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Picture of the Day - www.zverina.com photos and creative nonfiction since 1997 so old it's retro and looks janky on phones plain HTML--no ads, data harvesting, or ai just a passion project with no purpose

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Robert Cruickshank
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This is amazing and fantastic news

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️@eclectichutch.bsky.social

NEW: The Grand Illusion Cinema lives! The single-screen movie house that'd been in Seattle’s University District for more than 50 years before closing in January 2025 is coming home. It will be now taking over at the Varsity Theatre 📽️ My story @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

rob
@zverina.com

hi guess what they will not relinquish power and will only become more violent and repressive to assert dominance.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

Since 2020, Trump and his allies have been hinting that they might send federal forces to “protect” polling places. If that happens, what can cities, states, and communities do to protect their citizens and fair elections?

motherjones.comCops won’t fight federal election interference—so citizens will have toHow democracy protection groups are preparing for Trump's worst.
rob
@zverina.com

They appear to have disabled the "Name is wrong" function in Apple Maps, at least as it pertains to Lake Ontario. Talk about craven. #AppleSucksNow Downloaded MapQuest app yesterday, but might just go back to my roots with paper maps and directions hand scrawled on napkins.

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rob
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hello Seattle greater metropolitan area! i'm premiering some long lost #robZtv at Mini Mart City Park in Georgetown on Friday, September 11, 7-10 pm. Think you can remember that date? Please share! www.minimartcitypark.com/calendar/rob...

minimartcitypark.comrobZtv: The Struggle Against Forgetting — Mini Mart City ParkRobert Zverina presents robZtv: The Struggle Against Forgetting, a premiere screening of long lost cinéma vérité pocket video snapshots captured on the fly 20 years ago and then left to languish--un...
rob
@zverina.com

i think of #Galapagos by #KurtVonnegut when i dive into the sea #naked and see how long i can #swim before coming up for air, part of my quest to evolve into a true #marinemammal #bikelove #skinnydip #SalishFjord #noncompete #cycling www.zverina.com/2026/0815.htm

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this article more than doubled our subscription list literally overnight... if you like watching and talking about film, we are for you and your participation makes it happen... #QualityFilmClub #letswatchamovieandtalkaboutit www.capitolhillseattle.com/2026/07/the-...

capitolhillseattle.comThe Quality Film Club: Capitol Hill’s newest movie theater is in an abandoned grocery storeBy Brenna Gauchat The Quality Film Club is bringing a little of the neighborhood moviegoing experience to 15th Ave E by building on the power of Seattle’s existing film community. Every first and t…
rob
@zverina.com

hi, everything is still getting worse. #shutitdown #takeitback

Hyperallergic@hyperallergic.com

A Texas tattoo artist has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for moving a box of political pamphlets and zines featuring “anti-government and anti-Trump sentiments,” prompting outrage from First Amendment advocates.

hyperallergic.comTexas Tattoo Artist Gets 30-Year Sentence Over “Anti-Trump” ZinesDaniel “Des” Sanchez Estrada faces three decades in prison after he moved a box of left-wing literature in the aftermath of an anti-ICE protest.
rob
@zverina.com

most people don't get into #outsiderart until they've seen it in a museum a) true b) false c) neither d) both

rob
@zverina.com

This is in Seattle and recommended because Vermillion is a treasure and Jeff's paintings are best seen IRL. ...And who knows what else he might pull out of his beard?

Jeff Mihalyo@jeffmihalyo.bsky.social

My Seattle exhibition Past and Present at Vermillion Gallery includes new and previous works. Join us for the opening July 9th, 2026, 5-9pm on the Capitol Hill neighborhood art walk.

rob
@zverina.com

holy shit, i'm on a gen x'er text thread where people share pictures of their cats and yesterday someone posted ai slop "they made" and asked others to do the same and i almost lost my mind. what the fuck is wrong with people? but this made me feel better: www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/they-just-...

bloodinthemachine.comThey just formed the biggest tech worker union in the US. They plan to rein in AI and curb layoffs"Who AI benefits and who it immiserates often is based on who gets to decide how it’s used. We know how tech is used on the day to day. We should be at the table as well."
rob
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it's mostly just a defiant gesture with minimal practical impact (probably), but what it really brought home to me is how resource intensive ai is. i can render HD video on my laptop in the blink of an eye, but converting this single static image took about 2 hours. no wonder those chips run so hot.

rob
@zverina.com

but, really, i'm just a caveman and all this is above my pay grade. my 30 years of online content has already been scraped raw and i see no point in going through this process every time i upload an image, so i deleted the app. but what do you think? and please correct me if i got something wrong.

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rondezvousWA
@ronpdavis.bsky.social

Good morning! Journalists in Bellingham, Olympia, Tacoma and Tri-Cities - that work for McClatchy, are on strike today. Solidarity with these truth tellers who hold local corruption at bay and keep us informed. Here is their gofundme. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

gofundme.comDonate to Stand with Journalists for the Future of Local News, organized by Idaho and Washington State NewsGuildsWe’re ready to strike. But we need your help to do it. … Idaho and Washington State NewsGuilds needs your support for Stand with Journalists for the Future of Local News
rob
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if you don't think things are getting worse, that's just normalization at work #shutitdownshutitdownshutitdownshutitdown

rob
@zverina.com

"ai" is a trap. don't fall for it.

Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist
@princess-vimentin.bsky.social

What a cool idea! Keep the pressure! @redactedreadingroom put all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files bound together in 3,437 volumes of books, on display in a new exhibit in Tribeca. David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files. #Pinks

rob
@zverina.com

shut it down

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org

As workers around the world rally to mark May Day, International Workers’ Day, we speak with organizers in Los Angeles and Chicago.

democracynow.org“No School, No Work, No Shopping”: Workers, Immigrants to Lead Thousands of May Day ProtestsAs workers around the world rally to mark May Day, International Workers' Day, we speak with organizers in Los Angeles and Chicago. The May Day Strong coalition here in the United States says 3,000 protests and events are scheduled across the country wi...