📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 A detail of the clinker brick exterior of the First Chinese Baptist Church (1908), San Francisco, CA. #SanFrancisco #California #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday
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#SymmetrySunday, #TextureTuesday, #FORAFriday. Just a taste of the work of architectural photographer Jeff Stvan. View many more and purchase them at: www.foraphotography.com
📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 An ornamental screen at 555 Montgomery Street (SOM, 1983), San Francisco, CA. #SanFrancisco #California #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 Cantilevers and curves at the Apple Park Visitor Center (Foster + Partners, 2016), Cupertino, CA. #Cupertino #California #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 Just a few of the 16,800 extruded aluminum fins which form the exterior of the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center (Rand Elliott Architects, 2020), Oklahoma City, OK. #OKC #Oklahoma #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday
📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 A tile medallion from the entrance to the tomb of Prince Ding (Beijing, China, 1750) on display at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. #KansasCity #Missouri #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 Gazing upward inside the 110-foot high memorial pavilion at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (I.M. Pei & Partners, 1979), Boston, MA. #Boston #Massachusetts #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
Voting by non-citizens is, indeed, exceedingly rare. What’s even rarer is INTENTIONAL voting by non-citizens. This is not about protecting elections… it’s about instilling mistrust in them.
Alt National Park Service@altnps.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is silly. Noncitizen voting is exceedingly rare, yet the Justice Department is once again attempting to intimidate the states. The Justice Department sent letters to election officials in 50 states and the District of Columbia warning they could face criminal prosecution over noncitizen voting.
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org
Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 A lavishly decorated intrados at the Wells Fargo Bank (originally the National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna by Louis H. Sullivan, 1908), Owatonna, MN. #Owatonna #Minnesota #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday
📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 An eagle keeps a constant watch over the entrance to Gillespie County Annex No. 1, Fredericksburg, TX. #Fredericksburg #Texas #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 One of the tripartite windows on the east façade of the Frauenzimmerbau (Women’s Building) at the Heidelberger Schloss (Heidelberg Castle), Heidelberg, Germany. #Heidelberg #Germany #Architecture #Photography #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
This scene from the Elgin Armory feels like a metaphor for something
The Art Institute of Chicago's miniature rooms are cleaned at least twice a year, demanding patience, precision and a meditative state of mind.
Focusing on the little things in life in the Thorne Miniature Rooms
The Art Institute of Chicago's miniature rooms are cleaned at least twice a year, demanding patience, precision and a meditative state of mind.
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Marco Rubio is against birthright citizenship. But Marco Rubio *is* a birthright citizen. Ted Cruz is against birthright citizenship. But Ted Cruz was born in Canada. He only got US citizenship by a birthright citizenship law because of his US mother. They are both shameless hypocrites.
📷 It's Texture Tuesday! 📷 The ribbed columns of the Carnahan Courthouse (originally the United States Court House and Custom House by Mauran, Russell & Crowell, 1935), St. Louis, MO. #StLouis #Missouri #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #Texture #FORAPhotography #TextureTuesday
Frank Lloyd Wright's J. J. Walser House at 42 N. Central in Chicago has been purchased by Austin Coming Together with the hope of restoring it. They have a gargantuan task. Here are a few photos I took today. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/24/a...
1/2 The People's Federal Savings and Loan Association building Architect: Louis Sullivan, 1917 Sidney, Ohio
"The upshot is that America’s milestone birthday feels particularly joyless, less a celebration of the world’s most powerful country than a case study in how a demoralised, self-doubting nation has fallen prey to culture wars and the narcissism of its leader."
Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’
Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion
theguardian.com
A #mural by Dutch #artist Judith de Leeuw shows the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes (in shame) in Roubaix, France (in 2025, just before July 4th). Judith de Leeuw, also known as JDL #StreetArt, creates #murals worldwide (41 countries) to draw attention to social issues. info@jdlstreetart.com
📷 It's Symmetry Sunday! 📷 The interior of the dome at the Oklahoma State Capitol (originally designed by Layton & Smith in 1914, but not completed until 2002), Oklahoma City, OK. #OKC #Oklahoma #Architecture #Photography #Detail #Symmetry #FORAPhotography #SymmetrySunday
📷 It's FOR[A] Friday! 📷 One of the extraordinary bay windows on the New York Yacht Club (Warren & Wetmore, 1901), New York City, NY. #NewYorkCity #NewYork #Architecture #Photography #Monochrome #Detail #FORAPhotography #FORAFriday
You'd think the glare off that gold crap would keep him awake.
Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️
"He has sought to take federal control over elections and cried fraud without evidence when he has not liked the results...."
Federal judge blocks Trump effort to make voters show proof of citizenship
Ruling is win for democracy advocates who have fought back against Trump’s push to take power over voting
theguardian.com
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.
"Moody's Analytics estimates the war has cost U.S. consumers and taxpayers about $132 billion so far, and the meter is still running."
Here's how much the the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger
More than three months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, the costs and aftereffects are felt around the world.
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