These aren’t isolated developments. They’re symptoms of a media system shaped by decades of choices that favored commercial power over the public interest. Our new report maps how we got here, why it matters, and what a democratic media system must look like. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

One of my favorite full moon photographs. San Francisco as viewed from Ghirardelli Square. #Pentax K-S2 with smc M 120mm F2.8 lens. ƒ/11, 1/20sec @ ISO 200 Photographed July 2022. Thank you for looking. #photography #cityscape #sanfrancisco #fullmoon

"The very explicit point of these [NDAs] is to ensure there is no public feedback when these deals are being negotiated." Pat Garofalo joined WFMU to discuss how Big Tech is using NDAs to hide the true costs of their data centers from the public👇

Focused or defocused? #Pentax K-S2 with #Lensbaby Twist 60 F2.4. ƒ/2.8, 1/20sec @ ISO 3200. (both shots same exposure) Photographed December 2022. Thank you for looking. #photography #bokeh #moon #ireland #dublin

OPINION: "The central question, 'What were these people thinking?' is probably unanswerable. Even so, the situations of Ayanna Harrison and Erik Johnson share some important themes about what really happens when the public trust is violated." alextimes.com/opinion/colu...

The Supermoon is tomorrow night (Thursday, 12/4), so tonight was just practice. Olympus PEN E-PL6 with 1976 Olympus Zuiko 300mm F4.5, 1/350sec, ƒ/11 @ISO 200. #Olympus #M43 #photography #coldmoon #moon

Congress: Colleges pay their football coaches too much. Now, they can’t pay a coach $6M unless they do something crazy like jack up in-state tuition to $600k. Colleges: DON’T THREATEN US WITH A GOOD TIME, HONEY!

We've got 2 great stories today in our series about drivers of the affordability crisis. First up by James Baratta: Electricity rates are set by public utility commissions. But that process has become captured, with corporate utilities pushing through rate hikes and extracting profits.

It’s actually up to governments to regulate AI and stop it from destroying lives.

#Photography #Blackandwhite More Montreal stairs

Tomorrow's full moon will also be a #supermoon. Make plans to get a great shot! Here is a regular full moon near the Poolbeg Stacks in Dublin, #Ireland. #Olympus #m43 #photography

One more of the Cape Mendocino #lighthouse in Shelter Cove, California. I was particularly impressed by the high lantern:body ratio of this lighthouse. So much glass on a stocky body! #Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 15mm. Photographed Aug 2024. Thank you for looking. #photography #seascape #landscape

More edge-of-your-seat historical thrills from Balancecraft, exploring the US effort to rebuild post-war Germany without the cartels and consolidated economic power that had enabled the fascist war machine.

Three different ways of looking at a lighthouse. This is the Cape Mendocino Lighthouse, which is no longer at Cape Mendocino. It has been removed to Shelter Cove, #California. Which shot do you prefer? #photography #seascape #landscape #pentax

"Blade Runner 2020" On September 9, 2020, the sky over San Francisco turned dark red at noon due to smoke from the Santa Cruz CZU #Wildfire . #Pentax K200D with #Sigma 28–105mm F3.8–5.6 UCiii. ƒ/11, 3 sec @ ISO 100. Thank you for looking. #longexposure #photography

A retail shot, in honor of Black Friday in the USA. These are United Nude shoes, a preferred brand of @balancecraft.bsky.social . I prefer to call them "Shinekickers." The #starburst is a signature characteristic of the #Pentax DA15 lens; this is not a digital effect. #photography

Bergen, #Norway (or the train line leading there from Oslo). Photographed October, 2023. #Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 12mm F2. ƒ/5.6, 1/500sec @ ISO 200. Cropped in half from landscape into portrait. Thank you for looking. #photography #Bergen #camper #water #landscape #m43 #OMDigital

A roll of aluminum foil is maybe one of the most incredible things you will ever hold in your life. That was a creation for kings and you wrap it around food and throw it in the dumpster. You talk about planes as aluminum cans, as if both are not one of the most incredible creations in history.

Amazing photograph. Can it really be 120 years old?

The INSPIRE programme will be administered by the Higher Education Authority and Research Ireland and will be open for applications in the first quarter of 2026. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

What, don't Big Tech trials make everyone think about the rhetorical flexes of Thomas Paine? open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...

Copenhagen as seen from the spiral steeple of Vor Frelsers Kirke. #Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8. ƒ/3.5, 1/4000sec @ ISO 250. Photographed March 2023. Thank you for looking. #photography #denmark #churchofoursavior #vorfrelsers #skyline #m43

The Point Reyes Shipwreck is one of the most beautiful, haunting, and silly sites in all of California. It is a happenstance cathedral for photographers. Lovely shot, Jon!

Red Dahlias in Herbert Park, Dublin, Ireland. #Pentax K-S2 with Lensbaby Twist 60 F2.4. ƒ/2.8, 1/180sec @ ISO 200. Photographed October 2022. Thank you for looking. #photography #lensbaby #twist60 #swirl #bokeh #ireland

💙💛 120 Laps of the Lake: Sending massive good luck to Tommy O’Brien, 4th year Veterinary Medicine student member, who is taking on an incredible 60km run, or 120 laps of the main lake, for Movember.

Question for @marketplace.org : what % of the FOMC are renters? What % own multiple homes, mortgaged or outright? Are we all overlooking the real economic story as we pore over the legal drama? #FederalReserve

Maybe we're ignoring the real issue: does it unnerve you that so many political appointees in the US own MULTIPLE HOUSES? Shouldn't roughly half of our policymakers be renters? Imagine if every person in charge of setting transportation policy took a chauffeured car to work!

How I feel about this photograph depends heavily on how I weight the #LeicaQ2 tag it bears vs the #Midjourney tag it also bears. Anybody else feel these two ways? Provenance is everything, these days.

Three of the hardest working shipwrecks in #Galway Bay. It was a long shoot, several lens and lighting changes, and they never once complained. #Pentax K-S2 with DA 15mm F4 Limited. ƒ/15, 1/100sec @ ISO 200. Photographed in May, 2023. #ireland #galwaybay #shipwreck #photography #seascape

2022: I am starting grad school in Ireland. ChatGPT hasn't launched. It strikes me as archaic that we sit our exams by scribbling into blue paper booklets. 2023: I am finishing grad school in Ireland. ChatGPT is everywhere. It strikes me as inevitable that we use blue paper booklets.

This is not paid ad for CVS, but they are running a sale (USA) of $5 for a 16"x 20" "repositionable poster." I had some of these printed a few weeks ago. Quality is B+, and the sticky backing is like a Post-it note. Nice wall decor for $5. 💡 ANYTHING is a JPG if you save as .jpg #photography

Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people. As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset. https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg

Martello Tower on Dalkey Island as seen from a ruined fortification. #Pentax K-S2 with smc DA L 18–50mm F4–5.6. ƒ/11, 1/180sec @ ISO 200. Photographed July 2023. Thank you for looking. #kitlens #Ireland #dalkey #napoleon

This color palette is perfect. Really complex and engaging macro shot.

This is a lovely shot. Just the right defocus allowing the background to "lurk" behind the droplets. Joey Terrill @joeyterrill.bsky.social does a lot of amazing water drop photography along these lines. Would love to see more!

Happy Halloween #lego #photography #toyphotography

I bought this souvenir of the Jefferson Memorial for $5 from a street vendor. What do you think? #Pentax K-S2 with #Lensbaby Twist-60 and +2 diopter #macro filter. #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #small #washingtondc

Fun with long exposure. J-Church MUNI line, Church Street & 15th Street, San Francisco. #Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 15mm F4 Limited lens. ƒ/9.5, 2sec @ ISO 400. Photographed June 2022. Thank you for looking. #photography #longexposure #starburst #transit #bluehour

#Brutalism #FritzRuhmann #Midjourney #LeicaQ2 #Black&White #Photography

Unlike “followers” (for example, bison calves), deer fawns are “hiders,” staying put until strong enough to run. Mothers may leave them for up to 12 hours while foraging, returning periodically to nurse. #BlueskyArtShow #Small #Deer #GrandCanyon #Fawn #Hider #Photos #AnimalPhotography #Photography

I know, I KNOW. Trust me, I know. But still, at first glance…you know?

Cr de la Liberté, Lyons, France. #Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 12mm F2.0. ƒ5.6, 1/3000s @ ISO 400. Photographed March 2023. Thank you for looking. #fensterfreitag #photography #lyon #window #M43

Quick Hollywood story about #LarrySummers: Douglas Urbanski is the longtime agent/manager of actor Gary Oldman. When Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher were casting The Social Network, they asked Douglas Urbanski if he would be interested in portraying #Harvard President Larry Summers. 1/3

Signs of autumn on Valencia Street in San Francisco #Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8. ƒ/2.8, 1/15sec @ ISO 320. Photographed 2022 in San Francisco, California. Thank you for looking. #vespa #autumnleaves #fallcolors #bluehour #scooter #m43 #microfourthirds

Could I but ride indefinite, As doth the meadow-bee, And visit only where I liked, And no man visit me, And flirt all day with buttercups, And marry whom I may, And dwell a little everywhere, Or better, run away -- Emily Dickinson #Photography #ImageAndVerse #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #EastCoastKin

Halloween Pumpkins. #Pentax K-S2 with smc DA 21mm Limited F3.2. ƒ/3.2, 1/250sec @ ISO 200 Photographed October 2021. Thank you for looking. #photography #halloween #pumpkin #jackolantern #humor #sanfrancisco #foundart

The main thing I'm learning from the Vine reboot is that many, many people here on Bluesky are active bingo players.

Greetings BlueSky! I'll mostly post photographs. This one is currently the "Photo of the Week" in the @alexandriatimes.bsky.social . #Pentax K-S2 with DA 70mm Limited F2.4. ƒ/4, 1sec @ ISO 200. #Alexandria #ALX #photography So concludes my #firstpost . Thank you for looking!