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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Warner Crocker6h ago
Show threadDavid Roberts16h ago
I've said it a million times: no one is more thoroughly captured by ideology than the people who don't think they have one.
Warner Crocker8h ago
It’s quite humorous watching the media and the markets trying to keep up with the decaying orange turd’s ever shifting swings on this war that isn’t a war. #politics #Iran
Warner Crocker10h ago
ian bremmer11h ago
the corruption is staggering
Warner Crocker12h ago
Simon Ashcroft12h ago

Moulded

The rough trees, clinging
to hillsides, exposed to storms,
do not laugh in Spring.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Warner Crocker12h ago
Simon Ashcroft12h ago

Conflict

I know fire and ice,
as they rage within my soul,
both undefeated;
flames remain unquenched, and yet
I cannot melt frozen shards.

© Simon J Ashcroft, 2026

#tanka #poem #poetry #PoetryCommunity

Warner Crocker15h ago
Felt good to break a sweat again taking a walk and doing some yard work. #Chicago #Weather #Spring
Warner Crocker17h ago

Don’t leapfrog the current moment as we look ahead

The Presumption of Looking Ahead: Chicago In 2050
#Chicago
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/03/30/the-presumption-of-looking-ahead-chicago-in-2050/

Warner Crocker18h ago
Aaron Rupar18h ago
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is on Fox & Friends riffing about war strategy, because nobody in the Trump administration has real job duties beyond going on TV and fluffing the leader
Warner Crocker18h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dsilverman/116318882549991275

👇🏻

Warner Crocker18h ago
Dwight Silverman18h ago

Here's @KarlBode, out here doing the Lord's work.

I have been guilty of this. I do try not to be.

“’CEO said a thing!’ journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.”

https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism

"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

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