Greg Macdonald
@gregmacdnld.bsky.social
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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First up: HOLY SMOKES, we got a live one, a bonafide treatment for ALS! 🧪 🩺 from @washumedicine.bsky.social source.washu.edu/2025/12/new-...
New ALS drug stabilizes decline with a trend toward improved strength, mobility for some
Long-term use of a new drug, toferson, approved by the FDA for a rare genetic form of ALS, delays symptom progression and death and leads to stabilization or improvement in some patients, according to...
source.washu.edu
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
First up: HOLY SMOKES, we got a live one, a bonafide treatment for ALS! 🧪 🩺 from @washumedicine.bsky.social source.washu.edu/2025/12/new-...
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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The transformation is extraordinary.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The transformation is extraordinary.
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Three of my grandparents and their families came from the Netherlands after the war, searching for a better life after their communities were devastated by fascism. The new authoritarians want to erase the sacrifices of the people who freed them. We will not forget them.
Dutch officials rebuke Trump admin over removal of Black WWII vet memorials
Officials in the Netherlands are demanding answers from a U.S. commission after panels honoring Black vets at a World War II cemetery were taken down.
www.msnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Three of my grandparents and their families came from the Netherlands after the war, searching for a better life after their communities were devastated by fascism. The new authoritarians want to erase the sacrifices of the people who freed them. We will not forget them.
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Blue Jay (rotated), by Helen Frankenthaler, 1963, 📸 by @haffeyphoto
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Blue Jay (rotated), by Helen Frankenthaler, 1963, 📸 by @haffeyphoto
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Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Custom made double breasted uniform great coat not alluding to any historical period in particular surely
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It started with a suitcase hidden under a bed. It was 2009, and Antony Easton's father, Peter, had recently died.
mathewingram.com/work/?p=281992
mathewingram.com/work/?p=281992
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It started with a suitcase hidden under a bed. It was 2009, and Antony Easton's father, Peter, had recently died.
mathewingram.com/work/?p=281992
mathewingram.com/work/?p=281992
@arponbasu.bsky.social Never heard of them until this morning when you mentioned them on the pod and look what pops up.
38 years ago
HR from Bad Brains with his trademark backflip on stage with the band in Munich, October 1987
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #HR #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
HR from Bad Brains with his trademark backflip on stage with the band in Munich, October 1987
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #badbrains #HR #punklegends #history #punkrockhistory
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
@arponbasu.bsky.social Never heard of them until this morning when you mentioned them on the pod and look what pops up.
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I changed up some Charlie Kirk quotes and substituted 'MAGA' in various places.
Republicans shouldn't be offended because I'm just sharing an opinion.
It's totally harmless. Just call it free speech on the flip side.
I'm ready for my podcast now.
Just JOKING.
#RepublicanHypocrisy #FreeSpeech
Republicans shouldn't be offended because I'm just sharing an opinion.
It's totally harmless. Just call it free speech on the flip side.
I'm ready for my podcast now.
Just JOKING.
#RepublicanHypocrisy #FreeSpeech
September 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I changed up some Charlie Kirk quotes and substituted 'MAGA' in various places.
Republicans shouldn't be offended because I'm just sharing an opinion.
It's totally harmless. Just call it free speech on the flip side.
I'm ready for my podcast now.
Just JOKING.
#RepublicanHypocrisy #FreeSpeech
Republicans shouldn't be offended because I'm just sharing an opinion.
It's totally harmless. Just call it free speech on the flip side.
I'm ready for my podcast now.
Just JOKING.
#RepublicanHypocrisy #FreeSpeech
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Dryden
Serge Lemoyne
1975
Serge Lemoyne
1975
September 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Dryden
Serge Lemoyne
1975
Serge Lemoyne
1975
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Let’s Fix it: Trinity Bellwoods is the hardest-working park in downtown Toronto. Here’s how it can finally become the great place it should be. My column
on how Trinity Bellwoods can get even better.
on how Trinity Bellwoods can get even better.
