Malcolm MacMahon
@amacmahon.bsky.social
Writer, public employee, cyclist
Chotiner: So you ate the plums?
Interviewee: Yeah, they were delicious.
Chotiner: The ones in the icebox?
Interviewee: Yeah, they were so sweet and so cold.
Chotiner: And to be clear - it was YOU that was saving them for breakfast?
Interviewee: Wait, wait, hold on -
Interviewee: Yeah, they were delicious.
Chotiner: The ones in the icebox?
Interviewee: Yeah, they were so sweet and so cold.
Chotiner: And to be clear - it was YOU that was saving them for breakfast?
Interviewee: Wait, wait, hold on -
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Chotiner: So you ate the plums?
Interviewee: Yeah, they were delicious.
Chotiner: The ones in the icebox?
Interviewee: Yeah, they were so sweet and so cold.
Chotiner: And to be clear - it was YOU that was saving them for breakfast?
Interviewee: Wait, wait, hold on -
Interviewee: Yeah, they were delicious.
Chotiner: The ones in the icebox?
Interviewee: Yeah, they were so sweet and so cold.
Chotiner: And to be clear - it was YOU that was saving them for breakfast?
Interviewee: Wait, wait, hold on -
Some pundits find it odd that Heather McPherson has a full back tattoo of Gerry Adams, but most Edmonton women go through a Provisional IRA phase before reverting to electoralism, and it's distracting from the real issues in this NDP leadership race.
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Some pundits find it odd that Heather McPherson has a full back tattoo of Gerry Adams, but most Edmonton women go through a Provisional IRA phase before reverting to electoralism, and it's distracting from the real issues in this NDP leadership race.
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I firmly believe that there should be a Year Without Shakespeare in which every Shakespeare play in every theater's calendar is replaced by new work from a local playwright. I think that would be good for both theater and society.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I firmly believe that there should be a Year Without Shakespeare in which every Shakespeare play in every theater's calendar is replaced by new work from a local playwright. I think that would be good for both theater and society.
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FIRST WITCH
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
FOURTH WITCH WHO HAS IBS
(guts loudly grumbling, doubled over and holding stomach)
Hi, Macbeth.
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
FOURTH WITCH WHO HAS IBS
(guts loudly grumbling, doubled over and holding stomach)
Hi, Macbeth.
September 28, 2024 at 11:21 PM
FIRST WITCH
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
FOURTH WITCH WHO HAS IBS
(guts loudly grumbling, doubled over and holding stomach)
Hi, Macbeth.
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis!
SECOND WITCH
All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!
THIRD WITCH
All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!
FOURTH WITCH WHO HAS IBS
(guts loudly grumbling, doubled over and holding stomach)
Hi, Macbeth.
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Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Isaac Chotiner has invited me to sample some delicious Amontillado wine and I don’t know guys but I think I’m going to come out of this interview seeming like *quite* the wine expert
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In many ways, Donald Duck is Mickey Mouse's Vegeta
June 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In many ways, Donald Duck is Mickey Mouse's Vegeta
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you guys are being very cynical about this but the real explanation is that bears and Bigfoot are buddies. They like to hang out and do stuff together
Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations arstechnica.com?p=1997521
Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations
The big conclusion: "If bigfoot is there, it could be a bear."
arstechnica.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:11 AM
you guys are being very cynical about this but the real explanation is that bears and Bigfoot are buddies. They like to hang out and do stuff together
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Oh wrestling is fake?
Then explain this
Then explain this
May 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Oh wrestling is fake?
Then explain this
Then explain this
JK Rowling police officer ass name.
April 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
JK Rowling police officer ass name.
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It's time to talk about the misuse of the development review pipeline. This isn't a criticism of Matt's article, which makes use of a resource that the City provides and also highlights some of the councillors mis-using the pipeline to avoid doing more on housing. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Why so much Toronto home construction is going nowhere — and what to do about it
City hall has already tried to reduce the upfront financial cost new projects face, but it needs help from Queen’s Park and Ottawa.
www.thestar.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's time to talk about the misuse of the development review pipeline. This isn't a criticism of Matt's article, which makes use of a resource that the City provides and also highlights some of the councillors mis-using the pipeline to avoid doing more on housing. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Logging on to FanDuel to make a two way parlay on the Liberal Party of Canada winning the next election, and the Washington Generals finally beating the Harlem Globetrotters.
December 14, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Logging on to FanDuel to make a two way parlay on the Liberal Party of Canada winning the next election, and the Washington Generals finally beating the Harlem Globetrotters.
Seems like a bad business model to open a lakefront span without billions of dollars of public money. Hope it works out for them.
www.blogto.com/travel/2024/...
www.blogto.com/travel/2024/...
Ontario's first-ever lakefront Nordic spa is opening this winter
If you're looking for ways to unwind in the new year, you'll be pleased to hear that Ontario's inaugural lakefront Nordic spa is about to open very s…
www.blogto.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Seems like a bad business model to open a lakefront span without billions of dollars of public money. Hope it works out for them.
www.blogto.com/travel/2024/...
www.blogto.com/travel/2024/...
