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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod.ca

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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.

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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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 4h

When your neighbour at the farm has a honeycrisp apple orchard.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7h

Partially painted with somebody else's baby on my hip.

James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7h

It's been stored behind my couch since the spring. Both of them, actually. You want it?

James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 7h

I paint sometimes.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 9h

The truth is that mostly it's all out of your control.

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 3d

Being trans in 2025

A still of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys looking to the camera, saying "I don't think it's a big deal but according to the police it is"

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

I don't want to stay up late to watch baseball.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

I'd like Detroit to win, because it'll mean no time zone issue with the ALCS.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

The multinational tech giants are not going to be allies in the fight against fascism.

(But if people decide they really want to fight, the corporate giants won't be able to stop them.)

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

Can you imagine how many threads and tiktoks there'd be about Empire Records if it came out today?

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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 1d

Is America feeling safer yet?

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

Canadian Thanksgiving

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

Have you made it out to Cape Spear? Climbing on the WW2 era guns out there is fun.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 1d

That's great, this is how it should be, terrific

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

Why aren’t more women using the deepfake site? 🤔

Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.

Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.

www.businessinsider.com

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

"Generally speaking, if a social platform is a scary place for women … buddy, you're in trouble." www.businessinsider.com/sora-videos-...

Sora 2 is drawing a huge crowd of teenage boys. This doesn't bode well — trust me.

Sora 2 seems to encourage people to make fun of each other. It's also attracting a lot of teenage boys. This could be a nightmare for Sam Altman.

www.businessinsider.com

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

It's always been a problem, but lately I feel like I'm seeing more and more of people engaging with flimsy online content and abandoning critical thinking when it confirms their priors.

James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

The masculine urge to get scammed because you think that you can make money by being smarter than everyone else.

James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

I think that the legalized gambling business is predatory and a catastrophe for society.

But also, the basic character trait of the casual gambler is a kind of pathetic avarice.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

Here's the thing: If watching sports isn't enjoyable on its own, and the way you make it exciting is by having some money riding on it, you're not a real sports fan and you're a loser.

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

somebody should've warned me about all this walking

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

I do love "You dummies aren't actually reading the book" content about Christianity.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

www.americamagazine.org

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