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E.S. Michelson
@esmichelson.bsky.social
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Photographer. Social media & news media researcher.
(@researchtree.bsky.social).
Long Island, New York
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2/2 the second half of the article.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Enterprise journalism: www.newsday.com/long-island/...
Paywalled article attached. A ©️ violation but important by @baharostadan.bsky.social documenting two-tiered justice in Nassau County. Easing my guilt by asking you to subscribe to the *only* in-depth daily serving 3 million residents.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Landscpaping workers performing the polluting, noisy yearly ritual of blowing leaves from the lawns of Long Island yards to be carted out of sight. Long Island (aka Lawn Island) municipalites debate their fate, but it's too much for the landscaping firms to lose. Few workers have ear protection.
Two landscaping workers are photographed from behind blowing leaves into a pile near their truck. Both are wearing high-powered, gasoline fueled backpack blowers whose extremently loud, winding noise is both annoying and dangerous to the hearing of an unprotected user.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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❄️ Another frosty morning photo - a Locust Tree seed pod laying on grass. ❄️
Fin frost settles on a the grass and a seed pod from a Locust Tree.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Before the ‘real’ work this morning, while it was still frosty and dewy, there was this icey autumn vignette. The delicate ice is only a few millmeters deep. A pinch deeper, where warmer air remained, was frost free. Soon, these feral suburban leaves will be banished to plastic bags. #FreeTheLeaves
A close focused view of fallen autumn leaves and the frost that condensed along their veiny surfaces.
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Worthwhile quote in attached image and alt-text revealing that 10% of those voting for him swung to him from Trump.
The peace of mind that comes from affordability and economic stability is non-partisan and is alway #1 with the electorate.
Portion of reporting from Newsday's article: Mamdani said 1 in 10 voters who elected him also voted for Trump, citing rising costs. He said 1 in 4 New Yorkers are living in poverty. "When I asked those New Yorkers who they voted for and why, I met many who voted for President Trump. And they told me it was the affordability crisis, it was cost of living, cost of living, cost of living," Mamdani said. "And they said that they remembered being able to afford their rent, their child care, their ConEd, their public transit, more four years ago than they could in that moment."
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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He's taking his Silk Chickens out for a walk.
Five fuzzy white-feathered silk chickens are herded along a grassy berm adjacent to parking lot by a man with a long wooden stick or dowel in his hand. It's winter. He wearing a puffy jacket and an office building can be seen about 200 meters behind them.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Good morning. Enjoy amateur Aurora borealis pix.
Photo below from family in Truckee, Cal.
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mas.to/tags/aurora - Many from Europe
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Most Western European countries have seen a decrease in pedestrian deaths. They, too, however, are grappling with the increasing popularity of SUVs, and there is a vibrant policy debate on what, if anything, should be done to limit them, e.g., weight taxes.
A lsport utility vehicle (SUV) and it's tall hood (bonnet) is seen reflected in the side view mirror from the position of the driver.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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0°C/32°F this morning here in ancestral Matinecock territory on Long Island. Snowflakes flying in with the gusty northwest wind. Winter approaches in New York.
Looking up at a cloudy grey sky foregrounded by mostly bare-leafed deciduous trees. On the left is a walnut tree, on the right a beech tree.
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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You don't have to be good at anything or work very hard or be an opinion leader to appreciate the daily beauty offered by our very patient mother earth.
Two golden leaves, both from some kind of maple tree placed one above the other on a white background.
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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This from last month about the Long Island Greenway, a multi-use active transportation and recreation trail that breaks ground in 2026. Martin Buchmann of NY Bicycling Coalition reviews the plan and Eric Alexander of Vision Long Island holds up the map for him.
A map of Long Island with the planned and proposed routes of the Long Island Greenway walk and bike trail system.
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Note to self: Bring delicate house plants inside. There is a frost warning tonight for Metro New York region.
Dried, silvery flowers of Wood Asters after a frost.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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People working hard to bring us food the last few feet. Something to consider when voting today.
A GROCER WITH BOXES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON A CART IS SEEN WITH A MEXICAN FOOD CHEF AT HIS STALL WITH STEAM RISING FROM IT.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Best read in clear, bright sunlight. Dense, fascinating abstract & meditation of Iraq War II and its aftershadows by great photographer Moises Saman. Buy, or loan at Suffolk County New York library system.
Front cover of Glad Tidings of Benevolence.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Sweet street treats: Frame of Halloween fun video from a family member living in Woodlawn, Bronx. Busy, busy!
Sidewalk crowded with kids and parents in costumes. A little green-faced wicked witch is speaking to the ghoul sitting on a stoop handing out treats.
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Here, we're free to get killed (or to kill with few consequences).
A bicyclist wearing American flag themed pants makes his way eastbound on the very narrow shoulder on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station, New York.
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A jogger runs in the misty rain and slippery conditions along Pidgeon Hill Road in South Huntington, New York. Weather photo from yesterday - no sale - 😿. Anyway, note the car at the top of the frame parked on the poorly constructed sidewalk, an overgrown, unraised asphalt trail. Deadly.
Telephoto view of a jogger running along the side of a leafy road as a smalll sedan passes them raising a bit of the misty rain that is falling from the tires.
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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More and more deer in average suburban yards. This is mine. Never had them in the decades I've lived here. The yard has asters, violets, goldenrod,, wild lettuce, etc. And other plants I have to pull out like knotweed, wineberry, docks, and mugwort - but they eat it.
A young, small deer, foraging for greens in the brush of a back yard. It' head is turned to look behind it, ears up and alert.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Whether you're on foot, cycling, driving or delivering the mail here in the east, take care. Rain, wind, with blowing leaves, makes travel especially treacherous.
A small SUV passes a mail truck stopped on the side of a slick road where falling leaves are accumulating along its edges.
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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This is my one time in and around Bozeman, Montana. Much has changed since then (2007). The benefits of an energetic college town in an inspiring setting are irresistible to many. This view, not too near downtown, may not exist anymore.
Farm out-buildings viewed from a stubbly pasture with the mountains in the distance. These are small structures with corrugated steel roofing. One is an open shed that appears to be disused. Trailers and vehicles are scattered around.
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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If you're not familiar, this is Broadway near Canal Street close to where the raid reportedly took place. I've obscured faces. Vendors are understandably wary of photography.
Leather goods, purses and handbags, displayed on a sheet on the sidewalk on Broadway.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Strip mall America, strip mall family businesses, and quintessential Long Island pizza and pasta restaurant. This is Spuntino a few years ago. I left a credit card there. Going back for it, they said they could well have burned it in the brick wood oven. 😬
Pizza chefs baking, cutting and working the counter at a local pizzeria and Italian restaurant. On the left is a three level gas brick oven, stack of pizza boxes behind it, wood brick oven in the background, and two chefs at the retail counter, one cutting pizza, the other accepting payment from a custommer. The counter paper bags of takeout on the top level, and pizza for sale by the slice on the lower work counter.
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I was in South Huntington. Several things were notable, but especially the energized seniors, some more able-bodied than others, rallying around threats to constitutional democracy and pocketbook issues.
Many No Kings Day protesters in South Huntington, New York were elderly. One elderly man, back to camera, holds a homemade sign that reads "Hands Off Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security," issues of personal relevance to many Long Island Seniors.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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There was no evidence of violence or coordinated hateful activity at South Huntington, New York's No Kings Day rally yesterday.
An elderly man on a motorize scooter on the sidewalk behind a line of No Kings Day protesters. A man, seen from behind, waves a small American Flag at the passing vehicles on Jericho Turnpike. Across the street, more protesters are seen with their handmade signs of dissent. A person is seen from just below the shoulders, and out of the crowd, holding two handmade signs. One reads "Sic Semper Tyrannis," the "Protest is Patriotic."
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM