Iain K. MacLeod 🦋
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Iain K. MacLeod 🦋
@iain.ca
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Turns out the killer app for AI might just be making us desperate enough to put down our phones in search of face-to-face contact.
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
🎃 We had 7 trick-or-treaters. 👻
Breakdown:
• 1 infant neighbour (🐝)
• 2 toddler neighbours (🦖💀 & 🐕 Bluey)
• 4 tween girls (of unknown origin)
We were represented by:
• 🎤 Rumi from K-pop Demon Hunters
• 🐻 Paddington Bear
• 🧑🏻✈️ Fighter Pilot
• 👨🏼🎤 Hatsume Miku
• 👾 Stitch
Breakdown:
• 1 infant neighbour (🐝)
• 2 toddler neighbours (🦖💀 & 🐕 Bluey)
• 4 tween girls (of unknown origin)
We were represented by:
• 🎤 Rumi from K-pop Demon Hunters
• 🐻 Paddington Bear
• 🧑🏻✈️ Fighter Pilot
• 👨🏼🎤 Hatsume Miku
• 👾 Stitch
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎃 We had 7 trick-or-treaters. 👻
Breakdown:
• 1 infant neighbour (🐝)
• 2 toddler neighbours (🦖💀 & 🐕 Bluey)
• 4 tween girls (of unknown origin)
We were represented by:
• 🎤 Rumi from K-pop Demon Hunters
• 🐻 Paddington Bear
• 🧑🏻✈️ Fighter Pilot
• 👨🏼🎤 Hatsume Miku
• 👾 Stitch
Breakdown:
• 1 infant neighbour (🐝)
• 2 toddler neighbours (🦖💀 & 🐕 Bluey)
• 4 tween girls (of unknown origin)
We were represented by:
• 🎤 Rumi from K-pop Demon Hunters
• 🐻 Paddington Bear
• 🧑🏻✈️ Fighter Pilot
• 👨🏼🎤 Hatsume Miku
• 👾 Stitch
I'm receiving unsolicited "Tips for safe walking" by email years old.
October 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm receiving unsolicited "Tips for safe walking" by email years old.
Our number one hyper-local issue (even over random golf balls smashing our solar panels, recognizably our first-world problem) is having to walk down (or even up) our own street year-round while cars use it as a secluded speedway. Have a say: engagehalifax.ca/birchwood-an...
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Our number one hyper-local issue (even over random golf balls smashing our solar panels, recognizably our first-world problem) is having to walk down (or even up) our own street year-round while cars use it as a secluded speedway. Have a say: engagehalifax.ca/birchwood-an...
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i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses
Turns out the killer app for AI might just be making us desperate enough to put down our phones in search of face-to-face contact.
October 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Turns out the killer app for AI might just be making us desperate enough to put down our phones in search of face-to-face contact.
The theme is Storytelling and Storytellers (A'tukwemk aq A'tukowinu'k) and celebrates the power of the living records that were shaped by the land and waters around us, communicating a time-honoured connection with science, history, and values. vimeo.com/1121878271
mikmaqhistorymonth.ca
mikmaqhistorymonth.ca
A’tukwemk aq A’tukowinu’k (Storytelling and Storytellers)
We’re proud to share the official poster for Mi’kmaw History Month 2025: A’tukwemk aq A’tukowinu’k – Storytelling and Storytellers. Stories…
vimeo.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The theme is Storytelling and Storytellers (A'tukwemk aq A'tukowinu'k) and celebrates the power of the living records that were shaped by the land and waters around us, communicating a time-honoured connection with science, history, and values. vimeo.com/1121878271
mikmaqhistorymonth.ca
mikmaqhistorymonth.ca
“The site provides up-to-date status reports on each call to action, as well as extensive summaries explaining those status reports. It includes in-depth features and short video documentaries that tell some of the community stories behind the calls to action.” www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
What's your call to action? #Beyond94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“The site provides up-to-date status reports on each call to action, as well as extensive summaries explaining those status reports. It includes in-depth features and short video documentaries that tell some of the community stories behind the calls to action.” www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
The enthusiasm with which I answer scam calls pretending to be Amazon, Bell, Rogers, or the CRA is directly proportional to how many job applications I have out and how likely it is that it’s a school or health admin. (We recently purchased this red rotary phone, but it isn’t plugged in to anything)
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The enthusiasm with which I answer scam calls pretending to be Amazon, Bell, Rogers, or the CRA is directly proportional to how many job applications I have out and how likely it is that it’s a school or health admin. (We recently purchased this red rotary phone, but it isn’t plugged in to anything)
“If a thermos works, the outside wouldn’t be hot.”
from The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department | The New Yorker
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from The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department | The New Yorker
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The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department — The New Yorker
Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.
apple.news
August 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“If a thermos works, the outside wouldn’t be hot.”
from The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department | The New Yorker
apple.news/AQ8aOvuudSvu...
from The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department | The New Yorker
apple.news/AQ8aOvuudSvu...
Is listening to a podcast before they sell the ad space gray-collar crime? Just trying to figure out what I’m getting away with.
June 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Is listening to a podcast before they sell the ad space gray-collar crime? Just trying to figure out what I’m getting away with.
Outside of Russian Roulette, I can’t imagine a game I’d want to play less than Royal Kingdom. Seems great if you’re into leveraging tariffs in the turnip trade, explaining meritocracy to peasants, “making the realm great again,” and going medieval on your enemies while rebooting the constitution.
April 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Outside of Russian Roulette, I can’t imagine a game I’d want to play less than Royal Kingdom. Seems great if you’re into leveraging tariffs in the turnip trade, explaining meritocracy to peasants, “making the realm great again,” and going medieval on your enemies while rebooting the constitution.
I too vastly prefer being tapped on my wrist as an alarm in the morning…but it does involve being more creative about charging opportunities. sixcolors.com/post/2025/04...
Sleeping with the Apple Watch
I never reviewed the Apple Watch Series 10 when it came out, but I got one on day one and have been wearing it faithfully since then. After lingering on a previous model for a few years, the thinne…
sixcolors.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I too vastly prefer being tapped on my wrist as an alarm in the morning…but it does involve being more creative about charging opportunities. sixcolors.com/post/2025/04...
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After Meta blocked news on its platforms in Canada, misleading content from right-wing Facebook pages like Canada Proud has surged ahead of the federal election (New York Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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April 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
After Meta blocked news on its platforms in Canada, misleading content from right-wing Facebook pages like Canada Proud has surged ahead of the federal election (New York Times)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
OH: “Everything’s computer.”
March 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
OH: “Everything’s computer.”
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How’d you expect the dear leader to drink hot liquids like coffee or soups with exploding paper straws?
February 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
How’d you expect the dear leader to drink hot liquids like coffee or soups with exploding paper straws?
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February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
They call them tariffs because they *tear* *rifts* between you and all your friends and family.
February 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
They call them tariffs because they *tear* *rifts* between you and all your friends and family.
I’m sorry, how is Mar-a-Lago not just “working from home”?
January 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I’m sorry, how is Mar-a-Lago not just “working from home”?
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⭐️ It's been a while since I've shared any #new snacks or cereals — but don't worry, I haven't stopped noticing them. Here's a bumper blog post with all the new products I found in 2024!
I hope you enjoy looking at all of this weird stuff as much as I do! (You don't, but.) cabel.com/2025/01/27/t...
I hope you enjoy looking at all of this weird stuff as much as I do! (You don't, but.) cabel.com/2025/01/27/t...
The Snacks & Cereals of 2024
Welcome to 2025. The vibes are a little heavy, so, I’m trying very hard to focus on the things I can control — and yes, that includes remembering to share things that delight me like the late…
cabel.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
⭐️ It's been a while since I've shared any #new snacks or cereals — but don't worry, I haven't stopped noticing them. Here's a bumper blog post with all the new products I found in 2024!
I hope you enjoy looking at all of this weird stuff as much as I do! (You don't, but.) cabel.com/2025/01/27/t...
I hope you enjoy looking at all of this weird stuff as much as I do! (You don't, but.) cabel.com/2025/01/27/t...
Innovative yet lazy knee-jerk approach but is it any worse than the in-your-face dehumanizing disrespect of folding your arms, booing, hurling objects, or arriving late that routinely happens to opening acts? An artist bouncing back from this derision just sets the scene for a biopic in 60 years.
Dora Jar reacts to Gracie Abrams fans petitioning to have her replaced as tour opener
Dora Jar Reacts To Gracie Abrams Fans Petitioning To Have Her Replaced As Tour Opener
On Friday (Jan. 24), Dora Jar announced she will be opening for Gracie Abrams on her upcoming Europe and UK tour. The bedroom-pop musician is not very well known, though she’s opened up for Billie Eil...
www.stereogum.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Innovative yet lazy knee-jerk approach but is it any worse than the in-your-face dehumanizing disrespect of folding your arms, booing, hurling objects, or arriving late that routinely happens to opening acts? An artist bouncing back from this derision just sets the scene for a biopic in 60 years.
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Selecting assassins on a purely merit-based system #executiveorderdraft
January 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Selecting assassins on a purely merit-based system #executiveorderdraft