GMcGath

Freelance writer. Lover of #liberty, #music, and #cats. Author of The Magic Battery, Spells of War, Files that Last, and Tomorrow's Songs Today.

Lately doing lots of writing on history for Liberty Fund. https://oll.libertyfund.org/person/gary-mcgath

I sometimes discuss upsetting subjects. If that's not what you want, don't follow.

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2024-08-18 12:40:08

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@npub1ryz…g7u9 Socialism is a more or less internally consistent set of ideas. Harris also came out for abolishing income taxes on tips because she thought it would get her some votes.

2024-08-11 01:48:59

This interview with Trump should scare you to death. He intends to deport millions. To use the National Guard to do it. To bring these people directly across the border and dump them. To use the military inside the US. To give police immunity from prosecution. This is a formula for a police state.
https://time.com/6972022/donald-trump-transcript-2024-election/
#Trump #deportation

2024-08-04 10:56:20

A quarter of those polled said schools should have protesters arrested for opposing the Israel-Hamas war. Not for vandalism or disruption, not for supporting mass murder, just for opposing a war which the respondents support.
https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/national-speech-index-july-2024
#freeSpeech #firstAmendment

2024-08-03 12:18:12

Suicide bombers are among the most despicable people in existence. They murder the innocent in the expectation that they'll escape all human justice and will get an instant reward from their fantasy crime boss, whom they call "God." https://www.wcvb.com/article/suicide-bombers-target-beach-restaurant-in-somali-capital/61780039
#Somalia #terrorism

2024-08-01 17:22:44

#QualifiedImmunity for SWAT thugs strikes again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-SGGtP0Bg

2024-08-01 15:22:14

#Vance: "We believe that a million cheap knockoff toasters aren't worth the price of a single American manufacturing job." I.e., if a million people have to pay higher prices to create one job, screw all of you. https://www.ktnv.com/news/watch-trumps-vp-nominee-jd-vance-deliver-remarks-at-henderson-rally
#protectionism

2024-08-01 14:35:59

Continuing my series of posts on Louis #Spohr 's #music, here's one on his first double string quartet. As a bonus, the post includes an account of how he stood up to a king. https://garymcgath.com/wp/spohr-double-string-quartet-1/ #classicalMusic

2024-08-01 13:49:04

Web hygiene: NoScript and UBlock Origin in my browser. Daily deletion of unnecessary cookies. Doing this regularly makes my Web experience safer and more pleasant.

2024-08-01 00:18:47

When left-leaning commentators see the possibility of pushing undecided voters away from Trump, they desperately avoid it. Vance's attack on the childless threatened to do that, so #MorningJoe turned it into a groundless claim that Vance (who has biracial children) was calling for more white children. That will help make sure voters will dismiss the issue as more woke nonsense and stay with Trump. https://www.yahoo.com/news/msnbc-analyst-says-jd-vances-194559473.html

2024-07-31 15:58:16

Brought my car to Firestone for service, having scheduled that time slot. An hour later it's still in the parking lot. What a waste of my time.

2024-07-31 13:50:07

While #Hamas 's tactic of embedding itself in the civilian population may mitigate some Israeli military actions, nothing justifies #torture of prisoners. #Israel #Gaza https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/29/palestinian-prisoners-israel-jails-abuse/

2024-07-31 13:36:40

Yesterday I saw a serious assertion on Reddit that preferring Americanized Chinese food to authentic dishes is racist. Fake charges of #racism are a favorite tactic, a deliberate smear. People who hear these lies recognize them as such and start ignoring all claims of racism, including real ones.

2024-07-31 12:31:11

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@npub17tv…36s3 In any case, if Xitter has a policy against promoting racial segregation, the suspension was appropriate.

2024-07-31 12:16:32

#Trump doubles down, clarifying that he considers his Christian followers disposable: "I’ll straighten out the country, you won’t have to vote anymore. I won’t need your vote."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-again-says-christians-won-173033526.html

2024-07-30 23:40:17

Today I was reminded close-up of how some people think sarcastic remarks by sarcastic people delivered in sarcastic voices are the highest form of rhetoric. They should ask themselves how often they've been persuaded that way.

2024-07-30 18:08:03

#Buffer bans content that "causes emotional harm towards a community that is historically marginalized" or "aims to undermine or invalidate the experience of a community that is historically marginalized." That says to me they'll scrutinize posts for political acceptability. Sounded like an interesting idea, but I'll pass.
https://buffer.com/legal/terms-of-use/year/2023

2024-07-30 17:45:28

"White Dudes for Harris" is the logical culmination of identity politics and racial separatism. Do people get booted for having too dark a skin? #racism https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/07/30/liberal-white-dudes-rally-for-harris-its-like-a-rainbow-of-beige/

2024-07-30 14:27:20

It's rare to find a presidential candidate who doesn't believe in the Imperial Presidency. Even Libertarian candidates have made promises far beyond the office's powers. But #KamalaHarris is worse than many (though not as bad as Trump). https://reason.com/2019/09/13/kamala-harris-does-not-understand-why-the-constitution-should-get-in-the-way-of-her-gun-control-agenda/

2024-07-30 13:49:58

Another thing Republicans and Democrats in #Congress agree on is #protectionism. They just voted to increase the cost of US flags bought by the federal government. https://apnews.com/article/american-flags-susan-collins-china-c31c30bce3b0a1afc74f79f769022a26 #flag

2024-07-29 12:44:59

Today in bad #journalism: Headline puts "hate speech" ahead of theft and vandalism, as if it's the worse offense. https://www.wcvb.com/article/natick-churches-targeted-with-hate-speech-pride-flags-stolen-and-replaced/61723906
Here's a better report on the vandalism in #Natick #Massachusetts by 1 or more religious fanatics: https://www.natickreport.com/2024/07/natick-churches-decry-anti-lgbtqia-acts-that-took-place-over-the-weekend/

2024-07-29 12:06:57

New on my blog: "The USA is an oligarchy" has become an acceptable #conspiracyTheory on the left. https://garymcgath.com/wp/oligarchy-the-polite-way-to-say-conspiracy/

2024-07-28 21:40:57

American citizens without #RealID or passport will be denied access to federal facilities next year. This means that even if they sue against the requirement, they won't be allowed into the courtroom.

2024-07-28 21:37:27

Got a driver's license renewal notice, along with strong urging to get #RealID. These days progressives rely heavily on shaming to demand people get it. "Are you too stupid to passively submit to every form of government tracking and surveillance?"

2024-07-28 13:41:24

The Democratic branch of the Demopublican party fights to keep competing parties and candidates off the ballot. https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-rfk-ballot-election-2024-6578c475c48887f736270248d1664a4a

2024-07-27 20:45:41

Trying to follow Bridgy Fed to set up a #Bluesky bridge, but it seems that although it's "automated," manual intervention is necessary. Hopefully it will eventually work.

2024-07-27 16:02:19

#Trump isn't even hiding his dictatorial intent. "in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote." https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-christians-they-wont-have-vote-after-this-election-2024-07-27/

2024-07-27 12:55:39

To join this movement, you must be white (and female). It's not the usual white nationalists; this is apartheid by Democrats. Racial #segregation hasn't been so normalized in decades. https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-07-26/more-than-160-000-people-join-white-women-for-kamala-harris-zoom-call

2024-07-27 12:10:59

Another piece of miserable #journalism to dissect: This #CBS News piece on what hit Trump's ear includes a few paragraphs of irrelevant, disparaging material on Trump's physician. Is the goal to cast doubt on his assertion that it was a bullet? Or is there a rule that every article must demean someone Trump-connected, whether it fits the story or not?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fbi-bullet-ear-ronny-jackson-doctor/

2024-07-26 15:33:34

As soon as today's show is over, I need to dive down a #bardcore rabbit hole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDs-Y5DNH8

2024-07-26 14:34:12

A lawsuit says Ayesha Marie Johnson died in 2021 at Suffolk County House of Correction (not convicted of any crime) as she lay ignored for over an hour. #Boston #Massachusetts https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/25/officers-at-south-bay-jail-ignored-dying-woman-lawsuit-alleges/

2024-07-26 13:20:59

Beyoncé's "Freedom" has some good lines ("I break chains all by myself"), but mostly I can't tell what it's saying. https://genius.com/Beyonce-freedom-lyrics

2024-07-26 13:04:31

A "favorite" on Mastodon amounts to saying, "Psst, I don't want anyone else to know, but I like your post." Every time I get one, I wonder what to think.

2024-07-26 08:13:14

Headline on the #Newsweek site: "My Fellow Black Men—It's Time to Get in Line Behind Kamala Harris." Can anything be more racially insulting than ordering black men (why "men"?) to "get in line"?

2024-07-26 08:09:27

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Except Far Side cartoons. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/7b/67/8c7b67067ee7cd951d0d64206c58cc25.jpg

2024-07-26 08:08:56

Today I learned that #boneless wings aren't wings and may not be boneless. You can't put your trust in anything any more. https://reason.com/volokh/2024/07/25/should-consumers-expect-to-find-bones-in-boneless-wings/

2024-07-26 00:50:13

Somehow landed on a website that wanted me to download their Firefox extension. Red Alert, Captain! Not touching that site with a 10-foot pole.

2024-07-26 00:21:17

If people's reaction to #KamalaHarris was "She's tolerable and Trump isn't, so vote for her," I could reluctantly get behind that. But the actual enthusiasm I'm seeing for her disturbs me.

2024-07-25 16:34:39

No matter how bad #KamalaHarris gets, #Trump manages to stay ahead of her. He claims First Amendment supporters are "stupid." https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4792101-donald-trump-urges-jail-sentence-burning-flags-protests/

2024-07-25 15:05:22

Today I'm busy muting and unfollowing people pushing the "couch sex" lie. Even if they expect suckers to believe it, why do they think it would shift anyone's vote?
As I've said elsewhere, it's not that I like Vance, but that I hate liars.

2024-07-25 13:32:05

Just came across some material on "learned helplessness." It made me think of how certain people are taught to think of themselves as helpless victims and what that does to their ability to overcome barriers. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/learned-helplessness

2024-07-25 13:00:17

A few things that should make you suspicious of a "#news" story:
• Heavy use of emotional language.
• Clear inaccuracies.
• Grammatical sloppiness and misused words.
• Lack of specifics about who and what.
• More than half the story being tangential to the alleged subject.
• Quotations that are just short sentence fragments.
• The headline making a claim that the story doesn't support. (This may be the headline writer's fault.)

2024-07-24 23:53:02

#Reddit is blocking search engines — except Google. My use of Reddit has been steadily declining, and this is one more reason it should. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24205244/reddit-blocking-search-engine-crawlers-ai-bot-google

2024-07-24 23:26:18

Take the small wins where you can: Tennessee is no longer requiring convicted HIV-positive sex workers to register as "violent sex offenders." https://reason.com/2024/07/24/hiv-positive-sex-workers-no-longer-required-to-register-as-violent-sex-offenders-in-tennessee/

2024-07-24 21:30:06

Some trends of past years seem to have mercifully faded. Or maybe I'm just not following the right news. Are there still people who damn ethnic impurity as "cultural appropriation"? Are there still stores that threaten to kick people out for holding ideas they don't approve of?

2024-07-24 13:32:12

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@npub10q5…u4w4 They envision that religious organizations should have a choice in whom they deal with? Project 2025 is starting to sound good to me.

2024-07-24 02:28:49

Before World War I, the idea of an "illegal alien" didn't exist. The idea that people need a government's permission and papers to cross borders is an invention of circa 1920. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/a-history-of-the-passport

2024-07-24 00:15:34

When Chengdu won the 2023 Worldcon bid, a significant number of people in fandom claimed that any suggestion that it had been "bought" was racist. I wonder if these people are going to come out of the woodwork again to claim that it's racist to accuse any Chinese entity of being behind the attempt to buy a Hugo. Or maybe they'll even say that the disqualification of the 377 votes was "racist."

2024-07-23 15:53:51

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@npub10q5…u4w4 "The ruling is likely to free Dunn from prison, but it wasn’t immediately clear when that would happen." Sigh...

