Troy Neuenburg
@neutroy.bsky.social
traveler, guide, lifelong learner, slow cyclist, tedx alum
Dispatch from Martha's Vineyard:
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."
-William Butler Yeats
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."
-William Butler Yeats
August 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Dispatch from Martha's Vineyard:
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."
-William Butler Yeats
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met."
-William Butler Yeats
Dispatch from Martha's Vineyard:
I rode on two wheels to see a plane with two wings while wearing a pith helmet.
I rode on two wheels to see a plane with two wings while wearing a pith helmet.
July 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Dispatch from Martha's Vineyard:
I rode on two wheels to see a plane with two wings while wearing a pith helmet.
I rode on two wheels to see a plane with two wings while wearing a pith helmet.
I grew up in a very conservative Christian community.
In the 80's they taught us kids Ozzy was satanic and Jimmy Swaggart was godly.
How far I've come.
In the 80's they taught us kids Ozzy was satanic and Jimmy Swaggart was godly.
How far I've come.
July 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I grew up in a very conservative Christian community.
In the 80's they taught us kids Ozzy was satanic and Jimmy Swaggart was godly.
How far I've come.
In the 80's they taught us kids Ozzy was satanic and Jimmy Swaggart was godly.
How far I've come.
Apparently, Trump is branching out into a jewelry line.
The first product is a MAGA canklet.
By draping your cankles with the shiny golden MAGA canklets you are sure to distract attention away from your feet of clay.
The first product is a MAGA canklet.
By draping your cankles with the shiny golden MAGA canklets you are sure to distract attention away from your feet of clay.
July 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Apparently, Trump is branching out into a jewelry line.
The first product is a MAGA canklet.
By draping your cankles with the shiny golden MAGA canklets you are sure to distract attention away from your feet of clay.
The first product is a MAGA canklet.
By draping your cankles with the shiny golden MAGA canklets you are sure to distract attention away from your feet of clay.
Apparently, Make America Great Again, is nostalgia for the old Trump/Epstein party days.
July 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Apparently, Make America Great Again, is nostalgia for the old Trump/Epstein party days.
Don't rebuild campgrounds in flash flood zones.
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Don't rebuild campgrounds in flash flood zones.
Don't build campgrounds in flood zones.
Camp Mystic was built in highest-risk flood zone, analysis shows
Camp Mystic, Heart O’ the Hills and several other Kerr County camps hit by last weekend’s deadly floods sit partially in floodways and foodplains deemed “extremely hazardous” by officials.
www.houstonchronicle.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Don't build campgrounds in flood zones.
All the alarms in the world won't protect campers in a known flash flood zone.
Flash flood zones shouldn't be campgrounds.
Flash flood zones shouldn't be campgrounds.
July 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
All the alarms in the world won't protect campers in a known flash flood zone.
Flash flood zones shouldn't be campgrounds.
Flash flood zones shouldn't be campgrounds.
The book deals with the aftermath of disasters, challenging the traditional narrative of chaos and mass panic with evidence that people typically respond to disaster with altruism, solidarity, and mutual aid.
July 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The book deals with the aftermath of disasters, challenging the traditional narrative of chaos and mass panic with evidence that people typically respond to disaster with altruism, solidarity, and mutual aid.
If you are watching the flood disaster around Kerrville, TX and would like to be part of the response in your community if and when tragedy strikes, get free training from your local CERT group.
CERT training equips you to be part of rescue and recovery solutions and not a liability or hindrance.
CERT training equips you to be part of rescue and recovery solutions and not a liability or hindrance.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may occur where they live.
www.fema.gov
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you are watching the flood disaster around Kerrville, TX and would like to be part of the response in your community if and when tragedy strikes, get free training from your local CERT group.
CERT training equips you to be part of rescue and recovery solutions and not a liability or hindrance.
CERT training equips you to be part of rescue and recovery solutions and not a liability or hindrance.
Taking part in a little freedom of speech with my new Ukrainian friends.
Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini!
March 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Taking part in a little freedom of speech with my new Ukrainian friends.
Slava Ukraini!
Slava Ukraini!
"Raise your words, not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers (friendships, alliances, peace, prosperity), not thunder."
-Rumi
It is rain that grows flowers (friendships, alliances, peace, prosperity), not thunder."
-Rumi
March 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Raise your words, not voice.
It is rain that grows flowers (friendships, alliances, peace, prosperity), not thunder."
-Rumi
It is rain that grows flowers (friendships, alliances, peace, prosperity), not thunder."
-Rumi
"International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political."
Happy International Women's Day.
Happy International Women's Day.
March 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political."
Happy International Women's Day.
Happy International Women's Day.
"'Many of us...have a feeling that we are living in a country where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand."
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933
February 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"'Many of us...have a feeling that we are living in a country where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand."
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933
British Ambassador to Berlin, 1933
"For fifteen years the writer Varlam Shalamov was imprisoned in the Gulag for participating in “counter-revolutionary Trotskyist activities.” He endured six of those years enslaved in the gold mines of Kolyma, one of the coldest and most hostile places on earth. While he was awaiting sentencing..."
Forty-Five Things I Learned in the Gulag
Varlam Shalamov claimed not to have learned anything from the Gulag except how to wheel a loaded barrow. But one of his fragmentary writings, dated 1961, tells us more.
www.theparisreview.org
February 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"For fifteen years the writer Varlam Shalamov was imprisoned in the Gulag for participating in “counter-revolutionary Trotskyist activities.” He endured six of those years enslaved in the gold mines of Kolyma, one of the coldest and most hostile places on earth. While he was awaiting sentencing..."
"The President’s authority to deploy the U.S. military on domestic soil is explored in this genre defying film about a role-play exercise involving former elected officials and senior military officers, highlighting the risks of unrestrained executive power."
War Game | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Submarine Entertainment
youtu.be
February 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"The President’s authority to deploy the U.S. military on domestic soil is explored in this genre defying film about a role-play exercise involving former elected officials and senior military officers, highlighting the risks of unrestrained executive power."
Finding beauty in things that don't seek attention.
December 14, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Finding beauty in things that don't seek attention.
These are the good old days.
December 10, 2024 at 11:28 PM
These are the good old days.
The new American divide is "Let them eat cake." vs "Eat the rich."
December 6, 2024 at 12:32 PM
The new American divide is "Let them eat cake." vs "Eat the rich."