Randolph West (they/them)
@randolphwest.ca
Actor, author, activist, autistic.
Docs at Microsoft.
I don’t read DMs.
Use alt text on your images.
https://randolphwest.ca
https://patreon.com/westyyc
https://youtube.com/@BornSQL
https://youtube.com/@westyyc
https://soundcloud.com/rabryst
Docs at Microsoft.
I don’t read DMs.
Use alt text on your images.
https://randolphwest.ca
https://patreon.com/westyyc
https://youtube.com/@BornSQL
https://youtube.com/@westyyc
https://soundcloud.com/rabryst
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Forgive all student debt
Whichever fuckwits over at CBC decided to run ads over the opening ceremony should be fired.
February 6, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Whichever fuckwits over at CBC decided to run ads over the opening ceremony should be fired.
I’m constantly reminded about assumed knowledge.
Today I am getting a tyre repaired, and I left a locked phone with the tech to unlock my car.
They didn’t know that you *don’t* have to swipe the phone near the car. You just have to walk up to it.
I humbly apologized after explaining it.
Today I am getting a tyre repaired, and I left a locked phone with the tech to unlock my car.
They didn’t know that you *don’t* have to swipe the phone near the car. You just have to walk up to it.
I humbly apologized after explaining it.
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I’m constantly reminded about assumed knowledge.
Today I am getting a tyre repaired, and I left a locked phone with the tech to unlock my car.
They didn’t know that you *don’t* have to swipe the phone near the car. You just have to walk up to it.
I humbly apologized after explaining it.
Today I am getting a tyre repaired, and I left a locked phone with the tech to unlock my car.
They didn’t know that you *don’t* have to swipe the phone near the car. You just have to walk up to it.
I humbly apologized after explaining it.
I noticed very shortly after moving here that there’s very little real journalism being done this side of the world. CBC proving me right once again.
Premier Eby calls out treason of those meeting with American officials to break up our nation.
CBC chastises Eby saying blunt talk will encourage the treason "curious" to commit treason.
Since when are we worried about those who are "curious" about treason?
#epicfail
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
CBC chastises Eby saying blunt talk will encourage the treason "curious" to commit treason.
Since when are we worried about those who are "curious" about treason?
#epicfail
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. premier doubles down on calling Alberta separatist movement seeking U.S. support 'treason' | CBC News
Calgary-based data analyst John Santos warns that that kind of language could push people toward separatism.
www.cbc.ca
February 3, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I noticed very shortly after moving here that there’s very little real journalism being done this side of the world. CBC proving me right once again.
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around age 35 you start clearing your throat and just never stop
October 11, 2024 at 3:53 AM
around age 35 you start clearing your throat and just never stop
La la la, just Oscar nominee and multiple award winning Frank Darabont casually listed as director for two episodes of Stranger Things.
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
La la la, just Oscar nominee and multiple award winning Frank Darabont casually listed as director for two episodes of Stranger Things.
The separatist Albertans look exactly how you think they do.
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The separatist Albertans look exactly how you think they do.
Meet Lola West
January 27, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Meet Lola West
It only took a month to finish my first book of the year. Sigh.
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM
It only took a month to finish my first book of the year. Sigh.
This is how Danielle Smith is fixing healthcare.
Here's a screenshot with grey text on a grey highlight over a white background, to pay a bill online. I literally can't read this.
When I use text recognition in macOS Preview on this screenshot, I finally can read it, but there is also a typo.
Here's a screenshot with grey text on a grey highlight over a white background, to pay a bill online. I literally can't read this.
When I use text recognition in macOS Preview on this screenshot, I finally can read it, but there is also a typo.
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is how Danielle Smith is fixing healthcare.
Here's a screenshot with grey text on a grey highlight over a white background, to pay a bill online. I literally can't read this.
When I use text recognition in macOS Preview on this screenshot, I finally can read it, but there is also a typo.
Here's a screenshot with grey text on a grey highlight over a white background, to pay a bill online. I literally can't read this.
When I use text recognition in macOS Preview on this screenshot, I finally can read it, but there is also a typo.
What the heck is Twitch and why is this app asking for my location?
(I know what Twitch is.)
(I know what Twitch is.)
January 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
What the heck is Twitch and why is this app asking for my location?
(I know what Twitch is.)
(I know what Twitch is.)
I can’t remember how I heard about WE ARE LEGION (WE ARE BOB), but I’m finally reading again. Thanks, mystery recommender.
January 18, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I can’t remember how I heard about WE ARE LEGION (WE ARE BOB), but I’m finally reading again. Thanks, mystery recommender.
New SSMS content navigation bar is live!
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
New SSMS content navigation bar is live!
Meet GABA receptors in your area
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Meet GABA receptors in your area
Samsung: “You need 2FA to log in”
Also Samsung: *can’t deliver an SMS*
Aside from the fact that they’re using text messages for 2FA in the year of passkeys, what the heck is going on over there?
