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Don Leahy

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Here for the learned opinions.

created November 20, 2023

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Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Scary thought: Two labs in the world have samples of the smallpox virus for research purposes. One of them is the CDC.

31/8/2025, 2:35:25 AM | 90 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

“The evil that men do lives long after them, the good is oft interred with the bones”. Can anybody think of anything good that Trump has ever done?

30/8/2025, 7:21:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Home Depot is a big MAGA donor, so they approve of what is happening on their property.

30/8/2025, 1:00:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Roberts is the eroder in chief.

30/8/2025, 12:58:50 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Woke means “don’t be a dick”. Why is that controversial?

25/8/2025, 1:36:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

She should call the FBI to report her kidnapping.

19/8/2025, 1:56:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Everyone is a critic.

19/8/2025, 1:51:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry but I think that is an old photo.

11/8/2025, 9:35:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I am not taking *your* advice because it is idiotic.

21/7/2025, 4:19:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Our measles count should be = 0. The fact that it is not is a national disgrace.

18/7/2025, 1:12:24 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

TL;DR is their motto.

15/7/2025, 9:40:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted

Chief Justice Roberts, my friends are bitterly divided about you. Half of them, I hate to say, say you're a partisan hack who churned out rulings that will benefit the GOP but destroy the lives of so many regular Americans. The other half, however, just thinks you're a sociopath. Who's right?

15/7/2025, 1:37:58 PM | 12596 2789 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Liar.

12/7/2025, 2:52:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Did not end well for the protestors. Regretfully, their resistance was futile, at least in the short term.

12/7/2025, 2:51:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s lowered the bar so far.

12/7/2025, 2:45:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

What a load of crap.

7/7/2025, 11:29:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

“Exile” is an old word that seems appropriate.

5/7/2025, 6:19:51 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Understandable given the current political climate in the United States. I hope nobody tells Trump, he’ll think it’s a great idea.

4/7/2025, 10:32:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Is it any wonder that Canadians think that becoming the 51st state is a ludicrous idea?

4/7/2025, 10:30:14 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

The Onion is a satirical site.

4/7/2025, 10:27:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s an old tradition. Maybe it’s time to retire the idea, but it is not Carney’s call.

4/7/2025, 1:44:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

An obituary normally says only positive things about the deceased. Good luck with that.

21/6/2025, 1:33:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I like the sentiment but it won’t go anywhere. And if by some miracle it does, guess who gets to nominate his replacement.

18/6/2025, 1:54:19 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

2026

8/6/2025, 11:12:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

In his eyes he *almost* won. He probably thinks that this guy is what he needs to get over the top. 😅

7/6/2025, 2:02:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

And surfing the books using the Index volume!

2/6/2025, 11:39:18 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s only a matter of time before Trump corrupts that court as well.

29/5/2025, 4:33:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

We have those idiots in Canada too. All of our vaccines are free.

26/5/2025, 11:13:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Unfortunately he is not. Like a chimp with a machine gun, you have to pay attention.

17/5/2025, 1:10:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Parkinson’s law: “Work expands to fill the time available to do it”. We saw the same thing when PCs were introduced to the workplace.

17/5/2025, 1:04:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Athletic (@theathletic.com) reposted

When Nashville SC defeated Charlotte FC on Saturday, the supporters section lacked its usual verve and had visible gaps throughout the risers. The reason was explained in a pair of large white banners. No estamos todos aquí. We are not all here. www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

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15/5/2025, 11:35:36 PM | 5594 1275 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Can’t disagree. They’re doing a lot more harm than good.

10/5/2025, 7:58:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I would be okay with that. The Pope has influence but no worldly power. Trump would do less damage from the Vatican than the Oval Office.

8/5/2025, 9:49:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

So he doesn’t understand the oath he swore.

4/5/2025, 2:30:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

4/5/2025, 6:21:19 AM | 18499 6289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Measles was nearly eradicated in North America. Then the idiotic anti vaxxers ruined it.

3/5/2025, 9:30:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

It does sound ridiculous, but it’s not unusual.

2/5/2025, 11:29:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I am no monarchist but it sends a message to Trump that Canada is not like the US.

2/5/2025, 11:27:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Tariffs are the antithesis of the free market that Bezos is supposed to love.

2/5/2025, 11:20:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

We were so close to eradicating measles entirely in North America, and then these idiotic anti vaxxers ruined it. Every child’s death from this preventable disease is on *their* heads. They are monsters.

2/5/2025, 11:17:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

T’was ever thus. The introduction of personal computers in the workplace had a similar impact. Productivity increased, but so did expectations. Predictions of a shorter work week always fall afoul of this phenomenon.

2/5/2025, 11:07:56 PM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

In a more gentlemanly era, the Libs would run only a token candidate. It was considered bad form to try to keep a Party leader out of Parliament by defeating them in a by election.

2/5/2025, 11:00:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Who will the Liberals nominate to run against him? A token candidate or someone who will fight hard to win the seat?

2/5/2025, 10:36:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

No. All they needed was cable TV service. Very common even in those days.

20/4/2025, 3:01:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

So what? He will veto it and they won’t have the votes to override.

4/4/2025, 11:46:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He is dangerous. He’s already responsible for many measles deaths. No doubt there will many more on his watch.

4/4/2025, 11:39:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s too weak to deal with it properly. He should at minimum demand Hegseth’s resignation.

3/4/2025, 10:56:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s more than just incompetent. His idiotic ideas have killed children in the past. He is dangerous.

3/4/2025, 10:54:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

In 2020 more people showed up and Trump lost decisively. That’s all it takes.

