Luke R. J. Maynard

@lukemaynard.bsky.social

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Author, musician, lawyer, lapsed academic. Cat lover. Disability warrior/advocate. Proud Canadian. Short-ish. (He/him)

A black bombay cat, quietly turning chicken into pure joy... well, pure joy with one other byproduct.
Details about the timing of the Marvell/Poet deal collapse. Courtesy of Investing.com.
Posted 12 weeks ago by Dr. Cowbourne: Only the faint traces of HL+FH remain, but "Gina+Dom XXX" still remain a hot item, as do "F+C" just below and to the right of their heart. That suggests to me that it wasn't a caretaker or official person cleaning the graffiti off—just a bitter lover who wanted those two gone in particular. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTH5xVyjICx/
Google Maps view from St. Michael's Tower, Glastonbury Tor, UK. Source (I'm so sorry for the ridiculous URL!): https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glastonbury+Tor/@51.144444,-2.698611,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sCIABIhA9N4N8PxDw6supsJcBCUe3!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAPNQkAGJaZqR5uC7GTlw6dBpoS1xItia-_Q_mhteraGF5HasaPht-lPzy2WjLRVn8yQP0oOV-qbCyrkNtzSg1JnQt1rB6LA7MRmkQZFmKIOkivOKbvN16OGvbXTU8xOM8RMBvKXF7PQ1RAO2EgI%3Dw203-h360-k-no!7i2268!8i4032!4m7!3m6!1s0x48721788de2da81f:0x1a10895db78accda!8m2!3d51.144444!4d-2.698611!10e5!16zL20vMDEzN3Fw?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Four different types of apples, all marked "Product of USA," and pears, marked "Product of South Arrica."
In the the bedroom at night, Alfie is a truly menacing creature.
A map of the United States at the time of the 2016 Democratic Primary presidential election. Hillary Clinton's wins are concentrated throughout the American South, particularly the former Confederacy.
The Shadow, from the 1994 film of the same name.
Bassist Phil Chen
Rudy Giuliani, in earlier times when he was more coherent.
The cover of John Bemelmans Marciano's "Madeline at the White House," revisited after MAGAmerica's return to power.
Animated GIF of former Canadian President Justin Trudeau, smiling and laughing as he eats from a big bag of popcorn, thoroughly entertained.
Desolation Sound (2018), my only album, was an 80-minute double album. With zero support, I made it all on my home computer, playing every instrument since no one knew me anymore and no funding body would front me the money to hire strangers and keep them employed. It sounds "okay" but it's not near the quality I could have had with other human beings involved: https://lukemaynard.bandcamp.com/album/desolation-sound I wonder sometimes what I'd sound like, how good I'd be, if I had been born into an area when doing this for a living was viable. The truth is that trying to sneak a couple of minutes a week here and there to make little recordings for no one is not going to carry me anywhere near the talent of the people who make this their day-job and never stop exploring music. I live in a smaller world now. I'm not sure why, or for whom, I keep going. I'm getting sicker over time. I'll lose the ability to do this soon. TL;DR I made sounds for a while. I'm mostly silent now. But it feels like I didn't give up music: music just gave up on me.
In the Tercio de muerte, the final act of the corrida, a cunning matador lures an overweight orange bull towards the estoque de verdad, the sword of truth.
Donald Trump & co. as General Zod & co., invading the White House, from "Superman II."
Hot tip: with a breaking force of over 360 pounds, stainless steel aircraft wire is a lightweight but strong way to ensure that no matter how powerful or cruel the prevailing winds get, your kite will never blow away on you!
Cenral Ave. & 4th Street, Albuquerque, NM (Google Maps). Today it looks like just another developed downtown intersection. The restaurant "On The Route" exists on the corner, but it's not clear WHICH version of the Route they think they're on.
A map of the US highways surrounding Albuquerque, NM c. 1940.
Candian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marches in the Toronto Pride Parade in 2016, shown here prancing and frolicking in a shower of glitter and rainbows, surrounded by 25,000 strangers on Canada's largest public street. The Canadian Parliament does not have a Secret Service for his protection. He's just there, celebrating love with 25,000 of his friends. Meanwhile at left, the ONE GUY they send out as his plainclothes security detail follows him through the parade, looking decidedly uncomfotable about just how very unsecured the location is.
The interior of the golden jet of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud (الوليد بن طلال آل سعود) of Qatar, probably not unlike the mobile airborn throne room the Qataris had planned for Emperor Donald I of MAGAmerica, the 21st-century country succeeding the United States.
Paul Simon (2nd from left, signature red cap) with his Seven Psalms band. Massey Hall, Toronto, 27 May 2025.
An elderly man and a young girl holding a battered acoustic guitar, smiling together.
Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder as Clark Kent and Lois Lane in "Superman: The Movie (1978)."
An AKG C1000S from an older generation (pre-1998 at least). This is the generation of mic I have, at least 2 or 3 generations back from what they call the C1000S now - but they're still in better condition than this one. All I've ever had to do is replace the foam windscreen that goes over the capsule—after 30 yeas it just sort of rotted off, and exact replacements, if you're persnickety about such things (I was) are tough to find. They do everything, though. Acoustic instruments, great for that. Vocals, great for that both live and in the studio, if you keep them on a mic stand. The EQ difference when you're a variable distance from the capsule can be too much to use this as a handheld vocal mic, I imagine.
Woody Guthrie, with one of his (at least two) guitars to bear the same iconic message, as if the songs he wrote didn't say this loud enough already. I guess when you're born hollerin' in protest, and immediately given the name Woodrow Wilson, you're pretty much destined to tie your music to politics for the rest of your life.
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, shilling for Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" in a decidedly Trumpian way.
A copy of Survivor: The Board Game, a consolation prize for every contestant voted off the island since Season 1 of the original series "Survivor."
A handsome 2015 portrait of Uncle Sam, a 27-year-old American Bald eagle rescued by Texas falconer Jonathan Wood's "Raptor Project." Sam was briefly notorious for doing his patriotic duty during a 2015 photoshoot with Donald Trump, as the loser of his one closest shot at TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year." (He came in second place--the honour went to German chancellor Angela Merkel, who was identified to little Donald's shame as "the Chancellor of the Free World") in her cover story.
The headstock of my 1991 Larrivée C-09, with a small but lovely example of the thick inlay that used to be hand-carved by Jean's wife Wendy, an absolute master craftswoman in her own right. Especially given the climate down south, a bald eagle would NOT have been my first choice. But it's an absolute honour to own a little piece of Wendy's art, set into what I knew in 90 seconds was the nicest acoustic guitar I've ever played. ♪
Alfred Meowgi, a handsome 4-year-old black Bombay cat.
Bianca Censori's facial expression as husband Kanye West turns her into his latest spectacle.
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor and Ned Beatty as Otis in "Superman: The Movie" (1978).