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"How's Your War / Time to End It" poster campaign underway, aimed at lawmakers and others with influence.

5 posters so far, with postcard versions also.

Got some cheap ink and good paper. Printing is a go.

Here's the first one.

#Gaza #FreePalestine
A full-color, letter-sized poster. The poster has a large capital-letter headline reading "How's your war going?" Beneath the headline is an image of a person who has been killed, with image date (Sep. 28 2025) and image source (Mosab Abu Toha) and caption ("The slaughtered body of a person lying in the street. Emergency services are currently unable to access the area to retrieve them.") Beneath the image are the words "They endured it. Now you'll see it," above a Palestinian flag. Below the flag is large text reading, "Time to end it."
September 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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A poem for while I work on posters.

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"Stand up
for your rights
And your neighbors

Stand up
with your love
And your rage

Don’t give
those pendejos
the limelight

Get up
on the fucking stage"
Large stencil-style block text, reading: "Stand up for your rights And your neighbors Stand up with your love And your rage Don’t give those pendejos the limelight Get up on the fucking stage"
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Dr. Ezzideen in Gaza, posting on Twitter Aug. 4 '25

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I am writing this from the grave. Do not look for me. There is no body, only dust, and the smell of what once was bread. We spoke. Oh, how we spoke. With the tongues of children choking on smoke. With the tongues of old men whose homes turned to ash before their afternoon tea cooled. With the tongues of mothers who gave birth beside mass graves, and then laid their newborns inside them. We spoke with our blood, with our silence, with our madness. But the world did not hear. The world, my friend, is deaf to the human soul, unless that soul bleeds gold. They bombed us in the name of defense. They starved us in the name of security. They erased us with such calm, you would think it was an administrative procedure. And now, they speak of expanding the operations, of occupying Gaza fully, not as a tragedy, but as a plan. It is no longer war, it is appetite. And still we remained. Not because we are brave. Not because we are strong. But because there was nowhere left to go. I have seen a child dig through rubble with one hand, the other still clutching his sister’s decapitated doll. I have seen doctors use thread from their own clothes to stitch together lungs that were already drowning. I have seen men curse God. And I have seen God… say nothing. Forgive me. I do not write this in anger. I write it because I no longer know if I exist. Because my memories are louder than your missiles. Because my dead will not stop speaking. They ask me: “Did you tell them? Did you show them what they did to us?” And I say: “Yes. I told them. I screamed it.” And they say: “Then why are we still dead?” They do not want justice. They want the land. Let them take it. Let them build gardens atop our skulls. Let them pave our history into a road that leads to nowhere. Let them sleep beside the sea and call it peace. But let us go. Let the children go, with their bent spines and swollen bellies. Let the mothers go, with the milk still warm in their breasts for babies who no longer…
August 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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A cabbage butterfly resting in the garden last evening.

It's a good day to rest and enjoy time with friends and family; and if you cannot, another day will do as well.

There is time to process and work against the effects of HR1. There is good work being done already.

We will continue, friends.
In the dim green of an evening garden, a white cabbage butterfly rests, wings folded, amongst large leaves. It is hidden and safe for now.
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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An interesting experiment last week with a very slow film (ISO 3). Visited a nearby city garden on a bright day, shot with a Nikkormat at 1/60s shutter speed, and pushed the film 1 stop in development.

Success! High contrast, low grain.
A very smooth, high contrast black and white image of a flower (with another behind it), pale against a shadowy background. The light and dark tones have a creamy look, with almost no film grain.
May 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Sunset yesterday at Wingra Dam, watching waterfowl as the lake turned copper in the fading light. #birds
The copper, rippled surface of a lake at sunset; near the center of the frame, the dark silhouette of a Mallard duck swimming across the water.
April 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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This week I learned about the Lake Wingra dam in Madison, WI and the muskellunge that leap there this time of year.

They rarely succeed, and the water is low this week, but it's been wonderful to visit, with many other people coming and going during this special couple of weeks.
A photo of the edge of the Lake Wingra dam in Madison, WI; water falls in rivulets over the dam and churns the pool below, while a large fish called a muskellunge (muskie) attempts a backwards leap up to try and clear the dam, white belly facing out and dark green back against the dam wall.
April 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Got out to Gov. Nelson State Park on a bright day, with a Nikkormat + SFX 200 film (partly infrared-sensitive) / red #25 filter to darken the sky.

The prairie is only beginning to awaken, so dark wood and bright pale grasses provide strong contrast.

This bur oak is my favorite local tree. :)
A photo of a dark, leafless bur oak alone in a stretch of pale prairie grass, under a mostly empty sky darkened by a red filter and near-infrared film.
March 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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I watched an hour or so of the eclipse this morning - a beautiful warm night (for March).

I love to see the stars appear again as the shadow encroaches; my favorite: just before totality, with a little bright sun still reflected from the top edge of the disc.

📷 D780 / Sigma 150-600mm f5
The full moon just before totality; a silvery blue top edge, fading into shadow and a bloody red at the bottom of the disc. Around it are a few small stars, visible as the reflected light is blocked by Earth's shadow.
March 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Another local #bird visitor this cold and snowy week - one of the downy woodpeckers that frequents a local elm.
A hole in a patch of elm bark on a large tree, with a downy woodpecker carefully inspecting the spot for food. The bird is visible from behind, displaying the barred dark and white patterns on its wings and back. Its head is turned a bit so that we can also see its eye and beak from the right as it peers inquisitively into the hole.
February 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Hello, moon. :)
(8.1% illuminated.)

