NO APOLOGIES 01/25/2026

WESTERN SKY 01/25/2026

PICURIS FOOTHILLS 01/25/2026

I love the idea that, amidst the darkness, we are witnessing (and have the historic, generational opportunity to commit to) “The Great American Raveling.”

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

Spiritually profound, deviously clever, so Midwestern I could die.

"Poppa started hollerin’ after all of us then, too, and I went toward his voice. I didn’t think we’d all be alive.” Highly recommended from Jim Bob Moore. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Reminds me of myself!

ADOBE SECRETS 01/25/2026 #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky

WOODPILE 01/22/2026 I thought we'd get dumped on by now, but so far the "snowstorm" is a bust in northern NM. I even dragged out the ratty old tarp to cover the woodpile.

I have just posted a new portfolio on my website, inspired by the current exhibit at The Ansel Adams Gallery. Click on my link here to view the full collection, let me know your favs! portfolios.williamneill.com/portfolio/G0...

Recommended!

It's STFU Friday. Refresh the script 👇

Well, damn. Thanks, S.K.

My father taught me to swim. I couldn't wait to learn & join my siblings, rushing straight for the deep end. Deeper water meant danger, power, meant growing up... Every time you move through the big rituals in life it’s like a move into #DeeperWater. ~ #PaulKelly www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUIj...

I'm partial to basically any cover by Cat Power; her Fortunate Son stretches the song out, lets you feel really in it youtu.be/78Rs2KHXvwo?...

The purported consistency of these reports suggests something quite different and obvious to me that I've not seen mentioned anywhere. 👀

A new leak reveals just how far Trump is going to decimate the National Park Service. The playbook goes like this: crush morale, force rangers to quit, hollow out the agency and let parks fall into disrepair. Then they'll call parks “mismanaged” and invite private interests in to pillage them.

Two weeks later, three of them are dead

Except from HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY: "It’s social and political, not technological, change that’s needed to save millions from long hours of poorly paid, precarious, or backbreaking work in service of corporations posting gigantic profits." 3/

PSA: You do not, under any circumstances, fund the Gestapo

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

MAUSWAGEN 01/09/2026 Supposed to snow here this weekend. Nothing like back East, but maybe twice this much. 2007 Pontiac Vibe so named because the deer mice know how to get inside. I keep a trap set on the floor in back. Have harvested more than a dozen so far this season.

I too am tired of living in a world where policy and news is merely the reflection of the whims of the monied and powerful, who are incidentally venal and cruel. The way out is we build a different world together.

This is so absofuckinglutely wonderful I can hardly stand it. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Where did all these people go, and is there room?

We could have nice things, too.

I don't care how smart or poor you are, walling your ideas off behind a paywall in these times only makes me think you’re not worth reading in the first place. IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Never let it be said you might have saved the world but you were taking cover charges at the door.

Drone footage shows a massive pileup involving more than 100 vehicles in Michigan, with injuries reported as hazardous winter conditions grip the area.

YAYYY WE GOOD

Love this version.

MY DAYS ON EARTH 2 01/18/2026

#Kauai #NaPali #Photography #Hawaii

‘We carry in our hearts the true country And that cannot be stolen We follow in the steps of our ancestry And that cannot be broken Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things’ ~ The Dead Heart #MidnightOil #Songwriting #Lyrics 🦘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=16bF...

Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.

youtu.be/qkMSNdaRq-4?... DELTA BLUES BAND 'Look Over Yonder'

Bon dia, losers! youtu.be/H1pCoCkBSjA?...

Timely!

LILY LIGHT 01/09/2026

From our pal, the amazing @laloalcaraz.bsky.social

THREAD 3 of my tips for newbies is about posting on a site without a central algorithm so that you aren’t screaming into the void. 1/ #BlueskyHacks

THE ENERGY NEEDS SOMEPLACE TO FLOW

PICURIS IN THE CLOUDS 01/09/2026 Yes, it finally did this here today. That's Picuris Peak, elevation 10,804 ft. Going down to single digits tonight except in Celsius (-15°C).

60 Free Film Noir Movies You Can Watch Online, Including Classics by John Huston, Orson Welles & Fritz Lang

View from my dentist's office today, ho-ho, image straight from iPhone 15 ProMax.

View from the 'hood just now. Quick iPhone 15 ProMax shot turning onto my road at the top of the hill.

"the lectern draped in camo netting"

Me today Drinking Song by Hanggai www.shazam.com/track/521983...