Mark Cathcart
@markcathcart.com
Music research • Writer for @ctproduced.com • Govt Watch for #LouisvilleCO #BoulderWeekly • Investor in @prsportslab.com
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Formerly/formally IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society.
✓ Dad ✓ Husband.
Formerly/formally IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Academy of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society.
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Mark Cathcart
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· Apr 9
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
As a reminder, it's about this and staying out of jail.
Everything else is running cover for it.
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Everything else is running cover for it.
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"Ace of spades cards, which have been used by white supremacist groups as a racist symbol and were called “death cards” by some during the Vietnam War, were found in at least two vehicles after those vehicles were pulled over by ICE agents, according to Voces Unidas, a nonprofit in Glenwood Springs
Racist ace of spades cards left behind following ICE arrests in Eagle County, Colorado nonprofit says
ICE said it began an investigation into the allegations and that it "unequivocally condemns" any such actions
coloradosun.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 AM
"Ace of spades cards, which have been used by white supremacist groups as a racist symbol and were called “death cards” by some during the Vietnam War, were found in at least two vehicles after those vehicles were pulled over by ICE agents, according to Voces Unidas, a nonprofit in Glenwood Springs
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We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Reposted by Mark Cathcart
Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
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And before we kill you, we'll make your life a living hell by prosecuting you for something you clearly didn't do and you'll have to spend everything you have to prove it...
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 AM
And before we kill you, we'll make your life a living hell by prosecuting you for something you clearly didn't do and you'll have to spend everything you have to prove it...
Trump's America. A massive wave of shit heading to DC
A massive pipe rupture has sent sewage spilling into the Potomac River. The spill of about 40 million gallons of sewage a day is turning part of the river gray upriver of Washington, D.C.
Massive sewage spill flowing into Potomac River upstream from Washington
A massive pipe rupture has sent sewage spilling into the Potomac River. The spill of about 40 million gallons of sewage a day is turning part of the river gray upriver of Washington, D.C.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Trump's America. A massive wave of shit heading to DC
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María del Rosario Díaz García, the last time she heard from her son, he was traveling to Minneapolis to work at a restaurant. Now, she urgently needs assistance in retrieving his body from Nicaragua after his death in ICE detention.
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 AM
María del Rosario Díaz García, the last time she heard from her son, he was traveling to Minneapolis to work at a restaurant. Now, she urgently needs assistance in retrieving his body from Nicaragua after his death in ICE detention.
We can't wait. It's too important to leave until 2029. It needs action now.
I can’t wait until the next Democratic president takes office, so all these ICE thugs — and their bosses — can be brought up on charges.
January 23, 2026 at 11:57 PM
We can't wait. It's too important to leave until 2029. It needs action now.
The trailer for the new CBS series Marshals came across my screen.
I'm minded to think this is just another of the decades long fantasy bullsh*t series and films that have bought us ICE. Guns, busting down doors, armed resistance that can be shot at will.
In reality, there is no armed resistance.
I'm minded to think this is just another of the decades long fantasy bullsh*t series and films that have bought us ICE. Guns, busting down doors, armed resistance that can be shot at will.
In reality, there is no armed resistance.
Marshals | Teaser Trailer | CBS
YouTube video by CBS
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The trailer for the new CBS series Marshals came across my screen.
I'm minded to think this is just another of the decades long fantasy bullsh*t series and films that have bought us ICE. Guns, busting down doors, armed resistance that can be shot at will.
In reality, there is no armed resistance.
I'm minded to think this is just another of the decades long fantasy bullsh*t series and films that have bought us ICE. Guns, busting down doors, armed resistance that can be shot at will.
In reality, there is no armed resistance.
Satya Nadella is afraid that if we don't find a use for AI/Copilot then the investment will be wasted...
Perhaps the people at @microsoft.com could at least stop it giving out bad information on how to use it, and changing how we access it...
It gave me a whole page of out of date info...
Perhaps the people at @microsoft.com could at least stop it giving out bad information on how to use it, and changing how we access it...
It gave me a whole page of out of date info...
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Satya Nadella is afraid that if we don't find a use for AI/Copilot then the investment will be wasted...
Perhaps the people at @microsoft.com could at least stop it giving out bad information on how to use it, and changing how we access it...
It gave me a whole page of out of date info...
Perhaps the people at @microsoft.com could at least stop it giving out bad information on how to use it, and changing how we access it...
It gave me a whole page of out of date info...
This is from the UK, but it applies here in the USA even more so.
Inequality, it's failure of leadership. Please watch.
Inequality, it's failure of leadership. Please watch.
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is from the UK, but it applies here in the USA even more so.
Inequality, it's failure of leadership. Please watch.
Inequality, it's failure of leadership. Please watch.
as a reminder, Mike Johnson allowed the "H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act" to be called that, which is wrong, it included most of the original ICE funding expansion. Overtime is still being taxed, tips are still being taxed, and the ACA subsidy's have gone away.
One way or another we fund ICE
One way or another we fund ICE
January 22, 2026 at 5:26 PM
as a reminder, Mike Johnson allowed the "H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act" to be called that, which is wrong, it included most of the original ICE funding expansion. Overtime is still being taxed, tips are still being taxed, and the ACA subsidy's have gone away.
One way or another we fund ICE
One way or another we fund ICE
No matter how bad Trump is for the USA, he has still not been as bad as #Brexit was for the UK 10-years ago. Still plenty of time to win though :-(
The £ against $ is still down 5.28%
See alt-text for further explanation of the drops.
The £ against $ is still down 5.28%
See alt-text for further explanation of the drops.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM
No matter how bad Trump is for the USA, he has still not been as bad as #Brexit was for the UK 10-years ago. Still plenty of time to win though :-(
The £ against $ is still down 5.28%
See alt-text for further explanation of the drops.
The £ against $ is still down 5.28%
See alt-text for further explanation of the drops.
Again, again and again. Someone needs to doorstep Kavanaugh with this and all the other constitutional violations. Ask him if he is really proud of what he has done, including destroying the supremacy of the court which has been subjugated to a tool of the administration.
A memo was released by ICE instructing agents to violate the U.S. Constitution. ICE told officers and agents that they can forcibly enter homes without warrants signed by judges. The memo was from ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, was shared with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) by two whistleblowers.
www.hsgac.senate.gov
January 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Again, again and again. Someone needs to doorstep Kavanaugh with this and all the other constitutional violations. Ask him if he is really proud of what he has done, including destroying the supremacy of the court which has been subjugated to a tool of the administration.
Woah. Watching a recorded version of yesterday's #colbert show and an ad' popped up with some gruesome place spewing CO2 into the atmosphere in some sort of fire pit hell.
I had to pause the recording and look it up. Just a minute, $295,000 is this really Colorado?
I had to pause the recording and look it up. Just a minute, $295,000 is this really Colorado?
January 22, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Woah. Watching a recorded version of yesterday's #colbert show and an ad' popped up with some gruesome place spewing CO2 into the atmosphere in some sort of fire pit hell.
I had to pause the recording and look it up. Just a minute, $295,000 is this really Colorado?
I had to pause the recording and look it up. Just a minute, $295,000 is this really Colorado?
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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Well said. And if the federal laws won't do this, the states, which grant corporate status, can and should.
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Well said. And if the federal laws won't do this, the states, which grant corporate status, can and should.
And the Republicans are fine with this. They want to destroy the government so it can't prosecute them, can't tax them, can't stop them from being racist and will allow them to fund Christian extremism and outlaw abortion.
No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
And the Republicans are fine with this. They want to destroy the government so it can't prosecute them, can't tax them, can't stop them from being racist and will allow them to fund Christian extremism and outlaw abortion.
This is so good. The President's rambling speech of course being the least funny translation from Davos to English.
please refer to your Davos phrasebook www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
January 21, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is so good. The President's rambling speech of course being the least funny translation from Davos to English.
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I’m afraid of Americans
Use some Bowie lyrics to describe the current US situation.
'It's on America's tortured brow, that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow...
Take a look at the lawman, beating up the wrong guy...He's in the best-selling show'
#BowieLyrics
'It's on America's tortured brow, that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow...
Take a look at the lawman, beating up the wrong guy...He's in the best-selling show'
#BowieLyrics
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I’m afraid of Americans
Again someone needs to doorstep Kavanaugh and ask him why he is ok with this, and how he feels being the person that subjugated the supreme Court to being a rubber stamp for a man not in control of his own country?
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Again someone needs to doorstep Kavanaugh and ask him why he is ok with this, and how he feels being the person that subjugated the supreme Court to being a rubber stamp for a man not in control of his own country?
At least that should make the gold toilets for the white house cheaper to make.
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 5:49 AM
At least that should make the gold toilets for the white house cheaper to make.
Irish barrister pushing to have X/AI/Grok prosecuted over child sex images. About time.
Actions have consequences.
telescoper.blog/2026/01/19/b...
Actions have consequences.
telescoper.blog/2026/01/19/b...
Barry Ward’s Letter about Grok/AI
TD Barry Ward, who is also a barrister, has written a letter laying out very clearly why X/Grok could and should be prosecuted immediately under existing Irish law. I’m sharing it in full as …
telescoper.blog
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Irish barrister pushing to have X/AI/Grok prosecuted over child sex images. About time.
Actions have consequences.
telescoper.blog/2026/01/19/b...
Actions have consequences.
telescoper.blog/2026/01/19/b...
For the most part I really can't recommend ADP. I mostly only ever login to add/remove employees and run payroll. I've only just realized how useless their admin UI and support are.
If you are #164 in the queue for support, perhaps support isn't your problem, your product is shitty?
If you are #164 in the queue for support, perhaps support isn't your problem, your product is shitty?
January 20, 2026 at 8:17 PM
For the most part I really can't recommend ADP. I mostly only ever login to add/remove employees and run payroll. I've only just realized how useless their admin UI and support are.
If you are #164 in the queue for support, perhaps support isn't your problem, your product is shitty?
If you are #164 in the queue for support, perhaps support isn't your problem, your product is shitty?
It's time. Someone needs to doorstep Kavanaugh and ask him how he can approve this?
Aliya Rahman:
Disabled U.S. Citizen's Seatbelt Slashed, Dragged onto the Road by Masked ICE Goons
Minneapolis
Disabled U.S. Citizen's Seatbelt Slashed, Dragged onto the Road by Masked ICE Goons
Minneapolis
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
It's time. Someone needs to doorstep Kavanaugh and ask him how he can approve this?