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David Todd McCarty
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Writer. Journalist. Raconteur. I live in Cape May, New Jersey, USA, where I write about politics, culture, science, history, religion and travel. I hate bullies no matter what side they’re on. I'm kind, until you push me. Three kids. Seven grands. Grand Poobah of AI Haters. Phillies. Eagles. Liverpool. Pizzaiolo Extraordinaire. Publisher of four @medium pubs: Ellemeno, Rome, Hopping Frog Studios, and A Bit Dodgy. Signal: dtm.13

It’s all of 28°F here today but I got my two miles in anyway. I’d say that’s a good sign that I’m getting used to walking no matter what. As long as it’s dry.

It’s cold out there. Ain’t gonna lie.

#Walking #Winter

Shouldn’t The People have had a say before the temp employee deciding tearing down The People’s House, an historic structure?

What happened to Sheryl Crow? Where’d she go?

We have forgotten or ignored the lessons we might have learned that day, and that dishonors the memory of those who died.

#Politics #Medium #RomeMagazine

https://medium.com/rome-magazine/remembering-all-the-wrong-things-about-9-11-2ff3ffaee33c

nostr:npub1srxgax8vcdf7vqv6837l8r5tzrkrz4au4nh7zd2a8urfd63vstzqkd6y9x Not a one. Must be some AI autocorrect feature that eliminated a hypen and used that instead. Freaks.

This reminds me of something somewhere but I can’t remember what.

Social Media Is Navigating Its Sectarian Phase https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/social-media-is-navigating-its-sectarian-phase

One of Scottish Highland cows who live down the lane. I do not know its name.

Not a good time to be traveling to America.

Not a good time for Americans to be traveling abroad.

Not a good time.

I don’t understand #Substack and I’m out of energy to figure it out. I don’t want to be on any more platforms. I’m down to #Medium and #Mastodon. That’s enough.

Where do you suppose we ever got the notion that life would be fair, or even that it should be? No one thinks it is but we all think it should be. Why is that?

Is there anyone left in Gaza still fighting? It’s not a war. It’s an extermination.

I want the 80s-era McDonald’s French fries back. There are far worse things out there and I don’t eat them very often. But when I do, it would be nice if they tasted like something other than hot salted cardboard.

#PommesFrites

I really hate the TL;DR tag. It’s stupid and doesn’t even mean how people use it. It’s supposed to stand for Too Long; Didn’t Read, but it often gets posted with an article that is simply long. They just mean it’s a long article. So?

What happens when the protestors aren’t intimidated by the military showing up? Are they just going to start shooting people? What’s the play? They can’t arrest anyone.

I don’t understand how it can be warmer inside my house than it is outside, with the heat off.

I just don’t dress like this anymore. No sportcoats or suits. Not a lot of formal, button down shirts. But this is a look I would adopt if I did. Sharp.

Welcome to my lair. This is where I do most of my work. For the real heavy lifting, I sit at my desk to the left, on a genuine computer, but most of my days are spent in this chair on my iPad, thinking, writing, designing, and talking to people about their branding problems. It’s where all the brainstorming happens. I don’t sit down at my desk until I know what I’m doing. Then I just do it. Fermentation is a seriously underrated aspect of the creative process. #Branding #Creativity #HFS

That’s some really heavy snow. I’m going to have to go outside and beat it off my shrubbery before it’s all broken down. Ugh. #Snow

The problem with recommending Pixelfed as an alternative to Instagram is that Pixelfed is simply what Instagram USED to be. It’s nothing like what Instagram is now. I actually prefer that but most of the Instagram users will not.