David Pierce

@davut.bsky.social

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Professor of mathematics, amateur of philosophy. Living in Turkey/Türkiye (Ankara and Istanbul) since 2000. Impenetrable blog: polytropy.com

Nocturnal scene of snow on trees, cars, and road, illuminated by streetlight
Grassy slope with shrubs and small trees at the bottom of a valley; apartment buildings higher up
Between a plane tree with great gnarled trunk and a small white building with light blue door and red tile roof, a stone patio
Taşköprü, "Stone Bridge," the Roman bridge over the Seyhan or Sarus River, now in Adana, Turkey. Photo taken February, 2008. I was reminded of Memorial Bridge in Washington, DC
Images of Khomeini and Khamenei on either side of a liwan; human tourists from behind in foreground
Sand beach, calm sea, mountains beyond; above, a great wedge of dark cloud with silver lining
Cat poses on haunches on a concrete wharf; beyond is a strait (the Bosphorus), and beyond that, hills (of Europe and Asia), with an opening (leading to the Black Sea)
On the road to the tomb in the distance, a poster captioned "Judge Yourself!!!" in English shows a woman guarding a boy and girl from a squatting soldier with a rifle
Fat Doric columns, figure in front
Just a fluted column, from below a person (myself) standing on the pedestal
Myself on ferry, modern buildings of Athens (or Piraeus) visible across the water; my shirt reads "Travail Famille Télé"
View of ruins from above; beyond, a valley and mountains in the setting sun
Parthenon front, six of eight columns visible; a man stands at the base of one, and scaffolding is visible beyond
Road, wharf, sea, hills beyond. On the left, striped beacon with people sitting at the base. On the right, a bicyclist enters the scene
Fairly plain church front with a person coming out the door onto a stone plaza; a bench off to the left faces the sea
Altarpiece of Mother Mary, Christ Child in crook of left arm, right outstretched; two pink columns on either side; paintings above