SoloSojourner
@solosojourner.bsky.social
Former Twitter user, deleted my account the day Elon’s acquisition was final. I retired in 2022 and began living my dream of traveling around the world 🌍. Knowing true freedom for the first time in my life. #Travel #Nature #Photography #Observations
Pinned
November 2025–
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Today, I’m leaving the cradle of evolution and returning to the cathedral of biodiversity.
From the sea lions and giant tortoises of Santa Cruz Island to the sulfur fumaroles of Sierra Negra on Isabela Island, and the penguins and
1/5 #Photography
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Today, I’m leaving the cradle of evolution and returning to the cathedral of biodiversity.
From the sea lions and giant tortoises of Santa Cruz Island to the sulfur fumaroles of Sierra Negra on Isabela Island, and the penguins and
1/5 #Photography
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
November 2025–
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Today, I’m leaving the cradle of evolution and returning to the cathedral of biodiversity.
From the sea lions and giant tortoises of Santa Cruz Island to the sulfur fumaroles of Sierra Negra on Isabela Island, and the penguins and
1/5 #Photography
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Today, I’m leaving the cradle of evolution and returning to the cathedral of biodiversity.
From the sea lions and giant tortoises of Santa Cruz Island to the sulfur fumaroles of Sierra Negra on Isabela Island, and the penguins and
1/5 #Photography
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
There is no official name for the arch and bust installation at the entrance to the Charles Darwin Research Station. It’s often referred to simply as the “Darwin Arch” or the “Darwin Monument.” I pass it daily.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
There is no official name for the arch and bust installation at the entrance to the Charles Darwin Research Station. It’s often referred to simply as the “Darwin Arch” or the “Darwin Monument.” I pass it daily.
#Photography
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
There is no official name for the arch and bust installation at the entrance to the Charles Darwin Research Station. It’s often referred to simply as the “Darwin Arch” or the “Darwin Monument.” I pass it daily.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
There is no official name for the arch and bust installation at the entrance to the Charles Darwin Research Station. It’s often referred to simply as the “Darwin Arch” or the “Darwin Monument.” I pass it daily.
#Photography
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A tiny ground finch fluttered down, bold yet gentle, sharing my lunch uninvited but welcome, its presence turned a simple meal into a moment of quiet companionship and unexpected joy.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A tiny ground finch fluttered down, bold yet gentle, sharing my lunch uninvited but welcome, its presence turned a simple meal into a moment of quiet companionship and unexpected joy.
#Photography
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A tiny ground finch fluttered down, bold yet gentle, sharing my lunch uninvited but welcome, its presence turned a simple meal into a moment of quiet companionship and unexpected joy.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A tiny ground finch fluttered down, bold yet gentle, sharing my lunch uninvited but welcome, its presence turned a simple meal into a moment of quiet companionship and unexpected joy.
#Photography
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A sea iguana rests at the middle post’s base, perched on a sunlit rock. With a sudden leap, it commits to the water, slicing into the surf and gliding toward the kelp beds, ready for a salty feast of seaweed.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A sea iguana rests at the middle post’s base, perched on a sunlit rock. With a sudden leap, it commits to the water, slicing into the surf and gliding toward the kelp beds, ready for a salty feast of seaweed.
#Photography
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A sea iguana rests at the middle post’s base, perched on a sunlit rock. With a sudden leap, it commits to the water, slicing into the surf and gliding toward the kelp beds, ready for a salty feast of seaweed.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A sea iguana rests at the middle post’s base, perched on a sunlit rock. With a sudden leap, it commits to the water, slicing into the surf and gliding toward the kelp beds, ready for a salty feast of seaweed.
#Photography
I can’t wait to see Pacho again. It’s been a while since we were last together. He’s not my cat, he’s his own Tom. A wild Ocicat who followed me home from a walk and stayed until I moved on. Monday can’t come soon enough for me, and I hope for Pacho too.
#Caturday
#Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I can’t wait to see Pacho again. It’s been a while since we were last together. He’s not my cat, he’s his own Tom. A wild Ocicat who followed me home from a walk and stayed until I moved on. Monday can’t come soon enough for me, and I hope for Pacho too.
#Caturday
#Caturday
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Neon island themed Christmas lights glow on lamp posts: tortoises, sea lions, jellyfish, sharks, crabs, pelicans, and blue footed boobies all glowing above the weekly Friday night street fair. My last.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Neon island themed Christmas lights glow on lamp posts: tortoises, sea lions, jellyfish, sharks, crabs, pelicans, and blue footed boobies all glowing above the weekly Friday night street fair. My last.
#Photography
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Neon island themed Christmas lights glow on lamp posts: tortoises, sea lions, jellyfish, sharks, crabs, pelicans, and blue footed boobies all glowing above the weekly Friday night street fair. My last.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Neon island themed Christmas lights glow on lamp posts: tortoises, sea lions, jellyfish, sharks, crabs, pelicans, and blue footed boobies all glowing above the weekly Friday night street fair. My last.
#Photography
The consensus seems to be that Post Malone’s performance wasn’t his best work. His vocals were flat, if not off-key; the sound mixing was a complete failure, & his energy level was lackluster at best. Performers aren’t machines, they are human beings, & they have bad days. Post had one. It’s okay.
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The consensus seems to be that Post Malone’s performance wasn’t his best work. His vocals were flat, if not off-key; the sound mixing was a complete failure, & his energy level was lackluster at best. Performers aren’t machines, they are human beings, & they have bad days. Post had one. It’s okay.
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Raise your foreflipper if you’re committed to a joyful day. Bend over backward like a contortionist if that’s how far you’ll go to make it happen. Happy Thanksgiving from the coalition of committed sea lions.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Raise your foreflipper if you’re committed to a joyful day. Bend over backward like a contortionist if that’s how far you’ll go to make it happen. Happy Thanksgiving from the coalition of committed sea lions.
#Photography
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Raise your foreflipper if you’re committed to a joyful day. Bend over backward like a contortionist if that’s how far you’ll go to make it happen. Happy Thanksgiving from the coalition of committed sea lions.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Raise your foreflipper if you’re committed to a joyful day. Bend over backward like a contortionist if that’s how far you’ll go to make it happen. Happy Thanksgiving from the coalition of committed sea lions.
#Photography
Black Friday in a broken economy, watching wallets empty into billionaires’ pockets while many claim to struggle. Times are rough or not, but ask yourself: why trade survival for sales? Hold tight to what matters, because discounts will not feed you when shelves at home run bare.
#BoycottBlackFriday
#BoycottBlackFriday
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Black Friday in a broken economy, watching wallets empty into billionaires’ pockets while many claim to struggle. Times are rough or not, but ask yourself: why trade survival for sales? Hold tight to what matters, because discounts will not feed you when shelves at home run bare.
#BoycottBlackFriday
#BoycottBlackFriday
Heartbreak for Ukraine, betrayed by hollow promises. EU & NATO chose half‑measures, feckless capitulation dressed as strategy. Weakness has a price, and history will not forgive those who signaled surrender instead of resolve. The U.S. will also turn its back on the EU & NATO in their time of need.
Ukraine agrees to peace proposal, with only "minor details" to settle, official says, but no word from Russia
A push by the Trump administration to end Russia's war on Ukraine appears to make headway, with Kyiv saying Zelenskyy could visit D.C. within days to finalize a deal.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Heartbreak for Ukraine, betrayed by hollow promises. EU & NATO chose half‑measures, feckless capitulation dressed as strategy. Weakness has a price, and history will not forgive those who signaled surrender instead of resolve. The U.S. will also turn its back on the EU & NATO in their time of need.
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today, it's 0.7%.
Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it's been proven to work safely and effectively time and time again.
RFK Jr. is an attorney not a doctor. There’s a difference.
#FAFO
Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it's been proven to work safely and effectively time and time again.
RFK Jr. is an attorney not a doctor. There’s a difference.
#FAFO
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5. Today, it's 0.7%.
Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it's been proven to work safely and effectively time and time again.
RFK Jr. is an attorney not a doctor. There’s a difference.
#FAFO
Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why. Trust the science, it's been proven to work safely and effectively time and time again.
RFK Jr. is an attorney not a doctor. There’s a difference.
#FAFO
43 & 45 drove debt sky‑high with unpaid tax cuts & programs. 44 & 46 added trillions trying to repair the crises Republicans left behind. From $5.8T to $36.6T, Republican presidencies show the cost of reckless policy & crisis recovery. Democratic presidencies reflect attempts to save the Republic.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
43 & 45 drove debt sky‑high with unpaid tax cuts & programs. 44 & 46 added trillions trying to repair the crises Republicans left behind. From $5.8T to $36.6T, Republican presidencies show the cost of reckless policy & crisis recovery. Democratic presidencies reflect attempts to save the Republic.
The market’s 600+ point surge is fueled by corporate buybacks, not broad investor demand. Firms exiting blackout windows are repurchasing at record pace, boosting EPS optics while leaving credit and liquidity risks unresolved. A rally built on balance sheet optics, not fundamentals.
#NYSE #AIbubble
#NYSE #AIbubble
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Newsmax, OAN, MSNOW (MSNBC), CNN all aired Trump’s “peace deals” optics but never exposed the lie: NO FORMAL CEASEFIRES, NO DURABLE PEACE. Fact‑checkers proved it, yet broadcast networks have stayed silent. Accountability demands truth, not theater. Why are they covering for 47?
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Newsmax, OAN, MSNOW (MSNBC), CNN all aired Trump’s “peace deals” optics but never exposed the lie: NO FORMAL CEASEFIRES, NO DURABLE PEACE. Fact‑checkers proved it, yet broadcast networks have stayed silent. Accountability demands truth, not theater. Why are they covering for 47?
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Newsmax, OAN, MSNOW (MSNBC), CNN all aired Trump’s “peace deals” optics but never exposed the lie: NO FORMAL CEASEFIRES, NO DURABLE PEACE. Fact‑checkers proved it, yet broadcast networks have stayed silent. Accountability demands truth, not theater. Why are they covering for 47?
Watching @chrislhayes.bsky.social casually drop the Latin term ‘sui generis’ while interviewing Mayor‑Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, saying ‘New York is a very sui generis place,’ & Mamdani stopping the interview to ask what it meant was proof that Mamdani is the real deal and Chris is too much.
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Watching @chrislhayes.bsky.social casually drop the Latin term ‘sui generis’ while interviewing Mayor‑Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, saying ‘New York is a very sui generis place,’ & Mamdani stopping the interview to ask what it meant was proof that Mamdani is the real deal and Chris is too much.
The sharp drop in the U.S. trade deficit in August wasn’t driven by stronger exports, but by a steep decline in imports due to tariffs & weaker demand. That signals economic stress rather than healthy trade growth.
Imports dropped 5.1% to $340.4 billion—Exports barely rose (0.1%) to $280.8 billion.
Imports dropped 5.1% to $340.4 billion—Exports barely rose (0.1%) to $280.8 billion.
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The sharp drop in the U.S. trade deficit in August wasn’t driven by stronger exports, but by a steep decline in imports due to tariffs & weaker demand. That signals economic stress rather than healthy trade growth.
Imports dropped 5.1% to $340.4 billion—Exports barely rose (0.1%) to $280.8 billion.
Imports dropped 5.1% to $340.4 billion—Exports barely rose (0.1%) to $280.8 billion.
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Galápagos indulgence: Passion Fruit Cheesecake tangs the tropics, Red Velvet stuns with depth, and Torte de Chocolat seals it rich, three favorite decadent riffs on dessert. Hoping to find a fourth before I depart.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Galápagos indulgence: Passion Fruit Cheesecake tangs the tropics, Red Velvet stuns with depth, and Torte de Chocolat seals it rich, three favorite decadent riffs on dessert. Hoping to find a fourth before I depart.
#Photography
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Galápagos indulgence: Passion Fruit Cheesecake tangs the tropics, Red Velvet stuns with depth, and Torte de Chocolat seals it rich, three favorite decadent riffs on dessert. Hoping to find a fourth before I depart.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Galápagos indulgence: Passion Fruit Cheesecake tangs the tropics, Red Velvet stuns with depth, and Torte de Chocolat seals it rich, three favorite decadent riffs on dessert. Hoping to find a fourth before I depart.
#Photography
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A Great Blue Heron stands watch on the platform while a Brown Pelican perches above, two Galápagos natives sharing mangrove shade and coastal rhythm in this layered moment of wild coexistence.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A Great Blue Heron stands watch on the platform while a Brown Pelican perches above, two Galápagos natives sharing mangrove shade and coastal rhythm in this layered moment of wild coexistence.
#Photography
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A Great Blue Heron stands watch on the platform while a Brown Pelican perches above, two Galápagos natives sharing mangrove shade and coastal rhythm in this layered moment of wild coexistence.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A Great Blue Heron stands watch on the platform while a Brown Pelican perches above, two Galápagos natives sharing mangrove shade and coastal rhythm in this layered moment of wild coexistence.