Also Samsung: *can’t deliver an SMS*
Aside from the fact that they’re using text messages for 2FA in the year of passkeys, what the heck is going on over there?
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Samsung: “You need 2FA to log in”
Also Samsung: *can’t deliver an SMS*
Aside from the fact that they’re using text messages for 2FA in the year of passkeys, what the heck is going on over there?
Also Samsung: *can’t deliver an SMS*
Aside from the fact that they’re using text messages for 2FA in the year of passkeys, what the heck is going on over there?
Well, it was nice knowing you Redgate. If you work there, get out NOW.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Well, it was nice knowing you Redgate. If you work there, get out NOW.
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Why Would Women Like Naked Gorgeous Men Talking About Their Emotions. Why Would Women Like Beautiful Sexy Men Yearning Sexily. Why Would Women Like Sculpted Butts And True Love. The Female Mind Is An Enigma.
January 7, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Why Would Women Like Naked Gorgeous Men Talking About Their Emotions. Why Would Women Like Beautiful Sexy Men Yearning Sexily. Why Would Women Like Sculpted Butts And True Love. The Female Mind Is An Enigma.
I am sad about this keyboard arrangement…
January 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I am sad about this keyboard arrangement…
Hey Bluesky, please support my new friend on this new day of this new year.
Books are the one place advertisers haven’t gotten into yet: your imagination.
sigridmacdonald.com
Books are the one place advertisers haven’t gotten into yet: your imagination.
sigridmacdonald.com
Sigrid MacDonald | Author official Site
sigridmacdonald.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Hey Bluesky, please support my new friend on this new day of this new year.
Books are the one place advertisers haven’t gotten into yet: your imagination.
sigridmacdonald.com
Books are the one place advertisers haven’t gotten into yet: your imagination.
sigridmacdonald.com
Wow, 1986 was a great year for music. And it was just about 40 years ago…
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Wow, 1986 was a great year for music. And it was just about 40 years ago…
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I'm sorry your baby is crying right now. Have you tried taking it farther away from me?
January 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'm sorry your baby is crying right now. Have you tried taking it farther away from me?
Thinking about the systems I’ve built, and two stand out.
1. I designed and built the core data architecture underpinning a large-scale banking loyalty platform that serves millions of customers, and processes high-volume, high-value transactional reward calculations.
1. I designed and built the core data architecture underpinning a large-scale banking loyalty platform that serves millions of customers, and processes high-volume, high-value transactional reward calculations.
December 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Thinking about the systems I’ve built, and two stand out.
1. I designed and built the core data architecture underpinning a large-scale banking loyalty platform that serves millions of customers, and processes high-volume, high-value transactional reward calculations.
1. I designed and built the core data architecture underpinning a large-scale banking loyalty platform that serves millions of customers, and processes high-volume, high-value transactional reward calculations.
Two from Calgary Expo:
Christopher Lloyd walks into a washroom where I’m cleaning out a coffee urn for the green room. I say, “I guess you’ve discovered our secret”, and he goes, “Ha!”
Next day, just me in the room, Anthony Daniels comes in and asks me for a cup of hot tea. I make good tea.
Christopher Lloyd walks into a washroom where I’m cleaning out a coffee urn for the green room. I say, “I guess you’ve discovered our secret”, and he goes, “Ha!”
Next day, just me in the room, Anthony Daniels comes in and asks me for a cup of hot tea. I make good tea.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Two from Calgary Expo:
Christopher Lloyd walks into a washroom where I’m cleaning out a coffee urn for the green room. I say, “I guess you’ve discovered our secret”, and he goes, “Ha!”
Next day, just me in the room, Anthony Daniels comes in and asks me for a cup of hot tea. I make good tea.
Christopher Lloyd walks into a washroom where I’m cleaning out a coffee urn for the green room. I say, “I guess you’ve discovered our secret”, and he goes, “Ha!”
Next day, just me in the room, Anthony Daniels comes in and asks me for a cup of hot tea. I make good tea.
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Once fell over someone else's toddler in a shopping centre who laughed about it and proceeded to run off and trip up someone else and his mum was running around after him going JESUS CHRIST JEREMY YOU LITTLE BASTARD and I think about that a lot
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Once fell over someone else's toddler in a shopping centre who laughed about it and proceeded to run off and trip up someone else and his mum was running around after him going JESUS CHRIST JEREMY YOU LITTLE BASTARD and I think about that a lot
I wouldn’t mind having apps for everything if people just wrote software properly in the first place, and respected memory usage, user experience, user interface design, assistive technology, proof reading their own documentation, and not using web views everywhere. Write native code, you cowards.
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I wouldn’t mind having apps for everything if people just wrote software properly in the first place, and respected memory usage, user experience, user interface design, assistive technology, proof reading their own documentation, and not using web views everywhere. Write native code, you cowards.