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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3h

Your twice, and now continuing, weekly reminder that we're still in a Civil War

Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4h

Do your duty and do it early. Early voting in Chicago and Illinois kicks off in all 50 wards #Chicago #Politics www.wbez.org/government-politics/el…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Huh. US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems | TechCrunch #AI #Tech techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/us-orders…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Good morning. Bright fall colors catching the morning sun. #photography #today #Chicago #fall

a close-up of a vibrant orange zinnia flower in the foreground, with its petals slightly unfurled. In the background, there is a red flower, several green hydrangea blooms, and two orange pumpkins resting near some steps, along with small purple flowers scattered around the base.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

If you’re going to argue over whether or not what’s happening in Gaza is a genocide or not, you’re not only missing the point in a pointless debate, you’re missing most of what makes up a human. www.semafor.com/article/10/18/2026/… #politics

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

I’m looking forward to watching the slew of films about the tech titans. Once the stream. I don’t anticipate learning anything new about any of them beyond what we already know, which is more than enough to render judgement. I just enjoy movies about villains. #Movies

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Good morning. Amazing how some of these Zinnia blooms still hang in there with Fall morning temps chilling the air. #photography #today #Chicago #fall

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/10/2026

In case facts still matter…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Good morning. That feeling on the first morning of the season when you have to turn the heat on. #photography #Chicago #today #fall

A young child stands on a sidewalk, wearing an orange puffer jacket, black pants, and blue shoes, with large green Hulk hands raised in a playful, flexing pose.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Good morning. That feeling on the first morning of the season when you have to turn the heat on. #photography #Chicago #today #fall

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Didn’t get to watch any of the baseball playoffs spending a week with the grandkids, but I’m happy to see the Cubs arch-rivals, The Milwaukee Brewers swept the Dodgers in 4, guaranteeing a small-market team World Series. Should make the coming round of contract negotiations interesting. #baseball

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I imagine things might even out in the weeks ahead, but I find it sort of humorous that by the time iPhone Duo pre-orders for some arrive in December and January, the rumor mill will be hot and heavy about the iPhone Duo 2. #iPhoneDuo #Tech #apple

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Regarding Musk, Ukraine, Russia, Trump, and all of what’s happening currently, a simple question: “WTF didn’t you see coming?” #politics

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Good morning. What remains of the blooms still catch the eyes. #Photography #Today #Chicago

a vibrant yellow canna lily with orange speckles on its petals, surrounded by large green leaves.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Not good news to wake up to. ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads #Tech #Internet www.wired.com/story/nightmare-scena…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Don’t Tune Out. Pay Attention Watching the world whiz by. #tech #politics #culture #life warnercrocker.com/2026/10/14/dont-t…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Seems everything tech that is launched these days is on its way to really arriving someday down the road whether that be hardware, software or a service. Perhaps charging real money when it actually, if ever, arrives might be a thought worth considering. #Tech

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

👀 Alarm as Trump admin invokes emergency powers ‘to mitigate blackout risks’ #AI #DataCenters www.rawstory.com/blackouts

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Your now twice, and continuing, weekly reminder that we're still in a Civil War.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

In so many spheres of life the old rules became outdated long ago. We should all move on and quit pretending that they will actually mean something again. #politics #Tech

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Shoq 🌿 @shoq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

*Real* protests are not polite. When will modern Americans learn this? “What to know about France’s high school student protests.” apnews.com/article/france-school-pr…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Good morning. Unseasonably warm, but fall is still creeping in. #photography #today #Chicago #fall

a close-up of a vibrant orange and yellow flower. It is surrounded by fuzzy green leaves and other flowers in the background, all illuminated by bright sunlight.

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Ian Robinson @ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

The tech billionaires expect people to lose the will to boycott their shit and just wait it out. The steady stream of people returning to X shows they are right. I won't join the stream.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Good morning. Grandparents duty this week taking the littles back and forth to school. #photography #grandparents #grandkids

A woman and a young child walk away from the camera down a neighborhood sidewalk on an overcast autumn day. The woman has curly hair and is wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt, dark pants, and carrying a red shoulder bag. The child is wearing an orange shirt, green pants with a white stripe, and a blue backpack with a pattern on it. Fallen yellow leaves are scattered across the sidewalk and grass, and mature trees line the street.

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

More knowledge generally diffused. Sunday Morning Reading With writing from @mathewi Neil Steinberg, Matteo Wong, and more. #SundayMorningReading #culture #Chicago #politics #Tech #AI #literature warnercrocker.com/2026/10/11/sunday…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Saw Digger last night. Ignore everything you might have read, box office tallies, and most of the Internet dribble. Maybe just once, see something and judge for yourself. I thought it was brilliant. You may disagree. In the end, that’s your story and the movie’s. #Digger #Movies

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Tough to see the Chicago White Sox season come to an end. But like the Cubs, a lack of pitching and timely hitting did them in. Unlike the Cubs, this young Sox team exceeded expectations and then some. #ChicagoWhiteSox #Chicago #baseball

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

A good day of auditions today. Young actors reading real words by real young playwrights, working hard to get the gig. For some reason it felt a bit cathartic and I might dare say, healing. #theatre

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I don’t know why this makes me laugh. But it does. Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet #AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-inte…

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Warner Crocker @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Watching the world ignore or try to move past and weave through the obvious criminally depraved idiocy everyone sees unfolding day to day is disheartening. It’s human comedy in a Balzac-ian fashion. #politics

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