Yikes! A Fire just took out most of downtown Villa Grove (about 10 miles from where I work). The fire department even used the water from our ranch to fight the fire😳
Mike Lewinski
@wildernessvagabonds.com
Timelapser, astrophotographer, off-gridder in Crestone, Colorado, USA (a Dark Sky certified community). Death doula for hospice-stage capitalism. Friend of Bill W. Time is not money. https://wildernessvagabonds.com
Here's my smoky #timelapse for August 4-5, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Daybreak by Jon Shuemaker is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography
The Rockies Are Role-playing the Smokies - August 4-5, 2026 timelapses from Crestone, Colorado USA
YouTube video by Mike Lewinski
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First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
You'll have to look closely, but you can see this Ruby-throated Hummingbird's head through her wings as she sips nectar.
Here's my #timelapse for August 3-4, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA New Years Eve (instrumental) by Silence Is Sexy is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands License. #astronomy #astrophotography
Darker Each Night - August 3-4, 2026 timelapses from Crestone, Colorado USA
YouTube video by Mike Lewinski
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Recently had to replace a microwave and still negotiating with the new one. Occasionally I will press the button for 1 minute cook and things go like this: Me: 1 minute please Microwave: *beep* FOOD *beep* Me: Yes, cook food. 1 minute please Microwave: *beep* FOOD *beep* Me: Pretty please?
Failure To Communicate Meme
Alt: Cool Hand Luke - Failure To Communicate Meme
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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 3d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
A great blue heron is silhouetted as it perches at sunrise on a small submerged tree in a pond at a nature area in Longmont, Colorado. #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky #BirdsSeenln2026 #wildlife #wildlifephotography
They see me rollin', they hatin' Patrollin' and tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty, tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty, tryna catch me ridin' dirty
Here's my #timelapse for August 2-3, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Ephemeral by Pamela Yuen is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License. #astronomy #astrophotography
Mountain Time - August 2-3, 2026 time lapses from Crestone, Colorado USA
YouTube video by Mike Lewinski
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I caught some stunning lunar crepuscular rays in this timelapse from the night of 31 July. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
#timelapse for July 31-August 1, 2026 from Crestone, Colorado USA Thinking of you by Damiano Baldoni is licensed under a Attribution License.
Sublime For Those With Hearts to Feel It - July 31- August 1, 2026 timelapses from Crestone, CO USA
YouTube video by Mike Lewinski
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Pretty happy with how this turned out: This morning's barn owl hunt 15 minutes before sunrise. Tracked in DaVinci Resolve, denoise and recolored in premiere. Set to Elvenking's "Season of the Owl" 🪶
Tonight’s sunset stopped me in my tracks. An incredible summer evening on Lake Winnipeg.
Joy Harjo, This Morning I Pray for My Enemies And whom do I call my enemy? An enemy must be worthy of engagement. ⋮ poets.org/poem/morning... Hmm. Many do not qualify.
This Morning I Pray for My Enemies
And whom do I call my enemy?
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"I could hear the light beings as they entered every cell. Every cell is a house of the god of light, they said. I could hear the spirits who love us stomp dancing. They were dancing as if they were here, and then another level of here, and then another, until the whole earth and sky was dancing."
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings
You will have to answer to your children, and their children, and theirs— The red shimmer of remembering will compel you up the night to walk the…
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"As a general rule you should avoid getting into business with a liar, but if you must, you can at least reason with them even if only in private. A true believer is much more threatening because they are impervious to even inducement by self-interest."
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity
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I can still here them groaning: BRRRAAAAIIIINNNNNNSSSDS
Politico@politico.com · last wk.Besides the illness and death, the disruption and the loneliness, Americans remember the pandemic for its vitriol. Former Covid czar Anthony Fauci’s appearance on Capitol Hill brought it all back. 🔗 politi.co/3TqOaUc
I have a thing for datura. Five blossoms total tonight, best night of the year so far!
Kennedy's book about Fauci broke an old hippie I know. She was a lifelong democrat and huge Obama booster in 2012. Now she is full on MAHA/MAGA and has publicly called for the execution of Fauci.
Moon set with 22° halo, July 28, 2026 from Crestone Colorado USA This is a short excerpt of my full night #timelapse published at youtu.be/YJsNa3nusJk wall hidden the purpose by masato abe is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. #COwx #astronomy #astrophotography
Great piece here by @brendonstuff.bsky.social on the need for widespread use of bird-safe glass to prevent window collisions theconversation.com/bird-safe-gl...
Bird-safe glass must become the norm to prevent collisions with buildings
In Canada, tens of millions of birds are killed annually by crashing into glass on buildings.
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COVID gave us some great covers by Larkin Poe
Black Sabbath "Iron Man" (Larkin Poe Cover)
YouTube video by Larkin Poe
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Ich Bin Ein Auslander - "I am a foreigner"
Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander
YouTube video by PopWillEatItselfVEVO
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Saw porcupine waddling with baby tonight, making cute noises at each other.
"It’s a sign of the times that this spring, Amazon’s Chinese rival launched in the UK and Europe under a name that promises to deliver emotional fulfilment: Joybuy."
Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure | Michèle Mendelssohn and Charlie Tyson
Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation
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