Josh Hadro
@hadro.bsky.social
Librarian and digital scholarship/data person working in cultural heritage. Also a former journalist and current local journalism booster in #Brooklyn / #NYC
I work for the largest library in the world but all skeets and thoughts here are my own
I work for the largest library in the world but all skeets and thoughts here are my own
21 years ago today I paid $5 to sign up for Metafilter, just after signups were reopened.
I’d been a lurker on the site since late 2000. So I’ve been reading that damn website, on and off, for 25 years.
Computers were a mistake, but that website has brought me a lot of insight (and agita).
I’d been a lurker on the site since late 2000. So I’ve been reading that damn website, on and off, for 25 years.
Computers were a mistake, but that website has brought me a lot of insight (and agita).
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
21 years ago today I paid $5 to sign up for Metafilter, just after signups were reopened.
I’d been a lurker on the site since late 2000. So I’ve been reading that damn website, on and off, for 25 years.
Computers were a mistake, but that website has brought me a lot of insight (and agita).
I’d been a lurker on the site since late 2000. So I’ve been reading that damn website, on and off, for 25 years.
Computers were a mistake, but that website has brought me a lot of insight (and agita).
Denis Villeneuve’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Denis Villeneuve’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
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Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Remember, while there's a lot of bad news nationally, there's plenty to be enraged about locally also!
Driver Mariam Yarimi who murdered an entire family on Ocean Pkwy had a suspended license, 93 traffic violations, $10,000+ in fines, but ... whoopsy doodle!
Driver Mariam Yarimi who murdered an entire family on Ocean Pkwy had a suspended license, 93 traffic violations, $10,000+ in fines, but ... whoopsy doodle!
Mariam Yarimi, the insane recidivist speeding driver who crushed and wiped out an entire family with her Audi, got the NYC “pobody’s nerfect” special and will only spend 3 years in jail.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Remember, while there's a lot of bad news nationally, there's plenty to be enraged about locally also!
Driver Mariam Yarimi who murdered an entire family on Ocean Pkwy had a suspended license, 93 traffic violations, $10,000+ in fines, but ... whoopsy doodle!
Driver Mariam Yarimi who murdered an entire family on Ocean Pkwy had a suspended license, 93 traffic violations, $10,000+ in fines, but ... whoopsy doodle!
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
Quoting one of Mario Cuomo’s best lines without attribution is such a delightfully classy hater thing to do, I love it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Quoting one of Mario Cuomo’s best lines without attribution is such a delightfully classy hater thing to do, I love it.
At this rate, Cuomo only has to run for mayor 3 or 4 more times this year before he wins.
Congrats to Andrew Cuomo on getting embarrassed in an election twice in one year, GOAT loser status
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
At this rate, Cuomo only has to run for mayor 3 or 4 more times this year before he wins.
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Regular reminder that the best work covering this city is done by local outlets - @wnyc.org @thecity.nyc @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social @hellgatenyc.com and others. You don’t have to rely tonight on the newspaper you are constantly annoyed at!
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Regular reminder that the best work covering this city is done by local outlets - @wnyc.org @thecity.nyc @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social @hellgatenyc.com and others. You don’t have to rely tonight on the newspaper you are constantly annoyed at!
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Our team will be out all day covering the election, and we want to hear from you. Are there problems or long lines at your polling place? Electioneering? A voting sticker shortage? Drop a line at [email protected].
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our team will be out all day covering the election, and we want to hear from you. Are there problems or long lines at your polling place? Electioneering? A voting sticker shortage? Drop a line at [email protected].
I think this is right, sadly
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I think this is right, sadly
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Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Also, maybe we come up with, like, two more holidays, say in the early and late spring, that involve walking around the neighborhood and talking to your neighbors?
Very hyperlocal question, but does anyone know why there’s no Working Families line for Chi Ossé?
I’m positive it’s not an interesting political reason, but I’m still curious. Does WFP not endorse at the council district level? I thought they did but perhaps my memory is failing me.
I’m positive it’s not an interesting political reason, but I’m still curious. Does WFP not endorse at the council district level? I thought they did but perhaps my memory is failing me.
October 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Very hyperlocal question, but does anyone know why there’s no Working Families line for Chi Ossé?
I’m positive it’s not an interesting political reason, but I’m still curious. Does WFP not endorse at the council district level? I thought they did but perhaps my memory is failing me.
I’m positive it’s not an interesting political reason, but I’m still curious. Does WFP not endorse at the council district level? I thought they did but perhaps my memory is failing me.
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After we uncovered a pattern of altered data, CCRB officials confirmed the police watchdog is deliberately miscategorizing some NYPD misconduct allegations in public data to protect officers' reputations, at the request of unnamed "stakeholders."
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-lying-a...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-lying-a...
The City’s Police Watchdog Is Burying Allegations That Cops Lied, at the Request of Unnamed ‘Stakeholders’
Board officials confirmed that the practice, which had not been publicly disclosed until Hell Gate revealed it earlier this month, is meant to protect NYPD officers' reputations.
hellgatenyc.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
After we uncovered a pattern of altered data, CCRB officials confirmed the police watchdog is deliberately miscategorizing some NYPD misconduct allegations in public data to protect officers' reputations, at the request of unnamed "stakeholders."
