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alexf24

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I shoot with Nikon z8, z6iii, and z50ii, with many lenses.

Interested in #aviation, #history,
#architecture, #photography, #birds, #streetphotography, #bw

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Cape Neddick Light (aka Nubble Lighthouse)
York, Maine

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from my daily photo blog


Cape Neddick Light in a small island, with rock and some grass against sky and clouds
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Great Blue Heron taking off with sticks

Great Blue Heron taking off with sticks There is a reflection in a pond
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Eastern Phoebe

Eastern Phoebe on a small branch
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An easy one

"Who has killed more kids?" Images of cinema serial killers and RFK jr
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Sailboat in Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Maine

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from my daily photo blog


Sailboat on the sea, with sky and a green island in the background
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La Chapelle metro station
Paris

La Chapelle metro station Rails and a bridge in BW Paris
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Bookstore at Passage Verdeau - Paris

Person taking a phone picture of a bookstore in Paris
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Those were simpler times.

Before it was discovered to be edible, lettuce was worn as a hat.
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alexf24 ,
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@lowqualityfacts Nah. That's a weak one.

On that note, I often wonder how did they decide which mushrooms were edible?

Try them all and see which of the testers survived?

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Marsh rabbit

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Wild marsh rabbit on grass
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JD Vance should try living in a typical home of an undocumented farmworker or car wash attendant and see how long he lasts.

A tweet from “Turnbull @cturnbull1968” reads: “Yes, your $350K, 3 bedroom, dream home, in a nice suburban neighborhood had its price driven up by illegal aliens, working for less than minimum wage. Who is stupid enough to believe something so asinine?” Below is an embedded tweet from “Leading Report,” saying: “BREAKING: VP JD Vance says the Trump administration will surge housing affordability through mass deportations.”
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@georgetakei These MAGAts are idiots. They would believe anything, the more absurd the better.

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@georgetakei Incompetence is a requirement.

I would also never understand how MAGA hates Muslims (e.g. Mamdani), but has no issues with Mehmet Öz, a Moslem, who served in the Turkish Army.

Makes total sense, not!

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🎂 Unix was born on November 3, 1971.

Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. 💻✨

video/mp4

alexf24 ,
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@itsfoss Hear! Hear!

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@w7voa I heard Bill Clinton once, saying that one of his big regrets was not having done something to stop the massacres in Rwanda in 1994.

Will his Orange Highness do something? Of course not! These are not White Christians, are they? He couldn't care less.

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The UK’s Prince Andrew will lose his title and move out of his Royal Lodge home near Windsor Castle. https://news.sky.com/story/prince-andrew-to-lose-prince-title-and-move-out-of-royal-lodge-13456409

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@w7voa Big effing deal.

How about restitution to the victims and some jail time?

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Red-winged blackbird

Closeup of a Red-winged blackbird singing
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Be like Bob!

Attend!

Saturday Oct 18

Image shows a big crowd, and a sign showing where "Bob" is. Be like Bob.
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@h4ckernews Coffee and cocoa beans next?

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You looking at me?

Whistling Duck

Whistling Duck face closeup, looking at you
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Oh look, another bold-faced lie from JD Vance.

A bar chart titled "Might is right" showing US criminal cases involving political violence by ideology from 1990 to 2025. The chart categorizes cases into four ideologies: Left (black), Other (light gray), Islamist (medium gray), and Right (red). The x-axis represents years in five-year increments from 1990 to 2025, while the y-axis shows the number of cases, ranging from 0 to 400. The data, sourced from The Prosecution Project, indicates a significant increase in cases, particularly from the Right ideology, with a peak around 2020-2025. Cases resulting in a guilty verdict are included, with data up to September 4th.

A bar chart titled "Might is right" showing US criminal cases involving political violence by ideology from 1990 to 2025. The chart categorizes cases into four ideologies: Left (black), Other (light gray), Islamist (medium gray), and Right (red). The x-axis represents years in five-year increments from 1990 to 2025, while the y-axis shows the number of cases, ranging from 0 to 400. The data, sourced from The Prosecution Project, indicates a significant increase in cases, particularly from the Right ideology, with a peak around 2020-2025. Cases resulting in a guilty verdict are included, with data up to September 4th.
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@georgetakei Not to mention there is no "far left" in the USA. None.

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Blue banded Morpho butterfly

Blue banded Morpho butterfly with a missing part of the wing
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Cheetah at the zoo

Cheetah sitting down at the zoo
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Florida going for a statewide Darwin Award.

A screenshot of an X post from Rachel Bitecofer (@RachelBitecofer ) featuring a profile picture of a woman and duck emojis. The post reads: "How long until polio comes back?" The attached image shows a news studio with two news anchors at a desk, surrounded by screens and a modern set design. The news ticker includes text: "LEGS WAS WITHERED FROM POLIO. I MEAN," "TRUMP'S AGENDA," and "FLORIDA MOVES TO END ALL SCHOOL VACCINE MAND." Papers and coffee mugs are on the desk.
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@georgetakei Polio might take a while.

Measles in 3..2..1...

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Young Tricolor Heron hunting

Young Tricolor Heron hunting in a pond
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alexf24 OP ,
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@winterschon Many. Posted many already.

Here are two new ones from the same young individual Black Crowned Night Heron

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alexf24 ,
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@stux Amazing!

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It’s always projection with this one.

alexf24 ,
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@georgetakei Aha Donold. Are these "biggest paychecks" and "best jobs" in the room with you now?

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Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green

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@tante I always get tickled when the press mentions "natural gas". That is a term invented by PR types.

It is called methane.

Is AI polluting? Of course! Wasteful? Of course!

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Indian Scout Bobber Sixty

Motorcycle Monday

Indian Scout Bobber Sixty motorcycle
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ONE WEEK UNTIL NO KINGS DAY!

At this time next Saturday, we will be taking to the streets across the country. While Trump wastes millions of dollars on a birthday parade in DC, we’re showing up everywhere else to say NO KINGS.

There are nearly 2,000 events planned. Please join us: https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible

(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org
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@indivisibleteam I'm going to be at my local one.

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WSJ - President Trump planning to again extend the TikTok deadline. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-tiktok-ban-extension-f242c36a

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How can we host the Olympics and World Cup when Trump is now banning so many fans from other countries from attending? And would others even feel safe coming?

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@georgetakei If I lived outside I wouldn't come.

Is it going to be a repeat of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin? Complete with MAGA hats, and nazi armbands?

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Fact: If your code has too many comments, I'll know AI wrote it, as no human developer writes that many 🤭

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@nixCraft Disagree. When I was a coder (until I retired), my code was very well commented.

I always remember a quote from the book by Kernighan and Ritchie:

"There is a special hell for programmers that do not comment their code".

I learned and took that to heart.

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May 25

Happy Towel Day!

Red and yellow letter on black background: DON'T PANIC
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Blue Morpho

Blue Morpho butterfly
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@ewen The problem with these is whenever they stop, they close their wings showing only brown patterns underneath. This was a quick and lucky shot.

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Within 6 days new bills will arrive for the servers, media storage and emails send

I've been cleaning and trying to reduce costs so hopefully it will have a little impact

We still could use all the help we can get in paying the bills for our services

Please, if you can and want, help me out with these bills

https://paypal.me/stuxOS
https://patreon.com/mstdn
https://ko-fi.com/mstdn
https://bunq.me/stuxhost
https://stux.me/donate
https://liberapay.com/mstdn

Boosts would also be a help❤️

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@stux Keep up the good work!

I have you on a monthly Paypal. Just sent some Euros

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When "required by law" becomes just a suggestion.

A screenshot of a post on X by Democrats (@TheDemocrats ) from 8 hours ago, with the caption "(it’s your job??)". The image is a four-panel collage from a congressional hearing. In the first panel, Sen. Murray asks, "When will we get the FBI FY25 spend plan?" In the second panel, Hon. Kashyap Patel responds, "I don’t have a timeline on that." In the third panel, Sen. Murray says, "It was due last week by law. You have no timeline?" In the fourth panel, Hon. Kashyap Patel answers, "No."
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@georgetakei When incompetence becomes the law of the land.

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Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
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Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-farmers-therapy-mental-health-suicide-rates?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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@ProPublica So sorry to learn about his.

BTW, who did they vote for? In Utah? I thought so.

at work.

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“Designating attacks as “domestic terrorism” gives law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon ’s role in the US federal government, experts warn.”
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-tesla-arson-domestic-terrorism-protests/

alexf24 ,
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@GottaLaff Not domestic terrorism. That's vandalism pure and simple. Domestiic terrorist was Jan 6.

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It is rather grotesque, isn’t it.

A screenshot of a post on X by Comrade Sisko (@Pinko69420 , 19h ago) with fist bump emojis. It includes a reply by Elon Musk (@elonmusk ) to @catturd2 : "Retirement age in France is too low. That’s a legit issue." Below, a post by The French History P. (@FrenchHist ) reads: "The richest person in the world saying French people don’t work enough is serious Louis XVI vibes." The French History P. post includes a French flag emoji and a logo in the bottom right corner that says "PSEXPRESS.
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@georgetakei Hmm. Luis XVI eh? Now, how did he die? Does the co-President know? Anyone want's to tell him?

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Multiple media reports say Senator Mitch McConnell will announce today, his 83rd birthday, that he will not seek re-election next year in Kentucky. He is set to address his colleagues on the Senate floor today.

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@w7voa 30 years too late, of course.

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A federal judge in NYC says Rudy Giuliani was in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/rudy-giuliani-contempt-of-court/

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@w7voa Great. So now what?

Unless he gets jail time, immediately, for whatever time the judge deems appropriate, all is moot.

What's he going to do? Fine him? He has no money and whatever he has goes to those two poor women.

Unless it is jail, now, it is all a joke.

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Let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas Happy Birthday Brian! (image from the movie The Life of Brian)
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