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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

PCMF puts a few downrange: Friday, Snipers And Drones delivers precision threatcore from beyond this horizon. Saturday, Goatapult launches crwth-driven folk. Sunday, the bouba-kiki effect closes with synesthetic art-pop-pop-she-bop. Bring ear protection, a CharlieCard, and something plum-shaped.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Snipers And Drones, Goatapult, and the bouba-kiki effect. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

Square album cover showing an upside-down photograph of the Toronto skyline, with the CN Tower and Rogers Centre reflected in calm water. The image has a cool blue-gray palette and a slightly disorienting mirrored effect. In one corner, black lowercase text reads “the bouba-kiki effect,” and small white text along the opposite edge reads “last exit from owl creek bridge.” Unedited photo: John McDaid.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Kathy Mar, the wonderful writer, singer, and human, has passed on. Kathy radiated the radical hospitality that is the core of filk; to be in a circle with her was to feel utter unhesitating acceptance. Like all of our community, I am so sad today. Kathy's "Bamboo Wind" was the first filk 1/3

Cover of the album "Bamboo Wind" (2985) by Kathy Mar

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

PCMF gets up in your space: Friday, Elbows Up brings cross-check punk. Saturday, proxemic intrusion violates the buffer zone. Sunday, Gell-Mann Amnesia closes with media-theory pop you’ll forget you believed. Also: Gowanus Bouquet, Weil's Hermitian Form, and Trunnion. Bring room for one more chair.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Elbows Up, proxemic intrusion, and Gell-Mann Amnesia. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last night's office at the Portsmouth Town Council candidate forum. Link to the Portsmouth Times story in first comment (may be paywalled).

View of the Portsmouth Middle School auditorium from the stage.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to Anastasia Salter and Stuart Moulthrop who won the ACLS literary/media prize for their book "Twining," on the theory and praxis of the hypertext tool Twine. (I'm especially chuffed that the work "We Knew The Glass Man" that I created with my son Jack is detailed in one chapter!)

acls.org

2026 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards

The ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards aspire to generate enthusiasm and prestige for this new mode of publication among humanistic scholars. The prizes further aim...

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So, hey, Portsmouth folx, should have posted this earlier, but we had family visiting this weekend. If you want to hear from all the Town Council candidates, the League of Women Voters is holding their candidate forum tomorrow night at the Middle School. If you're around, fall on by.

CANDIDATES FORUM
Town Council Candidates Forum
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Hear directly from the candidates before you vote in the November 3 election.
DATE & TIME
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 • 6:30 - 8:00 PM
LOCATION
Portsmouth Middle School
Little Theatre
MODERATOR
Scott Pickering
Publisher, East Bay Media Group
QUESTIONS FOR THE CANDIDATES? forms.gle/ne5UdKAQb3fJbr8t7
Submit your questions in advance
FREE & open to the public

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

PCMF's odd claims weekend: Friday, The Moon Is Ours brings lunar entitlement psychedelia. Saturday, RLM Harness bucks the reward model. Sunday, Itsy Bitsy Blood Clot closes with nursery-rhyme thrombocore. Also: Fate of the AMOC and France Is Bacon. Bring a vial of trinitite and the good mustard.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands The Moon Is Ours, RLM Harness, and Itsy Bitsy Blood Clot. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Greeting primary voters with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) at PHS were Portsmouth Democrats State Rep. Michelle McGaw (D-71), Karen McDaid (School Committee), Juan Carlos Payero (Town Council), John McDaid (candidate, Town Council). If you haven't voted, make a plan to get to the polls. Every vote counts!

A group stands outside the Portsmouth High School gym. State Rep. Michelle McGaw (D-71), Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Karen McDaid (School Committee), Juan Carlos Payero (Town Council), John McDaid (candidate, Town Council).

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

PCMF optimizes hidden states: Friday, Rabid Goat Yoga spreads zoonotic wellnesscore. Saturday, The Softmax Bottleneck collapses all melodies to three chords. Sunday, Chain Refoulement serves border-policy doom with no safe third country. Bring a thorny koan and a casserole dish you don’t need back.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Rabid Goat Yoga, The Softmax Bottleneck, and Chain Refoulement. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Met a couple of my heroes at Worldcon. I had a chance to tell David Gerrold how much his work — past and present — means to me (and get an autograph, because, yes, I am a fanboy.) And an all-too-brief chat with Gay and Joe Haldeman, reminiscing about swapping songs the week he taught at Clarion ‘93.

