Mac McCarthy
@cheifmac.bsky.social
Retired tech journalist, reviews editor at InfoWorld, publisher of Web Publishing Inc. (SunWorld, JavaWorld). Cofounder IDG Books (“DOS for Dummies”). Hobbies: watercolor painting, Improv. Lucky husband, lucky father of twins with four grandkids.
An analysis of all of the ICE arrests in Northern California since Trump took office shows that 48% of those arrested had no criminal history, and had previously faced no criminal charges whatsoever. It’s the first time such large numbers of people without criminal charges have been arrested by ICE.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
An analysis of all of the ICE arrests in Northern California since Trump took office shows that 48% of those arrested had no criminal history, and had previously faced no criminal charges whatsoever. It’s the first time such large numbers of people without criminal charges have been arrested by ICE.
The Hazardous History of Holiday Lights
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The Hazardous History of Holiday Lights
Before electric lights, the holiday season was a hot waxy mess.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Hazardous History of Holiday Lights
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The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
Discover the 6 final straws that cause companies to abandon their technology brands: Functionality, Quality, Integration, Confidence, Price, and Peopleware.
www.functionize.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
www.functionize.com/blog/the-fin...
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These useful idiots have forgotten that they hold the POWER to remove his ass and bury him. There would no longer be reason to fear him. I’ll never understand this. Would they really prefer to lose our country?!!
Trump is making fun of the Republican Congress, like he owns them, because he does! The sheep are so willing to jump off the bridge while he hangs back and laughs at them. Useful idiots, you are being used! History will remember you sheep.
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
These useful idiots have forgotten that they hold the POWER to remove his ass and bury him. There would no longer be reason to fear him. I’ll never understand this. Would they really prefer to lose our country?!!
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Who is overseeing ICE as they use batons, chemical sprays and pepper-ball guns against unarmed people who appear to pose no threat?
Trump’s DOJ Won’t Police ICE. It’s Time for the States to Step Up
Who is overseeing ICE as they use batons, chemical sprays and pepper-ball guns against unarmed people who appear to pose no threat?
trib.al
October 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Who is overseeing ICE as they use batons, chemical sprays and pepper-ball guns against unarmed people who appear to pose no threat?
Not a surprise, is it?
This is why I always chuckle whenever I hear some elected Dem talk about a bipartisan deal to re-open the government like dude you're the last person left on earth that hasn't heard about the business stylings of Donald Trump. The Art of the Deal is not paying for services rendered
Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
October 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Not a surprise, is it?
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THEY are the violence. No one else. THEY are responsible for what is happening.
Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
THEY are the violence. No one else. THEY are responsible for what is happening.
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Too bad we’re not the United States anymore. We could save ourselves…from the United States.
If the United States saw
what the United Sates is doing
in the United States,
United States would invade the United States
to liberate the United States
from the tyranny of the United States
what the United Sates is doing
in the United States,
United States would invade the United States
to liberate the United States
from the tyranny of the United States
October 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Too bad we’re not the United States anymore. We could save ourselves…from the United States.
⚡️It would be a 'big mistake' not to integrate Ukraine into EU defense architecture, Kubilius says.
It would be a 'big mistake' not to integrate Ukraine into EU defense architecture, Kubilius says
"That would be a big mistake on our side, not to find the best way how we can integrate Ukrainian capabilities," Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defense Industry and Space, told the Ky...
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September 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Rep Greg Casar is right: Trump doesn’t want to stop political violence, he wants to weaponize it.
We the people must rise, protest, & fight for our First Amendment rights.
Free speech belongs to us, not to would-be dictators who fear the truth.
@repcasar.bsky.social
We the people must rise, protest, & fight for our First Amendment rights.
Free speech belongs to us, not to would-be dictators who fear the truth.
@repcasar.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Rep Greg Casar is right: Trump doesn’t want to stop political violence, he wants to weaponize it.
We the people must rise, protest, & fight for our First Amendment rights.
Free speech belongs to us, not to would-be dictators who fear the truth.
@repcasar.bsky.social
We the people must rise, protest, & fight for our First Amendment rights.
Free speech belongs to us, not to would-be dictators who fear the truth.
@repcasar.bsky.social
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Trump spent his 2024 campaign promising Americans he'd lower grocery prices.
Virtually all major grocery categories are now more expensive than they were a year ago, however, some substantially so.
