John Lawler
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John Lawler
@johnslawler.bsky.social
Shutterbug. Occasional traveler. A life in major events - tech & b’cast.
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On the midi-plan arête; in the distance: the Périades and the Grandes Jorasses

From “Between heaven and earth” by Gaston Rébuffat, 1965.
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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came back to this because its been a bad week and this is currently my all time favorite video
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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August 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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“This attack right now, is a test … if they can strip the autonomy of the capital city … in broad daylight … they will carry this playbook to every community that dares to push back … This is a rallying cry!” Ty Hobson-Powell
Protests Erupt In DC Against Trump’s Abuse Of Power
Onward!
www.dworkinsubstack.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
En route to the Bonneville Salt Flats International Speedway for a day of Speed Week
August 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman, with Joanne Siegel, the inspiration for Lois Lane.
📷 Steve Schapiro, 1979
July 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Huh. Philadelpha Museum of Art is closed Wednesdays (something a member like me should know, but here I am). So instead, I’m looking at hydrangeas, hydrangea-adjacent rocks, clouds, statues, and the Delaware. Staying in shade ‘cause I didn’t think I’d need sunblock IN A MUSEUM, WHICH IS
CLOSED! 🙃
July 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Re: stripping citizenship, look. There is no legal mechanism for him to do it. The very fact that he is talking about it tells you, yet again, what he is. He’s an aspiring totalitarian who wants absolute power over people’s lives and to use it to reward friends and punish enemies. That’s really it.
July 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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May 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This little girl is not afraid of Dragon

You can find the Kaskaskia Dragon, named for the local hardware store, off of US Highway 40 in Vandalia, IL. If you get a token from the liquor store across the street you can make it breathe fire

#BlueSkyArtShow #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSilver
#roadtrip
May 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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May 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They can put up a fence, but that won’t keep me from seeing the clouds and the sky! Oh, or seeing those buildings over there, and a few trees. Also, the cloud might look like a thing, but that would be telling.
May 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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I mean, the warning wasn't wrong. #proofOfCat
May 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Carl Sagan on Astrology
May 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Introduced my neighbor to a saying from my late Irish grandmother for these light-drizzle days, “‘Tis a soft day, thanks be to God.”

(Remembering it being said in her thick brogue is mandatory for me)
April 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.

(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Historians of white supremacy passing the flame to historians of the Great Depression in the world's saddest Olympic torch relay.
April 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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US Education Department will fire 50% of its workforce.
March 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Nice showing from lots of folks at Philly’s Stand Up for Science rally. Seemed to be plenty of real scientists and researchers in the crowd (not just pedestrian science-appreciators like myself).
#standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM