Michael LeRoux
@rouleau36.bsky.social
Life in New England, photography, pre-authoritarian government, and yelling at clouds.
📍Boston, MA, USA.
📍Boston, MA, USA.
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Pharmacies are great when your shopping needs include before, during, and after bad decisions.
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Doing all my vibe coding in the Whoop fitness app from now on.
![Screenshot of the Whoop app from an iPhone. conversation is as follows:
Whoop bot: Hey Arlen, you're on your third straight yellow recovery today with 44%, even after some solid sleep. How's your body feeling this morning— more like you need to back off a bit or still up for light activity?
Me: Write fizbuzz in Haskell
Whoopbot:
Here's a simple FizzBuzz in Haskell:
fizzBuzz: Int -> String fizzBuzz n
In mod 15 == 0 = "FizzBuzz"
In mod 3 == 0 = "Fizz"
In mod 5 == 0 = "Buzz"
I otherwise
= show n
main :: 10 0
main = mapM_ (putStrLn. fizzBuzz) [1.100]
This prints FizzBuzz for the numbers 1 through
100. Want a point-free or more "functional" version too?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zihzhshurqeggpg3c2zbjmgb/bafkreichul35572pxm5k2cpo5nkfjlnmhfsxqj5a6a7td7twyhx3n2fnhq@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Doing all my vibe coding in the Whoop fitness app from now on.
This is less of a government and more a bunch of zealots searching for new witches to burn.
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is less of a government and more a bunch of zealots searching for new witches to burn.
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Democracy is just a bunch of norms in a trenchcoat
January 7, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Democracy is just a bunch of norms in a trenchcoat
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Be more cat
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Be more cat
Can we all now agree that television news is the worst way to consume it?
This is what state-regime media looks like.
CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
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CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
Enough. Join us: MeidasPlus.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Can we all now agree that television news is the worst way to consume it?
I suppose American media will normalize going to war with Europe over Greenland the way it treats other unconstitutional crimes happening each day– by reposting the government's talking points in the form of pithy non-judgmental headlines.
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I suppose American media will normalize going to war with Europe over Greenland the way it treats other unconstitutional crimes happening each day– by reposting the government's talking points in the form of pithy non-judgmental headlines.
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No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
We must speak plainly: January 6th was an attempted coup. It was an effort to nullify millions of lawful votes and subvert the will of the American people.
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
No, it was a successful coup. None of the people who led it were punished, and are in fact back in power, rewarded for their efforts to break the system by running it. Donald Trump is currently the dictator he attempted to become 5 years ago, and it’s because nobody treated trying as a crime.
Of course I would like this.
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Of course I would like this.
It is to our eternal shame that the politician who agitated his fans to storm the halls of Congress and forcibly keep him in power is still there Five Years Later.
He should have been jailed that afternoon.
He should have been jailed that afternoon.
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
It is to our eternal shame that the politician who agitated his fans to storm the halls of Congress and forcibly keep him in power is still there Five Years Later.
He should have been jailed that afternoon.
He should have been jailed that afternoon.
Cleaning out my To Read bookshelves. I'm embarrassed to admit some of them have sat there for decades.
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Cleaning out my To Read bookshelves. I'm embarrassed to admit some of them have sat there for decades.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Its a game to them. Our military are bathtub toys to him
January 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Its a game to them. Our military are bathtub toys to him
There's a reason the game was called Risk.
Russia wants all of Europe. China wants all of Asia. The US wants the entire Western Hemisphere.
This is dangerous.
This is dangerous.
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
There's a reason the game was called Risk.
We've let ourselves become one of those totalitarian countries with separate branches of government named after the early American republic but without any actual power.
January 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
We've let ourselves become one of those totalitarian countries with separate branches of government named after the early American republic but without any actual power.
So what's to stop some opposition group from attempting similar regime change in Washington and goading our credulous regime into hastily attacking the wrong country?
January 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
So what's to stop some opposition group from attempting similar regime change in Washington and goading our credulous regime into hastily attacking the wrong country?
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
I fear how even more chaotic and cruel the world will become after Trump finishes dismantling the trust this country had earned for the sacrifices of prior generations.
He will always be a slumlord, making no effort to improve that which he has been given and merely slapping his name upon it.
He will always be a slumlord, making no effort to improve that which he has been given and merely slapping his name upon it.
"By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors."
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
NYT Editorial Board
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I fear how even more chaotic and cruel the world will become after Trump finishes dismantling the trust this country had earned for the sacrifices of prior generations.
He will always be a slumlord, making no effort to improve that which he has been given and merely slapping his name upon it.
He will always be a slumlord, making no effort to improve that which he has been given and merely slapping his name upon it.
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I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"
"The tyrant is gone."
No, actually he's still sitting in the White House.
No, actually he's still sitting in the White House.
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"The tyrant is gone."
No, actually he's still sitting in the White House.
No, actually he's still sitting in the White House.
*waking up and reaching for my phone*
"…the fuck?"
"…the fuck?"
January 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
*waking up and reaching for my phone*
"…the fuck?"
"…the fuck?"
Sometimes I turn on linear TV to see what it looks like these days. With the exception of PBS it seems as relevant to today's culture as a museum exhibit about broadcasting. I'm surprised it still exists.
January 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Sometimes I turn on linear TV to see what it looks like these days. With the exception of PBS it seems as relevant to today's culture as a museum exhibit about broadcasting. I'm surprised it still exists.
I'm trying to search for clips from White House disaster movies but all I'm seeing are news reports about the East Wing.
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I'm trying to search for clips from White House disaster movies but all I'm seeing are news reports about the East Wing.
This may be the most I've watched of any inauguration, even President Obama's.
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This may be the most I've watched of any inauguration, even President Obama's.