Mike MacLeod

@mmacleod.ca

Toronto based human.

There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on...

My wife, trying to avoid explaining why her mom and her dad's second wife don't like to spend time together to our daughter: It's a long a story. Our daughter: I *love* long stories.

My wife was in her second trimester when the lockdowns started here. We only found out I could be present for the birth the week of. The pandemic took everything that made our walkable neighbourhood great, and WFH with a newborn in the next room with no activities or distraction sucked for everyone.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 4mo ago

my edgy Covid take is that I while I did socially isolate until vaccines came online for the good of society, I absolutely loathed being unable to see people in person, throw a party, or travel for over a year, and I enjoyed absolutely nothing whatsoever about any of it

That the Easter bunny brings candy to our house that’s literally illegal in the US makes me wonder: is the Easter bunny a franchise operation?

One Battle After Another has all the dressings of "revolution," but at its core it's actually a conservative—even regressive—attempt to get you to fess up that Steely Dan does have at least one jam.

This war between Israel/US and Iran is an interesting test of assassination and 'leadership decapitation'. Many scholars have written about targeted killing practices, including myself, but mainly in the context of counter-terrorism or counterinsurgency. What happened now is different. 1/

A long time ago, I used to know a lot about foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) and study them. I guess that makes me qualified to write a thread about them, especially in wake of Trump bombing Iran. So here goes nothing. 🧵