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fahrnfahrnfahrn.bsky.social
@fahrnfahrnfahrn.bsky.social
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I live in Central Texas with wife and 2 cats. Democratic socialist✊ my whole life, atheist ⚛️ since 10, and vegan 🌱 since 2019. Photography, sci-fi, history, music.

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I saw The Met's streamed production of the opera, "Andrea Chénier," at a movie theatre today. I liked it, teared up at the end. I realized that, unlike television or movies, opera is not plot driven. The essential part of an opera is emotion—how well the performers express the human condition.
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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What a beautiful way to describe a sunrise: "When rosy-fingered Dawn appeared newborn, they made their way towards the Greek encampment." From the Emily Wilson translation of "The Iliad."
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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For voice exercises, I asked ChatGPT to generate a list of five-syllable words that begin with the letter "m." I thought that would be easy. Some examples of what it came up with: microbiological, magnetohydrodynamic, and megalopolitanism.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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That lamp looks PISSED.
A black and white cat in a surgical collar stands on its hind legs. An electrical cord runs behind them, ending in an outlet on the wall.
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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I just attended a live performance of The Met's "La Bohème," my 1st opera, from the comfort of my local Cinemark theatre. I enjoyed *watching* an opera more than just listening to one. I'm seeing Austin Opera's production in May, and I'm considering attending a Met performance in person next season.
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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My throat's messed up ATM, but at least I can sing the theme to "Koyaanisqatsi" in the proper register. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDW-...
Koyaanisqatsi Official Trailer #1 - Ted Koppel Movie (1982) HD
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October 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I recently bought this lawn chair because it's beautiful and iconic. It's only temporarily here in my office; I don't dare sit in it because the aluminum frame would scratch up the soft pine floor in a heartbeat. OTOH, Emma can do whatever she wants.
An orange tabby looking at the camera, laying on the seat of a green-and-white-woven lawn chair with green plastic arms and aluminum frame. The chair is sitting in a grey-walled room on a pine floor. Corners of windows can be seen on the walls.
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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ALL BOARD GAMES ARE COOPERATIVE! you work together to get to the end so you can stop playing
October 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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"Late Afternoon Light" (acrylique)
Cyril Cox
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The lone fruit on our persimmon tree.
There is an orange, round fruit in the middle of the photo, attached to a small twig running vertically on the right. There is a green leaf above the fruit and another to the left. The background is blurry brown grass.
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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A three-tiered fountain at the Bonnet House in Fort Lauderdale.
There is an ochre-colored three-tiered fountain in the middle of the photo. An irregular-stone walkway surrounds it in a circle. There is lush greenery behind it, including palm trees. You can see parts of a grand house among the trees. There is a salmon-topped kiosk or small pagoda to the left of the fountain. There is a blue sky in the upper left.
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Yellow wrought-iron (?) vertical bars on a window that are sculpted into curlicues (S-shaped) with a horizontal bar presumably for stabilization. The photo is shot at almost a 45-degree angle, leaning to the left. In the background, through the bars, you can see green bushes and trees and brown ground cover in lower right. On the left, also through the bars are windows and a roof.
October 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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A study in textures.
Photo of the wet ground with angled red brick across the bottom third, concrete across the middle, a thin strip of gravel above that, an even thinner strip of concrete edging on end, then, finally, coarse mulch in the top fourth.
October 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I saw the movie, "Eleanor the Great," last weekend. It was great. One scene was shot at the diner at the end of the block where I stayed in the UES. NYC is the setting for so many films that it's common to recognize locations, even ones that are not famous or iconic. bsky.app/profile/fahr...
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Tighter cropping of a photo I just posted. Neither has good composition because the collective sight-line of the people in the photo leads the eye off the photo to the right, and there is nothing to bring it back. Usually, a good composition leads the eye around, within the image.
