James Maher
@jamesmaherphotography.com
Documentary photographer, writer, and guide based in NYC.
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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ICE is staging in a garage on Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan ahead of what neighbors believe is a planned large-scale raid of Canal
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ICE is staging in a garage on Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan ahead of what neighbors believe is a planned large-scale raid of Canal
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
Wrote about being inside the Canal Street ICE raid.
Inside the Canal Street ICE Raid
Photographer and NYC tour guide James Maher documents a spontaneous protest against an ICE raid on Canal Street — exploring the city's fractured identity through images, history, and the pulse of prot...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Wrote about being inside the Canal Street ICE raid.
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According to a DHS press release, yesterday’s big show of force in downtown Manhattan resulted in… 9 arrests of immigrants by ICE.
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
According to a DHS press release, yesterday’s big show of force in downtown Manhattan resulted in… 9 arrests of immigrants by ICE.
Photos from the Canal Street, Chinatown Ice Raid today. Shame.
October 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Photos from the Canal Street, Chinatown Ice Raid today. Shame.
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Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx
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#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
3/19/25 Palestinean Protest. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building. #protests #palestine #israel #krisisreporters #wallstreet #trump
March 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
3/19/25 Palestinean Protest. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building. #protests #palestine #israel #krisisreporters #wallstreet #trump
3/19/25 Palestinean Protest. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building. #protests #palestine #israel #krisisreporters #wallstreet #trump
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
3/19/25 Palestinean Protest. 40 Wall Street – The Trump Building. #protests #palestine #israel #krisisreporters #wallstreet #trump
Lol, I got Perplexity.ai to admit that it was evil for advertising on the Ben Shapiro show while he shared disinformation using their service. #perplexity #benshapiro #evil #dailywire #misinformation #disinformation #ai
March 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lol, I got Perplexity.ai to admit that it was evil for advertising on the Ben Shapiro show while he shared disinformation using their service. #perplexity #benshapiro #evil #dailywire #misinformation #disinformation #ai
March 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
February 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
NYC City Hall protests on Feb 5th.
February 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NYC City Hall protests on Feb 5th.
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This graph is stunning. Yellow are number of NYPD car chases, blue the number of people injured by those chases.
I know correlation does not always imply causation, but… man. Both those trends really change w Adams’ arrival.
I know correlation does not always imply causation, but… man. Both those trends really change w Adams’ arrival.
December 16, 2024 at 1:11 PM
This graph is stunning. Yellow are number of NYPD car chases, blue the number of people injured by those chases.
I know correlation does not always imply causation, but… man. Both those trends really change w Adams’ arrival.
I know correlation does not always imply causation, but… man. Both those trends really change w Adams’ arrival.
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if you kill a disfavored person in the street the leaders of the republican party will try to make you a national hero. absolutely not an ominous sign for the future.
If there were an RNC coming up, Daniel Penny would absolutely be a speaker.
December 13, 2024 at 3:28 PM
if you kill a disfavored person in the street the leaders of the republican party will try to make you a national hero. absolutely not an ominous sign for the future.
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good piece on how bloggers lost to "creators"
December 12, 2024 at 4:42 PM
good piece on how bloggers lost to "creators"
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"If you’re not a breadwinner on Substack, you’re the yeast .. responsible for driving app downloads, granting access to their social graph, and funneling their readers towards the platform’s top earners."
@tylerdenk.bsky.social (channeling @anildash.com too)
mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/death-by-t...
@tylerdenk.bsky.social (channeling @anildash.com too)
mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/death-by-t...
Death by a thousand substacks
If you’re not a breadwinner, you’re the yeast.
mail.bigdeskenergy.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:50 PM
"If you’re not a breadwinner on Substack, you’re the yeast .. responsible for driving app downloads, granting access to their social graph, and funneling their readers towards the platform’s top earners."
@tylerdenk.bsky.social (channeling @anildash.com too)
mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/death-by-t...
@tylerdenk.bsky.social (channeling @anildash.com too)
mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/death-by-t...
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NYC heard about Ontario’s recent bill 212 as the worst example of legislation in transportation in big cities and said “hold my beer”.
From @shabazzstuart.bsky.social:
"If Intro 606 becomes law, not only will it fail to achieve its own stated goals, it will stand alone as one of the most regressive urban transportation policies of the 21st century." nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/12/10/o...
"If Intro 606 becomes law, not only will it fail to achieve its own stated goals, it will stand alone as one of the most regressive urban transportation policies of the 21st century." nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/12/10/o...
Op-Ed: Council E-Bike Registration Bill Is Impossible to Enforce, Unnecessary ... and Won't Even Work - Streetsblog New York City
The idea of registering electric bikes just like cars sounds like common sense. But there are so many flaws. Let us count them all.
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December 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
NYC heard about Ontario’s recent bill 212 as the worst example of legislation in transportation in big cities and said “hold my beer”.
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winter night walks are great for freaks like me who enjoy a desolate wasteland with no one around and nothing but howling frost wind belting your face freezing you half to death. it’s refreshing
December 11, 2024 at 12:06 AM
winter night walks are great for freaks like me who enjoy a desolate wasteland with no one around and nothing but howling frost wind belting your face freezing you half to death. it’s refreshing
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I have briefed Congressional staff, led public opinion research, and wrote more sets of talking points than I can count. They had a playbook--they just chose not to run it.
“why didn’t the Harris campaign respond to the anti-trans Trump ads?”
i spent a month investigating and the answer is democrats prepared so little to defend trans lives at a national level that folks don’t even know where their talking points come from
i spent a month investigating and the answer is democrats prepared so little to defend trans lives at a national level that folks don’t even know where their talking points come from
December 10, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I have briefed Congressional staff, led public opinion research, and wrote more sets of talking points than I can count. They had a playbook--they just chose not to run it.
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In her half-century career as an aloof yet impassioned observer, Sophie Calle reveals the loneliness of the human heart through her signature brutal irony.
Sophie Calle Is Both Exhibitionist and Voyeur
For a half-century, Sophie Calle has been probing human connection, emotional impulses, and vulnerability via fictional devices, dry humor, and unapologetic impropriety.
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December 10, 2024 at 2:32 PM
In her half-century career as an aloof yet impassioned observer, Sophie Calle reveals the loneliness of the human heart through her signature brutal irony.
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It's extremely hard to convey to the average cis person just how bad the harassment of trans people on social media has gotten and how aggressively we're targeted, because if you've not been on the receiving end of it for years, you can't really grasp how relentless it is, and how isolating it is.
Since about 2018 it became hard to say anything about being trans on that platform without constant demands by clearly anti trans groups to debate them over our own experiences or prove ourselves. This was after maybe 2 decades of us using the internet to share our experiences with normal cis people
December 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM
It's extremely hard to convey to the average cis person just how bad the harassment of trans people on social media has gotten and how aggressively we're targeted, because if you've not been on the receiving end of it for years, you can't really grasp how relentless it is, and how isolating it is.
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I was shocked on my southwest roadtrip how many folks said they wouldn’t feel safe living in #NYC because of crime. Invariably, I’d look up their crime stats and politely explain NYC was actually much safer. 🤦♂️ US crime disinformation is really going unchecked, and we urgently need a way to rebut it.
December 3, 2024 at 12:08 AM
I was shocked on my southwest roadtrip how many folks said they wouldn’t feel safe living in #NYC because of crime. Invariably, I’d look up their crime stats and politely explain NYC was actually much safer. 🤦♂️ US crime disinformation is really going unchecked, and we urgently need a way to rebut it.