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wingtips.bsky.social
@wingtips.bsky.social
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Photography and politics from New York City. 🇺🇦 (He, him). Photos by me, unless I repost someone else. Thanks for looking!
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Broken Obelisk, by Barnett Newman, in front of the Rothko Chapel in Houston; dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr.
#WeekAforAbstract
#Photography #AlphabetChallenge
#MartinLutherKing,Jr
#BarnettNewman
In a rectangular pool, a sculpture made of brown weathered CorTen steel consists of a pyramid, topped by a broken, inverted obelisk: two ancient forms called up in service to modern art. To the right of the pool stands a young child with her back to the viewer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
wingtips.bsky.social
Lisianthus blooms.
#WeekCforCloseup
#AlphabetChallenge
#Photography
A closeup of four white lisianthus blossoms, viewed mostly in profile. They resemble roses, but their delicate stems have no thorns.
January 19, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Ambassador of Denmark to the United States…
January 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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john-abernathy.bsky.social
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
October, 2025. These roses are in the garden of the Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen.
#Denmark #Gardens
#Photography #Roses
In the foreground, large yellow roses bloom. In the backround, closely trimmed low box bushes of a formal garden. A formal garden of box plants trimmed in geometric patterns, and with roses mixed in. The right boundary wall has tall bushes forming niches with benches.
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
wingtips.bsky.social
Decisions, decisions.
#FoodOnFriday
#Photography
#FoodCartFriday
#CrowdPleaserFood
A woman in a red skirt, black leggings, and a blue-gray sweater stands facing a food cart. The cart has pictures of its offerings: Gyros, phyllo cheese steaks, Italian sausage herbs, greek burgers, stuffed grape leaves, and hot knishes.
January 16, 2026 at 4:31 AM
wingtips.bsky.social
The New Jersey palisades, seen from Wave Hill, an estate now publicly owned, where Mark Twain and Arturo Toscaninni once rented a house — although at different times.
#WaveHill #TheBronx
#HudsonRiverViews #Photography
A concrete and stone balustrade along a gray stone walkway overlook a wooded perimeter which is beside a broad river. At the orher side are cliffs topped with trees.
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 AM
wingtips.bsky.social
Jan. 11, 2026. About 200 Anti-ICE and pro-Democracy demonstrators turn out in Riverdale, the Bronx.
#No-ICE #No-WAR #StopAmericanFascism
#RememberReneeGood
A homemade protest sign remembering Renee Good, killed by an ICE agent in a fit of rage. Fascism Thrives In Silence - written on a cardboard sign. A dog wearing a protest sign which says DOGS 4 DEMOCRACY. Protesters hold up anti-ICE signs. One sign reads: ICE IS TRUMP’S GESTAPO
January 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
“Teatro XI” (1982) bronze by Herk Van Tongeren at Grounds fo Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ.
#Sculpture #WeekAforAbstract #AlphabetChallenge
#Photography
A dark bronze abstract sculpture is placed outdoors in a grassy area near a backdrop of tall plants. It has a large flat surface with a sphere and a tall pyramid resting on its side. Along one edge of this stage-like surface is a large slender metal arch, a tall five-sided truncated pyramid, and a structure resembling a broad set of stairs or seating for an audience.
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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The Trans World Buddhist Association
"The Light of Buddha Shines Everywhere"
#Enlightenment #Buddha #Chinatown #NYC
#MomentOfClarity #Photography
An old man in a cloth jacket and saffron colored short trousers waits to be admitted to the Trans World Buddhist Association. In the window one can see small statues of Buddha and there is a person wearing a covid mask approaching the door to let the old man in.
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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redcreative.bsky.social
May your 2026 be filled with new adventures and beautiful moments.

#MyBest2025
#trees #nature #photography
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
wingtips.bsky.social
Two men playing banjo-like instruments in Columbus Park, NYC.
