Darlene McLeod
@darlenemcleod.bsky.social
uOttawa PhD student specializing in ritual studies; researching ritual in Christo-fascism in Canada and abroad; if I pin you, it's probably research; granola aficionado; bike commuter; 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally; probably posting with a dog in my lap; frequently swearing 🇨🇦
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"And the devil said to him, ‘To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.’" - Luke 4:6-7
And a majority of America bent the knee to the devil.
And a majority of America bent the knee to the devil.
Wanna get to the Island from St-Lambert? Wanna do it quickly and without futsing with parking? Choo-choo, friend: choo-freaking-choo!!
#Montreal 's just leap-frogged other cities in North America by opening the REM.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
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Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Wanna get to the Island from St-Lambert? Wanna do it quickly and without futsing with parking? Choo-choo, friend: choo-freaking-choo!!
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someone the other day tried to tell me that I'm obviously a millionaire
from a bird cartoon
from a bird cartoon
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
someone the other day tried to tell me that I'm obviously a millionaire
from a bird cartoon
from a bird cartoon
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New ad set to air this weekend in Charlotte and near Palm Beach - “What will you say?” An anti-ice campaign.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New ad set to air this weekend in Charlotte and near Palm Beach - “What will you say?” An anti-ice campaign.
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U HAVE BECOME TOO POWERFUL
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
U HAVE BECOME TOO POWERFUL
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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I posted this headline 2 days ago. My news isn’t fake, it’s just early.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I posted this headline 2 days ago. My news isn’t fake, it’s just early.
He's ginning up another reason to attack Canada. Because we do all those things, without apology. And the majority of our voting public is going to keep making sure we do.
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
He's ginning up another reason to attack Canada. Because we do all those things, without apology. And the majority of our voting public is going to keep making sure we do.
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People in pajama pants have shown incredible amount of spine this year
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
People in pajama pants have shown incredible amount of spine this year
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Alt text: Photo of a person in pajamas and slippers rushing an ICE agent. A small crowd is watching.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Alt text: Photo of a person in pajamas and slippers rushing an ICE agent. A small crowd is watching.
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Came across some quality street agitprop today
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Came across some quality street agitprop today
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I’ve known this pain, over and over. Growing up, most people thought I was Jewish and Israeli bc my dad’s from Jerusalem and my last name is Arabic for Solomon. About half the time, there would be an awful moment when the love they had for me turned to loathing bc my dad is Palestinian.
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I’ve known this pain, over and over. Growing up, most people thought I was Jewish and Israeli bc my dad’s from Jerusalem and my last name is Arabic for Solomon. About half the time, there would be an awful moment when the love they had for me turned to loathing bc my dad is Palestinian.
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I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing, yeah we would sled down hills in the winter with whatever we had on hand, toboggans, crazy carpets, tubes 😂 someone always got injured because of jumps on the hills or wipeouts #Canada
Credit to momodoulk
Credit to momodoulk
How is this real? How is this not something from The Beaverton??
Doug Ford's boondoggle in full swing.
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Oversized school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras too big for Ottawa’s street posts
The temporary 12-foot-tall school-zone signs intended to replace photo radar cameras on Ottawa streets will not fit on municipal street poles, according to a councillor.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
How is this real? How is this not something from The Beaverton??
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This is a city on Robo-Taxis. (Don't let it happen to yours.)
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is a city on Robo-Taxis. (Don't let it happen to yours.)
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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I work in the building trades in BC. I work on O&G projects, pipelines, LNG plants, and in refineries. It pays my bills, provides for my family, and allows us to live a decent life.
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life.
And he will lose.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I work in the building trades in BC. I work on O&G projects, pipelines, LNG plants, and in refineries. It pays my bills, provides for my family, and allows us to live a decent life.
Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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Even I don't want another goddamn oil pipeline.
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we're going to win
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
we're going to win
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Pardon me??
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pardon me??
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
Ben Mulroney, host of Global News’ flagship political Sunday show, and prominent journalist Steve Paikin are both in Israel getting a briefing from the Israeli government???
What the absolute fuck, dude.
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A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
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"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.
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Christians I beg you please stop naming your organizations Hebrew words
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Christians I beg you please stop naming your organizations Hebrew words
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
like, you have a whole tradition & language(s) & religious culture that's your own
our traditions broke up a long time ago
you have a lane? This is not it?
and it's v confusing for me personally when I click on stuff, ok
The man effectively behind the measles outbreaks in the US and Canada, whose 'work', arguably, proximally contributed to CV-19 anti-vax protests.
We anxiously await his appointment to a MAHA leadership position in US public health—along with Barney the dinosaur, Kid Rock, the QAnon Shaman guy from January 6th, and Inspector Gadget.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The man effectively behind the measles outbreaks in the US and Canada, whose 'work', arguably, proximally contributed to CV-19 anti-vax protests.
The MAGA administration is like a conglomeration of all of the worst characters you could possibly imagine, distilled down into a dozen or so people. Truly heinous.
“US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning for the military to sever all ties with Scouting America, saying the group once known as the Boy Scouts is no longer a meritocracy and has become an organization designed to ‘attack boy-friendly spaces,’ according to documents reviewed by NPR.”
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The MAGA administration is like a conglomeration of all of the worst characters you could possibly imagine, distilled down into a dozen or so people. Truly heinous.
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a gold trophy with a star on it and a red ribbon around it
ALT: a gold trophy with a star on it and a red ribbon around it
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🏆🏆🏆Calling all Masters and Ph.D. students, you still have time to apply for the 2025 Gorgias Book Grant - your chance to win $500 of our titles! What are you waiting for? #awards #mastersdegree #PhD #phdlife #winbooks www.gorgiaspress.com/awards