Sam Luyk
@samluyk.bsky.social
Nature photographer, astrophotographer, tech and privacy enthusiast from NY (not the city)
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Apple's leadership is going quisling, tidal is owned by jack dorsey, and the house of saud has a stake in deezer...having to weigh all the different awful ownership situations from the non-spotify companies in the space is such a fun time.
a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it
Alt: larry david looking exasperated
media.tenor.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Apple's leadership is going quisling, tidal is owned by jack dorsey, and the house of saud has a stake in deezer...having to weigh all the different awful ownership situations from the non-spotify companies in the space is such a fun time.
Hot take:
If you call yourself a "content creator" I just assume you make slop.
If youre a photographer, producer, artist, musician - call yourself that. You're making art. Not just 'content' for a 'platform'
#creators
#photographers
#artist
#photography
#videography
If you call yourself a "content creator" I just assume you make slop.
If youre a photographer, producer, artist, musician - call yourself that. You're making art. Not just 'content' for a 'platform'
#creators
#photographers
#artist
#photography
#videography
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hot take:
If you call yourself a "content creator" I just assume you make slop.
If youre a photographer, producer, artist, musician - call yourself that. You're making art. Not just 'content' for a 'platform'
#creators
#photographers
#artist
#photography
#videography
If you call yourself a "content creator" I just assume you make slop.
If youre a photographer, producer, artist, musician - call yourself that. You're making art. Not just 'content' for a 'platform'
#creators
#photographers
#artist
#photography
#videography
Enjoying some of the pretty fall colors this week ft. an eagle :-)
#bladeagle #eagle #adirondacks #teamnikon #fall #autumn
#bladeagle #eagle #adirondacks #teamnikon #fall #autumn
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Enjoying some of the pretty fall colors this week ft. an eagle :-)
#bladeagle #eagle #adirondacks #teamnikon #fall #autumn
#bladeagle #eagle #adirondacks #teamnikon #fall #autumn
It's been a while since I've shot a wedding AND blogged and here's how that looks on Ghost 6!
www.samluyk.com/cal-kats-wed...
(Gotta start somewhere!)
#weddingphotography #nikonz8 #ghost #ghost6 #blogging #photoblog #portrait #portraiture
www.samluyk.com/cal-kats-wed...
(Gotta start somewhere!)
#weddingphotography #nikonz8 #ghost #ghost6 #blogging #photoblog #portrait #portraiture
Cal & Kats Wedding
July 26th, 2025. Absolutely one of the humidiest days of the summer of '25.
www.samluyk.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's been a while since I've shot a wedding AND blogged and here's how that looks on Ghost 6!
www.samluyk.com/cal-kats-wed...
(Gotta start somewhere!)
#weddingphotography #nikonz8 #ghost #ghost6 #blogging #photoblog #portrait #portraiture
www.samluyk.com/cal-kats-wed...
(Gotta start somewhere!)
#weddingphotography #nikonz8 #ghost #ghost6 #blogging #photoblog #portrait #portraiture
I'm pretty lucky to be able to take pictures of people during some of their happiest times :)
#portraiture #portrait #weddingphotography #teamnikon #50mm #nikonz8 #tattoo #couple #letchworth #letchworthstatepark
#portraiture #portrait #weddingphotography #teamnikon #50mm #nikonz8 #tattoo #couple #letchworth #letchworthstatepark
July 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm pretty lucky to be able to take pictures of people during some of their happiest times :)
#portraiture #portrait #weddingphotography #teamnikon #50mm #nikonz8 #tattoo #couple #letchworth #letchworthstatepark
#portraiture #portrait #weddingphotography #teamnikon #50mm #nikonz8 #tattoo #couple #letchworth #letchworthstatepark
Hey! Here's my first ever attempt at blogging!
www.samluyk.com/woods-lake-l...
#photography #nature #loons #adirondacks #upstateny #birding
#loon
www.samluyk.com/woods-lake-l...
#photography #nature #loons #adirondacks #upstateny #birding
#loon
Woods Lake Loons, July 9th 2025
Woods lake in Benson, NY along the Northville Placid trail offers some incredible views, and even sometimes loons!
www.samluyk.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hey! Here's my first ever attempt at blogging!
www.samluyk.com/woods-lake-l...
#photography #nature #loons #adirondacks #upstateny #birding
#loon
www.samluyk.com/woods-lake-l...
#photography #nature #loons #adirondacks #upstateny #birding
#loon
Please enjoy some crisp video of Maximilian hardly working #cat #cats #tigercat #tigercats #catsofbluesky #caturday
July 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Please enjoy some crisp video of Maximilian hardly working #cat #cats #tigercat #tigercats #catsofbluesky #caturday
Went on this absolutely SICK train ride a few weeks ago, the path goes through some swamplands. Turns out this photographer knew it was coming and was taking pictures of us! hah!
