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San Francisco flâneur, video historian, public domain image enthusiast, mystic, rationalist. https://www.youtube.com/@lasarshistoriesofeverything/playlists
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Hey all you new followers: first, thanks; second, you should also follow this guy; he's always on top of positive news and information: @garyuscoates.bsky.social #resist

"The comet that appeared over Augsburg in November, 1577." #comets #augsburg #renaissance #space pdimagearchive.org/images/14f2d...

Here's a quick video I made of today's demonstration against Elon Musk at San Francisco's Tesla dealership on Van Ness avenue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzE... #nokings #sanfrancisco

This happens every Saturday starting @ noon. #nokings

Here with the A team again in front of Tesla HQ San Francisco. NO KINGS. #nokings

Meanwhile, in Skunk versus Rat news. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/b...

Long live Valencia Street. #sanfrancisco #missiondistrict #streetart

Four tips on how to read a history book (and how not). #history #historybooks #jstor #books #literacy youtu.be/uOgMypPldQo?...

Ron of Andover Street, doing what he does best. #bernalheights #sanfrancisco #cattuesday

Upon reflection, I'd say 1938. #munich #musk #swasticar #nazi

Yup. #swasticar

Here at Tesla San Francisco with a lot of people who think a fascist king is a bad idea.

Blue Calico Telescope Fish, 1917 pdimagearchive.org/images/e5058... #fish #biodiversity

Life is complicated. Especially on Valencia Street. #valenciastreet #sanfrancisco #bikes

Issachar Ber Ryback, 1922, #standwithukraine pdimagearchive.org/images/17eb5...

This isn't going to be a peace conference, it's going to be a pieces conference: who gets pieces of Ukraine. Sickening. #standwithukraine #helpukraine www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

Trying to decide whether to brave Valencia street for one of my long walks back home. #sanfrancisco missionlocal.org/2025/02/miss...

My favorite Samuel Barber piece, and my favorite performance of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZqQ... #knoxille #samuelbarber

Here at San Francisco City Hall with a whole lot of people who want their country back. #dumptrump #dumpmusk

"Basics of Mongolian Astrology," 19th century, pdimagearchive.org/images/9540c... #astrology #buddhism #tibet #mongolia

I saw Cesar Chávez give a press conference at Bruno’s once. Now it is all memories. #missiondistrict #sanfrancisco

I am more convinced than ever that we are living out the last chapter of the Cold War. No, it didn't end in 1991. It's ending now. youtu.be/bGlr_TwqYF0?... #coldwar #putin #trump #dictators

Munich. www.bbc.com/news/live/cr...

SF Chronicle says there's a 50501 anti-Fascism demo in front of SF City Hall tomorrow (Monday) at noon. But when I go to the group's event calendar it's not mentioned. Anyway, I'm going and hopefully someone will be there. @50501movement.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Capp Street, San Francisco: missionlocal.org/2025/02/tree... #sanfrancisco #missiondistrict

"Lamb of God," Johann Knüpfer, 1922 pdimagearchive.org/images/f6a9b... #god #lambofgod

Made Mission Local again. Thanks! missionlocal.org/2025/02/morn... #muni #sanfrancisco #mission @missionlocal.org

Life on the 14 Mission. #muni #missiondistrict #sanfrancisco #dogs

QOTD: "Will Elon help with some startup cash on the other side?" www.reuters.com/world/africa... #southafrica #trump #afrikaners #apartheid

I used to see this fellow all the time when I visited downtown San Francisco. He usually could be seen on Market + Powell. The other side of the sign listed all the possible "unlawful" forms of sex in copious detail. Photo by Ted Pushinsky. #sanfranciscohistory #sanfrancisco #nounlawfulsex #sex

"Pineapple with Australian and German Cockroaches," Maria Sibylla Merian, 1719 #cockroaches #pineapple pdimagearchive.org/images/039e2...

This moment calls for a Ryan White-like child (remember the AIDS crisis?) whose life depends on restoring services to shame Senate Republicans (and voters who need convincing) into rejecting Musk's war against government health services & research. Start looking.

"The Death of the Rich Sinner," Paul Kraft, 1907 pdimagearchive.org/images/5bef9... #wealth #sin #sinners #money #greed

Vaya con Dios my beautiful sweet city. #sanfrancisco #sanctuary #trump missionlocal.org/2025/02/s-f-...

So, as far as I can tell, the southwest corner of 18th and Mission Street is an ongoing tag/mural work in progress. The corner image sometimes changes weekly. Here's the latest: #mission #tagging #murals #sanfrancisco

"You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about . . . party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man." G.K. Chesterton, 1908 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/u...

"Rabbit Using the Reflection of a Lion to Trick Him into Drowning," 1310; trying to decide if this is somehow a useful tactic for today. pdimagearchive.org/images/cc04a...

lol. But on top of that, since most fentanyl coming from Mexico is transported by Americans, I don’t see how 10k more Mexican troops makes a difference.

Me to psychiatrist: "How come nobody talks to me?" Psychiatrist: "Ok. Next case."