Warner Crocker

@WarnerCrocker
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Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Boosts offered without endorsement. Comments on the other hand…

#theatre #arts #culture #apple #tech #chicago #chicagosports #comedy #politics #chicagopolitics #politics #socialmedia #music #mobiletech #OldPeopleofMastodon #photography #history #diabetes

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I will bide no judge,
nor shall any know my paths
of joy, or of pain.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

We’re protesting against desperate foes. We need to become just as desperate.

No Kings Rally Returns March 28
#NoKings #politics

https://warnercrocker.com/2026/03/10/no-kings-rally-returns-march-28/

The new Trump Casino.

A song to sing while protesting this weekend.

“Let’s turn the screws, you perverts bound to lose”

Bette Midler Updates Woody Guthrie’s ‘All You Fascists Bound To Lose’
#Politics #BetteMidler #NoKings
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/03/26/bette-midler-updates-woody-guthries-all-you-fascists-bound-to-lose/

Celebrate World Theatre Day!

“We gather to weep and to remember; to laugh and to contemplate; to learn and to affirm and to imagine.” -Jean Cocteau
#theatre #WorldTheatreDay #Arts #Culture

https://warnercrocker.com/2026/03/27/celebrate-world-theatre-day/

I’m sure this will turn into yet another disaster.

The White House has an app now, and Trump wants you to report people to ICE on it
#Politics #Tech
https://www.theverge.com/tech/902703/white-house-app-iphone-android

RE: https://mastodon.world/@verdantsquare/116302865939845151

It feels so wrong that I love that this happened

RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116301677453295956

As he so often does, Will Bunch nails it!

RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116301589532790614

They think it's a god damned game in which weapons are endless, enemies die without much consequence, and they get rewarded at the end by a vacation on an island and a girl on their arm.

When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman was offered $26 million from an AI company that wanted to build a data center on her land, she said no. Sure, that same company can try to rezone 2,000 acres nearby anyway, but as AI infrastructure stretches further into the real world, the real world is starting to push back.  That tension is everywhere […] https://techcrunch.com/video/openai-shuts-down-sora-while-meta-gets-shut-out-in-court/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon