Thoeni
@thoeni.bsky.social
Retired research librarian. Internationalist. Independent. Idealist. Idealogue. Writer. Artist. I take photos too.
All photos are my own except for re-posts. No reuse unless authorized by me.
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All photos are my own except for re-posts. No reuse unless authorized by me.
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PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyPhotographers
#Framing #Threshold #CartierBresson #ArchitecturalPhotography
“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I was seeking the perfect alignment of the door and shadow. Every path leads to a story.
#BlueSkyPhotographers
#Framing #Threshold #CartierBresson #ArchitecturalPhotography
“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I was seeking the perfect alignment of the door and shadow. Every path leads to a story.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
#EastCoastKin
#BlueSkyPhotographers
#Framing #Threshold #CartierBresson #ArchitecturalPhotography
“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I was seeking the perfect alignment of the door and shadow. Every path leads to a story.
#BlueSkyPhotographers
#Framing #Threshold #CartierBresson #ArchitecturalPhotography
“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.” — Henri Cartier-Bresson
I was seeking the perfect alignment of the door and shadow. Every path leads to a story.
#EastCoastKin
#VaclavHavel #LiveInTruth #BareBranches #Propaganda
#Nature
#NaturePhotography#PhotographersofBlueSky
#Silhouettes #SamizdatSpirit
“The truth is not out there, but in here, in the heart.” — Václav Havel
#VaclavHavel #LiveInTruth #BareBranches #Propaganda
#Nature
#NaturePhotography#PhotographersofBlueSky
#Silhouettes #SamizdatSpirit
“The truth is not out there, but in here, in the heart.” — Václav Havel
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
#EastCoastKin
#VaclavHavel #LiveInTruth #BareBranches #Propaganda
#Nature
#NaturePhotography#PhotographersofBlueSky
#Silhouettes #SamizdatSpirit
“The truth is not out there, but in here, in the heart.” — Václav Havel
#VaclavHavel #LiveInTruth #BareBranches #Propaganda
#Nature
#NaturePhotography#PhotographersofBlueSky
#Silhouettes #SamizdatSpirit
“The truth is not out there, but in here, in the heart.” — Václav Havel
#EastCoastKin #YellowThursday #NaturePhotography #Trees #FallColors #AutumnVibes #YellowLeaves #AutumnTree #GoldenHour #Composition #Photography
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#ColorPop #LandscapePhotography #SugarMaple
"So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."
-Robert Frost
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#ColorPop #LandscapePhotography #SugarMaple
"So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."
-Robert Frost
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#EastCoastKin #YellowThursday #NaturePhotography #Trees #FallColors #AutumnVibes #YellowLeaves #AutumnTree #GoldenHour #Composition #Photography
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#ColorPop #LandscapePhotography #SugarMaple
"So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."
-Robert Frost
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#ColorPop #LandscapePhotography #SugarMaple
"So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."
-Robert Frost
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So I clearly love tech that’s very tactile and moves. A lot of my inspiration comes from acounts who share obscure examples but my real ref search is video examples. This stuff is built to be handled, you need to see how it’s ment to be held and how the light reacts. #reference
The best technologies of the 2000s.#retro#TechNostalgia #VintageTech #nostalgia
YouTube video by Retro Mobile
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
So I clearly love tech that’s very tactile and moves. A lot of my inspiration comes from acounts who share obscure examples but my real ref search is video examples. This stuff is built to be handled, you need to see how it’s ment to be held and how the light reacts. #reference
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Congress is playing politics with people's lives. These are the very people that Congress supposedly works for. Tell your Congresspersons to stop playing games and extend the damn ACA tax credits
#HealthCare #BlueCrew
Congress is playing politics with people's lives. These are the very people that Congress supposedly works for. Tell your Congresspersons to stop playing games and extend the damn ACA tax credits
#HealthCare #BlueCrew
Those Obamacare Subsidies Aren’t Going to Extend Themselves
Unfortunately, lawmakers probably won’t end up extending them, either.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Congress is playing politics with people's lives. These are the very people that Congress supposedly works for. Tell your Congresspersons to stop playing games and extend the damn ACA tax credits
#HealthCare #BlueCrew
Congress is playing politics with people's lives. These are the very people that Congress supposedly works for. Tell your Congresspersons to stop playing games and extend the damn ACA tax credits
#HealthCare #BlueCrew
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Meet The Class Of 2026: 600 innovators reshaping the future of 20 industries—and the world
Explore The Forbes 30 Under 30 2026
Meet The Class Of 2026: 600 Go-getters Across 20 Industries-and A Sneak Peek Into Things To Come.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Meet The Class Of 2026: 600 innovators reshaping the future of 20 industries—and the world
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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The strongest never skips training!
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The strongest never skips training!
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I am confident that Tennessee Republicans will get exactly what they voted for... what a fucking disappointment.
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I am confident that Tennessee Republicans will get exactly what they voted for... what a fucking disappointment.
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Going from -22 to -9 is they don't realize the powerful message they just sent. There are THOUSANDS of voters in TN who probably stayed home bc they thought it was impossible.
Now they're at home thinking, "Wow, I'm going to vote in the next election because we can win."
#TOGETHER
Now they're at home thinking, "Wow, I'm going to vote in the next election because we can win."
#TOGETHER
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Going from -22 to -9 is they don't realize the powerful message they just sent. There are THOUSANDS of voters in TN who probably stayed home bc they thought it was impossible.
Now they're at home thinking, "Wow, I'm going to vote in the next election because we can win."
#TOGETHER
Now they're at home thinking, "Wow, I'm going to vote in the next election because we can win."
#TOGETHER
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
#EastCoastKin
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#December
#Roses
#naturephotography
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December".
Origin: J.M. Barrie, though he attributed it to someone else.