2024-07-23 12:41:27

New on my blog: Somebody make a really stupid attempt to buy a #Hugo award. 377 votes have been disqualified. https://garymcgath.com/wp/another-hugo-scandal/

2024-07-23 12:15:55

Update your scorecard: Aggressive prosecutors who lock up parents when their kids don't go to school are now progressive heroes.

2024-07-23 00:15:41

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@npub1a9n…p9fa That's more damage to the reputation of the Hugos, even though it was caught. It's weird; someone threw money at buying a Hugo, yet didn't even attempt to make the fake names look plausible.

2024-07-16 13:18:14

I've seen a bunch of YouTube comments dismissing the photo of the bullet going by Trump as fake, most of them on ridiculous grounds, but so far I haven't seen any references to experts studying the original raw image for manipulation or alternate explanations. Some times the best answer is, "We need more information."

2024-07-16 06:03:37

Pence's ideas were bad, but in the end he showed integrity. With #Vance, #Trump is showing he won't make that mistake again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/05/vance-trump-upend-democracy/

2024-07-16 05:59:07

Progressives shamelessly flip-flop on restraining the power of the executive branch. The dismissal of the classified documents case against #Trump is undeniably frustrating, but the ruling limits the power which Trump might later wield to act without the consent of Congress.
https://reason.com/2024/07/15/dismissal-of-trump-classified-documents-case-checks-the-power-of-special-counsels/

2024-07-15 11:45:46

A major party's convention is moving into a city. This always means a huge assault on the civil liberties of the people living there. Is anyone talking about how the people of #Milwaukee will be affected?

2024-07-15 03:21:15

My YouTube page is currently offering a video titled "How accurate is Monty Python's anarcho-syndicalist peasant scene?" Some niches really don't need to be filled.

2024-07-14 16:29:28

Sometimes TV shows provide useful warnings. The Netflix show _Resident Alien_ reminded viewers that if you submit a DNA sample to an ancestry tracing site, it may well end up in a government database without your consent.

2024-07-14 14:07:03

Standard reminders, especially useful today:
• Stories can be lies.
• Pictures and videos can be faked or put into a false context.
• Even normally reliable people sometimes pass on misinformation.
• One person pulled the trigger, not an entire class of people.

2024-07-14 00:42:18

People with a single shared characteristic don't constitute a "community" or an "identity." Claiming that they do denies their individual identity and uniqueness.

2024-07-13 14:50:39

Log in to Discord. Makes me fill in a dumb captcha, then sends email to my spamtrap address. Log in to the spamtrap account. It wants 2FA. Do that. Get a security alert on my normal email, saying I just logged in to the spamtrap account. Yes, I did. Click on the email from Discord. Re-enter my login. Finally logged in.
No wonder people hate security measures.

2024-07-13 12:40:25

With all the distortions about #Project2025, I decided to take a look at it. https://www.project2025.org/policy/
There's a lot of stuff to go through, but in my sampling so far, I'm spotting a lot of good ideas for cutting back the federal government.

2024-07-12 18:45:16

If you've thoughtfully reached your conclusions but are afraid to express them because your "friends" will hate you and denounce you — you've got the wrong friends.

2024-07-12 12:03:21

#Glasgow #Worldcon doesn't consider George R. R. Martin good enough for its program. https://file770.com/pixel-scroll-7-11-24-es-not-a-pixel-es-a-very-naughty-scroll/

2024-07-12 11:56:56

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@npub15fq…yzaa Why are they "right to be puzzled"? Do they think they voted for an absolute ruler who makes every decision, and that even Trump v. USA doesn't go far enough?

2024-07-11 12:23:30

Opened the CBS News page. All the headlines were about talk of replacing Biden. Went to the NY Post site in hope of at least encountering a different bias; all the headlines were about talk of replacing #Biden.