People crossing the street at a striped crosswalk. A man in center-left is the focal point. He's wearing a tie and carrying a coffee cup and something in a plastic bag. Other people in the photo (three or four) are ladies. On the other side of the street is a restaurant with a sign over the windows that says, "RITZ DINER." It has a maroon awning. No distinct shadows, so is a cloudy day.
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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In Canada, the Indian Act prohibited powwows and other cultural expressions between 1876 and 1951. Indigenous communities kept their traditions alive in secret, and modern powwows are a powerful symbol of their survival and resistance.
The Indian Act in Canada, enacted in 1876, imposed severe restrictions on Indigenous cultural practices, including banning powwows, the Sun Dance, and other ceremonies deemed "undesirable" by the government. These prohibitions, enforced until amendments in 1951, were part of a broader assimilative agenda, alongside policies like residential schools. Despite this, Indigenous communities preserved their traditions through clandestine gatherings, passing down songs, dances, and ceremonies in secret. Modern powwows, vibrant celebrations of culture, spirituality, and community, stand as a testament to Indigenous resilience and resistance against cultural erasure. They blend traditional elements—like drumming, regalia, and dances such as the Fancy Dance or Jingle Dress—with contemporary expressions, showcasing both survival and adaptation.
September 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Jake, our resident roadrunner, getting a drink of water on a hot day. Actually, my wife calls all roadrunners we see on our property, "Jake."
Brown-with-white-speckled bird with long tail perched on edge of dark blue bird bath. Green grass and shrubs behind. Shrub has a few small red flowers. Grey asphalt cuts across the top of photo in the background.
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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A tall skinny photo. In the foreground, a stack of two tires on their sides in front of a stack of four (?) tires. That takes up the bottom two-thirds of the photo. In the background and top one third of the photo are red metal stairs leading up to a floor that holds more tires. Even more tires are stored underneath that raised floor.
September 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Emma, asleep on Mommy's hat.
A ginger tabby curled up asleep on an upturned grey wide-brimmed hat with the chin strap hanging out in front. This is on a small yellow-topped bench with gardening gloves and paring shears tucked under the right side of the hat. The wall, in back, is pale yellow, and you can see some red-and-white splotched gardening shoes at the bottom of the photo.
September 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Due to foot pain, I've been walking really slowly in public. It's freeing in that I don't have to match societal norms or the pace of people around me. I keep off to the side, so I don't impede anyone. It's almost like a walking meditation. Try it! Don't care what people think.
September 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Yesterday, I bought a ticket to an Austin Symphony Orchestra performance tonight and put it on my calendar. Just now I noticed that a bought a ticket over a month ago to the same production but for tomorrow night. <sigh> Oh, well, this is an opportunity to compare performances.
September 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Boat trip
Black-and-white photo of stainless-steel poles set against fluffy white clouds and grey sky.
September 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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I saw the movie, "Twinless," today. I enjoyed it. Within a few seconds of the first shot, I was thinking it kinda looks like a street in downtown Portland, Oregon. I lived there for 9 years, 25 years ago. Sure enough, Portland. I miss that city.
September 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Rick Beato recently featured this Bach cantata, "God's time is the very best time," on his YouTube channel. I can't stand it--it's so damn poignant! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMmC...
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106: I. Sonatina (Transcr. for Piano Four Hands by...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse
Lighthouse in center of photo. Lower-half white; upper-half black. Teal water in bottom fifth of image. Rocky shore above that, then sand, then green vegetation with palm trees. Fluffy white and grey clouds with blue sky at top. Some sort of orange warning sign sticking up out of the water.
August 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The side of a pink/coral apartment/condo with Spanish red-tile roof. There are four windows near each corner of the side of the building with an exterior air-conditioning unit just inboard of each window. There are two slightly darker stripes further inboard of the A/C units and the street numbers, 4412, vertically to the right of the left stripe. There is a carport attached to the right side of the building. The sky is a brilliant blue. There are a couple of palm trees in front of the building on the left and green/brown grass in frotn of the building.
August 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM