Ian!

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Lansing, MI, USA. Leftie. Professional IT/AV guy. Recordist. Amateur photographer. Amateur musician. Usually tired. Frequently has The Sad. Photo account: @ambientphoto.bsky.social

A row of Star Trek action figures in front of books on a shelf. From left to right: Captain Sisko seated in the command chair from the starship Defiant. Lt Cmdr Jadzia Dax, standing at a Starfleet console. Cmdr Worf, with his mek’leth and bat’leth. Chief O’Brien standing at a Cardassian console. The books behind them include books by Douglas Adams, Al Burian, and a WHOLE LOT of James SA Corey.
A photo of a robin sitting on a wooden fence. The left side is labeled "Before", and is significantly noisier and grainier than the edited version on the right side, which is labeled "After".
A robin sitting on a wooden fence, looking over its shoulder, greenery in the background. Taken in Lansing, MI 2026, July 18
A footballer for Lansing Common FC throwing a ball back into play. Taken in Lansing, MI 2026, July 10
An animated GIF of the character Denholm Renham from the TV series The IT Crowd. He is a man with slicked hair, a mustache, and wearing a suit. He is seated behind a desk and pulls a photo in from out of frame. It is a photo of the characters from the TV series The A Team. The closed captions read “It’s the A-Team.”
A group of footballers for Lansing Common FC in a post-game huddle. The scoreboard is visible with the score of a 3-point draw against Grand Rapids SC. Taken in Lansing, MI 2026, July 10
A picture of Krang, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is a disembodied brain with eyes, a mouth, and tentacles for some reason. He sits in the belly of a robot body that he controls with little joysticks.
A robin sitting in a fence, with its feathers all puffed up like it’s proud or something. I guess it’s fair, I’d be smug too if I could fly. Lansing, MI 2026, June 28
Video of a backyard in Lansing MI, as rain falls down and tornado sirens sing.
A photo of page 112 of Jitterbug by Gareth L. Powell. Text reads: I GAVE BIRTH TO AN ALIEN LOVE-CHILD: Shocking revelations from Kansas grandmother. [Click to Read More]
Booby trapped ventriloquist’s dummy from the Babylon 5 episode Grey 17 is Missing.
A robin perched on a pile of split logs. It is puffing out its feathers, and looks like it may be damp from a recent bath. Its wings are back and slightly open. Is it preening? Drying itself off? Or is it giving me the bird equivalent of “come at me bro”? Scientists may never know. Photo taken 28 June 2026, in Lansing, MI.
Image of an issue of the Washington Post with the headline “Ronald Reagan Dies”, with a caption above that reads “Recalling Positive Memories May Reduce Risk of Depression”
A lovely spring day, blue sky, green grass and trees. In the foreground there is patio furniture, and a man’s legs visible, with the man’s feet in a galvanized bucket half-filled with hose water.
A faux title screen for an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Over a shot of the titular space station, the title of the supposed episode reads “WORF GETS SO MAD AT JADZIA FOR BEING HER OWN PERSON THAT HE BECOMES AN ECO-TERRORIST ON PLANET SEX"
A mockup of the opening of an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The title of the supposed episode is “Babylon 5 Is Pretty Good Too”, over an image of DS9.
A cropped image of one of the promotional posters for the 1995 film Powder, with the titular character walking through a field, his chest bare with his open shirt blowing in the wind, and lightning behind him.
Players from Lansing Common and Liboka FC on the field.
Goaltender for Lansing Common on the field.
A copy of James S.A. Corey’s The Faith of Beasts, with a bookmark with a frog that reads: Need to remember dis page? FROGETTABOUTIT! I’ll have my boys look after your spot Ey! Yo! I'm in da freakin' mafia!
A screenshot of the stream of the solar array camera from the Orion spacecraft from about an hour and a half into the Artemis II mission. The solar panels and a portion of the ship are visible, with the curve of the earth visible in the top right corner.
Photo of a rally on the grounds of the Michigan Capitol building. The building behind against a blue sky, with people with various signs, notably one near the center with a sign designed to look like a Michigan license plate that reads DJT ASS Lansing, MI 2026, March 28
Photo of a fortune from inside a fortune cookie. It reads: A SIZEABLE RAISE IS IN YOUR NEAR FUTURE. PANDA EXPRESS
Picture of Bob Seger with parody lyrics to “Old Time Rock and Roll”, reading: JUST TAKE THOSE OLD RECORDS OFF THE SHELF JEFFERY EPSTEIN DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF
A man’s hand holding a large can of Stella Artois beer in a can koozie which reads “THIS IS ACTUALLY A CAN OF HEARTY & DELICIOUS SOUP”
Green pages with leaves, and a poem from “Come Be with Me” by Leonard Nimoy, 1978. Poem reads: Let me not take for granted An act of kindness An offering of love The glory of human courage A sign of respect A phrase of beautiful music A decent soul The beauty of a blossom And above all, You.
Selfie of a man in glasses holding a copy of “Come Be with Me” by Leonard Nimoy from 1978.
A coffee cup sitting on a windowsill. It appears sunny out the window. The cup has a blue line around the top, a gold line around the bottom, and a blue and gold Starfleet logo on it, and reads “USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701-A”.
A mug of coffee sitting in a window sill. There is snow on the ground outside the window. You can make out a bush, and (somewhat more vaguely) the yards across the street. Coffee mug is white with black letters reading “I'm Not Myself Until I've Had So Much Coffee That I Feel Like I'm Going To Die”
A mug of coffee sitting in a window sill. There is snow on the ground and the bush out the window. Coffee mug is red with yellow letters reading “IT’S COFFEE TIME, BITCH!”
Stars above a silhouetted tree. At a state park just outside Lansing MI. 20 December, 2025
Photo of a coffee mug sitting on a counter. Logo on the side of the mug reads “CITY OF LANSING MICHIGAN”, with a graphic of the seal of the city. 14 December, 2025
A comic book panel from 1986's Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. text reads (and is descriptive of the accompanying art): "NOVEMBER I4TH: A PARTIALLY MUSCLED SKELETON STANDS BY THE PERIMETER FENCE AND SCREAMS FOR THIRTY SECONDS BEFORE VANISHING..."
Photo timelapse of the aurora borealis in mid-Michigan. 455 photos between about 8:15-10pm, 10 seconds exposure each. Taken at Sleepy Hollow State Park outside Lansing Michigan.
The northern lights fill a sky along with stars. Treeline is visible below, and one tree occupies the left foreground.
A grainy, poorly-taken selfie of a bearded man with glasses and a parka.
Screen shot of the White House from above on Google Maps.
The Lansing State Capitol building, with part of the No Kings rally. In the foreground are two protesters with signs reading “Impeach Felon 47” and “What would you do if it was YOUR children?” Taken 18 October, 2025
Screen shot of a music player playing the track “Walking to Do” by Ted Leo & the Pharmacists.
A bowl of freshly cut basil, surrounded by jars of its desiccated siblings. Will the horrors ever cease!?
Screen shot of a text message, which reads: Today 1:22 PM Ingham County Traffic Alert:127 SB at Kalamazoo is back open.
Photo of the band Chisel, taken from the audience at their reunion show at the Empty Bottle in Chicago IL, on 17 February 2023.
Screen grab of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, with the titular characters in the Circle K parking lot, phone booth visible behind. Caption of them saying: “69 DUDES!”
Screenshot from Apple Music, of the cover art for the album “Funky Kingston”, and the player visible at the bottom playing the song “Pressure Drop” by Toots & The Maytals.
Two incredibly handsome gentlemen, both in shorts and tee-shirts, sporting beards, and smiling. They are wearing matching Little Caesars / Mountain Dew bucket hats. Truly we are both sexy tigers.
A golden-colored dog lays in the grass, wearing a sign reading “No kings, just treats” Lansing MI, 2025 July 14
Animated GIF of a portion of a scene from Brian De Palma’s 1987 film The Untouchables. In a split-diopter shot, Sean Connery as Officer Malone speaks to Kevin Costner as Eliot Ness. Caption of dialogue reads: “That's the Chicago Way!”
Screenshot of apnews.com. An elephant stands in a grocery store, seemingly picking up snacks just out of the shot. Headline below reads: “Elephant with a taste for crime rifles the shelves of a grocery shop near Thai national park”
Screenshot of a Reddit post. Post reads: r/lansing 9 hr. ago sirhedgenald Need house centipedes Yes... you read the title right. We are in desperate need of some live house centipedes. We have found a small silverfish infestation and I'm hoping we could get a small population of these guys to eat them and save my parents' books. Will pick up. I will pay 2$ per centipede if you require payment for this weird task. I an aware this is an insane request
Screen shot of the Shure web store showing the SM57 being sold for $109.
Image of a down-pointing triangle with the word "blöd" on it, captioned with "You know who else wanted to make a list of autistic people"
Image of a down-pointing triangle with the word "blöd" on it, captioned with "You know who else wanted to make a list of autistic people"
Protesters at a rally in Lansing MI, 5th April 2025. Sign reads “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. - Joe Strummer” with an illustration of Strummer.
Protesters at a rally in Lansing MI, 5th April 2025. Sign in foreground reads “NEEDED: LEADERS FOR COMMON GOOD!” next to a memorial reading “FREEDOM PATRIOTISM HUMANITY”
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks before a large crowd at Lincoln High School in Warren MI on March 8, 2025. The crowd fills the floor, but has not yet filled the balcony. The crowd, including the overflow spaces, eventually grew to over 9000, per the senators staff.
Image captured by Blue Ghost shows its shadow on the surface and Earth on the horizon. Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Protestor holds a sign reading “Trump & Elon are not Yippee”. From a protest in front of the capitol building in Lansing Michigan on February 17, 2025.
Large crowd of protestors in front of the capitol building in Lansing Michigan on February 17, 2025.
Protestors attending the 50501 protests outside the Capitol in Lansing Michigan.