#trains #train #upstatenewyork #upstateny #adirondacks #swamp #getoutside #nature #forest #ponds
#trains #train #upstatenewyork #upstateny #adirondacks #swamp #getoutside #nature #forest #ponds
July 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Went on this absolutely SICK train ride a few weeks ago, the path goes through some swamplands. Turns out this photographer knew it was coming and was taking pictures of us! hah!
#trains #train #upstatenewyork #upstateny #adirondacks #swamp #getoutside #nature #forest #ponds
#trains #train #upstatenewyork #upstateny #adirondacks #swamp #getoutside #nature #forest #ponds
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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
@brianmannadk.bsky.social Have you considered moving your posts (or bridging them) to Mastodon?
June 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@brianmannadk.bsky.social Have you considered moving your posts (or bridging them) to Mastodon?
June 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
June 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
buddy is not exactly happy about hearing the blender going
#cat #catsofbluesky #ragdoll #ragdollcats #caturday
#cat #catsofbluesky #ragdoll #ragdollcats #caturday
June 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
buddy is not exactly happy about hearing the blender going
#cat #catsofbluesky #ragdoll #ragdollcats #caturday
#cat #catsofbluesky #ragdoll #ragdollcats #caturday
I hate to be consumeristic here but I cannot wait to use this puppy on the northern lights tn
#nikon #teamnikon #nikon20mm #wideangle #northernlights #cameralens
#nikon #teamnikon #nikon20mm #wideangle #northernlights #cameralens
June 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I hate to be consumeristic here but I cannot wait to use this puppy on the northern lights tn
#nikon #teamnikon #nikon20mm #wideangle #northernlights #cameralens
#nikon #teamnikon #nikon20mm #wideangle #northernlights #cameralens
hey selfhosting photographer people of the internet, question for you!
I want to selfhost some sort of photo sharing app with really granular permissions.
(1/2)
#selfhost #selfhosting #servers #foss #photography #homelab
I want to selfhost some sort of photo sharing app with really granular permissions.
(1/2)
#selfhost #selfhosting #servers #foss #photography #homelab
June 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
hey selfhosting photographer people of the internet, question for you!
I want to selfhost some sort of photo sharing app with really granular permissions.
(1/2)
#selfhost #selfhosting #servers #foss #photography #homelab
I want to selfhost some sort of photo sharing app with really granular permissions.
(1/2)
#selfhost #selfhosting #servers #foss #photography #homelab
words can barely describe how good this stuff is
must try
#water #hydrohomie #deadbillionaire #liquiddeath
must try
#water #hydrohomie #deadbillionaire #liquiddeath
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
words can barely describe how good this stuff is
must try
#water #hydrohomie #deadbillionaire #liquiddeath
must try
#water #hydrohomie #deadbillionaire #liquiddeath
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There’s a vast difference between decentralization of power and decentralization of compute, @molly.wiki told EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
Podcast Episode: Love the Internet Before You Hate On It
There’s a weird belief out there that tech critics hate technology. But do movie critics hate movies? Do food critics hate food? No! The most effective, insightful critics do what they do because they...
www.eff.org
May 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
There’s a vast difference between decentralization of power and decentralization of compute, @molly.wiki told EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
I'm on such a :-) kick these days
May 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I'm on such a :-) kick these days
May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
dam them beavers go ham
#nature #getoutside #neature #dam #beavers #hiking #upstateny #upstatenewyork #adirondacks #outdoors #beaver #beavers
#nature #getoutside #neature #dam #beavers #hiking #upstateny #upstatenewyork #adirondacks #outdoors #beaver #beavers
May 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
dam them beavers go ham
#nature #getoutside #neature #dam #beavers #hiking #upstateny #upstatenewyork #adirondacks #outdoors #beaver #beavers
#nature #getoutside #neature #dam #beavers #hiking #upstateny #upstatenewyork #adirondacks #outdoors #beaver #beavers
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This assessment of President Trump's deportation policies, sending US residents and potentially American citizens to foreign prisons, was written by a federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This assessment of President Trump's deportation policies, sending US residents and potentially American citizens to foreign prisons, was written by a federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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When the three children come back to Sackets Harbor Central School, they'll find signs and decorations celebrating their return — and the end of an ordeal that started in late March.
www.wrvo.org/2025-04-08/w...
www.wrvo.org/2025-04-08/w...
'We love them': Sackets Harbor embraces a family freed from immigration detention
"I get goose bumps," said school principal Jamie Cook, thinking about the community rallying to support the family. The three students and their mother were arrested by immigration agents.
www.wrvo.org
April 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When the three children come back to Sackets Harbor Central School, they'll find signs and decorations celebrating their return — and the end of an ordeal that started in late March.
www.wrvo.org/2025-04-08/w...
www.wrvo.org/2025-04-08/w...