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@allaboutmike.bsky.social
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SWE at Chess.com ♟️| Former SWE @ Meta | Formerly tech lead w/ Government of Canada 🍁| Fitness instructor | Gamer | Dad

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province. Behind the cross-border effort to sway Alberta’s secession vote.” What’s the word for that?
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Grady Booch @booch.com · 26/07/2026
In the fullness of time, LLMs will eventually become commodities and their price will be a race to the bottom.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
READ: “Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism. CBC uncovers 14 accounts from India, Pakistan, Indonesia posting on popular Alberta separatist groups.” 1. Don’t let them con and manipulate you, Alberta! 2. There should be real consequences for Facebook!
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Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism | RCI
CBC uncovers 14 accounts from India, Pakistan, Indonesia posting on popular Alberta separatist groups
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Danielle Smith’s Alberta government now wants a referendum about a referendum, after wasting a year with duelling separatism petitions that had no purpose other than to divide. This is what happens when a far right pandering populist is cornered by her own incompetence and duplicity. #CanadaStrong
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is really important. The REAL story isn’t that some people in Alberta want the Province to separate from Canada. The REAL story are the awful, evil powers that badly want people in Alberta to want to separate from Canada, and the shameless opportunists and useful idiots that are helping them.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
According to the leader of the official opposition, an industrial carbon tax that would cost oil companies 50 cents per barrel -- 50 CENTS -- is standing in the way of Canada becoming an energy superpower. How stupid does he think his voters are?
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Shivani T’gai Seth @shivaniswriting.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hi all, its your friendly neighborhood retired therapist here to remind you that the horrors persist and so do we! Have you: -had a glass of water or something liquid that is not caffeinated recently? -used any calming or grounding techniques you like? -eaten a food? If not, do that now. 💜
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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
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davi @porraonofre.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I feel like now is a good time to share this again
A black and white pic of Iranian-French graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi holding a cigarette in her hands. Beside her pic is a text of her words:

"The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same..."
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/04/2026
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Via @NASAEarth: “The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: ‘You guys look great.’”
The blue, white, green, and brown of the planet Earth against the black of space
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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I believe in many cases people think the AI is giving them *back* their agency. That it allows them to start taking control of their own destiny again. We have to help people understand how believing everything that comes out of the robot undermines that goal.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This tactic should be recognizable to a LOT of us. But we don’t have to fall for it.
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Chess.com @chess.com · 18/03/2026
DLSS 5 OFF / ON
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 17/03/2026
This is Goose. He wants to know where you're going. If it's not too late, he'd like to suggest the park. 12/10 (IG: goosethelab_)
a yellow lab puppy with darker brown ears sits politely in the front seat of a car. all of his paws are close together so he takes up as little space as possible. he looks up with dark eyes and snoot. his whiskers shoot our from his eyebrows and snout. he's wearing a teal collar with a dog tag that says "Goose." please take him wherever he wants to go!
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bryson @brysonm.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
holy shit
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Three Scary Rogue Agents in a Trenchcoat @alexhanna.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
OpenClaw AI Agent submits a PR to matplotlib, maintainer closes it because they want actual contributors to fix the issue, AI agent extrudes a angry screed against the maintainer. crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
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Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story – MJ Rathbun | Scientific Coder 🦀
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Shannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I love Canada and never want to be anything but Canadian.
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a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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Aleksandra Sagan @aleksagan.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm looking to speak with people who are or recently have been job hunting for tech jobs in Canada for a story I am working on. I'm keen to hear about your experience with the current state of the tech job market. Feel free to drop into my DMs.
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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
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Mickey Djuric @mickeydjuric.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The Alberta separatism movement is making serious efforts to align with Donald Trump’s administration - They’ve sent 3 delegations to Washington, D.C. - want a $500B loan from the US government - seek connections with Wall Street + the US Treasury www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
When a few Canada Post employees in Vancouver started answering letters to Santa in the early-1970s, it eventually led to the most famous postal code in Canada. H0H 0H0. Each year, thousands of letters to Santa from around the world are answered. This is the story. 🧵1/8
A pair of small hands holding a beige envelope addressed in red crayon to "Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH OHO". The return address in the top left reads "123 Main St, Anytown, A1A 1A1 ON". A small stamp is in the top right corner. A pink crayon lies on the dark table nearby, with another child's drawing partially visible in the background.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/12/2025
this has become a very important video to me
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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Chess.com @chess.com · 24/11/2025
It’s that time of year again 🥰 get 50% off all Chess.com Premium memberships during our Black Friday deal!
