Val Schaffner
@valschaf.bsky.social
Reader and traveler, occasional author, father of three and friend of cats.
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Flags at construction site: Join, or Die; Don’t Tread on Me; and the one we still share
November 28, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Flags at construction site: Join, or Die; Don’t Tread on Me; and the one we still share
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Betteridge's Law*, chapter four million.
( *"If a headline asks a question, the answer is No.")
( *"If a headline asks a question, the answer is No.")
November 26, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Betteridge's Law*, chapter four million.
( *"If a headline asks a question, the answer is No.")
( *"If a headline asks a question, the answer is No.")
For those who remember Luis Bunuel’s savagely surreal movie “The Exterminating Angel,” or the recent opera by Thomas Ades based on it, Elon Musk’s seeming inability to depart the premises of Mar-a-Lago may strike a chord.
November 25, 2024 at 3:21 AM
For those who remember Luis Bunuel’s savagely surreal movie “The Exterminating Angel,” or the recent opera by Thomas Ades based on it, Elon Musk’s seeming inability to depart the premises of Mar-a-Lago may strike a chord.
winter is coming and we shall stare it down
November 23, 2024 at 11:52 PM
winter is coming and we shall stare it down
Central Park and Trump Tower
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Central Park and Trump Tower
Evening at Sagg Swamp, eastern Long Island, November 4, 2024
November 13, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Evening at Sagg Swamp, eastern Long Island, November 4, 2024
Experimenting a little with DALL-E last night, I requested a portrait of an alligator dressed as a pope, seated in a throne, in the style of Giovanni Bellini.
May 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Experimenting a little with DALL-E last night, I requested a portrait of an alligator dressed as a pope, seated in a throne, in the style of Giovanni Bellini.
In the Secret Garden, Seoul
November 22, 2023 at 5:28 AM
In the Secret Garden, Seoul
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T Friedman is doing what he can to get this message across.
I am glad he is doing it this starkly.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/o...
I am glad he is doing it this starkly.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/o...
October 22, 2023 at 2:18 PM
T Friedman is doing what he can to get this message across.
I am glad he is doing it this starkly.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/o...
I am glad he is doing it this starkly.
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/o...
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It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)
August 20, 2023 at 1:55 AM
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
(1/n)