Bob Soltys
@bobsoltys.bsky.social
Renaissance man. Peace correspondent on the Toltec path. Nitro's dad. Former Navy officer. Scientist. Letter revivalist. B & W film, fountain pens, Day-Timers, paper books, slide rules-not apps. JOMO! 🇸🇰 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇩🇰 📷 ✍️ 🔭 🦉 #NoAI https://www.bobsoltys.net
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ILFORD Photo@ilfordphoto.com · 5h agoThe best stories aren't always on the podium. Paris on Film by Thiago Ribeiro is about peeople and process over perfection, and why the best things in life take time Discover the story.https://www.ilfordphoto.com/paris-on-film-during-the-olympics/ Thiago Ribeiro🧿
Read Bernice Yeung's investigation into how Silicon Valley tech firms remade United States defense contracting—and opened the Pentagon's checkbook wide open—below. ⬇️
The rise of the military-technology complex
How Silicon Valley tech firms remade US defense contracting. And then opened the Pentagon’s checkbook—wide.
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Tyler McBrien@tylermcbrien.com · 7h agoHuge thanks to Bernice Yeung for joining me on the @lawfaremedia.org podcast to discuss her recent @thebulletin.org feature, "The Rise of the Military-Technology Complex," which traces the long, on-again off-again on-again relationship between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon.
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As the Danube River dries up, World War II shipwrecks and mammoth bones come into view
Water levels on the Danube River have dropped so low that dozens of World War II German battleships – and even the remains of an ancient woolly mammoth — are emerging into view.
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Heartwarming image #snailmail
Dorothea Lange@dorothealange.mastodon.ozioso.online.ap.brid.gy · 16h agoRural children at R.F.D. box, near Fruitland, Idaho #Fruitland #Idaho #America #Americana #DorotheaLange #American #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017773882/
![The image depicts a black and white scene of two young children standing beside a rural road. The older child, wearing what appears to be a school uniform with a skirt or dress and possibly a sweater over it, is looking down at something on the ground while gripping another object tightly in their hand; this could suggest concern or distress. Beside them stands another younger child who seems to have a sad expression.
They are near an old-fashioned mailbox attached to two poles, which shows signs of wear with peeling paint and rust visible. The mailbox is situated beside leafless trees suggesting it might be fall or winter time, given the lack of foliage on the branches. In the background, there's open land that looks barren except for a few scattered bushes or plants.
The road they stand near appears unpaved and somewhat dirty with patches of grass growing through its surface. The setting gives off an atmosphere of isolation or simplicity typical to rural environments during past decades when such infrastructure was more common in America's countryside.
There is no explicit indication as per the provided context that this image relates specifically to Idaho, Fruitland; however, it does evoke a sense of rustic Americana reminiscent of early-to-mid 20th-century life. The photograph bears similarities with works by Dorothea Lange, known for her poignant portrayals of rur [...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ls2ap3pxsotp3pgwjf7o633l/bafkreib534wd25jwh7qd33i2kodlr4jnuwt3k6e4i6nxa6nzfu5guv4a6e)
Thank you @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social for sharing this #drawing
James Tuttle Keane@jtuttlekeane.bsky.social · 12h agoShuang Yang—Chang’e 7 will land near the Moon’s south pole Shackleton crater later this year and deploy (via tether) a seismometer that is planned to survive for 8 years. This might be the first node of a long-lived *international* geophysical network! #AOGS2026
Having photographed this scene in Vermilion, Ohio, many times with my M11M, I wanted to give it a go in color with my M11-P. #VermilionOhio #LeicaM11P #Summer #Humor
Nitro waits for a morsel from my perch sandwich as we enjoy a beautiful summer day on the porch at Granny Joe's Ice Creamatorium in Vermilion, Ohio yesterday #Summer #Dogs #VermilionOhio
Few could dispute this alignment after seeing the bosses of Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and OpenAI line up behind [POTUS 47] at his second inauguration "... or Palantir’s AI-driven surveillance technology enabling deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
“It’s a cult of grievance that seeks to purge its enemies by demonising them through absurd & surreal propaganda that exploits fears over law & order & gender & sexuality in order to seize power & install a permanent hierarchy that fascists consider the moral order of the world and the universe."
He makes a good point, especially about Palantir. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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I thought this needed wider circulation now we’re in August. H/T to @thelocalfrance.bsky.social @emmapearson.bsky.social
No matter your age or place in the animal kingdom, summer now offers just one activity: the sport of endurance. All around us, the elderly are dying of heat in their oven-like apartments, forests are going up in smoke, rivers are drying up and the land is cracking. www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
'Since 2026, summer has lost all lightness. Something has changed, summer has been stolen from us'
OP-ED. As France swelters under a relentless series of heatwaves and suffers from devastating wildfires, summer no longer carries its former meaning, writes novelist Serge Joncour.
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Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs
Cat and dog lovers, rabbit and hamster owners...THINK before you burn those scented candles or use chemicals to clean with.
Ukrainian firefighters join battle against France fire
Ukrainian firefighters join battle against France fire
After a 52-hour drive, Ukrainian firefighters on Monday joined operations to fully extinguish the wildfire that devastated the Gironde region in southwestern France -- an unprecedented mobilisation in the country.
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Some are Walken's, others are Runin's. ____________________ #BlackandWhite #StreetPhotography #candidphoto #photography #monochrome #urbangaze #classicmono #b&w #streetshot #streetphoto #humanistphotography
Guess the #animal! It has a long neck and lives in Africa ... but it's not a #giraffe! Meet the giraffe #weevil, a tiny #insect with an incredibly long neck that can comfortably fit on the tip of your finger. Find out more in this video or read the full article here: buff.ly/jwjWar1 📹 EarthSky.
People betting on wildfires? That's really sick.
Zahra Hirji@zhirji.bsky.social · 2d agoA group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to make their bets pay off New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nice use of light and lines in this image of a #cowboy from back in the day. It would be great to see such a sight today.
Dorothea Lange@dorothealange.mastodon.ozioso.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d agoUntitled photo, possibly related to: Cowboy bringing cattle in from range. Common sight on California highways. Contra Costa County #Cowboy #California #ContraCostaCounty #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771154/
Love the Chuckwagon Race, and the IR image of the Railroad Tracks. Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Craig P - Film Photographer 🎞️📷@craigpindell.bsky.social · 3d agoI finally updated my New Work Page at CraigPindell.com www.craigpindell.com/Craig%20Pind... Have a look and let me know what you think. Thanks
Part of a letter that I sent to my cousins describing the female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird that joined Nitro and me as I waited to make pictures of butterflies last week. #Letters #PaperNotScreen #Drawing #Hummingbird #SnailMail
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Struggling to get through summer? Treat yourself like a beloved dog – and six other survival tips | Emma Beddington
August usually sends me into an anxious funk, but I think I’ve worked out how to handle 2026’s terrifying heat and apocalyptic images, writes Emma Beddington
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Once the bright Moon is out of the evening sky by Monday or so, use Altair high in the southeast to find little Delphinus and Sagitta roughly a fist at arm's length from it. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 31 – August 9
Once the bright Moon is out of the evening sky, use Altair high in the southeast to find faint but charming little Delphinus and Sagitta.
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Two days ago, early morning sketching in Paris before the sun started frying me 😉. Quick ink lines, no pencil sketch 😅. #urbansketching #watercolour #paris #workinprogress
