Jack Herlocker
@jherlocker.bsky.social
Retired IT guy, former US Navy. Deb’s husband. Writer. Find me on Medium (medium.com/@jherlocker), Substack (substack.com/@jackh318325), and Amazon (www.amazon.com/Intersections-collection-non-fiction-heart-heart/dp/B0DMFC7MRV/ref=mp_s_a_1_1)
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NO KINGS 2.0 hosted by INDIVISIBLE YORK · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Si...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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TIL that I would not have been allowed to serve in Hegseth’s Navy. Before I was commissioned in 1980, I was diagnosed with pseudofolliculitis barbae and needed a waiver.
Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says
Under the new guidelines, troops granted a medical waiver must receive treatment and see the medical condition resolved within a year or face separation.
www.militarytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
TIL that I would not have been allowed to serve in Hegseth’s Navy. Before I was commissioned in 1980, I was diagnosed with pseudofolliculitis barbae and needed a waiver.
Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Troops with medical shaving waivers to face separation, Hegseth says www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
At any time, at any place, the United States Department of “War” may kill you because their dear leader says you are a terrorist.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Have a nice day.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Have a nice day.
September 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
At any time, at any place, the United States Department of “War” may kill you because their dear leader says you are a terrorist.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Have a nice day.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Have a nice day.
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NO KINGS YORK, PENNSYLVANIA · Mobilize
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A useful and well-researched article on what's going on with Social Security by an MD who has worked with the system:
medium.com/crows-feet/s...
medium.com/crows-feet/s...
Separating Truth From Fiction: Is The Government Trying To Take Away Your Social Security?
So much misinformation is swirling around that keeping up with the facts is not easy.
medium.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A useful and well-researched article on what's going on with Social Security by an MD who has worked with the system:
medium.com/crows-feet/s...
medium.com/crows-feet/s...
A Canadian with a passport, who offered to buy her ticket home, was instead held for 2 weeks in a for-profit detention system:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A Canadian with a passport, who offered to buy her ticket home, was instead held for 2 weeks in a for-profit detention system:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And sadly, this all makes sense:
February 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And sadly, this all makes sense:
A technogeek’s take on what Musk & crew are up to. It’s worse than you think.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
Opinion | Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To (Gift Article)
What will DOGE do with access to personal data on almost all Americans?
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A technogeek’s take on what Musk & crew are up to. It’s worse than you think.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...
But I’m sure he means well! 🙄
February 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
But I’m sure he means well! 🙄
The Devastating Impact of Trump 2.0 on U.S. Farmers
The fallout begins...
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February 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Seeing occasional “25 years ago, the millennium bug didn’t happen, so how can we believe it when so-called experts tell us <whatever>?”
Speaking as one of many many tech geeks who put in 80+ hour weeks fixing, testing, and testing again so nothing happened on 1 Jan 2000 — you’re f**king welcome!
Speaking as one of many many tech geeks who put in 80+ hour weeks fixing, testing, and testing again so nothing happened on 1 Jan 2000 — you’re f**king welcome!
December 31, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Seeing occasional “25 years ago, the millennium bug didn’t happen, so how can we believe it when so-called experts tell us <whatever>?”
Speaking as one of many many tech geeks who put in 80+ hour weeks fixing, testing, and testing again so nothing happened on 1 Jan 2000 — you’re f**king welcome!
Speaking as one of many many tech geeks who put in 80+ hour weeks fixing, testing, and testing again so nothing happened on 1 Jan 2000 — you’re f**king welcome!
South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its president, only to see the South Korean people force him to back down as they reasserted their democracy. So the question Americans will have to ask, when thing get dicey: What would the Koreans do?
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 3, 2024
For an astonishing six hours today, South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its unpopular president, Yoon Suk Yeol, only to see the South Korean people force him to back down as they reasserte...
open.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:26 PM
South Korea underwent an attempted self-coup by its president, only to see the South Korean people force him to back down as they reasserted their democracy. So the question Americans will have to ask, when thing get dicey: What would the Koreans do?
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
@aluncrn.bsky.social saw this in a local market the other day and thought of you:
November 23, 2024 at 8:02 PM
@aluncrn.bsky.social saw this in a local market the other day and thought of you:
Reposted by Jack Herlocker
Well, of course, for heaven's sake . . .
November 22, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Well, of course, for heaven's sake . . .