Sunset in Oaxaca November, 2025 From last night. Walking through the historic Centro district, post-Day Of The Dead. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social

Ocampo y Rayón Oaxaca, Mexico November, 2025 With this week’s Lucha Libre posters. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

Apartment Lobby Oaxaca, Mexico November, 2025 @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

This is how it’s done, folks! @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social Please share. substack.com/@reallyameri...

Great history about rebels writing in the shadows for years against Diaz, leading up to the 1910 revolution. Often from the US then smuggled in. The power of words. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

By tomorrow, the only person who won’t have seen this video is Mike Johnson, @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

New Circumspectral I write about Day Of The Dead, found art & Oaxacan civic planning. Plus, morning in Puebla. open.substack.com/pub/circumsp... @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

I’m beginning to believe Mike Johnson is kept in a hermetically sealed capsule between interviews. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

Good word! I wonder what H. T. Webster would think if he knew then its platonic ideal would be 3rd in line for the presidency 100 years later.

Antifa have completed their assault on Portland, Oregon and are now back at their vast compound beneath Mount Shasta in Northern California planning further actions. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

In the end, kindness will win. Read my latest. A Village Half Full: The Education Of A Gringo circumspectral.substack.com Always Free. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

I wrote about the vast secondary transport system serving 4M people in Oaxaca’s three valley region. I’m building a map to plot as many stations as I can find. There are dozens scattered around the city’s Centro district, but no source material that lists them in one place. (see photos below)

Tlacolula, Mexico is where you catch the bus to San Miguel del Valle. I witnessed firsthand a sad perspective on the migrant crisis here in Oaxaca state. open.substack.com/pub/circumsp... @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social

Mystery In SanMiguel Del Valle Another perspective on the migrant crisis from the other side of the border. @mwriston.bsky.social @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @jenmercieca.bsky.social

Barrio La Noria, Oaxaca Not on the tourist radar like trendy Jalatlaco & Xochimilco, La Noria is emerging quietly at the SE edge of Oaxaca’s Centro Historico. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social

Uruapan, Mexico September 16, 1988 Happy Independence Day, mis amigos y amigas! @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social

Followers of Charlie Kirk, offended by a Canadian journalist accurately describing the right’s long public history of making violent threats, respond with, wait for it, more violent threats. Really ugly stuff. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Sure, you say you’re a blues fan, but are you this much of a blues fan? @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social

We’re seeing “losing trust in institutions” a lot lately, referring to the CDC, but is that really the best framing? When one sincerely loses trust it’s because they were deceived or victims of incompetence. People are told not to trust the CDC by bad faith actors. It’s simply willful nihilism.

Maybe a little too over-the-top to be a believable cartoon villain.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Whether he’s alive, dead, healthy, sick, it is very true that he hasn’t made a public speaking appearance, video or live, for the last six, going on seven, days. Any other president that would be a massive story. Also obvious, the corporate press are openly colluding with the White House on this.

Unless there’s video, nobody should be saying “Trump says”.

This is a really slippery subject, but if Dem pols & advisors really want to find out how their left/liberal likely voters “think”, they should stop relying on polling and just come to Bluesky and quietly read the replies to the political punditry posted here every day. Absorb the vibes, as it were.

August 30, 2025. Calling Jake Tapper!

This—and the spirit and fortitude to actually do these things and not wait for someone else—is what it’s going to take. Everybody needs to be a hero now. /thread

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This post shows the way. Add in grassroots level economic warfare and repeated peaceful protests, and there just might be a chance at turning things around. Don’t wait until the midterms. It must start now. open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

Please listen and share…

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A great article by one of my fave photo writers, Michael Wriston. An ode to Baltimore in the face of Trump’s lies. Awesome pictures, too! @edroso.bsky.social @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...

Morning People, my latest Oaxaca walking tour, ready now at circumspectral.substack.com Please leave a comment here if you click through. Substack’s reports aren’t very clear on that. Thx! @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @helenkennedy.bsky.social

There are two ways to learn about Oaxaca. Read decontextualized advice on travel sites OR read my regular newsletters and get an honest feel for the city, quirks, secrets, warts and all. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

Aimless In Oaxaca Join me for a walking tour. Fun and informative. Subscriptions are free. open.substack.com/pub/circumsp... #travel #oaxaca #mexico @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

Punta Cometa State Park. Mazunte, Mexico. July 6, 2025. #mazunte #mexico #mexicopacifico #sunset #beach #travel #oceanview

The Tree Of Life circumspectral.substack.com Oaxaca Oaxaca Chapter 4 of 4 Standing under the world’s largest tree. #oaxaca #mexico #travel @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @edroso.bsky.social

Oaxaca Centro: An Illustrated Tour Chapter 3 of Oaxaca Oaxaca, a four part article, just posted at Circumspectral, my Substack travel blog. circumspectral.substack.com #Oaxaca #Mexico #Travel #Photography @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

My Breaking News feed includes the Japan Times so I never miss on what’s happening in sumo wrestling.

Posted: The Patience Of Passengers. circumspectral.substack.com Chapter 2 of my 4-part Oaxaca story. A grueling mile-by-mile account riding by bus from Mexico to Oaxaca. Fun for everyone! @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @edwinmix.bsky.social

Circumspectral is back! Chapter 1 of a four part illustrated article from Oaxaca, Mexico. After a long hiatus, I’m publishing again. Please enjoy and subscribe. It will always be free. circumspectral.substack.com @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

Today in Oaxaca. Before there was Photoshop, there was cutting a rectangle out of the canvas. #oaxaca #mexico #church #art @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

Yesterday in Oaxaca Edgar the clown He has a side hustle performing on buses for a few blocks. Posing against one of the rough facades that make the streets here so evocative. #oaxaca #mexico #clowns #travel @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

About all those attacking Bluesky: There’s a meta-agenda. It ain’t about bubbles. Bluesky people on the whole are smart with excellent bullshit detectors. We’re better informed than elites believed us to be. They are just now finding out and that makes us a threat. We’re changing the narratives.

Today in Oaxaca. Three pigeons facing north. #oaxaca #fountains #mexico #blackandwhite @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

Friday market day in Ocotlán de Juarez, Mexico. June, 2025 #oaxaca #mexico #marketday #travel #photography #honey @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social

Today in Oaxaca Truly one of the ugliest buildings I’ve ever seen. It’s like the cybertruck of midcentury condos. Full Oaxaca report coming soon to www.circumspectral.com @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social

Guatemala, 2009. Rio Dulce offers the only inland access to the isolated Garifuna community of Livingston. Coming Soon! The return of CIRCUMSPECTRAL circumspectral.subsrack.com @jennofark.bsky.social @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @ekoturysta.bsky.social #guatemala #travel

Rick Derringer, RIP. youtu.be/_YdBsF8sagQ?...

Guatemala, 2009 Coming Soon! The return of CIRCUMSPECTRAL circumspectra.substack.com @jennofark.bsky.social @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social #guatemala #travel

Tikal, Guatemala, 2009 Coming Soon! The return of CIRCUMSPECTRAL circumspectral.subsrack.com @jennofark.bsky.social @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social #guatemala #travel