Hunter Elenbaas
@hunterje.bsky.social
Photography and bullshit, not necessarily in that order. If you follow me for photography be ready to put up with some bullshit; if you follow me for bullshit good news, you'll also get to see some pretty pictures time to time as a bonus!
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
One of my least favorite kinds of internet exchange is when someone says “hey things should be good” and someone replies “ugh how naive can you be don’t you even know things are bad?”
February 2, 2026 at 7:46 AM
One of my least favorite kinds of internet exchange is when someone says “hey things should be good” and someone replies “ugh how naive can you be don’t you even know things are bad?”
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How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
June 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
Part of why the common complaints about names in Dune ring false to me, some names stick around (and others go away and come back) and the fact that you have all these weird space names and also Paul’s and Duncans feels totally reasonable
imagine going back in time to ancient greece and you meet a guy named jason
February 2, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Part of why the common complaints about names in Dune ring false to me, some names stick around (and others go away and come back) and the fact that you have all these weird space names and also Paul’s and Duncans feels totally reasonable
Ruby-crowned kinglet—always such charming li'l guys and once in a rare while one stays still long enough to get a good photo
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Ruby-crowned kinglet—always such charming li'l guys and once in a rare while one stays still long enough to get a good photo
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
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This is not a gotcha or even a criticism, but I did see a lot of people yesterday, when the judge issued the order, who were *very* confident they would not actually be released. Things are harder to predict than that!
JUST IN: The five-year-old Columbia Heights Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, are on their way home.
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have landed back in Minnesota following a judge's order
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked national fervor, returned home to Minnesota with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, Sunday morning after a judge ordered their release.
www.mprnews.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is not a gotcha or even a criticism, but I did see a lot of people yesterday, when the judge issued the order, who were *very* confident they would not actually be released. Things are harder to predict than that!
I don't care how common they are, always happy to see a red-winged blackbird
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I don't care how common they are, always happy to see a red-winged blackbird
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
#birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
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Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
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ICE is camped out at a free clinic/food shelf on the Northside if you'd like to see how de-escalation and targeted enforcement is going.
January 31, 2026 at 4:48 PM
ICE is camped out at a free clinic/food shelf on the Northside if you'd like to see how de-escalation and targeted enforcement is going.
There's an irony to how easily they've been able to distract us from the evil shit they're doing right now with the very thing the big-brain 4D-chess types keep trying to tell us the evil stuff they're doing right now is a distraction from
January 31, 2026 at 5:35 PM
There's an irony to how easily they've been able to distract us from the evil shit they're doing right now with the very thing the big-brain 4D-chess types keep trying to tell us the evil stuff they're doing right now is a distraction from
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forget old jobs and old college classes, let's share five... [sweating, huddled over my phone, heaving for seven minutes, desperately trying to come up with a viral engagement skeet] five...uh... things you've... seen
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
forget old jobs and old college classes, let's share five... [sweating, huddled over my phone, heaving for seven minutes, desperately trying to come up with a viral engagement skeet] five...uh... things you've... seen
Confession: As someone of an age that I knew of The Arsenio Hall Show by name from commercials and stuff but was not old enough to be staying up for late night TV when it was originally on, it was not until years later that I learned Arsenio Hall was the host and not the venue
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Confession: As someone of an age that I knew of The Arsenio Hall Show by name from commercials and stuff but was not old enough to be staying up for late night TV when it was originally on, it was not until years later that I learned Arsenio Hall was the host and not the venue
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It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards.
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
Everyone who's ever said "it's not really fair to call Aranofsky a plagiarist it's just homage" owes the rest of us an apology, we're waiting...
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Everyone who's ever said "it's not really fair to call Aranofsky a plagiarist it's just homage" owes the rest of us an apology, we're waiting...
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This machine yub nubs fascists.
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
This machine yub nubs fascists.
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As a voter, you can make demands without gaming out the politics. Do people know this?
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
As a voter, you can make demands without gaming out the politics. Do people know this?
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This series has been so worth the wait, might be my favorite narrative comedy audio thing on the go right now
The YOUNG OLD DERF CHRONICLES Episode 3. Out now!
Twinkle goes undercover, GOOD_E dispenses some justice, Shae makes a love connection, and Derf barely spill any pee all over the place. Featuring the incredible @vornietom.bsky.social !
www.missiontozyxx.space/tyodc/d03-th...
Twinkle goes undercover, GOOD_E dispenses some justice, Shae makes a love connection, and Derf barely spill any pee all over the place. Featuring the incredible @vornietom.bsky.social !
www.missiontozyxx.space/tyodc/d03-th...
D03: The Fresh Princeling — Mission to Zyxx
Strap on your tunics and cotehardies or whatever, and let’s visit the royals! We’re all hatchin’ big plans this chapter. Twinkle goes undercover, GOOD_E dispenses some justice, Shae makes a love conne...
www.missiontozyxx.space
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This series has been so worth the wait, might be my favorite narrative comedy audio thing on the go right now
Don't let anyone tell you it's not possible.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Don't let anyone tell you it's not possible.
Why do recipe-photo food stylists think this looks sumptuous and bountiful it just looks fucking sticky
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Why do recipe-photo food stylists think this looks sumptuous and bountiful it just looks fucking sticky
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This is a speech designed by someone who thinks you are stupid. He’s explicitly promising to keep the *recently tripled* budget of the DHS gestapo if there are “reforms” that, behind closed doors, their lawyers admit are unenforceable, irrelevant, and even harmful.
Democrats are right to deny funding for DHS absent changes that stop this lawlessness and inhumanity. Changes that Americans are demanding.
Let's talk for a second about what has to change - immediately. And why it's so important that we demand these reforms.
Let's talk for a second about what has to change - immediately. And why it's so important that we demand these reforms.
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This is a speech designed by someone who thinks you are stupid. He’s explicitly promising to keep the *recently tripled* budget of the DHS gestapo if there are “reforms” that, behind closed doors, their lawyers admit are unenforceable, irrelevant, and even harmful.
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None of this would have prevented any of the killings from the last month.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
None of this would have prevented any of the killings from the last month.
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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I'm constantly disgusted with people who claim everything wrong with the world is down to human nature, attempting to naturalize what ultimately is down to culture and structures. It's only because colonialism has so thoroughly sucked all the air out of the room that anyone can make those claims.
January 24, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I'm constantly disgusted with people who claim everything wrong with the world is down to human nature, attempting to naturalize what ultimately is down to culture and structures. It's only because colonialism has so thoroughly sucked all the air out of the room that anyone can make those claims.