Tarax
@tarax2.bsky.social
Los Angeles. Translator. A little bit about a lot of things 🇬🇦👨🏼🤝👨🏻🐾🥃📚🌵🌇🇮🇹🏡🛫
The new Pride Monument in Palm Springs. Will likely (and rightly) be featured in a million posts going forward…
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The new Pride Monument in Palm Springs. Will likely (and rightly) be featured in a million posts going forward…
Come on, California, let’s do this!
#yesonprop50
#yesonprop50
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Come on, California, let’s do this!
#yesonprop50
#yesonprop50
43rd anniversary date in Hermosa Beach, where we lived from ‘84 to ‘87.
September 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
43rd anniversary date in Hermosa Beach, where we lived from ‘84 to ‘87.
Pride Saturday in San Diego
July 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Pride Saturday in San Diego
A playlist featuring soft jazz and Satie turned out to be a winner for keeping the dogs calm during the fireworks last night.
July 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A playlist featuring soft jazz and Satie turned out to be a winner for keeping the dogs calm during the fireworks last night.
It’s a particularly doomy day for doomscrolling. :/
June 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s a particularly doomy day for doomscrolling. :/
Pride post of the day. Hillcrest, San Diego
June 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Pride post of the day. Hillcrest, San Diego
Pride post of the day (after missing a few). Hillcrest, San Diego.
June 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Pride post of the day (after missing a few). Hillcrest, San Diego.
People walking dogs and eating outside in Downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. Spare me the talk of an invasion that requires Marines.
June 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
People walking dogs and eating outside in Downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. Spare me the talk of an invasion that requires Marines.
Pride post of the day Recently picked up this autobiographical novel
(1962) at a used book store.
Exceptional writing.(Reposted to fix a link error)
(1962) at a used book store.
Exceptional writing.(Reposted to fix a link error)
June 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Pride post of the day Recently picked up this autobiographical novel
(1962) at a used book store.
Exceptional writing.(Reposted to fix a link error)
(1962) at a used book store.
Exceptional writing.(Reposted to fix a link error)
Pride post of the day: the wedding rings we wore from 1986 to 2008 (when we got new ones to mark our legal marriage). These, of course, are still very special to us, as they accompanied us on
so much of our time together. (And yes, we do sometimes still wear them.)
so much of our time together. (And yes, we do sometimes still wear them.)
June 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Pride post of the day: the wedding rings we wore from 1986 to 2008 (when we got new ones to mark our legal marriage). These, of course, are still very special to us, as they accompanied us on
so much of our time together. (And yes, we do sometimes still wear them.)
so much of our time together. (And yes, we do sometimes still wear them.)
Today, tying Throwback Thursday, Pride Month, and World Pride together, I’ll pull this one from the vault. On the mall after the March on Washington, 4/25/93:
June 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Today, tying Throwback Thursday, Pride Month, and World Pride together, I’ll pull this one from the vault. On the mall after the March on Washington, 4/25/93:
Forgot to do a Pride post yesterday!
June 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Forgot to do a Pride post yesterday!
Another sign I’m as gay as it gets.
June 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Another sign I’m as gay as it gets.
Pride season #43 in a series.
June 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Pride season #43 in a series.
Pride post of the day for Pride month. (Starting a day early, but hey, June doesn’t have a 31st.)
May 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Pride post of the day for Pride month. (Starting a day early, but hey, June doesn’t have a 31st.)
A far superior Kennedy for 2025. At least this one is worth something.
May 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A far superior Kennedy for 2025. At least this one is worth something.
One last camellia on the newest bush.
May 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
One last camellia on the newest bush.
Always a favorite shot at the Los Angeles Public Library
May 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Always a favorite shot at the Los Angeles Public Library
Learned today that the publisher of a book I translated has featured it (and a very positive endorsement) in one of their ads in the Times Literary Supplement. An uplifting surprise, to be sure.
April 16, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Learned today that the publisher of a book I translated has featured it (and a very positive endorsement) in one of their ads in the Times Literary Supplement. An uplifting surprise, to be sure.
“Declared an economic emergency” is the way he and his followers put it. “Seized dictatorial economic power” is more accurate.
April 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“Declared an economic emergency” is the way he and his followers put it. “Seized dictatorial economic power” is more accurate.