John W. Tomac
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Illustrator. Former art director. Shorter in person.
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Ok, this is worse bsky.app/profile/heba...
PSA: twitter, X, is doing new terms of service that basically make it so that any comtent you share on there including DMs and photos is theirs and they can use it for "any purpose" including commercial use.
So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/
So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/
January 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Ok, this is worse bsky.app/profile/heba...
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If you still for some reason post your art on Twitter - they added "edit" button to every image, which opens AI prompt letting anybody to modify it and post as their own.
December 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you still for some reason post your art on Twitter - they added "edit" button to every image, which opens AI prompt letting anybody to modify it and post as their own.
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There should have been an effort to expel the ~140 reps who still voted against certifying the 2020 election results even after the failed coup under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. Dem. leadership's failure to treat the GOP as the domestic enemy that it is has doomed us for decades.
Five years ago today, the United States Capitol was attacked in a violent insurrection incited by the President of the United States for one purpose: to overturn a free and fair election and cling to power in clear violation of the Constitution.
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
There should have been an effort to expel the ~140 reps who still voted against certifying the 2020 election results even after the failed coup under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause. Dem. leadership's failure to treat the GOP as the domestic enemy that it is has doomed us for decades.
After they cleared the Capitol, Congress had to go back to vote to finish certifying the election.
More than 100 Republicans, including my Rep, Nicole Malliotakis, continued to challenge the election results.
It was a mistake not to expel all of them from the House.
More than 100 Republicans, including my Rep, Nicole Malliotakis, continued to challenge the election results.
It was a mistake not to expel all of them from the House.
January 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
After they cleared the Capitol, Congress had to go back to vote to finish certifying the election.
More than 100 Republicans, including my Rep, Nicole Malliotakis, continued to challenge the election results.
It was a mistake not to expel all of them from the House.
More than 100 Republicans, including my Rep, Nicole Malliotakis, continued to challenge the election results.
It was a mistake not to expel all of them from the House.
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www.huffpost.com/entry/opt-ou...
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Gmail Users Were Automatically Opted In to This Controversial Setting. Here's How To Turn It Off.
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
Here we go again 🙄 Google has granted itself access to your private messages & attachments on Gmail to train its AI models. Here's how to turn it off. 👇
A rejected New Yorker pitch from 2018 that was eventually pickled up by the LA Times (but didn’t run) a year later because time is a flat circle.
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
A rejected New Yorker pitch from 2018 that was eventually pickled up by the LA Times (but didn’t run) a year later because time is a flat circle.
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Substitute "bike lane" "public plaza" "open street" "road diet" "busway" "traffic calming installation" etc for "congestion pricing" & the headline still works
The freakout always precedes the benefits, and is proven wrong on the ground
@gothamist.com
The freakout always precedes the benefits, and is proven wrong on the ground
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A year later, blowback over NYC's congestion pricing tolls has died down
Hochul initially delayed the launch of the tolls in 2024 until after the presidential election, but now celebrates them as a political win.
gothamist.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Substitute "bike lane" "public plaza" "open street" "road diet" "busway" "traffic calming installation" etc for "congestion pricing" & the headline still works
The freakout always precedes the benefits, and is proven wrong on the ground
@gothamist.com
The freakout always precedes the benefits, and is proven wrong on the ground
@gothamist.com
Wegman’s brand Palantir
Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Wegman’s brand Palantir
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 3, 2026 at 12:19 PM
It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Whether it's destroying a nation or murdering a Black person, all the US government has to do to quiet 90% of liberals opposition is to say their victim was a bad guy.
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Whether it's destroying a nation or murdering a Black person, all the US government has to do to quiet 90% of liberals opposition is to say their victim was a bad guy.
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I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
In 2026, city employees should emulate Zohran Mamdani by marrying an illustrator or cartoonist so they can have access to the city’s health insurance plan
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In 2026, city employees should emulate Zohran Mamdani by marrying an illustrator or cartoonist so they can have access to the city’s health insurance plan
Why I’m leaving New York
By The MetroCard
By The MetroCard
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Why I’m leaving New York
By The MetroCard
By The MetroCard
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One weird thing about the Mayoral Block Party tmrw - there is a concentration camp at 26 Federal Plaza, where our neighbors who have been kidnapped by the regime are held before they're ferried off to other parts of the concentration camp network
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
One weird thing about the Mayoral Block Party tmrw - there is a concentration camp at 26 Federal Plaza, where our neighbors who have been kidnapped by the regime are held before they're ferried off to other parts of the concentration camp network
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“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
December 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Handsome Boy Modeling School is the best sixty dollars you ever spend
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Handsome Boy Modeling School is the best sixty dollars you ever spend
It would be better if the City of New York had a tool for removing snow from sidewalks and bus stops instead of offloading the responsibility on adjacent property owners.
December 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It would be better if the City of New York had a tool for removing snow from sidewalks and bus stops instead of offloading the responsibility on adjacent property owners.
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you should be allowed to throw a brick at people doing antisocial things while they’re driving
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
you should be allowed to throw a brick at people doing antisocial things while they’re driving
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We're going to ride bikes and swim with the polar bears.
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1977722113...
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1977722113...
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're going to ride bikes and swim with the polar bears.
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1977722113...
More info and RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/1977722113...
It’s tempting to compare these ghouls to 20th Century European fascists movements, but there’s no shortage of parallels to their actions and rhetoric in America’s past.
December 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It’s tempting to compare these ghouls to 20th Century European fascists movements, but there’s no shortage of parallels to their actions and rhetoric in America’s past.
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A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A fitting scene for this morning's weather in NYC: Jacob Lawrence, "Rain," 1938
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I have creative projects that I've been struggling to finish for *years* that I would rather fling into a fire than let a computer complete them for me.
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I have creative projects that I've been struggling to finish for *years* that I would rather fling into a fire than let a computer complete them for me.