Gary Mackender
@gmackender.bsky.social
A secular humanist husband, visual art maker, musician, and typist. garymackender.substack.com
I’m thrilled that all three pieces entered into Tucson’s Steinfeld Warehouse’s upcoming exhibit, The Other Side of Ordinary: Where Imagination Slips the Frame, were accepted. The opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, April 4 from 4:00-8:00 PM. The Steinfeld Warehouse is at 101 W 6th St #100.
March 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I’m thrilled that all three pieces entered into Tucson’s Steinfeld Warehouse’s upcoming exhibit, The Other Side of Ordinary: Where Imagination Slips the Frame, were accepted. The opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, April 4 from 4:00-8:00 PM. The Steinfeld Warehouse is at 101 W 6th St #100.
Many thanks to all the folks who made for a full house at the Tucson Hop Shop Thursday night...we had an absolute blast! Thanks to John Roldan for the pic.
March 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Many thanks to all the folks who made for a full house at the Tucson Hop Shop Thursday night...we had an absolute blast! Thanks to John Roldan for the pic.
In my lifetime, every Republican president has started a fucking war and crashed the economy. Every Democratic president has had to come along and clean up the mess left by Republicans. Will the American people ever fucking learn?
Friday Homestead Dispatch
Week Number Sixty
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March 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In my lifetime, every Republican president has started a fucking war and crashed the economy. Every Democratic president has had to come along and clean up the mess left by Republicans. Will the American people ever fucking learn?
Much music on the horizon for your spiritual and mental health along with the opportunity to protest against the insane monster in charge.
Tuesday’s Cloud Seeding
Music and Protesting
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March 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Much music on the horizon for your spiritual and mental health along with the opportunity to protest against the insane monster in charge.
Every Saturday, Pima & Swan, Tucson. Juan ‘traitor’ Ciscomani’s office.
February 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Every Saturday, Pima & Swan, Tucson. Juan ‘traitor’ Ciscomani’s office.
“War does not create a clean slate where suddenly we have to believe the absurd just because a leader says it. On the contrary, war provides the opportunity to see the core of the absurdity and the destruction that is being offered to us.”
Why Attack Iran?
Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption
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February 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“War does not create a clean slate where suddenly we have to believe the absurd just because a leader says it. On the contrary, war provides the opportunity to see the core of the absurdity and the destruction that is being offered to us.”
This is what presidential sounds like.
WATCH FULL: Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers Democratic response to State of the Union Address
YouTube video by 6abc Philadelphia
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February 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is what presidential sounds like.
The evidence keeps piling up.
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (@alisavaldes)
That time Jean Luc Brunel left a message for Jeffrey Epstein, saying he'd found a 16-year-old girl to serve as Epstein’s Russian language teacher.
Brunel ran a modeling agency, MC2, as a cover for se...
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February 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The evidence keeps piling up.
Will Pattiz of More Than Just Parks writes that the BLM announces a plan to fell Oregon's last great forests, gutting the management plans governing nearly 2.5 million acres of these forests across 18 counties. He posts where you can submit a comment.
BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.
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February 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Will Pattiz of More Than Just Parks writes that the BLM announces a plan to fell Oregon's last great forests, gutting the management plans governing nearly 2.5 million acres of these forests across 18 counties. He posts where you can submit a comment.
It should be perfect weather for Dropped By Birds once-a-month gig at Sonora Moonshine Company, 6th & Broadway, downtown Tucson. Instead of our usual first Tuesday, we’re performing on Thursday, March 5, 6-8:30pm, due to scheduling conflicts. Hope to see you!
February 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It should be perfect weather for Dropped By Birds once-a-month gig at Sonora Moonshine Company, 6th & Broadway, downtown Tucson. Instead of our usual first Tuesday, we’re performing on Thursday, March 5, 6-8:30pm, due to scheduling conflicts. Hope to see you!
Friday’s Substack post covers the grim reaper visitations this past week along with the Old American Beaverhound’s rants that the Democrats are to blame for your insurance premium problems even though they have a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and a Republican majority on the Supreme Court.
Friday Homestead Dispatch
Week Number Forty-Eight
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December 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Friday’s Substack post covers the grim reaper visitations this past week along with the Old American Beaverhound’s rants that the Democrats are to blame for your insurance premium problems even though they have a Republican House, a Republican Senate, and a Republican majority on the Supreme Court.
Dr. Stacey Patton writes:
Here’s the thing: the slow drip of the Epstein files isn’t about justice. It’s about conditioning. We’ve been watching information about elite criminality being released in fragments. Some names today. Some documents next month.
...continued in comments...
Here’s the thing: the slow drip of the Epstein files isn’t about justice. It’s about conditioning. We’ve been watching information about elite criminality being released in fragments. Some names today. Some documents next month.
...continued in comments...
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Dr. Stacey Patton writes:
Here’s the thing: the slow drip of the Epstein files isn’t about justice. It’s about conditioning. We’ve been watching information about elite criminality being released in fragments. Some names today. Some documents next month.
...continued in comments...
Here’s the thing: the slow drip of the Epstein files isn’t about justice. It’s about conditioning. We’ve been watching information about elite criminality being released in fragments. Some names today. Some documents next month.
...continued in comments...
In 2012 I made a series of eight crosses in an attempt to convey my state of mind at the time. Pendulumerica was made as a comment on the direction of the digital state of mind we are now completely immersed in.
Pendulumerica, Mixed Media, 28" x 18" x 3", 2012
Pendulumerica, Mixed Media, 28" x 18" x 3", 2012
August 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In 2012 I made a series of eight crosses in an attempt to convey my state of mind at the time. Pendulumerica was made as a comment on the direction of the digital state of mind we are now completely immersed in.
Pendulumerica, Mixed Media, 28" x 18" x 3", 2012
Pendulumerica, Mixed Media, 28" x 18" x 3", 2012
Big Baby was created in 2018 and now lives in a lovely home on Whidbey Island, a ferry ride just west of Seattle. You can see more of my wire sculpture work here: (garymackender.com/wire_sculptu...)
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Big Baby was created in 2018 and now lives in a lovely home on Whidbey Island, a ferry ride just west of Seattle. You can see more of my wire sculpture work here: (garymackender.com/wire_sculptu...)
I have an extensive collection of cabinet card and other early 20th century portraits of folks long dead, discarded and abandoned in junk shops. I made a series of portraits in 2012 attempting to give these people a second chance in an environment they could not have imagined.
This is “Jack.”
This is “Jack.”
July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I have an extensive collection of cabinet card and other early 20th century portraits of folks long dead, discarded and abandoned in junk shops. I made a series of portraits in 2012 attempting to give these people a second chance in an environment they could not have imagined.
This is “Jack.”
This is “Jack.”
This image is from February, 1984, when I would prowl around downtown Kansas City, Missouri looking for ‘that thing’ to shoot. I used a Minolta SRT102 with a standard lens that day. #fineart #photography #triX
July 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This image is from February, 1984, when I would prowl around downtown Kansas City, Missouri looking for ‘that thing’ to shoot. I used a Minolta SRT102 with a standard lens that day. #fineart #photography #triX
I’m going to use Bluesky to showcase my photography and other artwork from over the years as I’m exhausted by politics (Substack posts aside).
I hung up my SLR several years ago but started with Tri-X in the mid 70s. This one was shot with a digital SLR, 2010, Tucson, AZ.
I hung up my SLR several years ago but started with Tri-X in the mid 70s. This one was shot with a digital SLR, 2010, Tucson, AZ.
July 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m going to use Bluesky to showcase my photography and other artwork from over the years as I’m exhausted by politics (Substack posts aside).
I hung up my SLR several years ago but started with Tri-X in the mid 70s. This one was shot with a digital SLR, 2010, Tucson, AZ.
I hung up my SLR several years ago but started with Tri-X in the mid 70s. This one was shot with a digital SLR, 2010, Tucson, AZ.
I stopped posting on here because THERE SEEMS TO BE NO ENGAGEMENT. Prove me wrong? Hello?
July 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I stopped posting on here because THERE SEEMS TO BE NO ENGAGEMENT. Prove me wrong? Hello?
“I’ve just never liked bullies, and I don’t understand people who do. It’s really not that hard. I wish more people would see that it’s not hard to stand up.” — Ken Casey, The Dropkick Murphys
Friday Homestead Dispatch
Week Number Twenty-Four
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July 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“I’ve just never liked bullies, and I don’t understand people who do. It’s really not that hard. I wish more people would see that it’s not hard to stand up.” — Ken Casey, The Dropkick Murphys
In between yelling at the clouds and processing the destruction of Democracy, I managed to wrap up a couple of new pieces. Yellow Zoot & New Mexico Folded Camp.
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In between yelling at the clouds and processing the destruction of Democracy, I managed to wrap up a couple of new pieces. Yellow Zoot & New Mexico Folded Camp.
PLEASE make a call today…these Republicans are needed to stop the insanity. I also wrote a short piece on this Big Ugly Bill yesterday...see link in comments.
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
PLEASE make a call today…these Republicans are needed to stop the insanity. I also wrote a short piece on this Big Ugly Bill yesterday...see link in comments.
Utah Senator Mike Lee (R) along with Montana Senator Steve Daines (R) have cobbled together a quiet proposal tucked away in the BIG UGLY BILL that includes two provisions that would trigger the largest loss of public land in modern history.
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Utah Senator Mike Lee (R) along with Montana Senator Steve Daines (R) have cobbled together a quiet proposal tucked away in the BIG UGLY BILL that includes two provisions that would trigger the largest loss of public land in modern history.
Tucson representing on No Kings Day!
June 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Tucson representing on No Kings Day!
Today’s post was cobbled together while relaxing on Donner Lake, California, all week, and a long day of flying home yesterday. Hope to see some of you at the No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance tomorrow!
Friday Homestead Dispatch
Week Number Twenty-One
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June 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today’s post was cobbled together while relaxing on Donner Lake, California, all week, and a long day of flying home yesterday. Hope to see some of you at the No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance tomorrow!