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Huey Gunship on the USS Midway Museum. an Diego CA, USA. January 2025.

#photography #sandiego #sd #ca #california #usa #america #huey #hueygunship #ussmidway #ussmidwaymuseum #museum #helicopter #vietnamwar #monochrome #blackandwhite #leica #leicaq2 #leicaq2monochrom #q2 #q2monochrom #monochrom

February 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM

elliottj29.bsky.social

@elliottj29.bsky.social

“Take the 5 south.” Los Angeles CA, USA. January 2025.

#freeway #highway #interstate #interstate5 #palmtrees #losangeles #la #ca #california #usa #america #urban #roadtrip #monochrome #blackandwhite #leica #leicaq2 #leicaq2monochrom #q2
#q2monochrom #monochrom #photography

February 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

this is exactly what i’m getting at when i see these people have no understanding of civil society. they do not seem to conceptualize other people as having agency whatsoever.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Feb 4

yep

Musk’s total idiocy is structural: it goes back to the very origin of the Greek term idiotes, a person who cannot understand the shared political life of the city. These people cannot understand that their wealth and power are not their sovereign creations but the shared product of the wider state and society that supports and sustains them. Cryptocurrency is the perfect embodiment of this structural misrecognition: its advocates say it represents wealth outside of the state and society, but its notional value is wholly determined by its price in fiat money, created and sustained by the state. (It also functions a lot like “race” and “IQ:” as a repository of social value that provides a haven from degradation, but I’ll address that another time.) Here’s the thing: They can only see corruption around them because they are wholly corrupt.

February 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM

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Metro Los Angeles (bot)

@metrolosangelesbot.bsky.social

Free rides today for Transit Equity Day to celebrate the birthday of Rosa Parks & recognize how transit connects people to opportunity

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Metro Bike code: 020425
Metro Micro code: EQUITY25

February 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM

elliottj29.bsky.social

@elliottj29.bsky.social

All players welcome. Union Station, Los Angeles CA, USA. January 2025.

#unionstation #dtla #losangeles #la #ca #california #usa #america #trainstation #amtrak #station #piano #musician #publicpiano #monochrome #blackandwhite #leica #leicaq2 #leicaq2monochrom #q2 #q2monochrom #photography

February 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM

elliottj29.bsky.social

@elliottj29.bsky.social

Rail replacement bus service. Los Angeles CA, USA. January 2025.

#pacificsurfliner #amtrak #losangeles #la
#ca #california #usa #monochrome
#blackandwhite #portrait
#streetphotography #bus #leica #leicaq2
#leicaq2monochrom #q2 #q2monochrom
#monochrom

February 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM

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@elliottj29.bsky.social

The Palisades Fire from the pier. Santa Monica CA, USA. January 2025.

#palisadesfire #pacificpalisades #santamonica #samo #pier #santamonicapier #ca #california #usa #america #landscape #fire #smoke #wildfire #shotoniphone #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #photography

February 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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@elliottj29.bsky.social

UFO Clouds. Joshua Tree CA, USA. February 2025.

#joshuatree #california #usa #desert #clouds #ufo #weather #america #blackandwhite #monochrome #shotoniphone

February 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM

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The New Yorker

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The photographer Han Youngsoo, whose photographs chronicle the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, sought to create an archive of working-class society that was unembellished, yet respectful and humanistic.

The Henri Cartier-Bresson of South Korea

Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.

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January 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM

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Governor Gavin Newsom

@governor.ca.gov

⚠️ DEADLINE: Survivors of the #PalisadesFire and #EatonFire must opt-in by March 31st to receive no-cost debris cleanup at their property.

Los Angeles Wildfire Recovery -- DEBRIS REMOVAL: The Los Angeles County Right of Entry is a Crucial Step to Expedite Your Return Home. If your home was damaged by the Eaton or Palisades Fires, complete a Right of Entry Permit by March 31st to have debris removed from your property for free — Recovery.LACounty.Gov

January 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM

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@elliottj29.bsky.social

A CAL FIRE Super Huey enters the smoke of the Palisades Fire. Pacific Palisades CA, USA. January 2025.

#palisadesfire #ca #california #losangeles #la #usa #america #wildfire #fire #smoke #helicopter #calfire #superhuey #monochrome #blackandwhite #shotonfilm #kodak #trix400 #filmisnotdead

January 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM

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apple.news/AP2uQNYh4R02...

What Michael Crichton Reveals About Big Tech and A.I. — The New Yorker

The author of “Jurassic Park” understood that technologies often wriggle out of the grasp of their creators.

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January 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM

elliottj29.bsky.social

@elliottj29.bsky.social

The cathedral. Worcester, UK. November 2024.

#worcester #worcestercathedral #cathedral #uk #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #europe #travel #architecture #church #christianity #monochrome #blackandwhite #shotoniphone

January 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM

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The New Yorker

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A cartoon by Shannon Wheeler. #NewYorkerCartoons

Two people are walking down the street with grim looks on their faces. One says to the other, “Just like last time, it’s unprecedented.”

January 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM

elliottj29.bsky.social

@elliottj29.bsky.social

The Newsroom was somehow painfully current over 10 years ago, and still painfully current today. Just substitute “tea party” for “maga” youtu.be/cGsLhyNJBh8

Tea Party Explained

YouTube video by Josh Glassman

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January 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM

elliottj29.bsky.social

@elliottj29.bsky.social

La Brea & Slauson. Los Angeles CA, USA. January 2025.

#photography #losangeles #la #ca #california #usa #america #monochrome #blackandwhite
#night #urban #city #leicaq2 #leica

January 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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The Atlantic

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Your philosophy of life can make a big difference in your overall happiness. Improve both your intellectual prowess and humility with Arthur Brooks's guide to studying the great classical thinkers and contemporary philosophers:

Philosophy Can Save Your Life

Here’s how.

www.theatlantic.com

January 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM

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The Onion

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Conservatives Claim Hitler’s Nazi Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated
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January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Raven Schwam-Curtis

@ravenreveals.bsky.social

This is Sam Kuffel. Yesterday, CBS 58 wrongfully terminated her after she RIGHTLY called out Elon Musk for exactly what he did: a n*zi salute. Is legacy media so morally defunct that they're willing to fire employees that oppose blatant signs of fascism??? Just shameful.

I’M WITH HER!!