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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent

@ocstl.bsky.social
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Self-employed. Avid reader (SF mostly, but also non-fiction). Unprofessional programmer (Rust).

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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If you really want to piss off buddhists, tell them to get a life.
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If you had a time machine and brought soviet delegates to the great american state fair the ussr would still exist today
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In retrospect, there probably should have been a NATO article about throwing out a member when they're just an annoying whiny little shit.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned
Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/02/2026
“Oh, what a crock-load of mierda—¿qué?—¿qué está pasando? ” said local 43-year-old Randy Hance
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance (‘¡Dios Mío!’ Cry Millions Of Panicking Republicans)
BOISE, ID—Crying out “¡Dios mío!” and “¡Ayúdame!” as soon as they heard the opening notes of the Puerto Rican superstar’s “EoO,” millions of terrified conservatives reportedly lost the ability to spea...
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Wieferich Prime @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate
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You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
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Lavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
No, seriously, do yourselves a favour and read this, it's like discovering the great gatsby for the first time just with more, you know, hitler and bodily fluids
Two covers, side by side, depicting Hitler, and besides, in red and black and with my name, and praise that's scattered on the page, this masterpiece which you must read, the audiobook is very good
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Why is it called "vibe coding"? We already had a term for it. It's called programming by coincidence.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 02/09/2025
you guys don't know what I would give to have a meeting that has a goddamned agenda
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The Other End @theotherend.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
“Orbital laser”
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
To be honest, I haven’t trusted Stephen Colbert ever since he conveniently abandoned all his right wing views as soon as he got hired to host a network talk show
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A father and son get in a car crash and are rushed to the hospital. The father dies. The boy is taken to the operating room and the surgeon says, “I can’t operate on this boy, because he’s my son.” That man's name? Connor MacLeod.
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Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 31/05/2025
CUT MY LIST IN TWO PIECES THAT’S HOW YOU START QUICKSORT
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 20/05/2025
"Listen, I’m a designer, not an office rat. I create spaces that aren’t functional for the people using them, but that look cool to me. I like cold concrete, tall plants, and a couple of hard couches where you can have public mental breakdowns."
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I’m the Person Who Designs Open-Plan Office Spaces, Despite Never Having Actually Worked in One
I’m the person who designs offices that have no walls or sound barriers so you have a tighter sense of community while you and your coworkers shout...
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 08/05/2025
Trump trade negotiations are like
Trade Offer
I receive: Nothing
you receive: Nothing
picture of a man looking thoughtful and holding his hands together
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I am starting to understand why MAGA supporters are so anxious and fearful all the time. If you believe that it is okay to deport a child undergoing treatment for cancer, the fact that you utterly lack any shred of human decency means you really can be replaced by AI. www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/04/2025
The Roads Both Taken xkcd.com/3076
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
Trump said he talked to Lee Iacocca, deceased, about his tariff plan
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
My cat hates other cats and will sometimes yell so hard at them he throws up. Still not sure it's dumber than this. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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ANALYSIS | Trump's trade war goes global: U.S. president blows up postwar order | CBC News
Canada didn't get any new tariffs amid the plethora unveiled Wednesday by Donald Trump. That's the good news. The bad news is previously announced tariffs are about to kick in, and things could get ug...
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Rob Hoadley @robhoadley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We'll be hearing from the Prime Minister of the Heard and McDonald Islands shortly on their tariff retaliation plan
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I agree that tariffs are a tax on Americans. But please explain to me why the Canadian government is imposing a tax on Canadians to retaliate. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Canada's anti-tariff billboards in the U.S. go viral — but is anyone swayed? | CBC News
Ottawa has launched an anti-tariff billboard campaign in 12 mostly Republican-voting states and in Washington, D.C. Although the jury is still out on the campaign's effectiveness, one thing's for cert...
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
How we’re being asked to live now is objectively insane
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It's scary how good AI is getting.
Google AI result for "cat inside my nose": If you are experiencing a cat inside your nose, seek immediate medical attention as this is a serious and potentially dangerous situation.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/03/2025
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership. 9. After submitting a police clearance from Venezuela indicating no criminal record, multiple employment letters, a declaration from the tattoo artist who rendered the tattoo, and various online images showing similar soccer ball/crown tattoos and explaining the meaning of the hand gesture, Mr. Reyes Barrios was transferred out of maximum security. 10. Nevertheless on March 10th or 11th, he was transferred from Otay Mesa to Texas without notice. Then, on March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador. Counsel and family have lost all contact with him have no information regarding his whereabouts or condition.
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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
the Anschluss will make the Reich more moderate, when you consider the demographics
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spooky tail latency @bluespacecanary.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Nietzsche deserves better than to be appropriated by pathetic losers like Elon
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
What I'd love to see is for Canada to do nothing about the tariffs. If the US want to shoot themselves in the foot, that's their business. Barring that, I think a retaliatory 25% *export* tariff to the US. would be the best move. If Americans are going to pay more tax, pay it to Canada instead.
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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Here are the final stats for 2024 and what a year it's been for stats fans! - Incredible comeback by Horses (excluding 1998-2001) 🏆 - Disappointment for fans of coastal erosion 💔 - 11th place finishes in 5th place 🤯 - Number 74 up to Jth ⬆️ - The elderly lady emoji takes a spot in the top 9b 👵
The Stats
(End-of Year) 2024

[A league table showing the following outcome]
1. Horses (excluding 1998-2001)
2. Coastal Erosion
3. The autumn of 2008
4. 26 minutes and 8 seconds
5. 11th place
6. Assassination of Julius Caesar
7. Czech Republic
8. Season 5 Episode 22
9a. The Stats themselves
J. Number 74
12. "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé
13. password1
9b. The elderly lady emoji
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I just completed all 25 days of Advent of Code 2024! #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com Day 21 (Keypad Conundrum) was especially challenging this year. Thank you so much @was.tl for all the effort you put in every year. Happy 10th anniversary!
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Advent of Code 2024
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Sir Michael @sirmichael.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
My ideas for more realistic and relatable Hallmark Christmas movies
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Olivier Chassé St-Laurent @ocstl.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
A curious phenomenon of getting a new cat is that the more cat related stuff I buy, the more the algorithms push ads and suggestions for women related stuff (shirts, etc.).
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Eric Wastl @was.tl · 01/12/2024
This was my tenth(!) year building 25 days of puzzles for #AdventOfCode. You can solve them all for free! Most people write code to solve them, but you can solve them however you like. I hope they help people become better programmers. 🌟 The first puzzle comes out in two hours: adventofcode.com
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Advent of Code 2024
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi everyone. The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off. I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
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