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Artie Moffa
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Photography, poetry, humor, and a touch of economics now and then.
Bergen, #Norway (or the train line leading there from Oslo). Photographed October, 2023.

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 12mm F2. ƒ/5.6, 1/500sec @ ISO 200. Cropped in half from landscape into portrait.

Thank you for looking.

#photography #Bergen #camper #water #landscape #m43 #OMDigital
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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A roll of aluminum foil is maybe one of the most incredible things you will ever hold in your life. That was a creation for kings and you wrap it around food and throw it in the dumpster. You talk about planes as aluminum cans, as if both are not one of the most incredible creations in history.
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Amazing photograph. Can it really be 120 years old?
Edward Steichen :
The Flatiron, 1904, Manhattan, NY

gum-bichromate over platinum print
19 x 14.75 in | 48.3 x 37.5 cm
printed 1905
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The INSPIRE programme will be administered by the Higher Education Authority and Research Ireland and will be open for applications in the first quarter of 2026. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
€750 million investment package to transform Ireland’s research infrastructure
www.ucd.ie
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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What, don't Big Tech trials make everyone think about the rhetorical flexes of Thomas Paine?

open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...
Day 12: Turnabout is Fair Play
In closing arguments on remedies for Google's illegal adtech monopolies, each side claims their remedy proposal is more effective, cautious, simple, and trustworthy, while Judge Brinkema keeps her eye...
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Copenhagen as seen from the spiral steeple of Vor Frelsers Kirke.

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8. ƒ/3.5, 1/4000sec @ ISO 250.

Photographed March 2023. Thank you for looking.

#photography #denmark #churchofoursavior #vorfrelsers #skyline #m43
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Point Reyes Shipwreck is one of the most beautiful, haunting, and silly sites in all of California. It is a happenstance cathedral for photographers. Lovely shot, Jon!
Photography from California is a great way to decorate your walls and add interesting and unique textures to your space #galleries #contemporaryartist #buyart #artcurator #artgalleries #artconsultant #artcollection #artdealer #artbuyer buff.ly/43aNfdd
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Red Dahlias in Herbert Park, Dublin, Ireland.

#Pentax K-S2 with Lensbaby Twist 60 F2.4. ƒ/2.8, 1/180sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed October 2022. Thank you for looking.

#photography #lensbaby #twist60 #swirl #bokeh #ireland
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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💙💛 120 Laps of the Lake: Sending massive good luck to Tommy O’Brien, 4th year Veterinary Medicine student member, who is taking on an incredible 60km run, or 120 laps of the main lake, for Movember.
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Question for @marketplace.org : what % of the FOMC are renters? What % own multiple homes, mortgaged or outright?

Are we all overlooking the real economic story as we pore over the legal drama?

#FederalReserve
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Maybe we're ignoring the real issue: does it unnerve you that so many political appointees in the US own MULTIPLE HOUSES? Shouldn't roughly half of our policymakers be renters?

Imagine if every person in charge of setting transportation policy took a chauffeured car to work!
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How I feel about this photograph depends heavily on how I weight the #LeicaQ2 tag it bears vs the #Midjourney tag it also bears.

Anybody else feel these two ways?

Provenance is everything, these days.
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Three of the hardest working shipwrecks in #Galway Bay. It was a long shoot, several lens and lighting changes, and they never once complained.

#Pentax K-S2 with DA 15mm F4 Limited. ƒ/15, 1/100sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed in May, 2023.

#ireland #galwaybay #shipwreck #photography #seascape
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
2022: I am starting grad school in Ireland. ChatGPT hasn't launched. It strikes me as archaic that we sit our exams by scribbling into blue paper booklets.

2023: I am finishing grad school in Ireland. ChatGPT is everywhere. It strikes me as inevitable that we use blue paper booklets.
this is hilarious and miserable. just so tech bros can have their dystopia moment, students have to lose all accessibility provided by remote technology and we the professors lose the flexibility and convenience. but progress, amirite?!
For the moment, there is no alternative.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is not paid ad for CVS, but they are running a sale (USA) of $5 for a 16"x 20" "repositionable poster."

I had some of these printed a few weeks ago. Quality is B+, and the sticky backing is like a Post-it note. Nice wall decor for $5.

💡 ANYTHING is a JPG if you save as .jpg

#photography
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people.

As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Martello Tower on Dalkey Island as seen from a ruined fortification.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA L 18–50mm F4–5.6. ƒ/11, 1/180sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed July 2023. Thank you for looking.

#kitlens #Ireland #dalkey #napoleon
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This color palette is perfect. Really complex and engaging macro shot.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is a lovely shot. Just the right defocus allowing the background to "lurk" behind the droplets. Joey Terrill @joeyterrill.bsky.social does a lot of amazing water drop photography along these lines. Would love to see more!
For today’s
#BlueSkyArtShow I’m going with hundreds of #small Rubik’s cubes #Photography
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I bought this souvenir of the Jefferson Memorial for $5 from a street vendor. What do you think?

#Pentax K-S2 with #Lensbaby Twist-60 and +2 diopter #macro filter.

#photography #BlueSkyArtShow #small #washingtondc
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fun with long exposure. J-Church MUNI line, Church Street & 15th Street, San Francisco.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 15mm F4 Limited lens. ƒ/9.5, 2sec @ ISO 400.

Photographed June 2022. Thank you for looking.

#photography #longexposure #starburst #transit #bluehour
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Unlike “followers” (for example, bison calves), deer fawns are “hiders,” staying put until strong enough to run. Mothers may leave them for up to 12 hours while foraging, returning periodically to nurse. #BlueskyArtShow #Small #Deer #GrandCanyon #Fawn #Hider #Photos #AnimalPhotography #Photography
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I know, I KNOW. Trust me, I know.

But still, at first glance…you know?
Slack chat with deceased coworkers
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM