James McLeod
@jamespmcleod.ca
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.
Former journalist. Artist. Writer. Comms guy.
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James McLeod
@jamespmcleod.ca
· Oct 18
imo you can't train an AI to have a long dark night of the soul
"problematic" fell victim to this too
Has “performative” become the new “liminal” in that it’s a term that is very useful but its misuse on social media is rendering it difficult to use
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"problematic" fell victim to this too
It absolutely rules that Joyce Carol Oates was like "Elon Musk has never watched a movie, never read a book, never grieved the loss of a friend or celebrated the success of somebody he loves..."
And Musk's reaction is "Actually, I've loved some movies."
And Musk's reaction is "Actually, I've loved some movies."
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It absolutely rules that Joyce Carol Oates was like "Elon Musk has never watched a movie, never read a book, never grieved the loss of a friend or celebrated the success of somebody he loves..."
And Musk's reaction is "Actually, I've loved some movies."
And Musk's reaction is "Actually, I've loved some movies."
Man, this is really dark.
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Man, this is really dark.
Maybe it's the Heritage Minute that convinced a generation of Canadians to fear the smell of burnt toast, because it (falsely) led us to believe that it might be a sign of an impending seizure...? www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUOG...
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Maybe it's the Heritage Minute that convinced a generation of Canadians to fear the smell of burnt toast, because it (falsely) led us to believe that it might be a sign of an impending seizure...? www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUOG...
It's gotta be the house hippo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi...
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It's gotta be the house hippo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi...
Curse of Politics has easily the most obnoxious ads of any podcast I've ever listened to.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Curse of Politics has easily the most obnoxious ads of any podcast I've ever listened to.
If you're making single-pitch wagers you're fucked.
Following this weekend’s indictments of Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, MLB has announced that, in collaboration with major sports books, single pitch wagers are being capped at $200 and excluded from all parlays:
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If you're making single-pitch wagers you're fucked.
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I wrote about this too. Why isn’t Ontario hitting the barricades in rage? We’ve so little lake access. Entirely privatized shorelines. You could give the province away to oligarchs & people would be meh. Thx to Fatima for calling this early on.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I wrote about this too. Why isn’t Ontario hitting the barricades in rage? We’ve so little lake access. Entirely privatized shorelines. You could give the province away to oligarchs & people would be meh. Thx to Fatima for calling this early on.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Being single and living alone is really great if you like eating the same thing for three or four days in a row.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Being single and living alone is really great if you like eating the same thing for three or four days in a row.
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Thrilled to be joining @ijbstories.bsky.social. Investigative journalism, active journalism, is more important than ever. Cannot wait to make some trouble with this small, mighty team.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thrilled to be joining @ijbstories.bsky.social. Investigative journalism, active journalism, is more important than ever. Cannot wait to make some trouble with this small, mighty team.
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![Protein bar (brick of parmesan) [someone holding up a piece of cheese in their car while driving.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreiflefdnvvmndzov2ue6zk3ld7uaky4kapxaablvl2eymzpbrssgru@jpeg)
If you delete a post after less than 60 seconds, legally it never happened.
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If you delete a post after less than 60 seconds, legally it never happened.
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3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
Do you ever think about how no previous generation in human history devoted as much attention to following and commenting on the minute-by-minute news of the world?
What if we're not actually accomplishing anything by engaging with this kind of granular detail? What if it's making is angry and sad?
What if we're not actually accomplishing anything by engaging with this kind of granular detail? What if it's making is angry and sad?
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Do you ever think about how no previous generation in human history devoted as much attention to following and commenting on the minute-by-minute news of the world?
What if we're not actually accomplishing anything by engaging with this kind of granular detail? What if it's making is angry and sad?
What if we're not actually accomplishing anything by engaging with this kind of granular detail? What if it's making is angry and sad?
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Bluesky should do polls.
Twitter polls were fun.
Twitter polls were fun.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Bluesky should do polls.
Twitter polls were fun.
Twitter polls were fun.
The problem is not primarily about the technology, exactly.
The problem is about the darkness in people's souls, and how they are choosing to use the technology as a result.
This is a much more difficult problem to solve.
The problem is about the darkness in people's souls, and how they are choosing to use the technology as a result.
This is a much more difficult problem to solve.
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The problem is not primarily about the technology, exactly.
The problem is about the darkness in people's souls, and how they are choosing to use the technology as a result.
This is a much more difficult problem to solve.
The problem is about the darkness in people's souls, and how they are choosing to use the technology as a result.
This is a much more difficult problem to solve.
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it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
The American voters were pretty dumb on this one!
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The American voters were pretty dumb on this one!
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Glad I went out for a walk through the city tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Glad I went out for a walk through the city tonight.
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I understand the reaction. But this question is, in fact, good!
Obviously you can take issue with why the Times is covering an illegitimate smear campaign against a children's entertainer in the first place. But as long as the story is running, actually putting every claim to her is good!
Obviously you can take issue with why the Times is covering an illegitimate smear campaign against a children's entertainer in the first place. But as long as the story is running, actually putting every claim to her is good!
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I understand the reaction. But this question is, in fact, good!
Obviously you can take issue with why the Times is covering an illegitimate smear campaign against a children's entertainer in the first place. But as long as the story is running, actually putting every claim to her is good!
Obviously you can take issue with why the Times is covering an illegitimate smear campaign against a children's entertainer in the first place. But as long as the story is running, actually putting every claim to her is good!
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LEVI'S - THE STRANGER (1971): This psychedelic Levi jeans advert is a beautifully animated work of art (rotoscoping in action!). Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the cool voiceover.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
LEVI'S - THE STRANGER (1971): This psychedelic Levi jeans advert is a beautifully animated work of art (rotoscoping in action!). Spoken word jazz legend Ken Nordine provides the cool voiceover.
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1. Tucker Carlson is mainstreaming white supremacy, hosting Nick Fuentes — a white nationalist who praises Hitler — for a fawning 2-hour interview
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1. Tucker Carlson is mainstreaming white supremacy, hosting Nick Fuentes — a white nationalist who praises Hitler — for a fawning 2-hour interview
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
These companies are sponsoring Carlson's show:
Rocket Money
Eight Sleep
Beam
What really feels bleak to me is when I try to imagine what it'll take for a large majority of people to demand a serious reckoning with the fact that we're on a very bad path, and we have been for quite a while.
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What really feels bleak to me is when I try to imagine what it'll take for a large majority of people to demand a serious reckoning with the fact that we're on a very bad path, and we have been for quite a while.