Cover of hardcover book, “The Trouble WIth Tribbles” autographed by David Gerrold

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Proud to have earned a positive rating on the Bodily Freedom Forever Index from the Womxn Project. While these issues may never explicitly come before the Council, I feel it’s important that Portsmouth voters know where I stand.

thewomxnproject.org

Portsmouth | Bodily Freedom Forever Index

View the current bodily freedom forever index for Portsmouth, and learn which candidates support the BFFI.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

PCMF: Friday, Prodromal Scromiting brings warning-symptom emesiscore. Saturday, Roman Face Massage kneads cheekbones with imperial spa-rock. Sunday, The Theatre Kids close with tech-week maximalism. Also buzzing: Partisan Voting Index and The Veterinary Exorcists. Bring electrolytes and a pillowcase

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Prodromal Scromiting, Roman Face Massage, and The Theatre Kids. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sneak peek at an artifact from the current theatrical WIP, featuring gorgeous artwork by @baileychumas.bsky.social. If you're at Worldcon, I'll be showing this off.

A white-haired person wearing glasses holds a theatrical program for "Breakfast With Moloch."

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's that time. If you're in LA, fall on by.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"We recognized that sometimes its signature was written in pencil." — Canadian PM Mark Carney, on negotiations with the US. Worth reading his whole speech to get a perspective on what it's like to make a deal with Washington these days. NYT analysis in comment.

cbc.ca

Read Mark Carney's full speech after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed | CBC News

Below are Prime Minister Mark Carney's remarks after Canada suspended trade talks with the U.S. and the Trump administration imposed new 50 per cent tariffs:

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thatcher Harrison, a local guitar legend -- no, seriously -- returned from his Masters program at UWM for a sold-out concert at Rough Point on Friday evening. Harrison's eclectic approach to both performance and composition blends classical guitar with an invigorating mix of jazz, blues, 1/4

Guitarist Thatcher Harrison on stage at Rough Point; chatting with local musician Timmy May, program from his Puddingstone Music series concert.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

PCMF: Friday, Decoy Plane spins up diversioncore. Saturday, Collusive Litigation arrives fully briefed and mysteriously uncontested. Sunday, the invisible watermarks sling slamming provenance-pop hooks. Bring a jug of mRNA, a certified copy of Ayn Rand's death certificate, and a foam Minecraft sword

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Decoy Plane, Collusive Litigation, and the invisible watermarks. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Early voting starts today! Takes five minutes at Town Hall. It’s the primary, and there are no town contests, but be sure to cast your vote in the statewide races. Not gonna tell you who to vote for, just that every vote is gonna count, so make a plan and get to the polls.

A white-haired man in a blue shirt with an “I Voted” sticker stands in front of Portsmouth Town Hall.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Portsmouth Times story on last week's Town Council meeting. The line at the podium all opposed the Council participating in the hiring process (delegated by Charter to the town administrator.) Multiple letters to the editor, including one from Karen and I as former Charter Review committee members.

eastbayri.com

Council clash exposes charter divide in Portsmouth - EastBayRI.com

PORTSMOUTH — A proposed two-member town council advisory panel became the focus of a heated 75-minute debate last week, as the town administrator, one of the town’s co-solicitors and several …

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today's piece from Cory Doctorow is a particularly good analysis and framework for understanding AI at this moment.

pluralistic.net

Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

PCMF: Friday, Enshittify This! brings platform-collapse punk. Saturday, Compliance Glove extends a firm electric grip. Sunday, Mysterious Fastnachts closes with PDutch hauntwave. Also buzzy: Horseshoe Left and The Six Native UK Reptiles. Bring wax paper, a tuning fork, and an extra-long Torx T-15.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Enshittify This!, Compliance Glove, and Mysterious Fastnachts. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Last night at Portsmouth Town Hall, the Council voted to confirm the Town Administrator's pick for Finance Director — and a motion to create a Council subcommittee to insert itself into future hiring quietly died for lack of a second. Here's what that looked like from the floor. A line 1/4

A screenshot from a live-streamed public meeting in an official room. In the foreground, an older man with white hair, glasses, and a blue-and-white plaid short-sleeved shirt stands at a wooden podium, looking toward an unseen board or audience.

In the background, three people observe: a woman in a patterned blue-and-white dress and white cardigan standing near a multi-pane window, a man with glasses and a denim shirt holding papers, and a man in a patterned short-sleeved shirt.

A white semi-transparent text box overlay in the lower left reads:
"The Charter draws a line, and it draws it on purpose. Selection is the Administrator's job. Approval is yours. That structure isn't an accident — it's how a town keeps hiring about competence instead of politics."

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

PCMF peels back the layers: Friday, Jacobian Lens brings silent-thought math rock. Saturday, The Content Creators monetize recursioncore. Sunday, Shadermaxxing renders high-poly glam at unsafe resolution. Also: The Stupidest Timeline and The AI Moats. Bring a laminar flow hood and a decent nectarine

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Jacobian Lens, The Content Creators, and Shadermaxxing. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

At least two people have made a joke about me being number six on the Portsmouth ballot in November. So...I made a meme. No AI, just photoshop.

