🪲 Checking is better with a friend... 🦋 www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Long-term exposure to a busy road may increase the chances of developing Parkinson's disease, though a quiet side of the house could give some protection, new research suggests.

Tuesday *Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944) (not a film noir)

On this day in 1938: Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko – better known as Natalie Wood – is born in San Francisco, California (d. 1981) Her life in photos, from 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘢𝘳: www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/la...

If you live in California and you want to take advantage of the state-run portal that tells all registered data brokers to delete your data instead of having to send an individual request to every single one, here is what you need to know: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

So glad! Must see video. 🐕🌊🦋 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

🌊🐬🐋🌊🦋 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Rita Hayworth 🎬 GILDA (1946)

A bit of portal energy brought to you from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor. 🌟Photograph taken this morning at sunrise.

Peter Rowan and the Grisman project are opening for Dark Star Orchestra at the Greek in Berkeley, on 8/1. They'll be playing Old and in the Way.....

A faint sun tower over Marin County, just North of the head and shoulders of the Sleeping Maiden on Mt. Tamalpais after the sun set several days ago. Taken from Emeryville, California.

☎️🤳🦋 www.health.harvard.edu/blog/keeping...

#StunDay 🎶🌞🎶🪻🤗🌻🍄🌿🌊🐡🌊🏖️ #Nature 🙏🌲🦖🕊️🌿🐝🦫🌹☘️🌲🐚🦋

Interesting. ☎️🎻 🎸🧶🪉🪕🎷🎹🥁🦋 www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

'The Aura' Glastonbury Tor not long after sunrise.

How to become mysterious: Go for a walk and don’t post about it.

As many have now noted, you can build a highly effective and affordable one on your own.

In case folks need additional motivation to get or build air purifiers, here’s a comparison of outdoor (left) and indoor (right) AQI right now via PurpleAir sensors. At this point, with smoke events becoming a more regular occurrence, we have purifiers in each bedroom and the living room/kitchen.

#CaturDay 🐾🐆🐾🎶😷🎶🌿🌞🌊🐳🌊 #Nature 🦖🌲🐝🪻🦫🌿🕊️🌿🤗🐦🪺🦋

Getting ready for #NoirAlley tonight... #FilmNoir DARK PASSAGE (1947) #TCMParty *Humphrey Bogart reading Dark Passage by David Goodis

It was a very hazy sunrise this morning in Glastonbury. Not sure if it is dust in the air but it really was very orange and the sun didn't break through the haze for quite a while.

USA: "COVID Is Rising Again in the Bay Area For Summer 2026" "To put it another way: Any “summer cold” you hear people complaining about over the coming week could once again be COVID-19." Source: www.kqed.org/news/1209132...

😷 🌪️🔥🌪️🔥🌞💨😷 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

USA: Epidemic trend summary: July 16, 2026 COVID-19 As of July 15, 2026: 🔹18 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹3 states have infections declining or likely declining 🔹28 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...

The way we use smartphones is wreaking havoc on our hands, and can cause texting thumb, carpal tunnel and arthritis. Doctors say a few simple changes could make a difference. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Hlxf

That would make some fine violin varnish don't you know... 🎻 🦋 #Woodworking

Absolutely incredible work. Thank you for this tool @nukit.bsky.social

USA: "Covid is stirring again, and the diarrhea parasite is sparing California... so far" 🔹COVID-19 is spreading again in California after an 8-month lull 🔹Wastewater levels are rising statewide, with increases detected at 41 of 79 (52%) monitoring sites 🔹XFG.1.1 is now the dominant variant

🌬️🕊️🦋 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

1970, California

On September 17, 1976, a 29-year-old Elton John sat at the piano at the Edinburgh Playhouse without a band or large production and performed seven songs solo. Here’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”

𝙏𝙒𝙄𝙉 𝙊𝘼𝙆𝙎 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 *The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) #FilmNoir

Boston. May 24, 2026. 📸: Pam Springsteen

#LittleFriday 🎶☕🎶🌞🌹🐝🌲🐚🌿🌊🐳 #Nature 🦖🪻🐾🦔🌲🪺🐦🐞🌿🌻🪼🦋

Thursday *Humphrey Bogart in #FilmNoir The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Barbara Stanwyck in #FilmNoir DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

'The Candle' This morning' sunrise photograph from Glastonbury Tor.

A photo from this morning's candy floss sunrise here in Glastonbury. 🩷

The Highline Trail on Sunday with Heavens Peak in the background. Glacier National Park, Montana #Nationalparks #parkchat #hiking #trails #Glacier #mountains

#HumpDay 🐪 🎶🌲🎶🌿🦖🌊🐟🌊🐝🐚 #Nature 🦫🪻🦔🌲🦨🌿🌊🐳🌊🦆🌲🦋

I can afford a blemish on my character, but not on my clothes. ~ Vincent Price as Shelby Carpenter in #FilmNoir LAURA (1944)

This looks like an awesome dog.

👀🦠💉🦠💉 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Barbara Stanwyck in #FilmNoir Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) #NoirCity

#ThickTrunkDay 🌲🎶🌞🎶🐝✌️🪻🌿🦖 #Nature 🤗🏕️🐾🐾🌊🐬🌊🐦🪺🐊🌊🦋

It was a gorgeous start to the day here in Glastonbury today. This was taken shortly before the one I posted earlier and as the sun broke through the low cloud layer.

Golden archway at dawn. This morning's photo from Glastonbury Tor.

🐕🐈🐕‍🦺🐩🐈‍⬛🦮 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...