Mike MacLeod
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Mike MacLeod
@mmacleod.ca
Toronto based human.
Reposted by Mike MacLeod
It's hard because the people at MoT are just a bunch of dinosaurs who believe that they know better than the rest of the entire planet.

That's peak Ontario mentality of thinking they are the center of the world when they are just the most provincial of the provinces.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
But not to eat.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Absolutely. They also have relatively smaller breasts and more dark meat typically, which is excellent since the dark meat is better. Why Americans decided to breed them to emphasis the part of the bird they dry out when overcooking them I’ll never understand.
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
There were times when I was in university or just starting my career that I’m sure those dogs ate better than me. I’m don’t have an opinion on whether reincarnation is real, but if it is let me tell you, you could do a lot worse than to be reborn as one of his pups.
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The only downside is it’s hard to get enough juices for gravy. My dad would solve that by roasting a small sacrificial turkey ahead of time to harvest the drippings and provide additional dark meat for the big meal. The sacrificial turkey breast meat would go on hot turkey sandwiches or to the dogs.
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Less for you than your followers: If you *must* do Turkey the trick is to abandon the traditional preparation. Break it into primals ahead of time, roast the carcass for stock, sous vide the breasts, and roast the legs. Flash the breasts under a broiler to crisp the skin just before serving.
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m open to the idea that much of the traditional hospital labour and delivery process was overly medicalized and prioritized the convenience of the (usually) male OBs. But many hospitals have now adopted a lot of the practices from the natural birth movement: birthing pools, doulas, etc.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh, I’m so sorry. We did the at-home thing for our Janet last fall, and I still miss her smug face. And yeah, at-home is absolutely the way to go.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Sir, I was under the impression that keeping Tisch was one of Hochul’s asks for her public support (though I suspect she needed to be seen with Mamdani more than he needed to be seen with her).

Also, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but good on DSA leadership to hold their fire on this.
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Not relevant to the discussion, but why the fuck does Ted Cruz have a beard everywhere but his chin? With the camera reflecting off his oily surface it looks like he has a cyst where his chin should be. Man looks like he should be a top performing post on r/popping.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Not a who. It’s a database. It’s a neat one, in that it’s a “graph” database, and works a bit differently from more common “relational” databases or “key:value” databases, but it’s still a database. And I feel like recommending software is a bit premature.
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Perhaps. But I would be just as outraged if he was 35 and did endurance running in his spare time.
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Emphasizing it was his 95th birthday is a distraction (see how distracted we are?). Speculating about the risk to his life is hyperbole.
Honestly lucky they didn't kill the guy out of sheer negligence

Who the hell interrogates a *95 YEAR OLD* for 4 hours to figure out if they're a security threat?
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I don’t want to harp too much on this, really. We’re in agreement, arguing over phrasing. I wasn’t even gonna remark on this until I saw you push back on someone else, and just wanted to say I saw what they saw.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I don’t know man, how should I interpret this post that makes a big point of pointing out it was his birthday? You literally out it in emphasis.

I agree entirely with the point being made, I just think “on his 95th birthday” could be removed as a distraction.
You absolutely should question if this 4-hour interrogation of an internationally renowned legal expert on his *95TH BIRTHDAY* was politically motivated and an abuse of power

If CBSA refuses to explain itself, it is betraying the public's trust and deserves no benefit of the doubt
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eh, I very mildly agree that this doesn’t need hyperbole. That it was his birthday is a coincidence and not relevant at all to the validity of his interrogation. I also doubt he was in mortal danger.

This is a fucking outrage and as a Canadian I’m horrified. It really doesn’t need to be ginned up.
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I found it disconcerting to see the ads for sports betting in Canada. I saw what VLTs in pubs did in the maritimes. Why would you want to make it easy to do shit like that from your couch?
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Exactly. Everyone has been very lonely since he died.
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Also, if you really must, electric leaf blowers exist in a broad range of price points and capacities (and are much quieter than gas powered ones for the same CFM).
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I don’t think it’s an accident they used your deadname handle. Unhinged is right, lol.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Thank you! Stickers suck.

My five year old does not share my opinion. Send thoughts and adhesive remover.
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM