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Cato Institute @cato.org · 15h

Reposted by Gary McGath

What was daily life actually like before the Industrial Revolution? The answer is more shocking than you'd expect — and Cato's Chelsea Follett documents it all in The Grim Old Days. Pre-order now! ow.ly/CVqZ50ZU7CU

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Gary McGath @gmcgath.bsky.social · 16h

I've also updated my "Weird Signs" album. www.flickr.com/photos/20178... #flickr

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Weird signs

Strange and silly signage

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Gary McGath @gmcgath.bsky.social · 18h

If the kidnappers weren't ICE, they were clearly trying to make it look like an ICE abduction.

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Gary McGath @gmcgath.bsky.social · 18h

This attempted kidnapping in Haverhill, MA sounds exactly like an ICE abduction, but the report doesn't mention ICE. If it wasn't, it must have been an attempt to look like one: masks, black clothes, a black vehicle. whav.net/2026/10/07/h... #Massachusetts

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Haverhill Police Arrest Two in Daytime Masked Kidnapping in Bradford - WHAV

An investigation into an alleged kidnapping at the end of August, involving at least two masked men with handguns near the Bradford commuter rail station, has brought the arrests of two 22-year-olds. ...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/10/2026

All that's left of Boston's West End. A monument to destructive urban renewal.

Wall in Boston with engraved words: The Greatest Neighborhood This Side of Heaven

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Reposted by Gary McGath

Site-blocking isn’t just theoretically dangerous. Italy’s system blocked hundreds of innocent websites. Spain’s swept up domains belonging to Greenpeace and Harvard. Now Congress wants to bring this to the U.S. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs

Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection

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Dancing robots, Bloomberg Commons, Museum of Science. #Boston #Massachusetts

At the Museum of Science for the Bloomberg Commons' opening day. #Boston #Massachusetts

Entrance to Bloomberg Commons at Museum of Science

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Witches flying to the "Anvil Chorus"? Well, it is Verdi's birthday (unless it was yesterday).

YouTube is telling people they couldn't really have meant to search for my channel.

YouTube screenshot showing result of searching for "garydmcgath" with remark: "Did you mean gary mcgrath"

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I don't read those Vance quotes as definitions, but rather as claims about what motivates socialists. They're dubious claims, but it's a different issue.

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LISTEN/WATCH: DiLorenzo and Shaheen draw contrasts in 1st Congressional District forum

Anthony DiLorenzo, whose main campaign pitch is that he's pals with Trump, declares: "My opponent represents what I disagree with politics, political connections and self-enrichment." www.nhpr.org/politics/202... #NewHampshire

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Concerns about affordability — in housing, heating oil, healthcare and more — were at the heart of Tuesday's debate.

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No one can decide whether Verdi was born on the 9th or 10th of October, so I'll say happy birthday to him again!

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Started an account on Minds. So far it looks like a barren desert, and I haven't posted anything, but I might with a little encouragement. I'm garymNH if you want to follow me there. #Minds

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

An "officer-involved shooting." "Gunshots were fired." I'll give long odds she didn't commit suicide.

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Reposted by Gary McGath

Camille Saint-Saëns - BOTD

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Separated from traffic by parked cars. I hope they've thought about passenger-side doors opening in the path of an oncoming bike. It happens on the driver's side too, but at least it's not a brand new issue for them.

MuseumofPrinting @museumofprinting.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Reposted by Gary McGath

In preparation for the publication of his new book, "Hot Type," author Jeff Jarvis worked with Chris Bradford, the Museum's Linotype expert, to set the type for the book’s colophon. Meet Jeff this Saturday (Oct. 10), see: my.historicnewengland.org/26403/hot-type

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Dropbox now says it may be used only by people over 18. I don't think they're doing anything to enforce it, so in practice you can still share files with anybody, but it's depressing that they found themselves pressured to do it.

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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 09/10/2026

The article neglects to mention that DSA wants to get rid of the Supreme Court, giving Congress complete freedom to pass unconstitutional laws.

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Reposted by Gary McGath

Benjamin Franklin's aunt helped send three people to the gallows in the Salem witch trials. Decades later, he'd help strike the word "sacred" from the Declaration in favor of "self-evident." A meditation on how far progress has actually come. @andycraig.bsky.social

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From Spectral Evidence to Self-Evident Truths

One man’s remarkable life and the invention of progress

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They should also be grilled on whether they agree with Trump that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

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Today is Giuseppe Verdi's birthday. Or maybe it's tomorrow.

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Oh, no! Vorkosigan can't get any more cheese?

Bold italics? Is this a new feature Bluesky has enabled?

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Going into the fourth quarter-century of my life. The odds of going into overtime are statistically low. I'll play the best endgame I can, even though I know I'll eventually lose.

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She was born in 1936, not 1930. (The math doesn't work as given.)

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The socialist con game: They tell you that under socialism they'll fund the government with money taken from rich people, and there won't be any rich people.

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Globe New Hampshire @globenh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

No, the so-called "Libertarian Party of New Hampshire" is Nazi-adjacent. This has no connection to libertarians beyond their appropriation of the name. The Granite State Libertarian Party is the authorized affiliate of the national LP.

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Reposted by Gary McGath

Thirteen percent of New Hampshire voters plan to lend their support on Nov. 3 to a combination of Republicans and Democrats, which helps to explain how the leading candidates in two statewide races hail from opposing parties, according to new polling data released Tuesday.

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Survey finds N.H. ticket-splitters back leading candidates in statewide races - The Boston Globe

This state known for its independent spirit has a bit of a penchant for electing Republican and Democratic candidates in high-profile contests on the same ballot.

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Irony: I just went to a library to borrow a book on MARC records that was listed in the online catalog. The call number was strange, and three people got involved before determining that the book shouldn't have been listed as circulating and they couldn't find it.

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Just got a "rate limited" ban when accessing my local library's website. The problem is that the ancient IPv4 protocol is still used; addresses are reassigned from moment to moment, and anyone could have been using what's now my IP address a minute ago.

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If the government provides money taken from taxpayers (which is what you mean when you claim people have a "right" to be provided with it), then the government makes the decisions.

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Don't be overconfident. The polls show him behind, but not by much. Someone needs to ask him whether he believes Trump was the true winner in 2020.

It still boggles me that your tour of all the branches of the library in your city entails more visits than my tour of all the public libraries in my county.