Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 30/07/2026Thank you to all who have shared your condolences about Mike's passing - it is overwhelming. There will be a celebration of life for Mike on August 9 at Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam - and a livestream to ensure all who were touched by him may come should they wish. More details later. Sylvia 212426
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 27/07/2026This is Mike's partner Sylvia Fuller - I am so sorry to say that Mike was found unresponsive while mountain biking yesterday and died despite the best efforts of other riders and Squamish EMS. Thank you to Squamish Search and Rescue for carrying him out and taking care of our dog. We are shattered 21745662
Reposted by Michael CoyleProPublica @propublica.org · 25/07/2026Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”propublica.orgHe Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob... 32322511044
Reposted by Michael CoyleGigi Gronvall @ggronvall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm afraid @craigspencer.bsky.social gives MAHA far too much credit. MAHA is just a rebranding of the medical freedom/antivax coalition that has been undermining public health for decades. It isn't unique in caring about healthy food, chronic disease, or healthier children—nearly everyone does. 1114837
Reposted by Michael CoyleNow I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 24/07/2026So, we can call it the CyberEdsel now, right? finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...finance.yahoo.comIt’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive HistoryOne for the history books. 4184495867
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 25/07/2026while I also long for this day, I also know that without massive reforms, the US is always one election away from another Trump. his exit from office, as satisfying as it will be, is not the end. there's a lot more work to do 0240
Reposted by Michael CoyleRob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 25/07/2026You acquire*one* sex-doll company and suddenly everyone's calling you the sex-doll acquirer. 36711
Reposted by Michael CoyleIgnacio Gallup-Diaz @igallupd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”share.inquirer.comA Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer. 18585691581
Reposted by Michael CoyleRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph. 416159863947
Reposted by Michael CoyleGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence. 153096907
Reposted by Michael CoyleDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Remarkable camera angle of President Trump as he listens to Wall Street Journal reporters receiving an award for their investigation into Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — which they pursued despite Trump’s threats and lawsuit. 3533138905
Reposted by Michael CoyleMike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/07/2026Wait. They all shake hands at the end? What are we even doing here? He's the US President suing you for $20 billion for reporting on the birthday card he sent his friend the pedophile in which he drew a naked girl & mused about secrets. And they all shake hands? 834400986
Reposted by Michael CoyleLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The WHCA Dinner used to be an event at which POTUS was roasted by the press, which ostensibly served the purpose of reminding POTUS of the role of the news media as a check on executive power. Now it is a humiliation ritual for journalists, in which their very presence is evidence of subservience. 18999261
Reposted by Michael Coylebntly @bntly.ca · 24/07/2026www.timescolonist.com/driving/john... - If you're confused by the level of signage in the header image of this opinion piece please, seriously, stop driving. #yyj #yyjpol What is even going on?timescolonist.comJohn Ducker: How too many signs are quietly making our roads less safeEvery year, our municipalities add more signs, more signals, more flashing warnings, more painted instructions, and more roadside “safety” features 2121
Reposted by Michael CoyleAaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Whoopstheglobeandmail.comEnd of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research showsRebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes 2320175
Reposted by Michael CoylePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo... 8835811535
Reposted by Michael CoyleKestrel Casey @kestrelcasey.com · 25/07/2026The first time my doctor asked if she could use ai to take notes, and I said no, she seemed surprised. THIS IS WHY. SAY NO. 11271128
Reposted by Michael CoyleThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death 66127202764
Reposted by Michael CoyleEdmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Province asked Albertans to complain about bike lanes. We’re asking a better question: How does freedom of mobility improve your life? Tell us what safe, affordable ways to walk, roll, bike and take transit make possible for you. Share your story: tally.so/r/Y5vvN0 #yegbiketally.soShare how freedom of mobility improves your lifeMade with Tally, the simplest way to create forms. 12622
Reposted by Michael CoyleDoctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This paper was given to me as an example of LLMs passing medical boards. My skepticism about those sort of claims remain undefeated. (1/3) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govPerformance of successive generative pretrained transformers (GPT) models in medical cases and board style questionsLarge language models (LLMs) are evolving rapidly, yet their performance trajectory in specialized medical domains remains incompletely characterized. We evaluated the diagnostic and knowledge-based a... 143
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 25/07/2026I managed to make Google cough up a link to a report I first read ~20 years ago. This is becoming a rare occurrence so I thought I would celebrate it while it lasts. The past few years I've been unable to find sites, posts and other resources I know exist because keyword search no longer works. 2274
Reposted by Michael CoyleCanada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 25/07/2026NEW: Export Development Canada provided between $100 million and $200 million in project financing for the gas-fired plant that will power Meta's data centre in Sturgeon County, Alta., Canada's National Observer has discovered.nationalobserver.comCrown corp lends up to $200M for Meta data centre gas plant in AlbertaThe gas plant, known as Greenlight, is classified as a project that is “likely to have significant adverse environmental and social effects.” 77441
