Mark Finney 🇦🇺📷🇸🇪
@claustral.bsky.social
Communicator, coach and reality-challenged optimist. Grew up in Australia. Grew some more in Sweden. Grew even more at the buffet. Likes unpopular music and dislikes nostalgia. Has been known to take a photo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/claustral/).
I recognise those falls immediately, and I don't even live in the US. But I did like Twin Peaks!
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I recognise those falls immediately, and I don't even live in the US. But I did like Twin Peaks!
While they are accelerating due to Ai I'd mention loss in trust in the veracity of images, and the commoditisation of photography. The latter means that images are created en mass by anyone with little regard for meaning or quality.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
While they are accelerating due to Ai I'd mention loss in trust in the veracity of images, and the commoditisation of photography. The latter means that images are created en mass by anyone with little regard for meaning or quality.
Absolutely correct! And as for Radical Marxists, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone matching that description, let alone someone with enough influence to get elected!
October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Absolutely correct! And as for Radical Marxists, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone matching that description, let alone someone with enough influence to get elected!
The entire US submarine fleet consists of nuclear-powered vessels, with the last conventional submarine being decommissioned in 1990.
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The entire US submarine fleet consists of nuclear-powered vessels, with the last conventional submarine being decommissioned in 1990.
Cruelty was a side effect of this government's focus on "bread and circuses". Distraction from what matters is 47's core activity.
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Cruelty was a side effect of this government's focus on "bread and circuses". Distraction from what matters is 47's core activity.
Not sure about clever 😁, but clearly fortunate. We stayed at a hostel in Stykki and were up before dawn to explore the town and harbour.
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Not sure about clever 😁, but clearly fortunate. We stayed at a hostel in Stykki and were up before dawn to explore the town and harbour.
Looks like you had a wonderful trip. Nothing like shooting full on in a place like Iceland! Especially liked your long-exposures.
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Looks like you had a wonderful trip. Nothing like shooting full on in a place like Iceland! Especially liked your long-exposures.
Welcome to the Post-Enlightenment. One candle each.
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Welcome to the Post-Enlightenment. One candle each.
Glad they didn't ask to see your bsky account at the border!
September 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Glad they didn't ask to see your bsky account at the border!
Really nice take on this much-photographed church!
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really nice take on this much-photographed church!
Gilead Finance Inc
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Gilead Finance Inc
That's an incredible sky for Kirkjufjell! Nice comp too!
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
That's an incredible sky for Kirkjufjell! Nice comp too!
I'm assuming it was a software update?
September 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I'm assuming it was a software update?
Get over to Seyðisfjörður for the original. Cool town and a beautiful road that winds down to it (which was used for the skateboarding scenes in Walter Mitty).
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Get over to Seyðisfjörður for the original. Cool town and a beautiful road that winds down to it (which was used for the skateboarding scenes in Walter Mitty).
News has more than two sides.
August 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
News has more than two sides.
These tariffs are a federal sales tax dressed up as punishment to the rest of the world.
August 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
These tariffs are a federal sales tax dressed up as punishment to the rest of the world.