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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 12h

In my lifetime, the only other President who employed undercover masked paramilitary to cities was Nixon between 1969-73.

There were violent protests against the Vietnam War. I was tear $ pepper gassed, but both times at peaceful protests & instigated by undercover police who instigated chaos.

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 18h

These thugs are out of control. Waste of my taxpayer money, unconstitutional, harassing and intimidating, no national emergency exists.

Comparable to what Nixon did back in 1969-1972 with John Mitchell, HR Haldeman and J Edgar Hoover. Murdered Black Panthers and fabricated “danger” scenarios.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 1d

Gentrification of neighborhoods is the biggest change. First lived on top of Queen Anne in mid-1970’s. Was a family neighborhood. Then Cap Hill/Central area in 1980’s. High rent district now. Bought my house by Genesee Park in 1987 when my income was $15,000/year. Nothing under $1 million now

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 1d

Judt celebrated my 50th year living in Seattle, as I came here in September 1975. The development in the suburbs was more alarming than tearing down an ugly 1950’s viaduct and linking the Elliot Way Psrk with a walking/pedestrian friendly thruway to Pioneer Square. Building I-5 thru town bad idea.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 1d

It’s worse than dementia. It’s like he took LSD, hears voices in his head & goes through a series of vivid hallucinations.

When you are a pathological liar, one suffers from a medical condition called mythomania & pseudoligia fantastica.

It definitely caused impairment & ability to function.

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 1d

Seattle Waterfront Park. For all you out-of-towner drop-ins or cruise ship passenger tourists, this was a long time coming, but a dream finally realized.

#seattle
#urbanphotograhy
#publicart
#landscapephotography
#travel

Hard to believe this pier was a salmon fishing ground for the indigenous tribes (Duwamish) who lived here for hundreds of years.

Public art and sculpture have a legacy in the last 50 years in Seattle.

Look closely. This ya a children’s play area on the waterfront.

Lest we forget the workers and the unions they belonged to that made this waterfront park possible.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 2d

One of the most iconic public markets in this country is Seattle’s Pike Place Market. For over 100 years, Farmers in King Ciunty grow and harvest their flowering plants to sell at the market.

#pikeplacemarket
#flowers
#urbanphotography
#seattle
#photography
#farmers

Part of a mural on permanent display at Seattle’s Pine Place Market. Asian-American farmers have a long and storied history of farming in King County and selling their produce and flowers at the market

One of the many stalls at the pike Place Msrket in Seattle that sells floral bouquets grown locally.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 2d

A solitary glaucous-winged gull in deep thought on the Seattle waterfront looking out to Elliot Bay. Many varieties of these gulls exist, the Pacific Gull, the Western gull and the Mew gull to name a few.

#photography
#birds
#gulls
#wildlifephotography
#seattle
#seattlewaterfront
#pugetsound

These gulls often fly over the ferries that cross this waterway to Bainbridge Island.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning BlueSky. 7:30am, looking west out my kitchen window and the moon is getting to set over Seattle.

#photography
#moon
#harvestmoin
#landscapephotography
#astronomy

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Dance.

#SeizetheMoment
#Mainers

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 5d

Is this white supremacist Miller serious? He’s cancer to our democracy & his rhetoric is so similar to what the Nazi party under Hitler accused the “communists” & Jewish intellectuals of in 1933,

Miller’s lies & exaggerations need to be exposed by the mainstream media.

#democracy
#civilrights

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 6d

Is there not anything more relaxing than a swim on a farm in Candelaria, Zambales, Philippines.

On a recent visit, my Nikon D-3300 was loaded for Carabao (aka water-buffalo). I also utilized my IPhone 12 mini video button.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Relax
#wildlifephotography
#nature
#philippines

Relaxing Carabao on a farm in Candelaria, Zambales, Philippines

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 9d

For my Canadian friends, & for friends who like autumn colors, here are October photos taken in Vancouver, BC.

#landscapephotography
#autumncolors
#stanleypark
#canada
#vancouverbritishcolombia
#naturephotography
#urbanphotography

Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia. Falling leaves with a view of downtown Vancouver in the background.

Autumn leaves, autumn colors in Stanley Park

More autumn colors along the promenade in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 12d

On a first Sunday in October, I walked & hiked around Yosemite photographing the jaw-dropping landscape. Yosemite Falls may lack water, but it is still quite majestic. The golden mountain ground squirrel takes it all in.

#landscapephotography
#nature
#Yosemite
#nationalparks
#naturephotogrphy

One of many waterfalls at Yosemite National Park

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 12d

The “Navajo Bridge” across Marble Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona

#BlueSkyArtShow
#TheRoad
#landscapephotography
#geology
#navajohistory
#arizonahighways
#marblecanyon
#photography
#grandcanyon
#Nationalparks

Iconic structure knows as “The Navajo Bridge”, part of Arizona Highway 89A in Grand Canyon National Park. Built on June 14-15, 1929. Dedicated to the Navajo people.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 13d

Visited Chicago the first Friday in September.

2 IPhone photos from my driver’s seat

Stopped at a red light on Lake Shore Drive looking at the Field Museum

In a massive traffic jam moving at 5MPH looking at the Sears Tower

#Chicago
#Photography
#BlueSkyArtShow
#TheRoad
#highwayphotos

Friday mid-day traffic on Lake Shore Drive by Grant Park

Rush hour on I-94 heading into the loop on a Friday afternnoon

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 13d

www.seattletimes.com/sports/world...

More of the usual diarrhea that comes out of this convicted felon’s mouth. I have lived in Seattle 50 yrs. & it is much safer in terms of crime than it was in the 1980’s & 1990’s.

What’s true, is he would not be welcome here

#worldcup2026
#seattle
#sports

Trump suggests moving 2026 FIFA World Cup matches out of Seattle

It’s not clear what the federal government can do to force FIFA to move World Cup matches

www.seattletimes.com

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 16d

Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, is on video allegedly taking a $50,000 bribe from undercover FBI agents. But as soon as Trump took office, that FBI investigation was DOA.

The Trump Administration is just a gift to grift, but Democrats are fighting back.

youtu.be/ClPGl9hHi40?...

Trump Border Czar CAUGHT in MAJOR BRIBE Scandal!

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 17d

Evening walks along the shores of Lake Washington in southeast Seattle yield silhouette photos of mallard ducks, hanging out by Andrews Bay.

#birdphotography
#photography
#waterfowl
#wildlifephotography
#nature
#seattle

Gathering of mallards along the shoreline north of Andrews Bay on Lake Washington

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 17d

First day of Autumn 2025 brings the first sighting of fall covers on the evening walk along Lake Washington Boulevard.

#autumn
#photography
#fallcolors
#naturephotography
#seattle

A tradition begun in the 1930’s was the planting of Japanese Cherry trees along Lake Washington Boulevard South in southeast Seattle.

In recent years to replace the aging cherry trees, red maples have been planted,

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 17d

So I went back and looked at your reply to my post and something appears to have gotten lost in translation. The Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, not sailors. And the baseball player is Cal Raleigh.

Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 19d

Mid-town Manhattan

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Angles
#Manhattan
#landscapephotography
#BlueSkyPhotographers
#urbanlandscape
#streetphotography

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 20d

Zabriske Point. Death Valley National Park. Scene of a motion picture filmed here. Feels like entering the Twilight Zone.

Warning: do not visit May - September

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Angles
#NationalParks
#Desert
#landscapephotography
#geology
#geometric
#photography
#travel
#travelphotography

This used to be the “Furnace Creek Lake” thousands of years ago. It is sedimentary rock layers of siltstone, mudstone and volcanic ash, melted down by erosion.

The angles of these rock formations are fascinating. Could be mistaken for moonscape

Looking one way, to the west, is the Panamint Mountain Range.

There is absolutely no other place on earth like this. It has its unique geology, cultural history and of course, extreme heat.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 21d

Not surprising, since despite no actual testimony under oath or statements by the accused, there is an avalanche of statements being made by those who want to portray the accused of being under the influence of “left ideology”.

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Herman Gilman @herm1953.bsky.social · 24d

Western Sierras hiking is a joy. Thick tree trunks are everywhere, such as these in Grants Grove in Kings Canyon National Park. Spent my Sunday afternoon there last weekend.

#thicktrunkTuesday
#NationalParks
#naturephotography
#forests
#hiking

General Grant sequoia, over 1600 years old

Sequoias in the Grant Grove. Wide circumference developed over hundreds of years

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