Mark Cathcart
@markcathcart.com
Music research • Writer for @ctproduced.com • Govt Watch for #LouisvilleCO #BoulderWeekly • Investor in @prsportslab.com
✓ Dad ✓ Husband.
Formerly/formally IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society.
✓ Dad ✓ Husband.
Formerly/formally IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society.
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Mark Cathcart
@markcathcart.com
· Apr 9
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
As a reminder, it's about this and staying out of jail.
Everything else is running cover for it.
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Everything else is running cover for it.
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For those that know me, it might surprise you to learn that I'll be hosting this joint Detroit Public Library and Great Lakes African American Writers conference session on Saturday. It's free, please feel free to join.
Creed Taylor Month – Join us to discuss THE book!
Join David Sutter, Creed Taylor's authorized biographer, and me as we discuss his book "Creed Taylor - The Man Who Put Jazz on the Pop Charts" - Sept 19th, 2 PM Eastern - free and online.
Join David Sutter, Creed Taylor's authorized biographer, and me as we discuss his book "Creed Taylor - The Man Who Put Jazz on the Pop Charts" - Sept 19th, 2 PM Eastern - free and online.
Creed Taylor Month – Join us to discuss THE book!
Join David Sutter, Creed Taylor's authorized biographer, and me as we discuss his book "Creed Taylor - The Man Who Put Jazz on the Pop Charts" - Sept 19th, 2 PM Eastern - free and online.
ctproduced.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:35 AM
For those that know me, it might surprise you to learn that I'll be hosting this joint Detroit Public Library and Great Lakes African American Writers conference session on Saturday. It's free, please feel free to join.
Remember, this is their plan. They want you to disconnect, not to care about bribery, collusion, murder.
They want you exhausted. This is how propaganda works.
They want you exhausted. This is how propaganda works.
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
gizmodo.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Remember, this is their plan. They want you to disconnect, not to care about bribery, collusion, murder.
They want you exhausted. This is how propaganda works.
They want you exhausted. This is how propaganda works.
Listening to this today, it's a British compilation from 2018, available as a playlist on Spotify. What you you like to see on volume-2 "State Of The Union (The American Dream In Crisis 1975-2026)
open.spotify.com/playlist/24J...
open.spotify.com/playlist/24J...
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs present: State Of The Union ~ The American Dream In Crisis 1967-1973
The sound of a country trying to work its way out of a crisis.
open.spotify.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Listening to this today, it's a British compilation from 2018, available as a playlist on Spotify. What you you like to see on volume-2 "State Of The Union (The American Dream In Crisis 1975-2026)
open.spotify.com/playlist/24J...
open.spotify.com/playlist/24J...
Hat-tip @charlesarthur.bsky.social Overspill. Totally, every AI mistake, everywhere, all the time. Just because you can make a film, doesn't mean you should.
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long
Going up against Christopher Nolan with AI slop was ill-advised.
www.theverge.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Hat-tip @charlesarthur.bsky.social Overspill. Totally, every AI mistake, everywhere, all the time. Just because you can make a film, doesn't mean you should.
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Mark Cathcart
No Attorney General in the modern history of our country has participated in such brazen and blatantly political activity.
Until Todd Blanche.
Until Todd Blanche.
September 17, 2026 at 12:57 PM
No Attorney General in the modern history of our country has participated in such brazen and blatantly political activity.
Until Todd Blanche.
Until Todd Blanche.
Yes everything's going great... What happens when you put a fox news in charge of implementing the wishes of a disfunctional ranting uncle.
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/i...
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/i...
Iran War Has the U.S. Military on the Brink of a “Breakdown”
As the U.S. military faces relentless attacks on its bases, the Iran conflict is “ultimately unsustainable,” one U.S. official told The Intercept.
theintercept.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Yes everything's going great... What happens when you put a fox news in charge of implementing the wishes of a disfunctional ranting uncle.
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/i...
theintercept.com/2026/09/15/i...
the Republicans. The party of extreme federal government overreach and wasting money and costing lives.
www.cpr.org/2026/09/15/c...
www.cpr.org/2026/09/15/c...
Appeals court ruling undercuts Trump administration effort to keep Colorado coal plant open
A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration illegally ordered a Michigan coal plant to stay online
www.cpr.org
September 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
the Republicans. The party of extreme federal government overreach and wasting money and costing lives.
www.cpr.org/2026/09/15/c...
www.cpr.org/2026/09/15/c...
Since I was poking around in the Michigan press archives earlier, I came across this.
Almost 50-years later, Nazis in America - The Lansing Star - April 26th, 1978
Almost 50-years later, Nazis in America - The Lansing Star - April 26th, 1978
September 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Since I was poking around in the Michigan press archives earlier, I came across this.
Almost 50-years later, Nazis in America - The Lansing Star - April 26th, 1978
Almost 50-years later, Nazis in America - The Lansing Star - April 26th, 1978
Jeffery S Haynes of Lansing Michigan asks, "Can you hold this sheep" while he applies?
Apparently Thelma and Louise didn't say no
Apparently Thelma and Louise didn't say no
September 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Jeffery S Haynes of Lansing Michigan asks, "Can you hold this sheep" while he applies?
Apparently Thelma and Louise didn't say no
Apparently Thelma and Louise didn't say no
The most vindictive, small minded, self agrandizing president
"internal records that we obtained for a previous story showed that ticket sales and fundraising deteriorated dramatically after Trump took over the institution and fell even further after his name was originally added in December."
"internal records that we obtained for a previous story showed that ticket sales and fundraising deteriorated dramatically after Trump took over the institution and fell even further after his name was originally added in December."
Kennedy Center board says venue could close soon due to financial woes
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Washington Post arts and government reporter Jonathan Edwards about internal documents showing the Kennedy Center could close as soon as Tuesday.
www.npr.org
September 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The most vindictive, small minded, self agrandizing president
"internal records that we obtained for a previous story showed that ticket sales and fundraising deteriorated dramatically after Trump took over the institution and fell even further after his name was originally added in December."
"internal records that we obtained for a previous story showed that ticket sales and fundraising deteriorated dramatically after Trump took over the institution and fell even further after his name was originally added in December."
Headline should have been:
Russia hits wrong train - Johnson survives but still not saying what happened on his "lost weekend".
Russia hits wrong train - Johnson survives but still not saying what happened on his "lost weekend".
That is not in the article, where do you get the information that he was onboard a train that got hit?
September 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Headline should have been:
Russia hits wrong train - Johnson survives but still not saying what happened on his "lost weekend".
Russia hits wrong train - Johnson survives but still not saying what happened on his "lost weekend".
NO AI was used in this. Our tax money paid for this
September 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
NO AI was used in this. Our tax money paid for this
Reposted by Mark Cathcart
Headline should have been:
Facebook desperate to stay relevant - opens another pandoras box without adequate safeguards
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Facebook desperate to stay relevant - opens another pandoras box without adequate safeguards
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meta Is Allowing Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Adults Beating Children to Go Viral on Facebook
Facebook is hosting huge numbers of horrifying AI-generated videos of violent child abuse, and Meta is barely taking them down.
futurism.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Headline should have been:
Facebook desperate to stay relevant - opens another pandoras box without adequate safeguards
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Facebook desperate to stay relevant - opens another pandoras box without adequate safeguards
futurism.com/artificial-i...
This is the one 9/11 remembrance video you need to watch.
The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
September 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
This is the one 9/11 remembrance video you need to watch.
Also, while AI is bad enough, Meta AI will be a journey into the unknown in terms of how it is used and what data it collects.
Just don't do it!
www.theverge.com/tech/993391/...
Just don't do it!
www.theverge.com/tech/993391/...
Meta’s Muse AI works and creeps me out
Musing about my privacy.
www.theverge.com
September 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Also, while AI is bad enough, Meta AI will be a journey into the unknown in terms of how it is used and what data it collects.
Just don't do it!
www.theverge.com/tech/993391/...
Just don't do it!
www.theverge.com/tech/993391/...
Regular reminder to watch your credit reports and preferably lock them, it's free!
IDScan wasn't hacked. They took a business decision to keep your drivers license, which these days includes biometric detail uncrypted. It was accessed and 150-millions US and Canadian drivers licenses are out there
IDScan wasn't hacked. They took a business decision to keep your drivers license, which these days includes biometric detail uncrypted. It was accessed and 150-millions US and Canadian drivers licenses are out there
ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver's licenses stolen | TechCrunch
The ID checking company said the data breach included people's full names and driver's licenses and other government-issued identity documents.
techcrunch.com
September 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Regular reminder to watch your credit reports and preferably lock them, it's free!
IDScan wasn't hacked. They took a business decision to keep your drivers license, which these days includes biometric detail uncrypted. It was accessed and 150-millions US and Canadian drivers licenses are out there
IDScan wasn't hacked. They took a business decision to keep your drivers license, which these days includes biometric detail uncrypted. It was accessed and 150-millions US and Canadian drivers licenses are out there
This isn't why this is remarkable, think they didn't do the same thing with great black candidates in the 60's and 70's, they absolutely did.
America hasn't fallen anywhere, this was always who we were. We are noticing because Talarico is white.
America hasn't fallen anywhere, this was always who we were. We are noticing because Talarico is white.
So rather than put Texas ABC affiliates in the middle of it, Kimmel says the full interview will be posted to YouTube instead. This is where we are now. A candidate interview gets moved off broadcast television because local stations are worried about what the federal government might do next.
Talarico's upcoming Kimmel interview will not air due to FCC pressure, host says
Talarico's upcoming interview will be his second that fails to air on a major network this year.
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This isn't why this is remarkable, think they didn't do the same thing with great black candidates in the 60's and 70's, they absolutely did.
America hasn't fallen anywhere, this was always who we were. We are noticing because Talarico is white.
America hasn't fallen anywhere, this was always who we were. We are noticing because Talarico is white.
Reposted by Mark Cathcart
A third of today's Americans are too young to have any memory of 9/11.
For them, the 9/11 Memorial is making a new digital learning experience available starting tomorrow.
We said we'd never forget—and part of that charge is making sure the next generation remembers too.
911memorial.org/DLE
For them, the 9/11 Memorial is making a new digital learning experience available starting tomorrow.
We said we'd never forget—and part of that charge is making sure the next generation remembers too.
911memorial.org/DLE
September 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A third of today's Americans are too young to have any memory of 9/11.
For them, the 9/11 Memorial is making a new digital learning experience available starting tomorrow.
We said we'd never forget—and part of that charge is making sure the next generation remembers too.
911memorial.org/DLE
For them, the 9/11 Memorial is making a new digital learning experience available starting tomorrow.
We said we'd never forget—and part of that charge is making sure the next generation remembers too.
911memorial.org/DLE
Great news - my @bylinetimes.bsky.social August issue has shown up, USPS is obviously not doing its best, it was mailed July 20th...
September 11, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Great news - my @bylinetimes.bsky.social August issue has shown up, USPS is obviously not doing its best, it was mailed July 20th...
The problem with FLOCK + other ALPR is you can get your local city, county, state to ban them, private property rights rule.
Six poles+ solar panels have appeared on a local private lot. It's rarely ever used, no cars park there but it is being totally covered waiting for tech
#flock #lafayetteco
Six poles+ solar panels have appeared on a local private lot. It's rarely ever used, no cars park there but it is being totally covered waiting for tech
#flock #lafayetteco
September 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The problem with FLOCK + other ALPR is you can get your local city, county, state to ban them, private property rights rule.
Six poles+ solar panels have appeared on a local private lot. It's rarely ever used, no cars park there but it is being totally covered waiting for tech
#flock #lafayetteco
Six poles+ solar panels have appeared on a local private lot. It's rarely ever used, no cars park there but it is being totally covered waiting for tech
#flock #lafayetteco