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Leo McKay Jr.

@leomckayjr.bsky.social

Anti-fascist Writer of fiction Teacher of students Inhabitant of Nunavut He/him.

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Sanikiluaq is known as the Hawaii of Nunavut. But still… πŸ˜†

22.11.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Massive cost of long COVID quantified.

It is curious that the massive hit to productivity is being so comprehensively ignored.

22.11.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now

Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

22.11.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

This guy is my age, so it was the 70s, when he was a kid, that full winter had hit by Halloween. Now it hits in early January.

22.11.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My Inuk co-worker told me today that Halloween used to be the date that everyone switched from 4 wheelers to skidoos. Not only is there no snow or ice here now, a typical Novembers now, we have not had more than 10 days running with a high below freezing. Stark change in a short time.

22.11.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches

22.11.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 835    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 17

Space lasers undefeated

22.11.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

People think I have chicken pops just because I happen to like both chicken AND pop.

Grow up, losers!

22.11.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

mamdani is the mother trump always wished he had

21.11.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just think Trump understands Mamdani is not someone he wants to tangle with. Too smart, too charismatic, too New York, too straightforward, too young. Easier targets elsewhere, like everyone who works for him and most of Congress. (1/2)

21.11.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2068    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 15

Your neighbor breaks into your house, occupies 4 rooms, shoots at your family for 3 years. Trump's "peace deal": neighbor keeps all 4 rooms PLUS gets a 5th room they never reached. You can only own 1 gun and can't join neighborhood watch. Neighbor promises not to rob anyone else. #TrumpUkraineDeal

21.11.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 449    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 12

Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.

The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.

21.11.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

Ah, the problem is not that we fail to provide everyone with adequate housing or services for people with addiction, the *real problem* is that the rest of us are forced to see the results of these things, under the label "social decay". Got it.

21.11.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 359    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

Lol. I love that we're still using the term "middle class." If we're going to pretend we still have a middle class, we might as well talk about yeomen as though they exist, too.

21.11.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. That market is so volatile. I only do it every 5 years or so and it's literally been this oscillation between crazy cheap and crazy expensive.

21.11.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have not rented a car in a long time. Looking at doing so soon. Question: Does β€œunlimited free kilometres” actually mean that I don’t have to pay for the kms I drive while I’ve got the car?

I’m so used to misleading contracts.

21.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t remember whether it was Keith Richards or Mick Jagger who was born in a trapspot hurricane.

20.11.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

President Trump has called for Democrats to be executed for sedition. The voters expect Democrats to come to the table with a real counter-proposal and negotiate a mutually acceptable compromise. That’s doing politics the right way.

-Ezra Klein, New York TImes

20.11.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2315    πŸ” 385    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 13

Did Annie Lennox ever find out who she was to disagree?

20.11.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

20.11.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 26487    πŸ” 6618    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 221
Screenshot of Microsoft asking for feedback on Word where I wrote: One of the worst times I had this year was spending DAYS trying to turn off that horrible, awful AI, copilot. I am a writer, I have spent years honing my craft, and it is frankly offensive to offer to rewrite what I just wrote with a stupid machine. I almost stopped using Word until I FINALLY found a way to turn it off. I don't want to use AI and you still keep trying to ram it down my throat and I hate it.

Screenshot of Microsoft asking for feedback on Word where I wrote: One of the worst times I had this year was spending DAYS trying to turn off that horrible, awful AI, copilot. I am a writer, I have spent years honing my craft, and it is frankly offensive to offer to rewrite what I just wrote with a stupid machine. I almost stopped using Word until I FINALLY found a way to turn it off. I don't want to use AI and you still keep trying to ram it down my throat and I hate it.

Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.

20.11.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1110    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 14

It sure is good that Canada isn't relying on AI to spur economic growth and save money and that we didn't put an art fraudster as the minister in charge of the AI file.

20.11.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exec pay rises for Skills Development Fund recipients, including one tied to β€˜adult entertainment club’ Executive pay jumped for many recipients of an Ontario job training grant, according to salary disclosure viewed by CTV News, including at one numbered company that partnered with an agency that later...

How to Succeed and Prosper as a CEO in Ontario:

1. Donate to Doug Ford’s election campaign

2. Apply for a Skills Development Fund grant

3. Receive millions (with very few questions asked)

4. Give yourself a raise for donating to Doug Ford’s election campaign

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

20.11.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 213    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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Alberta's government is engaged in something I can only describe as psychopathic politics.

What else do you call it when a government so set on pushing ahead with policies that WILL cause more trans youth to try to leave us?

When they'll trample on the charter to hurt these kids?

It's disturbing:

19.11.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 406    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 18

The prophecy is unfolding as foretold.

19.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any word on when we can expect the vibe to be back on?

19.11.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any word on when we can expect the vibe to be back on?

19.11.2025 08:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So much absolute gutlessness being exposed in this era. I never in my life imagined how utterly common cowardice is.

19.11.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the word you’re looking for is β€œkept”

19.11.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9905    πŸ” 1590    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 24

You guys. I have reason to believe that my weed gummies may currently be within 950 metres of my current location.

If this proves to be true, I plan to get unconscionably high in t minus 15 hours.

19.11.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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