“Life is a Struggle”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 320. Along the Elk Creek Trail.
“You Can’t See Me”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/7.1, 1/160s, ISO 2000. Tiny spider photobombs my picture of a bear grass bud along the Elk Creek Trail.
Trump leaves G7 summit early due to Middle East situation
I’m annoyed that the media is taking Trump’s “I have busy important things to do” statements at face value. It seems to me much more likely that he left early because he has the attention span of a gnat and was petulant that they didn’t join him in fawning over his buddy Putin.
Looks like there’s still a tiny pocket of resistance at the National Weather Service.
“Mink Lake”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200. About 8 miles back in the Three Sisters Wilderness.
“Lizard Land”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 29mm, f/8, 1/250s, ISO 250. Old lava flow soaking up the sun at Salt Creek Falls.
#mbjune Day 17: warmth 📷
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
Actual scientists speak out (as opposed to whatever the heck RFK Jr. is cosplaying as).
Terminated National Institute of Heath grants must be restored, judge orders
The law continues to play catch-up with the criminals, but with luck it will get them in the end.
Trump: ‘There would be no war’ if Russia were in G8
Speaking of bullshit…
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
The alleged phone specs are bullshit and the mobile plan is a crap deal. But setting that aside, if this thing ever does launch, I want an app on my phone that will automatically block calls from anyone stupid enough to buy one.
Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back
Always happy to see more positive zine coverage, even though I’m long out of it myself.
“Amtrak Synphony”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 2s, ISO 800. Lights outside and inside the train and a blurry ghost of the photographer somewhere between Chicago and Los Angeles.
#mbjune Day 16: blur 📷
ICE Will Pause Farm, Restaurant Raids After Trump Social Media Post
So…
- People fleeing oppressive regimes that will probably kill them = unwanted
- Permanent underclass cut off from all social services = wanted
Any questions?
“Walk This Way”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/9, 1/25s, ISO 1250. Flagging tape tied in bushes to mark the overgrown Fisher Creek Trail route.
#mbjune Day 15: tie 📷
“Salt Creek Falls”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200.
Finished: Annals of the Heechee, by Frederik Pohl 📚. The Heechee Saga was never one of my favorites, but I spotted this in the used bookstore and figured I might as well see how it ended. I’m glad I did - a major plot point revolves around the inner lives and doubts of people stored as machine intelligences, and this provides some food for thought in our current era of looming AGI. The main plot was OK, ending on a predictably grand scale.
“Acrophobics Beware”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/135s, ISO 1600. Viewing platform along the Salt Creek Falls Trail.
“Sleeping Bridge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 3.2s, ISO 200. Lowell Covered Bridge in the pre-dawn light.
#mbjune Day 14: twilight 📷
“Some day I will grow up and join them”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/400s, ISO 250. Viewpoint off Diamond Creek Falls Trail.
Trump promises farmers “changes are coming” to immigration crackdown
He also says “CRIMINALS OUT OF USA.”
Hey, ICE! I hear there’s a guy convicted of multiple felonies who’s been dodging jail time hiding out at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.