when you say it they attack you!!! they say things like “sir that is objectively false” and “not a single study supports that” and “you sound like a such fucking moron right now”

Here's a 'Kitchen Table' issue. This fuckin' guy should bring $50,000 to each of our kitchen tables. It's okay if it's in a bag. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

SCOTUS just ignored a century-old federal law aimed at limiting the president’s power to dismiss board members of independent agencies for political reasons. This is a woman Trump himself nominated to the FTC. Biden re-appointed her. www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

At Play in the Field of the...Gourds? (#photography by @jody9.bsky.social from a couple years ago)

"Christianity shaped Kirk's politics"? I'm not a Christian, but may I refer you to the Sermon on the Mount? There's not a lot of Christ in Kirk's Christianity. And shame on you, NPR, for whitewashing hate. You used to be a reliable & trustworthy source of news.

It's time for me to get a new computer. My Chromebook is fine for most of my daily stuff, but some applications are best run on an actual computer. I'm used to Windows, but I'm thinking about shifting to MacOS. Has anybody made that transition? Is it painful? Is it worth it?

Bagram airfield was built in the 1950s by Russia (well, it was still the Soviet Union back then). Comrade Trump doing a solid for his boy Vlad Putin.

If you have the stomach for it, you can read the text of Trump's rambling, delusion-packed speech. It's terrifying that this guy is actually POTUS. www.c-span.org/program/whit...

'Antifa' is accepted as a word in today's Spelling Bee and I'm not sure how to react to that.

Every day...every goddamn day...this spider-brained nitwit rears up on his hind legs and says stuff that's so deeply stupid it could knock down a small ox.

Len Pennie has dealt with shit that would leave Graeme Richardson curled up in a fetal ball in a dark closet.

Liz Oyer spent a decade as a federal public defender before becoming the US pardon attorney in 2022. In March, Trump's AG Pam Bondi fired Oyer after she refused to reinstate Mel Gibson's gun rights (he lost them after a domestic violence conviction). You can trust Liz Oyer.

With Iceberg, Titanic Lists Ocean-Bottomward as North Atlantic Exerts Influence

Every news agency should now refer to this bonehead as Tom 'BagOCash' Homan.

I don't have to move to a different chair just because he wants me to. I have rights. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #Caturday

I'd argue that Trump has lots of money, but no worth at all. The term 'worth' comes from the Old English 'weorþ' which meant "valued, appreciated, deserving." That ain't Trump.

Half a century ago a guy named Sheldon Kopp published what he called "An Eschatological Laundry List." It's still relevant; it's still worth reading; it still keeps me grounded. Maybe some of you will find it worthwhile. thetcj.org/in-residence...

News agencies should require their journalists to sign a pledge agreeing to tell Pete Hegseth to kiss their collective asses.

This is what you get when you put a low-cost, mass-market camera initially designed for working class Chinese into the hands of a really good photographer. Lovely.

If you ever wanted to hear me chat at length about my work, HYG #sciart

"May I please have a letter saying I won't get in trouble if I do this thing, which I'm pretty sure is wildly illegal, that I've been ordered to do. Kthx."

At some point in the last year, somebody (could have been @angryblacklady.bsky.social or @louiestowell.bsky.social?) posted a chronological list of the River Song (Doctor Who) episodes, and I foolishly failed to make a note of it. This could be the weekend I need it. So...help?

Small town, small alley. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #LarkingAboutInAlleys

Just my opinion, but if your work requires you to hide your face for any reason other than something medical, you're probably doing something you should be ashamed of. I mean, look at this random selection of assholes.

This made me smile at first. Then I went down a deep rabbit hole of BtVS life lessons. And I came to this conclusion: All of those 'haunted objects' are patriarchy. So yes, if they taught Buffy in schools far fewer people would bring clearly haunted objects into their homes.

More people need to do this.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

WHO gets to decide what the American people think, you Nazi fuck?

Integrity? What is it?

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

MAGA bullies versus Democratic cowards. This is disgusting.

I don't know...what sort of government spends more time & energy mourning a bigot like Charlie Kirk than a decent, brilliant, compassionate citizen like Robert Redford? Why are they holding a vigil for Kirk and ignoring Redford?

(src www.reddit.com/r/BicyclingC...)

'Woke' means 'Stay alert. Be wary of white folks.' In 1938 Huddie Ledbetter met the Scottsboro boys & wrote a song about Alabama. "I made this little song about down there. So I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there — best stay woke, keep their eyes open.”

There's no reason to include the US. Nobody trusts the US to follow through on...well, anything. We don't have a functioning government. We have a jar of spiders that Trump periodically shakes.

no new pictures, where you at mentally?

It was okay to say Charlie Kirk was a hate-mongering transphobic racist when he was alive. It's okay to say he was a hate-mongering transphobic racist now that he's been murdered. In fact, now it's actually become necessary to say he was a hate-mongering transphobic bigot.

T P USA O A I P L E E R T 🚽 🧻 💩🧻

A busy and somewhat confusing jumble of shadow, silhouette, and obscure shapes. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera

This is a terrific, insightful interview. I love this line about the immediacy of #photography. "[N]ever think you can go back another day, another hour, and capture what first made you stop. Maybe you can, maybe you will. But it’s there, now, and it caught your eye."

This.

This is GLORIOUS.

This MUST be done. People MUST be held accountable. It's shameful that the US can't/won't do it, so it's good South Korea will take up the task. This entire thread is worth reading.

The #WeeFuji can still do the work. #FujifilmX10 #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography

The biggest problem I've decided to deal with today is this: which Redford movie to watch first? I'm thinking 'All the President's Men,' but 'Condor' and 'Jeremiah Johnson' are still in the running. Or maybe something more obscure, like 'Waldo Pepper'?

13 homeless people shot in 2 incidents 12 hours apart, 1 day after FOX news 'analyst' says of the homeless, "Just kill them." And the news reports this as "a public health issue." kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

That time of year is approaching. Pick up your orange companion by bicycle this year 🎃🚲

Aw man, not Robert Redford. "Sound and accurate journalism defends our democracy. It's one of the most effective weapons at our disposal to contain the power-hungry. I've always said that All the President's Men is a violent movie. No shots are fired, but words are used as if they were weapons."

If Charlie Kirk had been held to the speech standards being enforced against people who speak out against Charlie Kirk, Charlie Kirk would be fired.