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Florida man in Baku. Travels and sails. Student for life and teaches social science. Reads about business and history. Enjoys comics and death metal. 🗣️🇺🇸🇫🇷🇷🇺 More of a cat person.
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Hello, Doha! Swanky hotel? Oh, yes. 🇶🇦 #indoors #travel #photograph #qatar

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At Heydar Aliyev Airport. Leaving Baku again for a week on work. Destination: Doha, Qatar.

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Watching "Big Trouble in Little China." Anyone else consider growing a mullet to channel their inner Kurt Russel? Asking for a friend.

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Soviet mural in downtown Baku, #Azerbaijan. The mural commemorates "The Great Patriotic War," a different take on World War II.

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After-school and overcast in Baku. #azerbaijan #school #football #cityscape

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I greatly appreciated the street art in Tbilisi, Georgia. Lamb's work could be found throughout the city back in 2017. #travel #georgia #streetart

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A friend was looking for a deal on an Azerbaijani carpet. I tell her, every carpet seller I've met is happy to cut a deal. Everyone gets a "friend price." That song and dance is all part of the game. I admire the dishonesty built into the tradition.

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Beyond it being Iggy Pop, I picked up "Brick by Brick" on the Charles Burn cover alone. Icing on the cake: it also features Slash and Duff of Guns n' Roses and Kate Pierson of The B-52's. 🤩

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The photographer wanted to make .gifs, but couldn't wait 70 years for their invention.

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More quaint warnings from the the 1990s #punk and #hardcore scene. I found this one in Reversal of Man's (1998) "Revolution Summer." The entire insert booklet for this 10" is a work of art. It uses the old zine methods of copy editing.

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Tucked inside Catharsis's double-LP "Samsara" (1998), I found this insert promoting an indie publisher. Feels so quaint these days. #hardcore #music #indie #punk

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Teaching a lesson today, we had an assessment, yet no one-liner defining the objectives. I improvised. I wrote on the board, "Lesson Objective: To develop tools to prepare for an uncertain future." I left it on the board all day. I think we'll revisit it regularly.

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Every day above dirt is a good day! __ ©2017, 2025 Stephen R Bissette

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As I approached my front door, I heard the Mars Volta coming from inside the apartment. I then walked into a cosmic light show. #unexpected #psychedelic

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After completing the shorebased course last month, I received my RYA Coastal Skipper & Yachmaster Offshore certificate today. Looking forward to applying those skills this spring. ⛵ #accomplishment

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Features of Adulthood xkcd.com/3034

submitted 101 days ago • 115 comments

My Master of Science in Business Analytics officially kicks off this week. #quantic #business #analytics #lifelonglearner #stoked

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Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Early Sunday afternoon near Fountain Square Baku. #Azerbaijan #photos #trees #architecture #winter

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When seated without a safety belt in the back of a ₼2 Bolt ride share, I see this *all the time.*

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Good morning, Baku. #Azerbaijan #photograph #skyline

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