Ari B
@utahraptor1115.bsky.social
An overpowered mutant. Attorney in environmental and energy law, perpetually learning photographer, aspiring author, and award winning dirtbag.
One cute scuba mermaid.
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One cute scuba mermaid.
Follow me on the instant gramophone too: @utah_raptor
The thing about war and imperial violence is I just kind of think if someone has to die for nothing and no reason it should be at a ripe old age surrounded by their loved ones.
January 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The thing about war and imperial violence is I just kind of think if someone has to die for nothing and no reason it should be at a ripe old age surrounded by their loved ones.
Ok #holiday is over, back to reality. This was the first year I did the 11 person family feast;. buttermilk brined/herb roasted turkey, gratin dauphinois, haricourt verde amondine, chestnut stuffing, & a pecan/radicchio salad. Baked brie and my original cocktail; the French 89, as aperitifs. #foodie
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Ok #holiday is over, back to reality. This was the first year I did the 11 person family feast;. buttermilk brined/herb roasted turkey, gratin dauphinois, haricourt verde amondine, chestnut stuffing, & a pecan/radicchio salad. Baked brie and my original cocktail; the French 89, as aperitifs. #foodie
A compelling idea but I still like my plan- the executive board gets fined with their lives. It won't solve the national debt but it's the healing this country needs. We'd make it a televised spectacle too, when I am the totalitarian leader of the world
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Mark Cuban Says We Could Pay Off The National Debt If Insurers Were Fined $100 Every Time They Over-Billed Or Denied Care
Mark Cuban is taking aim at the U.S. healthcare system, arguing that widespread billing abuse by insurers and providers could be a major source of federal revenue–if only they were held accountable. “...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A compelling idea but I still like my plan- the executive board gets fined with their lives. It won't solve the national debt but it's the healing this country needs. We'd make it a televised spectacle too, when I am the totalitarian leader of the world
finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cu...
finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cu...
For Christmas I fixed up and digitized some of my grandma's old slides but some were too damaged to be worthwhile, so instead I tried using them as reference photos and recreated them, filling in gaps from memory, by painting them by hand. This one is for sure the best. #artsky #painting #portraits
December 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For Christmas I fixed up and digitized some of my grandma's old slides but some were too damaged to be worthwhile, so instead I tried using them as reference photos and recreated them, filling in gaps from memory, by painting them by hand. This one is for sure the best. #artsky #painting #portraits
What's happening in Gaza is a genocide, netanyahu is long overdue to get put down like the dog he is, and we should criticize every state but especially religious ethnostates. Maligning the Beastie Boys though, that's for sure anti-Semitism. I don't make the rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What's happening in Gaza is a genocide, netanyahu is long overdue to get put down like the dog he is, and we should criticize every state but especially religious ethnostates. Maligning the Beastie Boys though, that's for sure anti-Semitism. I don't make the rules ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My little life companions and spiritual guides are getting ready for a blissfully lazy #whiskerswednesday
I love their chaos gremlin ways. #catsofbluesky
I love their chaos gremlin ways. #catsofbluesky
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My little life companions and spiritual guides are getting ready for a blissfully lazy #whiskerswednesday
I love their chaos gremlin ways. #catsofbluesky
I love their chaos gremlin ways. #catsofbluesky
Happy Saturnalia! Chag sameach! The party season has officially begun!
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy Saturnalia! Chag sameach! The party season has officially begun!
It has been a magical experience watching this lil lady get domesticated and what a wild ride to be the human she is most comfortable with, but I think it's possible this street cat doesn't believe in baths or personal space.
#adoptdontshop #catsofbluesky #photography #cats
#adoptdontshop #catsofbluesky #photography #cats
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It has been a magical experience watching this lil lady get domesticated and what a wild ride to be the human she is most comfortable with, but I think it's possible this street cat doesn't believe in baths or personal space.
#adoptdontshop #catsofbluesky #photography #cats
#adoptdontshop #catsofbluesky #photography #cats
#mountainmonday for #photosky with this photo of the mountains on fire from last summer. This is a view of southernmost tip of the south side of the fire maybe a week and a half before it was contained. It burned 73,746 acres of beautiful #utah.
#wildfire #photography #sonyalpha #wilderness
#wildfire #photography #sonyalpha #wilderness
December 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#mountainmonday for #photosky with this photo of the mountains on fire from last summer. This is a view of southernmost tip of the south side of the fire maybe a week and a half before it was contained. It burned 73,746 acres of beautiful #utah.
#wildfire #photography #sonyalpha #wilderness
#wildfire #photography #sonyalpha #wilderness
Currently firing my pharmacy that added an AI assistant to its phone system because I've decided to stick to the rule that I simply don't do AI between myself and health care.
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Currently firing my pharmacy that added an AI assistant to its phone system because I've decided to stick to the rule that I simply don't do AI between myself and health care.
I love my bedside shrimp tanks and i love waking up gasping and sweating from the night terrors and having two emotional support kitties and breaking up a little algae on the side of the tank to summon some little shrimpies and i can watch them graze in dim light until i fall back asleep.
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I love my bedside shrimp tanks and i love waking up gasping and sweating from the night terrors and having two emotional support kitties and breaking up a little algae on the side of the tank to summon some little shrimpies and i can watch them graze in dim light until i fall back asleep.
I am an OG hater, oppositional and defiant, but often I'm also just absolutely correct and from JK Rowling to Quentin Tarantino, I am vindicated again and again. Mark my words, someday we'll all recognize the tumbler as the dumbest and worst water vessel.
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I am an OG hater, oppositional and defiant, but often I'm also just absolutely correct and from JK Rowling to Quentin Tarantino, I am vindicated again and again. Mark my words, someday we'll all recognize the tumbler as the dumbest and worst water vessel.
Rolling out the company social media, maybe give me a follow? It'd be real cool
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December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Rolling out the company social media, maybe give me a follow? It'd be real cool
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Not to be insensitive to "I almost drowned as a child and am uncomfortable in water" but that's a consideration to make before reaching out to the underwater photographer for opportunities to assist.
Also, volunteering to help on a porn set but being uncomfy when people get penetrated? C'mon kids.
Also, volunteering to help on a porn set but being uncomfy when people get penetrated? C'mon kids.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Not to be insensitive to "I almost drowned as a child and am uncomfortable in water" but that's a consideration to make before reaching out to the underwater photographer for opportunities to assist.
Also, volunteering to help on a porn set but being uncomfy when people get penetrated? C'mon kids.
Also, volunteering to help on a porn set but being uncomfy when people get penetrated? C'mon kids.
Soliciting thoughts on how to seek out a coconut crab while travelling in the Philipines. Not for catching, killing or eating, but photographing, admiring, and potentially loving because who doesn't love a weird little guy??
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Soliciting thoughts on how to seek out a coconut crab while travelling in the Philipines. Not for catching, killing or eating, but photographing, admiring, and potentially loving because who doesn't love a weird little guy??
My favourite move when sick is to tuck myself into the couch under my old cat and watch Hellraiser, muttering Pinhead's lines with him around my tissue walrus tusks.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My favourite move when sick is to tuck myself into the couch under my old cat and watch Hellraiser, muttering Pinhead's lines with him around my tissue walrus tusks.
It's called Wellington Paranormal
there should be a Ghostbusters tv show in the style/format of Cops
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's called Wellington Paranormal
So few sleeps are as magical and deep as the sleep you get on a rocking boat.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So few sleeps are as magical and deep as the sleep you get on a rocking boat.
Not every underwater wildlife expedition is a success, especially when you're trying to tread as gently and ethically as possible as an ocean visitor. Oh well! I did, however, meet a most beautiful winged moon worshipper who asked if I had accepted the lunar saviour into my heart.
#moth #photosky
#moth #photosky
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What a day! started a journey to photograph some sea lions and whale sharks (here's hoping) and found out this lil ray got second place in a juried exhibition and is going to be printed by the #decagon gallery. Seems auspicious! Go give it a click!
www.decagongallery.com/forgotten-ar...
www.decagongallery.com/forgotten-ar...
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 AM
What a day! started a journey to photograph some sea lions and whale sharks (here's hoping) and found out this lil ray got second place in a juried exhibition and is going to be printed by the #decagon gallery. Seems auspicious! Go give it a click!
www.decagongallery.com/forgotten-ar...
www.decagongallery.com/forgotten-ar...
At the start of every damn dive year I inevitably lose the mostly full tube of silicon lube and have to emergency get another one right before departing. Underwater photographers get it.
#underwaterphotography
#underwaterphotography
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
At the start of every damn dive year I inevitably lose the mostly full tube of silicon lube and have to emergency get another one right before departing. Underwater photographers get it.
#underwaterphotography
#underwaterphotography
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Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
Ok another hot take- I also do this deliberately, including to work subordinates and opposing counsels. I know it makes your anxiety fester, that's the whole point. If it isn't about a fuck up, I'll say so right away. When I just say "we need to talk," yeah you should be pretty freaked out.
Speaking of anxiety -- Do not vaguely tell someone you need to talk to them without disclosing the seriousness of the discussion. If it's not serious, a person with anxiety will have already spun a handful of scenarios.
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ok another hot take- I also do this deliberately, including to work subordinates and opposing counsels. I know it makes your anxiety fester, that's the whole point. If it isn't about a fuck up, I'll say so right away. When I just say "we need to talk," yeah you should be pretty freaked out.
Back on my bullshit #photosky with a trip back to the shipwreck of the Gallant Lady out in #bimini
It was a freighter that ran aground off #Bimini in 1997, and now creates a beautiful haunting view from a small vista, and a pretty great date spot frankly.
#travelphotography #sonyalpha
It was a freighter that ran aground off #Bimini in 1997, and now creates a beautiful haunting view from a small vista, and a pretty great date spot frankly.
#travelphotography #sonyalpha
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Back on my bullshit #photosky with a trip back to the shipwreck of the Gallant Lady out in #bimini
It was a freighter that ran aground off #Bimini in 1997, and now creates a beautiful haunting view from a small vista, and a pretty great date spot frankly.
#travelphotography #sonyalpha
It was a freighter that ran aground off #Bimini in 1997, and now creates a beautiful haunting view from a small vista, and a pretty great date spot frankly.
#travelphotography #sonyalpha