It’s the time of year when I can stop checking the pollen count every morning and start checking the PM2.5 particulate count instead.
“The Barn”
Olympus E-M10 IV with Mieke 25mm f/1.8 lens @ f/2.8, 1/3200s, ISO 200. Shot at Mount Pisgah. I wandered around today using the camera’s built-in “gentle sepia” art setting. This is one of the images that I think worked pretty well.
Trump administration threats CNN with prosecution
Just when you thought Dear Leader and ICE Barbie couldn’t get any stupider…they are actually trying to suppress reporting about the publicly-available ICEBlock app. If you’ve got an iPhone I encourage you to engage in thoughtcrime by installing it.
AI Videos of Black Women Depicted as Primates Are Going Viral
It’s disgusting that Google and Meta enable this shit, it’s disgusting that racist trolls are making money out of it, and it’s disgusting that we have a society where large numbers of people see this as fun or harmless. Worst timeline indeed.
“Recovery”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 250. One of the first pine seedlings after the 2022 Cedar Creek fire. Shot along the Jim Weaver Loop Trail.
“Crossing the Desert Sands”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/1600s, ISO 640. Shot in the burned area along the Jim Weaver Loop Trail.
“Pollinator”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 100. Bee in bear grass along the Wahanna Trail.
“Hiker’s Rest Stop”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 18mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 500. Taylor Burn USFS cabin.
“Serene”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 200. Williams Lake.
Idle thought: I wonder if the people who object to references to 88 Texas state parks also assume that anyone who listens to piano music is also a crypto-fascist.
Supreme Court to hear Vance, GOP effort to strike down campaign finance provision
Translation: just in case they haven’t done enough damage already, the Supreme Court will make it easier to buy elections just in time for the midterms. I’m sure Justice Barrett will write an opinion explaining that the country has a history & tradition of being ruled by rich white guys so this is perfectly fine.
Canada drops tech tax to restart US trade talks
I guess buying a President worked out OK for big tech after all.
“Plunge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/22, 1/2.5s, ISO 250. Unnamed waterfall between Middle and Lower Erma Bell lakes seen from above.
“Stark”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hiking the Wahanna Trail after the Cedar Creek Fire.
#mbjune Day 30: solitude 📷
“Resting”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO 100. Next to Middle Erma Bell Lake.
Trump says there will be ‘temporary pass’ for migrant farm, hotel workers
It didn’t go so well the last time we tried this.
“Searching”
Olympus TG-6 @ 5.4mm, f/3.2, 1/160s, ISO 100. Tendrils of Oregon Manroot looking for something to wind around at Mount Pisgah.
#mbjune Day 29: winding 📷
“Ozymandias”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 35mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 640. Along the Rigdon Lakes Trail.
“Trails for Miles”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/400s, ISO 400. Climbing up from Lake Kiwa on the Rigdon Lakes Trail.
Roberts rebuffs some criticism of Supreme Court decisions as ‘venting’
“Things were a little crunched toward the end this year, and we try to space it out a little better next year, I suppose,” the chief justice told the crowd.
Bold of you to assume we’ll still have a Supreme Court next year, John.