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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod.ca
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The Guardian newspaper once called me a "Guerrilla Satirist" and the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador once called me "an arsehole." Former journalist. Artist. Writer. Comms guy.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 3h
Rain is just a blizzard of a different season.
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Matt LeMay @mattlemay.com · 3h
“not me in the corner” - gen z rem
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 4h
Lots of this felt very much reflective of my own experience. (I've never been to a psychic, but ... y'know ... the feelings.)
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 6h
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 7h
Lot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Kyrsten Sinema's ex-boyfriend and former bodyguard said he threw her paintings into her swimming pool in part because he felt disillusioned by her relationship with a major
U.S. Artificial Intelligence software developer as the war in Gaza drags on.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 5h
fuck man, I don't need to see this kind of thing during work hours. I don't have time to spiral out.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 5h
Do you ever think about how you're almost certainly living somebody else's dream?
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 5h
when they tell you that the house hippo isn't real
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7h
As the article notes, it's pretty wild that the U.S. tourism numbers are crashing like this in a year when they literally hosted the World Cup. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7h
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
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Anna Maltese @annamaltese.bsky.social · 20h
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James O’Loughlin @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 8h
Imagine if the NDP was a party that wanted to win, rather than a party that wanted to explain that they're already doing a bang-up job, and it's not their fault that they keep losing.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 8h
Think bigger, man. In the event of an American invasion, my act of guerrilla resistance will be planting explosives on the concrete pillars to take out the Gardiner Expressway.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 8h
We are about to get some clips of him saying some really weird shit about Canada when he's doing free-association riffing from the podium at campaign rallies.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h
Paul Blart would be MAGA.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h
El Nino will probably cause nearly half a million deaths by the end of February. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h
I don't actually think the fall colours are the most salient issue here...? www.cp24.com/local/toront...
cp24.com
The 'Super El Nino' is upon us. What does that mean for Ontario's fall colours?
What’s expected to be the strongest El Nino on record may delay Ontario’s stunning fall foliage, but experts say there’s no reason to worry – the colour show will go on.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h
Kinda weird seeing people sharing a screenshot of a 15-month-old Joyce Carol Oates tweet. I suspect a lot of them think it's from this week.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h
The AI people really just don't understand what art is for. They really think of it as just an economic system, rather than a vessel for human expression. No wonder these people buy the Damien Hirst dots.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
People are going to talk about Twitter and Bluesky someday the way they talk about the Stanford prison experiment.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 10h
Anna is doing some great work on an important issue.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
"OK here me out. It's not a tuba. It's a sousaphone..."
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
People are going to talk about Twitter and Bluesky someday the way they talk about the Stanford prison experiment.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
What is happening to Dario here....?
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Art?
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cyrus @professorbutts.com · 22/12/2024
welcome to the cocktagon
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Quite the headline, this one: edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/m...
edmontonjournal.com
Victim in Edmonton Corn Maze stabbing tried to recruit accused to Nazi group, trial hears
The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
American conservative politicians already need to know about mma, beef tallow, ivermectin, furries, guns, incels, antifa, Trump's various obsessions, whatever caravan, tren de aragua, kid rock, and greenland. They don't have time to know about the NBA too.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Greenland?
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
That's showbiz, baby!
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 29/09/2026
We're publishing deep-dive analysis of each Maple 8 pension plan over the next few weeks — looking at how much they invest in Canada, and what kind of assets they're buying. First up: The biggest pension fund in Canada. Read our report card here: canadianshieldinstitute.ca/cppib-report...
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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SENATOR: I have these text messages that put you in Saskatchewan watching the Roughriders. The very city that you claim to have never been in. You are under arrest for perjury. You are dead meat. WITNESS: (ruffling papers) actually I was seeing the Ottawa Rough Riders.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
If you notice a typo in a piece of writing, and you communicate that information to the writer, you've really gotta say exactly what the typo is and exactly where the typo is. Saying "Typo in this paragraph..." or similar is a kind of psychological torture.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They are in fact contemptuous of the idea that I would go out and talk to people about how they use a technology or observe them trying to use it. Just hostile to the very concept of there being an end user.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know this is my third or fourth go around with this kind of technological innovation for consumers and citizens. And a lot of it is the same. Same pattern of exaggerated benefits, underestimated challenges. What’s new this time is the sector isn’t even pretending to care about the consumer.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Important reporting here that feeds into broader concerns about a lack of focus on growing Canadian companies, relative to investing in big energy and infrastructure projects. thelogic.co/news/maple-8...
thelogic.co
The Maple 8’s Canadian pledges may do little for startups and scaleups - The Logic
Canada’s major pension funds will invest billions of extra dollars in domestic assets. Some worry the country’s innovation economy could miss out.
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 29/09/2026
This is the crux of the problem! We've seen the big-money press releases from the Maple 8 pension funds, but that money won't really do much to drive homegrown Canadian companies. thelogic.co/news/maple-8...
thelogic.co
The Maple 8’s Canadian pledges may do little for startups and scaleups - The Logic
Canada’s major pension funds will invest billions of extra dollars in domestic assets. Some worry the country’s innovation economy could miss out.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026
awoke this morning with a Vision
that diagram showing  the SUV blind spot in the front but it's lowly worm driving his little applemobile
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Seems like she's founder & CEO of a company called "ONWARD" whose only product is selling Maryam Monsef: www.maryammonsef.com
maryammonsef.com
ONWARD With Maryam
Maryam Monsef is the Founder and CEO of ONWARD. She is a globally recognized feminist, leader, and changemaker. This Afghan-Canadian activist rose from refugee, to community-organizer, to Cabinet Mini...
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Seems like a bad business, on track to be a really big bad business.
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The Boyfriend” episode of Seinfeld (aka the Keith Hernandez spitting episode) is closer in time to the Kennedy assassination than it is to today.
Scene from Seinfeld. Keith Hernandez walks by Newman and Kramer moments before Kramer is spit on. A “second spitter” lurks in the bushes in the background.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Mark Carney revoke Drake's passport while he's out of the country.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
This is the worst thing I've ever seen and the worst thing I've ever heard. youtu.be/cGcrWHQw-j8?...
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Drake x Don toliver x Ella langley - Choosin’ Texas Remix (Full Video)
YouTube video by Harshiv Naik
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/09/2026
The red flags were there for a long, long time, but the way Jesse's really tore it up in the past few years is something else.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/09/2026
Hoo boy
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/09/2026
This tracks, honestly.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/09/2026
Everyone has preferences. Some people (49.8 of AB voters!) preferred permanent DST. Perhaps the number would've been higher if permanent standard time was on the menu instead. But I think the only fair way to post the question is to give people all reasonable options, not just your preferred one.
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