Darren Kirby
@dragonbyte.ca
Rural Canadian. Formerly urban Canadian. Stuck in a pothole at the intersection of writing, photography, birds, bees, computer programming, and data science.
This is just a WILD read. Makes clear that the entire executive branch of the US government is a house of cards ready to fall. Despite the blowhards at the top continuously saying repugnant shit, the bulk of the government is just regular folks, and they are crashing and burning from all the BS.
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is just a WILD read. Makes clear that the entire executive branch of the US government is a house of cards ready to fall. Despite the blowhards at the top continuously saying repugnant shit, the bulk of the government is just regular folks, and they are crashing and burning from all the BS.
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For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
January 24, 2026 at 6:01 PM
For those who don't know, remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations.
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
I took this photo today in SASKATOON within hours of the ICE remigration Gestapo executing another person in the US.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
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If you're a BC resident and hate culture war politics and racism we could sure use some donations to fuel the Recall Tara Armstrong campaign. You can donate here: recallarmstrong.ca/donate
recallarmstrong.ca
recallarmstrong.ca
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
If you're a BC resident and hate culture war politics and racism we could sure use some donations to fuel the Recall Tara Armstrong campaign. You can donate here: recallarmstrong.ca/donate
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@dragonbyte.ca rockin' the homemade wontons!
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
@dragonbyte.ca rockin' the homemade wontons!
#CBC news: "Does Canada really need a Prime Minister? The Venezuela case for 'No'."
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Imagine being such a chud that you think physically possessing a Nobel Peace Prize is the same as winning one.
Imagine being such a chud that after winning a Nobel Peace Prize you give it to a fascist to appease them.
Imagine being such a chud that after winning a Nobel Peace Prize you give it to a fascist to appease them.
January 16, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Imagine being such a chud that you think physically possessing a Nobel Peace Prize is the same as winning one.
Imagine being such a chud that after winning a Nobel Peace Prize you give it to a fascist to appease them.
Imagine being such a chud that after winning a Nobel Peace Prize you give it to a fascist to appease them.
Am no longer able to tell if "fuck Ford" in reference to automaker or ON premier.
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Am no longer able to tell if "fuck Ford" in reference to automaker or ON premier.
Some guys will literally write a Lisp interpreter from scratch in C instead of going to therapy. Or at least I did.
I have now implemented the bulk of the R5RS Scheme standard (the bits I intend to, anyway) and added a standard library of additional procedures implemented as hot-pluggable modules.
I have now implemented the bulk of the R5RS Scheme standard (the bits I intend to, anyway) and added a standard library of additional procedures implemented as hot-pluggable modules.
January 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Some guys will literally write a Lisp interpreter from scratch in C instead of going to therapy. Or at least I did.
I have now implemented the bulk of the R5RS Scheme standard (the bits I intend to, anyway) and added a standard library of additional procedures implemented as hot-pluggable modules.
I have now implemented the bulk of the R5RS Scheme standard (the bits I intend to, anyway) and added a standard library of additional procedures implemented as hot-pluggable modules.
The Kettle River flows within stumbling distance of my front porch. It rises in the Monashee Mountains at Holmes Lake, dips into the US at Midway, dips back into Can at Grand Forks, then dips back into the US for the last time near Christina Lake before merging into the Columbia River at Boyds, WA.
Reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the South Saskatchewan River.
Mine is the South Saskatchewan River.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The Kettle River flows within stumbling distance of my front porch. It rises in the Monashee Mountains at Holmes Lake, dips into the US at Midway, dips back into Can at Grand Forks, then dips back into the US for the last time near Christina Lake before merging into the Columbia River at Boyds, WA.
The morons in the comments who think the Tyee posted this as 'a joke' completely missing the fact they posted it because it is so scarily fucking serious.
“With the help of Washington, a post-Carney Canada could finally see free and fair elections and the establishment of a secure and prosperous economy integrated with the rest of North America.” 🇺🇸🇨🇦 #canpoli #uspoli
The Arrest of Mark Carney Will Bring Peace and Prosperity | The Tyee
‘Let freedom ring.’
thetyee.ca
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The morons in the comments who think the Tyee posted this as 'a joke' completely missing the fact they posted it because it is so scarily fucking serious.
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Dear all of bluesky:
Please stop telling us what's on X every 5 minutes?
It's not a service anyone needs
We know what X is, we know already, give us some peace for 5 minutes.
You're the ghoul on X still, not your followers.
Pass it on
Please stop telling us what's on X every 5 minutes?
It's not a service anyone needs
We know what X is, we know already, give us some peace for 5 minutes.
You're the ghoul on X still, not your followers.
Pass it on
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Dear all of bluesky:
Please stop telling us what's on X every 5 minutes?
It's not a service anyone needs
We know what X is, we know already, give us some peace for 5 minutes.
You're the ghoul on X still, not your followers.
Pass it on
Please stop telling us what's on X every 5 minutes?
It's not a service anyone needs
We know what X is, we know already, give us some peace for 5 minutes.
You're the ghoul on X still, not your followers.
Pass it on
Actually, illegally invading sovereign nations and stealing their resources is good because Wall Street, says NP fucking R?!?!?!
Oil companies and their shareholders may benefit from President Trump's military action in Venezuela — but it also could benefit many other U.S. investors. n.pr/4qb4Bzl
It's not just oil: How else Wall Street might benefit from Trump's Venezuela actions
Oil companies and their shareholders may benefit from President Trump's military action in Venezuela — but it also could benefit many other U.S. investors.
n.pr
January 8, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Actually, illegally invading sovereign nations and stealing their resources is good because Wall Street, says NP fucking R?!?!?!
Does anybody know if anyone has compiled a list of MPs, Premiers, and/or Canada government agencies that still post regularly at the bad place?
January 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Does anybody know if anyone has compiled a list of MPs, Premiers, and/or Canada government agencies that still post regularly at the bad place?
No lies detected in this thread...
We could be proactive and mitigate damages, or we can do nothing and suffer the full brunt. Well past time for literally everyone to start engaging with reality.
We could be proactive and mitigate damages, or we can do nothing and suffer the full brunt. Well past time for literally everyone to start engaging with reality.
The clock started ticking on the need to rethink every aspect of the Canada-US relationship the moment Trump was re-elected 14 months ago. It is beyond discouraging that Canadian officials — at this late date — are still being implored to actually face reality.
If the US moves to take over Greenland – a threat we’d be foolish to dismiss – Canada would be forced to rethink every aspect of its relations with the US. Canadian officials need to start thinking though this nightmarish scenario now, not later. It would be a seismic event.
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
No lies detected in this thread...
We could be proactive and mitigate damages, or we can do nothing and suffer the full brunt. Well past time for literally everyone to start engaging with reality.
We could be proactive and mitigate damages, or we can do nothing and suffer the full brunt. Well past time for literally everyone to start engaging with reality.
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They have a six year-old, who at some point today has to have been pulled out of a first-grade classroom to be told what happened.
I can't stop picturing it.
I can't stop picturing it.
January 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
They have a six year-old, who at some point today has to have been pulled out of a first-grade classroom to be told what happened.
I can't stop picturing it.
I can't stop picturing it.
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This you? Less than a week ago?
Is the apparent list of which countries are sovereign and which aren't available for the rest of Canadians to see?
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Is the apparent list of which countries are sovereign and which aren't available for the rest of Canadians to see?
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Anand affirms Canada’s view that Ukraine must control decisions about its sovereignty
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she told her Ukrainian counterpart today that decisions about Ukraine’s sovereignty must be made by Kyiv itself.
www.cp24.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This you? Less than a week ago?
Is the apparent list of which countries are sovereign and which aren't available for the rest of Canadians to see?
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Is the apparent list of which countries are sovereign and which aren't available for the rest of Canadians to see?
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
Our Minister of Foreign Affairs now outsourcing statement authoring to ChatGPT.
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Our Minister of Foreign Affairs now outsourcing statement authoring to ChatGPT.
I DID manage to make it to midnight last night, and I shit you not, the neighbor's rooster started crowing exactly then.
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I DID manage to make it to midnight last night, and I shit you not, the neighbor's rooster started crowing exactly then.
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Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you all the best for 2026 🥰 I’d love you to watch my 35 minute narrated video “Best of 2025” if you have time 😄 and also read my New Year blog post! I’d really appreciate your support! Thank you, Kate 🥰❤️🇨🇦
www.patreon.com/posts/147106...
www.patreon.com/posts/147106...
Happy New Year | Pacificnorthwestkate
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you all the best for 2026 🥰 I’d love you to watch my 35 minute narrated video “Best of 2025” if you have time 😄 and also read my New Year blog post! I’d really appreciate your support! Thank you, Kate 🥰❤️🇨🇦
www.patreon.com/posts/147106...
www.patreon.com/posts/147106...
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A Ural Owl keeping an eye on a Raven flying by. One of the most memorable encounters for me this year in the Finnish nature.
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A Ural Owl keeping an eye on a Raven flying by. One of the most memorable encounters for me this year in the Finnish nature.
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
Happy New Year 2026! 🪶🦉
#BirdsSeenIn2025 🇫🇮
#NaturePhotography
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A nice flock of Bohemian waxwings for the Rock Creek Christmas bird count with @dragonbyte.ca.
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A nice flock of Bohemian waxwings for the Rock Creek Christmas bird count with @dragonbyte.ca.
I'd go a bit further than this and say that Americans should just shut the fuck up about the governance of any other country altogether.
Americans lecturing Australians on gun control and Canadians on healthcare is the ultimate in shut the fuckupness.
December 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'd go a bit further than this and say that Americans should just shut the fuck up about the governance of any other country altogether.
My babe knows how to Christmas shop for me...
December 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My babe knows how to Christmas shop for me...
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In the Fraser river valley near Harrison BC 🇨🇦with a beautiful varied thrush (bald eagle in the trees above) what a beautiful bird! Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 ✨🎄✨
December 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
In the Fraser river valley near Harrison BC 🇨🇦with a beautiful varied thrush (bald eagle in the trees above) what a beautiful bird! Christmas Day 25 Dec 2025 ✨🎄✨
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Merry Christmas from me, @dragonbyte.ca and MoMo (the neighbour's cat).
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Merry Christmas from me, @dragonbyte.ca and MoMo (the neighbour's cat).