2024-07-11 10:26:56

New on my blog: A dean at #Harvard is fed up with having his noble school criticized and wants to make the faculty shut up. https://garymcgath.com/wp/bobo-the-clown/ #censorship

2024-07-11 01:43:07

Joseph Smith was a petty tyrant who had a newspaper destroyed for criticizing him. The #Mormon Church calls him a "martyr" and his dictatorial action an "attempt to protect the city from mob violence."
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/timeline-of-96-hours-surrounding-the-martyrdom-of-joseph-smith-and-hyrum-smith

2024-07-10 18:19:16

What the #Glasgow #Worldcon is doing in distorting UK law is extremely similar to what religious conservatives in the US do to get books pulled from libraries. https://garymcgath.com/wp/update-glasgow-worldcon-code/

2024-07-10 16:44:05

I no longer see any signs in #NewHampshire stores threatening to eject customers for their opinions. Even people with mainstream views were uncomfortable with untrained employees eavesdropping on them and judging their ideas.

2024-07-10 13:12:11

#Honolulu #Hawaii cops handcuffed a 10-year-old girl for drawing an "offensive" picture then yelled, "Nyah-nyah! We got qualified immunity!" https://reason.com/2024/07/09/9th-circuit-rejects-qualified-immunity-for-honolulu-cops-who-handcuffed-10-year-old-girl/

2024-07-10 13:00:29

Democrats and Republicans agree my #SocialSecurity payments should plummet in a few years. Easy come, easy go. I've always known not to count on government money, even when it's my own money being given back. https://reason.com/2024/07/09/republicans-confirm-their-plan-to-let-social-security-go-insolvent/

2024-07-10 12:04:15

#Glasgow 2024 #Worldcon Code of Conduct is based on a dubious reading of UK censorship laws. https://garymcgath.com/wp/update-glasgow-worldcon-code/

2024-07-09 14:39:11

Got a #Facebook friend request today from someone claiming to have the same name as a person who's been on my friend list for years. Facebook provides zero protection against this type of scam. It would take very little effort to add a warning like "A person with this name is already on your Friend list." But that assumes Facebook cares what happens to its users.

2024-07-08 12:59:38

#Russia bombs children's #hospital in #Kyiv #Ukraine https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-childrens-hospital-missile-attack-deaths/

2024-07-08 10:33:28

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@npub1788…9nku 0. Install NoScript and UBlock Origin. Grant JavaScript permissions only when absolutely needed. This will take care of 90% of the problems.

2024-07-08 00:51:30

Some analysts are saying the media's #Biden feeding frenzy is due to their feeling deceived and betrayed. But could they really have been so fooled before? And would people with no journalistic integrity think of deception and misdirection as anything more than part of the game?

2024-07-07 16:28:02

There are people on the Net begging others to vote for them for the #CRIT Awards. I can't wrap my mind around that level of desperation.

2024-07-07 12:11:55

The 1st black-white interracial dance couple in a feature film was not Shirley Temple & Bojangles Robinson. This scene predates it by years. I don't know for sure if it was the 1st, but if there was an earlier one, you'll have to look at 1929 or earlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idix8n99Y4U&t=1s #silentFilm #Stummfilm

2024-07-06 19:46:07

John #McEntee, former Trump aide, said he commits crimes so other people will be arrested for them. Now he's saying he made that up as a joke. Thinking it's funny to get innocent people arrested is only slightly less bad than doing it. https://www.newsweek.com/former-trump-aide-slammed-tiktok-video-1899703

2024-07-05 20:17:50

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@npub1tcc…vyjs It probably varies by geography, so what I see in New England might not be representative.

2024-07-05 15:37:07

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@npub1tcc…vyjs I wonder where Unitarians fit into those numbers. In my experience most UUs are atheists or agnostics, but they're also churchgoers. I've never been a UU church member but I have been in a UU church choir.

2024-07-05 13:07:19

I hate non-competes, but I wondered from the start what pocket the federal government pulled its authority over employee contracts out of. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191946/ftc-noncompete-ban-judge-preliminary-injunction
For many decades the federal government has expanded its power through the dogma that the #Constitution is a "living, breathing document" that means whatever it wants it to mean. Presidential immunity is just the latest step.

2024-07-04 20:32:04

My Samsung Galaxy phone threw an unsolicited "gallery story" at me. One that's three years old, too. None of the advice that I've seen on how to make it stop fits my settings.