The US state department can remove the "T" from LGBT on its travel page (this occurred today), but our moon shines down on all of us just the same.

We will all keep fighting. My trans friends and family are as real and important today as they were yesterday.
A crescent moon, 8.1% illuminated. It has an amber hue due to being viewed through the lower atmosphere and more blue light is scattered.
February 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Bonus cat picture - a gray cat is an excellent assistant when testing midtones. :) You can see that the sun here was bright even for ISO 64, but the shadow tones are very nice.
A gray cat on worn wooden steps, sitting in bright sun and catching the striped shadows of window blinds. He looks thoughtful, and is probably observing a sparrow. His fur falls into shadow to the right, creating a wealth of gray tones along the way.
January 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I had the chance recently to shoot a roll of FPP's "Dracula", a reroll of Svema 64 - a low ISO, fine-grained, high-resolving film. It worked out wonderfully for this high-contrast snow and stone image. 📷 Nikkormat FN / Series E 50mm - a very reliable camera and lens combo.
A black and white photo of a large stone partially covered in snow, beside a snowy city street. There is a lot of texture on the stone itself, which gleams with melting snow on its left side. The image is high contrast, with bright highlights and dark shadows.
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The WI emergency management site is down today in complaince with the DEI Executive Order. No explanation. Other WI military sites are also down, including the WI National Guard. #WI #military #dei

Reddit discussion:
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The stand in page for the WEM (WI emergency management) site today, Jan. 23, with the Dept. of Military Affairs seal, "Website is Temporarily Offline" heading, and a note about the EO compliance. The front page for the WI National Guard site, with its seal, a "Website is Temporarily Offline" heading, and a note about the EO compliance.
January 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A local squorb for #squirrelappreciationday. The neighbor has been feeding a few by hand and they are getting both bolder and rounder thanks to his efforts.
A very squishy gray squirrel with a white belly, perched on the edge of an outdoor table. It is sitting up, looking a little pensive, with its paws tucked against its chest and its tail in a question-mark shape.
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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A young sparrow warming up in the sun in -10F, -30F wind chill this morning. A #bird and a note on the strength we have when we are in a bad place.

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A young sparrow sitting on a fence overgrown with old vines. It is fluffed up on a freezing morning, resting in the sun and awaiting the right time to go and eat (when the sun rises enough to warm the nearby bird feeder).
January 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Last month I went to a local pier on a foggy, warm day to look out at the ice and the gray; a great number of geese were out on the lake as well.
A pier jutting out over the frozen lake. Beyond it and out of reach of its faint lamp, the ice fades into fog. The small shadows of geese are visible in a line from the center to the right.
January 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Scratches in the heavy wood tabletop at a nearby coffeeshop look like a mouse. :)
A sturdy wooden tabletop with various old scratched and gouged spots. The center pattern resembles a mouse lying down, with long ears and a curly tail.
January 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Portrait of a certain crow friend visiting this week to get snacks with some younger crows; about 4 years old, and always a fan of camera attention. Local #birds!
A photo of a crow familiar with the photographer, visiting for a snack with some younger crows. This crow is standing straight with head up, one eye observing the camera.
December 1, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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It's late for roses, but I am grateful. Watching for the sun for two days; at last - a little light.

Every day: what will happen, to all of us? What next to do?

But sunlight remains sunlight, and a rose blooms regardless of the cloudy days and the darker ones to come.

📷 Nikon D5600 / 35mm f/1.8G
A peach-pink rose in a little sun, just beginning to bloom in late November, and beneath it the five-pointed star of an old blossom gone. Around them, the dull reds and greens of the rose bush.
November 24, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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End of the season.

The last of the tall sunflowers held out against the rain and wind a few more days last week, gone a few days ago.

Against the sky it reminded me of a human figure, a sharp-faced scarecrow against winter.

📷 D5600 / kit 70-300mm zoom. A simple but reliable lens.
The silhouette of a sharp-edged, empty sunflower head and its withered stalk, dark against the dull gray sky.
November 24, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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We had a little light this afternoon; I stalked it for anything it might catch.

An oak leaf inches into shadow in the short afternoon. Its warmth and curves are bold against the pale blue paint beneath.

📷 Zenfone 10
A warm-brown oak leaf is caught in falling sunlight, round shapes standing out against the square shadows and stippled plainness of blue porch paint.
November 24, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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This friend and two other crows have been visiting lately as autumn crow activities (mostly a mystery to me) proceed. I suspect they are a yearling and two younger adults, maybe not pairing up this year. They skip crow meetings to come ask for hard-boiled eggs, and delight in eating just the yolks.
A crow sitting on an old wood-slat fence, to the right of an iron post. It is looking sideways, carefully, at the photographer, with whom it is somewhat familiar.
November 12, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Peony in spring, close-up; 📷 Nikon FE / Micro Nikkor 55mm f2.8 + 2x teleconverter 🎞️ Tri-X 400

The petal patterns seem so peaceful, and helpful tonight.
A close-up black and white photo of a peony, with petals and shadows overlapping throughout the image, and a dark background to the left.
November 3, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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This friend is resting nearby; here she is earlier this year, dozing. (She is yellow when not photographed in black and white.)
A black and white photo of a yellow mixed-breed dog, resting on some blankets in sun. Her fur is short and soft, her eyes calm and dark.
November 3, 2024 at 11:28 PM