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
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"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms. What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?"
cheeky little 6pm cortado
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
cheeky little 6pm cortado
The worst part about American Thanksgiving is that it screws with my weekly podcast routine.
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The worst part about American Thanksgiving is that it screws with my weekly podcast routine.
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is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend
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It's flat fuck Friday you fucking losers.
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's flat fuck Friday you fucking losers.
The NDP leadership race has a guy who wears a straw hat everywhere, so that's exciting for anybody who would like a serious alternative to the left of the Liberal Party.
NDP leadership hopefuls confront their French shortcomings in Montreal debate montrealgazette.com/news/ndp-lea...
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The NDP leadership race has a guy who wears a straw hat everywhere, so that's exciting for anybody who would like a serious alternative to the left of the Liberal Party.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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These aren't pedestrians, it shouldn't be legal for them to be on a sidewalk. Governments have got to start cracking down on this stuff. Heavy fines on any company that tries to pull this kind of thing.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
These aren't pedestrians, it shouldn't be legal for them to be on a sidewalk. Governments have got to start cracking down on this stuff. Heavy fines on any company that tries to pull this kind of thing.
One of the most narcissistic and annoying trends in social media is when a news thing happens and people react by saying, "I'm not surprised."
Rather than talking about whatever the news story is, it's a reaction that just immediately makes it about themself and their sense of superiority.
Rather than talking about whatever the news story is, it's a reaction that just immediately makes it about themself and their sense of superiority.
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the most narcissistic and annoying trends in social media is when a news thing happens and people react by saying, "I'm not surprised."
Rather than talking about whatever the news story is, it's a reaction that just immediately makes it about themself and their sense of superiority.
Rather than talking about whatever the news story is, it's a reaction that just immediately makes it about themself and their sense of superiority.
It's flat fuck Friday you fucking losers.
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's flat fuck Friday you fucking losers.
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important update to Ontario's involuntary hospitalization regime:
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
important update to Ontario's involuntary hospitalization regime:
fwiw if I was doing political comms for Steven Guilbault I would've told him, "skip the letter and just post this pic"
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
fwiw if I was doing political comms for Steven Guilbault I would've told him, "skip the letter and just post this pic"
I don't think this is about appeasing Alberta. I think the Alberta MOU part of an ongoing effort to convince Canadians that the prime minister cares about the economy more than anything else.
And if you can pull that off, you actually might pick up seats.
And if you can pull that off, you actually might pick up seats.
Appeasing Alberta is a fool’s gambit. It never pays off.
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I don't think this is about appeasing Alberta. I think the Alberta MOU part of an ongoing effort to convince Canadians that the prime minister cares about the economy more than anything else.
And if you can pull that off, you actually might pick up seats.
And if you can pull that off, you actually might pick up seats.
The most American thing in the world is making their most important holiday basically a celebration of eating a really enormous meal, and scheduling it on a Thursday so that they can leave Friday open for an orgy of consumerism.
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The most American thing in the world is making their most important holiday basically a celebration of eating a really enormous meal, and scheduling it on a Thursday so that they can leave Friday open for an orgy of consumerism.
The most satisfying people to block are the ones who show up in your replies and say something sarcastic and derisive.
You spend 3 seconds trying to think of a response and then you realize that you have the option to simply never spend another shred of cognitive energy on this person ever again.
You spend 3 seconds trying to think of a response and then you realize that you have the option to simply never spend another shred of cognitive energy on this person ever again.
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The most satisfying people to block are the ones who show up in your replies and say something sarcastic and derisive.
You spend 3 seconds trying to think of a response and then you realize that you have the option to simply never spend another shred of cognitive energy on this person ever again.
You spend 3 seconds trying to think of a response and then you realize that you have the option to simply never spend another shred of cognitive energy on this person ever again.
It'll be interesting if Carney gains or loses seats in the next election. Both seem like plausible outcomes to me.
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It'll be interesting if Carney gains or loses seats in the next election. Both seem like plausible outcomes to me.
Sometimes it actually ~does~ hurt to ask.
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sometimes it actually ~does~ hurt to ask.
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Anyway there's an NDP leadership debate tonight and hooboy if there were ever a time for the NDP to offer up some alternatives, this is it
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Anyway there's an NDP leadership debate tonight and hooboy if there were ever a time for the NDP to offer up some alternatives, this is it
Of all the things that you can do for Indigenous people as a minister of the Crown...
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand reproaches Senate foreign affairs committee for not beginning Thursday's hearing with a land acknowledgement.
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Of all the things that you can do for Indigenous people as a minister of the Crown...
Castle Frank Station should have an artist in residence.
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Castle Frank Station should have an artist in residence.
Many worthy contenders, but Yonge and Eglinton has to be the most cursed intersection in Toronto.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Many worthy contenders, but Yonge and Eglinton has to be the most cursed intersection in Toronto.
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the script writers are doing extra this season, using such a small cast of characters to do so much. the naked portrait painter being the same person to secretly record the president? come on bro
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
the script writers are doing extra this season, using such a small cast of characters to do so much. the naked portrait painter being the same person to secretly record the president? come on bro
We are officially one month away from Boxing Day.
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are officially one month away from Boxing Day.