Terry McCarty
@terrymc.bsky.social
Semi-retired poet, sporadic movie/TV podcaster (Reviews And Otherwise) and Southern Californian since 1988.
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How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
January 10, 2026 at 5:21 AM
How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here
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Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.
Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and chairman of Palantir, donated $3 million to a committee opposing an initiative in California that would impose a new tax on billionaires, according to a new disclosure.
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Peter Mandelson is claiming to know Donald Trump well on #bbclauraK.
Yet four months ago, Trump denied any knowledge of Mandelson.
That was after “the Prince of Darkness” was fired as ambassador to the US due to his friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Yet four months ago, Trump denied any knowledge of Mandelson.
That was after “the Prince of Darkness” was fired as ambassador to the US due to his friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
'Peter Mandelson? I don't know him': Donald Trump dodges question on sacked ambassador's links to Jeffrey Epstein | LBC
Donald Trump has claimed not to know the now-sacked UK Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson despite being pictured with him in the Oval Office.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Peter Mandelson is claiming to know Donald Trump well on #bbclauraK.
Yet four months ago, Trump denied any knowledge of Mandelson.
That was after “the Prince of Darkness” was fired as ambassador to the US due to his friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Yet four months ago, Trump denied any knowledge of Mandelson.
That was after “the Prince of Darkness” was fired as ambassador to the US due to his friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Mandelson refuses to apologise to victims over his friendship with Epstein
Mandelson refuses to apologise to victims over his friendship with Epstein
Mandelson refuses to apologise to victims over his friendship with Epstein
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Mandelson refuses to apologise to victims over his friendship with Epstein
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Set by a 19 year old white suprematist who has been arrested. What an unimaginable & terrifying time we are living through.
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Set by a 19 year old white suprematist who has been arrested. What an unimaginable & terrifying time we are living through.
poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com/2026/01/good... R.I.P. to a poet who in certain respects represented a bygone era in the Southern California community. I didn’t always agree with him, but am glad he was around to offer wise counsel.
Goodbye Bowerbird Intelligentleman
He was part of both the poetry slam and “regular” poetry communities. I came onto the scene a bit too late to see him at his most active, b...
poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:06 AM
poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com/2026/01/good... R.I.P. to a poet who in certain respects represented a bygone era in the Southern California community. I didn’t always agree with him, but am glad he was around to offer wise counsel.
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Is it a good idea to host a major event like the FIFA World Cup in a country whose secret state police hunt down innocent people, lock them in cages, or execute them in the street?
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Is it a good idea to host a major event like the FIFA World Cup in a country whose secret state police hunt down innocent people, lock them in cages, or execute them in the street?
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Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning filmmaker, agreed to pay nearly $2 million to settle a civil suit from a former film-industry publicist who in 2022 won a rape trial against him.
Paul Haggis Reaches $2 Million Settlement After 2022 Rape Verdict
A judge had ordered the Oscar-winning filmmaker to pay at least $7.5 million to a former film-industry publicist after a civil jury found him liable for raping her.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning filmmaker, agreed to pay nearly $2 million to settle a civil suit from a former film-industry publicist who in 2022 won a rape trial against him.
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“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM
“IT WAS MURDER”
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
Several hundred people have formed a human banner at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach today (Sat Jan 10, 2026)
👏👏
(📸 Erik Castro)
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Such a long, long time to be gone
And a short time to be there
RIP Bob Weir www.jambase.com/article/bob-...
And a short time to be there
RIP Bob Weir www.jambase.com/article/bob-...
Grateful Dead Guitarist Bob Weir Has Died
Grateful Dead co-founding guitarist Bob Weir has died at age 78.
www.jambase.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Such a long, long time to be gone
And a short time to be there
RIP Bob Weir www.jambase.com/article/bob-...
And a short time to be there
RIP Bob Weir www.jambase.com/article/bob-...
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RIP, Bob Weir
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder, Dead at 78
Bob Weir, the singer-guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead and later found success with Dead & Company, has died at age 78.
www.rollingstone.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
RIP, Bob Weir
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Totally shocked and taken aback by the death of Bob Weir. Really hard to know what to say right now. Just an absolute giant of American music.
January 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Totally shocked and taken aback by the death of Bob Weir. Really hard to know what to say right now. Just an absolute giant of American music.
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Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist, Dies at 78
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the band’s many latter-day offshoots, has died
variety.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Thousands turn up for nationwide anti-ICE protests after killing of Renee Good
Thousands turn up for nationwide anti-ICE protests after killing of Renee Good
Thousands turn up for nationwide anti-ICE protests after killing of Renee Good
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Thousands turn up for nationwide anti-ICE protests after killing of Renee Good
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Vigil for Renee Good, Baltimore, McKeldin Plaza
January 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Vigil for Renee Good, Baltimore, McKeldin Plaza
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I wrote about Klute www.patreon.com/posts/klute-...
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July 22, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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We can't allow ICE to harm or kill more people.
Join me and the ACLU in demanding an end to these cruel immigration raids and opposing any bill that would add to ICE's already massive budget at the link here.
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Join me and the ACLU in demanding an end to these cruel immigration raids and opposing any bill that would add to ICE's already massive budget at the link here.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
Stop ICE's Attack On Our Communities
An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. This news is devastating. ICE must immediately withdraw its 2,000 agents from Minnesota and Congress must block any new funding to immigr...
action.aclu.org
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
We can't allow ICE to harm or kill more people.
Join me and the ACLU in demanding an end to these cruel immigration raids and opposing any bill that would add to ICE's already massive budget at the link here.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
Join me and the ACLU in demanding an end to these cruel immigration raids and opposing any bill that would add to ICE's already massive budget at the link here.
action.aclu.org/send-message...
apnews.com/article/cart... R.I.P. Also in Walter Hill’s SOUTHERN COMFORT.
Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for 'The Thing' and 'Punky Brewster,' dies at 69
Veteran actor T.K. Carter, known for his roles in "The Thing" and "Punky Brewster," has died at 69. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported that deputies responded to a call about an unre...
apnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
apnews.com/article/cart... R.I.P. Also in Walter Hill’s SOUTHERN COMFORT.
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Tigers' Tarik Skubal seeks record $32M in arbitration reut.rs/4qK8WJB
Tigers' Tarik Skubal seeks record $32M in arbitration
Tarik Skubal is aiming to reset the arbitration market, not to mention the Tigers' payroll calculus, in one swing.
reut.rs
January 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Tigers' Tarik Skubal seeks record $32M in arbitration reut.rs/4qK8WJB
open.substack.com/pub/glennken... Glenn Kenny reviews new Blu-ray/4K releases.
Some Came Running 3.0?
On capitulating. To what, you might wonder.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
open.substack.com/pub/glennken... Glenn Kenny reviews new Blu-ray/4K releases.