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Dave Haldiman

@opposablethumbs.bsky.social

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Must have liberal democracy and progressive policies. Nature is my church. Science, art, humor, Tao, Zen, kindness, acceptance. Ret'd ad producer and motion camera. Here to learn, laugh, meet, interact, care. And to fight the MAGA oligarchy and AI.

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · Aug 24

In a land of granite
an acorn finds a fissure
Boulders tumble

(A reminder that big changes often grow from small seeds.)
#Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Poetry #Haiku #Mountains #Yosemite #Resist

A black and white photograph of an old, gnarled oak tree growing improbably out of a rugged mountain hillside of massive, weathered and lichen-dotted granite boulders. The thick trunk seems to have moved boulders aside to make room for its growth. Picture was taken on the trail from Yosemite Valley to Vernal Falls.

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 54m

Yes, and with compassion and gratitude.

Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 2h

I cannot understand a person who could look at these photos and not think "I must do whatever is in my power to preserve Nature."

BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 4h

The Commander (Moduza procris).🦋 Chakapong Park, Rayong, Thailand 🇹🇭

A medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Photos by Håkan Igelström @hakanigelstrom [IG]

#butterfly #nature #insects

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 3h

Oh man, this is big ol' laugh this morning!

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Marsha Coupé @marshacoupe.bsky.social · 5h

Support independent women journalists.

Follow @thenerve.news
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

We're launched! In my newsletter this week, I write about our new female-founded media collective
@thenerve.news,
the fuck you energy that's fuelling it & why the mainstream media's laundering of Tony Blair is *exactly* why you need to read it 👊👊👊
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-nerve

The Nerve

We've got it. Do you?

broligarchy.substack.com

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 21h

Jack Kerouac reading at the Seven Arts Cafe in New York City

Burt Glinn, 1959

a man in a rain coat and beret, stood reading from a piece of paper in a busy cafe.

It is not Daniel Craig...

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 1d

"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
James Baldwin.

In front of the “coloreds only” entrance of an ice cream shop, taken in 1963. Photographrt Steve Schapiro.

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Out of the Past @filmclassics.bsky.social · 1d

The Docks of New York (Josef von Sternberg, 1928)
DoP: Harold Rosson

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 17h

My piece quotes the Supreme Court in the 1987 case of City of Houston v. Hill: “The freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.” /7, end

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Standing Mountain @standingmountain.bsky.social · 1d

Whose sky is this,
in silver hush and nameless sway?
I am the sigh the mountain keeps,
the pulse, the air that stirs when silence sleeps..

No border knows my open claim,
no hand can grasp or gift my name.
I am the endless, unspoken flow,
the space where all beginnings go.

Then I’ll breathe where your words fade—

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 1d

So then let it die.

Isn't this supposed to be the basic tenet of our system? Let the markets decide? If your product can't be profitable without theft, then how is it different from somebody on a street corner selling pirated DVDs?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 23h

A Peugeot D4A van - originally from the late 1950's - given a new lease on life.

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davidc1935.bsky.social @davidc1935.bsky.social · 23h

From 1956, Sarah Vaughan by Roy DeCarava.

A picture of singer Sarah Vaughan smiling from the mid-1950's.

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 22h

John McCartin, Australian (1954- ), Nasturtiums, oil on Belgian linen, 56 x 36 cm, private collection

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

Huh. I wonder if that’s what trump meant when he told them to “Stand back and stand by.”

Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

Okaaaay . . .

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 1d

👀👀👀👀

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent real-world uses.

Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

This is clearly trump's request for someone to silence Sen. Blumenthal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

Wise words about Dem messaging this AM from Jennifer Rubin, and how this could Elonize Miller in Trump's eyes:
"Whether mocking his hysterical ranks or dissecting his racial rants, Democrats are wise to keep the focus on the most rabid person in the administration (where the competition is stiff)."

Stephen Miller is the Poster Boy for the Rabid MAGA Movement

The more voters see of him, the more repulsed they’ll be

contrarian.substack.com

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 1d

More of this please!

A bright spot from a friend in Philly:
"The Proud Boys - a white supremacist group with a
stupid name - planned a rally a block from my house
today. The "belly of the beast" rally. Because apparently
that's where I live - the belly of the antifa beast. Whatever
the fuck that means.
2 hours before it was supposed to start, the park starts
filling up with my neighbors. A drum line shows up. A
brass band plays. The anarchists are giving away
vegetables and nachos and some artists are selling
jewelry. Black leaders give speeches. We chant Breonna
Taylor's name. And all the other names.
No right-wing rally every coalesces. There was never
room for a critical mass to congregate. A lost-looking
man or two walks to the park, doesn't see their people,
turns around. A right-wing vlogger trying to debate people
is surrounded and walked to the edge of the park.
Someone spotted with a handgun is chased through the
park, to their car, by over 100 people. The ice cream truck
music plays the whole time.
The usual guys sets their chess tables and start playing,
the crowd of neighbors start to break up.
Nazis, we will replace you. We will displace you. We will
louder and more numerous. We anti-fascists are full of
music and love and nachos. We will always replace you."

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 1d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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mandolin mama @mandolinmama.bsky.social · 1d

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i'm going to stop
for one minute i will try
to be a small bird

#haiku #vangogh

wheatfield with a lark
vincent van gogh
1887

painting:- wheatfield with a lark by vincent van gogh 1887. foreground-short golden and brown stalks of wheat. midground- longer more green wheat with a few red poppies in front of it. above flies a small single lark under a blue and white sky.

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Parkrose Permaculture ❌👑 @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 1d

PDX, the regime is tweaking out over the fact that they can't get us to riot.

They are frantic to get us to do something to justify their extremism.
Do not give them what they want. They want to manufacture a war. Don't let them.

We have to power to deprive them. So deprive them.

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Dave Haldiman @opposablethumbs.bsky.social · 1d

Oh hell yes!

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

Bsky C-Suite: Hire communications professionals because you DO run a social platform and your users WILL demand to hear from you, and you DO need help crafting that.

Obviously.

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