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Gustav
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German ExPat | Meta Refugee | INTJ-A | RVA | Fiscally Conservative | Socially Liberal | Recovered Roman Catholic | Photographer | Fucktose Intolerant

*My photos are my own unless otherwise noted and I retain original copyright. (C) 2024-2025*
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I've always wondered how much can you do for your fellow man if your hands are constantly stuck together in Prayers for them?

~ Stanley Victor Paskavich

#NewMexico #Albuquerque #MissionChurch #Southwest #SanFelipedeNeri #cityphotography
October 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

~ Montesquieu

#industrialphotography #urbandecay #architecturephotography #Albuquerque #NewMexico #Barelas #RailYard
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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It is common knowledge that Ted Cruz has no soul. He does however appear to have a vestigial conscience.

#censorship #unconstitutional #mobtactics #tedcruz
‘Dangerous as hell’: Ted Cruz compares FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics | CNN Politics
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to...
www.cnn.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Disney cancels free speech with Kimmel, consumers better cancel Disney and ABC.

#jimmykimmel #cancelculture #bocottdisney #boycottABC #standupforfreespeech
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.

~ Christopher Fry

#animalphotography #naturephotography #moth #fleeting #understanding
September 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Perversely, our government expends more effort and care to protect the USS Constitution than the U.S. Constitution.

#hypocrisy #NotMyPresident #trump #Constitution #DemocracyLost
The US Navy Sustainably Manages This Forest In Indiana, All For A 220-Year-Old Ship | GreaterGood
Naval Support Activity Crane manages these woods in order to supply replacement lumber for the USS Constitution.
greatergood.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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My hummingbird babies at play.
August 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.

~ Paracelsus

#macrophotography #microcosm #bismuth #heavymetal
August 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

~St. Francis of Assisi

#possible #RVA #Petersburg #light #shadow
July 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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First he pardoned the insurrectionist criminals, and came for your education, reproductive rights, constitutional equality, humanitarian aid, science, voting rights.

Then he drafted legislation to come after your healthcare, social and food benefits.

Now he is going after your citizenship.
Republicans test a new red line: Denaturalization
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the possibility of revoking Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship status and didn’t say no.
www.semafor.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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So much for “one crow won't peck the other's eye out”.

#Musk #Trump #karmaisabitch #getthepopcornready
Elon Musk just made his starkest political threat since the election | CNN Business
After declaring he was stepping away from the political spotlight, Elon Musk got right back in it.
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

- Thomas Merton

#outdoorphotography #reflections #water #appomattox #RVA #Petersburg
June 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Perfectly agreed. Let’s flush the toilet on his proposed WW I and WW II Victory Days.

#notmypresident #whatanidiot #mydoormatissmarter
On Juneteenth, Trump says the US has 'too many' holidays
President Donald Trump said American holidays cost billions of dollars in lost productivity and "must change."
www.businessinsider.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

~ Bernard Baruch

#abandoned #urbandecay #petersburg #RVA #cityphotography #architecturephotography #monochrome
June 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

#plantphotography #nature #closeup #intricate
June 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Let us celebrate Flag Day today and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.

And let’s remember what the true face of democratic American leadership looks like.

#America #freedom #democracy #constitution #peacefulprotest #trueleadership #obama
June 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Just sayin…

#Musk #Trump #Beavis #Butthead #SoulSisters
June 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars.

~ Quran 67:5

#architecturephotography #alhambra #Spain #bathhouse #Islam #Stars #Granada #lightandshadow
June 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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You can’t define wonder. You can only stand in the presence of it.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

#SagradaFamilia #Barcelona #Spain #architecturephotography #cityphotography #majestic #Gaudi
May 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The KGB allegedly compared the height of emotional energy back to when the Golden-Shower kompromat photos were taken in Moscow in 2013.

#notmypresident #socialmediadiplomacy #crackerjackpresidency #trump
Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after US president says Putin is 'crazy'
Trump said that Vladimir Putin had gone "absolutely crazy" following massive aerial attacks on Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

~ Oscar Wilde

#streetphotography #nightphotography #cityphotography #clouds #storm #night #city #RVA
May 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.

~ Dr. Seuss

#outsidelookingin #reflection #art #gallery #artphotography #watching #RVA
May 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

~ Sallust

#nightphotography #architecturephotography #bridge #clouds #ramparts #RVA
May 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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If you keep wandering in the dark streets, may be it is because you find peace in the darkness rather than in the light.

~ Mehmet Murat ildan

#backstreetphotography #cityphotography #night #dark #urban #cobblestone #backalley #RVA
May 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Honoré de Balzac

#naturephotography #spider #spiderweb #cobweb #RVA
May 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM