Stephen
@stezyp.bsky.social
GROUND ZERO
What difference does it make.
Questing for the remarkable.
Trekked many lands.
Sailed every ocean.
What difference does it make.
Questing for the remarkable.
Trekked many lands.
Sailed every ocean.
Hatred is active dislike and envy passive. There is but one oblivious step from envy to hate.
-Goethe [paraphrased]
-Goethe [paraphrased]
October 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Hatred is active dislike and envy passive. There is but one oblivious step from envy to hate.
-Goethe [paraphrased]
-Goethe [paraphrased]
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
—Rene Descartes
—Rene Descartes
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.
—Rene Descartes
—Rene Descartes
This red tailed hawk is perched a few yards from me scoping out the critters.
September 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This red tailed hawk is perched a few yards from me scoping out the critters.
There’s an extraordinary conjunction in tomorrow’s early morning sky – a tight grouping of the Moon, the planet Venus, & the star Regulus. Binoculars would enhance the experience significantly.
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There’s an extraordinary conjunction in tomorrow’s early morning sky – a tight grouping of the Moon, the planet Venus, & the star Regulus. Binoculars would enhance the experience significantly.
With viewpoints slain by
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
With viewpoints slain by
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
state-enforced anathema:
First Amendment, poof!
It's be exhilarating to munch on those berries while standing on this bridge!
September 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's be exhilarating to munch on those berries while standing on this bridge!
Just sighted first my 1st butterfly of the season thru kitchen blinds, a Black Swallowtail.
September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just sighted first my 1st butterfly of the season thru kitchen blinds, a Black Swallowtail.
Reminds me of this photo I took of my wife at Port Aransas, Texas
September 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Reminds me of this photo I took of my wife at Port Aransas, Texas
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
-Will Rogers
-Will Rogers
August 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
-Will Rogers
-Will Rogers
Samsung Galaxy Tab is far superior to an iPad for multitasking. This gif has Messages, MyRadar & GoogleTV apps running flawlessly in real time. Could've been any apps. Setup & manipulation is also simple & intuitive... It just works!
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
July 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Samsung Galaxy Tab is far superior to an iPad for multitasking. This gif has Messages, MyRadar & GoogleTV apps running flawlessly in real time. Could've been any apps. Setup & manipulation is also simple & intuitive... It just works!
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
#galaxy #samsung #Apple #multitasking #ipad
100 year old Sears Craftsman electrician’s ripping hammer. Four generations of use & as good a new.
July 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
100 year old Sears Craftsman electrician’s ripping hammer. Four generations of use & as good a new.
Time for photojournalists (& citizens) to upgrade their camera hardware to infrared (IR) capable.
Every iphone employs IR for facial recognition & they work when the user is masked but Apple locks down IR camera access. IR accessories are widely available.
images.app.goo.gl/V7vTWAdej9YC...
Every iphone employs IR for facial recognition & they work when the user is masked but Apple locks down IR camera access. IR accessories are widely available.
images.app.goo.gl/V7vTWAdej9YC...
July 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Time for photojournalists (& citizens) to upgrade their camera hardware to infrared (IR) capable.
Every iphone employs IR for facial recognition & they work when the user is masked but Apple locks down IR camera access. IR accessories are widely available.
images.app.goo.gl/V7vTWAdej9YC...
Every iphone employs IR for facial recognition & they work when the user is masked but Apple locks down IR camera access. IR accessories are widely available.
images.app.goo.gl/V7vTWAdej9YC...
Do emotions such as joy imply animal consciousness?
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
June 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Do emotions such as joy imply animal consciousness?
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
I suspect so.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
#scientificamerican
#psychology
#philosophy
#animals
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.
- MLK
- MLK
June 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy.
- MLK
- MLK
The more you can increase fear of drugs, crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.
- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky
June 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The more you can increase fear of drugs, crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.
- Noam Chomsky
- Noam Chomsky
6 mistakes mankind keeps making:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
May 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
6 mistakes mankind keeps making:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others
Worrying about things
Insisting things are impossible
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences
Neglecting development/refinement of the mind
Compelling others to believe & live as we do.
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
May 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
As was this. Traffic was impeded for nearly an hour as the Anas of the dabbling ducks enacted their Kama Sutra.
May 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
As was this. Traffic was impeded for nearly an hour as the Anas of the dabbling ducks enacted their Kama Sutra.
Where there is mind, there is always a solution.
- David Brin
- David Brin
May 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Where there is mind, there is always a solution.
- David Brin
- David Brin
He who has had, has been, but he who hasn't been, has been had.
May 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
He who has had, has been, but he who hasn't been, has been had.
Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
-Voltaire
-Voltaire
May 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
-Voltaire
-Voltaire
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.
April 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.
I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls . . . There must be decency and respect.
- John Adams
- John Adams
April 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls . . . There must be decency and respect.
- John Adams
- John Adams