James McLeod
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.
- What's happening in the United States is exactly what it looks like, and American citizens are not engaged in large scale pushback because (for now) their day-to-day lives are largely unaffected.
- I feel like I've never heard any in Toronto say, "I really want to go to Niagara but a 90 minute drive is a bit too long, and also I'd prefer to not have access to a car once I get there."
- Scoop in this morning’s paper: A company with plans to operate a hovercraft ferry service between Toronto and Niagara has reached a 30-year deal to operate out of Billy Bishop Airport www.thestar.com/news/gta/nia...
- Reposted by James McLeodthis is very funny if you've ever worked in a newsroom nypost.com/2025/05/07/m...
- The Cardinals are rawdogging the Conclave.
- Reposted by James McLeodThe Federalist Society continues to be the only group brave and open-minded enough to discuss the questions other groups are too smart to address
- imo the Cardinals should do pink smoke on ballot 3 or 4, as a bit
- The cure for male loneliness is getting together with your bros and locking yourself in a chapel until you can agree on who the new pope should be.
- Speaking as a guy who basically grew up to be basically a professional essay-writer, I legitimately think a big part of the problem is that schools rely way, way, way too much on written essays to begin with.
- I think that this is about the plight of the managerial class in late capitalism, whereas Camus was on about some much deeper and more metaphysical things. But directionally I think Dan is right. ChatGPT is kind of a rational response to an insane system of corporate laptop work.
- Cool thread yo