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#December
#Roses
#naturephotography
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December".
Origin: J.M. Barrie, though he attributed it to someone else.
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#EastCoastKin
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#December
#Roses
#naturephotography
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December".
Origin: J.M. Barrie, though he attributed it to someone else.
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#December
#Roses
#naturephotography
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December".
Origin: J.M. Barrie, though he attributed it to someone else.
#EastCoastKin
#flowers
#RedWed
#Bloomscrolling
#PhotographersofBluesky
#BlueSkyPhotography
This was an incredible amaryllis. It bloomed for me for two beautiful Christmas seasons. But, the third year, it didn’t rejuvenate. I was saddened. But I’ll purchase one this year and try to be more careful.
#flowers
#RedWed
#Bloomscrolling
#PhotographersofBluesky
#BlueSkyPhotography
This was an incredible amaryllis. It bloomed for me for two beautiful Christmas seasons. But, the third year, it didn’t rejuvenate. I was saddened. But I’ll purchase one this year and try to be more careful.
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#EastCoastKin
#flowers
#RedWed
#Bloomscrolling
#PhotographersofBluesky
#BlueSkyPhotography
This was an incredible amaryllis. It bloomed for me for two beautiful Christmas seasons. But, the third year, it didn’t rejuvenate. I was saddened. But I’ll purchase one this year and try to be more careful.
#flowers
#RedWed
#Bloomscrolling
#PhotographersofBluesky
#BlueSkyPhotography
This was an incredible amaryllis. It bloomed for me for two beautiful Christmas seasons. But, the third year, it didn’t rejuvenate. I was saddened. But I’ll purchase one this year and try to be more careful.
#EastCoastKin
#RedWed
#naturephotography
#Autumn
#nature
“An empty tree swing is never empty. Forever moments are swinging there. Back and forth through the past, present, and future. Memories full of smiles, kisses, laughter, and tears swing there….“
-Rob Peritz
A Swing of Beauty
#RedWed
#naturephotography
#Autumn
#nature
“An empty tree swing is never empty. Forever moments are swinging there. Back and forth through the past, present, and future. Memories full of smiles, kisses, laughter, and tears swing there….“
-Rob Peritz
A Swing of Beauty
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#EastCoastKin
#RedWed
#naturephotography
#Autumn
#nature
“An empty tree swing is never empty. Forever moments are swinging there. Back and forth through the past, present, and future. Memories full of smiles, kisses, laughter, and tears swing there….“
-Rob Peritz
A Swing of Beauty
#RedWed
#naturephotography
#Autumn
#nature
“An empty tree swing is never empty. Forever moments are swinging there. Back and forth through the past, present, and future. Memories full of smiles, kisses, laughter, and tears swing there….“
-Rob Peritz
A Swing of Beauty
#EastCoastkin
#Autumn
#naturephotography #photography #floral
Mid summer, this mermaid was surrounded by darling zinnias of all colors with daisies…bees and butterflies. Now, her garden stripped she braces herself for winter.
#Autumn
#naturephotography #photography #floral
Mid summer, this mermaid was surrounded by darling zinnias of all colors with daisies…bees and butterflies. Now, her garden stripped she braces herself for winter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#EastCoastkin
#Autumn
#naturephotography #photography #floral
Mid summer, this mermaid was surrounded by darling zinnias of all colors with daisies…bees and butterflies. Now, her garden stripped she braces herself for winter.
#Autumn
#naturephotography #photography #floral
Mid summer, this mermaid was surrounded by darling zinnias of all colors with daisies…bees and butterflies. Now, her garden stripped she braces herself for winter.
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25th Amendment now.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
25th Amendment now.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Trump is unfit for office. This is an example of his cabine-nap meeting.
Sleepy Joe Biden was never this bad. Ever.
25th Amendment time.
Yes, I know that would put Vance in office. But Vance will never survive maga backlash. They aren't going to follow Vance no matter what he does.
#TrumpUnfit
Sleepy Joe Biden was never this bad. Ever.
25th Amendment time.
Yes, I know that would put Vance in office. But Vance will never survive maga backlash. They aren't going to follow Vance no matter what he does.
#TrumpUnfit
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December 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Trump is unfit for office. This is an example of his cabine-nap meeting.
Sleepy Joe Biden was never this bad. Ever.
25th Amendment time.
Yes, I know that would put Vance in office. But Vance will never survive maga backlash. They aren't going to follow Vance no matter what he does.
#TrumpUnfit
Sleepy Joe Biden was never this bad. Ever.
25th Amendment time.
Yes, I know that would put Vance in office. But Vance will never survive maga backlash. They aren't going to follow Vance no matter what he does.
#TrumpUnfit
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Hundreds of millions. Wow, that's a lot. That's more than have died in every single war combined in the entire world since 1900.
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hundreds of millions. Wow, that's a lot. That's more than have died in every single war combined in the entire world since 1900.
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Esta gráfica que muestra una meseta de varios años en el uso de combustibles fósiles y el aumento disparado de la electrificación es una de las más importantes de nuestra década.
China es el mayor emisor de CO2 y el país que más está haciendo por reducir.
Vamos lentos, pero vamos.
China es el mayor emisor de CO2 y el país que más está haciendo por reducir.
Vamos lentos, pero vamos.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Esta gráfica que muestra una meseta de varios años en el uso de combustibles fósiles y el aumento disparado de la electrificación es una de las más importantes de nuestra década.
China es el mayor emisor de CO2 y el país que más está haciendo por reducir.
Vamos lentos, pero vamos.
China es el mayor emisor de CO2 y el país que más está haciendo por reducir.
Vamos lentos, pero vamos.
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Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Starbucks to Pay $39 Million in Landmark N.Y.C. Labor Law Settlement
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without ‘just cause or a legitimate business reason’." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...