James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 4hLots of this felt very much reflective of my own experience. (I've never been to a psychic, but ... y'know ... the feelings.) 040
Reposted by James McLeodLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 7hLot going on here www.azcentral.com/story/news/p... 711360243
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 5hfuck man, I don't need to see this kind of thing during work hours. I don't have time to spiral out. 120
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 5hDo you ever think about how you're almost certainly living somebody else's dream? 310
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7hAs 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... 712244
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 8hImagine 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. 271
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 8hThink 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. 240
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 8hWe 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. 182
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9hEl Nino will probably cause nearly half a million deaths by the end of February. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHuge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by FebruaryNew report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis 044
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9hI don't actually think the fall colours are the most salient issue here...? www.cp24.com/local/toront...cp24.comThe '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. 1143
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9hKinda 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. 040
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9hThe 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. 1164
Reposted by James McLeodJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026People are going to talk about Twitter and Bluesky someday the way they talk about the Stanford prison experiment. 1134
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026"OK here me out. It's not a tuba. It's a sousaphone..." 110
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026People are going to talk about Twitter and Bluesky someday the way they talk about the Stanford prison experiment. 1134
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026Quite the headline, this one: edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/m...edmontonjournal.comVictim in Edmonton Corn Maze stabbing tried to recruit accused to Nazi group, trial hearsThe 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. 041
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026American 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. 072
Reposted by James McLeodThe Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 29/09/2026We'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... 041
Reposted by James McLeodBYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SENATOR: 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. 823146
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026If 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. 2100
Reposted by James McLeodTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They 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. 257349
Reposted by James McLeodTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You 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. 562293
Reposted by James McLeodAdam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Important 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.coThe Maple 8’s Canadian pledges may do little for startups and scaleups - The LogicCanada’s major pension funds will invest billions of extra dollars in domestic assets. Some worry the country’s innovation economy could miss out. 043
Reposted by James McLeodThe Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 29/09/2026This 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.coThe Maple 8’s Canadian pledges may do little for startups and scaleups - The LogicCanada’s major pension funds will invest billions of extra dollars in domestic assets. Some worry the country’s innovation economy could miss out. 071
Reposted by James McLeodmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 29/09/2026awoke this morning with a Vision 4989891652
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026Seems like she's founder & CEO of a company called "ONWARD" whose only product is selling Maryam Monsef: www.maryammonsef.commaryammonsef.comONWARD With MaryamMaryam 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... 010
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026Seems like a bad business, on track to be a really big bad business. 1101
Reposted by James McLeodDaniel 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. 4154
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026Mark Carney revoke Drake's passport while he's out of the country. 050
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026This is the worst thing I've ever seen and the worst thing I've ever heard. youtu.be/cGcrWHQw-j8?...youtu.beDrake x Don toliver x Ella langley - Choosin’ Texas Remix (Full Video)YouTube video by Harshiv Naik 120
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/09/2026The 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. 1100
James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 28/09/2026Everyone 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. 100