Jason Novak
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For fun, I take pictures; for work, I create lens-based images utilizing a variety of methods designed to discover and investigate the hidden humor and drama that permeates our daily lives. I'm kidding, I take photos.
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Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wizened Millennials sneering at Gen Alpha: I told you the old ways are best
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
(Gen X, petting its moldering set of the 1983 World Book Encyclopedia: Soon. Soon.)
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I'm one of those "art is for everyone" people. Do your thing. Be creative. Make work. Have fun with it! It doesn't need to make money. Don't get caught up in competition. Above all, it should be fulfilling. Art making is a practice. Creativity is good for you. Enjoy it.
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm one of those "art is for everyone" people. Do your thing. Be creative. Make work. Have fun with it! It doesn't need to make money. Don't get caught up in competition. Above all, it should be fulfilling. Art making is a practice. Creativity is good for you. Enjoy it.
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After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
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What if @governorferguson.bsky.social taxed billionaires for our kids’ education rather than praising them for “gifting” money they extracted from Washington workers? Tax wealth not work, Bob
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What if @governorferguson.bsky.social taxed billionaires for our kids’ education rather than praising them for “gifting” money they extracted from Washington workers? Tax wealth not work, Bob
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Bird flu in humans in WA State. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
Grays Harbor County resident tests preliminarily positive for avian influenza
For immediate release: November 13, 2025 (25-136) Contact: DOH Communications
doh.wa.gov
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Bird flu in humans in WA State. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
"Grandma, why aren't you getting any older? And why can I only see you on the phone? And why are you always wearing the same clothes?"
Even in THEIR OWN AD, Charlie at the end looks like he’s thinking, “This is sad and weird.” Promising people you can prevent feelings of loss is not only ridiculous; it’s perverse. Sad things and happy things need each other. This company is promising numbness.
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
"Grandma, why aren't you getting any older? And why can I only see you on the phone? And why are you always wearing the same clothes?"
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PCNW is excited to present our fifth year of Photography as an Agent for Change, a workshop series exploring photography as a tool for advancement in racial equity, social justice, environmental justice, visual literacy, creative practice, storytelling, and cross-cultural communications!
Call for Proposals of workshop curriculum: Photography as an Agent for Change - Photographic Center Northwest
Photography as an Agent for Change 2026 Call for Proposals of Workshop Curriculum Image credit: Anna Buxton Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is excited to present our fifth year of Photography as…
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November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
PCNW is excited to present our fifth year of Photography as an Agent for Change, a workshop series exploring photography as a tool for advancement in racial equity, social justice, environmental justice, visual literacy, creative practice, storytelling, and cross-cultural communications!
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Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
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Images of American Fascism
Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
readingthepictures.media
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
readingthepictures.media/p/images-of-...
readingthepictures.media/p/images-of-...
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Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk. n.pr/3LsPthh
Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert
Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Meet Georgia South and Amy Love, the London rock duo known as the Nova Twins. These "massive pedal nerds" turn all the way up for Tiny Desk. n.pr/3LsPthh
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Post the good news when you see it…
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
go.nature.com/4hJ4d7K
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Post the good news when you see it…
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Cadbury Crime Egg
Cadbury Crime Egg
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Sno-Cops
Sno-Cops
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Twig
Twig
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy.
Cadbury Crime Egg
Cadbury Crime Egg
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
"[T]eens and young adults ages 12 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access San Diego Public Library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks for FREE."
www.sandiego.gov/public-libra...
www.sandiego.gov/public-libra...
Books Unbanned
Can you believe that some of America's youth are denied the right to read? Yeah, we couldn’t either! So, guess what we are going to do about it? We believe in your right to read what you want, discove...
www.sandiego.gov
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"[T]eens and young adults ages 12 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access San Diego Public Library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks for FREE."
www.sandiego.gov/public-libra...
www.sandiego.gov/public-libra...
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It continues to be insane that Seattle School Board is an unpaid* job
Do you want legal and fiduciary responsibility for 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS? Do you want to run for office? Do you enjoy getting yelled at by strangers?
Great, we’ll pay you $4,800. Per year. Maximum.
Do you want legal and fiduciary responsibility for 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS? Do you want to run for office? Do you enjoy getting yelled at by strangers?
Great, we’ll pay you $4,800. Per year. Maximum.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It continues to be insane that Seattle School Board is an unpaid* job
Do you want legal and fiduciary responsibility for 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS? Do you want to run for office? Do you enjoy getting yelled at by strangers?
Great, we’ll pay you $4,800. Per year. Maximum.
Do you want legal and fiduciary responsibility for 1.3 BILLION DOLLARS? Do you want to run for office? Do you enjoy getting yelled at by strangers?
Great, we’ll pay you $4,800. Per year. Maximum.
Take eight minutes to check out this episode of Art By Northwest to see an inventive use of scanners to document the return of life after wildfires in the Pacific Northwest!
www.pbs.org/video/reveal...
www.pbs.org/video/reveal...
Art by Northwest | Revealing What Lies Beneath: Melinda Hurst Frye | Season 2 | Episode 7
Photographer Melinda Hurst Frye captures earth's hidden microcosms using an unlikely tool.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Take eight minutes to check out this episode of Art By Northwest to see an inventive use of scanners to document the return of life after wildfires in the Pacific Northwest!
www.pbs.org/video/reveal...
www.pbs.org/video/reveal...
If you're in Seattle this week, check it out!
OPNING NEXT WEEK IN THE PCNW GALLERY:
Focal Point
PCNW’s Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition
On view: September 18 – October 12, 2025
Artist reception: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 3-5pm, held in conjunction with Seattle’s 2nd Annual Arts & Culture Week.
Focal Point
PCNW’s Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition
On view: September 18 – October 12, 2025
Artist reception: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 3-5pm, held in conjunction with Seattle’s 2nd Annual Arts & Culture Week.
Focal Point: PCNW's benefit auction preview exhibition - Photographic Center Northwest
Focal PointPCNW’s Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition On view: September 18 – October 12, 2025 Artist reception: Sunday, September 21, 2025, held in conjunction with Seattle’s 2nd Annual Arts &…
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September 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you're in Seattle this week, check it out!
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Live your life so you do not have to fear being on the Jumbotron
July 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Live your life so you do not have to fear being on the Jumbotron
This is something out of a @greatdismal.bsky.social novel.
Workers in a small rural town in Arida, Japan, built a new 3D-printed train station overnight, in what the railway’s operators say is a world first. Here's how they did it in six hours. nyti.ms/4ju9Bvj
April 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is something out of a @greatdismal.bsky.social novel.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching Mrs. Dalloway.
A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching Mrs. Dalloway.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
In a hole in the ground there lived Mrs. Dalloway.
In a hole in the ground there lived Mrs. Dalloway.
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they executed Mrs. Dalloway, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they executed Mrs. Dalloway, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
March 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway.
A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching Mrs. Dalloway.
A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching Mrs. Dalloway.
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The incredible photographs of Pavlos Kozalidis. More on my IG feed.
March 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The incredible photographs of Pavlos Kozalidis. More on my IG feed.
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Is anyone out there considering ditching Instagram?
I can't really imagine it since so many of my photography friends are still there.
I read this today, @chrisdamore.bsky.social's explanation of why he decided to log off IG.
Give his piece a read and let me know what you think!
I can't really imagine it since so many of my photography friends are still there.
I read this today, @chrisdamore.bsky.social's explanation of why he decided to log off IG.
Give his piece a read and let me know what you think!
Chris D'Amore Photography [023]
Just Like, Uh, My Opinion, Man
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Is anyone out there considering ditching Instagram?
I can't really imagine it since so many of my photography friends are still there.
I read this today, @chrisdamore.bsky.social's explanation of why he decided to log off IG.
Give his piece a read and let me know what you think!
I can't really imagine it since so many of my photography friends are still there.
I read this today, @chrisdamore.bsky.social's explanation of why he decided to log off IG.
Give his piece a read and let me know what you think!