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Vintage HiFi; classical music; photography; dogs; anti-religion; if you don't have a sense of humour, it's best to find one before following me. If you are a Trump supporter, please go somewhere else. Not interested in cryptocurrencies.
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Sebastião Salgado, legendary Brazilian photographer documented the lives of ordinary people and creatures throughout the world. His stunning black & white photographs have been presented throughout the world & in numerous books & museums. He was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He died May 23

Without a Doubt...

Taggart Creek, Grand Teton National Park. November, 2021. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR 🎞 55 mm – 2″ – f/5.6 – ISO 400 🏷️ #Photography #NationalParks

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country

A Minnesota state representative and her husband were just shot and killed, and a state senator and his wife were shot and wounded in an "act of targeted political violence" and what is the violence-stoking so-called “president” focused on? A fucking vanity parade.

A woman is hospitalized and receives staples in her head after LAPD trampled her with their horses. LAPD also impeded her receiving medical attention.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."  -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

It is literally going to take smoke rising from the stacks of giant ovens in concentration camps for some people to realize things have gone awry, but even then many won't care, or think "well, they probably deserved it."

Unsung hero of WWII

Spreading kindness like confetti

ICE TRIED TO ROLL OUT IN Manhattan-New Yorkers said "NAH" AND SENT THEM BACK INSIDE!!

I recently gave my first major political speech of this campaign season to retire Lauren Boebert. Like, share, follow, pitch in if you can. LET'S GO!!

I am ashamed of this country. We are supposed to be a melting pot of cultures. Celebrating eachother and our differences. I am sick to my stomach.

Under the proposed White House budget, the NASA Space Grant program would be eliminated. I was a NASA Space Grant recipient during my Masters—it funded my research on water on Mars. I then went on to work in science & mission ops on multiple NASA Mars missions immediately after graduation. (1/2)

Was very excited as a comic creator to learn about the card-based origins of the word Cartoon from @jesszafarris.bsky.social and @robwords.bsky.social on Words Unraveled, today - especially as it is in fact Bristol Board I draw on, not paper 👀 Go watch the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOp...

You fight for a zygote, but cheer when a child is ripped from a mother‘s arms by ICE. Tells me everything I need to know about you.

The English documentary photographer Nick Hedges died a couple of days ago. It’s well worth visiting his website to see some of the most remarkable photos. He was particularly famed for his slum photos Ar dheis Dé

Veteran reminds active duty Marines to uphold the standard and refuse any illegal order to harm US civilians. #NoKings

Keep making those good vibrations on the other side, Brian. Thanks for the music. m.youtube.com/watch?v=apBW...

I’m listening to the audio edition of to The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by @natashapulley.bsky.social, and I’m enjoying it so much that I plan to purchase and read it in print as well. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoyed The Night Circus or Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

Children have always enjoyed making noise: a some 4,000 years ago, a kid in Egypt was buried with this rattle, so the child might play with it in the afterlife. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me

Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

NPR hit me up for some commentary about the origin of the word “salmonella” in light of the latest egg-related outbreak. www.npr.org/2025/06/11/g...

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

📚 #ReadingLife Good Morning #Booksky and #bookloverseverywhere

For Trump, violence against the police is just fine so long as it’s committed in his name.

The greta video

Good morning Bluesky friends! 🦋 With all that’s happening here in the USA — I can’t stop thinking of Greta Thunberg this morning!

Another word for déjà vu (French for "already seen") is promnesia ("memory of the future"), an etymological foil of "amnesia."

True story bro.

If you want to prepare for a spicy summer 3M mask with extra filters. Ideally a full face respirator. Soft body armor of some kind for impact munitions. Doesn't have to be ballistic. Helmet. Can be ballistic. Can be bump. Even a bicycle helmet can save your life from a grenade.

AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they

My upcoming book, Useless Etymology (Chambers, Oct. 2025), has drawn more than 200 overwhelmingly positive early reviews on NetGalley and Goodreads. Here's a glance at what folks are saying about it. I can't wait to see it in print!

How many innocent people all around the world have had to suffer just so these two sociopaths could burn each other and our country to the ground.

CCN TV6 : The Minister of Education [of Trinidad and Tobago] and his team yesterday met with the National Textbook Publishers Group and initiated discussions about the introduction of E- Books.