C
@notmiddlec.bsky.social
Middle of everywhere. Where Oz was from. Possibly a cat in another life. Will travel for bird, food, and beauty. Amateur birder. All images and ideas are mine. Not a professional account.
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C
@notmiddlec.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Current attitude: This bird.
This was the only time I've successfully photographed a tufted titmouse.
October 2024 at the Ramble in Central Park NYC.
#birds
This was the only time I've successfully photographed a tufted titmouse.
October 2024 at the Ramble in Central Park NYC.
#birds
If this doesn't make you cry, you may need some thoughts and prayers.
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 8:42 PM
If this doesn't make you cry, you may need some thoughts and prayers.
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Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
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"Ike Muringai, a Black Deaf man who's beloved in the Minnesota Deaf community, was snatched by ICE and is currently being held at the El Paso Immigration Detention Center, far from home and with little or no access to ASL interpreters."
gofund.me/b45791acd
gofund.me/b45791acd
Donate to Bring Ike Home: Support for Legal and Travel Costs, organized by Paul Fannin
Our good friend and teammate Ike Muringai has been apprehended by ICE a… Paul Fannin needs your support for Bring Ike Home: Support for Legal and Travel Costs
gofund.me
January 14, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"Ike Muringai, a Black Deaf man who's beloved in the Minnesota Deaf community, was snatched by ICE and is currently being held at the El Paso Immigration Detention Center, far from home and with little or no access to ASL interpreters."
gofund.me/b45791acd
gofund.me/b45791acd
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Elderly Hmong man
ICE kidnapped from his home is a US citizen. His name is Saly. ICE broke down the door, trashed the place, handcuffed him, put a gun to his daughter-in-law's head and grabbed him
Georgia Fort got more info from family
www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
ICE kidnapped from his home is a US citizen. His name is Saly. ICE broke down the door, trashed the place, handcuffed him, put a gun to his daughter-in-law's head and grabbed him
Georgia Fort got more info from family
www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Elderly Hmong man
ICE kidnapped from his home is a US citizen. His name is Saly. ICE broke down the door, trashed the place, handcuffed him, put a gun to his daughter-in-law's head and grabbed him
Georgia Fort got more info from family
www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
ICE kidnapped from his home is a US citizen. His name is Saly. ICE broke down the door, trashed the place, handcuffed him, put a gun to his daughter-in-law's head and grabbed him
Georgia Fort got more info from family
www.instagram.com/p/DTrblZ2jmT...
Beverly Soon Tofu in Koreatown in L.A.
Not sure it's my favorite but it's my favorite among many other L.A. restaurants that I still know the name of.
There's also a tiny French restaurant in Alhambra in the mid-2000s I really loved. Service was slow and the owners were eccentric but fun.
Not sure it's my favorite but it's my favorite among many other L.A. restaurants that I still know the name of.
There's also a tiny French restaurant in Alhambra in the mid-2000s I really loved. Service was slow and the owners were eccentric but fun.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Beverly Soon Tofu in Koreatown in L.A.
Not sure it's my favorite but it's my favorite among many other L.A. restaurants that I still know the name of.
There's also a tiny French restaurant in Alhambra in the mid-2000s I really loved. Service was slow and the owners were eccentric but fun.
Not sure it's my favorite but it's my favorite among many other L.A. restaurants that I still know the name of.
There's also a tiny French restaurant in Alhambra in the mid-2000s I really loved. Service was slow and the owners were eccentric but fun.
Dinner was a garlic rosemary pork loin roast with mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach, with some chocolate muffins as dessert.
Kinda heavy for the night but at least now I won't get blown away by this gust. Thankful the snow squall didn't happen.
Kinda heavy for the night but at least now I won't get blown away by this gust. Thankful the snow squall didn't happen.
January 19, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Dinner was a garlic rosemary pork loin roast with mashed potatoes and sautéed spinach, with some chocolate muffins as dessert.
Kinda heavy for the night but at least now I won't get blown away by this gust. Thankful the snow squall didn't happen.
Kinda heavy for the night but at least now I won't get blown away by this gust. Thankful the snow squall didn't happen.
January 19, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I submitted this for a contest last year and didn't win. Might as well share it on a gloomy winter day <3
#hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #birds
#hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #birds
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I submitted this for a contest last year and didn't win. Might as well share it on a gloomy winter day <3
#hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #birds
#hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #birds
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
Worked really hard to lose at Scrabble tonight. Still beat my opponent by 20+ points.
January 17, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Worked really hard to lose at Scrabble tonight. Still beat my opponent by 20+ points.
Let's keep these small and meaningful acts of kindness!!!
One way to combat darkness is to be the light ourselves.
One way to combat darkness is to be the light ourselves.
Finding Hope: A Story
Ten years ago someone anonymously picked up my husband and my whole tab. We were at a low point because I was out of work and our plans to move were put on hold. But we were checking out neighborhoods for when things turned around.
(1/🧵)
Ten years ago someone anonymously picked up my husband and my whole tab. We were at a low point because I was out of work and our plans to move were put on hold. But we were checking out neighborhoods for when things turned around.
(1/🧵)
January 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Let's keep these small and meaningful acts of kindness!!!
One way to combat darkness is to be the light ourselves.
One way to combat darkness is to be the light ourselves.
A willing photography subject:
A downy woodpecker that didn't move an inch for a good minute or two.
Probably because it's only 20F this morning.
#birds #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography
A downy woodpecker that didn't move an inch for a good minute or two.
Probably because it's only 20F this morning.
#birds #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography
January 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
A willing photography subject:
A downy woodpecker that didn't move an inch for a good minute or two.
Probably because it's only 20F this morning.
#birds #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography
A downy woodpecker that didn't move an inch for a good minute or two.
Probably because it's only 20F this morning.
#birds #woodpeckers #BirdPhotography
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
January 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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The kids of NYC are so lucky 🙂📚🚌🏙️♪ ♫
Ms Rachel & Mayor Z for story time!! …to go along with a city leader who cares about
rent stability, functioning public transportation, and universal childcare…
The people* of NYC are so lucky 😭🍎🗽
Genuinely happy for yall…
Ms Rachel & Mayor Z for story time!! …to go along with a city leader who cares about
rent stability, functioning public transportation, and universal childcare…
The people* of NYC are so lucky 😭🍎🗽
Genuinely happy for yall…
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
The kids of NYC are so lucky 🙂📚🚌🏙️♪ ♫
Ms Rachel & Mayor Z for story time!! …to go along with a city leader who cares about
rent stability, functioning public transportation, and universal childcare…
The people* of NYC are so lucky 😭🍎🗽
Genuinely happy for yall…
Ms Rachel & Mayor Z for story time!! …to go along with a city leader who cares about
rent stability, functioning public transportation, and universal childcare…
The people* of NYC are so lucky 😭🍎🗽
Genuinely happy for yall…
Reposted by C
We have to practice solidarity. We have to recognize when we're being played and used, and what makes us strong and what makes us weak. Empires are always trying, *inside and outside*, to make the very people they oppress and threaten complicit in their evils and dependent on their structures.
January 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
We have to practice solidarity. We have to recognize when we're being played and used, and what makes us strong and what makes us weak. Empires are always trying, *inside and outside*, to make the very people they oppress and threaten complicit in their evils and dependent on their structures.
Found it on p.438: web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf...
Actual quote: "In the artist of all kinds I think one can detect an inherent dilemma, which belongs to the co-existence of two trends, the urgent need to communicate and the still more urgent need not to be found."
Actual quote: "In the artist of all kinds I think one can detect an inherent dilemma, which belongs to the co-existence of two trends, the urgent need to communicate and the still more urgent need not to be found."
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Found it on p.438: web.english.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf...
Actual quote: "In the artist of all kinds I think one can detect an inherent dilemma, which belongs to the co-existence of two trends, the urgent need to communicate and the still more urgent need not to be found."
Actual quote: "In the artist of all kinds I think one can detect an inherent dilemma, which belongs to the co-existence of two trends, the urgent need to communicate and the still more urgent need not to be found."
Where did Winnicott write or say that "artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide"?
I like it.
I like it.
January 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Where did Winnicott write or say that "artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide"?
I like it.
I like it.
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rufous hummingbirds are known for migrating thousands of miles every year, from mexico all the way to alaska!
#birds #birdart #printmaking #rufoushummingbird
#birds #birdart #printmaking #rufoushummingbird
December 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
rufous hummingbirds are known for migrating thousands of miles every year, from mexico all the way to alaska!
#birds #birdart #printmaking #rufoushummingbird
#birds #birdart #printmaking #rufoushummingbird
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I’m not sure how an O-shaped economy
would work, if money can flow in a circle
like a river that never begins …
—Bob Hicok
would work, if money can flow in a circle
like a river that never begins …
—Bob Hicok
The Naivete and Potential Embarrassment of Proposing an Empathy-Shaped Economy While Living in a K-Shaped Economy Isn’t Lost on Me So Much as I Think It’s More Important to Give a Fuck by Bob Hicok ...
That someone looked at the letter K and realized it expresses economic disparity more efficiently than a drawing or sculpture […]
www.rattle.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I’m not sure how an O-shaped economy
would work, if money can flow in a circle
like a river that never begins …
—Bob Hicok
would work, if money can flow in a circle
like a river that never begins …
—Bob Hicok
Applicable to all forms of craft, including when your chosen profession is already a craft.
Perhaps the demon is that who encourages one to go from doing something well in their profession to becoming an influencer (?)
Perhaps the demon is that who encourages one to go from doing something well in their profession to becoming an influencer (?)
A demon will come into your head and tell you that if you just get a little better you can make a lot of money doing that craft and that is the DEFINITION of temptation. Do not do it. Keep it for yourself. Protect it with your life. Because it is, in all actuality, protecting your life in return.
January 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Applicable to all forms of craft, including when your chosen profession is already a craft.
Perhaps the demon is that who encourages one to go from doing something well in their profession to becoming an influencer (?)
Perhaps the demon is that who encourages one to go from doing something well in their profession to becoming an influencer (?)
I had no idea what a many-colored rush tyrant looked like but the #BirbFest2026 prompt called for one on Day 2. (I know this is the 3rd day of the year and my 1st bird.)
It's fun even if it's not accurate on a postcard-size paper. 😀
#OilPastel #BirbFest
It's fun even if it's not accurate on a postcard-size paper. 😀
#OilPastel #BirbFest
January 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I had no idea what a many-colored rush tyrant looked like but the #BirbFest2026 prompt called for one on Day 2. (I know this is the 3rd day of the year and my 1st bird.)
It's fun even if it's not accurate on a postcard-size paper. 😀
#OilPastel #BirbFest
It's fun even if it's not accurate on a postcard-size paper. 😀
#OilPastel #BirbFest
I eat French fries because I love ketchup. I eat lamb chops because I love mint jelly. I eat buffalo wings because I love ranch.
Patterns. Mmmm.
Patterns. Mmmm.
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I eat French fries because I love ketchup. I eat lamb chops because I love mint jelly. I eat buffalo wings because I love ranch.
Patterns. Mmmm.
Patterns. Mmmm.
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM