John Raftery
@johnraftery.bsky.social
I coach, mentor and advise leaders. Our new startup serving Massachusetts is Hope & Joy Family Services. VC/ CEO 🇮🇪 in 🇺🇸 “ I cannot be pessimistic, I’m alive.”
Cambridge.
Cambridge.
Re all the posts about Mamdani’s young age to be Mayor of NYC. I have been reading Jill Lepore’s #TheseTruths where I learned this morning on p697 that Bill Clinton was 32 when he was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Re all the posts about Mamdani’s young age to be Mayor of NYC. I have been reading Jill Lepore’s #TheseTruths where I learned this morning on p697 that Bill Clinton was 32 when he was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978
First time voting today here in my little corner of Massachusetts
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
First time voting today here in my little corner of Massachusetts
Shenanigans in my house last night
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Shenanigans in my house last night
Looking at the NYT photos this morning. it appears to me that the new #ballroom will be bigger than the entire central part (the ‘Executive Residence) of the #Whitehouse. Have I misunderstood?
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Looking at the NYT photos this morning. it appears to me that the new #ballroom will be bigger than the entire central part (the ‘Executive Residence) of the #Whitehouse. Have I misunderstood?
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
No Kings Boston, some good signs there today.
October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
No Kings Boston, some good signs there today.
No Kings
Boston where No Kings all started in 1776, a patriotic crowd singing America the Beautiful.
Boston where No Kings all started in 1776, a patriotic crowd singing America the Beautiful.
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
No Kings
Boston where No Kings all started in 1776, a patriotic crowd singing America the Beautiful.
Boston where No Kings all started in 1776, a patriotic crowd singing America the Beautiful.
Have just learned these are not water repelling shoes They are water absorbing.
#Notdoingthatagain
#Notdoingthatagain
October 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Have just learned these are not water repelling shoes They are water absorbing.
#Notdoingthatagain
#Notdoingthatagain
How it started: Beef Rendang.
October 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How it started: Beef Rendang.
September 21, 2018
September 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
September 21, 2018
September 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Welcome to Oxford.
August 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Welcome to Oxford.
London skyline from Parliament Hill through hazy morning sunlight. In how many movies does this view appear?
August 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
London skyline from Parliament Hill through hazy morning sunlight. In how many movies does this view appear?
3 days in London this week…
August 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
3 days in London this week…
Sunrise behind a BA Airbus at Boston Logan
August 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sunrise behind a BA Airbus at Boston Logan
Israel is losing America. Boston Globe Aug 10
August 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Israel is losing America. Boston Globe Aug 10
I was in LA with time to spare, in 2017. I took this in the Botanical Gardens of the Huntington Library Gallery and Art Museum.
August 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I was in LA with time to spare, in 2017. I took this in the Botanical Gardens of the Huntington Library Gallery and Art Museum.
Credit to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Credit to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
West Yorkshire Police is “considering any individual or organisational learning” from the “incident”
July 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
West Yorkshire Police is “considering any individual or organisational learning” from the “incident”