Jay Corcoran

Documentary filmmaker. Tweet on Culture, Tech, Conflict Zones and more. Black diamond skier. Failed Vegan.

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Exhibit One. Until we invest in the inferior education, healthcare, housing for our #black and brown citizens, the U.S. will never change. On this day, we arrive at the Sutter Ave. station in #Brownsville Brooklyn, one of the highest concentrations of public housing in the US.

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📷 @dpevs, my dear friend of almost 30 years, is having a reading of his memoir, Damn Shame, tonight, 6/16, at 6pm at the Drama Book Shop, 226 W. 39th St. If you can’t make it, you can buy the book online. 27 years ago David and I were in an... https://t.co/kICsNdpPr8

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📷 Kudos to @thelivingmichaeljackson for his well-deserved #Tony for best #book of a #musical, “A Strange Loop.” Almost 20 years in the making, the artist met with audience members last month after the performance I saw. The sidewalks were... https://t.co/W1fFzDf47h

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📷 Give it up for my fave, the wildly talented Madeline, aka, MuMu @musicofmumu. She dropped her latest #musicvideo today, “The Bitch In Me” and it’s a blast. If you had a good day, watching this will make your day better. If your day... https://t.co/RvrIF9L4c1

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📷 #tattoo parlor Charlotte, NC (at Charlotte, North Carolina) https://t.co/Gpc5KaYtjD https://t.co/XXJuKKXt6K

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📷 Another excellent #play to run to if you are in #newyorkcity. Samuel D. Hunter’s riveting and soulful play, “A Case for the Existence of God.” The exceptional actors, Will Brill and Kyle Beltran, capture the human struggle of not getting... https://t.co/vJkInOil8G

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📷 Less than 24 hours after Politico leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s initial draft majority opinion to strike down the Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing federal constitutional protections of #abortion rights, thousands gathered at #newyork’s... https://t.co/j1dkk2xyt9

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📷 “Business leaders need to get out of their corner offices and talk to people on the street and see how other people see them.” @gilliantett on her brilliant and much-needed new book, “Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life.”... https://t.co/xd35EEESjR

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📷 This morning. #centralpark #newyorkcity (at Central Park) https://t.co/IS4TLaOvtw https://t.co/hdAnQj8CNg

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Essential Reading: Tired of when the conversation turns to crypto and you, like millions, are still pretty clueless?
Help is on the way.
Check out @kevinroose's crash course on #cryptocurrencies, #web3 #nft's and more @nytimes.
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📷 Liza, left, and her friend, Tanya, are selling #Ukrainian signs and t-shirts tonight and Friday at the #Ukrainian East Village Restaurant on 2nd Ave between 8th and 9th Streets #newyorkcity. Tanya, a graphics artist, designed the... https://t.co/yGsLvFzRgW

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Essential Listening: ⁦@BrookingsInst⁩ Fiona Hill on the Russian War and Putin’s obsessive & deluded paranoid strategy on going full-on Syria & Chechnya in #Ukraine. Her reading list, starting with Bloodlands, is terrific. ⁦@ezraklein⁩ https://t.co/twVmn07ApH

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📷 #skiing the #icy #tundra. (at Ski Butternut) https://t.co/qBWdvY2xjJ https://t.co/VQZiRsUjMU

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📷 World #AIDS Day: From the archive: An excerpt from the 2004 speech, “The Tragedy of Today’s Gays,” by the late #writer and #activist, @LarryKramer. Having had a recent review of his speech, a more apt title could be, “The Tragedy of... https://t.co/VqYNy0klsK

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https://t.co/FbRPyMXt1H Useful strategies for allies who witness #hatecrimes. 5-D's: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, Direct.

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Kazuo Ishiguro and Venki Ramakrishnan: imagining a new humanity @FT

“We’re a bit like the ground that is being excavated. The data is the product. Somebody who buys that data is the customer. We’re just things being harvested.” https://t.co/2s5W2hIooF

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📷 “The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come. Bye now. You are fabulous, each and every one. And I bless you: More Life. The Great Work Begins.” ― @Tony Kushner, #Angels in #America #newyork #usa #election2020... https://t.co/D5AbblbPSY

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📷 #fifthavenue Boarded up but open for #business. #newyork #retail #election2020 #trump #biden (at 5th Ave the Fashion District) https://t.co/iamVxtI1L6 https://t.co/iz0VkRmVwX

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Dino, a @JusticeColumbia Through #Code participant, on how learning to code has made him feel like an intellectual rock star. #prisonreform #education #technology @Columbia https://t.co/0o5qxaC7Zn

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Brilliant, historic speech by @AOC that illustrates true leadership and courage to heal our savagely wounded country.

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Rep @AOC: "I do not need Rep. Yoho to apologize to me. Clearly he does not want to. Clearly when given the opportunity he will not & I will not stay up late at night waiting for an apology from a man who has no remorse over calling women & using abusive language towards women."

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#Justice Through #Code Instructor and @Entrepreneur Mattan Griffel on his career path and impact. @ycombinator @Columbia @LangCenter_CBS