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
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Today’s meditation, and everyday hereafter.
New blog post up: www.ottoimagery.art/post/design-...
Design is a Mirror and a Lens
From Jefferson’s Rotunda at UVA to the fortress-like data centers rising across Northern Virginia, our architecture reflects our values. This photo essay explores how the design of today’s hyperscale ...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New blog post up: www.ottoimagery.art/post/design-...
Trumpism is the drug that allows you to live below your professed standards.
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trumpism is the drug that allows you to live below your professed standards.
When death comes calling for democracy, she comes as La Catrina—elegant, unafraid, a reminder that decline isn’t fate. Fear only rules when we let it. Democracy lives when we refuse to bow, when we stand guard over what must endure.
@saystay.bsky.social
#LaCatrina #Democracy #refusefascism
@saystay.bsky.social
#LaCatrina #Democracy #refusefascism
November 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
When death comes calling for democracy, she comes as La Catrina—elegant, unafraid, a reminder that decline isn’t fate. Fear only rules when we let it. Democracy lives when we refuse to bow, when we stand guard over what must endure.
@saystay.bsky.social
#LaCatrina #Democracy #refusefascism
@saystay.bsky.social
#LaCatrina #Democracy #refusefascism
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This is sobering but precise.
From Ludlow to Haymarket to Flint, the 20th Century gave us the 40-hour week, discretionary income and ultimately the American middle class. We will accept the slide back into subsistence poverty or we will have to fight the 20th Century all over again.
From Ludlow to Haymarket to Flint, the 20th Century gave us the 40-hour week, discretionary income and ultimately the American middle class. We will accept the slide back into subsistence poverty or we will have to fight the 20th Century all over again.
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is sobering but precise.
From Ludlow to Haymarket to Flint, the 20th Century gave us the 40-hour week, discretionary income and ultimately the American middle class. We will accept the slide back into subsistence poverty or we will have to fight the 20th Century all over again.
From Ludlow to Haymarket to Flint, the 20th Century gave us the 40-hour week, discretionary income and ultimately the American middle class. We will accept the slide back into subsistence poverty or we will have to fight the 20th Century all over again.
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There’s a kind of shame that’s corrosive to the human spirit— then there’s also a kind that’s clarifying. Joseph Campbell called it the recognition that we are not God - we cannot fly too close to the sun. A healthy society depends on leaders who understand their limits, ... #Shame #WakeUp
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November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Light, arches, movement. A reminder that even in difficult times, we pass through beauty on our way to one another.
#UnionStation #DC #StreetPhotography #EverydayAmerica #OttoImagery #builtenvironments
#UnionStation #DC #StreetPhotography #EverydayAmerica #OttoImagery #builtenvironments
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Light, arches, movement. A reminder that even in difficult times, we pass through beauty on our way to one another.
#UnionStation #DC #StreetPhotography #EverydayAmerica #OttoImagery #builtenvironments
#UnionStation #DC #StreetPhotography #EverydayAmerica #OttoImagery #builtenvironments
My favorite picture from yesterday's Veterans Rally. It's ice cream on a cold day but there's a genuine warmth in the interaction. There's a lot going on visually at these events but the best moments are catching people just being real. #streetphotography #eastcoastkin #DC #vets
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My favorite picture from yesterday's Veterans Rally. It's ice cream on a cold day but there's a genuine warmth in the interaction. There's a lot going on visually at these events but the best moments are catching people just being real. #streetphotography #eastcoastkin #DC #vets
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“Our oaths did not expire simply because we took off the uniform.”
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
A Different Kind of Patriotism
Today, more than ever, America needs its veterans to remember that their oaths to the Constitution do not expire.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“Our oaths did not expire simply because we took off the uniform.”
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
Former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh shares a powerful Veterans Day message about service, sacrifice, and what real patriotism means — inspired by Marine Master Sgt. Mike “Top” Washington.
Shout out to Mac @climateboomer.bsky.social and friends with Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social for showing up to support veterans. You folks brought some heat on a cold day.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Shout out to Mac @climateboomer.bsky.social and friends with Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social for showing up to support veterans. You folks brought some heat on a cold day.
Faces from today’s Veterans Rally at Union Station, DC — different stories, same resolve. Freedom isn’t uniform, and democracy isn’t a solo act. It’s a chorus of conviction, held together by courage and commitment.
#VeteransDay #RefuseFascism #VetsAgainstTrump #Photos
#VeteransDay #RefuseFascism #VetsAgainstTrump #Photos
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Faces from today’s Veterans Rally at Union Station, DC — different stories, same resolve. Freedom isn’t uniform, and democracy isn’t a solo act. It’s a chorus of conviction, held together by courage and commitment.
#VeteransDay #RefuseFascism #VetsAgainstTrump #Photos
#VeteransDay #RefuseFascism #VetsAgainstTrump #Photos
Tilt-wall concrete construction and temporary bracing at a developing data center Northern Virginia's data center alley.
The 37-acre site—likely owned or contracted by Amazon Web Services (AWS)—sits adjacent to residential housing and utility infrastructure.
Autumn, 2025.
The 37-acre site—likely owned or contracted by Amazon Web Services (AWS)—sits adjacent to residential housing and utility infrastructure.
Autumn, 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Tilt-wall concrete construction and temporary bracing at a developing data center Northern Virginia's data center alley.
The 37-acre site—likely owned or contracted by Amazon Web Services (AWS)—sits adjacent to residential housing and utility infrastructure.
Autumn, 2025.
The 37-acre site—likely owned or contracted by Amazon Web Services (AWS)—sits adjacent to residential housing and utility infrastructure.
Autumn, 2025.
New religion and old religion converge.
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New religion and old religion converge.
“So I'll meet you at the bottom if there really is one
They always told me when you hit it, you'll know it
But I've been falling so long, it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floatin'”
Gravity’s Gone ~ Drive-by Truckers
A song for people who were relying on the Democratic Party.
They always told me when you hit it, you'll know it
But I've been falling so long, it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floatin'”
Gravity’s Gone ~ Drive-by Truckers
A song for people who were relying on the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“So I'll meet you at the bottom if there really is one
They always told me when you hit it, you'll know it
But I've been falling so long, it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floatin'”
Gravity’s Gone ~ Drive-by Truckers
A song for people who were relying on the Democratic Party.
They always told me when you hit it, you'll know it
But I've been falling so long, it's like gravity's gone and I'm just floatin'”
Gravity’s Gone ~ Drive-by Truckers
A song for people who were relying on the Democratic Party.
They’re built to be overlooked.
No signs, no windows, no life. Just walls, cooling towers, and security fences.
Monotony is the aesthetic. Sameness is the strategy.
A landscape of silence, humming at 400 megawatts.
#ColdSteelRail #DataCenterBelt #ArchitectureOfAuthority #DocumentaryPhotography
No signs, no windows, no life. Just walls, cooling towers, and security fences.
Monotony is the aesthetic. Sameness is the strategy.
A landscape of silence, humming at 400 megawatts.
#ColdSteelRail #DataCenterBelt #ArchitectureOfAuthority #DocumentaryPhotography
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
They’re built to be overlooked.
No signs, no windows, no life. Just walls, cooling towers, and security fences.
Monotony is the aesthetic. Sameness is the strategy.
A landscape of silence, humming at 400 megawatts.
#ColdSteelRail #DataCenterBelt #ArchitectureOfAuthority #DocumentaryPhotography
No signs, no windows, no life. Just walls, cooling towers, and security fences.
Monotony is the aesthetic. Sameness is the strategy.
A landscape of silence, humming at 400 megawatts.
#ColdSteelRail #DataCenterBelt #ArchitectureOfAuthority #DocumentaryPhotography
I spent the day around DC yesterday. Lot's of veterans in town for veterans day. Michiganders in town for the Detroit Lions game against the Commanders. Yet, noticeably fewer MAGA hats than is typical. Is the swamp fever breaking? Is deliberately starving poor people where they draw a line?
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I spent the day around DC yesterday. Lot's of veterans in town for veterans day. Michiganders in town for the Detroit Lions game against the Commanders. Yet, noticeably fewer MAGA hats than is typical. Is the swamp fever breaking? Is deliberately starving poor people where they draw a line?
The Handmaid’s Army gathered, not as characters in fiction—but as witnesses to a present unraveling. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, their message was clear: when rights are stripped and voices silenced, resistance becomes a moral imperative. #TheHandmaidsArmy #DCProtest #VisualStorytelling
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The Handmaid’s Army gathered, not as characters in fiction—but as witnesses to a present unraveling. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, their message was clear: when rights are stripped and voices silenced, resistance becomes a moral imperative. #TheHandmaidsArmy #DCProtest #VisualStorytelling
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The “DC sandwich guy” walked free this week — acquitted by a jury that saw through the absurd theater of state power. In this moment, jury nullification is conscience in action - moral imagination in practice. A reminder that legitimacy flows from the people, not the regime.
#protest
#Photography
#protest
#Photography
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The “DC sandwich guy” walked free this week — acquitted by a jury that saw through the absurd theater of state power. In this moment, jury nullification is conscience in action - moral imagination in practice. A reminder that legitimacy flows from the people, not the regime.
#protest
#Photography
#protest
#Photography
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ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ATTN: If you were on the Sandwich Guy jury and you'd like to chat, my Signal is in my bio. I'll keep you anonymous! Please share this post!
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
“Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
Annie Dillard — Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
#ShenandoahNationalPark
#NaturePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#OutdoorPhotography
Annie Dillard — Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
#ShenandoahNationalPark
#NaturePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#OutdoorPhotography
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.”
Annie Dillard — Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
#ShenandoahNationalPark
#NaturePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#OutdoorPhotography
Annie Dillard — Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
#ShenandoahNationalPark
#NaturePhotography
#LandscapePhotography
#OutdoorPhotography
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AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
Data Center Spotting,Northern VA, where we build data centers in backyards. They are here for cheap land, tax breaks, and lax regulation. What could go wrong?
#MICROSOFTIAD11
#documentaryphotography
#suburbanlandscape
#infrastructure
#MICROSOFTIAD11
#documentaryphotography
#suburbanlandscape
#infrastructure
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Data Center Spotting,Northern VA, where we build data centers in backyards. They are here for cheap land, tax breaks, and lax regulation. What could go wrong?
#MICROSOFTIAD11
#documentaryphotography
#suburbanlandscape
#infrastructure
#MICROSOFTIAD11
#documentaryphotography
#suburbanlandscape
#infrastructure
You want to be a King? Try it on someone else's watch motherfucker.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You want to be a King? Try it on someone else's watch motherfucker.