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jhmerr.bsky.social
Next-to-the-Last Starfighter
@jhmerr.bsky.social
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Hoosier. Longtime Washington Sentinels fan. Lukewarm on the Flint Tropics.
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The War Memorial building in Indianapolis, Indiana. Originally built to honor World War I vets, it’s also now a monument to vets of later wars.
A building, approximately eight stories tall, designed in a classical style with columns and a ziggurat-like tiered roof. Other tall buildings stand in the background, and a grassy lawn sits in front.
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I saw this several years back at an Indiana festival. I’m guessing Spielberg did not authorize this.
A drawing on the side of a food booth at a fair. It depicts the movie character E.T., the extra-terrestrial, holding a fried pork tenderloin sandwich. A logo beneath the sandwich says “It’s out of this world.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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What’s for lunch? Popcorn and roasted crickets, courtesy of Owamni Restaurant in Minneapolis.
A view looking down on a white bowl that contains popcorn topped with roasted crickets, each about a half-inch long.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. Well-decorated on the inside, but still a humble dwelling for someone raised in extreme wealth.
A small white house, with a chimney. A path of inlaid stones leads to the small front porch, and tree sits off to one side of the path. Behind the house. A forest lurks.
October 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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A skyscraper here in downtown Indianapolis is replacing its corporate logo. That’s a large letter!
A photograph of a ten-foot tall letter O, surrounded by a caution tape barrier.
October 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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There are some lovely murals in downtown Indianapolis these days.
A roughly ten foot by ten foot mural of a woman in a white robe, with a crown of pink and orange flowers, holding up with both hands a bowl containing a variety of beautiful flowers. A placard for the mural, identifying the artist as Tasha Beckwith and the title of the mural as “Giver of Flowers, 2025.” The medium of the mural is digital illustration. The artist can be contacted at @tashabeckwithfineart. The mural is part of a larger project, known as Sidewalk Galleries, organized by the Indianapolis Arts Council.
September 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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If you see this, reskeet with a vampire that is not Dracula.
Count Chocula, a vampiric mascot for a cereal brand.
September 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Dining on a covered bridge in rural Indiana. Blazingly hot weather, but good food.
Looking down an old fashioned wooden covered bridge. A long narrow table has been put in the middle, running the length of the bridge. The table is decorated with a tablecloth and flowers. People are seated at the table, eating a meal.
August 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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A doorway in Bridgeton, Indiana.
A double door allowing access into an old brick building. The top of the doorframe is arched, and above the arch is a second arch of terra cotta tiles. The keystone tile is shaped like a leaf.
August 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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A view inside the Swine Barn (aka the Fall Creek Pavilion) at the Indiana State Fair tonight. That’s a lot of pigs.
August 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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A community of birds making beautiful sounds under a motel carport. Wish I could identify the bird species.
July 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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This bas-relief adorns a former auto racing company’s garage in Indianapolis, Indiana. Now home to a brewery.
A bas-relief in stone mounted on a brick wall. The sculpture depicts an old-fashioned auto racer leaning over a steering wheel, hair flowing in the breeze.
June 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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A pretty mini-postcard of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. It's probably around fifty years old.
An undated but decades-old mini-postcard, two by three inches in size, depicting six people on a small boat on an underground stream in Mammoth Cave. The photo has the following caption: "Echo River, 360 feet underground, in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky"
June 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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It’s film noir weekend at the Artcraft Theatre 🎭 n Franklin, Indiana.
An old movie theater at night, with an Art Deco marquee consisting of a neon sign that says “Artcraft” and a lighted listing of classic films being shown for the weekend.
May 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Best warning I’ve seen in a while.
A photograph of a piece of paper that states, “Please do not go up the stairs. This area is very small and could be dangerous.”
April 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Midwestern American here. We sing the praises of Grippo’s barbecue flavored chips, ideally paired with Ski brand soda.
A bag of Grippo’s brand potato chips, the greatest on the planet. Sold in the midwestern USA. The bag features a young lad in archaic chef’s garb standing by a grill with a steak cooking nicely (the chips are barbecue flavored).
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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You’ve been murdered, who do you want on the case?
Two characters from the movie “The Big Lebowski,” Walter Sobchak and Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski, sitting at a bowling alley scoring table and looking back at the camera.
February 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source
January 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Can do!
January 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2023.
A broad path through a forest. Some of the trees along the path still have leaves, but the path is covered with leaves.
December 31, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Critters spotted on a trip to Spain last month.
A horse, in harness, towing a four-wheeled carriage in front of a cathedral in Seville, Spain. A male peacock strolling in a small garden in the Real Alcázar, Seville, Spain. A small beagle on a leash, tied up outside a shop in Bilbao, Spain. A gecko climbing a stone wall in Bilbao, Spain.
December 31, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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If you see this post, post a pic from your device without an explanation.
A cityscape view of Seville, Spain from atop the Mushrooms, which are giant structures in a plaza in the city center. In the foreground are interlinked wooden squares, with a walkway on top. In the distance, rooftops, a crane, and a bridge are visible.
December 28, 2024 at 12:44 AM
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A beautiful shaggy coating of moss at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.
A two-foot-tall, two-foot wide rock covered with shaggy, soft moss.
December 27, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Bilbao’s public Christmas tree is actually kinda scary, or at least kinda metal. All that red . . .
A public plaza in Bilbao, Spain, between a street and the opera house. In the middle of the plaza, a 30-foot-tall fake Christmas tree juts into the sky. The tree is conical, and the false boughs are blood red. There are no decorations, and the tree is surrounded by a three-foot-tall wooden picket fence.
November 23, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Age yourself with your first computer
An image of a compact, some would say rudimentary, home computer made in the early 1980s by Texas Instruments. The computer itself has a keyboard, along with a slot for cartridges. The box for the computer sits behind it.
November 18, 2024 at 9:27 PM