Foggy day in the neighborhood🍂

An important reminder — Everything changes, and nothing lasts.🪷✨

Bookstore people, you'll remember what it felt like to wander the stacks and discover something unexpected. Usually, I think that's what's happening when I'm on social media. But is it? Am I randomly discovering something interesting, or is an algorithm showing me something it knows I'll like?

Oh my, this looks intriguing. Must read! Thanks, Claire.

I've been raving about this book all season, and everyone should read it. Congrats, Joanna!

Early morning pre-sunrise coffee music ☕ open.spotify.com/track/0BJLcY...

What a lovely room. I would love to live here. 📚✨

Perfect — Jean-Jacques Sempé, How we catch a cold in Paris, 1961.

Looking at this one again tonight, one of my all-time favorites: Peter Henry Emerson / Gathering water lilies, Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, 1885–86.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

Call for work — please share! www.flakphoto.news/p/call-for-c... ✌️📸

I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.

RIP Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)

Sometimes you watch a film that is so profound and beautiful that you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it. We watched "Train Dreams" last night, and it was truly remarkable. I hope you'll see it.

I thought maybe I should introduce myself again. Hi! I’m Andy, a curator + writer in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. I study images and ideas, and in my spare time, I publish FlakPhoto Digest, a newsletter for photography people.

Sunday sunrise✨

Blast from the past youtu.be/yt4KG9ib8S4?...

Looking forward to this. We're watching “Train Dreams” tonight. Beautiful review by @alissawilkinson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/m...

“I read the news today, oh boy..” 🎶🎵

Sunday morning music. Groovy! open.spotify.com/track/5Bh8l8...

Good question: Do audiobooks qualify as reading?📚🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

Hey folks, just a little visual inspiration on this Sunday morning… www.flakphoto.news/p/the-magic-...

Sunday sunrise✨

Hey, friends, Are you into #photography? You might like FlakPhoto.👇📸✨

Tonight, a beautiful performance by the great Phil Cook at the Bur Oak — Lovely guy and a gorgeous sound.

November🍂

Great conversation👇 youtu.be/9zDAGzA5stQ?...

Good stuff. open.substack.com/pub/mcsweene...

November🍂

One of my favorite places in Wisconsin: Ferry Bluff. Gorgeous, no?

A good night: Carnitas, great conversation, bourbon whiskey and a roaring fire. Fall in full swing. Can't complain.

Show of hands: are there any tote bag fans out there?👋

Can't tell, is this cheesy or cool? I'll give it a shot. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pq...

Movie buffs, this one's for you — Watchlist This! our November 2025 picks of the best new bubbling-under films 🍿 @letterboxd.social letterboxd.com/journal/watc...

At this late stage in my middle-aged body, I have become an enthusiastic public thinker. By that, I mean I love posting what I’m observing, appreciating, enjoying, and contemplating online.

I downloaded a sample and I've been reading this book over the last few days. It's good! Culture folks, check this out. 👇📚

“With creators no longer required to pursue artistic excellence,” Marx writes, “culture became a lowest-common-denominator battle for attention.” @jenszalai.bsky.social @wdavidmarx.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...

One of my favorite places in Wisconsin: Ferry Bluff. Gorgeous, no?

The music biz is hard on musicians. Always has been. Streaming has made things worse. But we've still got Mavis Staples (and Bandcamp). That sweet soul music. Thank you, Jesus. mavisstaples.bandcamp.com/album/sad-an...

Anybody else watching Pluribus? It's so good!

Memo to myself: Pay attention to the news only as much as you need to stay informed. Ruminating on all the bad things won't do your mind any good. Focus on the pictures. Keep looking. Keep seeing.

This takes me back. Remember "Young Folks"? Cool cover: open.spotify.com/track/6Lg7Is...

Meet our newest fellow, Caitlin Looby, Great Lakes & Environmental Reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Looby has provided Journal Sentinel readers with in-depth coverage of environmental issues in the Great Lakes region since 2022. Read the full announcement 👉 outrider.org/news/caitlin...

Friends, I'm seeking a #photo researcher for a publishing project at @outrider.org — please send suggestions for anyone you have worked with I should know about. Thanks in advance!

Movies like this make me feel old, but this looks fun. I'm in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Ll...

Are starter packs still a thing?

📣 The U.S. government can’t control media content. 📺 Today, CPJ and @rsf.org are on site in Washington D.C. ahead of the Federal Communications Commission open commission meeting to call on Chair Brendan Carr to take politics out of the FCC.

"We need to stand up to those people who want to attack press freedom and attack journalists. It's going to require us not just to celebrate the courage of others, but to be courageous ourselves." —CPJ president @jodieginsberg.bsky.social in today's Reliable Sources newsletter: cnn.it/4oan4tY

This week, I’m showing photography by Grace Ann Leadbetter on @flakphoto.news — You can see more at the link on my profile. Cheers!

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