Bernie Michalik
@berniemichalik.ca
Bernie is a father, runner, chief cook, bottlewasher, Cape Bretoner, & IT Architect working for IBM in Toronto.
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Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Once again, if you wrote a story in which the jetsetting corrupt FBI chief took a government plane to the "Boondoggle Ranch" an editor would tell you to get a different job, because you're not cut out for writing believable stories.
Reading this, the word “shambles” comes to mind > Meta Cuts 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
Meta Cuts 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reading this, the word “shambles” comes to mind > Meta Cuts 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
Good job by the senators who caved. They didnt negotiate so much as capitulate.
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Good job by the senators who caved. They didnt negotiate so much as capitulate.
I can’t vouch for the Pope aspect, but the git part is correct. Also this is amazing to me
I really never use ChatGPT to generate text, but I have to say, this worked far better than I expected
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I can’t vouch for the Pope aspect, but the git part is correct. Also this is amazing to me
Interesting. Equipment in hyperscalers depreciates fast, faster than ordinary IT, as customers demand the latest and greatest for new hardware.
BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Interesting. Equipment in hyperscalers depreciates fast, faster than ordinary IT, as customers demand the latest and greatest for new hardware.
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It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
Sad but true
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sad but true
Good to see
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Good to see
I wondered, do people really dress that much better in Paris? Mais oui they do.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I wondered, do people really dress that much better in Paris? Mais oui they do.
💯 other great thing about it: you get off the train, cross the street and you are there. Oh and you can swim all year round even in winter in their pool.
My favourite hotel on earth (at least in Montreal). It is really a brutalist low rise motor hotel high a top of a concrete plinth. It remains gorgeous & perfect 60 years later. Heaven.
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
💯 other great thing about it: you get off the train, cross the street and you are there. Oh and you can swim all year round even in winter in their pool.
Love this sculpture on Yonge north of Eglinton in Toronto
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Love this sculpture on Yonge north of Eglinton in Toronto
Listening to Geese like all the cool kids
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Listening to Geese like all the cool kids
And by Kim Davis, they also mean Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal organization representing Ms. Davis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty...
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And by Kim Davis, they also mean Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal organization representing Ms. Davis. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty...
Here. We. Go.
Newsletter: Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks
Issue 96 – Redefining solvency
Sam Bankman-Fried makes his case for a retrial and aspiring crypto banks hit roadblocks
www.citationneeded.news
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Here. We. Go.
"Hero" doing a lot of work in the CNN headline.
There’s a cottage industry of investors who monitor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s disclosed stock trades, match her every move, and usually make a profit along the way.
That trend will now end in 2027.
That trend will now end in 2027.
Stock traders might miss Pelosi after she retires | CNN Politics
There's a cottage industry of investors who monitor former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's disclosed stock trades, match her every move, and usually make a profit along the way.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Hero" doing a lot of work in the CNN headline.
It's not too surprising but it is still interesting to see how private data correlates with data from the BLS. Which is good since we are not getting data from BLS, but from sources like indeed.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
The Jobs Report Is Canceled. Here’s What Private Data Shows.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's not too surprising but it is still interesting to see how private data correlates with data from the BLS. Which is good since we are not getting data from BLS, but from sources like indeed.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/b...
Sooner than you think tech will make the shift www.bbc.com/news/article...
Will quantum be bigger than AI?
The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Sooner than you think tech will make the shift www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
The cost of generating electricity may drop to zero but the cost of distributing electricity still has a way to go.
We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The cost of generating electricity may drop to zero but the cost of distributing electricity still has a way to go.
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
Cream pie tossers, take note
Breaking News: A jury found a man not guilty of assault for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington.
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
The verdict on a misdemeanor charge came after seven hours of deliberation, and after prosecutors had previously failed to secure a felony indictment.
nyti.ms
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Cream pie tossers, take note
“Cash-incinerating”: well said. Also backing OpenAI would be an incredible example of moral hazard
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Cash-incinerating”: well said. Also backing OpenAI would be an incredible example of moral hazard
Why does Ross Douthat have a job, other than to increase the volume of letters to the editor? They have French…they can package Douthat off.
Should women have rights? We go through the pros and cons bsky.app/profile/jess...
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Why does Ross Douthat have a job, other than to increase the volume of letters to the editor? They have French…they can package Douthat off.
You love to see it
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ initial defense of Tucker Carlson’s interview with the raging antisemite Nick Fuentes has now ignited an open revolt at the venerable right wing think tank, WaPo reports.
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talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Heritage Foundation Implodes Over Carlson-Fuentes Lovefest
The Groyper Takeover of the GOP Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ initial...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The last Jenga Tower
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The last Jenga Tower