Anton Okmyanskiy

Gentleman of leisure and stay-at-home dad. Ex-Amazon and ex-Cisco Principal Engineer. I saved instead of inflating my lifestyle, invested and retired at 43.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

The 🔥Golden Rules of Investing🔥 that got me to an early retirement at 43.

A mega thread of simple principles from 25 years of investing & the rational behind them.

[Caroline Elliott @NVanCaroline]

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has sent a legal letter to the BC Government calling for the cancellation of planned public closures at Joffre Lakes.

It states that reserving access to the park exclusively for particular groups based on race or ethnic origin violates sections 6 & 15(1) of the Charter (mobility & equality rights).

As someone who has been fighting the BC govt on this issue for years, I applaud @JCCFCanada.

BC’s beautiful provincial parks belong to ALL British Columbians.

https://t.co/fFOq5x5d9v

[Steve Saretsky @SteveSaretsky]

2018: NDP cancels bridge plans already approved

2018-2021: NDP spends years reviewing alternatives.

2021: NDP announces a new 8-lane tunnel instead.

2024: NDP Selects a contractor to design and build the project.

2026: Still no tunnel construction. NDP Government terminates the contractor.

A masterclass in incompetence. 9 years later, same tunnel. https://t.co/yju4Ujx22v

[John Rustad @JohnRustad4BC]

Another innocent British Columbian dead under David Eby and Mark Carneys revolving door justice. This repeat stabber Morin attacked a tourist in Tim Hortons, got released early despite warnings, breached everything, and now faces manslaughter for another killing. NDP priorities in full view: criminals get endless chances while families pay the price.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@hjluks What about ligaments like ACL and such that are more passive. How do you strengthen and make them stiffer? It seems not as simple as iso holds for tendons, or is it?

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@hjluks Dr. Baar’s protocol is the gold standard and takes just 8min per day. Basically single leg iso holds with knee forward 30sec x 4. Repeat 8 hours apart and do not combine with any other leg work. Did wonders for me in no time. Knee never felt that strong in basketball.

[Caroline Elliott @NVanCaroline]

Last week, the NDP government released another of its countless “anti-racism” reports that further embeds their radical critical race theory into every corner of the public service.

🩺 Overworked, burned-out healthcare workers can now add hours of mandatory Indigenous-led “cultural safety” and anti-racism training to their duties, followed by post-training assessment to demonstrate their ideological adherence.

👨‍💼 The grossly-expanded public service, which is already not delivering for British Columbians, will now spend countless hours completing even more mandatory “Indigenous Crown Relations Essentials” to create “culturally safe workplaces.”

🏥 Our overstretched healthcare system will spend scarce dollars reviewing chronic disease programs “using an antiracism lens.”

💸 Further tax dollars will be spent applying “an inclusive and intersectional lens” to support “equitable access to outdoor recreation” and addressing “environmental racism,” as well as the “racial bias” of AI systems.

It goes on… and on… and on.

A $13.3 billion deficit, ER shut-downs & endless waitlists costing patients their lives, spending cuts for families of vulnerable autistic kids, and *still* the NDP find resources for their ideological pet projects.

When we say we need to put an end to NDP activism and get back to common sense, this is what we mean.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

This dude allegedly from Canada Census was just pressing buttons on my door lock. Said he thought the pin door lock was a door bell. Is Canada Census hiring clueless morons or is this some fraud?

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@jaynitx Been there. This was the most misrepresented Amazon leadership principle. It is just a way to remind the troops the get in line and shut up. Amazon does not cultivate team cohesion or social capital to get along. Nothing to reward cooperation and team work.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@MARGARE44854638 @hjluks +1 although latest batch required more break in as it felt synthetic / slippery at first.

[Steve Saretsky @SteveSaretsky]

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a ruling that Aboriginal title cannot be declared over private land, in a decision the federal government says will have an impact on the Cowichan case in BC.

Important ruling for homeowners and the future of this country. https://t.co/YY5I7WtTpj

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

A ton of software seems like boring variations of database with forms. But this is to be expected because it covers very broad concepts of “memory” and user interface to interact with it, right?

[Aleksey Shipilëv @shipilev]

Вопрос к программирующим и людям, которые шарят за программы. Вам не кажется, что 90% программ одинаковые? Условно, есть 4-5 больших сюжета, внутри которых всё одинаково, только иконки и формочки немного разные?

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

More headlines without deadlines today from Liberals on LNG.

To get gas to Europe, Liberals need to do two things:

1. Get out of the way.
2. Take a geography lesson.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@AdamZivo What else should we destigmatize? Breaking into stores and cars? Urinating on the streets? Driving drunk?

Insane mind virus!

We must stigmatize the hell out of use of addictive drugs that kill people and cost society a fortunate in burden.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@DSlaugh87398471 @hjluks Here is a study showing lower BMD (for legs and spine) for female long distance runners: https://t.co/ZwQ3nJyERI

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

@elie_mcn @AzimAJiwani @NVanCaroline If she wins Conservative nomination, I think Conservatives win the next election in BC. They need a soft-spoken but steady voice to reach the broader public and not be dismissed as “right wing” by old boomer ladies.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Being able to do this at 66 is a bigger status symbol than an expensive car.

[Anton Okmyanskiy @antonoki]

Affirmative action protection is enshrined in Canadian Charter of Rights, but there needs be some balance there.

Drastically reducing value of merit for positions requiring exceptional skills and excluding people makes no sense for society advancement.

Find a better way!

[Chris Brunet @chrisbrunet]

@Villgecrazylady @MemorialU the right to unlimited affirmative action is enshrined in section 15(2) of the Canadian constitution

[Steve Saretsky @SteveSaretsky]

Kelowna says they are ending the AirBnb ban. The big brains at city hall finally figured out their economy runs on tourism.

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

We are told that security in the Middle East requires defeating Iran, security in East Asia requires defeating China, and security in Europe requires defeating Russia. We never discuss security in terms of how to learn to live together by harmonising interests and managing competition. This is by design. This is hegemonic peace, in which security depends on defeating rivals rather than managing a balance of power.

Subsequently, security relies solely on deterrence rather than reassurance; diplomacy is dismissed as appeasement; peace agreements are temporary and deceptive; and war is peace. Our rivals do not have legitimate security concerns, as their policies are allegedly always motivated by aggressive, irrational, or expansionist behaviour.

We have convinced ourselves that our liberal hegemony is a force for good, and that our opponents oppose our dominance because they reject our benign values of freedom. Discussing the security concerns of adversaries is believed to “legitimise” their policies, which is treasonous. The world is divided into good guys (liberal democracies) and bad guys (autocracies). We should not ask how defeating Russia, as the world's largest nuclear power, is a rational security strategy, or why our governments refuse to even speak with Moscow to discuss the European security architecture and end the war. Our governments have relabelled nuclear deterrence as nuclear blackmail to signal that there can be no more constraints.

All empires can become irrational during decline. Leaders take greater risks to avoid decline, legitimacy crises at home must be distracted with enemies abroad, outdated strategies from a bygone era of strength are still embraced, and there is a tendency to double down on narratives of being indispensable, representing universal values, and dismissing all opposition as illegitimate and dangerous. Are we the fanatics?