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Matt Weimer
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Present in San Francisco. Past in theater. Future unknown.
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Another day, another Trump atrocity, another protest.

#SanFrancisco #Venezuela
Man with a black jacket and jeans, standing at the edge of a crowd of protesters at an urban intersection (Powell and Market in San Francisco).
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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My annual New Year walk to Bernal Hill (delayed a day by rain). It's just nice to start the year with a little perspective.

#SanFrancisco #bloomscrollling
Man in a black jacket in front of some red flowers, in front of the San Francisco skyline, on a overcast day.
January 2, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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My Top-10 Favorite Reads of 2025, Fiction and Non-Fiction, for those who find such lists interesting.

Note, "favorite reads" doesn't necessarily mean "best books".

In alphabetical order.
#booksky 💙📚 💡📚
2025 Top Ten Reads: FICTION; Bendigo Shafter, by Louis L’Amour; The Guncle, by Steven Rowley; Help Wanted, by Adele Waldman; Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri; The Master, by Colm Toibin; This is Happiness, by Niall Williams; The Western Wind, by Samantha Harvey; Wild Houses, by Colin Barrett 2025 Top Ten Reads: NON-FICTION; American Midnight, by Adam Hochschild; The Blue Tattoo, by Margot Mifflin; Dietrich & Riefenstahl, by Karin Wieland; A Different Kind of Intimacy, by Karen Finley; February 1933: The Winter of Literature, by Uwe Wittstock; Everything Is Tuberculosis, by John Green; G-Man, by Beverly Gage; Ingrained, by Callum Robinson; Things in Nature Merely Grow, by Yiyun Li; When the Band Played On, by Michael G Lee
December 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Many celebrity deaths are sad, but some are like a slap in the face. Such a flood of fond memories. Such a tragic loss.

#RIP #RobReiner #filmsky
Photo of actors Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner in "All in the Family". Rob Reiner directing Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in the diner scene in "When Harry Met Sally". Black and white photo of Rob Reiner directing Wallace Shawn, Robin Wright, and Andre the Giant in "The Princess Bride". Director Rob Reiner and actor River Phoenix sitting on the ground on the set of "Stand By Me".
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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It's not just that he entertained me as a kid, it's that he inspired the budding young theater kid in me to be an entertainer.

Happy 100th Birthday, Dick Van Dyke!

#filmsky
Black and white photo of actor Dick Van Dyke, posing as Bert from "Mary Poppins", wearing a striped jacket and bow tie, smiling at the camera as he lifts his straw hat, with a cane over his shoulder.
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The Media: It's a cold-blooded murder! Why aren't people taking it more seriously?

Also The Media:
News Alert from People Magazine showing a handsome young man (Luigi Mangione) with impressive eyebrows, with the headline: "Luigi Mangione Put 'Pluck Eyebrows' On To-Do List After Allegedly Killing CEO"
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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He assured me I'm on the "nice" list.

#Santa #SanFrancisco
Man (me) in a black coat and shirt and blue jeans, sitting on the arm of an ornate red and gold chair, in which is seated a classically dressed Santa Claus. Both smiling.
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Gosh, I can't wait to see who wins FIFA's Peace Prize next year!
Gold prize, looking like a bunch of hands holding up a globe, in front of a background that looks like orange and red confetti.
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I'll add to the chorus of love for Claude, the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences, who just died at age 30. He'll be missed.
(Terrible photo of me, sorry, but Claude looks handsome as always.)
@calacademy.bsky.social #RIP #SanFrancisco
Smiling man in front of an exhibit at an aquarium featuring an albino alligator.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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For #WorldAIDSDay I choose to remember that on Sept 5, 1991, some AIDS activists erected a giant condom over the house of the rabidly homophobic Senator Jesse Helms. Good trouble, in case anybody needs the inspiration these days.
A giant, yellowish inflatable (fake) condom, situated in a suburban yard. Text on the condom reads, in part, "Helms is deadlier than a virus."
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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A friend once came upon Tom Stoppard giving a book signing that was so last-minute, it was completely unattended. My friend gushed praise. Stoppard replied, "I'm bored. Let's go shopping," and led my friend around the store, giving him book recommendations. What a treat that must've been. #RIP
Middle-aged man [Tom Stoppard] in a head and chest pose, looking at the camera with an unsmiling but warm expression, light blue shirt and tweed jacket, lighting from the right, brownish wall and some sort of black metal structure in the background.
November 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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A woman approached me in a department store this afternoon.
She: "Can you tell me where is cashmere for men?
Me: "I'm sorry, I don't know".
She: "YOU DON'T KNOW!?"
Me: "No, I don't work here."
She: "YOU DON'T WORK HERE!?"
Me: "No."
And she walked away.
#BlackFriday
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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The correct response to "Quiet, piggy".
kermit the frog and miss piggy are sitting at a table with a cup that says kermit
Alt: Miss Piggy hitting Kermit the Frog hard enough to knock him into the next room.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Just pausing to note that Rock Hudson was born a century ago today.

#filmsky #lgbtq
Black and white photo of a smoldering, half-smiling sideways look from a smolderingly handsome man (Rock Hudson), brown hair, white shirt.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A man was just arrested outside my apartment, and I looked to make sure it wasn't some ICE action. It was city police. In the chase and take-down, the man lost both his shoes, after which a cop kindly knelt down and put the shoes back on the man he'd just arrested. Definitely not ICE.

#SanFrancisco
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Attending my first Pride Parade in 1989, I was so surprised to see my Congresswoman in the parade, taking what I assumed to be the personal and professional risk of participating, that I wrote her a letter to thank her. I received this letter in reply.

#NancyPelosi #LGBTQ #SanFrancisco
1989 letter from Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi expressing support for the gay community.
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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How nice for a change to glance at the news and not cringe.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Call me old-fashioned, but I still find it satisfying to show up to my polling place on Election Day to cast my ballot.

#YesOn50
#California
An "I Voted!" sticked on a blue shirt.
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Today's Halloween potluck contribution: Almond Roca candies on a bed of chopped peanuts.

#Halloween 🍽️
Almond Roca candies on a bed of chopped peanuts, served with a white litter scoop in a white litter box, so it resembles cat poop. Shown on a wooden table in front of a white wall.
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Antifa radicals across from my office today. Radicals, I say!

#SanFrancisco
October 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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My favorite Prunella Scales trivia is that when she played QEII in "Single Spies" in 1988, it broke an unspoken protocol by being the first time a reigning monarch had been portrayed on the London stage. The strength it must have taken to do that was evident in all her work. I was a fan.
#RIP
Headshot of Prunella Scales, smiling, with a pink lipstick matching her pink sweater.
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Do you suppose Trump checked with Melania first to see if it was okay to tear her office down?
Washington Post news photo of demolition work on the White House's East Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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For today's book group: pumpkin cake with a maple/olive oil glaze.

#baking 💙📚🍽️
Slices of a brownish (pumpkin) cake with a cream-colored frosting/glaze, on a white dish, on a light brown wooden table, in front of a white wall.
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Today's protest sign.

#NoKings #SanFrancisco
Man holding a protest sign, showing Donald Trump dressed as a king with a red circle and line through it, suggesting rejection. Around him are photos showing no rejection signs. Clockwise: Martin Luther King Jr, Larry King, B.B. King, Carole King, Don King, Regina King, Stephen King, Billie Jean King.
October 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I'm still getting this year's Halloween party food sorted out, but here was my contribution last year: bread sticks dipped in white chocolate and colored sugar. 🙂

#Halloween 🍽️
Bread sticks dipped in white chocolate and black-colored sugar, in an ashtray, meant to look like a bunch of cigarette stubs. On a wood table in front of a white wall.
October 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM