Jessica
@jesswithacamera.bsky.social
Photographer: film/digital/120/35mm/4x5/instant/etc. • Collector of sand & rocks • Geologist (non-practicing) • Very rusty musician • Books n stuff • North Texas
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Inside you, there are two wolves.
So you’re basically eating for three now.
So you’re basically eating for three now.
August 22, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Inside you, there are two wolves.
So you’re basically eating for three now.
So you’re basically eating for three now.
I did something dumb earlier this week.
I got back on Facebook. I thought I could be some sort of anti-MAGA missionary to a few acquaintances still over there. Bad idea. Week ruined.
No fights, but gosh I saw some really disheartening things and now I’m angry & depressed all over again.
I got back on Facebook. I thought I could be some sort of anti-MAGA missionary to a few acquaintances still over there. Bad idea. Week ruined.
No fights, but gosh I saw some really disheartening things and now I’m angry & depressed all over again.
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August 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I did something dumb earlier this week.
I got back on Facebook. I thought I could be some sort of anti-MAGA missionary to a few acquaintances still over there. Bad idea. Week ruined.
No fights, but gosh I saw some really disheartening things and now I’m angry & depressed all over again.
I got back on Facebook. I thought I could be some sort of anti-MAGA missionary to a few acquaintances still over there. Bad idea. Week ruined.
No fights, but gosh I saw some really disheartening things and now I’m angry & depressed all over again.
Recently I mentioned needing to come up with fun team names for a certain event I helped plan, and someone immediately (and seriously) suggested, “That sounds like a job for ChatGPT!”.
It made me so sad. Why are we we so eager to outsource the easiest, most creative things to AI?
It made me so sad. Why are we we so eager to outsource the easiest, most creative things to AI?
August 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Recently I mentioned needing to come up with fun team names for a certain event I helped plan, and someone immediately (and seriously) suggested, “That sounds like a job for ChatGPT!”.
It made me so sad. Why are we we so eager to outsource the easiest, most creative things to AI?
It made me so sad. Why are we we so eager to outsource the easiest, most creative things to AI?
Perfect timing. I have one last #water photo to share from Balmorhea State Park and that’s also today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme.
This is the experimental/novelty Psychedelic Blues # 6 film on a half frame.
#Olympus #halfframe #believeinfilm #balmorhea
This is the experimental/novelty Psychedelic Blues # 6 film on a half frame.
#Olympus #halfframe #believeinfilm #balmorhea
August 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Perfect timing. I have one last #water photo to share from Balmorhea State Park and that’s also today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme.
This is the experimental/novelty Psychedelic Blues # 6 film on a half frame.
#Olympus #halfframe #believeinfilm #balmorhea
This is the experimental/novelty Psychedelic Blues # 6 film on a half frame.
#Olympus #halfframe #believeinfilm #balmorhea
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I took a walk along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico last Sunday morning. #Infrared camera in hand. Fast shutter speed as it was very windy. It was a glorious cloud day.
#photography #landscape #ECK #ir #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #nature #NikonZ6iii
#photography #landscape #ECK #ir #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #nature #NikonZ6iii
August 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I took a walk along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico last Sunday morning. #Infrared camera in hand. Fast shutter speed as it was very windy. It was a glorious cloud day.
#photography #landscape #ECK #ir #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #nature #NikonZ6iii
#photography #landscape #ECK #ir #fullspectrum #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #conservation #nature #NikonZ6iii
Sam Richardson is such a delight. Re-watching Ted Lasso and I forgot he’s in the show for a minute. One of my favorite actors, easily.
July 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Sam Richardson is such a delight. Re-watching Ted Lasso and I forgot he’s in the show for a minute. One of my favorite actors, easily.
Book 24 of ‘26. Read in April. “Mapping the Interior” by Stephen Graham Jones
Genres: horror, novella, Indigenous
Still not a big fan of Jones’ writing style but liked this one a lot more than “The Only Good Indian”.
Genres: horror, novella, Indigenous
Still not a big fan of Jones’ writing style but liked this one a lot more than “The Only Good Indian”.
July 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Book 24 of ‘26. Read in April. “Mapping the Interior” by Stephen Graham Jones
Genres: horror, novella, Indigenous
Still not a big fan of Jones’ writing style but liked this one a lot more than “The Only Good Indian”.
Genres: horror, novella, Indigenous
Still not a big fan of Jones’ writing style but liked this one a lot more than “The Only Good Indian”.
What are you currently reading?
I’ve got “End of Days” (Jennings) and “A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing” (Yang) on audiobook, and “Dark Matter” (Paver) in physical form for some creepy bedtime reading. Haha.
I’ve got “End of Days” (Jennings) and “A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing” (Yang) on audiobook, and “Dark Matter” (Paver) in physical form for some creepy bedtime reading. Haha.
July 29, 2026 at 1:58 AM
What are you currently reading?
I’ve got “End of Days” (Jennings) and “A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing” (Yang) on audiobook, and “Dark Matter” (Paver) in physical form for some creepy bedtime reading. Haha.
I’ve got “End of Days” (Jennings) and “A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing” (Yang) on audiobook, and “Dark Matter” (Paver) in physical form for some creepy bedtime reading. Haha.
I don’t have anything for today’s Bluesky Art Show theme (glass), so I’ll share a other cypress photo instead.
Never really fell in love with the #Fuji GW690ii, but it does produce some nice, sharp images.
🎞️ #Ilford XP2 Super w/ orange filter
#cypress #louisiana #filmisnotdead
Never really fell in love with the #Fuji GW690ii, but it does produce some nice, sharp images.
🎞️ #Ilford XP2 Super w/ orange filter
#cypress #louisiana #filmisnotdead
July 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I don’t have anything for today’s Bluesky Art Show theme (glass), so I’ll share a other cypress photo instead.
Never really fell in love with the #Fuji GW690ii, but it does produce some nice, sharp images.
🎞️ #Ilford XP2 Super w/ orange filter
#cypress #louisiana #filmisnotdead
Never really fell in love with the #Fuji GW690ii, but it does produce some nice, sharp images.
🎞️ #Ilford XP2 Super w/ orange filter
#cypress #louisiana #filmisnotdead
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Democrat senators and congresspeople: next time you're questioning a republican sycophant in a hearing, instead of asking "who won the 2020 presidential election?", rather ask "is it possible for Donald Trump to lose in the 2028 presidential election?" That'll fuck them right up.
July 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Democrat senators and congresspeople: next time you're questioning a republican sycophant in a hearing, instead of asking "who won the 2020 presidential election?", rather ask "is it possible for Donald Trump to lose in the 2028 presidential election?" That'll fuck them right up.
I would honestly LOVE to hear a journlist answer this often-asked question with, “Your mother’s butt”.
Q: You're talking about blowing up civilian power plants and bridges, much of the civilized world would consider that a war crime. Do you?
TRUMP: I won’t respond to that question. Who are you with?
Q: NYT
TRUMP: The failing New York Times.
TRUMP: I won’t respond to that question. Who are you with?
Q: NYT
TRUMP: The failing New York Times.
July 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I would honestly LOVE to hear a journlist answer this often-asked question with, “Your mother’s butt”.
I’ve shot a total of 8 sheets of 4x5 since I got my Crown Graphic. At this point I’m becoming convinced large format isn’t the format for me. 🫠
July 24, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I’ve shot a total of 8 sheets of 4x5 since I got my Crown Graphic. At this point I’m becoming convinced large format isn’t the format for me. 🫠
Ugly rock lovers unite! I actually think that some of the ugliest rocks are the most geologically fascinating. Like this AMAZING ilmenite-plagioclase cumulate. IYKYK.
Found in MN glacial till by a friend, now in my collection.
#geologyrocks #rocks #geology #rockcollection #igneous
Found in MN glacial till by a friend, now in my collection.
#geologyrocks #rocks #geology #rockcollection #igneous
July 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Ugly rock lovers unite! I actually think that some of the ugliest rocks are the most geologically fascinating. Like this AMAZING ilmenite-plagioclase cumulate. IYKYK.
Found in MN glacial till by a friend, now in my collection.
#geologyrocks #rocks #geology #rockcollection #igneous
Found in MN glacial till by a friend, now in my collection.
#geologyrocks #rocks #geology #rockcollection #igneous
Come on in, the water’s fine!
Olympus Pen F
Psychedelic Blues # 6
Balmorhea State Park
#filmphotography #lightleak
Olympus Pen F
Psychedelic Blues # 6
Balmorhea State Park
#filmphotography #lightleak
July 24, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Come on in, the water’s fine!
Olympus Pen F
Psychedelic Blues # 6
Balmorhea State Park
#filmphotography #lightleak
Olympus Pen F
Psychedelic Blues # 6
Balmorhea State Park
#filmphotography #lightleak
Ya girl was just given the okay to use this small private gym and just might be inspired enough to actually start working out again. Gonna bring my own bar and some other things up here tomorrow.
July 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Ya girl was just given the okay to use this small private gym and just might be inspired enough to actually start working out again. Gonna bring my own bar and some other things up here tomorrow.
Take a dive into the world’s largest spring-fed pool!
Olympus Pen F
🎞️ Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#balmorhea #halfframe #lightleak #believeinfilm
Olympus Pen F
🎞️ Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#balmorhea #halfframe #lightleak #believeinfilm
July 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Take a dive into the world’s largest spring-fed pool!
Olympus Pen F
🎞️ Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#balmorhea #halfframe #lightleak #believeinfilm
Olympus Pen F
🎞️ Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#balmorhea #halfframe #lightleak #believeinfilm
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This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.
July 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
This month is the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and it reminds me that the ADA could not be passed today. It probably couldn’t get a vote in committee today.
Just finished my first Percival Everett novel. “God’s Country” was SO funny, so subversive. It reminds me a little of “Lonesome Dove” in how fast it goes from hilarious to horrifying.
![Photo from a page in “God’s Country” by Percival Everett. Set in the old West, it shows a conversation between a sheriff wherein the sheriff is telling the protagonist: “Well, I gotta lock you up. And there you’ll sit, rottin’ away in that stinkin’ cell until the circuit judge comes here on his rounds. Then [ . . . ] you’ll rot some more and learn to be a better, more efficient criminal.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dt5zgpn4b3fnqx7hbnq76oua/bafkreia77tciptyhtjwvh32x4u7pfalwnniod6emtc25wowpvfdfshqmey)
July 23, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Just finished my first Percival Everett novel. “God’s Country” was SO funny, so subversive. It reminds me a little of “Lonesome Dove” in how fast it goes from hilarious to horrifying.
I’m re-reading East of Eden because I apparently gave it 5 stars way back in the day but can’t remember anything about it. About 75% through and TBH it’s pretty good but I’m kinda ready to move on to something else.
July 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I’m re-reading East of Eden because I apparently gave it 5 stars way back in the day but can’t remember anything about it. About 75% through and TBH it’s pretty good but I’m kinda ready to move on to something else.
Cypress at the end of the road.
Fuji GW690ii
🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super
📍Bistineau, Louisiana
#fujigw690 #believeinfilm #louisiana
Fuji GW690ii
🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super
📍Bistineau, Louisiana
#fujigw690 #believeinfilm #louisiana
July 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Cypress at the end of the road.
Fuji GW690ii
🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super
📍Bistineau, Louisiana
#fujigw690 #believeinfilm #louisiana
Fuji GW690ii
🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super
📍Bistineau, Louisiana
#fujigw690 #believeinfilm #louisiana
I’m in the middle of two other books but with today being 107°, it feels like a better time to start one of my two Arctic-based novels than, say, waiting until winter.
Also, had to get this one used from eBay since it’s nearly impossible to find in the US!
#horror #whatimreading #summerreading
Also, had to get this one used from eBay since it’s nearly impossible to find in the US!
#horror #whatimreading #summerreading
July 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I’m in the middle of two other books but with today being 107°, it feels like a better time to start one of my two Arctic-based novels than, say, waiting until winter.
Also, had to get this one used from eBay since it’s nearly impossible to find in the US!
#horror #whatimreading #summerreading
Also, had to get this one used from eBay since it’s nearly impossible to find in the US!
#horror #whatimreading #summerreading
I’m not big into most experimental films, BUT I’ve really enjoyed the Psychedelic Blues films and some from Dubble Film.
Olympus Pen F (“Gothic”)
🎞️Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#halfframe #olympus #filmisnotdead #balmorheastatepark
Olympus Pen F (“Gothic”)
🎞️Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#halfframe #olympus #filmisnotdead #balmorheastatepark
July 21, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I’m not big into most experimental films, BUT I’ve really enjoyed the Psychedelic Blues films and some from Dubble Film.
Olympus Pen F (“Gothic”)
🎞️Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#halfframe #olympus #filmisnotdead #balmorheastatepark
Olympus Pen F (“Gothic”)
🎞️Psychedelic Blues # 6
📍 Balmorhea State Park
#halfframe #olympus #filmisnotdead #balmorheastatepark
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The U.S. Secretary of Defense just stated that—so far—the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion dollars.
That's since February.
That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive.
Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.
That's since February.
That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive.
Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.
July 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The U.S. Secretary of Defense just stated that—so far—the war with Iran has cost $37.5 billion dollars.
That's since February.
That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive.
Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.
That's since February.
That same amount is how much the United States spent on planetary science from FY2013 through FY2026 inclusive.
Thirteen years of planetary science or five months of war.
My 4x5 was being very problematic a few weeks ago. Wasn’t sure if it was the cable release or the lens. Enough people reccomended a Gepe cable, I finally got one and that solved the problem! Seems like a lot of old lenses are persnickity when it comes to cable releases.
July 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
My 4x5 was being very problematic a few weeks ago. Wasn’t sure if it was the cable release or the lens. Enough people reccomended a Gepe cable, I finally got one and that solved the problem! Seems like a lot of old lenses are persnickity when it comes to cable releases.