# brad lander — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover brad lander. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Leaked State Department Letter Shows Trump’s Fear of AI Bubble Burst](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/a-leaked-state-department-letter) _2026-08-18 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ Overindexed investment could lead to a significant market reset [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211736826/52d99ca612b5edf3093598882e17e245.mp3) ## [Can We Still Trust Pre-Election Polling?](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/can-we-still-trust-pre-election-polling) _2026-08-14 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ WTF happened in Michigan and Wisconsin and why were the polls off by 14-19 points? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211176205/474f48ef4732bb5dad8b05d3f629a2ed.mp3) ## [A letter to Yale President Maurie McInnis](https://gregpak.net/2026/08/06/a-letter-to-yale-president-maurie-mcinnis/) _2026-08-06 · Greg · gregpak.net_ In recent months, Yale President Mauire McInnis has reportedly reached out to the Trump regime asking for some kind of deal. As a Yale grad who believes in democracy and ## [Todd Blanche Wants to Expand National Abortion Ban](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/todd-blanche-wants-to-expand-national) _2026-08-06 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ You might be scratching your head saying “How is this possible since Roe v Wade was already overturned and it’s left up to the states to decide?” Well that’s a great question and here’s your answer. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210093894/f503754c280d9d47e1f7ce5bdf21186d.mp3) ## [A Shitty Poll Has AOC Leading the 2028 Democratic Presidential Primary](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/a-shitty-poll-has-aoc-leading-the) _2026-07-29 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ Why I'm Ignoring this Poll but still love AOC. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208993101/9b0fb9e11212a85f91ee93ac3b813b72.mp3) ## [Photos from the Museum of Chinese in America town hall on 7/21/2026](https://gregpak.net/2026/07/25/photos-from-the-museum-of-chinese-in-america-town-hall-on-7-21-2026/) _2026-07-25 · Greg · gregpak.net_ In 2019, New York City provided $35 million in capital funding to the Museum of Chinese in America as part of a community concession attached to funding for a new ## [Hands Off Our Vote Zine!](https://gregpak.net/2026/07/25/hands-off-our-vote-zine/) _2026-07-25 · Greg · gregpak.net_ Hands Off NYC enlisted artist Priya Huq and me to make a new zine talking about what we re all gonna do to protect the midterms from Trump! Please do check ## [Explaining the Passed House Bill to Merge U.S. and Israeli Military Cooperation](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/explaining-the-passed-house-bill) _2026-07-24 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ It's basically a common law marriage. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208379088/91693bed2b4643013e3dc282454114fc.mp3) ## [A Sneaky $12B Bailout for Farmers was Inside the $95B Iran War Budget Bill](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/a-sneaky-12b-bailout-for-farmers) _2026-07-23 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ And nobody will probably talk about it. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208231753/8007006021d8f699ce1c2d02aaa9be4c.mp3) ## [David Siffert Wins Primary Election for Assembly District 66](https://gregpak.net/2026/07/15/david-siffert-wins-primary-election-for-assembly-district-66/) _2026-07-15 · Greg · gregpak.net_ Huge congrats to David Siffert for winning the recount in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 66! I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Siffert at ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8yk46O8Y6O1a) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Why is DHS / ICE So Scared to Enforce Their Own Policy?](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/why-is-dhs-ice-so-scared-to-enforce) _2026-07-14 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ Inside the ICE murder propaganda machine. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207027716/68aa7f2ff697ea6813c486084a992aa2.mp3) ## [2026-07-07 – Benefit for communities affected by ICE in Sunset Park](https://gregpak.net/2026/07/06/2026-07-07-benefit-for-communities-affected-by-ice-in-sunset-park/) _2026-07-06 · Greg · gregpak.net_ From a neighbor, here s a listing for a benefit music and comedy performance at Mama Tried in Sunset Park benefiting communities affected by ICE. Check it out if you have ## [The Unbelievable Hypocrisy Around Birthright Citizenship, A Bad Week for MAHA, The DOJ Deadline to Release the Epstein Files and more...](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/the-unbelievable-hypocrisy-around) _2026-07-02 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ Folarin Balogun is currently the U.S. ## [The DOJ Has Until July 2 to Release the Epstein Files](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/the-doj-has-until-july-2-to-release) _2026-06-30 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ What to know about Katie Phang's Lawsuit against Todd Blanche and the DOJ [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204289506/43391d47295ce9d7e2f78dba2150b76a.mp3) ## [Commute](https://www.baugues.com/commute/) _2026-06-27 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ I got a new camera – the Fuji GFX100RF. My daily carry for the last six years has been the Fuji X100V, which I talk about in this post on photography . The Fuji GFX100RF is a medium format version of the X100V, which means it has an absurdly large sensor ## [Greg Pak speaks at the A.I. Moratorium rally at City Hall](https://gregpak.net/2026/06/26/greg-pak-speaks-at-the-a-i-moratorium-rally-at-city-hall/) _2026-06-26 · Greg · gregpak.net_ Hey, friends. I was honored to represent Comix Action and speak against A.i. in the NYC public schools at the A.I. Moratorium Coalition rally on Wednesday. Please click through for ## [Around Piermont](https://www.baugues.com/around-piermont/) _2026-06-25 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Some shots around the village this evening. ## [Grief is Tidal](https://www.baugues.com/grief/) _2026-06-22 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ My dad died a little over two months ago. This is my first time losing someone close to me. For a few weeks after he died, there was a persistent background process consuming 10-30% of my brain's compute. My body felt heavy and it took intentionality to ## [Time to vote for Brad Lander in NY-10!](https://gregpak.net/2026/06/20/time-to-vote-for-brad-lander-in-ny-10/) _2026-06-20 · Greg · gregpak.net_ Hey, friends. I put together a short video about why I voted for Brad Lander in the Democratic primary in NY-10. Short version: the dude shows up. Check it out ## [The Ugliest Part of the Iran Ceasefire Deal that Few Will Talk About](https://nathanjun.substack.com/p/the-ugliest-part-of-the-iran-ceasefire) _2026-06-15 · Nathan Jun · The Nathan Jun Report_ Version 38 of this disastrous deal with Iran. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/U27sw0mlgKPp) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [NYC alert re: “mega masters” in immigration court](https://gregpak.net/2026/06/10/nyc-alert-re-mega-masters-in-immigration-court/) _2026-06-10 · Greg · gregpak.net_ A neighbor in NYC shared this information with me wanted to pass it along to anyone working with immigrants or anyone with an upcoming immigration hearing: Hi all, as ## [Tell Mamdani (or your local electeds) to STOP posting anything but emergency notices on X](https://gregpak.net/2026/06/10/tell-mamdani-or-your-local-electeds-to-stop-posting-anything-but-emergency-notices-on-x/) _2026-06-10 · Greg · gregpak.net_ In the wake of the horrific Belfast riots, I just sent this comment to Mayor Mamdani to implore him to require the city post NOTHING on X except emergency notices. ## [2026-06-09 – Join Greg and Comix Action at the A.I. Moratorium rally at City Hall!](https://gregpak.net/2026/06/08/2026-06-09-join-greg-and-comix-action-at-the-a-i-moratorium-rally-at-city-hall/) _2026-06-08 · Greg · gregpak.net_ Hey friends! The A.I. Moratorium for NYC Schools is holding a rally against A.i. in the schools at City Hall on Tuesday at 4 pm and I m gonna be ## [Lloyd Baugues](https://www.baugues.com/lloyd/) _2026-04-14 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Lloyd Baugues died on April 10th, 2026. ## [69 Atlantic](https://www.baugues.com/69-atlantic/) _2026-02-21 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ A 26-seat theater in Brooklyn featuring the best close-up magicians in the world. Dani DaOrtiz Denis Behr Denis and Herbert. Andrew Frost 69 Atlantic Team Adam Rubin Hal Schulman Hal Schulman. Adam Rubin. Dan Buck. ## [Claude Code Hooks](https://www.baugues.com/hooks/) _2025-07-10 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Here's a video tutorial on getting started with Hooks and Claude Code. And here's the custom hooks handler I use in the video: #!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Claude Code Hook Handler ============================================= This script handles events from Claude Code and plays sounds for different ## [Claude Web Search API](https://www.baugues.com/claude-web-search-api/) _2025-05-09 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Anthropic announced web search via the Claude API . Here's the docs . Here's a video on how to build a research agent with this new functionality in Python. Here's the code to go along with the video: # web.py import anthropic from icecream import ic ## [Build Remote MCP Servers with FastMCP and Python](https://www.baugues.com/fastmcp/) _2025-05-02 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Anthropic just announced Claude Integrations aka Remote MCP Server support. This is a big deal. Even though MCP servers have been utltra-hyped, their adoption was limited by: 1. Only a few clients supported MCP, notably Claude Desktop and Cursor. MCP servers were not supported in the web version of ## [Writing 2,000 words in 90 minutes with Obsidian + MCP + Claude](https://www.baugues.com/obsidian-mcp-claude/) _2025-04-14 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ I recently connected Claude Desktop to an Obsidian vault via an MCP server. It's been a big unlock for a bunch of different use cases On my first test of this setup I wrote 2,000 words — my words, not AI’s — for an email ## [Cursor vs. Claude Code](https://www.baugues.com/cursor-vs-claude-code/) _2025-03-13 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Cursor and Anthropic recently released coding agents within a week of each other. I wanted to learn which was better, so I gave each the same three coding tasks on a production Rails app, and compared their performance across five categories. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/euMU00jXINV3) _2025-03-13 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Brad Lander](https://www.baugues.com/lander/) _2024-12-04 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Brad Lander was my city councilman when we lived in Brooklyn. He's always struck me as kind, thoughtful, nuanced, nerdy, and principled. Back in 2020, the world felt like a dark place. I wanted to "do something" and make a difference, but it felt like any ## [Cloudflare + OpenAI Hack Night](https://www.baugues.com/cloudflare-openai-hack-night/) _2024-10-24 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ The day after OpenAI's DevDay , Cloudflare and OpenAI hosted an AI hack night at Cloudflare's offices. There was palpable excitement to hack on the new features OpenAI rolled out, especially the Realtime AI. Over 200 developers were in attendance, with 200+ on the waitlist who couldn& ## [Churches](https://www.baugues.com/churches/) _2024-10-12 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ My dad was a pastor. Growing up, we lived in the parsonage next to the church he served. I spent a lot of time in the church as a kid. Both when it was full on Sundays, and when it was empty during the week. I often had free reign ## [Photos from OpenAI DevDay](https://www.baugues.com/devday/) _2024-10-09 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Originally posted over on my other blog at HaiHai Labs, but felt like this post paired nicely with my previous thoughts on photography . I attended Dev Day this week, along with 450 other AI developers. The OpenAI Events team kindly let me bring along my full photography kit. Here' ## [What I talk about when I talk about photography](https://www.baugues.com/photography/) _2024-09-27 · Greg Baugues · Greg Baugues_ Thoughts after half-a-million photos.