Byron
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Look, none of this was my idea, but here we are.
They said there'd be snacks. Where are the snacks?
Dad, photographer, traveler, sociologist, researcher.
They said there'd be snacks. Where are the snacks?
Dad, photographer, traveler, sociologist, researcher.
When you rebuild your flat after the earthquake, but want to avoid having neighbours. Sankhu, Nepal.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
When you rebuild your flat after the earthquake, but want to avoid having neighbours. Sankhu, Nepal.
I've started editing the images from Nepal. This is Pashupatinath, the Hindu funerary temple in Kathmandu. The dead are cremated at the riverside and their ashes placed in the Bhagmati River, which eventually flows into the Ganges.
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I've started editing the images from Nepal. This is Pashupatinath, the Hindu funerary temple in Kathmandu. The dead are cremated at the riverside and their ashes placed in the Bhagmati River, which eventually flows into the Ganges.
It's pretty rare for someone to get a photo of me I'm not aware of, and with my own camera at that. Anyhow, this is me, Fat Thor, sitting in a small tea shop in Ilam this past October.
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's pretty rare for someone to get a photo of me I'm not aware of, and with my own camera at that. Anyhow, this is me, Fat Thor, sitting in a small tea shop in Ilam this past October.
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BREAKING:
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
BREAKING:
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
To my dad, uncles, great-uncles, brother-in-law, niece, and cousins, all who served in conflicts from World War I to Sarajevo, Kuwait, and beyond: To those I never had the chance to meet, to those who made it home, and to those whose families will wait for them forever, my humble thanks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
To my dad, uncles, great-uncles, brother-in-law, niece, and cousins, all who served in conflicts from World War I to Sarajevo, Kuwait, and beyond: To those I never had the chance to meet, to those who made it home, and to those whose families will wait for them forever, my humble thanks.
The energy of what? A 25-year-old lead-acid battery?
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The energy of what? A 25-year-old lead-acid battery?
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I am jet-lagged and awake despite my efforts to sleep.
Who else is up?
Who else is up?
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I am jet-lagged and awake despite my efforts to sleep.
Who else is up?
Who else is up?
Opinion pieces in the NYT have become little more than the generally privileged writer parting their gluteus maximumus and showing the world their anus, as though it were something special to be marvelled at and that no one else has. The paper edition makes for an okay fish wrapper still though.
@nytimes.com has TWO—yes two—opinion pieces today BOTH titled “Mamdani’s Victory is Less Significant Than You Think.” And they both have the same coauthor.
Yeah. We get it NYT. You are officially the paper of retrograde thinking.
Yeah. We get it NYT. You are officially the paper of retrograde thinking.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Opinion pieces in the NYT have become little more than the generally privileged writer parting their gluteus maximumus and showing the world their anus, as though it were something special to be marvelled at and that no one else has. The paper edition makes for an okay fish wrapper still though.
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People are wondering what has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
People are wondering what has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Glimpses of a fleeting moment. The ghosts of Tokyo. 2013
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Glimpses of a fleeting moment. The ghosts of Tokyo. 2013
Feet on the ground in Vancouver again. Nice to be able to drink the water again.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Feet on the ground in Vancouver again. Nice to be able to drink the water again.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
😂🤣😂🤣
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
😂🤣😂🤣
Travel advice: if you know you're going to have a long stopover in Hong Kong you might want to book a sleeping room at Refreshhh by Aerotel, not "cheap" but a lot nicer than kicking around in a lounge. Now, if you're traveling business class this isn't a problem, but who does that on their own dime?
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Travel advice: if you know you're going to have a long stopover in Hong Kong you might want to book a sleeping room at Refreshhh by Aerotel, not "cheap" but a lot nicer than kicking around in a lounge. Now, if you're traveling business class this isn't a problem, but who does that on their own dime?
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19 hour layover in Hong Kong - no entry visa for China so I can't leave the airport. Been lounge surfing and managed to get a sleep pod for a few hours of much needed sleep.
There has to be a better way to get to Nepal and back than going thru Hong Kong. Singapore, maybe?
There has to be a better way to get to Nepal and back than going thru Hong Kong. Singapore, maybe?
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
19 hour layover in Hong Kong - no entry visa for China so I can't leave the airport. Been lounge surfing and managed to get a sleep pod for a few hours of much needed sleep.
There has to be a better way to get to Nepal and back than going thru Hong Kong. Singapore, maybe?
There has to be a better way to get to Nepal and back than going thru Hong Kong. Singapore, maybe?
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Hey @sonycamera.bsky.social ,
I wanted to let you know that as a recent convert to the A7 and now FX ecosystems that after a solid month of shooting in Nepal, over trails, jeep rides that would shake organs loose to torrential rains, that the FX2 has been an absolute unit throughout the journey.
I wanted to let you know that as a recent convert to the A7 and now FX ecosystems that after a solid month of shooting in Nepal, over trails, jeep rides that would shake organs loose to torrential rains, that the FX2 has been an absolute unit throughout the journey.
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Hey @sonycamera.bsky.social ,
I wanted to let you know that as a recent convert to the A7 and now FX ecosystems that after a solid month of shooting in Nepal, over trails, jeep rides that would shake organs loose to torrential rains, that the FX2 has been an absolute unit throughout the journey.
I wanted to let you know that as a recent convert to the A7 and now FX ecosystems that after a solid month of shooting in Nepal, over trails, jeep rides that would shake organs loose to torrential rains, that the FX2 has been an absolute unit throughout the journey.
As for Dick Cheney shuffling off this mortal coil, in the words of Oscar Wilde, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
The glowing eulogies for this monster are nauseating. Stop polishing the worm-infested turd that is his legacy.
The glowing eulogies for this monster are nauseating. Stop polishing the worm-infested turd that is his legacy.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
As for Dick Cheney shuffling off this mortal coil, in the words of Oscar Wilde, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
The glowing eulogies for this monster are nauseating. Stop polishing the worm-infested turd that is his legacy.
The glowing eulogies for this monster are nauseating. Stop polishing the worm-infested turd that is his legacy.
Things are so bad I'm expecting people to start to pronounce the 'L' in Salmon, because it just doesn't matter anymore.
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Things are so bad I'm expecting people to start to pronounce the 'L' in Salmon, because it just doesn't matter anymore.
This is me sporting my covid fat layer, terribly out of shape and almost 65. Life gets weird, you just have to ride it out so you can see where it leads. In my case, it leads back to daily walks, the spin cycle, the gym and a high protein, log carb calorie restricted diet... I don't wanna be Santa!
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is me sporting my covid fat layer, terribly out of shape and almost 65. Life gets weird, you just have to ride it out so you can see where it leads. In my case, it leads back to daily walks, the spin cycle, the gym and a high protein, log carb calorie restricted diet... I don't wanna be Santa!
NICE COLLECTION!!
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
NICE COLLECTION!!