Jonathan Leggo
@jjleggo.bsky.social
Editor (course materials and board games), spec fic reader, former biologist (botany and entomology), geek. Settler from Gespeg (Gaspé), now in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). He/they
Some graffiti I saw in France last year:
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some graffiti I saw in France last year:
I first saw George Elliot Clarke speak at Laurentian U in 2002, where he said something that’s always stuck with me: “you can’t just read poetry in a boring monotone; you have sing it, preach it!”
Seeing him at the Parkland Conference this weekend, I’m glad to see that his fire hasn’t diminished.
Seeing him at the Parkland Conference this weekend, I’m glad to see that his fire hasn’t diminished.
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I first saw George Elliot Clarke speak at Laurentian U in 2002, where he said something that’s always stuck with me: “you can’t just read poetry in a boring monotone; you have sing it, preach it!”
Seeing him at the Parkland Conference this weekend, I’m glad to see that his fire hasn’t diminished.
Seeing him at the Parkland Conference this weekend, I’m glad to see that his fire hasn’t diminished.
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born
September 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born
Oh shoot, I almost forgot -- today is Bilbo's and Frodo's birthdays! Happy Hobbit Day everyone!
September 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Oh shoot, I almost forgot -- today is Bilbo's and Frodo's birthdays! Happy Hobbit Day everyone!
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I'm finally taking a Plain Language course and I came across a familiar name...
I'm finally taking a Plain Language course and I came across a familiar name...
September 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@ivacheung.com
I'm finally taking a Plain Language course and I came across a familiar name...
I'm finally taking a Plain Language course and I came across a familiar name...
I wonder if this is what the old D&D rust monsters were based on (the look, I mean; not the creature itself)
forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rust_mo...
forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rust_mo...
September 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I wonder if this is what the old D&D rust monsters were based on (the look, I mean; not the creature itself)
forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rust_mo...
forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rust_mo...
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
September 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
Okay, hear me out: a Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor
August 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Okay, hear me out: a Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor
At long last, all of the Brother Cadfael books are mine!
I suppose I should read them now…
(I will also try not to think about the two of them from Mysterious Press, and so have the wrong covers…)
I suppose I should read them now…
(I will also try not to think about the two of them from Mysterious Press, and so have the wrong covers…)
August 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
At long last, all of the Brother Cadfael books are mine!
I suppose I should read them now…
(I will also try not to think about the two of them from Mysterious Press, and so have the wrong covers…)
I suppose I should read them now…
(I will also try not to think about the two of them from Mysterious Press, and so have the wrong covers…)
Picked some Saskatoon berries over the weekend (2kg just from what’s hanging over the fence!)
Now waiting for it to cool…
Now waiting for it to cool…
July 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Picked some Saskatoon berries over the weekend (2kg just from what’s hanging over the fence!)
Now waiting for it to cool…
Now waiting for it to cool…
We had “Pogo” as kids a few times — I did not know these were “corn dogs” until much later (pretty sure we just called them pogos)
July 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We had “Pogo” as kids a few times — I did not know these were “corn dogs” until much later (pretty sure we just called them pogos)
About once per year, a pileated woodpecker tries to break into our bird feeder. About 6 feet behind it is a peanut feeder *specifically for woodpeckers* that it has yet to notice.
July 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
About once per year, a pileated woodpecker tries to break into our bird feeder. About 6 feet behind it is a peanut feeder *specifically for woodpeckers* that it has yet to notice.
June 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Lyon also had some cool 8-bit art on the streets made from tiles
June 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Lyon also had some cool 8-bit art on the streets made from tiles
Also some other fun things
June 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Also some other fun things
I was recently in Grenoble, France, and saw a bunch of interesting pro-Palestine graffiti, including on the side of the Bastille!
June 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I was recently in Grenoble, France, and saw a bunch of interesting pro-Palestine graffiti, including on the side of the Bastille!
I dunno, wouldn't a good workplace would have a more solid foundation?
June 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I dunno, wouldn't a good workplace would have a more solid foundation?
As an em-dash enthusiast, I wholly object to this characterization.
June 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As an em-dash enthusiast, I wholly object to this characterization.
Early summer "snow" in Edmonton
June 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Early summer "snow" in Edmonton
Edgar turned 5 today.
I dunno how he still responds to that name, since we call him:
Bobedgar
Bobe
Bob
Dawg
SillyLittleDoggie
Pooch
I dunno how he still responds to that name, since we call him:
Bobedgar
Bobe
Bob
Dawg
SillyLittleDoggie
Pooch
April 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Edgar turned 5 today.
I dunno how he still responds to that name, since we call him:
Bobedgar
Bobe
Bob
Dawg
SillyLittleDoggie
Pooch
I dunno how he still responds to that name, since we call him:
Bobedgar
Bobe
Bob
Dawg
SillyLittleDoggie
Pooch
February 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM