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Tapani Otala

@otala.me
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VP Engineering @ Tidepool. Formerly Samsung, Amazon (Lab126), Adobe, TiVo, Canon, ... Building a better world, one byte at a time. My opinions are only mine. www.linkedin.com/in/tjotala github.com/tjotala

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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 13/10/2026
He’s acting like the reporter caught Lord Helmet playing with his dolls.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 10/10/2026
Dis u? Voting to establish Space Farce coz Trump wanted it. clerk.house.gov/Votes/2019672
clerk.house.gov
Roll Call 672 Roll Call 672, Bill Number: S. 1790, 116th Congress, 1st Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Conference Report, DESCRIPTION: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 10/10/2026
Please, we don’t need to give him or Hegseth any ideas…
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 27/09/2026
I’m pretty sure the only reason for this is because someone and his followers can’t spell “artificial” let alone pronounce it…
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 26/09/2026
It’s Latin for “a world without personal valets” Seriously, your solution is to trust random people? Bold strategy. Let us know how it works out for you.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 24/09/2026
letmegooglethat.com?q=mundus+sin...
letmegooglethat.com
Mundus Sine Caesaribus
For those who think it's easier to annoy you than to Google 'Mundus sine caesaribus' themselves.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 22/09/2026
He should have named the news app TASS, just like the Russian state news outlet that no doubt inspired this.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 18/09/2026
I just want to know how this is all Biden’s fault.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 18/09/2026
His attitude towards Kennedy Center is eerily similar to some incel or rapist thinking “if I can’t have her then no one can”. Wonder why…
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 14/09/2026
With Trump's track record on hiring contractors, I'd be terrified about entering that building... and I bet that contract is inflated enough to fill several dozen pockets along the way.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 13/09/2026
Clearly, ceding White House and rest of Washington DC has not been enough…
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 11/09/2026
Well, he's not entirely wrong. Some people did not vote, and here we are...
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 07/09/2026
But “states’ rights!”, amirite? Right? Bueller? Crickets, as usual.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 02/09/2026
So it wasn't enough to drop a fat finger on the scale? They have to outright own the scale, too?
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 02/09/2026
I'll believe it when I don't see it
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
Brilliant! They could run it off the vast plumes of methane.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
I just hope Trump lives long enough to see all his Temu spray painted fake gold appliqués ripped out, and his own portrait fed into a shredder.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
He probably cannot even fathom a situation where a simple on/off button would be far better than fumbling keys into ignition. Oh, I don’t know, like while being accosted by a drunkard would-be rapist in the parking lot of a bar… absolutely zero empathy, as usual.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
My car’s interior lights turn on and the door unlocks automatically simply by me walking near enough with the keyfob in my pocket. But sure, go right ahead if you want the good old times with horse-drawn buggies and hand-cracked car starts. Hell, automatic transmission is probably too woke for him.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
Said with no hint or trace of irony, huh?
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
Trump is not at all giving King Henry II vibes here... no siree.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 31/08/2026
Sen. Husted, congratulations! Your community offered the lowest bid and sweetest tax breaks to the company building a data center.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 30/08/2026
And not in a tiny moment's reflection on *why* that might be the case...
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 23/08/2026
Wait, what? No Pabst Blue Ribbon?!?
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 22/08/2026
I thought it was the other way around? Every cabinet members’ face is plastered on his ass.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 22/08/2026
From the “beatings will continue until the morale improves” department www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
nytimes.com
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 19/08/2026
She misspelled “conspiring”
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 19/08/2026
The current regime is the epitome of “fire, aim, ready” in practice
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 15/08/2026
I guess it’s the Iranians turn to respond with “Molṑn labé (μολὼν λαβέ)… and for once, Trump’s right wing gun nuts might even understand it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 14/08/2026
Also, let’s not forget that somehow Trump seems to be able to rake in money hand over fist. Magical!
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 14/08/2026
Trump promised that he was going to fix all the problems on day one. It sure is starting to seem like he’s an incompetent nincompoop if he hasn’t been able to fix much of anything in nearly 2 years?
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 14/08/2026
AFK d00ds Oops. Just respawn that Boeing 747.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 14/08/2026
Next up, we’ll be ripping out nuclear reactors out of navy surface ships and subs and replacing them with steam engines, running on clean beautiful coal. So much winning!
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 11/08/2026
We’ve always known that he’s a couple of fries short of a happy meal
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 07/08/2026
Rock Moranis wore it better as Lord Helmet in Spaceballs
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 05/08/2026
Does it affect the ability to detect sarcasm?
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 05/08/2026
It’s gender affirming care. Just so there’s not even a remote possibility for having unsavory thoughts about those other Hard Alphas™️
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 01/08/2026
I would subscribe to Charles Osgood’s quip, “I have the perfect face for radio”
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 01/08/2026
How to admit you’ve never been in a data center without admitting that you’ve never been in a data center…
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 29/07/2026
That’s insulting to toddlers
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 29/07/2026
So Barron Trump will be proudly leading the charge, yes? Unlike dear old daddy. Nah, who am I kidding. He would be immediately promoted to 10-star generalissimo and serve proudly as REMF. Unless he first skips town on dual citizenship passport…
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 29/07/2026
Monty Python’s Black Knight skit was funnier and far better executed than Trump’s war against Iran.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 28/07/2026
Huh, funny how easy it is to slip 250 Escalades past DOGE, but not academic grant proposals get shredded on sight.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 27/07/2026
I’d say you got under his skin, but I don’t think there’s enough room what with his clothes being so snug.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 27/07/2026
It’s always reminds me of those sports fans who proudly wear the team jerseys and beat their chests about how “they” won the Super Bowl.
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 26/07/2026
#Trump regime in a single picture Kudos to despair.com
Image of a sinking ship with caption “Mistakes - it could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others”
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 23/07/2026
It'll be a 2-part series, with the sequel with a blue eyed blonde Jesus
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 20/07/2026
Maybe he’ll get a bunker like Hitler had, too
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 18/07/2026
“We got a Senator here who wants to die for his country! Oblige him.” - Lt. Aldo Raine
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Tapani Otala @otala.me · 17/07/2026
No. Though I suspect it won’t be much longer before channel 1 shows Dear Leader’s speech, and channel 2 shows an armed gunman yelling “change to channel 1 or else!”. This was old joke back in the days of growing up next door to Soviet Union, but now sadly fits the U.S. just the same.
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