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a-lebedev.bsky.social
@a-lebedev.bsky.social
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Physicist, Mathematician and software engineer. Focus on relativity, topology, electrodynamics, stochastic methods and above all: reproducibility. Stuck in a stupid management role.
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a-lebedev.bsky.social
A #Tatra #T3 during the #Sommerfest in #Dresden in August of 2024.
These old trams are regularly taken out from the #DVB #Museum for a sightseeing ride during the summer fest.

#photosky #transport #summer
The image depicts a Tatra T3 tram (streetcar for the CAN/US people) in its typical red and beige livery. It's photographed from street level, taking up the center half of the image. In front of it the tram lines set into a cobblestone street are visible. In the background the buildings of Dresdens old city can be seen with people milling about.
February 3, 2026 at 10:13 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
And that shows exactly what?
February 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
I'm sorry "JOHN DOE" as "Warden of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center"?
Are they not even able to name the leader of the concentration camp they're paying?
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
Damn. 🔥

“.. Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.”

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 10:01 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
A view of a tower from a narrow street in #Barcelona #CiutatVella (old city), summer of 2017.

I do not remember which building this is from. Probably the cathedral.

#photosky #architecture #darktable #summer
The image depicts, in its centre, a tall octagonal tower made of sandstone (probably) illuminated by the afternoon summer sun. It is adorned at the top 3 floors by gothic arched windows. The picture was taken from a shaded and narrow street in Barcelona's old city. The two sides are thus taken up by dark residential buildings. Two people can be seen walking in the street for scale.
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
A view of the oxidized copper roof of the #Rathaus (city hall) in #Hamburg from its inner courtyard. Taken on a sunny afternoon in September of 2022.

#photosky #architecture #hamburg #darktable
An image consisting of the top half of a woman's statue of bronze in front of the roof of the city hall in Hamburg. The statue is holding out a bowl in its right hand and is coloured blue-ish green due to oxidation of bronze. The city hall roof in the background is of a similar colour, being covered with bronze roof tiles. The coat of arms of the city can bee seen set in the sandstone parts of the roof.
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Mirador del Rei Marti (Pl. del Rei) in #Barcelona at #night in August of 2017.

#photosky #architecture #tourism
January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
#SagradaFamilia interior on an afternoon in August of 2017.

#photosky #architecture #travel
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
#Sunset viewed from the #sand #dunes in a desert near to #Yazd in #Iran, sometime in March of 2015. (I think 2 days before Nowruz)

#photosky #darktable #nature #travel
Portrait format image showing in the lower 3/4 grey-ish sand dunes with some weeds. The upper 1/4 is taken up by the horizon and a sunset behind clouds, tinting the entire image a misty blue-orange tint. A mountain near the Iranian city of Yazd can be seen on the horizon.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
An ornate rapier on display in a showcase at the #Maritime #Museum #Hamburg

#photosky #darktable #history
January 22, 2026 at 9:02 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
The #desert somewhere near #Yazd on an afternoon in March of 2015.

#photosky
A woman looking at tires rolled down a sand dune in a black and white image.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
#BlauesWunder steel bridge over the #elbe river in #Dresden at night. Some in August of 2024.

#architecture #photosky
The image shows a steel bridge across the river Elbe in Dresden at night. The bridge has a blue-ish anti-rust coating and is thus called "Blaues Wunder" (blue wonder). The full moon is visible just behind a tree in the upper right corner of the image. It illuminates the entire sky, while orange streetlights and white spot-lights illuminate the bridge.
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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anapineda.bsky.social
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January 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
An end-of-year reminder to anybody working:
HR is NOT your friend. It is there to protect the companys ass against the employees.
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Font Màgica de Montjuïc anno 2018 using my old Olympus E400.
#photosky #Barcelona #architecture #summer
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Here's, again, a picture from the summer of 2024: #BlauesWunder steel truss bridge in #Dresden reflected in the waters of the #Elbe river and illuminated by the full moon.

#photosky #Dresden #bridge #architecture #DarkTable #night
Image of the "Blaues Wunder" in Dresden, a steel truss bridge coloured in blue, illuminated by orange street lights and reflected in the hazy waters of the Elbe river. The bright, full moon is visible at the top of the image.
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoMr...
The race-car and grumpy cat analogies for autism hit quite close to home, but so do all from no 4 to no 7. 😒
7 of the Best Analogies for Autism (How to Explain Autism To Others)
YouTube video by Autism From The Inside
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
18 - never had a check book (that's a distinctly American thing?) and haven't had the pleasure with a waterbed, but everything else is good.
If you've never written in cursive you have never been to school.
btsaudge.bsky.social audgirang⁷⊙⊝⊜ -- an armpit sommelier @btsaudge.bsky.social · Dec 14
Show your age

17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
SHOW YOUR AGE 1 POINT FOR EACH ONE YOU USED 1 FAX MACHINE 2 ROTARY PHONE 3 ENCYCLOPEDIA 4 FLOPPY DISK 5 AOL ADDRESS 6 RECORD PLAYER 7 DIAL UP INTERNET 8 FILM CAMERA 9 MIXED TAPE 10 PHONE BOOTH 11 CURSIVE 12 CHECK BOOK 13 TYPEWRITER 14 DICTIONARY 15 VCR 16 PAPER MAP 17 WATERBED 18 POSTCARD 19 WALKMAN 20 PHONE BOOK
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
A photo of my old Christmas tree, when I was experimenting with the camera. Kinda dark 😅

#photosky #christmas
A bauble of glass with a spiralling motif hanging on a christmas tree. The bauble is illuminated from the back by a green LED light and framed below by a tree branch. Other branches, streamers and lights are out of focus in the background.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Here's a picture from 2023. Taken at the "Goldener Reiter" (golden rider), the entrance to the #Augustusmarkt in #Dresden
#photography #DarkTable #Christmas #Tourism
A golden statue of Friedrich August 2 on a rearing horse on a stone pedestal is in the middle of the image. In the foreground an illuminated set of letters reading DRESDEN, flanked by people. The strut of a ferris wheel can be seen to the side.
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Another photo of a #sunset (I think) from Upperud in #Sweden sometime in the latter weeks of September.

#photosky #nature #water #DarkTable
Sunset at the lake between Upperud and Köpmannebro in Sweden. The sun setting on the right behind trees with a visible halo. 3/4 of the image taken up by the lake water with a haze rising up from the surface, coloured golden by the sunset.
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Thankfully my 2 weeks vacation in #Iran have already made it de-facto impossible to get into US of A. This crap would make it even less likely that I would want to.
rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Dec 11
In addition to 5 years of social media history, CBP would also require tourists to provide all phone numbers used over that period, any email addresses used in the past decade, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members
Including children
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Experimenting with using @darktablefr.bsky.social to process my images. Here a sunset at Upperud in Sweden.

#Photography #Sunset #DarkTable
Picture of a sunset at a lake between Köpmannebro and Upperud in Sweden. The reddish sunset on the right hidden by a line of trees. The picture is split in the middle with the upper half showing the coloured sky and the lower its clear reflection in the lake.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
Well #redhat has an dysfunctional site! Trying to look at the #documentation at docs.redhat.com/en/documenta... with JS DISabled via uBlock and not permitting everything with NoScript works, but enable JS in uBlock and you get a 500 error.
3.4. Using the Random Number Generator | Security Guide | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6 | Red Hat Documentation
3.4. Using the Random Number Generator | Security Guide | Red Hat Enterprise Linux | 6 | Red Hat Documentation
docs.redhat.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
a-lebedev.bsky.social
The ICC and the UN have never been in a good place since their inception. They do not hold any executive power and rely on member states' cooperation or in the last instance on the UNSC - and guess which two buddies hold vetoes there? 😒
desertlove.bsky.social HoldMyPomPomsBitches @desertlove.bsky.social · Dec 10
The ICC's response to trump's demands should be a resounding:
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM