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Leslea M

@lesleam.bsky.social
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Documentary filmmaker, children’s media producer, animal lover, mother of adult daughters and traveller. Stay curious!

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory self-regulated.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Or… maybe we just have a tendency to anthropomorphise technology. 🤷‍♀️
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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There isn't a shred of hard evidence for any dev team getting 10x, 5x or even just 2x productivity using AI.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
oh hey new toon www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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So much greatness
A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Looks like it’s a cake day. So long, Lindsay.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I love nerds. 😁 He’s right, of course.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We saw an absolutely gorgeous doe and her triplet fawns on today’s walk.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This is an important distinction. AI is good at finding patterns, humans are good at interpreting them.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 25/06/2026
men really are too emotional to be in politics
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Yikes.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Good. This is no different than the “starlight tours” cops used on Indigenous people up here and resulted in the death of Neil Stonechild. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_St...
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Neil Stonechild - Wikipedia
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Joe Perticone @cheetah.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Vatican City has replaced Silicon Valley as ground zero for disruptive thinking.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs | Arwa Mahdawi
Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My little oasis. 😊
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Very good column, worth reading. The fundamental point is very important: we’re going through something right now where, on the other side of it, whatever happens, we can’t be back where we started. The difficulty is convincing enough Americans that this is the case to act accordingly.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I’ve advised Helsinki, Finland a few times in the past, and among the many conversations I’ve had with the Finns, we’ve talked about what it’s like to live right next to an aggressive dictatorship like Russia. I’m not the first one to say it, but Canada needs to be vigorously learning from Finland.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Timeline cleanse! It’s the weekend!
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
To paraphrase the 1998 Supreme Court of Canada reference re: separation - provinces don't "belong" to their residents, they belong to Canada as a whole. Referendums have no legal authority and provincial governments cannot unilaterally act like they own their territory and people. #cdnpoli #ableg
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Looks like an interesting film. Nicely cut trailer, for sure.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Carney needs to read the cute children’s book “If you give a mouse a cookie.” There will always be another ask. Alberta got a pipeline, etc, now they want another one - it’s not going to end there.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.
A powerful narrative portrait of Julie K. Brown, the Miami Herald investigative journalist celebrated for her "Perversion of Justice" series, which exposed the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and led to her 2026 Pulitzer Prize special citation. Brown sits in the heart of a newsroom, leaning forward with her hands clasped over the back of a vibrant lime-green chair. Her expression is steady and resolute, a faint, knowing smile playing on her lips. She has shoulder-length, strawberry-blonde hair and wears a crisp, white short-sleeved linen top. Her look is punctuated by bold, artistic accessories: a long necklace featuring large, multi-colored geometric beads and matching statement earrings. The background is filled with the tools of her trade: Dell computer monitors and large wall-mounted screens displaying blurred news segments, including one featuring her own likeness. The composition is balanced and centered, capturing a mood of quiet authority and tireless determination. This image stands as a tribute to Brown’s historical significance in journalism, marking her as a champion for victims whose reporting forced a global reckoning on power and systemic failure.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
JFC. Regulate it instead, you fucking morons.
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Robert Raymond @robertr369.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Please stop helping us.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It’s a horrific cruelty that such a promising therapy might not be developed because of ideology and politics. 🤬
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [dreamye lute arpeggio] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love
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Ingenia @ingenia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Actual video of @tomflood.bsky.social going for a run after a week off.
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Captain Nemo - Local Hero & Devil-May-Care-Flying-Fool. ✅ @flyingfool.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Face it: 1. Trump could sit at the Resolute Desk stark naked, a pair of dirty underpants on his head and pencils up his nose as he rocks backwards and forwards drooling and repeatedly saying "wibble" and no one would invoke the 25th Amendment. 2. He may already be doing this.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Ridiculous cow.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
scrub harder, lady macbeth
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Me, too, for walking in Winnipeg.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Can’t help thinking that Trump might not be the only mad man in the room.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This strikes me as an incredibly stupid game to play.
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The US will never invoke the 25th Amendment because it would be an admission that they were dumb enough to elect a crazy person. Their collective pride will not allow it. They would rather stubbornly ride his crazy log flume into fiery hell.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🤩🤩🤩
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s two degrees outside, and someone just walked past the house in shorts. #winnipeg
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 01/04/2026
I've seen people trying to defend it today by saying "No, no, I just use it to brainstorm, bounce ideas, I do the actual writing" and with all the kindness in the world I need to tell you: if there is a stage of writing you are not good at, you need to get good, not use the plagiarism machine.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The Alberta politicians that want a referendum on separation from Canada are either separatists, or are willing to play chicken with Canada’s future like the train wrecks in the UK did with the Brexit vote, just to get a “negotiation advantage.” Either way, I literally couldn’t think less of them.
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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026
A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)
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Amanda Main @drmain.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
“Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willnae be fooled again!” Seems appropriate for today. #Discworld #SirPterry #NacMacFeegle #NoKingsDay
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
He just says it out loud… when are they going to declare him mentally incapacitated and intervene???
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
So grateful not to be travelling in the US.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Today in horrifying hobbies… 😬
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JJ DeBenedictis @jjdebenedictis.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This guy is a piece of shit. (i.e. a power-mad Trump wannabe. In fact, he's starting to look a bit orange in the face, isn't he?)
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
If Pollievre is worried about being uninformed on national security matters, gosh, what’s a step he could take to remedy that?
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Totally agree. The stupidity makes it all so much worse.
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Go fuck a couch, JD.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Trump has targeted a country that has no power to resist. If anyone thinks that he isn't willing to do this to Canada, it's time to wake up. The face of pure fucking evil.
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 13/03/2026
Immigration - What The Actual News?
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Leslea M @lesleam.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Holy fuck. 😳
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