Tibor M. Kalman
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
Building a bridge across the Atlantic, with steel beams and rivets. 🙏🏼🌎 🕊️
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard
Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
— Søren Kierkegaard
Budapest HU║Long Beach CA
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Tibor M. Kalman
@kalmantibs.bsky.social
· Nov 11
a starry night sky with trees silhouetted against it
ALT: a starry night sky with trees silhouetted against it
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“Work stops at sunset. Darkness falls over the building site. The sky is filled with stars. "There is the blueprint," they say.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, 1972.
Marco Rubio arrives in the least-democratic vestige of a nation in Europe; the home of MAGA shills galore.
Of course Trump would send him to Hungary, whose leader said just yesterday, that the greatest threat to his nation is not Putin and Russia, but the EU 🇪🇺 itself.
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Of course Trump would send him to Hungary, whose leader said just yesterday, that the greatest threat to his nation is not Putin and Russia, but the EU 🇪🇺 itself.
🚫🤡👑
February 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Marco Rubio arrives in the least-democratic vestige of a nation in Europe; the home of MAGA shills galore.
Of course Trump would send him to Hungary, whose leader said just yesterday, that the greatest threat to his nation is not Putin and Russia, but the EU 🇪🇺 itself.
🚫🤡👑
Of course Trump would send him to Hungary, whose leader said just yesterday, that the greatest threat to his nation is not Putin and Russia, but the EU 🇪🇺 itself.
🚫🤡👑
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, 1931.
New Zealand classical violinist Amalia Hall performs II. Andantino, Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3, composed in 1880.
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― Aldous Huxley, 1931.
New Zealand classical violinist Amalia Hall performs II. Andantino, Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
February 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
― Aldous Huxley, 1931.
New Zealand classical violinist Amalia Hall performs II. Andantino, Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
― Aldous Huxley, 1931.
New Zealand classical violinist Amalia Hall performs II. Andantino, Camille Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3, composed in 1880.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
Born on this day, February 14, 1849.
Dominik Skutecký, Slovakian painter, 1849-1921.
Market in Banska Bystrica, 1889.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Stredoslovenská galéria, Slovakia | Virtual Art Museum
Dominik Skutecký, Slovakian painter, 1849-1921.
Market in Banska Bystrica, 1889.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Stredoslovenská galéria, Slovakia | Virtual Art Museum
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Born on this day, February 14, 1849.
Dominik Skutecký, Slovakian painter, 1849-1921.
Market in Banska Bystrica, 1889.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Stredoslovenská galéria, Slovakia | Virtual Art Museum
Dominik Skutecký, Slovakian painter, 1849-1921.
Market in Banska Bystrica, 1889.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Stredoslovenská galéria, Slovakia | Virtual Art Museum
Alexey Navalny was murdered in cold blood by Vladimir Putin.
"Analyses of samples taken from Navalny’s body have conclusively confirmed that Alexey Navalny was killed while in prison by a lethal toxin, epibatidine, found in poison dart frogs in South America."
— @cnn.com
💔🕯️🕊️
"Analyses of samples taken from Navalny’s body have conclusively confirmed that Alexey Navalny was killed while in prison by a lethal toxin, epibatidine, found in poison dart frogs in South America."
— @cnn.com
💔🕯️🕊️
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Alexey Navalny was murdered in cold blood by Vladimir Putin.
"Analyses of samples taken from Navalny’s body have conclusively confirmed that Alexey Navalny was killed while in prison by a lethal toxin, epibatidine, found in poison dart frogs in South America."
— @cnn.com
💔🕯️🕊️
"Analyses of samples taken from Navalny’s body have conclusively confirmed that Alexey Navalny was killed while in prison by a lethal toxin, epibatidine, found in poison dart frogs in South America."
— @cnn.com
💔🕯️🕊️
"Selfie at Seljalandsfoss, Iceland 🇮🇸."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Bragi Kort©️
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📷 Photo by Bragi Kort©️
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"Selfie at Seljalandsfoss, Iceland 🇮🇸."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Bragi Kort©️
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Bragi Kort©️
"Mystical Budapest."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Peter Sarosi©️
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Peter Sarosi©️
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"Mystical Budapest."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Peter Sarosi©️
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Peter Sarosi©️
Boris Ignatovich, Belarusian photographer, 1899-1979.
At the Hermitage, 1930.
Gelatin silver print.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Nailya Alexander Gallery©️, New York
At the Hermitage, 1930.
Gelatin silver print.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Nailya Alexander Gallery©️, New York
February 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Boris Ignatovich, Belarusian photographer, 1899-1979.
At the Hermitage, 1930.
Gelatin silver print.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Nailya Alexander Gallery©️, New York
At the Hermitage, 1930.
Gelatin silver print.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Nailya Alexander Gallery©️, New York
“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, 1982.
An apt description of the upper echelons of society, which allows pedophiles to flourish amongst the rich & powerful.
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, 1982.
An apt description of the upper echelons of society, which allows pedophiles to flourish amongst the rich & powerful.
February 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
“I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, 1982.
An apt description of the upper echelons of society, which allows pedophiles to flourish amongst the rich & powerful.
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, 1982.
An apt description of the upper echelons of society, which allows pedophiles to flourish amongst the rich & powerful.
Drawing inspiration from @spawn03.bsky.social, I’ll also share my first-ever Bluesky circle. These are randomly generated, great to see so many familiar faces. There are many friends, kind souls, and kindred spirits who aren’t included here, I truly appreciate you all. I’m blessed and honored.
🙏🏼🌞🕊️
🙏🏼🌞🕊️
February 14, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Drawing inspiration from @spawn03.bsky.social, I’ll also share my first-ever Bluesky circle. These are randomly generated, great to see so many familiar faces. There are many friends, kind souls, and kindred spirits who aren’t included here, I truly appreciate you all. I’m blessed and honored.
🙏🏼🌞🕊️
🙏🏼🌞🕊️
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where."
— Pablo Neruda, Cien sonetos de amor, 1959.
Georgian-French concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Franz Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3, composed in 1850.
💖💐🕊️
#valentines
— Pablo Neruda, Cien sonetos de amor, 1959.
Georgian-French concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Franz Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3, composed in 1850.
💖💐🕊️
#valentines
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where."
— Pablo Neruda, Cien sonetos de amor, 1959.
Georgian-French concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Franz Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3, composed in 1850.
💖💐🕊️
#valentines
— Pablo Neruda, Cien sonetos de amor, 1959.
Georgian-French concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili performs Franz Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3, composed in 1850.
💖💐🕊️
#valentines
Happy #ValentinesDay to my cherished friends, mutuals, and followers, the world over.
Rachel Ruysch, Dutch painter, 1664-1750.
Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1704.
Oil on canvas.
💘💐🕊️
📷 Detroit Institute of Arts©️
Rachel Ruysch, Dutch painter, 1664-1750.
Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1704.
Oil on canvas.
💘💐🕊️
📷 Detroit Institute of Arts©️
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Happy #ValentinesDay to my cherished friends, mutuals, and followers, the world over.
Rachel Ruysch, Dutch painter, 1664-1750.
Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1704.
Oil on canvas.
💘💐🕊️
📷 Detroit Institute of Arts©️
Rachel Ruysch, Dutch painter, 1664-1750.
Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1704.
Oil on canvas.
💘💐🕊️
📷 Detroit Institute of Arts©️
I can’t recall a global cultural event in my lifetime that pulled at the heartstrings, and spread love— and hope— in such a profound, seismic way.
Bravo, Bad Bunny 🇵🇷, for shrinking the world down in size and embracing humanity. We’re all better for it.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Apple Music©️
Bravo, Bad Bunny 🇵🇷, for shrinking the world down in size and embracing humanity. We’re all better for it.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Apple Music©️
February 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I can’t recall a global cultural event in my lifetime that pulled at the heartstrings, and spread love— and hope— in such a profound, seismic way.
Bravo, Bad Bunny 🇵🇷, for shrinking the world down in size and embracing humanity. We’re all better for it.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Apple Music©️
Bravo, Bad Bunny 🇵🇷, for shrinking the world down in size and embracing humanity. We’re all better for it.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Apple Music©️
Grange Fell, Lake District.
"This stunning image, taken in Borrowdale, England, came in first place in the Breathing Spaces category, before achieving the coveted International Garden Photographer of the Year award."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Mark Hetherington©️ | Outdoor Photography
"This stunning image, taken in Borrowdale, England, came in first place in the Breathing Spaces category, before achieving the coveted International Garden Photographer of the Year award."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Mark Hetherington©️ | Outdoor Photography
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Grange Fell, Lake District.
"This stunning image, taken in Borrowdale, England, came in first place in the Breathing Spaces category, before achieving the coveted International Garden Photographer of the Year award."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Mark Hetherington©️ | Outdoor Photography
"This stunning image, taken in Borrowdale, England, came in first place in the Breathing Spaces category, before achieving the coveted International Garden Photographer of the Year award."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Mark Hetherington©️ | Outdoor Photography
Frederic Edwin Church, American painter, 1826-1900.
View on the Magdalena River, 1857.
Oil on Canvas.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond VA | Senuri Nimaya
View on the Magdalena River, 1857.
Oil on Canvas.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond VA | Senuri Nimaya
February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Frederic Edwin Church, American painter, 1826-1900.
View on the Magdalena River, 1857.
Oil on Canvas.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond VA | Senuri Nimaya
View on the Magdalena River, 1857.
Oil on Canvas.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond VA | Senuri Nimaya
"Stunning foyer of a residential building in the II. district, on the Buda side of Budapest, designed at the turn of the century by architects Sándor and Béla Löffler."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Buildings Tell Tales©️
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📷 Buildings Tell Tales©️
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"Stunning foyer of a residential building in the II. district, on the Buda side of Budapest, designed at the turn of the century by architects Sándor and Béla Löffler."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Buildings Tell Tales©️
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📷 Buildings Tell Tales©️
The sun peeking out from behind the clouds over the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.
Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come on April 12th, in the general election.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by @kalmantibs.bsky.social©️
Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come on April 12th, in the general election.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by @kalmantibs.bsky.social©️
February 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The sun peeking out from behind the clouds over the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.
Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come on April 12th, in the general election.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by @kalmantibs.bsky.social©️
Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come on April 12th, in the general election.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by @kalmantibs.bsky.social©️
Comedy gold from actress Beth Hoyt.
A Claire Danes character on Bad Bunny.
"I wanna dance, but I just. I don’t move that way."
🇵🇷💃🏼🤣
📷 beth_hoyt©️ IG
A Claire Danes character on Bad Bunny.
"I wanna dance, but I just. I don’t move that way."
🇵🇷💃🏼🤣
📷 beth_hoyt©️ IG
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Comedy gold from actress Beth Hoyt.
A Claire Danes character on Bad Bunny.
"I wanna dance, but I just. I don’t move that way."
🇵🇷💃🏼🤣
📷 beth_hoyt©️ IG
A Claire Danes character on Bad Bunny.
"I wanna dance, but I just. I don’t move that way."
🇵🇷💃🏼🤣
📷 beth_hoyt©️ IG
The uplifting, positive energy from Bad Bunny's 🇵🇷 halftime show was felt around the globe, a shot across the bow to all those siding with hate and division. No more evident than how the party kept going in the parking lot.
All the feels.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Conociendo a Puerto Rico©️
All the feels.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Conociendo a Puerto Rico©️
February 13, 2026 at 11:07 AM
The uplifting, positive energy from Bad Bunny's 🇵🇷 halftime show was felt around the globe, a shot across the bow to all those siding with hate and division. No more evident than how the party kept going in the parking lot.
