Algernon D’Ammassa

@algernonwrites.bsky.social

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Journalist in southern New Mexico, writer, retired stage actor, citizen. ABQJournal.com DesertSageNM.substack.com Signal: Algernon.26

Black-and-white photo of Marlon Brando in heavy make up for his role as a Japanese character in the movie.
A pile of yellow onions!
Video of me doing bewildered double take
Similar result to Parker’s
Overturned semi partly on highway in La Jolla as rain falls.
Ad for a scented candle with a picture of a hatched cottage and the slogan “smells like 1026, not 2026.”
David Bowie in his Screaming Lord Byron persona for the “Blue Jean” music video.
In D.C. a friend of mine was reading the ‘The Exorcist’. He felt it was the most evil book he’d ever read. So evil he couldn’t finish it. One weekend he threw the book into Chesapeake Bay. I went 2 a bookstore. Bought another copy. Ran it under water. Put it in his desk draw.” The text is white on a black background.
Two front pages of the East Providence Post displayed on a hotel bed.
Screenshot of the article since for some reason it is not displaying correctly. Picture of Tomas Rivas on the witness stand. Headline: Tomas Rivas alleged misconduct denied him fair trial
Mulberry tree mori (pl. of morus) on the sidewalk in front of my home.
Picture of Coll on a screen as he video conferences into a board of Regents meeting.
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Two letters, closeup on the stamped corners. A colorful German stamp on top.
Painted portrait of Galileo, bearded, a deadpan stare aimed at the viewer.
US Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman facing the mob during the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Woman wearing a deer mask.
Screenshot of the Santa Fe New Mexican headline, “A plaintiff withdrew from a lawsuit involving Project Jupiter. Nobody is saying why.”
Tweet screenshot by account Louise Jensen Duffy writing as Ernest Jensen: “So, a lot of people ask me why I buy so many books. The truth is, I have a genetic disorder where my body doesn't produce enough books of its own, so I have to supplement.”
Tweet by Stephen Miller that reads: "Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids. Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world."
My laptop, bag, hat, and cup of coffee at the coffee shop where I'm working.
A happy Golden retriever getting skritches in front of a Christmas tree.
Screenshot of a document with every line of text redacted.
Screenshot of a Facebook post from the New York Times, with a photo of the woman from the Coldplay kiss cam moment. Chatter reads: “ At a Coldplay concert in July, Kristen Cabot appeared on the Jumbotron in the arms of her boss. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most. Now, for the first time Since that viral moment, Cabot is sharing her side of the story. Read her interview with the New York Times.”
Screenshot of a Google Gemini search result, with a picture of Alberto R. Gonzales describing him as "Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States."
Headline reads: “‘Great honors of my life’: Trump wins FIFA Peace Prize after Nobel snub.”
Screenshot of the article as it appears online
Cover of the book “working and thinking on the waterfront” by Eric Hoffer, being a selection of journal entries from 1958 to 1959.
Still from Fox News panel with third man wearing a striped bow tie.
A delicious latte in a green cup with saucer.
Cover of Robin Wakefield’s “Epictetus: The Complete Works.”
Felipe Hernandez, in a black suit, walks through the courtroom Wednesday.
Picture of the curved wooden handle of the umbrella, against my overcoat beneath the shoulder.
Fawcett Crest paperback edition of “Local Anaesthetic” by Günter Grass, 1971.
Photo of Clark Johnson portraying reporter/city editor Gus Haynes on season 5 of “The Wire.”
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham speaking at a podium with the apartment complex behind her.
Wayne Savage, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, NMSU President Valerio Ferme flip dirt with shovels.
Hardhats resting on the handles of shovels, as for a groundbreaking, with earth moving equipment in the background.
Nancy Orta in her classroom with children seated at her feet
Me, in a blue jacket and bow tie, with my hands gesturing a few inches apart while I answer a question.
Newspaper article in the Las Cruces Sun news. The topic is the local funeral ceremony for people who are deceased and unclaimed in the county. The byline for the story is Andy Dossett “Las Cruces Sun-News reporter assisted by AI.” Dossett is based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, more than 800 miles away from Las Cruces.
Comment on Mastodon: “I think right now we need more reporting on this kind of ‘we did a good governance thing and it improved our community, check it out’ situation we can actually do useful things in our communities like make jobs! and cheese!”
Text message with predictive text says: The ache in your side is a sign of weakness in the heart that is a symptom of a disease that has never occurred in the human body
During a short break, Commissioner Manny Sanchez chats with Assistant County Manager Stephen Lopez.
State Rep. Nathan Small, a Las Cruces Democrat, chats with an 89-year-old resident who stood in line to speak today.
A slide says: “Questions ????????????????”
Commissioners on dais.
County Manager Scott Andrews wearing a purple suit jacket and necktie, talking to a resident.
People piling into the meeting room and filling up seats
Protesters outside the government center, holding signs protesting Project Jupiter
Row of seats at the government center, with signs on them that say “media.”
Repeat of the meme, with photo of LBJ and text of his letter: "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the umor in our lives."
Black and white photo of the Smothers Brothers performing with Pete Seeger.
Photo of President Lyndon Johnson. Text of meme: After being trashed numerous times by the Smothers Brothers, President Johnson wrote them, "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives."
Screenshot of the confirmation I got when I canceled my subscription.
Screenshot of me fact checking, and correcting, a post from the occupy Wall Street Facebook account. I wrote: “Jury nullification is not a law, but juries can acquit a defendant even when the prosecution has proven its case that the defendant violated the law. Grand juries can refuse to indict individuals, too, as we recently saw repeatedly in Washington DC following the administration’s crackdown and military deployment there. Famous example: The “sandwich guy.” Jury nullification protected American dissidents who were prosecuted under British colonial law, for instance.”
A cartoon in which a man answers the door to a home, and finds masked and uniformed soldiers pointing rifles into the home. He asks: “Honey, did you post something negative about the regime?”