Simon L.
simonlepine.bsky.social
Simon L.
@simonlepine.bsky.social
Salty. Defiant. Extremely non-compliant.

Founder at https://missingperson.app
Founder at https://connect-us.app
Co-founder of Lakebed.io (no longer RIP!!!)
Friends, I'm off social media for a bit, the US crap and the Alberta, CA crap and the pedestrian victim shaming is having a bit too much of a negative impact on me.
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I feel attacked.
Man Has Never Given Single Definitive Yes To Any Invitation He's Ever Received https://theonion.com/man-has-never-given-single-definitive-yes-to-any-invita-1819575360/
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
WTF @godaddy.com is offering to sell a domain I own; lakebed.io isn't expired or anything
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I think the important question, just like victim blaming pedestrians, WHAT WAS THE KID WEARING?!?!?!
I can't get over this. In response to a kid committing suicide after talking to ChatGPT, OpenAI's response is literally "he prompted it wrong."

There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
Sure sure you might say that my client's knife "caused" the victim to stop being able to pump blood to their brain, but Hume's 𝘌𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 really makes it clear that we should all have some reasonable doubt about the concept of "causation"

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Reposted by Simon L.
Our "We are not Enron" T-shirts have people asking a lot of questions already answered by our shirts.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'm a cyclist and I strongly endorse this.

Whatever the location, as a bike we must travel at the speed of the slowest nearby person. If they're walking, you need to roll at walking speed (preferably with 1 foot unclipped). If you want to ride at car speeds, you need to be on the road with cars.
Step 1 is recognize that almost every safety complaint leveled at ebikes applies equally to conventional bikes that are ridden too fast in the wrong places. Step 2 is to create a clear divide and understanding with the public about the difference between ebikes and emotos.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Celebs create vitamin or filtered water brands when they make it big.

I've not made it big and will not be doing that. I will be releasing a THC+CBD Chamomile Latte. I call it Chill AF.

I will not be taking questions and thank you for attending my TED Talk.
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ok, so who's going to build Strava but on the AT Protocol?
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Unpopular opinion: app scheduled jobs should not be tightly coupled to the app DB.

Side note, I wrote my own that takes the file name of the scheduled job and creates a copy of the filename with .RAN on the end. In that text file the timestamp last ran is saved. DB & infra independent...
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I've got to admit of it were my product, I'd push further with the research to try changing it so people are less depressed/anxious after using my product. But that's also why I'm fundamentally unable to be a billionaire.
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Me: that suede coat looks nice, I should shop for one

Also me: wait, I never leave the house and there's no point having nice things
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Just saw a TV show that said movibg from New York to California was "a big leap of faith". I moved from Vancouver to Wales and I can say, it's not a bit leap at all. It's false that it's big and scary to move, it's challenging with kids but I encourage people to move, especially to a small town.
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
@plaidcymru.bsky.social I have a "reform friend" who I have beers with every Thurs in an effort to expand my horizons.
I learned last night that reform supporters are being fed Facebook slop "muslims are coming to this country to take up arms and create a Sharia Law political party".
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@oplopanax.ca it just occurred to me, do you have any RCMP contacts involved in SAR or missing people?

I'm desperately trying to get real world feedback, and maybe even usage, on missingperson.app
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Adulting... its for adults.
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@theregoescarly.bsky.social might like this. Maybe this is a Christmas present we could send you since you were kind enough to host Jen in Budapest.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
OMG!!! I just noticed Firefox Android has Save as PDF. I've previously installed other apps to accomplish this because I often want to save good content for future reference. I can now easily do what I want with just 2 taps!!!
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Franklin (cat) just unlocked and made a call with my phone. Fortunately I saw the light of the screen and hung up before it connected.
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Reposted by Simon L.
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I heard potatoes cause nervous ticks and other mental and physical maladies. I'm against this and will base an entire political campaign on it.
Some people will try anything except wearing a mask
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I love how everyone is saying Twitter isn't working because CloudFlare is down.
No, Twitter hasn't been working for a long time, probably since about the Arab Spring.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wonder if current Republicans grew up with the 90's animated Batman? They should go back and watch it.
Concerned about children ✅
Concerned about homeless crime ✅
Never takes a bribe ✅
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This actually made me laugh out loud.
>I’m not afraid of anything 😏
*rainbow flag spotted* 🏳️‍🌈
>NOOOOOOOO THEY’RE GROOMING THE CHILDREN 😭
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Hearing from your constituents/voters/citizens: always a waste of time for elected officials.
Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Reposted by Simon L.
Since Bluesky gets to control the convo and Sarah can't post while she's suspended, here's her side of things:
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM