Dave Haldiman
@opposablethumbs.bsky.social
Must have liberal democracy and progressive policies. Nature is my church. Science, art, humor, Tao, kindness, acceptance. Ret'd ad producer and motion camera. Here to learn, laugh, meet, interact, care. And to fight the MAGA oligarchy and AI.
Pinned
In a land of granite
an acorn finds a fissure
Boulders tumble
(A reminder that big changes often grow from small seeds.)
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Poetry #Haiku #Mountains #Yosemite #Resist
an acorn finds a fissure
Boulders tumble
(A reminder that big changes often grow from small seeds.)
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Poetry #Haiku #Mountains #Yosemite #Resist
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Leonor Fini, Argentine-Italian (1807-1996), Guardian of the Sources, 1976, oil, color serigraph, 1976 image: 55.6 x 39.7 cm, paper: 68 x 52 cm, edition of 175
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Leonor Fini, Argentine-Italian (1807-1996), Guardian of the Sources, 1976, oil, color serigraph, 1976 image: 55.6 x 39.7 cm, paper: 68 x 52 cm, edition of 175
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Tom Thomson, Canadian (1877-1917), Pine lsland, Georgian Bay, 1914-16, oil on canvas, 153.2 x 127.7 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Tom Thomson, Canadian (1877-1917), Pine lsland, Georgian Bay, 1914-16, oil on canvas, 153.2 x 127.7 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Bad Bunny has a foundation called Good Bunny that distributes musical instruments, art supplies and sports equipment and funds programs to help children improve their lives. If you were looking for leadership you found it. God bless that dude.🙏
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Bad Bunny has a foundation called Good Bunny that distributes musical instruments, art supplies and sports equipment and funds programs to help children improve their lives. If you were looking for leadership you found it. God bless that dude.🙏
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
ICE List
"The site currently operates as a sort of crowdsourced wiki, drawing on a pool of about 500 volunteers to comb through tips from the public."
"The site currently operates as a sort of crowdsourced wiki, drawing on a pool of about 500 volunteers to comb through tips from the public."
ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
ICE List
"The site currently operates as a sort of crowdsourced wiki, drawing on a pool of about 500 volunteers to comb through tips from the public."
"The site currently operates as a sort of crowdsourced wiki, drawing on a pool of about 500 volunteers to comb through tips from the public."
They’re part of a cabal of elitists who don’t believe that we the people are capable of knowing what’s good for us.
The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM
They’re part of a cabal of elitists who don’t believe that we the people are capable of knowing what’s good for us.
Basically, the entire republican party is complicit in the cruel dehumanization of children. republicans who doesn't speak out against that are at best moral frauds.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Basically, the entire republican party is complicit in the cruel dehumanization of children. republicans who doesn't speak out against that are at best moral frauds.
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To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
Getting Monday off to a good start with the Skatalites, featuring Ernest Ranglin and Monty Alexander.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybs...
Freedom Sound
YouTube video by The Skatalites - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Getting Monday off to a good start with the Skatalites, featuring Ernest Ranglin and Monty Alexander.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybs...
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Sincere question: Is there any use of AI that hasn't been grossly oversold by its owners/investors? I suppose there are a few, but can the false hype/enviro destruction/intellectual degradation/economic distortion ever be worth those few?
"It missed more cases of cancer than it found, according to Eric Topol, director of Scripps Research Translational Institute[.]"
"[It] can be a good tool [for those with] high risk of cancer, However, 'if it’s too broad a use, [...] they’re going to get results that are misleading,' Topol said."
"[It] can be a good tool [for those with] high risk of cancer, However, 'if it’s too broad a use, [...] they’re going to get results that are misleading,' Topol said."
The hims and hers company is at it again; my comments included about this SuperBowl ad
gift link
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gift link
wapo.st/45S7U6n
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Sincere question: Is there any use of AI that hasn't been grossly oversold by its owners/investors? I suppose there are a few, but can the false hype/enviro destruction/intellectual degradation/economic distortion ever be worth those few?
Open with caution. I looked at these diary pages this AM and I've been emotionally rocked to the core. This not only describes rapists and enablers (incl. a strong implication of trump's participation), but intimately displays the very real hell this girl was living. (Eliot Higgins verified it).
It would be good if @bellingcat.com could verify this story. Really important. @eliothiggins.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
Decrypted Sweet 16 Journal in Epstein Files Refers to Donald Trump: “How Can You Have Dignity After Being With That Man?”
A young woman's coded diary, buried in the DOJ's 3.5 million file release, names as many as 25 powerful men — and a haunting reference to the president
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Open with caution. I looked at these diary pages this AM and I've been emotionally rocked to the core. This not only describes rapists and enablers (incl. a strong implication of trump's participation), but intimately displays the very real hell this girl was living. (Eliot Higgins verified it).
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George William Eggers
Untitled (Delve from the Topaz Amulet)
1915
(or is this is the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics uniform for the Narnia team?)
Untitled (Delve from the Topaz Amulet)
1915
(or is this is the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics uniform for the Narnia team?)
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
George William Eggers
Untitled (Delve from the Topaz Amulet)
1915
(or is this is the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics uniform for the Narnia team?)
Untitled (Delve from the Topaz Amulet)
1915
(or is this is the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics uniform for the Narnia team?)
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Today, solar and wind power sources are providing the majority (at 70%) of the power on the Texas electric grid...
