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· Nov 17
Good morning. I aim to regularly share a photo either recently made or from cutting room floor.
From my recent trip researching #bogs in Ireland (I #AmWriting about bogs, #IronAge Bog People, death, photography and preservation for my current MFA):
Here are some magnificent, 200+ year old beeches.
From my recent trip researching #bogs in Ireland (I #AmWriting about bogs, #IronAge Bog People, death, photography and preservation for my current MFA):
Here are some magnificent, 200+ year old beeches.
I'm no fan of Musk, but unsure why (white) folks forget how outrageous Oates' tweets/comments have been on social media. We might all agree Musk is justifiably condemned w/o praising folks like they're sudden saints/heroes for condemning racist fascists. (Oates has been accused of racism herself.)
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'm no fan of Musk, but unsure why (white) folks forget how outrageous Oates' tweets/comments have been on social media. We might all agree Musk is justifiably condemned w/o praising folks like they're sudden saints/heroes for condemning racist fascists. (Oates has been accused of racism herself.)
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Still true
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Still true
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
Photo credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (AFP via Getty). Caption filed: "Trump looks on after a man fainted during an announcement in the Oval Office." Phrase 'looks on' doing a lot of work here. Collapsed man a symbol for America. Trump's blatant disregard all too telling. This is #photojournalism.
The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough.
25/47
25/47
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Photo credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (AFP via Getty). Caption filed: "Trump looks on after a man fainted during an announcement in the Oval Office." Phrase 'looks on' doing a lot of work here. Collapsed man a symbol for America. Trump's blatant disregard all too telling. This is #photojournalism.
November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I love this. Their glowing eyes. Their gathering spot. And the phrase, 'popcorn popping sky.'
I turned a corner and, mesmerised by my torch beam, they were motionless for long enough to take a photo. Then they ran towards the popcorn popping sky over the hill (a village firework display). Their ember eyes and the way they’ve gathered under the pole make them seem a little alien.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I love this. Their glowing eyes. Their gathering spot. And the phrase, 'popcorn popping sky.'
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"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
“Normal." “Here, (in Norway) taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
True in most of Europe, especially Nordic countries
Let's hope...
By grounding climate action in the everyday math of household energy bills, Democrats may have finally found a way to make climate policy feel less abstract — and more like a winning issue.
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4677...
Clean energy could become a huge political winner
Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races — and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Let's hope...
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I wonder if they saw that coming
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I wonder if they saw that coming
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This is fascism.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is fascism.
Awaiting day when Trump and everyone directly involved in causing these deaths by shutting down U.S.A.I.D. (and so many other deaths) when he and his principal cronies are arrested and charged and must stand trial for Crimes Against Humanity. #ImpeachTrump
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Awaiting day when Trump and everyone directly involved in causing these deaths by shutting down U.S.A.I.D. (and so many other deaths) when he and his principal cronies are arrested and charged and must stand trial for Crimes Against Humanity. #ImpeachTrump
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Nova Scotia Liberals urge government to prevent HRM infant feeding clinic closure
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
Nova Scotia Liberals urge government to prevent HRM infant feeding clinic closure - Halifax Examiner
“The government should be strengthening this kind of community support, not taking it away,” Iain Rankin said.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Nova Scotia Liberals urge government to prevent HRM infant feeding clinic closure
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
reported by @mmughees.bsky.social
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“We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves.”
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And right on cue, here come all the Media Think Pieces on why actually we are all bad and stupid to even hope for a better, kinder world.
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
And right on cue, here come all the Media Think Pieces on why actually we are all bad and stupid to even hope for a better, kinder world.
You had me at "the fall of tyrants..."
Happy Supermoon, tonight. 🦊
Happy Supermoon, tonight. 🦊
A fox jumping over a tomb, jumping over the moon.
If you are lucky enough to witness such an event, you may choose to whisper important news to the fox:
the passing of a loved one, the birth of a child, the fall of tyrants.
The news will be passed on to the clan
#FullMoon #FoxMoon #SuperMoon🦊🐾🌕
If you are lucky enough to witness such an event, you may choose to whisper important news to the fox:
the passing of a loved one, the birth of a child, the fall of tyrants.
The news will be passed on to the clan
#FullMoon #FoxMoon #SuperMoon🦊🐾🌕
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You had me at "the fall of tyrants..."
Happy Supermoon, tonight. 🦊
Happy Supermoon, tonight. 🦊
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Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
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Requiring cyclists to come to a full stop at stop signs just slows drivers down. I know because I, the canonical rule follower, come to a full stop, and then I have to slowly accelerate when it's my turn. Same with making cyclists dismount to cross the crosswalk - much slower than riding across.
"it’s important to remember that cars are the main structural hazard on our roads" - not people on bikes slowly rolling through stop signs. #roadsafety
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Requiring cyclists to come to a full stop at stop signs just slows drivers down. I know because I, the canonical rule follower, come to a full stop, and then I have to slowly accelerate when it's my turn. Same with making cyclists dismount to cross the crosswalk - much slower than riding across.
Thoughts of a dear nephew in Japan and loving all these designs. (Cc'ing you, @wayneford.co.uk!) ✨
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thoughts of a dear nephew in Japan and loving all these designs. (Cc'ing you, @wayneford.co.uk!) ✨
A universal truth acknowledged...
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A universal truth acknowledged...
Snorted aloud at the wishful thinking in this headline...
Moderate governors offer a better model than a charming socialist in New York
Democrats risk drawing the wrong lessons from one good day
Moderate governors offer a better model than a charming socialist in New York
econ.st
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Snorted aloud at the wishful thinking in this headline...
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Just saw the film adaptation of that genius Helen Macdonald's 'H is for Hawk' starring Brendan Gleeson and Clare Foy might release in theatres where I live as a wee gift for me for my January birthday. Thank you, Cosmos.
If you haven't yet read the book: fly. Fly and hunt your own copy down now!
If you haven't yet read the book: fly. Fly and hunt your own copy down now!
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Just saw the film adaptation of that genius Helen Macdonald's 'H is for Hawk' starring Brendan Gleeson and Clare Foy might release in theatres where I live as a wee gift for me for my January birthday. Thank you, Cosmos.
If you haven't yet read the book: fly. Fly and hunt your own copy down now!
If you haven't yet read the book: fly. Fly and hunt your own copy down now!
Good day to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani! ✨
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Good day to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani! ✨
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free buses with nobody under them!
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
free buses with nobody under them!
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!