Nostr notes by gmcgath

The 1925 Wizard of Oz is my choice for "worst movie ever made ...

2025-11-11T11:37:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…mzze
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The 1925 Wizard of Oz is my choice for "worst movie ever made by a professional studio."

It looks as if I'll be leaving Liberdon soon. I fully ...

2025-11-10T13:27:53Z

It looks as if I'll be leaving Liberdon soon. I fully understand that the admins don't want to hand out a free lunch, but I'm just not using it (or Mastodon in general) enough to justify the cost. I haven't decided whether to migrate or move to another instance. I'll keep running Filk News (npub169j…mep2) for the foreseeable future.

What — a word that ends in "rrh" and doesn't have ...

2025-11-09T12:24:01Z

What — a word that ends in "rrh" and doesn't have any a, e, i. o, or u in it?? Oh, right, there is one.

The Libertarian Party's new priority is numbers above ...

2025-11-07T23:40:07Z

The Libertarian Party's new priority is numbers above everything. Anyone who says something vaguely pro-liberty is welcome. But it's already so far down the chute to irrelevance that it doesn't matter. #LibertarianParty

Judicial Watch sends out junk mail marked "LEGAL NOTICE," ...

2025-11-05T14:19:21Z

Judicial Watch sends out junk mail marked "LEGAL NOTICE," insisting that you return a form, but it's not clear what you commit to if you do. https://garymcgath.com/questionable-mailing-judicial-watch/
#JudicialWatch #scams

Congratulations to the Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, which ...

2025-10-29T10:43:57Z

Congratulations to the Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, which managed to offend everyone at once. It cancelled a scheduled event because of a planned peaceful protest against it, breaking its agreement with a pro-abortion group and suggesting that the anti-abortion protesters were a violent threat.
https://garymcgath.com/cowardice-portsmouth-music-hall/
#NewHampshire

You can subscribe to my blog from Mastodon using blog [at] ...

2025-10-27T22:37:49Z

You can subscribe to my blog from Mastodon using blog [at] garymcgath [dot] com. (I have to mung the address, or Mastodon will turn it into a direct link to the blog, which isn't at all helpful.)

Glenn Jacobs, who calls himself a libertarian, said in an ...

2025-10-27T15:07:41Z

Glenn Jacobs, who calls himself a libertarian, said in an interview with Reason that Trump "is going to dismantle the way government agencies can go after people for whatever reason they want." What strange alternate universe is Jacobs living in?

There are good reasons to condemn Trump's wrecking the White ...

2025-10-27T10:53:30Z

There are good reasons to condemn Trump's wrecking the White House, but the loss of the "Office of the First Lady" isn't one of them. The office is pure nepotism and measures a woman's worth by whom she's married to.

Bothsidesism now! https://garymcgath.com/bothsidesism-now/

2025-10-27T10:28:10Z

Bothsidesism now!
https://garymcgath.com/bothsidesism-now/

Likewise for organizers of fan conventions. If their message is ...

2025-10-23T21:59:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…4l63
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Likewise for organizers of fan conventions. If their message is "We're only telling people on Facebook," I'm not inclined to go.

"Fascism" is a term with a specific meaning, but it's ...

2025-10-22T09:59:16Z

"Fascism" is a term with a specific meaning, but it's often used as a code. https://garymcgath.com/fascism-as-a-coded-term/

Ready for your Halloween silent movies? I'll be accompanying ...

2025-10-17T14:40:42Z

Ready for your Halloween silent movies? I'll be accompanying the 1923 _Hunchback of Notre Dame_ with Lon Chaney at the Plaistow, NH Library on October 28.
https://plaistowlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/silent-movie-special-2/
#silentFilm

@npub1hpu…se35 Check today's Girl Genius. :)

2025-10-06T10:26:58Z

Heather Rose Jones (npub1hpu…se35) Check today's Girl Genius. :)

If I post a link to the ActivityPub feed here so people can ...

2025-10-05T14:59:09Z

If I post a link to the ActivityPub feed here so people can subscribe to it, Mastodon will instead take you to the blog itself, which is useless for the purpose. So instead, I'll post a link to the post on my blog where I explain how you can subscribe to it.

https://garymcgath.com/follow-this-blog-with-activitypub/

You'll find a lot more of what I say by subscribing to the blog than from my direct Mastodon posts these days.

I never understood that either.