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Chess.com @chess.com · 04/11/2025
Magnus just told me I made 9 blunders?!? Learn from stars like Gotham, Magnus, Anna, Hikaru, the Botez sisters, and more with ALL NEW voice feedback and coaching! Learn more: go.chess.com/coach
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Basil 🌱 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Bruh
Drawing if a tired puppy with the caption; "This too shall pass but like wtf"
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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DEV Community @dev.to · 08/09/2025
😅
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
this is so wonderfully weird, give her all the golds 🥇
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Breaking Mews/Ruff Translations @breakingmews.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
When the news is overwhelming, it can be helpful to have an emotional support puppy. Today, we thought you might need two.
White floofy Great Pyrenees puppy with huge brown eyes and very boopable brown nose sits on sidewalk next to green grass and smiles at youThis floofy white Great Pyrenees puppy lies on a brick patio with a bright green lawn and trees in the background. He looks a little sad. Tell him he’s a good boy
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Animal Flix @animalflix.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇
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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · 03/07/2025
It’s so frustrating that there is this illusion that we are all 49%/49% right now. Us versus them, good versus bad, and it’s all because of the BS that is the electoral system. It’s very likely 70% versus 30% and we’re just not seeing representative government.There’s just no common sense right now
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Open full thread and scroll 🐈‍⬛
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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 27/06/2025
Back in the day, Twitter used to be really good if I set up a thread to connect freelancers with clients. Let's see if Bluesky can do it. Clients: if you're looking for freelancers/contractors, get in the comments Freelancers/contractors: get in comments Everyone else: boosts appreciated
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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I told you we’d be back
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🧵 My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life. In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded. 1/n
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
On D-Day, 14,000 Canadians landed at Juno Beach, supported by the Royal Canadian Navy and the RCAF. The day saw 1,074 Canadian casualties, including 359 killed. It was a watershed moment in human history. Here are Canadians stories from that day. 📸 LAC PA-132790 🧵1/15
The black-and-white photo shows Canadian soldiers on a landing craft during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The soldiers, wearing helmets and military gear, are preparing to disembark as the craft approaches the beach. Two crew members at the rear are marked with "R.C.N." (Royal Canadian Navy) and "L.C.O. 140" on their backs. Waves crash against the boat, and larger ships are visible in the background, indicating the scale of the operation. The atmosphere is tense, capturing a pivotal moment in World War II.
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Mike @allaboutmike.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
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Jason @envinyon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
OH MY FUCKING GOOOODDDDDDDDD MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
“The real reason he’s ‘leaving’ (or ‘quiet quitting’) is that he’s spent the last 4 months as a ‘special government employee,” a distinction with a 130-day time limit. Were he to continue working in the same capacity, he would be required by law to fill out certain financial & ethical disclosures…”
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Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror Is Only Just Beginning
His “departure” from the government is anything but.
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/05/2025
SCOOP: Elon Musk will not be fully exiting DOGE. In fact, federal workers from at least six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments, and President Trump himself said in a press conference today that “Elon's really not leaving.”
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DOGE Is Busier Than Ever—and Trump Says Elon Musk Is 'Really Not Leaving'
Federal workers from six agencies tell WIRED that DOGE-style work is escalating in their departments as both new and familiar DOGE faces have appeared in meetings and at new office.
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Mark ⚡️Heckler @mkheck.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Just got caught up in the latest round of terminations from Microsoft. If anyone needs a "batteries included" advocate who really knows code, AI, and real production concerns + solutions, ping me! Ready to make great things happen for you. Onward and upward!
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a man with a beard is wearing a red and gold iron man costume
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