A couple of red-shouldered hawk photos from today. In one, it is calling out to his mates; a few seconds later he flew off. #birds #birdphotography #redshoulderedhawk #hawk

highlights from today's #nokings in beautiful Roseburg, Oregon, pop 26k...of whom approximately 10 percent were in the streets today go on and tell me about rural America

#nokings #sanfrancisco#nokingsOcean Beach

Ready for the#NoKings protest. #caturday

Times Square #nokings #protest #nyc 📷 https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo1 🗺️ https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.758616&mlon=-73.984874#map=12/40.758616/-73.984874 #nyc #webcam #city

A pair of Patriot team jets from #fleetweek in SF last Friday. #aviationphotography #aviation

The Colombian Navy sailing ship Gloria was open to tours during #fleetweek Was fun to walk around the ship and talk to the crew members.

#fleetweek #aviation #aviationphotography

No Blue Angels but plenty of cool flying machines at Fleet Week air show on Friday. #aviation #aviationphotography #fleetweek

This part of the Nobel committee's statement hits. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/press-release/ #politics #nobelpeaceprize

Molten Time Dusk turns the rocks to quiet embers, while the sea flows through the channel smoothing both edges and hours. #seascape #landscape #landscapephotography #ocean #sea #sunset #art #photo #photography #nature #antongorlinphotos #photooftheday #coast #foto #fotografie

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Another beauty from the Lowrider Art Showcase at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga today. #classiccars #lowriders #carphotography

Went to Lowrider Art Showcase at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga today. Loved seeing all of the cars - Impalas, Deluxes, Bel Airs, Cadillacs were my favorites. #classiccars #lowriders #carphotography

Led Zeppelin III was released on this day in 1970. I remain confused.

Red-shouldered hawk caught a rat near our home yesterday. It is holding the rat with its talons on an oak tree branch. Notice the long rat tail below. #bird #hawk #birdphotography

This is, I think, the best push alert and makes me wonder why this directness isn’t the norm.

Took two dear old friends sightseeing in the neighborhood yesterday. Here's a view of the 16th Avenue tiled steps. 🙂 #sanfrancisco

Went to a restaurant named Zan Teppanyaki in Shanghai tonight. A French-food Teppanyaki restaurant in China!?!? Food was good. #china #food

Is it just me or is this stuffed bear tied to a tree by its neck with a zip tie slightly disturbing? :) From a kid’s play area at my hotel in China. #photography

Westlake, Hangzhou China. #photography #china

Lotus flower in Westlake, Hangzhou China. #photography #flowers #china

The moon this morning being engulfed by cloud #photography #moon #shotoniphone

Our new-to-us cat, Simba. Simba’s previous human recently passed away. He is slowly getting comfortable with us and our home. #catsofmastodon

Windows. Shanghai #china #photography

Old and new. Shanghai. #china #photography

Zhouzhuang (Water Town), near Shanghai. #china

In the garden today #macro #photography #shotoniphone

Good advice in an elevator in China- “Do not randomly push the buttons”. Have to admit I did that once or twice when I was young and stupid. #china #elevators

Got my replacement Anker power bank, from the recall earlier this year. Overall pretty satisfied with the Anker response/service. #Anker #customerservice

Calling all researchers in optical and EUV lithography: the SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning 2026 call for papers is open now, with abstracts due 10 September! Share your research at this leading #semiconductor conference in San Jose: spie.org/conferences...#semiconductor #EUVL #SPIELitho

7 hits, 14 K’s. Hard to score runs that way. #sfgiants

Seeking help to follow blue sky user. I setup a bridge account and follow a couple of blue sky users, but don’t remember how to follow additional blue sky account. Help please. #bluesky #fedihelp

Karl is dominating Transamerica this morning. #sanfrancisco #karlthefog

Saw two women working on a memorial for a father of one of them. Tokeland, WA

Westport lighthouse, Westport, WA #lighthouse

Astoria bridge, Astoria, OR #bridge

Sunset in Westport, WA #sunset

Mighty Casey at the bat! #sfgiants

Returning to Westport, WA after a fun day of salmon fishing. #fishing #fishingboat

Old school grocery store checkout setup. Found this at The Willipa Thriftway grocery store in Raymond, WA. If you over 55 years old, you probably remember this setup. #oldtech #grocerystore

Well, it's sixty years since the Grateful Dead helped to usher in a great period of San Francisco music, and this weekend Dead & Company are playing Golden Gate Park for three days. If you're going, here's a how-to. https://goldengateparkconcerts.com/event/dead-company/ I can hear the music […]

While driving north today across the California/Oregon border through the Siskiyou Mountains, it started to rain and hail. Just as it started, Riders On The Storm by The Doors began. There are no coincidences! #hailstorms #thedoors #nocoincidence

I don't know how I got on the GOP's phonelist, but I enjoyed the heck out of getting off of it.

Ticked a personal goal box today after finally sitting down to learn the intro to Queen's epic masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody on the piano. It was surprised to find that most of it is not nearly as technically complicated as I'd thought. E.g. the left-hand crossover is just two notes. Even if […]