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Daphne Cothren
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obsessed architect, happy to be here
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2: contortionist, the Swiss Army knife of dogs. Fifty-odd pounds, would easily fit into a backpack. Enjoys new and weird crevices.
Perhaps a dog, assembled from a poor set of instructions. A front leg, bent in Z, is seen just in front of a rear flank, with a ear hovering horizontally above.
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Can't have it both ways. Your image is indeed glorifying violent rebellion.
However, I would count the Solidarity movement as both European and non-violent, so there's that as a model.
Yes, we are all outraged but maybe keep the vitriol pointed in the right direction.
rather blurry photo of a presumably a street packed with people. They are wall to wall, a number of Polish flags visible, and in front a huge white banner with Solidarnosc (sorry the Polish for their solidarity movement)
January 24, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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pedestrian overcrossing with two hefty canted arches suspending a splay-sided deck below.
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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morning response to the overnight news
protesters with various signs in front of a corner Starbucks. Two in orange safety vests, all in light rain gear Protestors on a concrete median strip, one looking directly at the camera, the others to the right. One sign reads "Defund Ice", the other "Immigrants built America, abolish ICE 8647." Sun after a rain on a bridge, a man with his back turned centrally frame. American and rainbow flags snapping in the wind beyond him.
January 4, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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Here, kitty, kitty
A whole lot of green ornaments tempting fate by dangling from monofilament over baskets of presents.
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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New art style emerges, needs a name, please help.
Outsider Lines
Octopus Dreams
Contrary Mary
Le Morte d'Mondrian
Acceptably NotAI
Bless Her Heart Art
closer view of the mess, colors used are pink, brown, olive green, peach, rust, and a pale yellow orange. Much of the paint is unevenly applied, thin enough in spots for the underlying camo fabric to show through. An outdoor shelter with a gable roof over an arched open and a flat-roofed side extension. It is painted in a plaid-ish pattern, apparently applied with a stick by a person with a tremor in deep dark woods.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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#nokings
October 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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#nokings peace and sunshine and civic behavior and joy and righteous anger.
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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#nokings this kind man wandered about offering pizza to all demonstrators. All sorts!
a pleasant elderly gentleman on a crowded sidewalk offering pizza slices from an open box
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Retail :This one is on the upper floor of a multi story parking garage at a shopping mall.
Oooh, ah, a night shot! a black car at an EV charging station along a very long row of empty stalls under, you guessed it, PV canopies.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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In a private business lot, presumably for employee parking.
modest array of black panels over a modest parking lot.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Institutional: The solar carport, located on a 4-acre upper parking lot at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, is the largest solar PV facility in Marin County. The energy generated is delivered directly to MCE’s customers, including the Buck Institute, under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement
yet another plain jane installation at a fancy architect designed complex
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Mass transit, producing a combined 1 megawatt.
SolarCity operates the project and sells the power to BART under a 20-year contract with the transportation district. The project produces more power than the station consumes, with the additional power going to serve other uses on the BART system.
who's thrilled to see yet more parking lot solar arrays?
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Municipal: expected to save about $2.8 million over 20 years. From a Regional Renewable Energy Procurement program which allowed participating public agencies to pool their purchasing power and significantly reduce the administrative, technical, and installation costs of renewable energy projects.
a very pedestrian (ha) but thoroughly functional example of a canopy cantilivered from posts between pairs of stall rows.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Public school "The projects will allow us to substantially reduce our carbon footprint [...], realize significant savings in general fund operating costs, contribute substantial energy to the “grid” during peak times (afternoon and summer), and model the use of renewable energy to our students.
another thrilling aerial view of solar panels over a parking lot, green hills in the background.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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And here are some examples from various types of owners. RV & Boat Storage used solar modules on existing carports without the need for additional racking or structure reinforcements.
aerial view of large parking lot with canopies, surrounded by dry fields and a water port in the distance.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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charming somewhat squat looking butterfly roofs over sections of a parking lot.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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long span fairly light galvanized steel beams with perpendicular solar arrays, leaving open air between.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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curved glulam cantilevered posts, in unequal butterfly roof design, with cheery cherry red edges. French.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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A fair thread on them being a thing. Starting with some examples of slight variations in design. Having trouble getting multiple images in one skeet.
wooden beams, underskirted with netting, holding small panels with plenty of air space. I think this is in Canada.
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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For those of you unfamiliar with the lyrics to Fortunate Son, which was PLAYED FOR TRUMP'S PARADE OMG, here you go. And go give the original from Creedence Clearwater Revival a listen; it's great.
Some folks are born made to wave the flag Hoo, they're red, white and blue And when the band plays "Hail to the chief" Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no senator's son, son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no furtunate one, no Some folks are born silver spoon in hand Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord? But when the taxman come to the door Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, no Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?" Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more" It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no military son, son, Lord It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, one It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate son, no,
June 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Multi fun stuff I found on Wikipedia today:
The Amazon, originally emptying into the Pacific, as South America rifted from Africa, found its exit blocked by the rise of the Andes about 15 million years ago. A great inland sea developed, at times draining north through what is now Venezuela before finding its present eastward outlet into the South Atlantic. Gradually this inland sea became a vast freshwater lake and wetlands where sediment flattened its profiles and the marine inhabitants adapted to life in freshwater. Over 20 species of stingray, most closely related to those found in the Pacific Ocean, can be found today in the freshwaters of the Amazon, which is also home to a freshwater dolphin. In 2005, fossilized remains of a giant crocodilian, estimated to have been 46 ft (14 m) in length, were discovered in the northern rainforest of Amazonian Peru.
June 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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People of quality value equality. Stand up for truth and justice. From this past Saturday.
Two men drumming, near parked cars Elderly man with a cane, seated on a bollard and holding a sign that says No kings Diverse age group of sign holding protesters walking in the sunshine. One sign reads fuck musk. View across a sunny street to the opposite side walk crammed with anti trump, anti musk protesters.
May 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Elon thinks it's not possible that people don't like him. This seems like a sincere note to the contrary.
A sign held up against a background of other sign-waving protesters, with the waver's brown hair in the foreground. The sign has soft colors of pink and yellow and orange that look finger smudged around letters and carefully colored inside the lines (of dark and light blue and purple). It reads, rather chillingly, Gut Musk.
March 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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So right, this guy.
photo of a torso of a grey bearded man on a sunny day in an urban area. He's wearing short sleeve grey T shirt with orange lettering that says Orange Lies Matter.
March 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM