Sorry Sen. Young, but those SAT words will trip you up every time: conjecture - forming an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information.

'Close to the Bayou' by Dimitri Staszewski is a deeply personal journey of survival, a celebration of the human spirit’s capacity to endure, and a reminder to cherish the connections that illuminate our lives.
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This is bad form.
Writers and visual creatives should heed notice from Medium...

When you realize that a 209% crop is better on your #Fujifilm XE2s vs the #Nikon d300 you’re trying to make work in a difficult light environment.
#photojournalist problems

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For anyone "still" waiting for the official bell to ring for Dictatorship and Authoritarian regime change: DING

Behold the power of a photo editor: selecting an image of the Supreme Court building in the upside down to illustrate the erosion of stability. Well played, NYT

Complete surprise to learn my blurb about an upcoming book, The UPTOWN, from CityFiles Press this Aug will be included on the dust jacket. See their site to pre-order the chronicle of one of Chicago’s defining buildings - www.cityfilespress.com/books/the-up...

Over 25 hours of holding the floor of the US Senate, Cory Booker (D) New Jersey, thanks the staff who stayed for his record breaking speech.

An affirmation for writing as well:

Along the walk - this location always seems to have something to offer.

You currently won’t find some files related to the 2024 National Proclamation for Juneteenth, or Jewish American Heritage Month, NASA astronauts, or even the historic ‘Green Book’ in the National Archives and government websites… the President has erased them.

This must end

A piece about the liminal state of being - and the photographer who captures these seminal moments. See my photobook review of Kathy Shorr’s new publication, ‘Limousine’, in F-Stop Magazine this month.

Just live tweeting the end of the world… no big deal