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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When I think of Canadian Nation Building Projects, a graphite mine definitely comes to mind 🙄🇨🇦
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When I think of Canadian Nation Building Projects, a graphite mine definitely comes to mind 🙄🇨🇦
Quote with what 16 year old girls should be doing.
Maybe painting nails? Trying their first cigarette?
Maybe I'm old fashioned...
Maybe painting nails? Trying their first cigarette?
Maybe I'm old fashioned...
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Quote with what 16 year old girls should be doing.
Maybe painting nails? Trying their first cigarette?
Maybe I'm old fashioned...
Maybe painting nails? Trying their first cigarette?
Maybe I'm old fashioned...
when dads see the most gruesome, bloody, brutal, painful accidents experienced by their children:
"oh you'll be fine"
not naivete, just the comfort you needed
then they get to work
"oh you'll be fine"
not naivete, just the comfort you needed
then they get to work
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
when dads see the most gruesome, bloody, brutal, painful accidents experienced by their children:
"oh you'll be fine"
not naivete, just the comfort you needed
then they get to work
"oh you'll be fine"
not naivete, just the comfort you needed
then they get to work
November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yep
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Yep
Does your membership in a group depend on your participation within that group? Who defines adequate participation?
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Does your membership in a group depend on your participation within that group? Who defines adequate participation?
time to make an alt I want to talk about challenging shit
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
time to make an alt I want to talk about challenging shit
Life's a bitch and then you die
That's why we get high
'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
That's why we get high
'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Life's a bitch and then you die
That's why we get high
'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
That's why we get high
'Cause you never know when you're gonna go
RIP
Another decade of reruns will not be impacted
Another decade of reruns will not be impacted
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP
Another decade of reruns will not be impacted
Another decade of reruns will not be impacted
but definitely not a recession 😉
Recent US Layoff Announcements:
1 UPS: 48,000
2 Amazon: Up to 30,000
3 Intel: 24,000
4 Nestle: 16,000
5 Accenture: 11,000
6 Ford: 11,000
7 Novo Nordisk: 9,000
8 Microsoft: 7,000
9 PwC: 5,600
10 Salesforce: 4,000
11 Paramount: 2,000
12 Target: 1,800
13 Kroger: 1,000
14 Applied Materials: 1,444
1 UPS: 48,000
2 Amazon: Up to 30,000
3 Intel: 24,000
4 Nestle: 16,000
5 Accenture: 11,000
6 Ford: 11,000
7 Novo Nordisk: 9,000
8 Microsoft: 7,000
9 PwC: 5,600
10 Salesforce: 4,000
11 Paramount: 2,000
12 Target: 1,800
13 Kroger: 1,000
14 Applied Materials: 1,444
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
but definitely not a recession 😉
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
calling it: ww3, south china sea, before end of 2026
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
calling it: ww3, south china sea, before end of 2026
jesus was a smartphone
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
jesus was a smartphone
scott bessent claiming he's a farmer because he rents his land to actual farmers is one of the more nauseating comments I've read this week. they'll convince themselves of anything
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
scott bessent claiming he's a farmer because he rents his land to actual farmers is one of the more nauseating comments I've read this week. they'll convince themselves of anything
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
putting little accoutrements and bonuses on my dinner plate because shit is probably gonna get worse
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
putting little accoutrements and bonuses on my dinner plate because shit is probably gonna get worse
feels like we're in wall wall wes' starring wall smath
October 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
feels like we're in wall wall wes' starring wall smath
now that I understand the difference between shame and guilt I can proudly say I deeply feel both!
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
now that I understand the difference between shame and guilt I can proudly say I deeply feel both!
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The red states showing up this hard continue to show why we must embrace our counterparts already living in autocratic fifedoms across the country instead of asking to jettison them as acceptable loss. bsky.app/profile/joyc...
When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The red states showing up this hard continue to show why we must embrace our counterparts already living in autocratic fifedoms across the country instead of asking to jettison them as acceptable loss. bsky.app/profile/joyc...
charisma got me
a person holds a contigo water bottle in their hand
Alt: a person holds a contigo water bottle in their hand and releases the latch to flip up the spout
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
charisma got me
all the dudes at the turning point and charlie kirk rallies and tributes look like my highschool bullies
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
all the dudes at the turning point and charlie kirk rallies and tributes look like my highschool bullies
There was a harvest fair in my city. At the end of the night, they had some pig races through a hay-lined track. The teens and men were numerous, giggling over the fact that you could wager on the race on a legal gambling website #ldnont #canada
My bff is a high school teacher and can verify that the (freshman) children are absolutely mobile gambling in high numbers, an activity that *already* has laws defining it as an adult-only activity requiring age verification
October 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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We’re just normal men
October 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We’re just normal men
now is the time you decide if you'll shelter your neighbors. have a plan, have space, have supplies. you wont have the time for decisionmaking or planning when you need
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
now is the time you decide if you'll shelter your neighbors. have a plan, have space, have supplies. you wont have the time for decisionmaking or planning when you need