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-lying-a...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-lying-a...
This is obviously terribly annoying armchair editing, but also: this is the most egregious widow syllable I’ve noticed on A1 in years, right up top in the 4th graf
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is obviously terribly annoying armchair editing, but also: this is the most egregious widow syllable I’ve noticed on A1 in years, right up top in the 4th graf
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Heading into the booth for early voting and confused about the three housing proposals on the ballot? We got you covered 👍 hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...
A Crash Course in the 3 Controversial Housing Ballot Proposals
Do they represent YIMBY "Abundance" magic or an anti-democratic "power grab"?
hellgatenyc.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Heading into the booth for early voting and confused about the three housing proposals on the ballot? We got you covered 👍 hellgatenyc.com/nyc-housing-...
I don’t mean this in the sense that I don’t believe it, but this article reads a bit like something hallucinated by AI — totally plausible, presented with confidence and explanatory heft, but somehow still feels completely made up in a way I have no means of verifying myself
In important math news: new shape just dropped (the noperthedron) www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I don’t mean this in the sense that I don’t believe it, but this article reads a bit like something hallucinated by AI — totally plausible, presented with confidence and explanatory heft, but somehow still feels completely made up in a way I have no means of verifying myself
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this election isn't ONLY about the mayor, there are also a bunch of ballot referendums to sort through, most of them to do with the future of our city's housing supply.
@davecolon.bsky.social waded into the policy weeds so you don't have to: nygroove.nyc/housing-refe...
@davecolon.bsky.social waded into the policy weeds so you don't have to: nygroove.nyc/housing-refe...
What do the housing ballot referendums mean and how should I vote on them?
Understand the big proposals that claim to streamline new affordable housing
nygroove.nyc
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
this election isn't ONLY about the mayor, there are also a bunch of ballot referendums to sort through, most of them to do with the future of our city's housing supply.
@davecolon.bsky.social waded into the policy weeds so you don't have to: nygroove.nyc/housing-refe...
@davecolon.bsky.social waded into the policy weeds so you don't have to: nygroove.nyc/housing-refe...
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I'm old enough to remember when Eric Adams stood up at Gracie Mansion and said “Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar."
I am a two month old baby
I am a two month old baby
Mayor Adams Endorses Cuomo, Who He Once Called a ‘Snake and a Liar’
Outgoing mayor backs former rival, joins him courtside at MSG.
www.thecity.nyc
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm old enough to remember when Eric Adams stood up at Gracie Mansion and said “Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar."
I am a two month old baby
I am a two month old baby
Wowza! The anti Prop 2, 3, and 4 mailer from the NY City Council sure as hell feels like illegal electioneering
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Wowza! The anti Prop 2, 3, and 4 mailer from the NY City Council sure as hell feels like illegal electioneering
Slavic drink question:
Kvass is a thing that small Polish/Ukrainian/Russian children regularly drink, right?
…he asks as he reflects on sharing kvass with a 4 year old, only later realizing that it is (hopefully negligibly) alcoholic on account of fermented grain sugars.
Kvass is a thing that small Polish/Ukrainian/Russian children regularly drink, right?
…he asks as he reflects on sharing kvass with a 4 year old, only later realizing that it is (hopefully negligibly) alcoholic on account of fermented grain sugars.
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Slavic drink question:
Kvass is a thing that small Polish/Ukrainian/Russian children regularly drink, right?
…he asks as he reflects on sharing kvass with a 4 year old, only later realizing that it is (hopefully negligibly) alcoholic on account of fermented grain sugars.
Kvass is a thing that small Polish/Ukrainian/Russian children regularly drink, right?
…he asks as he reflects on sharing kvass with a 4 year old, only later realizing that it is (hopefully negligibly) alcoholic on account of fermented grain sugars.
On one hand: furloughed 👎
On the other hand: afternoon pinball with a 4 year old, hell yeah
(2-player cooperative grand champion to boot 💪)
On the other hand: afternoon pinball with a 4 year old, hell yeah
(2-player cooperative grand champion to boot 💪)
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
On one hand: furloughed 👎
On the other hand: afternoon pinball with a 4 year old, hell yeah
(2-player cooperative grand champion to boot 💪)
On the other hand: afternoon pinball with a 4 year old, hell yeah
(2-player cooperative grand champion to boot 💪)
In the most delightful possible way, this thread identifies the petty delights made possible by print magazine editing and layout choices (I worked in magazine publishing for years before I became a librarian)
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In the most delightful possible way, this thread identifies the petty delights made possible by print magazine editing and layout choices (I worked in magazine publishing for years before I became a librarian)
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
Shohei Ohtani makes me understand Lex Luthor more deeply.
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Shohei Ohtani makes me understand Lex Luthor more deeply.
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This is such an obvious, well-known, long-running issue and no one with the power to do anything about it cares nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/05/z...
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is such an obvious, well-known, long-running issue and no one with the power to do anything about it cares nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/05/z...