Arod in San Francisco
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Long-time, now-fled Twitter, arodsf, on Flickr too. I post material that strikes me, and look for similar posters.
Eclectic, intellectual, gay man, road cyclist, skeptic, atheist, liberal, rhetorician, doctorate in Indonesian literature, AIDS/LifeCycle
Eclectic, intellectual, gay man, road cyclist, skeptic, atheist, liberal, rhetorician, doctorate in Indonesian literature, AIDS/LifeCycle
Reposted by Arod in San Francisco
Last night's Moon. 23 March 2024. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
March 24, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Last night's Moon. 23 March 2024. 🔭 🧪 #astrophotography
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/a...
Another wow crazy for sure. I hadn’t thought about this guy for years
Another wow crazy for sure. I hadn’t thought about this guy for years
Andrew Crispo, Disgraced Manhattan Gallery Owner, Dies at 78
His fall from the pinnacle of the New York art world involved murder, torture, tax evasion, extortion and two terms in prison.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2024 at 9:57 AM
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/a...
Another wow crazy for sure. I hadn’t thought about this guy for years
Another wow crazy for sure. I hadn’t thought about this guy for years
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Eric Swalwell and Hunter Biden's exchange during Hunter Biden’s hearing yesterday is FIRE.
March 1, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Eric Swalwell and Hunter Biden's exchange during Hunter Biden’s hearing yesterday is FIRE.
Cool video on gay speech. I love finding myself in a big group of gay guys because of the speech ... happens every year on the two AIDS bike rides I do, AIDS/LifeCYcle and especially on the Toronto-Montreal Bike Rally. Subscribe to this guy ... fascinating stuff. youtu.be/t75pdg2VyCU?...
gay voice
This awesome study shows what every gay man already knows—that gay men change the way they speak to sound more or less gay depending on the social situation....
youtu.be
March 2, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Cool video on gay speech. I love finding myself in a big group of gay guys because of the speech ... happens every year on the two AIDS bike rides I do, AIDS/LifeCYcle and especially on the Toronto-Montreal Bike Rally. Subscribe to this guy ... fascinating stuff. youtu.be/t75pdg2VyCU?...
sweet conversation with one of my faves, Stephen Fry - www.theguardian.com/film/2024/fe...
Stephen Fry: ‘I was never cute – I’ve got better looking as I’ve got older’
As Britain’s pre-eminent brainbox voices Leonardo da Vinci in new stopmotion film The Inventor, he answers readers’ questions on dinner parties, trivia quizzes and getting old
www.theguardian.com
February 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
sweet conversation with one of my faves, Stephen Fry - www.theguardian.com/film/2024/fe...
Impressive ... but a little irony ... in the foreground of the second picture is a field of Oxalis, aka wood sorrel, which is a weed that infests my garden every winter. I spend many happy hours pulling it up lest it strangle everything else. - www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
Long-buried Atlas statue raised to guard Temple of Zeus in Sicily once more
Eight-metre statue dating from fifth century BC restored and assembled piece-by-piece to be displayed in Valley of the Temples
www.theguardian.com
February 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Impressive ... but a little irony ... in the foreground of the second picture is a field of Oxalis, aka wood sorrel, which is a weed that infests my garden every winter. I spend many happy hours pulling it up lest it strangle everything else. - www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...
Tears well up - theathletic.com/5293529/2024...
Ray Davis grew up homeless, now he seeks to be a 'name you'll remember forever'
He is two months away from hearing his name called at the NFL Draft, but that's not what Davis is most proud of.
theathletic.com
February 29, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Tears well up - theathletic.com/5293529/2024...
See also the tragicomic and deeply depressing "Aesthetics Wiki", something that evidently never bothered to consider what aesthetics really is.
aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthet...
aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthet...
Aesthetics Wiki
aesthetics.fandom.com
February 21, 2024 at 2:17 PM
See also the tragicomic and deeply depressing "Aesthetics Wiki", something that evidently never bothered to consider what aesthetics really is.
aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthet...
aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Aesthet...
The mile-wide and inch-deep wasteland we, and especially youth, are creating. It all revolves around a wasteland-style search for identity, something you can jump into without effort and use to reject the world.
Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/m...
Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/m...
Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids.
Gorgeous, abundant visuals are just pale imitations of what young people used to have: an actual scene.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2024 at 2:16 PM
The mile-wide and inch-deep wasteland we, and especially youth, are creating. It all revolves around a wasteland-style search for identity, something you can jump into without effort and use to reject the world.
Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/m...
Teen Subcultures Are Fading. Pity the Poor Kids. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/m...
Fascinating ... www.vanityfair.com/news/life-ab... ... Probably behind a paywall, but Vanity Fair is definitely worth the subscription
Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
How the Navy prowls today’s uncertain seas—and prepares for possible superpower conflict tomorrow.
www.vanityfair.com
February 19, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Fascinating ... www.vanityfair.com/news/life-ab... ... Probably behind a paywall, but Vanity Fair is definitely worth the subscription
The ludicrous depths of religious sensitivities ... beware lest the new pseudo-religious who hector us daily shame us with the same flavor of tripe ....
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India
Controversy in West Bengal centres around Akbar the lion and Sita, named for a Hindu deity, being placed in the same enclosure
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
The ludicrous depths of religious sensitivities ... beware lest the new pseudo-religious who hector us daily shame us with the same flavor of tripe ....
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World
The most powerful countries have benefited from large work forces for decades. What happens when they retire?
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
‘Young Sheldon’ Ends as It Began: An Underrated Smash www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/you... via @thedailybeast -- always loved this show although I stopped watching it when I cut cable. Excellent analysis in this piece.
‘Young Sheldon’ Ends as It Began: An Underrated Smash
As the Big Bang Theory prequel comes to an end, it’s time to stop using its name as a punchline.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
‘Young Sheldon’ Ends as It Began: An Underrated Smash www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/you... via @thedailybeast -- always loved this show although I stopped watching it when I cut cable. Excellent analysis in this piece.
A superpower of older age: Powerlessness wapo.st/42Eb0YJ -- nice piece. I feel it in my bones
Opinion | A superpower of older age: Powerlessness
My friend is upset — but only for now.
wapo.st
February 14, 2024 at 11:34 PM
A superpower of older age: Powerlessness wapo.st/42Eb0YJ -- nice piece. I feel it in my bones
NASA rover finds damaged helicopter in the middle of Mars desert mashable.com/article/mars...
February 10, 2024 at 2:58 PM
NASA rover finds damaged helicopter in the middle of Mars desert mashable.com/article/mars...