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Recovering lawyer & former historian, turned fragrance critic. #exPostie. #ECK

Photo focus: Architecture, Skyscrapers, Urban Gaze, Macro, & 🦋.

Posts also on: Art; Art Deco; German Shepherds; travel; history; TV; Star Trek; Top Chef; Camus; & cPTSD.
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Kafka @kafkaesque2024.bsky.social · Jun 26
Joseph Heller's Catch 22 words on the surrealist, absurdist, and Twilight Zone transformation of black into white and up into down describes the Trump administration to a T, but I'm especially struck by the "Brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice" bit today. It's Stephen Miller's mantra.
A quote from Joseph Heller's book, Catch 22, that reads: "It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character."
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Maple Gold.
#BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Golden all day Saturday. Link to the feed in comments.
#photography #Lensbaby #trees #sunlight
Maple leaves lying in a puddle with afternoon sunlight breathing down
September 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻

#Caturday
September 19, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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Really gross. First thing I thought the photo showed was a black person hanging!

Professionals say that there is no way the many KKK nods could be accidental, & I agree.
caroleeena.bsky.social Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 22h
As a long, long, long, long, long time Converse buyer, I will never buy a Converse product ever again. I am sick of the virtue signalling to racists. I see this and I see a man hanged, a white robe that could be a klansman's robe and light shaped like a KKK hat. What the actual hell!?!
September 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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We are now entering the Autumnal Equinox time. In this town, it's known as Chicagohenge.
September 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Golden

#Skyscrapers as modern Art. Call me crazy, but they give me such joy & their lines soothe my soul.

#Stunday #UrbanGaze #ECK #StreetPhotography #Photography #Photographers #CityScapes #GeometricShapes #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Reflections #Architecture
A low-angle, vertical shot looks up the side of a modern skyscraper at 1100 Louisiana St, in Downtown Houston's financial district, stretching toward a blue sky with soft wisps of white clouds. The building features a multi-faceted, zig-zagging facade made of vertical strips of reflective glass windows alternating with warm, golden-brown and tan metallic panels. The metallic surfaces and window panes strongly reflect the warm glow of a setting or rising sun, casting gradients of deep amber, copper, and soft pink across the building's exterior. The sharp perspective creates strong leading lines that narrow dramatically toward the top, emphasizing the immense height and geometric architectural design of the tower.
September 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
#BlueSkyArtShow #Golden

Enterprise Plaza, Houston: Geometry reflecting man's towering ambitions, or an oversized, futuristic, waffle fry?

#Architecture #UrbanGaze #ECK #StreetPhotography #Photography #Photographers #Skyscrapers #CityScapes #GeometricShapes #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Reflections
A low-angle, vertical shot captures a towering skyscraper with a distinctive sawtooth or accordion-like facade stretching upward against a partly cloudy blue sky. The building features rows of square windows set into a metallic or polished stone exterior that reflects warm, golden light, creating a bright amber and orange glow across its surface. The zig-zag pattern of the architectural design creates a deep sense of geometric repetition and vertical scale as the structure tapers toward the top of the frame. The building is called Enterprise Plaza and is clad in polished Spanish Rose granite with rose-tinted, reflective glass windows that catch a warm golden and pink hue in the sunlight ad in polished Spanish Rose granite with rose-tinted windows
September 19, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Drought withered ivy turned early autumn golden beauty

#BlueSkyArtShow #Golden

#ECK #EastCoastKin #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #NatureIsArt
Close up photo of brown withered ivy leaves on a wooden fence. The ivy stalk snakes roughly bottom left to top right, with about a dozen leaves on it. The leaves are all different, rich and deep shades of brown and gold. The ivy’s dead, a casualty of the hot and dry summer just gone. But the leaves present a sighting beauty in their decay. The leaves are set flat against a brownish, greyish wooden fence panel
September 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
kafkaesque2024.bsky.social
#Stunday

With an extra bravo for the mighty, freezing trek! 👏
alexberger.bsky.social Alex Berger @alexberger.bsky.social · 4d
Now this? This was a moment worth getting up in sub-zero conditions and trekking across the mountain for. Huangshan Mountain | China | December 2025
#yourshotphotographer #sonyalpha #huangshan
September 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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#MyPhotoOfTheDay
#Monochrome

Have a great weekend
(Selfcare)
B&W photo Sandy beach at the bottom left. Dunes on the right. 3/4 of the photo is filled with huge clouds on dark sky above this. Dynamically pointing to the left.
September 19, 2026 at 6:03 AM
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When the low sun transforms nature into pure gold. ✨
These little 'helicopter' seeds look absolutely magical in the backlight.

#BlueSkyArtShow #golden #Stunday #MacroMonday #thelittlethings #photography #nature #ECK
A close-up of dried, light-brown maple seeds hanging from thin twigs. The photograph was taken against strong backlight, causing the seeds’ delicate, wing-like structures to glow golden and appear almost transparent. In the background, the surface of a river reflects the sunlight, creating a heavily blurred, sparkling bokeh of bright circles of light.
September 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
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Thanks for the kind words! I aim to plaease.

Oh, wait. That's what the sex bot said!!

BTW, my favorite Walken video ever!: youtu.be/wCDIYvFmgW8?...
Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - Weapon Of Choice [Official 4k Video]
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September 19, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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Getting Ready for the Golden Ribbon.

#EastCoastKin #ECK #Photography
#ArtChallenge #MobilePhotography
#BlueSkyArtShow #Golden #GoldenRetrievers #DogShow
September 19, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKn

This hideous, gaudy, LEGOs-like building is basically the US govt's backup Fort Knox & its 2nd largest currency vault, processing billions daily in a robotic operation. (See AltTxt)

#UrbanGaze #Architecture #ECK #StreetPhotography #Photography #Photographers
Vertical colour photo of a Federal Reserve Bank building in Houston. Completed in 2005, it is a highly discussed architectural landmark in the city, known for its distinct design and massive secure operations. Google offers more details on its crazy look and its financial systems: "The complex was designed by famed architect Michael Graves, a pioneer of Postmodernism. The style deliberately contrasts with sleek, glass modernism by reintroducing playful historic shapes, grand scales, and vibrant colors. One of its defining traits is the curtain wall made of striated red brick and blue-glazed tile. This alternating pattern creates a grid-like texture that critics and locals sometimes compare to looking like it was built out of Legos. Beyond its bold look, this 300,000-square-foot facility houses the second-largest currency vault in the United States (second only to New York), processing and distributing billions of dollars in cash to regional financial institutions. It functions like a heavily fortified machine. The cash flow inside the vault is entirely automated, utilizing computer-controlled robotic vehicles and specialized tracking matrices to move crates of money hands-free at rapid speeds."
September 18, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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“Irori”, traditional open hearth. Japan. Photography by Amateur Photo on photohito
Piercing the interior gloom, slanting shafts of morning sunlight cut through thick, swirling plumes of smoke rising from the sunken hearth (irori). At the physical and spiritual center of the home, a blackened iron kettle (kama) hangs suspended from a traditional adjustable hearth hook (jizaikagi), poised directly above glowing embers and burning timber. In the background, diffused daylight filters through the paper panes of sliding shōji screens, illuminating floating smoke and the woven tatami mats that border the ash pit. This scene captures the vital heart of traditional Japanese domestic life—the irori. In historic farmhouses (minka), the open hearth served not merely as a functional stove for cooking and winter warmth, but as a sacred communal space for family gatherings and hospitality. Its construction embodies the fundamental ethos of monozukuri (artisanal craftsmanship), bringing together raw timber, iron, and fire without decorative pretense. Crucially, the rising smoke served an essential structural purpose: coating the exposed bamboo rafters and heavy wooden roof beams in protective soot to preserve the architecture against insects and decay for centuries. Aesthetically, the composition unfolds as a masterclass in Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s in'ei raisan (praise of shadows), where depth and beauty emerge not from harsh illumination, but from the delicate interplay of light and obscurity.
September 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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moon

#art #photo #photography #moon #sky #houses #Tainan #ECK #LightAndShadow
©️skinskin
September 19, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Haha. #Dogs #Gods #GSDs
Photo of a German Shepherd seemingly walking on the highly reflective surface of a lake or pond. IOW, walking on water. The text reads: "Dog spelled backwards is God... The Lord is my Shepherd."
September 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Have Christopher Walken's lawyers seen this yet?

Or is the Ultimate Man *supposed* to look like an ultra pretty (feminine?) Christopher Walken?
mikenoble.bsky.social Mike Noble @mikenoble.bsky.social · 1d
Ultimate Man shook my hand and then told me exactly how I was going to die.
WSJ EXCLUSIVE Belgian Scientists create “Ultimate Man" AI sex bot that they believe will replace real men entirely by 2035
September 18, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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My beautiful baby boy. The best, most loving Teutonic Overlord who is a Greek god as well.

Almost perfect except for how he takes over the whole bed. And his highly vocal, opinionated, nightly lectures that he should get a 2nd dinner, possibly a 3rd. #Apollo #GSDs #Dogs #GermanShepherds #ECK
Vertical colour photo showing the happy, smiling, panting face of a large German Shepherd dog. He has red, gold, black fur colouring, a dark black mask on his face, and cognac-coloured eyes. A long, swirling, pink tongue protrudes from his face. His mouth is open and in a happy smile, his white bottom teeth showing. There's pink glitter on his nose, perhaps from my lipstick and my kissing him because I kiss him non-stop throughout the day. The background is green grass and light coloured earth. Location: dog park. The dog's name is Apollo.
September 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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#UrbanGaze #Architecture

If it seems like I'm obsessed, I am. When did ugly downtown Houston become so colourful & pretty? When did buildings turn into street bling?

#StreetPhotography #Photography #Photographers #CityScapes #GeometricShapes #Reflections #BlueskyArtShow #Golden #ECK #Skyscrapers
A low-angle, vertical shot captures a row of towering skyscrapers in a city downtown area under a bright blue sky with light, wispy clouds. On the right, the side of a modern building with light brown or golden paneling and rectangular windows dominates the frame, reflecting a soft purple hue from the sky. Immediately behind it stands a tall, slender glass skyscraper with a reflective teal-blue facade. Further down the street, additional high-rises are visible, including a cream-colored building and a prominent, reddish-orange tower with a distinct stepped, gabled roofline. At the street level, green trees and parked cars line the sidewalk, emphasizing the immense scale and height of the urban architecture.
September 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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#Skyscrapers

I shall not talk about #phallic symbols.

I shall not talk about obvious sexual overcompensation, or how much Freud would be ROFL'g at everything to do with this plaza.

No, I shall not.

*AHEM!* 😂🤭

#JPMorganChase #UrbanGaze #ECK #Architecture #Photography #StreetPhotography #AOFoto
A photo of the entrance and facade of the JPMorgan Chase Tower located at 600 Travis Street in downtown Houston, Texas. It's 1,002 feet tall, the tallest building in Texas, and the tallest five-sided skyscraper in the world. The lobby features a large 85-foot-wide triangular glass wall supported by a stainless steel space frame. It is a central point of the photo because it's captured gleaming an opalescent pink-mauve in the late afternoon light. Everything about the skyscraper screams grossly overposturing macho overcompensation, everything is phallic, and oh, btw, 10 ft away is a giant surrealist sculpture by the legendary Joan Miro that -- unbeknownst to the conservative Board who commissioned it and wanted nothing sexual-- is actually all about genitalia as well... Oh how Freud would laugh!
September 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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#FridayFunDay #FunnyMemes
September 18, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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I always check the guys across the street
#FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday
A true influencer : BINFLUENCER: Person who puts the right bin out on the right day, letting everyone else on the street know which bin to take out.
September 19, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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😁 #FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday
A motto Sometimes people come into your life and they need to stop doing that
September 18, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Yes
#FridayFunnies #Funnies4Friday
A tweet One disorienting thing about getting older that nobody tells you about is how weird it feels to get a really passionate, extremely wrong lecture from a much younger person about verifiable historical events you can personally remember pretty well
September 18, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Me, not even 15 minutes ago. 😅
A frozen quesadilla in the air fryer. Going for the ice cream next.
September 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM