Joe Calhoun

@jbc3.bsky.social

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#Cville! Co-founder, organizer, Indivisible Charlottesville. Proud rural progressive. Recovering coder.

A meadow in the foreground and smoky air where a mountain should be in the background
View down a valley. There should be low mountains visible on the right and at the end, but wildfire smoke from Canada obscures them entirely.
A lovely green plant with a dozen gold-petaled flowers with brown centers, growing from a gravel driveway.
A pile of lime zest on parchment paper next to the zested limes
Round dial thermometer with the needle indicating 102F
Nighttime video with a black dog in the foreground, on watch, and fireflies blinking in the background, across a meadow and forest edge.
BlueSky prompting me with “What’s up? First post below is “Comic is up!” So now we know.
A river about 20’ wide, bright green Virginia spring foliage on both sides, and a light mist rising 3 or 4 feet above the water.
A black dog sitting in shade blots out part of a Virginia foothills view in late afternoon.
A pizza shown on the peel, right out of the oven. Reddish kimchi, dark duck bacon, splotches of melted cheese on top. Pretty good spotting on the cornicione.
Three “Vote NO” flyers, all targeted at minority communities. Disgraceful lies of course, but also HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
The facade of the Federal Courthouse in downtown Charlottesville, with the message “Stop TRUMP Vote YES by April 21” projected on it.
A golden-brown Chow dog lying in the edge of the forest, looking away from the camera out at mountains
A pizza with mozzarella, asparagus, and duck prosciutto, on a wooden pizza peel.
4.5 foot black ratsnake leaving a little John Deere tractor after the ride of its lifetime.
A big black pile of compost
Closeup of a crocus with dark purple petals and bright golden pistol and stamen.
On the left, a bridge covered with 8” of snow turned to ice; right foreground, a sign saying “Weight Limit 32 Tons/Do Not Cross When Icy”
Big pot on a stovetop with an Anova sous vide machine and two vacuum sealed bags with two duck legs each. Seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, thyme.
A pile of fresh wood chips
Orangey sunset over dark mountain ridges
Martini glass on a soapstone counter; dark contents with a lovely foamy crema on top. Cartoonishly lopsided perspective makes the top look huge comparatively
Salmon and orange sunset colors over a dark mountain ridge
Screenshot of my 2026 word, blissful.
Dark mountain ridges in the bottom third, some trees in silhouette on the left, vice sunset colors above, blue sky in the upper left.
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
The pizza right out of the oven, nice grill marks on the pear slices
Picture of copper rain chains with a cascade of icicles on them. Low sun across a bit of lawn with forest edge in the background.
Screenshot of Jeff’s original post, with the next post below being a BREAKING post
Copper rain gauge tube with a 3” mushroom of snow on top.
Four duck legs in two vacuum bags, each leg salted and peppered and rubbed with garlic and thyme. In for 30 hours at 155°.
Pink and salmon sunset clouds over black low mountains
Thousands of court-appointed lawyers, known as Criminal Justice Act panel attorneys, along with paralegals, investigators, expert witnesses and interpreters, haven’t been paid since June after federal funding for the Defender Services program fell $130 million short of what the judiciary requested and ran out July 3. They had been told they would receive deferred payment once Congress passed a new budget, but as the government shutdown dragged on, many couldn’t move forward with trials or take on new clients.
Red and orange band of clouds over a far mountain ridge; dark clouds scattered above
Cutting board sitting on cardboard as I treated it with mineral oil. Square blocks of end grain poplar with color and figure from spalting.
Screenshot from an election results website showing that all three of our “3 for 3” candidates won.
Screenshot of The Nation’s headline: “ His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies”. To be very clear, I agree wholeheartedly with the assessment.
Low mountains glow red in early morning sun. Clouds above and a darker ridge in front that has not yet caught the sun.
Two books next to each other: Greater Mistakes: Stories, by Charlie Jane Anders, and Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz
Pasturefence Mountain in early sun, showing lots of fall color
Screenshot of the landing page from the link that Del. Callsen posted, showing that it is called a rally, it is a private event, and it is at max capacity.
Video from a car driving north on 29 from Hydraukic Road. The bulk of the protest was on the other side, at Stonefield (and north from there).
A small plant with blue aster-like petals (well, it IS asteraceae) and large cones, completely overrun with pollinators: bees, wasps, butterflies or moths—one flower had five bees on it
This is the peach and Brie pizza with a little hot honey. Looks better with a little arugula for contrast but I didn’t take that pic
2026 Ephemera IA-Sen: Two-term Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will not seek re-election. NY-12: After more than 30 years in Congress, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) will not run in 2026. WI-Supreme Court: Uber-conservative and trolly Justice Rebecca Bradley won’t seek re-election next year, giving Democrats a chance to expand their majority on the court.
Hands over eyes, peeking, emoji
Shocked face peeking through hands over eyes icon
Bowl with Tuscan bread salad (panzanella).
A line of union workers and supporters, holding signs and chanting.
White text on a blue background: Tax Day Rally Tariffs Tax You! Tax Billionaires Instead! Tuesday April 15, 5:00--6:30 pm Barracks Road Shopping Center Barracks Rd & Emmet St North organized by Indivisible Charlottesville
Our half chow, half boxer girl being loved up by our Russian Blue kitty outside at night.
University of Virginia WALKOUT Hands Off Our Students Hands Off Gaza RELEASE Mahmoud Kahlil ICE Off Our Campuses Wed Mar. 26 11:30 AM South Steps of Rotunda
A crowd of people protesting the assault on our country. A couple hundred people are standing along a sidewalk in front of the Albemarle County office building in downtown Charlottesville. More in the median strip and on the other side of the street, out of the pic.
Black dog with his head on the couch arm, looking straight at the camera. Some white around the muzzle but that’s coloration, not age.
Photo of people sitting and standing around a conference table. Two Warner staffers are present. One attendee is holding an Indivisible Charlottesville sign. We expressed our concerns about the ongoing coup and demanded that the senator use every Senate rule and procedure to shut the Senate down.
This didn’t stop Bush [George H. W.] from keeping put the Truman show: even going on a whistle-stop tour on the back of a train. Along the way, a couple and their three children dropped their pants and mooned Bush’s train as it rolled by.