GMcGath @gmcgath@liberdon.com

There is life after Facebook. (I include a plug for Liberdon.) https://medium.com/@gmcgath/5-ways-to-escape-social-media-2640824ffaad

Error? What error?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-facebook/facebook-apologizes-after-vulgar-translation-of-chinese-leaders-name-idUSKBN1ZH0IB

Rand Paul sinks to new depths of cynicism. He says no Republican Senator will vote for impeachment because they put their careers first. He's a Republican Senator, so he's including himself and saying he puts his career ahead of principle. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/16/trump-impeachment-rand-paul-said-senators-have-made-up-their-minds/4493419002/

The LPNH so-called primary had no significance except as a poll of participants. The NH delegates to the national convention are a mostly sane bunch of people and aren't bound by the vote. Calling it a "primary" was dumb, and the outcome just compounded the negative consequences.

The subdomain seacoast.lpnh.org is currently in limbo. Links to my articles there get an "account suspended" message. The appropriate people at LPNH are aware of this.

When I access https://lpnh.org I see "account suspended" messages, sometimes redirecting to live pages. With https://seacoast.lpnh.org I see just the suspension notice. This has taken several of my own articles offline. Anyone know what's going on?

Currently I'm sitting on my back porch with no coat on, after a short bicycle ride. In New Hampshire.

The LPNH has just embarrassed itself to death, with Vermin Supreme getting the most votes for presidential nominee at its convention.

Neil Peart of Rush dies at age 67.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/

"The Man in the White Suit" is a great Alec Guinness movie. It portrays the innovator vs. entrenched interests. But how economically accurate is it? https://medium.com/@gmcgath/the-economics-of-the-man-in-the-white-suit-6a61991146b9?sk=a21e39921360f7bed21ba3ae8102f538

Here's another gem from USA Today's brilliant physicists: "Below deck, only red light is used because it doesn't travel as far as white."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/10/soleimani-death-iran-revenge-u-s-navy-target/2822463001/

Those constant Firefox update reminders may be annoying, but this one is important. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/firefox-gets-patch-for-critical-zeroday-thats-being-actively-exploited/

It doesn't matter whether you're pro- or anti-Smollett. What matters is to remember that if you use Google (or some other big service) for everything, the government can do this to you.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-08/jussie-smollett-investigation-google

Rand Paul excused Trump by saying his advisors made him do it. This wasn't the case at all. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-03/how-trump-made-the-decision-to-kill-suleimani

Notice that the Democrats in Congress are implying that by default, the president can attack countries without Congressional approval. They want to make sure anyone they get into the White House has that power. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trump-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F

Iraq is kicking US troops out. Maybe this could be a net win in spite of Trump's best efforts to create a disaster. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security/iraq-calls-for-foreign-forces-to-leave-after-u-s-killing-of-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z409A

What will the impact of this be on open source software? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-artificial-intelligence/u-s-government-limits-exports-of-artificial-intelligence-software-idUSKBN1Z21PT

Stack Exchange tried using cancel culture techniques on Monica Cellio. They backfired completely. I discuss the reasons. https://medium.com/@gmcgath/the-cancel-culture-of-stack-exchange-3b90186cabd6?sk=70016e108508d6ca4a7310e498313e5e

Trump has revived Obama's policy of assassination. And we seem to be at war with Iran today. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-01-02/trumps-biggest-foreign-policy-gamble