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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

Twitter is less useable than ever before.
Find me on IG, Bluesky and Gmail with the same username.

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linkhttps://jamespmcleod.substack.com/ calendar_today17-05-2011 18:27:04

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Brian Merchant(@bcmerchant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Welp. After laying off the editorial staff of VICE, a 'venture operator' called Savage Ventures is resurrecting its big verticals—Motherboard, Noisey, Munchies etc—presumably with part-time contractors. Or even, judging by a quick look at Savage's offerings, AI-generated content

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James McLeod(@jamespmcleod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BETTER HELP SHARED MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE DATA WITH FACEBOOK FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES!!!!

Absolutely vile.

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Cameron Bradford(@camerobradford) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If I ever produce something that seems like a masterpiece upon the time of release, please do not re-evaluate it after a few years

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Evan Dyer(@EvanDyerCBC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Israel’s minister of national security posted this.
It’s been two weeks since Biden signed a $14 billion aid package for the country.

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James McLeod(@jamespmcleod) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is pretty good as far as a visual metaphor for destroying the rich complexity of human experience and collapsing it down to a series of apps that allow Apple to extract economic rents by skimming fees off of every activity.

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Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI)(@CADInnovators) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join Vass Bednar, Brett House (he/him) and Laurent Carbonneau on May 9 for our first-ever Mooseworks Live event, focused on solutions to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and economic growth challenges. RSVP here: airtable.com/appm5DPG07cpRX…

Join @VassB, @BrettEHouse and @laurentdcar on May 9 for our first-ever Mooseworks Live event, focused on solutions to Canada's productivity, prosperity, and economic growth challenges. RSVP here: airtable.com/appm5DPG07cpRX…
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SwiftOnSecurity(@SwiftOnSecurity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I know outrage is ephemeral paint-by-numbers, but the thing about this ad is it individually mocks every creative discipline somehow. It’s shockingly good at it. Thanks for crushing those beautiful camera lenses by the way. 👍

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Chantal Braganza(@chantalbraganza) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'I think it's appalling that people are not opposed to children dying but they are opposed to me speaking. I think it's appalling and I am not proud to be around those people.'

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Brodie Fenlon(@brodiefenlon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Veteran CBC News reporter Jean Laroche took the photo below (a lone reporter, michael gorman, interviewing a cabinet minister, surrounded by comms staff). That image prompted him to produce this piece & excellent video on what's changed in >> cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

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Elamin Abdelmahmoud(@elamin88) 's Twitter Profile Photo

South-African Canadian author Kagiso Lesego Molope was just asked to leave the Politics and the Pen event for speaking on stage about the death toll in Gaza. She was interrupted by yelling, then after, was escorted out.

This event hands out the award for best political writing.

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