Protected cycle tracks and safe crossings give everyone the freedom to move safely through their city - from people with mobility challenges to young friends cycling to hockey practice together. Safe streets are inclusive streets.

Some sidewalk #noir for #Noirvember. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike. Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year. Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.

3 things to keep in mind: 1) While much of this is awful, much of it is also not criminal (or provable beyond reasonable doubt) 2) Trump got elected by exploiting email dump like this, & milked similar dump from Hunter Biden hard drive & Twitter files

Today is Veteran's Day. I'm choosing to remember my dad, who served in the Pacific during WWII. He survived action in Leyte Gulf, among other places, and came back to the states missing part of his lung, a rib, and with other damage as well. (cont. in comments.) #artbeco #veteransday

The Valle drive-in theater, closed for the season. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #newtopographics

I'm increasingly convinced that the LLM chatbot companies are not just naively optimistic. They haven't innovated or even iterated on the basic ideas of a language model. They're a cargo cult. They're just throwing resources at a thing they don't understand in the hope that it will become magic.

A friend, @jerseystylephoto.bsky.social, got me thinking about the craft of #photography this morning, which led me to do a thing I usually do reluctantly...look at an old photo. gregfallis.com/2025/11/11/i...

dress for the job you want

Veterans Day, y'all. youtu.be/W8lypsvs3ls?...

It snowed! But the streets were clear enough for me to bike to an appointment in the afternoon. 35 degrees—not too bad! I just bundled up in long underwear, a heavy sweater, wool scarf, and a parka. If I were riding far, this might have actually been too warm.

His entire ego is supported by the belief that if he doesn't know or understand something then nobody else does either.

Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Loitering Outside the Bail Bondsman's in #Noirvember edition. #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #monochrome #HumansOfBlueSky

"everybody will get to see who is standing for them," said Kaine, as he sat down.

Top Trump advisor: Grocery prices are actually down significantly under Trump. Donuts are now less fattening. Corn can fuel hot air balloons. Balloon-based travel is safer than ever. We can grow human teeth in ferrets. The ferret market is booming. I'm not wearing any underwear. What time is it?

"We will keep fighting" Yeah, nobody believes you. Trump doesn't believe you. MAGA doesn't believe you. Democrats don't believe you. Nobody has any reason to believe you. Every time you SAY you'll fight, every time you talk tough, we know it means you're about to cave. Again.

Really thankful for this, from @winterjessica.bsky.social—a long-overdue corrective to an exhausting discourse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

First snow of the season. (Handheld 1/2 second exposure; I love IBIS) #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome

Halloween is over & Thanksgiving is still days away. We've officially entered that weird phase space in which stores are full of Christmas trees, while MAGA conservatives pretend they're somehow prevented from using the term 'Christmas'. It's the worst of both...no, the worst of every world.

From 2006 to 2017 I wrote a series of short essays about photographers--some well-known, some obscure--as a platform for #photography discussions called the Sunday Salons. This piece, from 2009, is about the Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe. salon.utata.org/2009/06/15/e...

This is completely despicable. Trump/Hegseth need to answer questions about this, especially with Veterans Day coming up.

Gene Deitch

Just a pleasing arrangement of shapes. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #SurfaceMapping #newtopographics

A friend asked me if my reading habits have changed since the world has gone completely bat-shit insane. I told her they'd already changed in preparation for it. gregfallis.com/2025/11/08/c...

Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Debate at the Diner edition. #ricohsnaps #GRist #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome

I kinda love how RFKJr absolutely booked it outta the room, as if running to go pull up the car in case the guy dies, because hey, free carcass.

"Why is this guy still cluttering up the floor? Somebody call housekeeping and have them move this to another room. "

VICTORY: Federal court dismisses class action lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer, filed by the “Center for American Rights” www.thefire.org/news/victory...

Sometimes it's more interesting behind the scenes. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #streetphotography #SurfaceMapping

Well, this is good news. I hope more cities & counties will follow suit. "Blocked bike lanes force cyclists to move into car traffic lanes, thus negating the very purpose of those bike lanes." #bikesky wtop.com/montgomery-c...

Every urban cyclist and pedestrian can applaud this approach. #bikesky

A little afternoon bus stop #noir for #Noirvember. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome

Yes, there's a LOT more work to do, but we deserve to take a little time and celebrate the good news. gregfallis.com/2025/11/05/c...

Tilda Swinton has the most astonishing face. It's somehow both soft and angular at the same time. It's a wonderfully improbable face.

It's nice to actually WANT to read the news in the morning.

EVERY Republican got that Trump stank on them. Don't need his name on a ballot--that stank permeates.

"a handmaiden to billionaires." AOC knows how to draw blood.

We're technically the highest single donor to the fund..... that first shirt did well!

Where do the profits go? That's right, to the legal fund. By the way, @mollyroberts.bsky.social has been covering "the simplest case in the history of the world" for Lawfare.

"We have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. And onions and mustard. Also? A new t-shirt." Apologies to W. Churchill)

@raygunsite.com is on it. www.raygunsite.com/products/san...

Why I carry a #RicohGR3x in my pocket: Legs edition. #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #HumansOfBlueSky

I love the smell of voting in the morning, knowing Dick Cheney is dead. It smells like...victory.

Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.

Hanoi, boldly making city life cleaner and quieter. If only more major cities shared that courage and commitment. I'd love to see cities promote two-wheeled transportation with swappable battery stations for scooters & ebikes. electrek.co/2025/07/20/v...

Cemetery noir for #Noirvember. Vladimir: We've nothing more to do here. Estragon: Nor anywhere else. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #monochrome

Among the many horrible things about this episode (and so many others like it) is the fact that absolutely NOTHING will happen to those "federal agents". The damage done to the US by the Trump administration (and a complicit, compliant MAGA Congress) is incalculable.

Flannel-noir, for #Noirvember. #ricohgr3x #ricohsnaps #photography #DemocraticCamera #noir #monochrome

I used to live on the coast of Maine & New Hampshire. I've also inadvertently engaged in crabnapping & been forced to repatriate the innocent hermit crabs. But I never called them 'dude.'

From 2006 to 2017 I wrote a series of short essays about photographers--some well-known, some obscure--as a platform for #photography discussions called the Sunday Salons. This piece, from 2007, is about Esther Bubley. salon.utata.org/2007/01/21/e...