Leo Macneil
@lionface.bsky.social
Real person. Hyperallergenic. Enchanting IRL, probably not an interesting follow. Inspired by breathing. 🇨🇦
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
Surprisingly relevant to several of my interests. (Among other things, in the late 80s I was in a production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, which the movie is based on)
An appreciation thread for the many glorious 80s sweaters in the 1986 film "About Last Night" starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Perkins and Jim Belushi. 🧵
Kicking off the cozy with Demi's long layered-look fair isle V-neck, in soft shades of gray.
Kicking off the cozy with Demi's long layered-look fair isle V-neck, in soft shades of gray.
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Surprisingly relevant to several of my interests. (Among other things, in the late 80s I was in a production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, which the movie is based on)
…closer…
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigns from Conservative caucus to join the Liberals | CBC News
Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigned from the Conservative caucus Tuesday — and he's joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
…closer…
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Yikes
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Yikes
The kids cleaned us out this year — a first! Good stuff, lots of kids should be out for Halloween, but I wonder why the difference?
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The kids cleaned us out this year — a first! Good stuff, lots of kids should be out for Halloween, but I wonder why the difference?
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Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
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This isn’t a consumer boycott, where a business wants to get as menu consumers as possible and will pay attention to your demands if you hold back.
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This isn’t a consumer boycott, where a business wants to get as menu consumers as possible and will pay attention to your demands if you hold back.
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
Sobering. Gift link.
‘America is in a winner-takes-all game show in which Trump is both the host and the main contestant. There will be one winner. Bannon told me that “the train has left the station and it is not slowing down”. More Kirk-style assassinations are tragically likely, he predicts.’
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Sobering. Gift link.
The Bluesky Discover feed served me gay erotica this morning. This site really is ready to join the next level of social media, up there with the rest of them.
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Bluesky Discover feed served me gay erotica this morning. This site really is ready to join the next level of social media, up there with the rest of them.
Gift link. I do hope the opportunity to strengthen the cultural sector is taken
October 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Gift link. I do hope the opportunity to strengthen the cultural sector is taken
Happy Canadian Library Workers Day!
Canadian Library Workers Day 2025 librarianship.ca/blog/canadia...
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy Canadian Library Workers Day!
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Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
Here’s What Your Browser is Telling Everyone About You
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
wrd.cm
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”
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October 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.”
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Good writing (no surprise. Read the whole thing) “…a company can still act like West Mabou is a cake that just came out of the oven for them. Like it's just been sitting there waiting for them all this time… But no… It feels magical, because it has been protected…”
I have letter to the editor this week in our local paper.
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...
Our community is, once again, facing a developer who wants to turn public, protected coastal land into a golf course. We've been here before. This time, it's shadier. And God knows it was shady last time. www.invernessoran.ca/top-story/co...
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Good writing (no surprise. Read the whole thing) “…a company can still act like West Mabou is a cake that just came out of the oven for them. Like it's just been sitting there waiting for them all this time… But no… It feels magical, because it has been protected…”
oh yeah well could AI do THIS *misspells recommended three times in a row*
oh yeah well could AI do THIS *loses the pencil I was just holding for the 25th time today*
oh yeah well could AI do THIS *falls over putting trousers on, bangs head while getting up*
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
oh yeah well could AI do THIS *misspells recommended three times in a row*
“The survey showed 75 per cent of women admitted to delaying or avoiding care altogether amid an internal conflict when seeking care that they will be judged, dismissed or labelled as “difficult.””
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News
The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.
www.cbc.ca
October 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“The survey showed 75 per cent of women admitted to delaying or avoiding care altogether amid an internal conflict when seeking care that they will be judged, dismissed or labelled as “difficult.””
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“I don’t expect to be treated like a fool no more / I don’t expect to sleep through the night”
I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.
Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?
Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?
October 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“I don’t expect to be treated like a fool no more / I don’t expect to sleep through the night”
Tuned in to Info AM just in time to catch The Spirit of Radio #winning @jeannearmstrong.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Tuned in to Info AM just in time to catch The Spirit of Radio #winning @jeannearmstrong.bsky.social
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this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square
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Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.
What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.
What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.
Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy
Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors
climatecommunication.yale.edu
October 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.
What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.
What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.
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The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,
Like… it's kind of right there, no?
October 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,
…look at those tech companies…
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
…look at those tech companies…