2025-10-05T14:51:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…y7ks
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I never understood that either.

Apple, caving in to government pressure of an unknown nature, has ...

2025-10-03T15:47:25Z

Apple, caving in to government pressure of an unknown nature, has removed an application that lets people report where ICE raids are happening.
https://garymcgath.com/iceblock-censored-apple-store/
#ICE #ICEBlock

These days I'm not posting much to Mastodon, but you can ...

2025-09-18T18:41:37Z

These days I'm not posting much to Mastodon, but you can follow my blog at blog@garymcgath.com

Some flame wars got me to wondering: What is the difference ...

2025-09-17T10:07:10Z

Some flame wars got me to wondering: What is the difference between sympathy and empathy? (The flame wars showed few signs of either.) https://garymcgath.com/sympathy-empathy/

"Shai Hulud" sounds like a REALLY nasty worm.

2025-09-16T22:02:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…culf
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"Shai Hulud" sounds like a REALLY nasty worm.

In an email to me, Rockingham County (NH) commissioner Steven ...

2025-09-15T13:58:13Z

In an email to me, Rockingham County (NH) commissioner Steven Goddu claimed that there is a presumption of guilt if you don't have documentation to show you're legally in the US. He is a dishonest person and a Trump puppet.
#NewHampshire

In 1900, Georges Méliès made a rather impressive 10-minute film ...

2025-09-15T11:10:35Z

In 1900, Georges Méliès made a rather impressive 10-minute film about Joan of Arc. Here it is with my accompaniment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K_XXfohNVI
#silentFilm #Stummfilm #filmMuet

Rockingham County commissioners looking to get 30 silver by ...

2025-09-11T18:14:36Z

Rockingham County commissioners looking to get 30 silver by collaborating with ICE. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/metro/nh-county-jails-ice-detainee-revenue/
#ICE #NewHampshire

At least people are no longer imprisoned or executed for being ...

2025-09-11T14:28:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…kr4m
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At least people are no longer imprisoned or executed for being the wrong kind of Christian.

Seems I'm still a pro writer. I just found out (when they ...

2025-09-04T19:28:14Z

Seems I'm still a pro writer. I just found out (when they paid me) that Liberty Fund ran my article on "Marlowe, Goethe, and the Faust Legend" about a month ago. I hope you enjoy it.
https://oll.libertyfund.org/publications/reading-room/2025-08-06-marlowe-goethe-and-the-faust-legend

It's no big deal that he was invited. The problem is that he ...

2025-09-04T12:25:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…f9xn
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It's no big deal that he was invited. The problem is that he accepted.

Police were called in on exhibitors at two fan-run cons in ...

2025-09-04T10:41:59Z

Police were called in on exhibitors at two fan-run cons in different countries. Both cases were related to AI panic, but the particulars were strongly different. https://garymcgath.com/police-called-convention-exhibitors/
#fandom #AI

One upside to the migration: The ActivityPub plugin works with ...

2025-08-29T14:24:27Z

One upside to the migration: The ActivityPub plugin works with the new hosting. You can subscribe to blog@garymcgath.com from Mastodon or anything else that uses the ActivityPub protocol (subject to local restrictions).

Just noticed that the RSS feed URL for my blog has changed. The ...

2025-08-29T13:26:13Z

Just noticed that the RSS feed URL for my blog has changed. The new one is https://garymcgath.com/blogging/feed

A scumbag woman is charged with speech arousing "anger, ...

2025-08-29T11:12:31Z

A scumbag woman is charged with speech arousing "anger, alarm, or resentment." She's representing herself in what should be a simple 1st Amendment defense yet is raising a million dollars in a fundraiser. All sides are wrong or crazy. https://garymcgath.com/sometimes-everybody-is-wrong/

The migration of https://garymcgath.com is complete. The one ...

2025-08-28T21:43:50Z

The migration of https://garymcgath.com is complete. The one problem I've noticed is that all the email subscriptions have vanished, and I don't think I can recover them. You can re-subscribe on the left sidebar of the website. Sorry.

A communist, no. A socialist, yes, when it suits him.

2025-08-28T21:41:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…cqzq
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A communist, no. A socialist, yes, when it suits him.

This woman sounds like a piece of dirt, but name-calling is ...

2025-08-27T00:07:31Z

This woman sounds like a piece of dirt, but name-calling is protected by the First Amendment. Why her fundraiser needs a million dollars, though, is beyond me. Lawyers aren't _that_ expensive.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/minnesota-woman-charged-using-racial-212039698.html #FirstAmendment

Good, but the omission of similar concerns about US state ...

2025-08-24T14:49:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…dpp7
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Good, but the omission of similar concerns about US state governments is glaring.

They'll have to get more reliable first (which probably will ...

2025-08-24T14:45:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…endc
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They'll have to get more reliable first (which probably will happen). I've seen many mentions of AI-generated briefs that invented citations out of thin air.

America is dying as a free society. In this blog post, I look at ...

2025-08-22T11:41:18Z

America is dying as a free society. In this blog post, I look at the murder suspects and reach an accusation.
https://garymcgath.com/wp/who-killed-america/

And it's only gotten worse.

2025-08-21T11:11:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…vsuz
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And it's only gotten worse.

The Democrats have made it clear all they care about is getting ...

2025-08-21T00:41:05Z

The Democrats have made it clear all they care about is getting elected, not about any principles. America's diagnosis: terminal.

The nation's capital is under military occupation, and the ...

2025-08-19T13:33:56Z

The nation's capital is under military occupation, and the Democrats are still pretending everything is politics as usual and grubbing for votes. They're making what would have been backroom gerrymandering deals in an age when politicians still had some shame.

MK2 has folded with its pair of deuces. The video of the complete ...

2025-08-15T23:04:05Z

MK2 has folded with its pair of deuces. The video of the complete _Voyage dans la Lune_ with my accompaniment stays up on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7EO07_Xt4U

I've submitted a second escalation against the YouTube ...

2025-08-12T13:35:16Z

I've submitted a second escalation against the YouTube takedown of my video of _Voyage dans la Lune_ with my music, a 1902 film which MK2 ludicrously claims to have under copyright. MK2 has not given a single word of explanation. YouTube's takedown system is stacked in favor of copyright trolls; I risk a copyright strike by challenging the groundless claim. MK2 risks nothing.

At the moment, the video is available for all to view and listen to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7EO07_Xt4U

Remember when Republicans were against big government? Now ...

2025-08-10T14:32:25Z

Remember when Republicans were against big government? Now they're telling small bookstores how to run their restrooms. https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/social-issues/a-family-opened-a-town-s-first-bookstore-a-bathroom-bill-is-driving-them-away/ar-AA1KfjVa

A big loss to filk, especially to the Canadian filk community. ...

2025-08-09T13:36:30Z

A big loss to filk, especially to the Canadian filk community. Jane G. reports that Tom Jeffers had a fatal heart attack on Wednesday.

Unblocked once again on YouTube! Méliès' _La Voyage dans la ...

2025-08-09T10:21:01Z

Unblocked once again on YouTube! Méliès' _La Voyage dans la Lune_ (A Trip to the Moon), the complete version with my original accompaniment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7EO07_Xt4U
#SilentFilm #Stummfilm

Yesterday I uploaded the 1902 film _A Trip to the Moon_ with my ...

2025-08-07T10:05:40Z

Yesterday I uploaded the 1902 film _A Trip to the Moon_ with my accompaniment to YouTube. This morning I was notified it's blocked because "CPR Agency for MK2" claims to own this 123-year-old movie. I've filed a dispute against the copyright troll. #silentFilm #Stummfilm

The early silent classic _A Trip to the Moon_ with my original ...

2025-08-07T01:32:57Z

The early silent classic _A Trip to the Moon_ with my original accompaniment. Includes the often-missing celebration scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7EO07_Xt4U #silentFilm

A look at the fallacy: "Auschwitz was a concentration camp. ...

2025-08-05T09:47:56Z

A look at the fallacy: "Auschwitz was a concentration camp. Alligator Alcatraz is a concentration camp. Therefore Alligator Alcatraz is the same as Auschwitz."
https://garymcgath.com/wp/false-equivalence-fallacy/
#sanityProject #AlligatorAlcatraz

Rhode Island business owners pledge to keep masked, armed thugs ...

2025-08-05T00:48:19Z

Rhode Island business owners pledge to keep masked, armed thugs from invading their property. But they don't say how they'll do it.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/08/04/dozens-of-rhode-island-businesses-pledge-to-keep-ice-out/
#ICE #RhodeIsland

Those who say the Democrats and Republicans are equally bad ...

