Otto ⚛️
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Father, Photographer, Army vet (MP), CISSP, MBA, Retired Fed (forced), Born-Again activist, renal cancer survivor, Friend of Bill, godless but not faithless, Mixer of Music | https://ottoimagery.art | https://buymeacoffee.com/noacttoosmall
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Otto ⚛️
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· Mar 31
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
open.substack.com
Today’s meditation, and everyday hereafter.
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WOFA and Third Act VA teamed up for a bridge brigade today. Wind chill: 15°. Resolve: solid. A small group, a clear message, and the simple truth that defending democracy, climate, peace and justice is an all-season job.
@wofava.bsky.social and @thirdactva.bsky.social
@wofava.bsky.social and @thirdactva.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
WOFA and Third Act VA teamed up for a bridge brigade today. Wind chill: 15°. Resolve: solid. A small group, a clear message, and the simple truth that defending democracy, climate, peace and justice is an all-season job.
@wofava.bsky.social and @thirdactva.bsky.social
@wofava.bsky.social and @thirdactva.bsky.social
Virginia Landscapes
Bull Run Mountains in the background, the easternmost extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Heritage Hunt community in the mid-ground.
Foreground is the western boundary of the Conway Robinson Forest. #photography #documentaryphotography #newtopographics
Bull Run Mountains in the background, the easternmost extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Heritage Hunt community in the mid-ground.
Foreground is the western boundary of the Conway Robinson Forest. #photography #documentaryphotography #newtopographics
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Virginia Landscapes
Bull Run Mountains in the background, the easternmost extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Heritage Hunt community in the mid-ground.
Foreground is the western boundary of the Conway Robinson Forest. #photography #documentaryphotography #newtopographics
Bull Run Mountains in the background, the easternmost extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Heritage Hunt community in the mid-ground.
Foreground is the western boundary of the Conway Robinson Forest. #photography #documentaryphotography #newtopographics
Heroes and patriots.
These artists are taking certain financial losses and severe retribution from the Trump administration to take this noble stand
They are truly heroes who deserve our support
They are truly heroes who deserve our support
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Heroes and patriots.
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Bernie is spot on with this. Most people have no idea what these data centers impact. It is HUGE and negative all around (with exception to the oligarchs wallets)
All of you who needed to “research” at election time, THIS is what you need to research right now.
All of you who needed to “research” at election time, THIS is what you need to research right now.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Bernie is spot on with this. Most people have no idea what these data centers impact. It is HUGE and negative all around (with exception to the oligarchs wallets)
All of you who needed to “research” at election time, THIS is what you need to research right now.
All of you who needed to “research” at election time, THIS is what you need to research right now.
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The monks are traveling on foot to encourage mindfulness, nonviolence, and connection across communities
Walk for Peace thecitizen.com/2025/12/28/w...
Walk for Peace thecitizen.com/2025/12/28/w...
Walk for Peace to Pass Through Sharpsburg Sunday, Peachtree City Monday Morning | The Citizen
Buddhist monks participating in a cross-country Walk for Peace pilgrimage will pass through Sharpsburg on Sunday, Dec. 28, before walking through Peachtree ...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The monks are traveling on foot to encourage mindfulness, nonviolence, and connection across communities
Walk for Peace thecitizen.com/2025/12/28/w...
Walk for Peace thecitizen.com/2025/12/28/w...
After dark, the building stands lit for the good it was meant to serve.
The streets are empty; in the season of MAGA, the promise of the place is all but abandoned.
#photography #photographyafterdark #urbanphotography #streetphotography #dc
The streets are empty; in the season of MAGA, the promise of the place is all but abandoned.
#photography #photographyafterdark #urbanphotography #streetphotography #dc
December 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
After dark, the building stands lit for the good it was meant to serve.
The streets are empty; in the season of MAGA, the promise of the place is all but abandoned.
#photography #photographyafterdark #urbanphotography #streetphotography #dc
The streets are empty; in the season of MAGA, the promise of the place is all but abandoned.
#photography #photographyafterdark #urbanphotography #streetphotography #dc
Thought provoking thread. Worth a minute of your day if you’re trying to make sense of the DOJ document release. There’s something more than incompetence at work.
The Transparency Illusion
Let me tell you a dirty little secret about “document releases.”
Sometimes the most effective way to bury the truth
isn’t to hide it.
Let me tell you a dirty little secret about “document releases.”
Sometimes the most effective way to bury the truth
isn’t to hide it.
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Thought provoking thread. Worth a minute of your day if you’re trying to make sense of the DOJ document release. There’s something more than incompetence at work.
So much winning.
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...
US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.
www.wired.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So much winning.
We are in a spiritual battle for the soul of this nation. Get onboard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
We are in a spiritual battle for the soul of this nation. Get onboard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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Addiction has a way of making you disappear. More than 15 years into recovery, I can now sit at a Christmas table fully present.
Behind the holiday lights: My Christmases in the grip of addiction | Opinion
www.inquirer.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Addiction has a way of making you disappear. More than 15 years into recovery, I can now sit at a Christmas table fully present.
These involve a lot of love and a cutthroat level of competition.
December 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
These involve a lot of love and a cutthroat level of competition.
Blocks off of the ol' chip.
December 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Blocks off of the ol' chip.
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Nearing sunset, Jamestown Beach, Williamsburg, VA on a brisk December afternoon. The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry pier is visible in the background to the left.
#sunset #bluesky #landscapephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
#sunset #bluesky #landscapephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nearing sunset, Jamestown Beach, Williamsburg, VA on a brisk December afternoon. The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry pier is visible in the background to the left.
#sunset #bluesky #landscapephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
#sunset #bluesky #landscapephotography #photography #eastcoastkin
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Remembrance Luminaries at dusk. #photography #eastcoastkin
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remembrance Luminaries at dusk. #photography #eastcoastkin
Transmission towers outside Surry, VA.
Identical structures, receding into a vanishing point, repeating until scale collapses.
Linear perspective turns infrastructure into an illusion of infinity.
Power made visible.
#coldsteelrail #Infrastructure #Landscape #photography #builtenvironments
Identical structures, receding into a vanishing point, repeating until scale collapses.
Linear perspective turns infrastructure into an illusion of infinity.
Power made visible.
#coldsteelrail #Infrastructure #Landscape #photography #builtenvironments
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Transmission towers outside Surry, VA.
Identical structures, receding into a vanishing point, repeating until scale collapses.
Linear perspective turns infrastructure into an illusion of infinity.
Power made visible.
#coldsteelrail #Infrastructure #Landscape #photography #builtenvironments
Identical structures, receding into a vanishing point, repeating until scale collapses.
Linear perspective turns infrastructure into an illusion of infinity.
Power made visible.
#coldsteelrail #Infrastructure #Landscape #photography #builtenvironments
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We already knew Bill Clinton and other Dems were in the files. But we said release everything and let the chips fall. Congress passed a law to release everything. But DOJ decided to violate that law by cherry picking certain things while covering for Trump and his cronies.
December 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We already knew Bill Clinton and other Dems were in the files. But we said release everything and let the chips fall. Congress passed a law to release everything. But DOJ decided to violate that law by cherry picking certain things while covering for Trump and his cronies.
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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No blood for oil
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
No blood for oil
Last week, walking with Anna and the #voigtlander #75mmnokton on the #leicam11 . Liking the #bokeh -
#portraitphotography
#naturallight
#authenticportrait
#leicaportrait #lightandmood #honestphotography #leica #eastcoastkin
#portraitphotography
#naturallight
#authenticportrait
#leicaportrait #lightandmood #honestphotography #leica #eastcoastkin
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Last week, walking with Anna and the #voigtlander #75mmnokton on the #leicam11 . Liking the #bokeh -
#portraitphotography
#naturallight
#authenticportrait
#leicaportrait #lightandmood #honestphotography #leica #eastcoastkin
#portraitphotography
#naturallight
#authenticportrait
#leicaportrait #lightandmood #honestphotography #leica #eastcoastkin