Leo Macneil
@lionface.bsky.social
Real person. Hyperallergenic. Enchanting IRL, probably not an interesting follow. Inspired by breathing. 🇨🇦
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“We want other nations to see us as their partner of first choice, and we will (through various means) discourage their collaboration with others,” states the U.S.’s 2025 National Security Strategy (as reported in Toronto Star). #uspoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
Not the 51st state but a vassal state: What Donald Trump’s national security strategy envisions for Canada
Released Thursday, the 2025 National Security Strategy is also a window into the dramatic shift in America’s official world view under Trump.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“We want other nations to see us as their partner of first choice, and we will (through various means) discourage their collaboration with others,” states the U.S.’s 2025 National Security Strategy (as reported in Toronto Star). #uspoli #cdnpoli www.thestar.com/news/world/u...
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Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
Liberal Arts FTW once again
RIP Tom Stoppard
“It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting” the rare literary reference that highlighted the value of election administration
“It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting” the rare literary reference that highlighted the value of election administration
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Liberal Arts FTW once again
What could go wrong
Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago."
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
What could go wrong
I’ve always tried to pay attention to who wrote what I’m reading, but man I’m careful about that these days…
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I’ve always tried to pay attention to who wrote what I’m reading, but man I’m careful about that these days…
Release the Ezra Edelman Prince documentary
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Release the Ezra Edelman Prince documentary
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
I got what I got, the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day
So, honey, but don't you fret
'Cause you ain't seen nothing yet, no
And I'll make it better each and every day
So, honey, but don't you fret
'Cause you ain't seen nothing yet, no
I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"
His last words were
We don't know anything
His fading words were
We don't know anything
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"
His last words were
We don't know anything
His fading words were
We don't know anything
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I got what I got, the hard way
And I'll make it better each and every day
So, honey, but don't you fret
'Cause you ain't seen nothing yet, no
And I'll make it better each and every day
So, honey, but don't you fret
'Cause you ain't seen nothing yet, no
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing!
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason.
Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥
Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️
Surprisingly relevant to several of my interests. (Among other things, in the late 80s I was in a production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, which the movie is based on)
An appreciation thread for the many glorious 80s sweaters in the 1986 film "About Last Night" starring Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Elizabeth Perkins and Jim Belushi. 🧵
Kicking off the cozy with Demi's long layered-look fair isle V-neck, in soft shades of gray.
Kicking off the cozy with Demi's long layered-look fair isle V-neck, in soft shades of gray.
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Surprisingly relevant to several of my interests. (Among other things, in the late 80s I was in a production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago, which the movie is based on)
…closer…
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigns from Conservative caucus to join the Liberals | CBC News
Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigned from the Conservative caucus Tuesday — and he's joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
…closer…
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Yikes
November 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Yikes
The kids cleaned us out this year — a first! Good stuff, lots of kids should be out for Halloween, but I wonder why the difference?
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The kids cleaned us out this year — a first! Good stuff, lots of kids should be out for Halloween, but I wonder why the difference?
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Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another STUNNING image from JWST, this time of the Red Spider Nebula—the vast, wispy, gaseous remains of a now-dead star, the white dwarf core still glowing in the centre.
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This isn’t a consumer boycott, where a business wants to get as menu consumers as possible and will pay attention to your demands if you hold back.
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This isn’t a consumer boycott, where a business wants to get as menu consumers as possible and will pay attention to your demands if you hold back.
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
A politician doesn’t want as many votes as possible. They want 50% of the available votes plus one more. That’s it!
Sobering. Gift link.
‘America is in a winner-takes-all game show in which Trump is both the host and the main contestant. There will be one winner. Bannon told me that “the train has left the station and it is not slowing down”. More Kirk-style assassinations are tragically likely, he predicts.’
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Sobering. Gift link.
The Bluesky Discover feed served me gay erotica this morning. This site really is ready to join the next level of social media, up there with the rest of them.
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Bluesky Discover feed served me gay erotica this morning. This site really is ready to join the next level of social media, up there with the rest of them.
Gift link. I do hope the opportunity to strengthen the cultural sector is taken
October 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Gift link. I do hope the opportunity to strengthen the cultural sector is taken
Happy Canadian Library Workers Day!
Canadian Library Workers Day 2025 librarianship.ca/blog/canadia...
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy Canadian Library Workers Day!
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Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
Here’s What Your Browser is Telling Everyone About You
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.