Olivier Chassé St-Laurent
ocstl.bsky.social
Olivier Chassé St-Laurent
@ocstl.bsky.social
Self-employed. Avid reader (SF mostly, but also non-fiction). Unprofessional programmer (Rust).
Introvert, but usually willing to talk about my cat. He's the best.
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Yeah whoever jacked up tariffs on coffee from Brazil earlier this year must be a real bonehead
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why is it called "vibe coding"? We already had a term for it. It's called programming by coincidence.
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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you guys don't know what I would give to have a meeting that has a goddamned agenda
September 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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“Orbital laser”
August 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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To be honest, I haven’t trusted Stephen Colbert ever since he conveniently abandoned all his right wing views as soon as he got hired to host a network talk show
July 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A father and son get in a car crash and are rushed to the hospital. The father dies. The boy is taken to the operating room and the surgeon says, “I can’t operate on this boy, because he’s my son.”

That man's name? Connor MacLeod.
June 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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CUT MY LIST IN TWO PIECES

THAT’S HOW YOU START QUICKSORT
May 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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"Listen, I’m a designer, not an office rat. I create spaces that aren’t functional for the people using them, but that look cool to me. I like cold concrete, tall plants, and a couple of hard couches where you can have public mental breakdowns."
I’m the Person Who Designs Open-Plan Office Spaces, Despite Never Having Actually Worked in One
I’m the person who designs offices that have no walls or sound barriers so you have a tighter sense of community while you and your coworkers shout...
buff.ly
May 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Trump trade negotiations are like
May 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I am starting to understand why MAGA supporters are so anxious and fearful all the time.
If you believe that it is okay to deport a child undergoing treatment for cancer, the fact that you utterly lack any shred of human decency means you really can be replaced by AI.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The Roads Both Taken xkcd.com/3076
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff
April 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My cat hates other cats and will sometimes yell so hard at them he throws up. Still not sure it's dumber than this.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
ANALYSIS | Trump's trade war goes global: U.S. president blows up postwar order | CBC News
Canada didn't get any new tariffs amid the plethora unveiled Wednesday by Donald Trump. That's the good news. The bad news is previously announced tariffs are about to kick in, and things could get ug...
www.cbc.ca
April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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We'll be hearing from the Prime Minister of the Heard and McDonald Islands shortly on their tariff retaliation plan
April 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I agree that tariffs are a tax on Americans. But please explain to me why the Canadian government is imposing a tax on Canadians to retaliate.
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada's anti-tariff billboards in the U.S. go viral — but is anyone swayed? | CBC News
Ottawa has launched an anti-tariff billboard campaign in 12 mostly Republican-voting states and in Washington, D.C. Although the jury is still out on the campaign's effectiveness, one thing's for cert...
www.cbc.ca
April 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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How we’re being asked to live now is objectively insane
March 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's scary how good AI is getting.
March 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM