Jeff Smith

Iowa

Nebraska

California

Woody Guthrie was born on this date in 1912.

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Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage

Summer

Murmuration of starlings: A natural phenomenon where thousands of starlings synchronize flying together to form stunning shapes.

Workers of the world unite.

“The real danger is not that machines will become like us, but that we will become like them: efficient, unfeeling, exquisitely programmable.” Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Remembering D. Boon of the Minutemen, born on this date in 1958

Palo Duro Canyon

Amarillo

Hooker, Oklahoma.

The injustice of our greed The practice we inherit

Not the R & R Diner, but it’ll have to do.

Part of my playlist at work today. Been dragging this beauty around for over 35 years now.

Utah

It takes a great deal of strength to keep January out of the soul and I’ve failed this year. -Jim Harrison -Also me

Remembering Bob Stinson of the Replacements, born on this date in 1959

Really bummed to hear Raul Malo died. He was just an immense talent. My dad is 81 and I called him tonight because I knew how much he loved him too. It helped.

Oklahoma

Wisconsin

Umo-ho Land.

Here you go @alan678.bsky.social maybe not the best quality but it was fun to see 😉

This Starling murmuration over Rome.

From my “Accidental Album Covers” series.

In 2010, when I was a PhD student, I uploaded a paper on digital media and social control in authoritarian states to an academic research site. Last month, I got a notice from this site that "An AI created a podcast of your paper." On layers of dystopia: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...

Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland gets a 21st century reassessment: “…the plot is set in motion by Reagan’s slashing of the federal government, unwittingly severing millions of connections, setting in motion events beyond anyone’s control, resurrecting the suppressed.”

Arkansas

Nebraska

Monroe, Nebraska. Probably 1974. Maybe 1975.

Winnipeg.

I’ve learned to be slightly suspicious of anyone who doesn’t have a favorite river.

Near Clark Air Base, Philippines. Late 1971 or early 1972.

Don’t look away. Give it a chance for once.

Study Finds Majority Of Americans Die Without Ever Fulfilling Narrative Function theonion.com/study-f...

Some may recall this story I shared. I have the 3 gloves all cleaned up. I am offering them to anyone whose child needs a glove. I will send them to you at no cost. The only thing I ask is that you send me a picture of your kid using the glove so I can share them with Beverly djgloverepair@gmail.com

Thinking about I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone again

’Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.

Finished this beautiful little book last night. Simply wonderful.

You know the day could be off to a better start when you’re already looking up Cormac McCarthy quotes and it’s not even 9:00 yet.

Psychological methods to sell should be destroyed