Tyler Oakleaf
@tyleroakleaf.bsky.social
Software architect at a big company somewheres. Former small business owner (like an actual physical one with rent and payroll and stuff)
“greed is good”
“might makes right”
It’s a crazy world where rhyme and alliteration are enough for most people to justify their moral cowardice.
“might makes right”
It’s a crazy world where rhyme and alliteration are enough for most people to justify their moral cowardice.
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 AM
“greed is good”
“might makes right”
It’s a crazy world where rhyme and alliteration are enough for most people to justify their moral cowardice.
“might makes right”
It’s a crazy world where rhyme and alliteration are enough for most people to justify their moral cowardice.
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CEOs of big tech companies who the Trump administration listens to have decided to ignore the slow descent into fascism. www.resistandunsubscribe.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
CEOs of big tech companies who the Trump administration listens to have decided to ignore the slow descent into fascism. www.resistandunsubscribe.com
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Get as many people as possible to unsubscribe from OpenAI, from ChatGPT.
January 26, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Get as many people as possible to unsubscribe from OpenAI, from ChatGPT.
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
January 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
im getting disturbing reports that donald trump is doing exactly what he said he would and the results are exactly as disastrous as everyone said they would be
Someday I’ll have to explain to my grandchildren that “trumped up charges” was a colloquialism prior to this idiot.
And they won’t believe me.
And they won’t believe me.
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Someday I’ll have to explain to my grandchildren that “trumped up charges” was a colloquialism prior to this idiot.
And they won’t believe me.
And they won’t believe me.
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When people say “stop making things political”, they mean you should stop making them feel uncomfortable that the system that oppresses you benefits them.
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
When people say “stop making things political”, they mean you should stop making them feel uncomfortable that the system that oppresses you benefits them.
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none of us are "activists" -- we're moms and students and neighbors and friends and we want to spend our Sundays hanging out and doing silly things, not patrolling our neighborhoods and filming ICE and organizing protests but we have to protect each other or none of us will ever be safe
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
none of us are "activists" -- we're moms and students and neighbors and friends and we want to spend our Sundays hanging out and doing silly things, not patrolling our neighborhoods and filming ICE and organizing protests but we have to protect each other or none of us will ever be safe
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Again, my big takeaway from four-plus years of reporting on the Trump Hotel DC—
Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly, laws ain’t shit.
Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly, laws ain’t shit.
April 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Again, my big takeaway from four-plus years of reporting on the Trump Hotel DC—
Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly, laws ain’t shit.
Norms aren’t laws and, unless they’re enforced quickly, laws ain’t shit.
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
Sometimes I miss Bo Burnham.
I hope he’s out there somewhere living his best life
I hope he’s out there somewhere living his best life
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Sometimes I miss Bo Burnham.
I hope he’s out there somewhere living his best life
I hope he’s out there somewhere living his best life
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Happy new year, we’re at war with Venezuela for no reason.
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Happy new year, we’re at war with Venezuela for no reason.
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I can't find it now, but someone wrote something like "Saving time doesn't add to efficiency if it adds work for other people/team. That's just passing off your responsibilities."
Efficiency is an org wide measurement.
Efficiency is an org wide measurement.
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I can't find it now, but someone wrote something like "Saving time doesn't add to efficiency if it adds work for other people/team. That's just passing off your responsibilities."
Efficiency is an org wide measurement.
Efficiency is an org wide measurement.
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
Today I realized how much tech social media has degraded when I saw a title for a video on building “functional” web apps, and it took me a few seconds to realize “functional” meant “working” and not an alternative to OO/procedural
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Today I realized how much tech social media has degraded when I saw a title for a video on building “functional” web apps, and it took me a few seconds to realize “functional” meant “working” and not an alternative to OO/procedural
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Reminds me of this more disgusting analogy.
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reminds me of this more disgusting analogy.
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ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.
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KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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The most common things engineering leaders think will make dev teams go faster actually have the opposite effect.
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The Seven Deadly Sins of “Go Faster”
Things that will make your dev team take longer to deliver worse software:1. Adding more people to the team2. Making them work longer hours3. Cutting down on work that “slows them down”…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The most common things engineering leaders think will make dev teams go faster actually have the opposite effect.
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