30/3/2025, 11:13:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

What is Doug’s share?

30/3/2025, 11:02:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Vance is walking all over Trump. When the Orange Man pushes back Vance will get rid of him using 25th Amendment.

29/3/2025, 9:38:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. It would be electoral suicide if he let Canadians vote.

29/3/2025, 8:54:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump is weak. Any other President would have demanded the resignation of a secdev responsible for such a serious security breach.

29/3/2025, 8:53:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

His anti vax campaign was responsible for about 80 deaths in Samoa.

29/3/2025, 4:05:11 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t think the Americans really appreciate how loathed he is outside of their own country. (Russia excepted).

22/3/2025, 3:04:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

It takes time to cook up a story. Donald’s low IQ requires Putin to use small words and lots of pictures.

18/3/2025, 4:18:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/3/2025, 6:55:42 PM | 120 50 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Breaking? It was announced months ago.

14/3/2025, 8:13:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

We’re not all of voting age, but point taken.

14/3/2025, 8:05:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Does Trump want 30 million Dem leaning voters in the US? Perhaps he hasn’t thought it through. 😀. Unless the plan is to not let us vote.

14/3/2025, 8:04:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s not allowed to have his own opinions.

14/3/2025, 4:33:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He would have to forfeit his cut if he did that.

12/3/2025, 12:44:09 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn’t hear much remorse from the father. “God’s will”. Damn him to hell.

11/3/2025, 4:23:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Gotta call BS on this. He has a secret service detail.

9/3/2025, 2:51:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

The petroleum market will only decline in the future as alternative sources continue to ramp up. Oil is a dubious long term investment, in my opinion.

6/3/2025, 8:43:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

In my opinion Tesla is the Blackberry of the EV industry. Early to market with a great product that helped define the market, but failing to innovate in the face of fierce competition. Final nail is poor, distracted leadership.

5/3/2025, 10:15:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s responsible for 93 measles deaths in American Samoa. So we know he doesn’t care.

27/2/2025, 9:16:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t forget Bobby Orr

23/2/2025, 10:39:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

FORTRAN programmers tend to do the opposite because zeros are more common than the letter O.

19/2/2025, 5:25:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re overselling an unproven technology.

18/2/2025, 5:40:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Glass half full: “police protect the group that was more likely to get their asses kicked”. We will be in real trouble when the Nazis have a chance to *win* a brawl.

8/2/2025, 1:39:07 PM | 13 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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4/2/2025, 10:27:40 PM | 57712 10151 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

That answer would fool me but for the fact that I distrust everything that an AI app tells me. However, if I don’t know it is AI, I could be deceived.

28/1/2025, 5:36:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

A fascinating place to visit

25/1/2025, 11:13:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree that they should be defunded, but disagree that the schools are teaching bigotry.

25/1/2025, 7:17:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

He already had the SCOTUS he wanted, turning on Trump would have been a smart move. A rare political mistake on Moscow Mitch’s part.

25/1/2025, 7:08:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

More precisely, he wants more *white* children.

25/1/2025, 7:06:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Put a bunch of anti vaxxers on a committee and this is the result you get.

25/1/2025, 7:04:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Putin used that workaround. After his first two terms he stepped down as per their constitution and installed a puppet for one term. Then he came back after the puppet’s term was up. Then I think he amended the Russian constitution to make himself president for life.

24/1/2025, 10:31:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

The ADL let him off the hook. That’s weird.

21/1/2025, 6:32:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s Trump’s way of emasculating Elon. Give him a fancy title with no authority as a reward for his financial support. Elon is a sucker.

20/1/2025, 2:10:45 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Staged?

18/1/2025, 12:31:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ll never understand why “don’t be a dick” is controversial.

7/1/2025, 3:18:34 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Exactly. PP is Harper’s sock puppet.

6/1/2025, 5:26:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

No. It’s a far more complicated task than most people realize.

6/1/2025, 5:21:13 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

IMAX levels of projection.

3/1/2025, 10:00:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Jeez….spoilers! 😅

2/1/2025, 10:46:28 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Blackberry was early to market and had an excellent product but they ultimately failed in the face of smarter and more innovative competitors. Will Tesla suffer a similar fate?

2/1/2025, 5:28:39 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Sure, let’s all celebrate a mass murderer.

30/12/2024, 4:26:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

The most dangerous man in America

25/12/2024, 10:36:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ryan Lindley 🇨🇦 (@ryanlindley.bsky.social) reposted

I've never felt so seen in my life 😂

25/12/2024, 12:25:54 AM | 16 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump didn’t post this. Though I bet he is thinking it.

21/12/2024, 3:46:53 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

The obvious solution is to compel the AI corporations to compensate the rights holders. All of them. It would be expensive, but that’s the cost of doing business

18/12/2024, 5:44:58 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

I bet that more than 6% of Americans would like to move to Canada. Maybe we could do a swap?

14/12/2024, 9:53:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Wray was appointed by Trump. Why would you expect him to have courage and integrity?

14/12/2024, 2:59:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree. Probably in exchange for a pardon from Vance. If he doesn’t want to go they will use 25th Amendment.

14/12/2024, 12:55:47 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Makes me wonder if he was somehow complicit.

10/12/2024, 5:27:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reposted

Is it too late to rename this platform Blueysky?

23/11/2024, 12:09:01 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Don Leahy (@donleahy.bsky.social) reply parent

Yet they somehow manage to convince many non-wealthy Canadians to vote against their own economic interests. They do this by also appealing to people’s baser instincts, most notably fear of the “ other”.

9/12/2024, 10:33:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view