All the feels.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Conociendo a Puerto Rico©️
All the feels.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Conociendo a Puerto Rico©️
"Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece 🇬🇷, was considered in Greek mythology as the majestic, sky-piercing home of the twelve Olympian gods, on Mytikas peak."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Nick Giantsidis©️
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Nick Giantsidis©️
February 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece 🇬🇷, was considered in Greek mythology as the majestic, sky-piercing home of the twelve Olympian gods, on Mytikas peak."
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Nick Giantsidis©️
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Photo by Nick Giantsidis©️
I grew up in the Valley in the 80s. First exposure to mall culture was the Sherman Oaks Galleria. Had my first cup of quirky Orange Julius; a strange, creamy, sugary drink, something that seemed from a faraway planet. Nearly five decades later, still remember that first sip. 😳🍊
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I grew up in the Valley in the 80s. First exposure to mall culture was the Sherman Oaks Galleria. Had my first cup of quirky Orange Julius; a strange, creamy, sugary drink, something that seemed from a faraway planet. Nearly five decades later, still remember that first sip. 😳🍊
"We think too much and feel too little."
— Charlie Chaplin, 1940.
Chinese-American concert pianist Yuja Wang performs Philip Glass, Études No. 6, composed in 1994.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Charlie Chaplin, 1940.
Chinese-American concert pianist Yuja Wang performs Philip Glass, Études No. 6, composed in 1994.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
February 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"We think too much and feel too little."
— Charlie Chaplin, 1940.
Chinese-American concert pianist Yuja Wang performs Philip Glass, Études No. 6, composed in 1994.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
— Charlie Chaplin, 1940.
Chinese-American concert pianist Yuja Wang performs Philip Glass, Études No. 6, composed in 1994.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
A stoat, often called an ermine when it's in its white winter coat, is the face of the Winter Olympics.
"Tina and Milo seem to have shed their ill-omened reputation and are bringing cheer to this year’s Olympians." — CNN
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"Tina and Milo seem to have shed their ill-omened reputation and are bringing cheer to this year’s Olympians." — CNN
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
A stoat, often called an ermine when it's in its white winter coat, is the face of the Winter Olympics.
"Tina and Milo seem to have shed their ill-omened reputation and are bringing cheer to this year’s Olympians." — CNN
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
"Tina and Milo seem to have shed their ill-omened reputation and are bringing cheer to this year’s Olympians." — CNN
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
Funny thing with me and Bluesky... when I'm feeling down, overwhelmed by the negativity in the world, I think to myself, I'm gonna keep my head down, stop posting, stay quiet for a while, then end up doubling my usual amount of posts.
Reverse psychology at its finest.
🤔🫣🤷🏼♂️
Reverse psychology at its finest.
🤔🫣🤷🏼♂️
a man in a suit and tie says " eureka " in a black and white photo
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " eureka " in a black and white photo
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Funny thing with me and Bluesky... when I'm feeling down, overwhelmed by the negativity in the world, I think to myself, I'm gonna keep my head down, stop posting, stay quiet for a while, then end up doubling my usual amount of posts.
Reverse psychology at its finest.
🤔🫣🤷🏼♂️
Reverse psychology at its finest.
🤔🫣🤷🏼♂️
Martin Johnson Heade, American painter, 1819-1904.
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871.
Oil on Mahogany panel.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Senuri Nimaya
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871.
Oil on Mahogany panel.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Senuri Nimaya
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Martin Johnson Heade, American painter, 1819-1904.
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871.
Oil on Mahogany panel.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Senuri Nimaya
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871.
Oil on Mahogany panel.
🙏🏼🌎🕊️
📷 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | Senuri Nimaya
Friedrich Preller the Elder, German painter, 1804-1878.
Megalithic Grave on Rügen, 1843.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany | Marie Lescadieu
Megalithic Grave on Rügen, 1843.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany | Marie Lescadieu
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Friedrich Preller the Elder, German painter, 1804-1878.
Megalithic Grave on Rügen, 1843.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany | Marie Lescadieu
Megalithic Grave on Rügen, 1843.
Oil on canvas.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📷 Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany | Marie Lescadieu