The joke on Black Crows skis
Almost as funny as the "easter eggs" on PCB boards.
Almost as funny as the "easter eggs" on PCB boards.
January 20, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The joke on Black Crows skis
Almost as funny as the "easter eggs" on PCB boards.
Almost as funny as the "easter eggs" on PCB boards.
I'm blocked but there's over 500 quotes on his post so he is going to be here a long time if the bar is this low.
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I'm blocked but there's over 500 quotes on his post so he is going to be here a long time if the bar is this low.
Ollie doesn't like being way in the back.
(she's there because muddy paws and we don't want her to eat our snacks)
(she's there because muddy paws and we don't want her to eat our snacks)
January 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Ollie doesn't like being way in the back.
(she's there because muddy paws and we don't want her to eat our snacks)
(she's there because muddy paws and we don't want her to eat our snacks)
It strikes me that if people are so inclined, they can protest the actions of ICE at the field office in Vancouver. Which is at the American Consulate, 1075 West Pender Street
www.ice.gov/field-office...
www.ice.gov/field-office...
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 PM
It strikes me that if people are so inclined, they can protest the actions of ICE at the field office in Vancouver. Which is at the American Consulate, 1075 West Pender Street
www.ice.gov/field-office...
www.ice.gov/field-office...
The Royal Fork in Bellingham Washington. We'd go there when we passed by on summer holidays when I was a kid.
January 19, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The Royal Fork in Bellingham Washington. We'd go there when we passed by on summer holidays when I was a kid.
It used to be "normal" to drink untreated water and millions of people died every year of Cholera.
This is the bottom of the barrel, stupidest argument anyone has ever made for not taking a simple precaution.
This is the bottom of the barrel, stupidest argument anyone has ever made for not taking a simple precaution.
January 18, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It used to be "normal" to drink untreated water and millions of people died every year of Cholera.
This is the bottom of the barrel, stupidest argument anyone has ever made for not taking a simple precaution.
This is the bottom of the barrel, stupidest argument anyone has ever made for not taking a simple precaution.
from the Squamish Hospital blood lab today.
I opted for peeing alone but it's good to have choices.
I opted for peeing alone but it's good to have choices.
January 17, 2026 at 9:25 PM
from the Squamish Hospital blood lab today.
I opted for peeing alone but it's good to have choices.
I opted for peeing alone but it's good to have choices.
It's fairly well known that grouse think they're invisible. they often stand in the middle of forest service roads, freaking out drivers.
January 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It's fairly well known that grouse think they're invisible. they often stand in the middle of forest service roads, freaking out drivers.
we had an encounter with a grouse.
for those not familiar, this is unusual, they're not social.
for those not familiar, this is unusual, they're not social.
January 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
we had an encounter with a grouse.
for those not familiar, this is unusual, they're not social.
for those not familiar, this is unusual, they're not social.
backcountry skiing during an inversion, after an atmospheric river, feels like spring skiing.
shirt sleeves weather and bulletproof snow that softened a little in the afternoon.
shirt sleeves weather and bulletproof snow that softened a little in the afternoon.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
backcountry skiing during an inversion, after an atmospheric river, feels like spring skiing.
shirt sleeves weather and bulletproof snow that softened a little in the afternoon.
shirt sleeves weather and bulletproof snow that softened a little in the afternoon.