Mark Thornberry
@mthornberry.bsky.social
Mostly retired after 50+ years in pretty much all forms of media. Still an active photographer. Scuba diver. Avid gardener. Occasional musician. Progressive humanist.
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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Cuba. Spinning back kick. That's going to leave a mark.
The US Ambassador to the UN is called out by Cuba for lying to the UN General Assembly.
#USpoli
#CallThemOut
#USpoli
#CallThemOut
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cuba. Spinning back kick. That's going to leave a mark.
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Even generals have their limits.
#nationalhero
#nationalhero
September 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Even generals have their limits.
#nationalhero
#nationalhero
We almost let Caturday slip past on silent cat paws.
September 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We almost let Caturday slip past on silent cat paws.
Just a bit of fun: a hibiscus blossom after a rain shower with an oil paint effect tossed on top.
September 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just a bit of fun: a hibiscus blossom after a rain shower with an oil paint effect tossed on top.
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Whether you believe in prayer or not, prayers over gun violence show no signs of working. And if prayers are the only thing you offer in response to this nation's epidemic of gun violence, you're not a serious person who wants to solve a real problem. You're a sanctimonious fraud with a gun fetish.
Speaker Johnson: “I've just got a comment on Governor Newsom and his anti-Christian rhetoric…He shamelessly mocked the victims of Annunciation Catholic school for praying after the shooting.”
September 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Whether you believe in prayer or not, prayers over gun violence show no signs of working. And if prayers are the only thing you offer in response to this nation's epidemic of gun violence, you're not a serious person who wants to solve a real problem. You're a sanctimonious fraud with a gun fetish.
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Words are magic
September 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Words are magic
Here’s a closeup of a hibiscus flower just ‘cuz the light was right. Aloha.
August 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here’s a closeup of a hibiscus flower just ‘cuz the light was right. Aloha.
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SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!"
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
August 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
SARAH PALIN: "There are going to be death panels!"
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
RFK JR: "Technically, it's just me."
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And the World Cup. The United States is a fascist police state where no one is safe.
The free world needs to boycott the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, just as they should have boycotted the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.
August 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
And the World Cup. The United States is a fascist police state where no one is safe.
Here’s a random tree frog. Why not?
August 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Here’s a random tree frog. Why not?
Happy 78th birthday, Mr. Anderson! BTW, I took this picture almost exactly 50 years ago (August 19, 1975).
August 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy 78th birthday, Mr. Anderson! BTW, I took this picture almost exactly 50 years ago (August 19, 1975).
Here’s a cat and a closeup of the same. Don’t tell her that she’s pretty. Her ego is already off the charts.
July 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here’s a cat and a closeup of the same. Don’t tell her that she’s pretty. Her ego is already off the charts.
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A 2024 Bentley Edition 8 droptop sitting pretty in a nearby “luxury” mall.
July 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A 2024 Bentley Edition 8 droptop sitting pretty in a nearby “luxury” mall.
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Civil rights lawyers are trying to land a temporary restraining order against Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, alleging that detainees’ constitutional rights are being violated.
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Ignores Basic Rights, Lawyers Warn
The detention center has already been accused of providing “inhumane” living conditions.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Civil rights lawyers are trying to land a temporary restraining order against Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center, alleging that detainees’ constitutional rights are being violated.
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We're not mind readers but...
July 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We're not mind readers but...
The Silver Vase bromeliads in the Garden are showing off. We’ve got seven that have popped.
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Silver Vase bromeliads in the Garden are showing off. We’ve got seven that have popped.
The underside of the North Dearborn Street Bridge spanning the Chicago River as seen from the Riverwalk.
July 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The underside of the North Dearborn Street Bridge spanning the Chicago River as seen from the Riverwalk.
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As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised. Here are their stories.
Last Soldiers of an Imperial Army Have a Warning for Young Generations
As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised. Here are their stories.
Sure we’re old, but we’ve still got it going on. Todd Rundgren (age 77) at the Knight Theater in Charlotte, NC. July 24, 2025. Sidebar: I do like working in grayscale.
July 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sure we’re old, but we’ve still got it going on. Todd Rundgren (age 77) at the Knight Theater in Charlotte, NC. July 24, 2025. Sidebar: I do like working in grayscale.
It’s a fine line between iconic and cliche’ in photography and I’m walking the razor’s edge with this one. The Corncob Towers, er, Marina City in Chicago.
July 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It’s a fine line between iconic and cliche’ in photography and I’m walking the razor’s edge with this one. The Corncob Towers, er, Marina City in Chicago.
Here’s a flower. We call this our “creamsicle” hibiscus.
July 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here’s a flower. We call this our “creamsicle” hibiscus.
I just heard the music of (Jefferson) Starship’s “We Built This City” used to sell Quilted Great Northern toilet paper and I can’t unhear it. Then there were the changed lyrics.
July 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I just heard the music of (Jefferson) Starship’s “We Built This City” used to sell Quilted Great Northern toilet paper and I can’t unhear it. Then there were the changed lyrics.