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Don MacLeod

22,000 Wake Ups and Counting

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Animals

The Bear Is Gone, the Policy Remains

Posted on January 14, 2026January 13, 2026 By Don MacLeod

The bear left. Not dramatically. Not on camera. There was no official announcement timed to the moment the crawlspace went quiet. At some point after the new year, the homeowner noticed what had been promised all along: the bear was no longer under the house. That was always the ending…

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Media

An Interstellar Comet Passed Earth and Refused to Make a Scene

Posted on December 19, 2025December 16, 2025 By Don MacLeod

I was reading a ClickOrlando story about an interstellar comet making its “closest approach” to Earth. I immediately felt the cultural muscle memory kick in — the part of our brain trained by late-90s disaster movies to assume this ends with fire, sacrifice, and someone hugging their daughter under a…

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Culture

A Life Sentence, Zero Vegemite and One Lawsuit Australia Didn’t See Coming

Posted on November 29, 2025November 29, 2025 By Don MacLeod

There’s no shortage of strange legal battles in this world, though every so often one comes along that forces you to stop scrolling, blink twice, and mutter, “Yeah… that tracks.”That was my reaction when I read about a man in Victoria serving a life sentence who decided he’s had enough…

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Texas Woman Marries Ex-Fiancé Without His Consent — And Somehow, It Worked (Briefly)

Posted on October 9, 2025October 8, 2025 By Don MacLeod

She Said “I Do.” He Said “Wait, What?” Every so often, a story comes along that makes you pause mid-scroll and mutter, “No way.” Then you read the second paragraph and realize — oh, it’s Texas. That checks out. According to local news, a 42-year-old man in Waco broke up…

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