Virtually all major grocery categories are now more expensive than they were a year ago, however, some substantially so.
Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trump spent his 2024 campaign promising Americans he'd lower grocery prices.
Virtually all major grocery categories are now more expensive than they were a year ago, however, some substantially so.
Virtually all major grocery categories are now more expensive than they were a year ago, however, some substantially so.
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I seem to recall the right storming the Capitol on January 6th and beating police officers with the U.S. flag.
September 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I seem to recall the right storming the Capitol on January 6th and beating police officers with the U.S. flag.
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Since when does a POTUS entertain NAZIS? WHEN?
The deputy leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, held talks at the White House this week.
Because nobody loves a Nazi like other Nazis.
Because nobody loves a Nazi like other Nazis.
Top AfD politician makes surprise visit to White House
Vice President JD Vance has spoken out against the far-right AfD’s political exclusion in Germany.
www.politico.eu
September 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Since when does a POTUS entertain NAZIS? WHEN?
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The President of the United States is basically posting snuff porn to his social media, gleefully sharing the murder of Venezuelans he calls narco terrorists. The dude literally had drug dealers living in Trump Tower and his son snorts more ya-yo than Scarface.
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The President of the United States is basically posting snuff porn to his social media, gleefully sharing the murder of Venezuelans he calls narco terrorists. The dude literally had drug dealers living in Trump Tower and his son snorts more ya-yo than Scarface.
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My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social talks with @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege, his personal experiences with the war on science, and what can be done to combat the issue:
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Dr. Peter Hotez: How to fight back in the war on science | Houston Public Media
Dr. Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine discusses his book, "Science Under Siege" and how disinformation threatens global health and security.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social talks with @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social about our new book #ScienceUnderSiege, his personal experiences with the war on science, and what can be done to combat the issue:
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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The bill would open the door to “thought policing at the hands of one individual,” @seth-stern.bsky.social says.
“Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say, even if what they say doesn’t include a word about … terrorism.”
“Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say, even if what they say doesn’t include a word about … terrorism.”
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The bill would open the door to “thought policing at the hands of one individual,” @seth-stern.bsky.social says.
“Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say, even if what they say doesn’t include a word about … terrorism.”
“Marco Rubio has claimed the power to designate people terrorist supporters based solely on what they think and say, even if what they say doesn’t include a word about … terrorism.”
THIS is interesting!
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The true size of Africa
For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.
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September 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
THIS is interesting!
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
San Francisco has a black market for housing. That’s as bad as it sounds www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
San Francisco has a black market for housing. That’s as bad as it sounds
OPINION: “S.F.’s housing stock is divided between a licit housing market strangled by governmental regulations and an illicit housing market protected from competition,” Christopher Calton...
www.sfchronicle.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
San Francisco has a black market for housing. That’s as bad as it sounds www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
O’Reilly - Where Is AI on the Enshittification Curve? with Tim O’Reilly - www.oreilly.com/radar/where-...
Wow. This is amazingly insightful and clarifying!
Wow. This is amazingly insightful and clarifying!
Where Is AI on the Enshittification Curve?
A Conversation with ChatGPT and Gemini About Job Losses from AI
www.oreilly.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
O’Reilly - Where Is AI on the Enshittification Curve? with Tim O’Reilly - www.oreilly.com/radar/where-...
Wow. This is amazingly insightful and clarifying!
Wow. This is amazingly insightful and clarifying!
@rosie.com I never much liked you, Rosie—until now. Your feud with Trump has converted me into YOUR FAN!
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
@rosie.com I never much liked you, Rosie—until now. Your feud with Trump has converted me into YOUR FAN!
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
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Exactly. ICE is the American Gestapo.
July 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Exactly. ICE is the American Gestapo.
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You've been conned.
July 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
You've been conned.
Rogan: “[T]he targeting of migrant workers, not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers, just construction workers showing up at construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?”
If you agree, you will like reading this link.
Mac McCarthy
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If you agree, you will like reading this link.
Mac McCarthy
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Joe Rogan Feels Trump Betrayed Him on Immigration
The podcast king, once a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, denounced the president’s aggressive deportation tactics on his wildly popular podcast.
gizmodo.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Rogan: “[T]he targeting of migrant workers, not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers, just construction workers showing up at construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?”
If you agree, you will like reading this link.
Mac McCarthy
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If you agree, you will like reading this link.
Mac McCarthy
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