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A photo from the New York Times showing the Artemis II astronauts and NASA director in the Oval Office with Trump behind the resolute desk. Busts of Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin are on tables flanking the desk. The Lincoln bust depicts him notably hanging his head. The Franklin bust depicts him with his eyes cast down. Trump is saying something that he obviously thinks is funny and touching the arm of the female astronaut. the Nasa director is covering his mouth with his hand maybe to hide laughter or agreement. He's a toady, so probably not embarrassment. The astronauts are wearing their NASA jackets and their expressions range from polite acknowledgement to "I'm never going to live this down". It is not the standard all smiles, thumbs up shot of superfans that Trump's comms staff generally arranges for him.
A headshot of my more-red-than-yellow canoe lab, Lucy, sporting her most concerned look while reaching out with a paw. The Steelers blanket in the background is not indicative of current team loyalty, just a phase my son went through 20 years ago in kindergarten in solidarity with an assistant teacher. We are all firmly in the Packers camp for football. :-)
A public service ad in a 1966 Batman comic book. It's a survey/quiz aimed at the young readers asking them What's your BQ? The BQ stands for Brotherhood Quotient. It's kind of like a Cosmopolitan or Teen magazine quiz format. The first question asks readers to rate how they feel about alligators, baptists, cabbage, catholics, detective stories, foreigners, indians, jews, long-hair music, negroes, and spiders. They can respond negatively (Ugh!), positively (Um!), neutral (So-so!) or no thought with corresponding cartoon faces. The other questions ask "Do you believe all men are created equally?" "Do you think all young people should have the same chance for education, sports and jobs?" and "When a new child comes to your neighborhood, do you go out of your way to make him feel at home?" A box at the end of the survey/quiz refers to the readers ratings in the first question and says "All of us have some things we don't like. When they're vegetables or insects - no one cares, but when they're people - you hurt them and cheat yourself." The box also offers that 3 yes answers to the other questions means "You're okay!" while other responses mean "You'd better start thinking about it!" The ad was published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for National Health, Welfare and Recreation Agencies of the U.S. There's a quote attributed to President Lyndon B. Johnson at the top of the ad that reads "An unstinting dedication to freedom, tolerance, and individual dignity gave us our mighty nation. United and determined, we must stand ready to preserve our legacy."
A page from the graphic novel, On Tyrrany. Number 6: Be wary of paramilitaries. When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.
Me standing in front of a large wooden statue of a puffin near Cannon Beach, Oregon.
An adult and children wading and playing at the water’s edge near a sign warning “Alligators - swim with caution.”
A pot sits on the beach with a string line extended from the handle into the calm surf to try to catch a crab. The early sunset reflects off of the water.
Chipmunk sitting very still on branch of mulberry tree