Mack Reed

@mackreed.bsky.social

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Technologist, maker, recovering journalist, citizen: U.S., Seattle, Black Rock City. Opinions shared here are mine, not my clients'. https://mackreed.co https://xylovan.com

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A Vietnamese rooster poised on one leg with red and iridescent dark green feathers and a red comb eyes the viewer, a faded red arrow on the wall pointing to the bird.
A shiny chrome bicycle stands alone on its kickstand before a vibrantly green rice paddy with sharp limestone ridges in the background framing a cloudy gray sky
Vertical panorama of a verdant valley floor in Vietnam surrounded by dark limestone ridges fringed with greenery. A canal snakes through the valley. The photographer’s face is seen at the top framed by his glasses and peaked beige cap, and his feet and legs are at the bottom of the photo.
End-on photo of a handmade musical instrument consisting of a bass ukulele peghead attached to a length of white cylindrical PVC pipe through which four thick, rubbery strings run, carried on a cylindrical aluminum slide mechanism fashioned from a cheese slicer. The device sits on a blond plywood workbench surface littered with hand tools and materials.
Gas pump LCD readout showing the per-gallon price of $6.09.
Meme graphic, text against a chaotic red and white background: “FUNNY HOW OUR VOTING SYSTEM WORKED FOR 44 PRESIDENTS - AND SUDDENLY WENT BAD WHEN TRUMP LOST AN ELECTION”
Overhead view of a squat, black, fluffy, young Scottish terrier lying facedown, forepaws in front and hind legs splooted behind, in a lightning bolt-shaped pool of light on a grey plastic mock hardwood floor.
Protest mural on the side of a 7-story building in blocky white letters on black: “ONE DAY WE WILL LOOK BACK ON THIS AND LAUGH BUT NOT TODAY. TODAY IS TOTALLY FUCKED.”
A lone figure stands beside two docks jutting into a glassy-smooth lake beneath a blue sky in golden sunrise
A black crow perched amid pink cherry blossoms
A man standing in a grassy yard looking back at the camera grips a collapsed red rubber ball. A small black dog dangles from the mass of rubber, clinging tenaciously to it by his teeth.
Five White cloth dress forms (essentially armless, legless, headless sculptures of torsos and abdomens) stand in a medium shot beneath a light