2024-07-04 12:35:35

Classic barrier-to-entry cronyism: #Salem, #Massachusetts has increased its #license fee for walking tour guides by three thousand four hundred percent. This will drive out everyone who conducts tours for fun and eliminate competition with the big professionals. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/03/salem-just-raised-its-tour-guide-license-fees-by-3400-heres-why/

2024-07-04 12:29:27

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@npub183y…cuv3 You mean, e.g., assassination by drone? No president has been prosecuted for it yet; I don't expect attempts to start now.

2024-07-04 12:26:19

Have the big news media had a sudden attack of fair-mindedness? It's more plausible they're smelling blood. #Biden is an old-style Democrat. They want someone more progressive, i.e., someone more authoritarian, in the #WhiteHouse. They want Harris.
The presidency is already running largely on autopilot. It could do that for four more years, even if Biden becomes completely incapable of leading. Look at Wilson's 2nd term. A #Harris presidency would be worse.

2024-07-03 18:48:50

So many on the left are simultaneously outraged by a #SCOTUS ruling that the executive branch is answerable to the courts and by one that says it isn't.

2024-07-02 17:21:59

Where did the contemptible #CRIT awards crowd come from? This article gives a plausible explanation. Apparently pro-Hamas people have taken over a significant part of the table-top gaming community. https://quillette.com/2024/07/02/a-tale-of-waffles-and-syrup/

2024-07-02 11:47:52

As I understand it, here's the #SCOTUS presidential immunity diktat in a nutshell:
#President personally kills someone: Can be prosecuted. President orders the FBI to kill someone: Can't be prosecuted.

2024-07-01 16:01:00

"Free Wi-Fi services should not require logging in through an email or social media account." If you're asked for any password when connecting to #WiFi, other than the one provided to you for that hotspot, stop immediately!
https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/australia_evil_twin_wifi_airline_attack/

2024-07-01 11:36:48

On this point, I'm on Bannon's side. Nothing in the Constitution gives Congress the authority to compel people to talk to it. The Supreme Court invented this power out of thin air and further claimed it's unchallengeable.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/01/steve-bannon-prison-connecticut

2024-07-01 01:15:00

I haven't seen any Big Name Pros denouncing the #CRIT awards. This is an issue almost all of fandom should be able to agree on. Have I missed anything noteworthy?

2024-06-29 18:15:32

So many sites (e.g., Bluesky and LinkedIn) are using JavaScript to override my mod key preferences and keep me from leaving their page when I click on a link, that I'm increasingly right-clicking and choosing "Open link in new tab." They haven't figured out how to override that yet.

2024-06-28 03:07:13

Ryan Walters wants school kids to be indoctrinated in #Christianity. He's confessing that he has no arguments for his doctrines except holding a club over kids' heads. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/oklahoma-public-schools-bible-teachings
#Oklahoma

2024-06-25 19:21:53

It's strange that I've never seen a "chariots of the gods" theory about Yahweh. He lives in the sky; he flooded the world and firebombed a couple of cities from above; Jesus ascended into the sky to return home.
There's been stuff about Ezekiel's UFO, but I haven't seen a more general connection between God and aliens.

2024-06-25 18:21:16

Going by this article on #Assange , the US government wiggled out of the potential for really bad publicity while not admitting its culpability for persecuting him for years. https://reason.com/2024/06/25/julian-assange-a-free-man/

2024-06-25 15:29:39

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Got two of the others in the next two guesses, but ran out of guesses before I could get the last. (Quordle, as the name suggests, is four simultaneous Wordles.)

2024-06-25 15:19:38

I HATE it when this happens! #Quordle
https://cdn.masto.host/liberdon/media_attachments/files/112/677/453/613/115/988/original/d312b673a0e7bd40.png

2024-06-24 14:34:06

Wednesday, June 26, 8 PM Eastern time: The Buster Keaton short comedy "One Week," with me providing live accompaniment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjNYJ1uiObw

2024-06-24 12:32:36

The "Stop #Comstock Act" should be called the "Slightly Limit Comstock Act." A proper Stop Comstock Act would say simply, "The Comstock Act is repealed." https://reason.com/2024/06/21/the-stop-comstock-act-doesnt-go-far-enough/