John McCrory
@johnmccrory.bsky.social
Dance to protest. Twirl your umbrellas. Make balloon animals. Put a daisy in the barrel of the soldier's gun. Me: Poet. Content Strategist & UX. Ultimate frisbee dad. Montclair citizen. New JerseyYorkHampshire.
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“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community… Nurses are advocates first. We’re trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that’s what we’re doing.”
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
'Purge Palantir!': Union nurses warn Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system
“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community... Nurses are advocates first. We're trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that's what we're doing.”
therealnews.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“Palantir has no place in our hospitals, no place in our community… Nurses are advocates first. We’re trained to advocate and to speak up when something is wrong, and that’s what we’re doing.”
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
@nationalnurses.bsky.social
Will we see FIRE & hedge fund bros knocking on doors in Bushwick, Harlem & Flushing?
"Donors & strategists say the party’s moderate wing is struggling to articulate a message that isn’t just 'we’re not Trump.' [Their] lack of a ground game allowed the DSA... to outflank traditional candidates."
"Donors & strategists say the party’s moderate wing is struggling to articulate a message that isn’t just 'we’re not Trump.' [Their] lack of a ground game allowed the DSA... to outflank traditional candidates."
Wall Street Realizes It Needs More Than Money to Counter Mamdani — The Wall Street Journal
After big primary wins by the mayor’s progressive allies, New York’s business elites are rewriting their political strategy
apple.news
June 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Will we see FIRE & hedge fund bros knocking on doors in Bushwick, Harlem & Flushing?
"Donors & strategists say the party’s moderate wing is struggling to articulate a message that isn’t just 'we’re not Trump.' [Their] lack of a ground game allowed the DSA... to outflank traditional candidates."
"Donors & strategists say the party’s moderate wing is struggling to articulate a message that isn’t just 'we’re not Trump.' [Their] lack of a ground game allowed the DSA... to outflank traditional candidates."
"The key finding: Immigrant and native workers are not simply substitutes for each other. They are complements. When you remove one, you often undermine the other."
Opinion | ICE Is a Job Killer Everywhere It Goes
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2026 at 10:23 PM
"The key finding: Immigrant and native workers are not simply substitutes for each other. They are complements. When you remove one, you often undermine the other."
Trump is gonna need a lot of superglue.
Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
June 18, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Trump is gonna need a lot of superglue.
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BREAKING: New reports say that the Department of Homeland Security will abandon plans to convert a warehouse in Roxbury into an ICE detention center.
This would be a huge victory for our state and our communities.
Immigration detention is cruel and inhumane. There’s no place for it in New Jersey.
This would be a huge victory for our state and our communities.
Immigration detention is cruel and inhumane. There’s no place for it in New Jersey.
ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
BREAKING: New reports say that the Department of Homeland Security will abandon plans to convert a warehouse in Roxbury into an ICE detention center.
This would be a huge victory for our state and our communities.
Immigration detention is cruel and inhumane. There’s no place for it in New Jersey.
This would be a huge victory for our state and our communities.
Immigration detention is cruel and inhumane. There’s no place for it in New Jersey.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social sometime this year it may be time for a Worst Song in the World championship bracket with multiple rounds of voting.
April 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social sometime this year it may be time for a Worst Song in the World championship bracket with multiple rounds of voting.
Unlike a Kindle from 2012, this 1884 edition of The Merry Adventures of Robin-Hood is still fully functional.
April 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Unlike a Kindle from 2012, this 1884 edition of The Merry Adventures of Robin-Hood is still fully functional.
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JD Vance Struggling To Articulate What It Is He Doesn’t Love About Baby Name ‘Rohit’
JD Vance Struggling To Articulate What It Is He Doesn’t Love About Baby Name ‘Rohit’
WASHINGTON—Scratching his chin as he appeared to search for the right words, Vice President JD Vance reportedly struggled to articulate Wednesday what exactly it was that he didn’t love about the baby...
theonion.com
March 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
JD Vance Struggling To Articulate What It Is He Doesn’t Love About Baby Name ‘Rohit’
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“How’s a guy like that even allowed to enter the same building as me, let alone get within handshaking distance?” said Trump
Trump Beefs Up Security Presence After Frighteningly Close Brush With JD Vance
WASHINGTON—Alarmed at the shocking lapse in protocol that nearly resulted in disaster, a shaken President Donald Trump ordered his security presence beefed up Monday following a frighteningly close br...
theonion.com
March 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM
“How’s a guy like that even allowed to enter the same building as me, let alone get within handshaking distance?” said Trump
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Usha Vance Catches Husband Measuring Her Skull Again
April 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Usha Vance Catches Husband Measuring Her Skull Again
Loved the Metro I grew up with; can't forget the fiasco of the Bicentennial: Boosters urged the public: take the Metro to the fireworks! The public eagerly agreed. It was a Sunday. Sundays, Metro closed at 8pm then. There weren't enough busses to get people home. Tens of thousands stranded.
Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi.
The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.
The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.
March 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Loved the Metro I grew up with; can't forget the fiasco of the Bicentennial: Boosters urged the public: take the Metro to the fireworks! The public eagerly agreed. It was a Sunday. Sundays, Metro closed at 8pm then. There weren't enough busses to get people home. Tens of thousands stranded.
@montclairlocalnews.bsky.social Strangely, in the final curing of ballots, the vote in my ward district went up by 1 NO vote (by mail) while the yes vote count stayed the same. I know one person living in my district whose mail ballot was supposedly cured, and that person voted YES/YES.
