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.
Pinned
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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January 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 9:19 AM
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
"Everything costs more because the algorithm says so"
@vassb.bsky.social is really on one about personalized pricing. And she's right. It's predatory, and it makes it more difficult for us all to navigate the world.
It should be illegal.
thewalrus.ca/everything-c...
@vassb.bsky.social is really on one about personalized pricing. And she's right. It's predatory, and it makes it more difficult for us all to navigate the world.
It should be illegal.
thewalrus.ca/everything-c...
Everything Costs More Because the Algorithm Says So | The Walrus
Tariffs and inflation dominate headlines, but personalized pricing is the real affordability crisis
thewalrus.ca
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"Everything costs more because the algorithm says so"
@vassb.bsky.social is really on one about personalized pricing. And she's right. It's predatory, and it makes it more difficult for us all to navigate the world.
It should be illegal.
thewalrus.ca/everything-c...
@vassb.bsky.social is really on one about personalized pricing. And she's right. It's predatory, and it makes it more difficult for us all to navigate the world.
It should be illegal.
thewalrus.ca/everything-c...
Listen: I don't really care about the judgement of a bunch of hicks who find driving on the 401 scary.
Going to be one of those days where Torontonians struggle to deal with a modest snowstorm and the rest of the country snickers
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Listen: I don't really care about the judgement of a bunch of hicks who find driving on the 401 scary.
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This guy disabled replies and quotes so I'll handle it this way. To repeat a point I hinted at days ago, one reason Mamdani can act quickly is because New York has (a) a single-tier city-county govt and (b) a highly centralized strong Mayor system. The majority of North American cities have neither.
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This guy disabled replies and quotes so I'll handle it this way. To repeat a point I hinted at days ago, one reason Mamdani can act quickly is because New York has (a) a single-tier city-county govt and (b) a highly centralized strong Mayor system. The majority of North American cities have neither.
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I'm looking to speak with people who are or recently have been job hunting for tech jobs in Canada for a story I am working on. I'm keen to hear about your experience with the current state of the tech job market.
Feel free to drop into my DMs.
Feel free to drop into my DMs.
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I'm looking to speak with people who are or recently have been job hunting for tech jobs in Canada for a story I am working on. I'm keen to hear about your experience with the current state of the tech job market.
Feel free to drop into my DMs.
Feel free to drop into my DMs.
Powerful USSR energy here.
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Powerful USSR energy here.
Québec really has its own thing going on, at every level.
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Québec really has its own thing going on, at every level.
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We're living in a golden age of non-alcoholic beer.
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
We're living in a golden age of non-alcoholic beer.
We're living in a golden age of non-alcoholic beer.
January 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
We're living in a golden age of non-alcoholic beer.
Finally, a multinational military force that Canada can be an equal partner in.
BREAKING: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Finally, a multinational military force that Canada can be an equal partner in.
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most rooms are situation rooms when you think about it
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
most rooms are situation rooms when you think about it
Somebody will describe their job as "storytelling" and it turns out that they are doing marketing for the Twizzlers corporation.
January 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Somebody will describe their job as "storytelling" and it turns out that they are doing marketing for the Twizzlers corporation.
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The President telling a prime time network news host effectively "I got you this job" is not something you see every day.
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The President telling a prime time network news host effectively "I got you this job" is not something you see every day.
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Exactly this. We already have plenty of evidence against Trump personally! I'm sure there are horrors in the files, and he's clearly annoyed by it, but in the meantime he is executing his plan. People held up signs saying "mass deportations" and now we see the mass deportations. It was not a secret.
One of the things that gets me about them people who are like “they are ending the constitution to distract from the Epstein files, don’t fall for it” is that nobody in power cares about little girls.
January 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Exactly this. We already have plenty of evidence against Trump personally! I'm sure there are horrors in the files, and he's clearly annoyed by it, but in the meantime he is executing his plan. People held up signs saying "mass deportations" and now we see the mass deportations. It was not a secret.
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I can’t believe they did we hear for you irl
Been reading this over and over and can't for the life of me understand what he's even trying to say. This is a lot of words to say... nothing.
January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I can’t believe they did we hear for you irl
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lol
"We saw Charlie Kirk catch 8 receptions for 144 yards…I apologize. Oh my God. Christian Kirk" – Stephen A. Smith
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
lol
Pretty damming indictment of the hollowness of Scott Adams' work that this post has to use another, better artist's work to try to create any kind of emotional resonance.
And it still doesn't really make you feel anything.
And it still doesn't really make you feel anything.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Pretty damming indictment of the hollowness of Scott Adams' work that this post has to use another, better artist's work to try to create any kind of emotional resonance.
And it still doesn't really make you feel anything.
And it still doesn't really make you feel anything.
Is there a number of words where we can definitively say that a sentence is too long?
If a sentence is longer than 45 words long, is that a summary conviction of a language crime? Longer than 40 words?
(Setting aside certain literary writing that intentionally breaks the rules for effect.)
If a sentence is longer than 45 words long, is that a summary conviction of a language crime? Longer than 40 words?
(Setting aside certain literary writing that intentionally breaks the rules for effect.)
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Is there a number of words where we can definitively say that a sentence is too long?
If a sentence is longer than 45 words long, is that a summary conviction of a language crime? Longer than 40 words?
(Setting aside certain literary writing that intentionally breaks the rules for effect.)
If a sentence is longer than 45 words long, is that a summary conviction of a language crime? Longer than 40 words?
(Setting aside certain literary writing that intentionally breaks the rules for effect.)
God damn physiotherapy.
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
God damn physiotherapy.
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Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
Good stuff from Hank Green. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FySt...
Truth
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Good stuff from Hank Green. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FySt...
Hey, anybody I know on here have experience with nonfiction book editing and/or ghostwriting?
Looking to help out a friend find some info for an interesting project. Could turn into a good gig for a freelancer.
I'm sure there are some people in my orbit on here who work in that space.
Looking to help out a friend find some info for an interesting project. Could turn into a good gig for a freelancer.
I'm sure there are some people in my orbit on here who work in that space.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hey, anybody I know on here have experience with nonfiction book editing and/or ghostwriting?
Looking to help out a friend find some info for an interesting project. Could turn into a good gig for a freelancer.
I'm sure there are some people in my orbit on here who work in that space.
Looking to help out a friend find some info for an interesting project. Could turn into a good gig for a freelancer.
I'm sure there are some people in my orbit on here who work in that space.
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Scott Adams was a bad person with bad ideas, but he also inadvertently gave us one of the best tweets of the AI era.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Scott Adams was a bad person with bad ideas, but he also inadvertently gave us one of the best tweets of the AI era.
"China’s commerce ministry did not immediately reply to a fax seeking comment."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"China’s commerce ministry did not immediately reply to a fax seeking comment."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...