Dennis D. McDonald
@ddmcd.bsky.social
Va based consultant on research, writing, & proposals. Writing: tech, books, media, movies. Interests: voting, data, history, nature, letter writing, anime, grandkids, science fiction, cursive, fountain pens. Web: www.ddmcd.com.
Will all those who trust the US Congress' ability to professionally assess the information they are seeking from SCIENCE please raise their hands? 🔬🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. senator asks Science to provide its coronavirus manuscripts, emails
Rand Paul has blasted government science officials and scientists over COVID-19’s origin
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December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Will all those who trust the US Congress' ability to professionally assess the information they are seeking from SCIENCE please raise their hands? 🔬🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
My review of Paul Schrader's meticulously produced THE MASTER GARDENER 📽️ www.ddmcd.com/movies/master
Paul Schrader's "The Master Gardener" — www.ddmcd.com
A movie review by Dennis D McDonald The casting in this movie is perfect. The two main characters are believable. For a long time the film provides little backstory which might help to explain th...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My review of Paul Schrader's meticulously produced THE MASTER GARDENER 📽️ www.ddmcd.com/movies/master
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
Given all the cruel, anti-American, and disease-promoting actions of this administration, I will be unhappy if any elected rep spends time opposing the Kennedy Center name change. The name can be changed back. Those who die from this Administration's actions can't be brought back to life.
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Given all the cruel, anti-American, and disease-promoting actions of this administration, I will be unhappy if any elected rep spends time opposing the Kennedy Center name change. The name can be changed back. Those who die from this Administration's actions can't be brought back to life.
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182 years ago, on the 19th of December 1843, 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens was first published. The first edition sold out by Christmas Eve. It was written at a time where many Christmas traditions, such as cards and Christmas trees, were still relatively new. #otd #history 🗃️
December 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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NASA’S PUNCH Releases Refined Images of Eruptions from the Sun
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Video shows coronal mass ejections erupting from the Sun’s surface from Oct. 21 to Nov. 12, 2025. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is seen at the top, Venus at the left, and Mercury to the right of center. 🧪🔭
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Video shows coronal mass ejections erupting from the Sun’s surface from Oct. 21 to Nov. 12, 2025. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is seen at the top, Venus at the left, and Mercury to the right of center. 🧪🔭
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
NASA’S PUNCH Releases Refined Images of Eruptions from the Sun
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
Video shows coronal mass ejections erupting from the Sun’s surface from Oct. 21 to Nov. 12, 2025. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is seen at the top, Venus at the left, and Mercury to the right of center. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...
Video shows coronal mass ejections erupting from the Sun’s surface from Oct. 21 to Nov. 12, 2025. Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is seen at the top, Venus at the left, and Mercury to the right of center. 🧪🔭
Just passed by a TV and saw an alarmist network news report about the spike in pediatric flu this season. Can't the Federal government do something to exacerbate this?
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Just passed by a TV and saw an alarmist network news report about the spike in pediatric flu this season. Can't the Federal government do something to exacerbate this?
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The CDC has officially ended the recommendation for all US newborns to receive hepatitis B vaccine.
Since 1991, US health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis B, with the first of three shots administered right after birth.
Since 1991, US health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis B, with the first of three shots administered right after birth.
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The CDC has officially ended the recommendation for all US newborns to receive hepatitis B vaccine.
Since 1991, US health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis B, with the first of three shots administered right after birth.
Since 1991, US health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis B, with the first of three shots administered right after birth.
Has the DoD given the Felon In Chief estimates of the numbers of lives that will be lost in a war with Venezuela? If not, why not?
December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Has the DoD given the Felon In Chief estimates of the numbers of lives that will be lost in a war with Venezuela? If not, why not?
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Since people got fired for quoting Charlie Kirk's exact words, I think we should all start quoting some of Rob Reiner's exact words:
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Since people got fired for quoting Charlie Kirk's exact words, I think we should all start quoting some of Rob Reiner's exact words:
I hereby request that all U.S. House and Senate elected officials openly condemn the TRuth Social statement by the Felon In Chief about the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, or explain why they refuse to condemn it.
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I hereby request that all U.S. House and Senate elected officials openly condemn the TRuth Social statement by the Felon In Chief about the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, or explain why they refuse to condemn it.
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If you read one U.S. president's remembrance of Rob Reiner today...
December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
If you read one U.S. president's remembrance of Rob Reiner today...
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"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."
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December 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..."
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A pretty red fox with a white tipped tail just pranced across the street in front of my house.
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A pretty red fox with a white tipped tail just pranced across the street in front of my house.
My latest book review: Derwent May's "Hannah Arendt" www.ddmcd.com/books/Arendt
Derwent May’s “Hannah Arendt” — www.ddmcd.com
Book review by Dennis D. McDonald There is a short list of writers whose thinking I greatly respect: Dante Alighieri , George Orwell , Umberto Eco , Barry Lopez , and Hannah Arendt. This br...
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December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My latest book review: Derwent May's "Hannah Arendt" www.ddmcd.com/books/Arendt
We cannot survive 3 more years of this. Republicons in Congress are complicit. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to take action. Right now I'm focusing on November but we may be dragged into another war long before then.
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We cannot survive 3 more years of this. Republicons in Congress are complicit. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to take action. Right now I'm focusing on November but we may be dragged into another war long before then.
I wish there was a way to isolate image-dominant Bluesky posts away from my main feeds. I don't really need any more reinforcement of the senile Felon In Chief's evil and incompetence. I already mute posts that mention his name in text and wish I could do so for images as well.
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I wish there was a way to isolate image-dominant Bluesky posts away from my main feeds. I don't really need any more reinforcement of the senile Felon In Chief's evil and incompetence. I already mute posts that mention his name in text and wish I could do so for images as well.
Generally speaking, when I am asked to do a visual Captcha to register for something online, I abandon the effort because the matrix -- motorcyclesm cars, etc. -- often includes slightly out of focus images that are difficult to discern.
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Generally speaking, when I am asked to do a visual Captcha to register for something online, I abandon the effort because the matrix -- motorcyclesm cars, etc. -- often includes slightly out of focus images that are difficult to discern.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Maybe this is just my imagination, but one of the recurring themes in the third movement of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major reminds me a lot of some of the musical themse Toho used in its classic monster films.
December 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Maybe this is just my imagination, but one of the recurring themes in the third movement of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major reminds me a lot of some of the musical themse Toho used in its classic monster films.
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Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years.
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years.