John Raftery
@johnraftery.bsky.social
I coach, mentor and advise leaders. VC/ CEO 🇮🇪 in 🇺🇸 “ I cannot be pessimistic, I’m alive.”
Cambridge.
Cambridge.
A perfect #Massachusetts #beach day on Cape Cod.
July 24, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A perfect #Massachusetts #beach day on Cape Cod.
Is a photo of a photo allowed?
This is a detail from the travelling #SistineChapel exhibition which recently left Boston.
Don’t try to fool around with Judith. Here she is, with her friend, slipping away in the dead of night with Holferne’s head, literally, on a platter.
This is a detail from the travelling #SistineChapel exhibition which recently left Boston.
Don’t try to fool around with Judith. Here she is, with her friend, slipping away in the dead of night with Holferne’s head, literally, on a platter.
June 20, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Is a photo of a photo allowed?
This is a detail from the travelling #SistineChapel exhibition which recently left Boston.
Don’t try to fool around with Judith. Here she is, with her friend, slipping away in the dead of night with Holferne’s head, literally, on a platter.
This is a detail from the travelling #SistineChapel exhibition which recently left Boston.
Don’t try to fool around with Judith. Here she is, with her friend, slipping away in the dead of night with Holferne’s head, literally, on a platter.
Kristof’s critics have not backed up their criticism of his piece with their own reporting or any evidence that he may be wrong. Instead, they’ve leaned on the idea that the allegations made in his piece are so disturbing and outrageous that they simply cannot be true.
May 24, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Kristof’s critics have not backed up their criticism of his piece with their own reporting or any evidence that he may be wrong. Instead, they’ve leaned on the idea that the allegations made in his piece are so disturbing and outrageous that they simply cannot be true.
For my friends in England this is popcorn in our local supermarket. ,
May 2, 2026 at 2:25 PM
For my friends in England this is popcorn in our local supermarket. ,
This was so predictable. You can’t just ditch an approach without having a better one in place. Massachusetts has gone from having some of the highest statewide graduation standards in the country to effectively having none at all.
April 18, 2026 at 1:09 PM
This was so predictable. You can’t just ditch an approach without having a better one in place. Massachusetts has gone from having some of the highest statewide graduation standards in the country to effectively having none at all.
It feels like it has been a long winter . I decided to walk home from Harvard Square through Cambridge and was rewarded with this sorely needed first glimpse of color this Spring.
April 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
It feels like it has been a long winter . I decided to walk home from Harvard Square through Cambridge and was rewarded with this sorely needed first glimpse of color this Spring.
Here is the idea of the power of a confederation as illustrated in 1774. When put to individual statehouses, they rejected it. Not wanting to give up any of their own sovereignty. Within a few years, realising they had made a mistake the 13 Colonies united to form the first United States.
March 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Here is the idea of the power of a confederation as illustrated in 1774. When put to individual statehouses, they rejected it. Not wanting to give up any of their own sovereignty. Within a few years, realising they had made a mistake the 13 Colonies united to form the first United States.
I made bread. Very proud. That 13” pan de mie tin turns out a nice loaf.
March 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I made bread. Very proud. That 13” pan de mie tin turns out a nice loaf.
I love Saint Patrick’s Day in the US. It’s 7.23am here in the east coast and here is the NBC Today show. For a small country our culture is strong and has spread far, wide and deep and is celebrated with joy.
March 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I love Saint Patrick’s Day in the US. It’s 7.23am here in the east coast and here is the NBC Today show. For a small country our culture is strong and has spread far, wide and deep and is celebrated with joy.
Someone, kindly help me to understand why men become such simpering subs prepared to humiliate themselves in public via displays of cult membership by wearing ill fitting shoes?
March 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Someone, kindly help me to understand why men become such simpering subs prepared to humiliate themselves in public via displays of cult membership by wearing ill fitting shoes?
It’s Friday afternoon so here is my message….
March 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
It’s Friday afternoon so here is my message….
Im in Boston and have been Watching CNN, NBC and MSNOW this morning. There is no mention of the refueling plane which has crashed with the deaths of 4 crew. Its on the front page of the BBC
March 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Im in Boston and have been Watching CNN, NBC and MSNOW this morning. There is no mention of the refueling plane which has crashed with the deaths of 4 crew. Its on the front page of the BBC
First attempt at #PanSabao. The goal: to recreate wife’s childhood memory of her father coming home from the bakery in Catia la mar on Saturday morning with warm loaves of Pan Sabao for the family.
March 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
First attempt at #PanSabao. The goal: to recreate wife’s childhood memory of her father coming home from the bakery in Catia la mar on Saturday morning with warm loaves of Pan Sabao for the family.
Neighbouring streets quite clear now. One car owner (on the left) has a lot of shovelling to do.
February 25, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Neighbouring streets quite clear now. One car owner (on the left) has a lot of shovelling to do.
The view from my home office window.
February 23, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The view from my home office window.
On our way home from a beautiful weekend in the White Mountains of NH.
February 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
On our way home from a beautiful weekend in the White Mountains of NH.
Along with some 250,000 others I cancelled my #Washingtonpost sub in Oct 2024. Today they are trying to induce me back to renew subscription with this. Using the words “Final Hours” was not the best decision in the circumstances .
#WaPo
#WaPo
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Along with some 250,000 others I cancelled my #Washingtonpost sub in Oct 2024. Today they are trying to induce me back to renew subscription with this. Using the words “Final Hours” was not the best decision in the circumstances .
#WaPo
#WaPo
A second snow day for public schools here in Cambridge. It’s piled up high…
January 27, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A second snow day for public schools here in Cambridge. It’s piled up high…
This might have something to do with it…
January 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
This might have something to do with it…
I never expected to be reading this in Jan 2026…
If a superpower attacks/ invades a small or medium country, they have little choice other than defend through ambush, sabotage, drone and guerilla warfare, With the aim of causing mass casualties on the invaders. Making it expensive for them.
If a superpower attacks/ invades a small or medium country, they have little choice other than defend through ambush, sabotage, drone and guerilla warfare, With the aim of causing mass casualties on the invaders. Making it expensive for them.
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I never expected to be reading this in Jan 2026…
If a superpower attacks/ invades a small or medium country, they have little choice other than defend through ambush, sabotage, drone and guerilla warfare, With the aim of causing mass casualties on the invaders. Making it expensive for them.
If a superpower attacks/ invades a small or medium country, they have little choice other than defend through ambush, sabotage, drone and guerilla warfare, With the aim of causing mass casualties on the invaders. Making it expensive for them.
That feeling when it’s so utterly minus that the tarmac turns white.
White ‘blacktop’.
White ‘blacktop’.
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
That feeling when it’s so utterly minus that the tarmac turns white.
White ‘blacktop’.
White ‘blacktop’.