Notices by David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm), page 2

What is a country, after all, when it stops caring for its citizens?

#USPol #Politics #America #History

https://medium.com/rome-magazine/we-hold-these-truths-b3252554e491

Before long, we’ll all be operating on the dark web, or we’ll be stuck in some dystopian Google/Meta universe of AI slop.

@WarnerCrocker Yeah. Google it. I have to decide if I’m going to convince my client to go ahead and buy a $2k drone before Dec 23. We were probably going to buy one in the spring, but now we’re potentially under the gun. The ban would wipe out the entire industry in the US.

So, now we have to buy a drone before Dec 23, or risk not being able to? #DroneBan

@WarnerCrocker Always worth noting past recipients of this “honor.”

Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939, 1942), Ayatollah Khomeini (1979), and Vladimir Putin (2007). Stalin made it on the cover twice. Impressive.

I’d say they got it right. They are the people of the moment. We just need to recognize that the moment is not good.

We’ve always been thugs, I suppose, but I never imagined we’d be so common. #US

There’s part of me that thinks we should stop being the World’s Policeman, but certainly not the way we’re going about it, which is like a petulant child who doesn’t understand the broader implications of their tantrums.

It’s very sad to be living in a country in the midst of its demise. https://retro.pizza/@SKleefeld/115697051330750103

Normally, I’m against banning kids from doing much, certainly not censoring what they can see. That’s up to the parent. But I have to say I think banning social media for kids seems like a reasonable response to nefarious practices by predatory companies.

I’m not sure it’s doing us any favors either. I would legalize heroin and cocaine if it was up to me. McDonald’s is legal, but an equally bad idea. Let the adults adult.

Maybe try to save the kids.

#SocialMediaBan

I know it’s a WSJ doc, but come on, it’s a Blackwing.

#Blackwing #Pencil #Writer #Artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8J_nYQge14

That’s one of the most dispicable things I’ve ever heard. Did we put them on a train to Poland? https://mastodon.social/@bruno_j_navarro/115683811457366297

@WarnerCrocker Chicago is a great city, if you leave out the weather. I’ve spent time in Ottawa, and the coldest I’ve ever been was in Chicago walking one city block.

@WarnerCrocker Ha. I just mean no accumulation. I hate rain. I’ll always prefer snow, but I don’t want to shovel anything.

@WarnerCrocker You’d love this kind of snow. It’s falling just hard enough, looking pretty, laying on the leaves, then around 11am, it will turn to rain. :)

@WarnerCrocker In my best sullen kid’s voice, “Thank you Warner.”

It’s actually snowing here in South Jersey, and we’re rocking around the Christmas tree with the fire crackling and Christmas tunes on the stereo. We’re feeling very festive. You have to take what you can get, when you can get it. #Christmas #WhiteChristmas

I’ve gotten to the point where I digest most of the morning news just by scrolling through the headlines. I would have previously said that’s a problem of depth, but anytime you click on one of these articles, there’s almost nothing of substance behind it. You can look at the entire paywalled website of a news org for free as long you don’t click on anything. There’s no longer any nuance anyway. It’s all pretty apparent that it’s a shit show. You get the highlights. #Media #Journalism #News

Wait. What happened to the snow? I thought we were promised some snow.

@WarnerCrocker I think fall might finally be over for you.

You have to wonder about the long-term effects on humanity’s ability to create and play in world where’ve made every effort to eliminate boredom with busy nonsense.

Happy Thanksgiving from the whole damn family.