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
@markcathcart.com
· 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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I missed this when it came out, but we just finished the first series. Highly recommend, it's remarkably prescient re fascism.
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
'Outrageous' period drama showcases a political division that hits close to home
Set in the 1930s, a new six-part BritBox series tells of the infamously non-conformist Mitford sisters, whose involvement in various political causes roiled their aristocratic parents.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I missed this when it came out, but we just finished the first series. Highly recommend, it's remarkably prescient re fascism.
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I missed this when it came out, but we just finished the first series. Highly recommend, it's remarkably prescient re fascism.
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
'Outrageous' period drama showcases a political division that hits close to home
Set in the 1930s, a new six-part BritBox series tells of the infamously non-conformist Mitford sisters, whose involvement in various political causes roiled their aristocratic parents.
www.npr.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I missed this when it came out, but we just finished the first series. Highly recommend, it's remarkably prescient re fascism.
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
I'm an ex-pat brit and knew some of the history but not most of the atory.
www.npr.org/2025/07/15/n...
Trump's America
They are spending hundreds of millions on bombing and intimidating Venezuela and will be doing the same to Greenland ?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/s...
They are spending hundreds of millions on bombing and intimidating Venezuela and will be doing the same to Greenland ?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/s...
Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026
Millions of borrowers are considered in default, meaning they are 270 days past due on their payments. The department must give borrowers 30 days notice before their wages can be garnished.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Trump's America
They are spending hundreds of millions on bombing and intimidating Venezuela and will be doing the same to Greenland ?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/s...
They are spending hundreds of millions on bombing and intimidating Venezuela and will be doing the same to Greenland ?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/23/s...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Russians know the Trump regime is about to go to war with Venezuela. So fcked up.
“In Venezuela, the Russian presence has suddenly switched to emergency evacuation mode. They're taking everything - diplomatic staff, property, moving quickly, at full speed. In short - allies.
And all those talks... Strategic partnership, sovereignty, and now they're packing boxes and
And all those talks... Strategic partnership, sovereignty, and now they're packing boxes and
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The Russians know the Trump regime is about to go to war with Venezuela. So fcked up.
This made me so happy. Such a great song, British pop at its absolute best... Made my Christmas
'National Express' on Later with Jools Holland, watch the full performance on the BBC iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Or at the BBC Music YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@BBCMusic
#TheDivineComedy played 'Achilles', 'The Last Time I Saw the Old Man' and 'National Express'.
Or at the BBC Music YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@BBCMusic
#TheDivineComedy played 'Achilles', 'The Last Time I Saw the Old Man' and 'National Express'.
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This made me so happy. Such a great song, British pop at its absolute best... Made my Christmas
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Just the absolute weakest, most milquetoast idea of "opposition."
Schumer and Jeffries are simply not operating in the actual political reality we are in.
Schumer and Jeffries are simply not operating in the actual political reality we are in.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he's introducing a resolution directing the Senate to "initiate legal action against the DOJ for its blatant disregard of the law in its refusal to release the complete Epstein files."
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just the absolute weakest, most milquetoast idea of "opposition."
Schumer and Jeffries are simply not operating in the actual political reality we are in.
Schumer and Jeffries are simply not operating in the actual political reality we are in.
I really didn't know much about Rick Steves, but he is my person of the year for 2025. A TV personality just doing good things for no other reason than he can.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
🧵 1 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I really didn't know much about Rick Steves, but he is my person of the year for 2025. A TV personality just doing good things for no other reason than he can.
This is awesome, you can actually read and search the emails and chains.
December 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is awesome, you can actually read and search the emails and chains.
So much for the manly man.
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
So much for the manly man.
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NBC: Long time Pentecostal minister Joe Campbell, who for 50 years “ministered” to thousands of children across four states, arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Oklahoma, after decades of complaints by victims. It took a NBC News investigation to get law enforcement to act.
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
NBC: Long time Pentecostal minister Joe Campbell, who for 50 years “ministered” to thousands of children across four states, arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Oklahoma, after decades of complaints by victims. It took a NBC News investigation to get law enforcement to act.
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🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
Don't forget, everything they touch dies.
"Their wedded journey began in 2004, when he proposed in front of a now-closed jewelry store in New Jersey's Short Hills Mal"
"Their wedded journey began in 2004, when he proposed in front of a now-closed jewelry store in New Jersey's Short Hills Mal"
Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged (Again). Will Bettina Anderson Get a White House Wedding?
This is Jr.’s third engagement, and would be his second marriage.
www.vanityfair.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Don't forget, everything they touch dies.
"Their wedded journey began in 2004, when he proposed in front of a now-closed jewelry store in New Jersey's Short Hills Mal"
"Their wedded journey began in 2004, when he proposed in front of a now-closed jewelry store in New Jersey's Short Hills Mal"
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CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
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Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know that the US hasn’t had an ambassador in Moscow in 6 months?
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Or that our chief envoy to Russia won’t take briefings from the CIA?
But wait, there’s more. Much more in this 6-byline WSJ piece on the Witkoff-Putin axis.
Free link www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
Made in America... Or not.
Remember when the fascists kept threatening to annex Canada and royally fucking up the supply chain while claiming everything was fine?
Good job destroying market share out of pure stupidity.
Good job destroying market share out of pure stupidity.
so much winning
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Made in America... Or not.
@microsoft.com Copilot / agent strategy is soo poorly thought though. If you have a PC with an Ethernet connection in Windows 11 2H42 & the ethernet is dead, a real thing on Windows 11 power mgmt.
Try to get help via troubleshooter, all it does is break because you don't have an Internet connection
Try to get help via troubleshooter, all it does is break because you don't have an Internet connection
December 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
@microsoft.com Copilot / agent strategy is soo poorly thought though. If you have a PC with an Ethernet connection in Windows 11 2H42 & the ethernet is dead, a real thing on Windows 11 power mgmt.
Try to get help via troubleshooter, all it does is break because you don't have an Internet connection
Try to get help via troubleshooter, all it does is break because you don't have an Internet connection
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This is truly awesome
Oh, it's just incredible and effortless how Kristen Stewart dismantles and diagnoses the pathology and ego of Brando (and... well, all the dudes in Hollywood) here. www.youtube.com/shorts/_h-iK... There's just so many parallels to tech in this. And I'm so glad she's solid in herself to just SAY it.
Kristen Stewart on Men and Method Acting
YouTube video by The Interview
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is truly awesome
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The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga
The deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
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Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍
December 19, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Happy EPSTEIN Files Release Day Eve for all those who celebrate!!! 👍
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This is so fucked up
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Please like and share #immigrationlawyer #immigrationattorney #attorney #immigrant #attorneysoftiktok
TikTok video by YourAsylumBuddy
www.tiktok.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is so fucked up
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
Immigration attorney Tori Slatton has a US citizen client who is in ICE custody - and whisked off to Louisiana
ICE ignored court orders - about a US citizen
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y2nxyd/
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Found time to read the Telegraph's Top-50 women in sport. Disappointed but not surprised to find not a single triathlete in it, despite the picture to illustrate it.
This isn't about sport performance, rather influence, I would argue that Chrissie Wellington has had an oversize impact
with others
This isn't about sport performance, rather influence, I would argue that Chrissie Wellington has had an oversize impact
with others
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Found time to read the Telegraph's Top-50 women in sport. Disappointed but not surprised to find not a single triathlete in it, despite the picture to illustrate it.
This isn't about sport performance, rather influence, I would argue that Chrissie Wellington has had an oversize impact
with others
This isn't about sport performance, rather influence, I would argue that Chrissie Wellington has had an oversize impact
with others
Trump fans await the long-promised golden ‘T1’ phone, his family is selling marked-up older iPhones and Samsungs.
True Donald Trump devotees who put down their $100 deposits are still awaiting the chance to receive one of his family’s $499 golden smartphones for "real Americans".
Always a scam
True Donald Trump devotees who put down their $100 deposits are still awaiting the chance to receive one of his family’s $499 golden smartphones for "real Americans".
Always a scam
Trump Mobile is hawking $500 phones. Only they’re refurbished, and three years old
While true Trump fans await the long-promised golden ‘T1’ phone, his family is selling marked-up older iPhones and Samsungs
www.the-independent.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Trump fans await the long-promised golden ‘T1’ phone, his family is selling marked-up older iPhones and Samsungs.
True Donald Trump devotees who put down their $100 deposits are still awaiting the chance to receive one of his family’s $499 golden smartphones for "real Americans".
Always a scam
True Donald Trump devotees who put down their $100 deposits are still awaiting the chance to receive one of his family’s $499 golden smartphones for "real Americans".
Always a scam