Today in Oaxaca In conclusion, Oaxaca’s doorways are a land of contrasts. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social @zombierotten.bsky.social @yastreblyansky.bsky.social

Today in Oaxaca How do you make a 65/66 Valiant even cooler? You build it in Mexico and call it “Acapulco”. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social @zombierotten.bsky.social @yastreblyansky.bsky.social

Zimatlán de Alvarez, Oaxaca Huevos al gusto con chorizo y frijoles. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social @zombierotten.bsky.social @yastreblyansky.bsky.social

San Cristobal, Chiapas. November, 2009. For those who love Robert Frank, this is my most Robert Frank photo. Except it’s in color.

Mexico City has historic buildings, incredible history, impossibly lovely neighborhoods, plus awesome restaurants & nightlife. Away from all that though, as any bus or taxi ride will show, most areas as you cross the city look like this. For a documentary photographer, it’s just more to love.

Yesterday in Oaxaca. Mercado Benito Juarez, southwest entrance. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social #travelbluesky #oaxaca #mexico

The most powerful court of all is the court of public opinion if only Americans on the left could wrap their heads around that concept. Hint: You need a lot more than a day of marches every couple of months.

Yanhuitlan, Mexico A teaser for an upcoming story about my visit to a tiny village with a massive 16th Century church. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social

Today in Oaxaca Enjoying huevos al gusto in a mom-and-pop cafe while Marilyn watches over me. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social @nedbeaumontjr.bsky.social #oaxaca #travel

Oaxaca, Mexico Summer & Fall 2025 Four more recent phone shots from my Oaxaca Squares series. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social #travelphotography #travelshots #oaxaca

Today in Oaxaca Seems like I stumbled across a theme this morning. Both taken with my iPhone. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social #oaxaca #mexico #travel #travelphotography

Oaxaca, Mexico 2025 Four more from my Oaxaca Squares gallery. All taken in the last few months with my iPhone. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social #oaxaca #mexico #travel

Oaxaca, Mexico 2025 Four more from my Oaxaca Squares gallery. All taken in the last few months with my iPhone. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social #oaxaca #mexico #travel

Dug out some phone shots taken around Oaxaca since June. I then made an album of the ones I liked in Lightroom. Here’s the first group of four. @lovebethandrobots.bsky.social @mpavictoria.bsky.social @jennofark.bsky.social @malaclypse.bsky.social @mwriston.bsky.social @aimaiami.bsky.social

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...

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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