On the same day The Star runs an op-ed from Brian Mulroney's old advisor who tortured the facts so much he's being condemned by the UN.
NEW: CycleToronto and other citizens have launched a Charter challenge of the Ford government's law to remove bike lanes. CT's executive director is not present at the Queen's Park announcement because... he was doored on Monday in a painted bike lane and is hospitalized.
December 11, 2024 at 2:11 PM
On the same day The Star runs an op-ed from Brian Mulroney's old advisor who tortured the facts so much he's being condemned by the UN.
I agree with him so much, I call him Willem Dafriend.
Willem Dafoe speaking truth in this interview with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/will...
December 6, 2024 at 8:08 PM
I agree with him so much, I call him Willem Dafriend.
"The English worker hates the Irish worker as a competitor who lowers his standard of life. This antagonism is artificially kept alive by...all the means at the disposal of the ruling classes." -Marx
This fascinating study would explain why people “vote against their own economic interests”.
One thing I keep hearing is that ppl who voted R in this (and other recent) US election(s) will come to regret it when their SS, medicare, other state assistance goes away.
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One thing I keep hearing is that ppl who voted R in this (and other recent) US election(s) will come to regret it when their SS, medicare, other state assistance goes away.
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New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
December 6, 2024 at 1:06 PM
"The English worker hates the Irish worker as a competitor who lowers his standard of life. This antagonism is artificially kept alive by...all the means at the disposal of the ruling classes." -Marx
Incredible work, a problem across the anglosphere. Happy to see the research in a Canada specific context. Obviously unhappy to see the problems.
NEW PUBLICATION: “Understanding the Drivers of Transit Construction Costs in Canada”
The first from me, Balthazar Crane, @chittimarco.bsky.social, and Amer Shalaby.
So why are transit projects so expensive in Canada? Here’s what we found: 1/🧵
stateofcitiessummit.ca/files/041224...
The first from me, Balthazar Crane, @chittimarco.bsky.social, and Amer Shalaby.
So why are transit projects so expensive in Canada? Here’s what we found: 1/🧵
stateofcitiessummit.ca/files/041224...
December 6, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Incredible work, a problem across the anglosphere. Happy to see the research in a Canada specific context. Obviously unhappy to see the problems.
One of those weird ways Canada is "ahead" of the States is that the last time conservatives were in power, they killed the census!
obviously a localized personal example but US statistical agencies have steadily only gotten better at their jobs over time, meanwhile trust in them have faltered because sitting US senators weren’t calling normal annual jobs revisions government propaganda in 1992
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM
One of those weird ways Canada is "ahead" of the States is that the last time conservatives were in power, they killed the census!
Me, brewing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, not sleeping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, not sleeping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
have you guys tried this, coffee in the afternoon? game changer
second pot of coffee in the afternoon kind of day
December 2, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Me, brewing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, not sleeping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, not sleeping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
My "organized crime group that doesn't kill people at boxing weigh-in's" T-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.
November 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
My "organized crime group that doesn't kill people at boxing weigh-in's" T-shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.
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[PITCH MEETING]
FILM EXEC: listen up jerks. our industry is in shambles. i’m looking for one great idea. something to inspire audiences, leave them in tears of rapture
ME: (hand shoots up in excitement)
EXEC: something other than ‘the brothers karamazov but with full penetration’
ME: (lowers hand)
FILM EXEC: listen up jerks. our industry is in shambles. i’m looking for one great idea. something to inspire audiences, leave them in tears of rapture
ME: (hand shoots up in excitement)
EXEC: something other than ‘the brothers karamazov but with full penetration’
ME: (lowers hand)
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
[PITCH MEETING]
FILM EXEC: listen up jerks. our industry is in shambles. i’m looking for one great idea. something to inspire audiences, leave them in tears of rapture
ME: (hand shoots up in excitement)
EXEC: something other than ‘the brothers karamazov but with full penetration’
ME: (lowers hand)
FILM EXEC: listen up jerks. our industry is in shambles. i’m looking for one great idea. something to inspire audiences, leave them in tears of rapture
ME: (hand shoots up in excitement)
EXEC: something other than ‘the brothers karamazov but with full penetration’
ME: (lowers hand)
Me when I learn there's an essay due in twenty minutes and I don't know what course I'm in:
Michaels was asked about the boycott by the Canadian Press over the weekend:
November 19, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Me when I learn there's an essay due in twenty minutes and I don't know what course I'm in:
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Fun medieval fact! The term 'Reply Guy' actually takes its name from Guy de Réplaille, a 12th-century abbot known for his prolific but inconsequential letters to multiple noblewomen
November 17, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Fun medieval fact! The term 'Reply Guy' actually takes its name from Guy de Réplaille, a 12th-century abbot known for his prolific but inconsequential letters to multiple noblewomen
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highway jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive? you may be entitled to compensation
November 16, 2024 at 8:54 PM
highway jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive? you may be entitled to compensation