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Jenny Lam
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Self-taught artist, indie curator, writer, traveler. Artists on the Lam founder. Named one of 2023’s Culture Shifters by @huffpost.com. Voted “Best Arts Blog” in @chicagoreader.com & “Best Art Exhibit” in NewCity. Nerd. http://www.artistsonthelam.com
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At the newly opened Chongqing East Railway Station a few weeks ago! 🚄 This is the largest passenger station in the world.

#China #Architecture #Interiors #InteriorDesign #Design #CityLife #UrbanPlanning #ChinaTravel #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #Photography #MobilePhotography #ShotoniPhone
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Really liked Predator: Badlands. And I think part of it may be because I love Star Trek: The Next Generation and this felt like a #film with Worf (Yautja are totally like Klingons in #PredatorBadlands) and Data. There's even an evil twin / Lore equivalent!

#Predator #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Xiahaoli / Longmenhao Old Street, #Chongqing, #China! ✨

#Architecture #Buildings #City #Cityscape #CityLife #UrbanLandscape #UrbanPlanning #Urban #Landscape #Design #ChinaTravel #Travel #TravelPhotography #ShotoniPhone #MobilePhotography #Photography #Photo
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Woke up thinking of Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii.bsky.social).

Link to the quoted tweet (where you can see the outpouring of love from all the people he touched in the replies and quote retweets): x.com/leslieleeiii...

#LongCOVID #COVID #PublicHealth #Health
The first tweet is by Jenny Lam (Twitter user @TheJennyLam) replying "I’m so sorry. 😢" to Leslie Lee III's spouse, JB, who tweeted from his Twitter account (@leslieleeiii) on Friday announcing that he passed away on Monday. The second tweet is by Jenny and says "This is terrible. I'd long admired Leslie from afar. He 1st came onto my radar for his great political *and* film takes, & then I also learned a lot from his unwavering advocacy for the #LongCOVID community. My deepest condolences to his loved ones. Rest in power, @leslieleeiii." and is a quote retweet of @leslieleeiii. The caption from that tweet says, "Please read. -YB. All proceeds from the GoFundMe will go to cover funeral costs and as temporary replacement of loss of income." and then there's a picture with text, which says, "This is YB, @stuffhedoes Leslie’s spouse. I am sad to share with you the tragic news of his passing on Monday, November 10th, aged 43. Leslie Lee III was a beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew, and friend. He left us much too soon. I appreciate your kindness at this time, while we process our grief. If you wish, you can donate directly to his gofundme linked in his profile, any later news I will post from this account. A private service for family is being held this week with a memorial service to be held at a later date in NYC. He was to me, my everything. He was an advocate for others with Long COVID. He was an amazing writer and  passionate podcaster."
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Me a couple weeks ago 🌄 At the Three Natural Bridges in Wulong Karst National Geology Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, China. This is at the Tianlong (Sky Dragon) limestone bridge, with Tianfu Posthouse in the background.

#Chinese #ChineseAmerican #AsianAmerican #AAPI #Building #Buildings
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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raid shelter that's been transformed into a teahouse, & next to that is a former air raid shelter that's been turned into a weekly farmers market. I love how these structures from a time of fear and sorrow have been repurposed into hubs of joy & community.

(More about their history:)

#Architecture
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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#Dinner at #Underground City #HotPot 地下之城火锅 a couple weeks ago! 🍻 This is another one of Chongqing's old air raid shelters, and it's *huge*; the #restaurant has 208 tables and is >500 meters long (a football field is about 100 meters)! And it's an underground #city indeed; next door is a former air
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Accompanying my parents (who got comp tix because they’re a part of #Chicago ’s Yelp Elite #community ^^) to the opening night of Million Dollar Quartet Christmas at Marriott #Theatre, and now we’re spontaneously at the after-party with the cast (who were great! so talented) 🍷🧁

#Musical #Theater
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Throwback to when this happened!: www.instagram.com/p/C621wDbAkkl & www.facebook.com/share/p/16v5...

Shot on my iPhone 12 Pro at 11:32pm, Saturday, May 11, 2024.

#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Aurora #GeomagneticStorm #SolarStorm #SolarFlare #Weather #ILwx #Illinois #Chicago #Midwest #Space
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Wulong Karst National Geology Park, #China, is a place that seems like it came straight from my imagination. 🪄 (Seriously, when I read The Hobbit as a kid, I envisioned Rivendell nestled in a gorge just like this, with songs of merriment echoing off the canyon walls.) This is a view of

#Photography
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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hang out and savor tea that costs 5 yuan (70 cents), play Chinese checkers, peruse all the different knick-knacks that have accumulated over the years, write a postcard to display on their shelves as a memento (of course I did this)... all amongst a gang of shop #cats who do as they please.

#Travel
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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This is Junge Bookstore 军哥书屋 in Huangjueping Air Raid Shelter. It's owned by Jun (he loves to read and collect #books and retired from the #Chongqing Power Plant in 2018, then started to run this #bookstore, which he moved to this location in 2021), who takes care of the store with his wife. You can
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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To me, one of the coolest things about #Chongqing, #China, are all the old underground air raid shelters that have been recently transformed into restaurants, shops, etc. thanks to a revitalization program. (The city was the wartime capital and was bombed by Japan for 6 years, 10 months, and 1 day.)
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Just watched the first episode of Pluribus!! As expected, that was great. Horrifying too, omg. I see you tapping into your X-Files roots, Vince Gilligan!

#Pluribus
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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of almost 300 participating artists)!

The exhibition's opening reception is tonight: 6-10 pm, 1389 N. Milwaukee, in the heart of Wicker Park. I'll be there. (As will, I expect, 300 Chicago artists. Every piece is just 10x10 inches, hence the ability to fit so many folks. It'll be a good time.)
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Interrupting my China trip pics to say: My 2015 photos "Beyond the Sea" & "Honey[comb], I'm Home"—both shot on my iPhone 5s of course—have been selected to be exhibited in Jackson Junge Gallery's annual "Ten by Ten" art show, & they chose the former to be in the main promo graphic (out

#Photography
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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laughter. And how pretty is that jujube #tea?

#Teahouse #Chongqing #China #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Jiaotong #Teahouse 交通茶馆, one Chongqing’s last authentic teahouses, located in the city’s #graffiti #art neighborhood. 🫖 When you step inside it’s like traveling back in time! The regulars are old folks who hang out, play cards, and, of course, drink #tea. Had lengthy conversations here filled with
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Raffles #City! Love how these #skyscrapers bend~. This 8 #building complex sits at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers in #Chongqing, #China. 🌃

#Architecture #Buildings #Cityscape #CityLife #UrbanLandscape #Urban #Landscape #Design #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography #Photo
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Liziba Monorail Station, where the #trains go through a residential building! 🚈 (Which do you think came first? The answer: Both the station and the #building were actually constructed together!) #Chongqing, #China.

#Architecture #CityLife #UrbanPlanning #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Hongyadong, #Chongqing, #China! 🌆

#Architecture #Cityscape #UrbanLandscape #Skyline #Buildings #Nightscape #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #Photography #MobilePhotography #ShotoniPhone
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Pet and fed #capybaras at the largest capybara café (my reaction: there’s more than one?) in Chongqing, #China. 🌱 Life is good. #Capybara House, where there are also other resident #animals like a fat duck and corgi (and, as you can see from my other pics, a little husky who wants to play).

#Travel
November 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Happened to capture a moment where this gentleman working in Luohan Temple climbed out a window to dry a basket of #food in the sun. ☀️ #Chongqing, #China.

#ShotoniPhone #MobilePhotography #Photography #Photo #Candid #Portrait #People #Culture #Heritage #Tradition #Architecture #City #Buildings
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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(Bonus 6th #photo of a wall in #Capybara House. <3)

#Chongqing #China #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography #Ephemera #Mementos #Capybaras #Art #Picasso #Solidarity #FreePalestine
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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#photos 3-5 are from my ~perspective of the encounter~

#Husky #HuskyDog #Huskies #Dog #Dogs #Doggo #Chongqing #China #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photography #Portrait #Portraits
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM