Rod (he/him)
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RoderickMacDonald.com / Problem solver in health care, cancer, longevity, marketing / Growth at a pharmacy in Canada 🇨🇦 / Husbanded 🏳️🌈 / Words are mine / and in PLOS.org
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The Princess. A short story. 🧵
#story #shortstory #fiction
She glided over the snow. Slow, deliberate, it wasn’t easy going. Her bearer struggled with the unstable ground, slipping and sliding against the weight of the carriage.
#story #shortstory #fiction
She glided over the snow. Slow, deliberate, it wasn’t easy going. Her bearer struggled with the unstable ground, slipping and sliding against the weight of the carriage.
did weird al yankovic ever do a parody of 'valerie' by amy winehouse called 'calories' or do I just have a great idea?
January 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
did weird al yankovic ever do a parody of 'valerie' by amy winehouse called 'calories' or do I just have a great idea?
BREAKING: STOCK PRICES TUMBLE AFTER LATEST NEWS
(until rebounding to their highest ever record later in the day)
(until rebounding to their highest ever record later in the day)
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: STOCK PRICES TUMBLE AFTER LATEST NEWS
(until rebounding to their highest ever record later in the day)
(until rebounding to their highest ever record later in the day)
I continue to be amazed by all the folks who continue to speed through snow squalls and poor road conditions.
The I remember that London doesn't have a traffic enforcement division. With speed cameras gone, you'll never get caught unless you cause a serious motor vehicle collision.
Stay safe!
The I remember that London doesn't have a traffic enforcement division. With speed cameras gone, you'll never get caught unless you cause a serious motor vehicle collision.
Stay safe!
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I continue to be amazed by all the folks who continue to speed through snow squalls and poor road conditions.
The I remember that London doesn't have a traffic enforcement division. With speed cameras gone, you'll never get caught unless you cause a serious motor vehicle collision.
Stay safe!
The I remember that London doesn't have a traffic enforcement division. With speed cameras gone, you'll never get caught unless you cause a serious motor vehicle collision.
Stay safe!
Here are the folks that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are beholden to. From @opensecrets.org
This is on top of their $175,000 to $225,000 annual salary, and all the insider trading they do @unusualwhales.bsky.social
Serving the country should not be this profitable or driven by such motives.
This is on top of their $175,000 to $225,000 annual salary, and all the insider trading they do @unusualwhales.bsky.social
Serving the country should not be this profitable or driven by such motives.
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Here are the folks that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer are beholden to. From @opensecrets.org
This is on top of their $175,000 to $225,000 annual salary, and all the insider trading they do @unusualwhales.bsky.social
Serving the country should not be this profitable or driven by such motives.
This is on top of their $175,000 to $225,000 annual salary, and all the insider trading they do @unusualwhales.bsky.social
Serving the country should not be this profitable or driven by such motives.
with 25 years of CSI behind us, I think a sociologist could make a real good run at teasing apart some of the downstream impacts
I don't really buy most hard claims about fiction driving beliefs or whatever but I think the crime-entertainment industrial complex is so large and pervasive and has been so for such a long time at this point that it's definitely warped mass perception on a lot of issues.
December 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
with 25 years of CSI behind us, I think a sociologist could make a real good run at teasing apart some of the downstream impacts
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"the country is safer than it was in your youth" is one of those cognitohazard phrases that passes directly through a human mind, incapable of being held
December 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"the country is safer than it was in your youth" is one of those cognitohazard phrases that passes directly through a human mind, incapable of being held
pinot grig and chappell roan
a cartoon character is standing on a cloud in the ocean .
Alt: a cartoon character is standing on a cloud in the ocean .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
pinot grig and chappell roan
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keep track of these asses that were 'all in' on crypto, then 'all in' on AI. when the next wave of investment money crashes on the beach, you can spot these whacks from a mile away
"We were so all-in on crypto that our podcast name is an esoteric crypto term. But A.I.'s the real deal! You can trust us!"
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
keep track of these asses that were 'all in' on crypto, then 'all in' on AI. when the next wave of investment money crashes on the beach, you can spot these whacks from a mile away
if everyone had what they needed, capitalism couldn't exist. it's a system that doesn't value production, or hard work, or labour, or the fruits of that labour. it values ownership, especially the ownership of the means of production, and tolling the ladder on which others may climb out of poverty
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
if everyone had what they needed, capitalism couldn't exist. it's a system that doesn't value production, or hard work, or labour, or the fruits of that labour. it values ownership, especially the ownership of the means of production, and tolling the ladder on which others may climb out of poverty
Vaguely missing the pomp and circumstance of a religious holiday season. We'd be at church a half-dozen times in the week around Christmas.
It was tedious for a child/teen but the scents and sounds and community are drilled into my brain.
I bet for many, just having a place to go, congregating.
It was tedious for a child/teen but the scents and sounds and community are drilled into my brain.
I bet for many, just having a place to go, congregating.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Vaguely missing the pomp and circumstance of a religious holiday season. We'd be at church a half-dozen times in the week around Christmas.
It was tedious for a child/teen but the scents and sounds and community are drilled into my brain.
I bet for many, just having a place to go, congregating.
It was tedious for a child/teen but the scents and sounds and community are drilled into my brain.
I bet for many, just having a place to go, congregating.
It's that time of year to really enjoy a good Brazil nut. Happy Holidays everyone! 🥳🎅🧚♀️🧞♂️🕺
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It's that time of year to really enjoy a good Brazil nut. Happy Holidays everyone! 🥳🎅🧚♀️🧞♂️🕺
Holy shit, my Christmas cards may actually arrive before Christmas this year!
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Holy shit, my Christmas cards may actually arrive before Christmas this year!
Teen vogue is rallying the troops to see how they can top vanity fair
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Teen vogue is rallying the troops to see how they can top vanity fair
let's see if this is wielded to crush any remaining pro-Palestinian rhetoric now that the war "is over"
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
let's see if this is wielded to crush any remaining pro-Palestinian rhetoric now that the war "is over"
The Princess. A short story. 🧵
#story #shortstory #fiction
She glided over the snow. Slow, deliberate, it wasn’t easy going. Her bearer struggled with the unstable ground, slipping and sliding against the weight of the carriage.
#story #shortstory #fiction
She glided over the snow. Slow, deliberate, it wasn’t easy going. Her bearer struggled with the unstable ground, slipping and sliding against the weight of the carriage.
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
The Princess. A short story. 🧵
#story #shortstory #fiction
She glided over the snow. Slow, deliberate, it wasn’t easy going. Her bearer struggled with the unstable ground, slipping and sliding against the weight of the carriage.
#story #shortstory #fiction
She glided over the snow. Slow, deliberate, it wasn’t easy going. Her bearer struggled with the unstable ground, slipping and sliding against the weight of the carriage.
curious about wegovy. starting the process
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
curious about wegovy. starting the process
One more to go. Cute little houses
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
One more to go. Cute little houses
Making progress with accents and details
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Making progress with accents and details
Colour blocking plus green
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Colour blocking plus green
Colour blocks and sketches
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Colour blocks and sketches
I'm painting my family's houses in styles that might make them happy. Colour blocking now. Small enough to fit in a Christmas card.
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I'm painting my family's houses in styles that might make them happy. Colour blocking now. Small enough to fit in a Christmas card.
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Reposted by Rod (he/him)
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma.
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices ref...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma.
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs.
Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
(Published Feb. 2025)
good thing I never liked soccer anyway
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
good thing I never liked soccer anyway