David Todd McCarty / is on Nostr

Writer. Journalist. Raconteur.

I live in Cape May, New Jersey, USA, where I write about politics, culture, science, history, religion and travel. I look a bit like if Hagrid ate Harry. I hate bullies no matter what side they’re on. I'm kind, until you push me. Three kids. Seven grands. Running out of fucks.

Phillies. Eagles. Liverpool.

There are some who call me—Tim.

Publisher of three [@medium](https://me.dm/@medium ) pubs: Ellemeno, Rome, and A Bit Dodgy.

Writing: https://davidtoddmccarty.medium.com/
Journalism: https://capemaystandard.com
Branding: https://www.hoppingfrogstudios.com
Verified: https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@[email protected]

Last Notes

2024-06-29 23:00:27

No matter what your criticism of Biden, either real or perceived, it pales in comparison to allowing Trump anywhere near the seat of power. A toadstool would be better than Trump.
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2024-06-24 20:46:40

TIL about “The Edgar,” a bowl haircut favored by young Hispanic males associated with gangs. Or so I am told.
According to the LA Times, “To the unsympathetic eye, the hairstyle is peculiar, so childlike and unflattering as to be offensive. But as rasquache provocation, it’s also a work of anti-assimilationist art.”
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2024-06-24 20:08:41

I know I’m not telling the techies anything but you can find quite a lot of old movies on YouTube if you use a VPN. I was trying to watch MASH, the movie, for a single scene. Wasn’t going to pay $15 to buy the film.
Apparently, Disney has no reach in Australia.
#VPN

2024-06-24 20:02:07

Why don’t people protest outside of the homes of Supreme Court justices?

2024-06-24 19:29:08

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My bad. I was speaking of the former president. She’s just incompetent.

2024-06-24 19:13:45

Cannon needs to be removed so this case can move forward. He’s as crooked as they come.
https://newrepublic.com/maz/post/183010/trump-secret-trip-mar-a-lago-classified-documents

2024-06-24 18:34:55

Do you ever get Kiera Knightly and Margot Robbie confused? I know they’re two different people but I still sometimes get them confused in my head.
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2024-06-24 18:07:37

This is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen all year, and that’s really saying something.
https://www.gq.com/story/why-men-are-rawdogging-flights

2024-06-24 17:56:18

The Republicans are masters of the empty win. Outlaw abortion and watch abortions rise. Set out to save babies and lose more instead. They won the battle but lost the war. They only wanted the win. They didn’t care about the actual result.
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2024-06-24 17:37:31

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Unfortunately, because Mastodon has no set design, it’s entirely dependent on the app you use. This is what it looks like in Ivory on my iPad.
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2024-06-04 22:11:57

I don’t even use Facebook anymore, except on rare occasions. I went to look for someone local, and logged into Facebook. I was informed I was in jail because of a photograph (not even mine) I’d shared in 2018.
I can’t decide whether to laugh or be pissed.

2024-05-29 20:31:37

A portrait series I did of a local artist. #photography #portrait
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2024-05-23 22:50:49

For some reason, I’m getting @npub1j4h…rnsr notifications really late. Like hours and hours late. #medium

2024-05-17 16:07:34

I don’t actually get the feeling that you could offer Israel anything that would get them to agree to statehood for the Palestinians. They want the land the people who live there to be gone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/israel-saudi-arabia-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

2024-04-28 03:10:48

Oddly, the YouTube app doesn’t have a mute button. That seems so strange to me. It’s one the best reasons to watch a baseball game on television, because I can mute the commercials and when they bring visitors in to talk to the announcers. #MLB

2024-04-24 23:03:54

Republicans get upset when people are “allowed to do this” or “permitted to do that” while Democrats get upset that people are “banned from doing this” or “restricted from doing that.”
Tell me again, who was it that was promoting a small, hands-off government? There is nothing laissez-faire or libertarian about fascism.
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