Outcome of Montclair School Tax Vote Holds by 13 Ballot Margin
With all votes counted, the outcome of Montclair’s $17.6 million school funding referendum has held to the same it was on the day of the March 10 election with voters approving a one-time tax increase raising $12.6 million and…
With all votes counted, the outcome of Montclair’s $17.6 million school funding referendum has held to the same it was on the day of the March 10 election with voters approving a one-time tax increase raising $12.6 million and…
Outcome of Montclair School Tax Vote Holds by 13 Ballot Margin
With all votes counted, the outcome of Montclair’s $17.6 million school funding referendum has held to the same it was on the day of the March 10 election with voters approving a one-time tax increase raising $12.6 million and rejecting a permanent $5 million tax increase.
montclairlocal.news
March 24, 2026 at 12:41 AM
@montclairlocalnews.bsky.social Strangely, in the final curing of ballots, the vote in my ward district went up by 1 NO vote (by mail) while the yes vote count stayed the same. I know one person living in my district whose mail ballot was supposedly cured, and that person voted YES/YES.
In Montclair's ballot issue to raise taxes to cover the structural deficit in the school budget, the vote on question 2, for a permanent tax increase, is razor-close. Today an additional 449 provisional ballots have been counted, and there are 8 more NO votes than YES votes.
Election Night Reporting
results.enr.clarityelections.com
March 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
In Montclair's ballot issue to raise taxes to cover the structural deficit in the school budget, the vote on question 2, for a permanent tax increase, is razor-close. Today an additional 449 provisional ballots have been counted, and there are 8 more NO votes than YES votes.
Question 1 on 1-time tax increase to cover last year's deficit passes; Question 2 on a permanent increase is currently 4934 yes votes vs 5032 no votes — a gap of 98 more no votes out of nearly 10K cast.
Essex County Must Still Verify 400 Provisional Ballots in Montclair’s Close School Tax Vote, Clerk Says
“There are 400 provisionals that are going through the verification process," Essex County Clerk Durkin said. "When that process is completed the Board of Elections will schedule a meeting to…
“There are 400 provisionals that are going through the verification process," Essex County Clerk Durkin said. "When that process is completed the Board of Elections will schedule a meeting to…
Essex County Must Still Verify 400 Provisional Ballots in Montclair’s Close School Tax Vote, Clerk Says
“There are 400 provisionals that are going through the verification process," Essex County Clerk Durkin said. "When that process is completed the Board of Elections will schedule a meeting to count the qualified provisional ballots.”
montclairlocal.news
March 12, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Question 1 on 1-time tax increase to cover last year's deficit passes; Question 2 on a permanent increase is currently 4934 yes votes vs 5032 no votes — a gap of 98 more no votes out of nearly 10K cast.
Why can't they think for themselves? Those Republican elected officials facing constituents angry about ICE warehouse detention center concentration camps are being coached on what to say by DHS.
DHS feeds talking points to Republicans as opposition to ICE warehouses swells
DHS sent talking points to Republican officials to promote migrant detention centers while communities complained about a lack of transparency.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Why can't they think for themselves? Those Republican elected officials facing constituents angry about ICE warehouse detention center concentration camps are being coached on what to say by DHS.
More receipts:
"A documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust? The focus on gender risked “contributing to D.E.I. by amplifying marginalized voices.”
"A documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust? The focus on gender risked “contributing to D.E.I. by amplifying marginalized voices.”
When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
More receipts:
"A documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust? The focus on gender risked “contributing to D.E.I. by amplifying marginalized voices.”
"A documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust? The focus on gender risked “contributing to D.E.I. by amplifying marginalized voices.”
AI has already violated the prime directive. And it's just a baby.
March 7, 2026 at 11:51 PM
AI has already violated the prime directive. And it's just a baby.
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Republican lawmakers said it was deeply troubling to see the local teachers union partner with organizers of a protest that compared the Roxbury ICE facility to the Holocaust.
N.J. teachers union won’t back down over ‘concentration camp’ label for ICE facility amid GOP criticism
Republican lawmakers said it was deeply troubling to see the local teachers union partner with organizers of a protest that compared the Roxbury ICE facility to the Holocaust.
www.nj.com
March 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Republican lawmakers said it was deeply troubling to see the local teachers union partner with organizers of a protest that compared the Roxbury ICE facility to the Holocaust.
We're paying more for gas so we can bomb schools AI named as targets while spiking our electricity bills.
March 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
We're paying more for gas so we can bomb schools AI named as targets while spiking our electricity bills.
AI is limited by its dependence on abstraction. "The model is their reality." It's the mistake of metaphor: you use a metaphor to illuminate a thing by referencing an analogy, then you forget the thing and only see the analogy.
Hey all, I decided to write up some of my thoughts in more detail about why I don't vibe code, in case it's interesting to any of you
jacobharr.is/personal/i-d...
jacobharr.is/personal/i-d...
Why I Don’t Vibe Code
A “brief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.
jacobharr.is
March 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
AI is limited by its dependence on abstraction. "The model is their reality." It's the mistake of metaphor: you use a metaphor to illuminate a thing by referencing an analogy, then you forget the thing and only see the analogy.
@wxpnfm.bsky.social's Dan Reed playing Shock the Monkey performed by _Don Ho_ reminds me of Barbara Streisand's cover of Bowie's Life on Mars on her 1974 album Butterfly.
March 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
@wxpnfm.bsky.social's Dan Reed playing Shock the Monkey performed by _Don Ho_ reminds me of Barbara Streisand's cover of Bowie's Life on Mars on her 1974 album Butterfly.
Anyone can understand a poem one line long. It's universal.
March 5, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Anyone can understand a poem one line long. It's universal.
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they double-tapped a fucking girls elementary school
The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school
Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall
www.middleeasteye.net
March 5, 2026 at 12:48 AM
they double-tapped a fucking girls elementary school
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A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
To strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare.
Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T
Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T
March 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.
the age we live in
March 3, 2026 at 4:12 AM
the age we live in