Shsh...Don't tell Donald Trump or the Texas Republican leadership.
Fossil fuels are only providing 25% of the electricity in Texas today.
Source: www.ercot.com live power dashboard
Shsh...Don't tell Donald Trump or the Texas Republican leadership.
Fossil fuels are only providing 25% of the electricity in Texas today.
Source: www.ercot.com live power dashboard
February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Today, solar and wind power sources are providing the majority (at 70%) of the power on the Texas electric grid...
Shsh...Don't tell Donald Trump or the Texas Republican leadership.
Fossil fuels are only providing 25% of the electricity in Texas today.
Source: www.ercot.com live power dashboard
Shsh...Don't tell Donald Trump or the Texas Republican leadership.
Fossil fuels are only providing 25% of the electricity in Texas today.
Source: www.ercot.com live power dashboard
This clock began as cast-off pieces: a slice of spalted maple from some log milling I was helping with a couple years back; the walnut inlays from table saw scraps at the creators' space wood shop where I've been soothing my news-savaged brow these days. More details in alt-text.
#Woodworking
#Woodworking
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This clock began as cast-off pieces: a slice of spalted maple from some log milling I was helping with a couple years back; the walnut inlays from table saw scraps at the creators' space wood shop where I've been soothing my news-savaged brow these days. More details in alt-text.
#Woodworking
#Woodworking
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The 60-Year Sealed Garden
In 1960, David Latimer sealed a spiderwort sprout in a jar and basically created a mini-Earth. 🌿He only watered it once (1972) before sealing it for good. 60+ years later, it’s still thriving. Bacteria recycle dead leaves into CO2, keeping the ecosystem perfectly balanced
In 1960, David Latimer sealed a spiderwort sprout in a jar and basically created a mini-Earth. 🌿He only watered it once (1972) before sealing it for good. 60+ years later, it’s still thriving. Bacteria recycle dead leaves into CO2, keeping the ecosystem perfectly balanced
February 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
The 60-Year Sealed Garden
In 1960, David Latimer sealed a spiderwort sprout in a jar and basically created a mini-Earth. 🌿He only watered it once (1972) before sealing it for good. 60+ years later, it’s still thriving. Bacteria recycle dead leaves into CO2, keeping the ecosystem perfectly balanced
In 1960, David Latimer sealed a spiderwort sprout in a jar and basically created a mini-Earth. 🌿He only watered it once (1972) before sealing it for good. 60+ years later, it’s still thriving. Bacteria recycle dead leaves into CO2, keeping the ecosystem perfectly balanced
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Ukrainian prisoners of war are the people who most deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, President Sandu said.
"Today I watched Ukrainians who returned home from Russia, and these are the people who deserve the Peace Prize," she said
"Today I watched Ukrainians who returned home from Russia, and these are the people who deserve the Peace Prize," she said
February 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Ukrainian prisoners of war are the people who most deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, President Sandu said.
"Today I watched Ukrainians who returned home from Russia, and these are the people who deserve the Peace Prize," she said
"Today I watched Ukrainians who returned home from Russia, and these are the people who deserve the Peace Prize," she said
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February 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Schumer and Jeffries just published a letter to their republican counterparts in congress, listing remarkably meaningful Dem. demands for halting ICE lawlessness. The indispensable Heather Cox Richardson lists them here. Now they must hold that line. Please call your congresspeople: (202) 224-3121
February 5, 2026
The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats, who are demanding accountability from the Trump administration, and Republicans trying to hide what the administration is up to.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Schumer and Jeffries just published a letter to their republican counterparts in congress, listing remarkably meaningful Dem. demands for halting ICE lawlessness. The indispensable Heather Cox Richardson lists them here. Now they must hold that line. Please call your congresspeople: (202) 224-3121
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A major win for the ocean ✊✊
An Australian company’s bid to mine the seabed off Aotearoa, New Zealand has been rejected after regulators found it would cause serious harm to marine life, including whales and penguins. 🌊🌊
An Australian company’s bid to mine the seabed off Aotearoa, New Zealand has been rejected after regulators found it would cause serious harm to marine life, including whales and penguins. 🌊🌊
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
A major win for the ocean ✊✊
An Australian company’s bid to mine the seabed off Aotearoa, New Zealand has been rejected after regulators found it would cause serious harm to marine life, including whales and penguins. 🌊🌊
An Australian company’s bid to mine the seabed off Aotearoa, New Zealand has been rejected after regulators found it would cause serious harm to marine life, including whales and penguins. 🌊🌊
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"I can't see ya, but I know you're here. I feel it! You've been hanging around since I got here. I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something."
"Der Himmel über Berlin" - "Wings of Desire" - from 1987.
"Der Himmel über Berlin" - "Wings of Desire" - from 1987.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
"I can't see ya, but I know you're here. I feel it! You've been hanging around since I got here. I wish I could see your face. Just look into your eyes and tell you how good it is to be here. Just to touch something."
"Der Himmel über Berlin" - "Wings of Desire" - from 1987.
"Der Himmel über Berlin" - "Wings of Desire" - from 1987.
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"A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make you nervous. Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years."
(Cannonball Adderley)
Photo by William Claxton.
(Cannonball Adderley)
Photo by William Claxton.
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make you nervous. Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years."
(Cannonball Adderley)
Photo by William Claxton.
(Cannonball Adderley)
Photo by William Claxton.