2025-08-04T13:48:53Z

Those who say the Democrats and Republicans are equally bad should read this. https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/2024/07/08/the-false-equivalence-trap/

With its latest email, Indivisible stopped even trying to hide ...

2025-08-03T12:15:10Z

With its latest email, Indivisible stopped even trying to hide that it's a Democratic party organization. Unsubscribed.

From what I see in the news (that is, absolutely nothing), ...

2025-08-03T10:26:40Z

From what I see in the news (that is, absolutely nothing), 50501's switch from principled positions to "rage" was a total dud.

Impressive migration work!

2025-08-02T10:46:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…zzzl
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Impressive migration work!

August 2, a day of "rage against the regime"? ...

2025-08-01T10:06:21Z

August 2, a day of "rage against the regime"? https://garymcgath.com/wp/august-2-day-of-rage/

Tom Lehrer: Not just a writer of biting lyrics but an excellent ...

2025-07-30T11:29:18Z

Tom Lehrer: Not just a writer of biting lyrics but an excellent tunesmith as well. https://garymcgath.com/wp/tom-lehrer-as-composer/

Not the first. During World War II, the US had concentration ...

2025-07-29T09:46:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…tynk
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Not the first. During World War II, the US had concentration camps for citizens whose only offense was having Japanese ancestry.

Talking about "Alligator Auschwitz" trivializes the ...

2025-07-29T09:42:26Z

Talking about "Alligator Auschwitz" trivializes the Nazis' deeds. https://garymcgath.com/wp/alligator-auschwitz/ #AlligatorAlcatraz

It sounds from the article as if these people are more interested ...

2025-07-29T09:30:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…tkzm
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It sounds from the article as if these people are more interested in ruining the quality of service credit card companies can deliver than anything else.

Nullification has a bad reputation from its use by slave states, ...

2025-07-28T16:10:32Z

Nullification has a bad reputation from its use by slave states, but it could be a good response to Trump. States should declare that since ICE routinely violates the Constitution, they do not recognize it as a law enforcement agency and do not permit it to operate within their borders.

Not that it will ever happen.
#ICE #Trump

Now on YouTube: The General, 1926 Buster Keaton film, with my ...

2025-07-26T10:16:44Z

Now on YouTube: The General, 1926 Buster Keaton film, with my original accompaniment. #silentFilm #Stummfilm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLa7v5nmoxM

Pope endorses faith healing over scientific medicine. ...

2025-07-22T10:47:42Z

Pope endorses faith healing over scientific medicine. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/07/20/pope-leo-declares-recovery-of-rhode-island-infant-first-miracle-of-his-papacy/

Keep a fire extinguisher close by!

2025-07-22T10:18:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…7jl7
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Keep a fire extinguisher close by!

If you want to convince people to change their mind instead of ...

2025-07-22T10:17:00Z

If you want to convince people to change their mind instead of "owning" them, read these six rules. https://garymcgath.com/wp/six-rules-bad-ideas/ #sanityProject

A visit to a restaurant that was recently the target of an ICE ...

2025-07-21T11:02:20Z

A visit to a restaurant that was recently the target of an ICE abduction. https://garymcgath.com/wp/little-ice-breaking/ #NewHampshire #ICE

Coming up on Tuesday, July 22: Silent Film _The General_ starring ...

2025-07-20T12:00:54Z

Coming up on Tuesday, July 22: Silent Film _The General_ starring Buster Keaton, with my live accompaniment! Plaistow, NH Library. https://plaistowlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/silent-movie-special/
#silentFilm #Stummfilm

I especially like the latest Jesus & Mo. ...

2025-07-20T11:57:41Z

I especially like the latest Jesus & Mo.
https://www.jesusandmo.net/comic/grew/
#webcomic #religion

The "made from real oranges" bit tells you how old it is, ...

2025-07-17T11:16:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…r7r6
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The "made from real oranges" bit tells you how old it is, even more than the buggy in the illustration.

My reply to an essay by Aaron Ross Powell. ...

2025-07-17T11:14:59Z

My reply to an essay by Aaron Ross Powell. https://garymcgath.com/wp/aaron-ross-powell-essay/ #ethics

Chaplin wasn't a Communist, but what were his views? One word ...