An image featuring a portrait of a person with fair skin, white hair, and glasses, wearing a plaid shirt and dark jacket with a button pin. The background shows the distinctive domed and pastel architecture of Portmeirion. Large white text overlaid across the lower portion of the image reads "Vote for Number 6".

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Ballot position lottery results for Portsmouth, RI. I am number six. In a race where you get seven votes, the only number that really matters is how far down the list you read. Go all the way to the bottom — the lottery put some very good candidates at 8 through 11.

A table titled "Ballot order in Portsmouth" displaying the candidate names, party affiliations, and ballot order numbers for the Town Council and School Committee races. The table rows are color-coded: pink for Republicans, light blue for Democrats, and white for Independents.
Town Council:
DAVID M GLEASON, Republican
LEONARD B KATZMAN, Democrat
SHARLENE MARIA PATTON, Republican
JUAN CARLOS PAYERO, Democrat
DAVID G REISE, Republican
JOHN G MCDAID, Democrat
KEITH E HAMILTON, Republican
JOHN MARK RYAN, Democrat
ALEXANDER LEWIS ROBERTS, Democrat
M CONLEY WAKE ZANI, Democrat
DAVID P FIORILLO, Democrat
MARY ANNE MCDOWELL, Independent
School Committee:
VALERIE ANNE SEVENEY, Democrat
TASHA MARIE MACGIBBON, Democrat
ISABELLE ALTMAN KELLY, Democrat
BRETT W FOX, Independent
At the bottom is a source URL linking to the Rhode Island Secretary of State website.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

PCMF is waiving the rules: Friday, The YOLO Caucus brings whip-count punk. Saturday, Telepylus Midnight unleashes Laestrygonian doomwave. Sunday, Bean Soup Theory closes with pantry cosmology. Also: AI Kill Switch and Chocolate Psyop. Bring a bronze helmet, a sealed amphora, and comfortable shoes.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands The YOLO Caucus, Telepylus Midnight, and Bean Soup Theory. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Worldcon program is live! If you're in LA, fall on by.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Sort-of-new, sort-of-academic content. I gave a talk at the Media Ecology Association in 2024 on the musical "Kimberly Akimbo." With the show now getting its UK premiere — at Hampstead Theatre this autumn — I've turned that talk into annotated slides. The pitch: 1/2

johnmcdaid.com

Kimberly Akimbo: A Media-Ecology Reading — John McDaid

A slide-by-slide media-ecology reading of the musical "Kimberly Akimbo" — skaters on a thin, mediated layer of ice. Adapted and expanded from a talk for the Media Ecology Association.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Limited run worth the trip to your local multiplex. The leads are top-notch performers -- DeShields, Gray, Page, Noblezada, and Carney reprising their Broadway roles, and they are a delight. If you saw it on Broadway, it's worth revisiting, and if you've never seen the show, you are in for a treat.

bleeckerstreetmedia.com

Bleecker Street

HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL In Theaters July 24, The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, Directed by Brett Sullivan and Starring Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada, Pa...

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

PCMF heads for the off-ramp: Friday, Flying Bribery Palace serves elevated griftcore. Saturday, dig the garage band grunge of The Seized Calipers. Sunday, Pinky Herman's chiptune opera "Diminished Capacity" is pure nightmare fuel. Bring a folding chair and light jacket in case it gets chilly later.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Count Binface, islamic republic of japan, and Yasak Bölge. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Happy birthday Marshall McLuhan. Been meaning to record this. Seemed like a good occasion. Enjoy.

johnmcdaid.bandcamp.com

The Ballad of Marshall McLuhan (demo), by John McDaid

track by John McDaid

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Last takeaway from my ELO presentation on LLMs and writing. For when the deck alone isn't quite enough, but a fifteen-minute video is too long; something scrollable and skimmable. Et voila. Annotation. It's not quite slides, it's not quite video, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end.

A screenshot of a presentation titled "Slide 35 Affordances and limits." The main focus is a framed box containing a numbered list from 1 to 6. The first three items are faded out and difficult to read, while items 4 through 6 are in solid black text.
Item 4 is titled "LLMs work by forward association," describing it as a snowball rolling down a hill and noting a Best Practice: "Don't expect song lyrics or crossword puzzles."
Item 5 is titled "Beware shiny, researchable objects," explaining that LLMs try to make sense of non-sequiturs and reach for handy metaphors, with a Best Practice to "Anticipate 'eager puppy fetching a stick'."
Item 6 is titled "Bring your own depth psychology," stating that LLMs have no "objet petit a" and cannot probe their own depths, with a Best Practice to "Look for rabbit holes that lead to gold mines."
Below the framed box is a partial paragraph of body text that expands on points four and five, ending abruptly after the words "Five: beware shiny,".

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Dave Carter's days between, July 19 through their Aug 13 birthday, come round every year, and we pause, and remember. And maybe say thanks to the universe for this sweet time we have to be alive, the music we get to hear, and Dave. Here's my favorite. Forest of light. Forest of light.

tracygrammermusic.bandcamp.com

The Mountain, by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

from the album Tanglewood Tree

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Presenting at the Electronic Literature Organization conference was a blast. Judith Pintar and I did talks on AI and writing (Stuart Moulthrop was unable to attend, and Judith did a great job presenting his slides, a timely report back on undergrad versus grad student attitudes on LLMs.) 1/4

Presentation slide titled 'And there's a bunch of theory to make sense of all this' featuring photos and summaries of six theorists. Top right: speaker John McDaid on video. Theorists: 1. Marshall McLuhan (Understanding Media): medium as extension/auto-amputation of human sensorium; computer as nervous system extension. 2. Donna Haraway (Cyborg Manifesto): blurring of human and machine; no ontological separation. 3. Sherry Turkle (Alone Together): traits tricking humans into categorizing devices as 'alive enough' (relational, not biological). 4. Jacques Lacan (Four Fundamental Concepts of Psycho-analysis): 'objet petit a' as the cause of desire. 5. N. Katherine Hayles (How we became Posthuman): transcending the liberal humanist subject; intelligence relating to 'non conscious cognizers'. 6. Francesca Ferrando (Philosophical Posthumanism): humans must radically deconstruct the human as a fixed notion to 'osmose with the robot ontology.'

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

PCMF: On Friday, Passenger Sucked Out, serving up their decompression-core anthem, "Henry's Law". Saturday belongs to Slopulism, whose AI-rally griftwave album just went gold. Sunday, taste the rainbow with Interstellar Sugar. Free on the beach. Bring the thing that would make Greg most proud to own

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Passenger Sucked Out, Slopulism, and Interstellar Sugar. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Seeing the game Jack worked on get a review by Yahtzee is a pretty big deal. Jack and I used to watch his ZeroPunctuation channel all the time. We are proud parents.

youtu.be

Star Fox | Fully Ramblomatic

YouTube video by Second Wind

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Rhode Island punches above its weight.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

PCMF deploys countermeasures: Friday, Count Binface brings municipal glam. Saturday, islamic republic of japan delivers alternate reality j-pop. Sunday, Yasak Bölge closes with *all* the stringed instruments. Also: Little Bobby Tables and AI Bidet. Bring sunscreen, rosin & a notarized cheeseburger.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

All our Portsmouth RI candidates have gotten enough signatures for their nomination papers, more than twice as many as we need. What amazing turnout. Thanks to everyone who stopped by one of our events! It was great having conversations with so many folx who are excited about moving the town forward

Screengrab from the RI Secretary of State web site showing the number of signatures for local Portsmouth candidates.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

2026 observation or 1966 Bob Dylan lyric. "And the ghost of Joe Stalin is comin for you all." (harmonica break)

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

PCMF: Friday, Humphrey’s Executor brings for-cause removalcore. Saturday, Angry Sports Parents unleashes fetid sideline ragewave. Sunday, Tungsten Threesome closes with Palm Beach griftcore. Also buzzing: Fulton County Mischief and alleged enemy of the state, Partisan Gaps In The Crosstabs. Spoot.

A colorful poster for a music festival headlined by the bands Humphrey's Executor, Angry Sports Parents, and Tungsten Threesome. If you like this sort of bite-sized absurdism, check out "A Year of Weekends," which collects all the 2024 band posters (2025 coming Real Soon Now). Free download pdf, https://bit.ly/AYOW24 Or, you can order a deluxe trade paperback at Lulu.com, https://bit.ly/AYOW_lulu

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Posted the slides from my Media Ecology Association talk on LLMs over on my personal site. Of interest mostly to academics; obviously not complete without the verbal presentation. johnmcdaid.com/academic.html

A four-box matrix headlined "Historical and philosophical context (a crazy wall)" drawing connections among items bucketed into the history of non-conscious composition, the philosophy of text gene4ration, technology of text generation, and cultural representations of the non-conscious text.

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jmcdaid @jmcdaid.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Picked up my nomination papers at Town Hall. Now I need 50 signatures from registered Portsmouth voters to get on the ballot — signing isn't a vote for me, just a yes to putting my name on the list. Come find me at two local events: Sunday, July 5, 2–4 — Foodworks Monday, July 6, 7–9 — Ragged Island

John McDaid, white-haired and in a blue plaid shirt, smiles in a selfie outside Portsmouth Town Hall on a clear day. He holds a clipboard with a Democratic nomination paper — a pen clipped to the top, the signature lines still blank.

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