Shawn Micallef: Let’s Fix it: Trinity Bellwoods is the hardest-working park in downtown Toronto. Here’s how it can finally become the great place it should be
As good as Trinity Bellwoods is, there is still room for improvement.
www.thestar.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Let’s Fix it: Trinity Bellwoods is the hardest-working park in downtown Toronto. Here’s how it can finally become the great place it should be. My column
on how Trinity Bellwoods can get even better.
on how Trinity Bellwoods can get even better.
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"The ship ... served off the coast of Jamaica in the 1750s and took part in the sieges of Louisbourg (1758) and Quebec (1759), when the British defeated French forces in Canada during the seven years war. It was among the British fleet in the American revolutionary war of the 1770s"
‘Long-lived and lucky’ ship wrecked off Orkney was at siege of Quebec, experts find
‘Long-lived and lucky’ ship wrecked off Orkney was at siege of Quebec, experts find
Archaeologists and volunteers identify Sanday timbers as from 18th-century Royal Navy frigate turned whaler
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"The ship ... served off the coast of Jamaica in the 1750s and took part in the sieges of Louisbourg (1758) and Quebec (1759), when the British defeated French forces in Canada during the seven years war. It was among the British fleet in the American revolutionary war of the 1770s"
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I just learned that last year, the Government of Canada stopped funding at-home #HIV testing. This is bonkers. Its own evaluation showed it was a great program, detecting more cases, getting people the care they needed.
ANYONE who thinks they have a need to test for HIV should be able to
1/
ANYONE who thinks they have a need to test for HIV should be able to
1/
June 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I just learned that last year, the Government of Canada stopped funding at-home #HIV testing. This is bonkers. Its own evaluation showed it was a great program, detecting more cases, getting people the care they needed.
ANYONE who thinks they have a need to test for HIV should be able to
1/
ANYONE who thinks they have a need to test for HIV should be able to
1/
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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
June 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.
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Happy National Donut Day!
June 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Happy National Donut Day!
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I was in Prospect and took this pic of a whaleback rock formation that I thought looks like a whale. I waited until a wave crashed up so it appeared as if the "whale" was spouting water through its blowhole.
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I was in Prospect and took this pic of a whaleback rock formation that I thought looks like a whale. I waited until a wave crashed up so it appeared as if the "whale" was spouting water through its blowhole.
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The host of CBC's Information Morning Moncton (and my dear friend) Jonna Brewer is retiring: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Jonna Brewer to retire as host of Information Morning Moncton | CBC News
Information Morning Moncton host, Jonna Brewer, will retire on June 27 after 37 years with CBC.
www.cbc.ca
May 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The host of CBC's Information Morning Moncton (and my dear friend) Jonna Brewer is retiring: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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NEW POOL BEAR ALERT NEW POOL BEAR ALERT. it's not Patch. Never seen this big buddy before. If he returns he will get a permanent name.
May 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NEW POOL BEAR ALERT NEW POOL BEAR ALERT. it's not Patch. Never seen this big buddy before. If he returns he will get a permanent name.
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A Consolidated Canso of No. 161 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force flies over the German submarine U-889 after it surrendered to Allied forces in the vicinity of Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Source: Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3194315
#history #militaryhistory
Source: Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3194315
#history #militaryhistory
May 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A Consolidated Canso of No. 161 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force flies over the German submarine U-889 after it surrendered to Allied forces in the vicinity of Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Source: Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3194315
#history #militaryhistory
Source: Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3194315
#history #militaryhistory
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If you work in political or policy spaces, you may as well bookmark this article cause you’ll want to send it to people at least twice a day www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m a Free-Thinking Centrist with Only Right-Wing Ideas
You’ve probably wondered about me, the independent thinker in your social network. I’m one part libertarian, one part populist, and one part common...
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April 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you work in political or policy spaces, you may as well bookmark this article cause you’ll want to send it to people at least twice a day www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
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How I perceive ever US tourism pitch rn
April 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
How I perceive ever US tourism pitch rn