2025-07-14T10:11:49Z

Chaplin wasn't a Communist, but what were his views? One word that applies is "squishy." https://garymcgath.com/wp/evaluating-charles-chaplin/

New Hampshire govt lawyers have filed a lawsuit claiming TikTok ...

2025-07-13T10:22:20Z

New Hampshire govt lawyers have filed a lawsuit claiming TikTok is somehow damaging children's "mental and physical health." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM2POnKVYRE
#TikTok #NewHampshire #censorship

GIMP is free and has a lot of power. The UI is confusing but ...

2025-07-12T15:02:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…k2lj
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GIMP is free and has a lot of power. The UI is confusing but manageable.

The anti-cultivated-meat lobby has pulled its playbook straight ...

2025-07-11T21:16:28Z

The anti-cultivated-meat lobby has pulled its playbook straight from tne anti-Rearden Metal lobby in _Atlas Shrugged_. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc6TKIjZtQE

The following is in Social Security's terms of service: ...

2025-07-11T13:14:24Z

The following is in Social Security's terms of service: "I agree that the Social Security Administration is not responsible for the improper disclosure of any information that the Social Security Administration has provided to me or any information that is on or from my computer or other device, whether due to my negligence or the wrongful acts of others."

As I read that, SSA could try to put spyware on my computer and can't be held responsible.

I deleted my Hear-Me account a day after creating it. There just ...

2025-07-11T10:24:17Z

I deleted my Hear-Me account a day after creating it. There just wasn't anybody interesting there, and no discussion of local matters in spite of its claim to being Boston-oriented.

2025 Prometheus Awards. ...

2025-07-10T19:53:21Z

2025 Prometheus Awards. http://www.rawillumination.net/2025/07/prometheus-awards-announced.html?spref=tw
#scienceFiction

"CarPlay apps that stream audio for live sports events can ...

2025-07-10T19:45:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…q58n
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"CarPlay apps that stream audio for live sports events can show a scoreboard for the game on the CarPlay screen..."

Sounds like a great safety feature. The road is boring to look at anyway.

I'm now also on I'm @npub1yep…hhuz where I hope to pick ...

2025-07-10T14:00:16Z

I'm now also on I'm madfilkentist (npub1yep…hhuz) where I hope to pick up some New England conversation.

When a cat is involved in New Hampshire, tempers can explode. ...

2025-07-09T18:07:26Z

When a cat is involved in New Hampshire, tempers can explode. https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/09/court-upholds-anti-stalking-injunction-stemming-from-public-pressure-campaign-over-allegedly-wrongly-withheld-cat/
#NewHampshire #cats

The NH legislature passed a bill to tighten the grip of the ...

2025-07-09T17:01:43Z

The NH legislature passed a bill to tighten the grip of the Demopublican Party. Governor Ayotte, in a rare show of integrity, vetoed it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/09/metro/partisan-school-board-elections-veto-ayotte/

Provincetown prosecutes people for constitutionally protected ...

2025-07-09T10:23:15Z

Provincetown prosecutes people for constitutionally protected speech, while a violent assault barely gets a mention.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/07/08/3-facing-charges-after-allegedly-yelling-homophobic-slurs-in-provincetown/
#Massachusetts #Provincetown

On July 22, I'll be accompanying the silent film _The ...

2025-07-09T09:48:07Z

On July 22, I'll be accompanying the silent film _The General_ at the Plaistow, NH library.
https://garymcgath.com/wp/plaistow-the-general/
#silentFilm #NewHampshire

A wild theory is spreading over the Internet that if you see em ...

2025-07-08T10:01:29Z

A wild theory is spreading over the Internet that if you see em dashes, you’re seeing something generated by a computer. This method of telling robots from humans is fast, simple — and worthless.
https://garymcgath.com/wp/the-em-dash-panic/

I agree in defining an atheist not as someone who claims there is ...

2025-07-07T14:59:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…746k
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I agree in defining an atheist not as someone who claims there is no god, but as someone who doesn't believe in gods. It's usually associated with claims about reality (at a minimum, that reality hasn't given us satisfactory evidence of a god's existence) but isn't itself a metaphysical claim.

How I made my short musical documentary, "Yearning to Breathe ...

2025-07-07T09:55:45Z

How I made my short musical documentary, "Yearning to Breathe Free." https://garymcgath.com/wp/yearning-to-breathe-free/

_People_ claims that "America Party" is a ...

