Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright
@eoehwright.bsky.social
photographer & poetry translator
Except for reposts and where otherwise noted, all photography is mine, all rights reserved.
No interest in Ai-gen images whatsoever: Just cut it out.
Except for reposts and where otherwise noted, all photography is mine, all rights reserved.
No interest in Ai-gen images whatsoever: Just cut it out.
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“…we are each other’s
harvest:
we are each other’s
business:
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.”
- From “Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks
#GwendolynBrooks #Poetry #Poem #photography #StickingTogether #cats #CatsOfBluesky
harvest:
we are each other’s
business:
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.”
- From “Paul Robeson” by Gwendolyn Brooks
#GwendolynBrooks #Poetry #Poem #photography #StickingTogether #cats #CatsOfBluesky
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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At least eight states have deeply concerning anti-library, anti-literature bills on the docket for their legislative sessions so far. Here's what they are and what you can and should do at this point about them–whether or not you live in these states.
*WE* save us.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
*WE* save us.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Bad Library Bills, 2026 Edition: State-Level Legislation of Concern
Alabama, Ohio, New Hampshire, and several other states already have bills targeting libraries and books on deck for 2026.
buttondown.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
At least eight states have deeply concerning anti-library, anti-literature bills on the docket for their legislative sessions so far. Here's what they are and what you can and should do at this point about them–whether or not you live in these states.
*WE* save us.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
*WE* save us.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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Why Greenland?
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Why Greenland?
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
"Peter Thiel, who wants to set up crypto-empowered 'network states' on undeveloped territory, has invested in Praxis, a start-up that aims to do just that and which has scouted Greenland. Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, Ken Howery, was a co-founder with Thiel and Elon Musk of PayPal."
article from July 16, 2016.
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 PM
article from July 16, 2016.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cu...
#cult
(updated!) it’s a homicidal cult; walk 2 nearest exit. But first: free cult-captives: gentle them back w/ listening, questions & long silences). I’m all for it. But w/o more detail, real-life cases for deprogramming, kinda a diy for cult building.
The Cult of Trump
*As featured in the streaming documentary #UNTRUTH—now with a new foreword by George Conway and an afterword by the author* A masterful and eye-op...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cu...
#cult
(updated!) it’s a homicidal cult; walk 2 nearest exit. But first: free cult-captives: gentle them back w/ listening, questions & long silences). I’m all for it. But w/o more detail, real-life cases for deprogramming, kinda a diy for cult building.
in their evolution, eyes allowed for better hunting & the hiding from hunters. Intense and excessive use of eyes I’ve always imagined, (half-) hidden behind a ‘screen’, in itself stokes a prolonged state of anxiety (fight/flight). ‘Vision & cognition specialising faster’ = a devolving virus.
January 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
in their evolution, eyes allowed for better hunting & the hiding from hunters. Intense and excessive use of eyes I’ve always imagined, (half-) hidden behind a ‘screen’, in itself stokes a prolonged state of anxiety (fight/flight). ‘Vision & cognition specialising faster’ = a devolving virus.
the big important liar really has a world view narrower than a cracked matchbox car windshield coated in hairballs.
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
the big important liar really has a world view narrower than a cracked matchbox car windshield coated in hairballs.
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The patterns of light on the sea floor.
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The patterns of light on the sea floor.
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
They are called caustics: they are created by light refracted and reflected from the air/water interface. Water acts as a dynamic magnifying glass.
Our home is seriously beautiful 💙
My mugging as a 20 yr old, same exact thing. One guy rough; (let go! let go!) the other in a suit. (LET GO! LET GO!) They got my wallet, ran off. Goes w/out saying they were partners Grandma said.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My mugging as a 20 yr old, same exact thing. One guy rough; (let go! let go!) the other in a suit. (LET GO! LET GO!) They got my wallet, ran off. Goes w/out saying they were partners Grandma said.
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Reposting this moment of sheer perfection so I can find it in moments of imperfection.
I know some of you are fans of pelicans spashing in the water in 5 minutes before Sunset and the water giving off an orange hue. May I present to you: a humpback whale surfacing 5 minutes before sunset 😇
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Reposting this moment of sheer perfection so I can find it in moments of imperfection.
“help…help” From heart to heart
a heartbeat staggers, looking for a haven.
Bereft. It is easier to enter heaven
than to pass through each other’s eyes,”
- St. Geraud (aka Bill Knott from the poem VOI (POEM) CES in his book The Naomi Poems…)
#poetry #poems #BillKnott #StGeraud #help #tears
a heartbeat staggers, looking for a haven.
Bereft. It is easier to enter heaven
than to pass through each other’s eyes,”
- St. Geraud (aka Bill Knott from the poem VOI (POEM) CES in his book The Naomi Poems…)
#poetry #poems #BillKnott #StGeraud #help #tears
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
October 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