Reposted by Michael CoyleRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud. 682761849
Reposted by Michael CoyleParis Marx @parismarx.com · 24/07/2026he’s gutting the public sector, he’s holding back on pharmacare deals, he tried to pull money out of daycare, he’s letting two-tier healthcare gain a foothold in alberta, and now he’s coming for public healthcare funding too 10359197
Reposted by Michael CoyleDaniel Rück @danrueck.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is a massive blow to transparency in Canada, which was already bleak. It means Canada is keeping Canadians in the dark about their own past. 13326
Reposted by Michael CoyleJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Today, in violations of the rule of law that would be sufficient for impeachment in any other American presidency but aren't in this one because pathological partisan loyalty has rotted the constitutional order: 7231611050
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026That his opposition aren't filing impeachment papers every single day is indefensible 140
Reposted by Michael CoyleMichael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 24/07/2026To this PM, big oil matters, and your health very much does not. This colossal cut to health care will almost cover a new publicly funded pipeline & expanding fossil fuel infrastructure on a west coast port. Handouts to climate non-solution CCS will require further cuts. shrlnk.ca/s/7SgMK3Vsshrlnk.caPlanned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decadePlanned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer in the 2028-2029 fiscal year will likely result cuts of more than $50 billion for health care in Canada’s provinces and territories over the subseque... 44727
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026The media are despised because they're enabling far right white supremacists and Nazi boot lickers 282
Reposted by Michael CoyleCharlotte @fireantprincess.bsky.social · 24/07/2026the funny thing is that the media is hated because they are too nice to people like musk, and yea people absolutely hate musk even more than the economist. 1202
Reposted by Michael CoyleRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Absolute crash out from Musk after he’s presented with the reality that many, many people fucking hate him 10282492
Reposted by Michael CoyleShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The BC government is exempting FortisBC's Tilbury LNG expansion (Phase 1B) from review by the BC Utilities Commission This means the commission won't examine whether the project is meets the criteria for a certificate of public convenience and necessity Dix calls the project critical #bcpoli 22214
Reposted by Michael CoyleMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026When you are too stupid to know that truth is an absolute defense in any defamation or slander case. 894159023184
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026Regarding the flickering lights across British Columbia recently www.bchydro.com/power-outage... 2127
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026If Poilievre did this, every liberal in Canada would lose their minds. Instead we get them defending him. Our current prime minister is dismantling our social safety net better than conservative prime ministers ever did. 65833
Reposted by Michael CoyleAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 24/07/2026Uncontrolled AI is a threat to our jobs, our environment, and our communities. Canadians across the political divide know this, and that’s why they’re fighting back. The public must assert its role in the technologies shaping our lives, and draw hard lines where AI causes nothing but harm. 16404148
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026From @cdemwell.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy Home Depot (Canada)'s privacy and security statement says that they collect your licence plate number and social media handles www.homedepot.ca/en/home/cust... 040
Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 24/07/2026Sorry, no. The answer from ChatGPT is unsourced, untrustworthy and indistinguishable from bullshit. It might be correct, but the average user can't tell. Thus using it is like asking a random stranger. 030
Reposted by Michael CoylePaul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.nytimes.comFDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago. 16328291510
Reposted by Michael CoyleAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Trump administration had a problem; most immigrants show up for their court hearings and fight their cases. That's bad for the Trump admin, which wants to rapidly generate removal orders. Enter "mega masters" — rescheduling hearings for days later with no notice but a letter in the mail. 13574255
Reposted by Michael Coylec0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Superbowl was named for Milton R. Super, who opened the first 'Supermarket' in 1843 AD in West Canaan, Texas. His vast empire of Supermarkets & fleet of merchant submarines in the Great Lakes made him the world's first trillionaire & the 15th President of the United States. 2229761
Reposted by Michael CoyleCasey @captlaserpants.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Why are literal children getting a book plug in NYT 032
Reposted by Michael CoyleT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Told you. rabble.ca/politics/can...rabble.caPlanned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decadePlanned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer in the 2028-2029 fiscal year will likely result cuts of more than $50 billion for health care in Canada’s provinces and territories over the subseque... 88239
Reposted by Michael CoyleJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Want a promotion at UCSF? Support MAHA/MAGA doctors and hurl juvenile, unprofessional insults against those who rightly warned about them. 1246
Reposted by Michael CoyleSteffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This is why we don’t like lightning storms. And we are an island. Wind is a fact of life. Jesus, I hope the Goldstream fire gets controlled, fast. “Out of control” doesn’t mean a raging inferno — just that it will grow larger than it currently is. 2134