2025-07-05T20:59:54Z

_People_ claims that "America Party" is a "MAGA-friendly name." Apparently they think America stands for centralized one-man power, and freedom is un-American. #AmericaParty

"Yearning to Breathe Free," a 10-minute history of ...

2025-07-04T00:26:46Z

"Yearning to Breathe Free," a 10-minute history of immigration to the US in still images, with my accompaniment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Oa4oTTHBU
#YouTube #immigration #history

To the headline writer, the horrible thing wasn't that they ...

2025-07-02T12:54:24Z

To the headline writer, the horrible thing wasn't that they beat him up on a whim but that they called him names.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/07/01/suspects-in-alleged-hate-crime-in-provincetown-used-homophobic-slur-during-attack-police-say/

It's any bookstore's right to decline to sell a book if ...

2025-06-30T10:06:16Z

It's any bookstore's right to decline to sell a book if they don't like it or the author. But is it a good idea?
https://garymcgath.com/wp/when-bookstores-refuse/ #bookstores #books

Also, a featured review described Toot! as ...

2025-06-30T07:15:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…myq6
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Also, a featured review described Toot! as "anti-fascist," apparently because it blocks sites the developer didn't approve of.

Just deleted Toot! from my iPad after noticing it hadn't been ...

2025-06-30T06:59:04Z

Just deleted Toot! from my iPad after noticing it hadn't been updated in 2 years. I hadn't used it much in a long time anyway.

Came upon this article on anti-immigrant activism by the KKK in ...

2025-06-28T11:34:20Z

Came upon this article on anti-immigrant activism by the KKK in the 1920s. It's scary how similar their propaganda was to anti-immigrant propaganda of today.
https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/1924-immigration-act/
#KKK #immigration

Last month the anti-immigrant organization Judicial Watch sent ...

2025-06-27T09:54:49Z

Last month the anti-immigrant organization Judicial Watch sent out a phony census designed to look like an official document. Yesterday I got mail complaining that I didn't respond to it. Poor babies.
https://garymcgath.com/wp/judicial-watch-ignored-census/

I doubt that he'll be any more successful there than he is in ...

2025-06-26T10:10:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…kws8
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I doubt that he'll be any more successful there than he is in Russia-Ukraine.

The writers' organization Codex has expelled a member for ...

2025-06-26T10:08:46Z

The writers' organization Codex has expelled a member for unspecified code of conduct violations relating to his work for the government. A lot is strange and unclear. https://garymcgath.com/wp/code-of-conduct-issue/

Sorry if you slept through the Era of Peace. ...

2025-06-24T10:14:03Z

Sorry if you slept through the Era of Peace.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-24/israeli-defence-minister-orders-attacks-on-iran-after-ceasefire-violation

The Moon journey in the 1929 film _Frau im Mond_ has some ...

2025-06-23T10:33:52Z

The Moon journey in the 1929 film _Frau im Mond_ has some impressive science, along with a few silly bits. In today's blog post, I discuss the sequence in detail.
https://garymcgath.com/wp/fritz-lang-woman-in-the-moon/

My impression is that there are Mastodon instances that are still ...

2025-06-22T11:43:01Z

My impression is that there are Mastodon instances that are still going strong, and probably some close-knit subnetworks of instances are too, but Mastodon as a social network has little life remaining in it.

My favorite Liszt piece.

2025-06-22T10:46:19Z

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My favorite Liszt piece.

New on YouTube: The moon journey sequence from the 1929 silent ...

2025-06-21T13:38:29Z

New on YouTube: The moon journey sequence from the 1929 silent film _Frau im Mond_ (Woman in the Moon), with my accompaniment. Countdown, G-force stress, weightlessness, multi-stage rocket, retro-rocket landing, all 40 years before Apollo 11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVSXSEGXV2c
#silentFilm #Stummfilm

"Juneteenth" is very much worth celebrating, but it ...

2025-06-19T19:02:58Z

"Juneteenth" is very much worth celebrating, but it deserves a better name, like Emancipation Day. https://garymcgath.com/wp/call-it-emancipation-day/
#Juneteenth

J. C. Bach helped to establish that printed music is ...

2025-06-16T10:05:23Z

J. C. Bach helped to establish that printed music is copyrightable.
https://garymcgath.com/wp/when-music-became-copyrightable/
#copyright #music