Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

“Be strong, be gentle, be beautiful in mind, body & spirit” — Keiko Fukuda Toronto Joined October 2008

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

4 months ago

@TTCnotices Reminder/request: pls update the Next Vehicle results at stop 2419 (Eglinton/Weston) to include buses that now pass it coming from the new Mount Dennis station 🙏

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I should be sleeping but I fucked around and mistakenly clicked on a link I wasn't even interested in and went down the most insane rabbit hole and now I know everything about Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue and their 22 years of figure skating together and how they are both straight

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Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster

3 years ago

Oh, be careful, Merriam-Webster, lest we suffer vertigo from the dizzying heights of our lexical ground.

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Derek Thompson @DKThomp

11 months ago

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

@ddale8 Welcome back to Toronto!

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

@joannaofottawa Funny. That's exactly how I read it

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a year ago

My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal). When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the regularity of open, vitriolic antisemitism in the cocktail parties and ambassadorial receptions that surround that crucial but flawed institution. For this reason (among others) he’s always been the one in our family with the deepest atavistic fear of antisemitism. He was sympathetic to the idea of Israel as a refuge longer than the rest of us. This is no longer the case. Like so many Jews who for decades adopted the dominant narratives of Zionism, he can no longer defend the current actions of the state of Israel. He now regards Israel as a rogue state, committing genocide and other crimes against humankind, which ought to be opposed by every tool and tactic in Canada's diplomatic arsenal. To return to the personal, seven years ago my Dad was diagnosed with a vicious cancer and was given as little as 3 months to live. It’s a sublime understatement to say that he’s a fighter - but he has persevered in life with a tenacity familiar from his political, diplomatic and humanitarian pursuits. Which brings us to this morning, when at 87 years old, he spent an hour standing at the side of the road in his old riding of Scarborough West. Standing up as a Jew against genocide. Standing up for justice for Palestine. Standing up on the right side of history, where the vast majority of humanity currently stands. I’ve never been prouder, never more humble before the stubborn principle and insistent moral clarity of the guy I’m so lucky to call Dad. People of Canada: don’t stop talking about Palestine. Starvation as collective punishment can never be forgiven. Burning and burying children alive can never be defended. Stand up against genocide until we make it stop! Thanks Dad. And special thanks to @CharlieAngusNDP for shining his spotlight on Ted Schmidt and the other excellent folks who gather every Thursday at 8 am at the corner of Victoria Park and Kingston Road in Scarborough.

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

@cafreeland @HfxStanfield Did you learn anything about the rebranding of the Tartan Team? I find that so interesting and am excited about what follows next at one of Canada's friendliest airports.

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

@Songstress28 @MagAwards Terrific news! 👏🏼

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Anthony Collins @comma_chameleon

a year ago

Poor Francis must be kerning in his grave

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

I agree. We do ourselves a disservice when we use AI. It may produce results, but we skip the opportunity to use our thinking and writing skills.

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

a year ago

It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI. Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas. Writing is where we do our best thinking.

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

@joannaofottawa Incredibly beautiful

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Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb

a year ago

Chantal Hebert is a national treasure.

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Nick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown

a year ago

Lots written about Poilievre's restrictions on the press, but I'm not sure the public knows that local Conservative candidates across the board are refusing interviews. I wrote about why that's a problem. thelocal.to/conservative-p…

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Michelle MacAleese @m_mac

a year ago

@SarahMDowling1 😂

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Sarah Dowling @SarahMDowling1

a year ago

“For generations, our trade agreements w the United States have recognized the exceptional cultural & educational value of literature by keeping books tariff-free…Books are not mere commodities but essential vehicles of knowledge, culture &understanding.” thespec.com/business/impen…

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl

a year ago

At work, men can be disliked but still respected. Women don't have that luxury.

Adam Grant @AdamMGrant

a year ago

A sign of maturity is caring more about being respected than being liked. Liking is shallow affection. It comes from being pleasant—you bend over backwards to accommodate others. Respect is deep regard. It's earned by being principled—you consistently stand up for your values.