#Photography
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A crab scuttles across wet concrete, one leg shy yet undeterred, its rhythm uneven but resolute, embodying resilience in each sideways stride against the tide’s relentless call.
#Photography #Video
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A crab scuttles across wet concrete, one leg shy yet undeterred, its rhythm uneven but resolute, embodying resilience in each sideways stride against the tide’s relentless call.
#Photography #Video
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A crab scuttles across wet concrete, one leg shy yet undeterred, its rhythm uneven but resolute, embodying resilience in each sideways stride against the tide’s relentless call.
#Photography #Video
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
A crab scuttles across wet concrete, one leg shy yet undeterred, its rhythm uneven but resolute, embodying resilience in each sideways stride against the tide’s relentless call.
#Photography #Video
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Puerto Ayora’s port hums with boats, seabirds wheeling above a cloud‑laden sky, the marine layer draping the horizon in a shifting sliver of blue, softening the bustle into a tranquil seascape.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Puerto Ayora’s port hums with boats, seabirds wheeling above a cloud‑laden sky, the marine layer draping the horizon in a shifting sliver of blue, softening the bustle into a tranquil seascape.
#Photography
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Puerto Ayora’s port hums with boats, seabirds wheeling above a cloud‑laden sky, the marine layer draping the horizon in a shifting sliver of blue, softening the bustle into a tranquil seascape.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Puerto Ayora’s port hums with boats, seabirds wheeling above a cloud‑laden sky, the marine layer draping the horizon in a shifting sliver of blue, softening the bustle into a tranquil seascape.
#Photography
I was thinking…
47’s policies largely echo historic GOP priorities: tax cuts, deregulation, conservative judges. The real breaks came in trade, foreign policy, and his executive style. GOP criticism targets not the substance but his abrupt, personalized, populist implementation.
1/2 #FAFO #Vote
47’s policies largely echo historic GOP priorities: tax cuts, deregulation, conservative judges. The real breaks came in trade, foreign policy, and his executive style. GOP criticism targets not the substance but his abrupt, personalized, populist implementation.
1/2 #FAFO #Vote
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
With wars, climate crises, hunger & injustice unfolding daily, it feels disheartening that the top five trending topics on #Bluesky are all about sports. The world aches for attention to urgent realities, yet distraction dominates the feed, leaving silence where solidarity & humanity should rise.
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
With wars, climate crises, hunger & injustice unfolding daily, it feels disheartening that the top five trending topics on #Bluesky are all about sports. The world aches for attention to urgent realities, yet distraction dominates the feed, leaving silence where solidarity & humanity should rise.
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Pelicans preen, sea iguanas bask, red crabs cling to black rock as white‑capped waves crash, Santa Fe Island shimmering beyond, my Puerto Ayora spot alive with rhythm and wild grace.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Pelicans preen, sea iguanas bask, red crabs cling to black rock as white‑capped waves crash, Santa Fe Island shimmering beyond, my Puerto Ayora spot alive with rhythm and wild grace.
#Photography
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Pelicans preen, sea iguanas bask, red crabs cling to black rock as white‑capped waves crash, Santa Fe Island shimmering beyond, my Puerto Ayora spot alive with rhythm and wild grace.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Pelicans preen, sea iguanas bask, red crabs cling to black rock as white‑capped waves crash, Santa Fe Island shimmering beyond, my Puerto Ayora spot alive with rhythm and wild grace.
#Photography
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Sea iguanas gather on the porch in the sun & shade, claws clattering on planks, tails whipping like monsters from a film. Heads white with salt expelled after an underwater meal of algae and seaweed from the abyss.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Sea iguanas gather on the porch in the sun & shade, claws clattering on planks, tails whipping like monsters from a film. Heads white with salt expelled after an underwater meal of algae and seaweed from the abyss.
#Photography
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
November 2025–
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Sea iguanas gather on the porch in the sun & shade, claws clattering on planks, tails whipping like monsters from a film. Heads white with salt expelled after an underwater meal of algae and seaweed from the abyss.
#Photography
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz
Galápagos Islands - Ecuador 🇪🇨
Sea iguanas gather on the porch in the sun & shade, claws clattering on planks, tails whipping like monsters from a film. Heads white with salt expelled after an underwater meal of algae and seaweed from the abyss.
#Photography