#SensoryArt #Photography #AlphabetChallenge
Two men playing instruments that resemble banjos in a public park. One has a music stand in front of him.
January 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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mims.bsky.social
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
Donuts are food!
#FoodOnFriday #BskyPhotography
An array of donuts, including jelly donuts and striped donuts in various colors.
January 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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reptedlieu.bsky.social
There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland.

If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
Taughannock Falls, Ithaca, New York.
#Waterfalls #Photography
#NewYork #MomentOfClarity
January 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
Cobblestone streets in the center of Malmö, Sweden, October 1, 2025. Pastel colored buildings a nice touch.
#Malmö #Europe #Sweden
#Travel #Photography
White, yellow, and peach three story buildings with large windows look out over cobblestone streets. It’s sunny and pedestrians are out and about.
January 8, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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The public garden Wave Hill, has a greenhouse, and in the greenhouse is a lemon tree. When it’s freezing cold outside in winter the sight of a lemon tree is a cheerful thing.
#WaveHill.org #Bronx #NYC #Lemons
#NYC
Three lemons hang from the slender woody branches of a potted lemon plant.
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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rowdyrebel.bsky.social
Dear USA:
We are disgusted, horrified but disappointingly, not surprised.
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
I remember when Josh Hawley pumped his fist in support of insurrectionists, but later that same day, in fear for his life, he ran from them like a gazelle.
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
On view at the Brooklyn Museum: Fierce deities on 19th century doors to a Tibetan shrine, on loan from the Rubin Museum. More info. in alt. text.
#RubinMuseum
This door probably stood at the entrance to a small shrine dedicated to Mahakala, a fierce protector deity popular in many Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Protector deities often have their own shrines. The door consists of two panels framed by a lintel and jamb with decorations typical of wooden portals to protector chapels. The lintel and jamb have multicolored and layered “checkered” carvings and images of vajras and skulls. The decoration on the panels depicts faces of Mahakala and offerings like barley cakes (torma). Such images served as offerings to the deity and indicated a restricted access to the chapel. Title Wrathful Shrine Doors Dimensions 84 3/4 × 64 7/8 × 16 1/2 in. Medium Wood, cloth, pigments, gesso, varnish Origin: Kham Region, Eastern Tibet Classification(s) furniture architectural elements. ca.19th century Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
wingtips.bsky.social
“HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3”, installation of a handmade audio system by Devon Turnbull. At the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York. Audiophiles are coming in droves, and for good reason.
#HiFi #TubeAmps #Speakers #Turntables
#Subwoofers #NYC
A room with an elaborate sound system installed, including two turntables, tube style amps, and several large speakers. Room filled with people listening to high end audio equipment.
January 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Ferdinand VII, of Spain, known as “el Rey Felón.” His expression betrays his malice and cruelty. Plotted a coup against his own constitutional government, jailed writers and journalists. We also know a felon with absolutist tendencies.
#Felons #CrookedRulers
#MuseoDelPrado #Art
#Goya
According to the Museo del Prado, which published this photo: “He appears wearing the symbols of his royal condition, with a purple, ermine-lined robe, and a scepter with the coat of arms of Castile and Leon in his right hand. The sash of the Order of Carlos III crosses his chest, and he also bears the Golden Fleece… Pentimenti revealed by x-rays indicate changes to the figure, which could suggest that Goya made this portrait in presence of the King, himself, as the facial expression and distrustful gaze —despite the vacuous smile on his lips— are rendered with admirable mastery.”
January 2, 2026 at 3:20 AM
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From the outset of his first term, the corruption seeped into everything he did. The result: nowadays, not taking bribes and not being corrupt feels counterintuitive to Republicans.
#VoteThemOut #TakeOutTheTrash
January 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Amaryllis, the winter flower.
#Photography #Amaryllis #MomentOfClarity
A white amaryllis with two thick stems has touches of red on its petals, which are also edged with a red outline. Each stalk has several flowers.
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM