Byron
@grumpysociologist.bsky.social
Look, none of this was my idea, but here we are.
They said there'd be snacks. Where are the snacks?
Dad, photographer, traveler, sociologist, researcher.
They said there'd be snacks. Where are the snacks?
Dad, photographer, traveler, sociologist, researcher.
Good morning, denizens of the current hellscape.
Walk softly and carry a big stick.
Walk softly and carry a big stick.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good morning, denizens of the current hellscape.
Walk softly and carry a big stick.
Walk softly and carry a big stick.
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They’re not going after criminals. “Criminals don’t get up and go to work and pay their bills.”
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
They’re not going after criminals. “Criminals don’t get up and go to work and pay their bills.”
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people.
EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥
I don't know. It's been heading this way since the mid 70s. In a way, I'm not surprised. I'm impressed at the number of people who jumped at the opportunity to be their worst selves to 'own the libs', etc. The stupidity, cruelty, and selfishness were always there, just waiting for permission.
I can’t believe how stupid everything is
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I don't know. It's been heading this way since the mid 70s. In a way, I'm not surprised. I'm impressed at the number of people who jumped at the opportunity to be their worst selves to 'own the libs', etc. The stupidity, cruelty, and selfishness were always there, just waiting for permission.
Elderly man in the Ilam bazaar.
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Elderly man in the Ilam bazaar.
Elder monk at Swayambhunath.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Elder monk at Swayambhunath.
Sadhus at Pashupatinath. It costs about 100rs to make a few photos of these men. I rarely do, but there they were and
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Sadhus at Pashupatinath. It costs about 100rs to make a few photos of these men. I rarely do, but there they were and
The Sharma family have run the two tea shops that I've long frequented when I'm in Ilam.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Sharma family have run the two tea shops that I've long frequented when I'm in Ilam.
The shoemaker of Ilam. I've known this man and his family for many years. It was good to see them again. Ilam, Nepal
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The shoemaker of Ilam. I've known this man and his family for many years. It was good to see them again. Ilam, Nepal
Washing at the temple fountain. Patan, Nepal.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Washing at the temple fountain. Patan, Nepal.
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This is brilliant
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is brilliant
When you rebuild your flat after the earthquake, but want to avoid having neighbours. Sankhu, Nepal.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
When you rebuild your flat after the earthquake, but want to avoid having neighbours. Sankhu, Nepal.
I've started editing the images from Nepal. This is Pashupatinath, the Hindu funerary temple in Kathmandu. The dead are cremated at the riverside and their ashes placed in the Bhagmati River, which eventually flows into the Ganges.
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I've started editing the images from Nepal. This is Pashupatinath, the Hindu funerary temple in Kathmandu. The dead are cremated at the riverside and their ashes placed in the Bhagmati River, which eventually flows into the Ganges.
It's pretty rare for someone to get a photo of me I'm not aware of, and with my own camera at that. Anyhow, this is me, Fat Thor, sitting in a small tea shop in Ilam this past October.
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's pretty rare for someone to get a photo of me I'm not aware of, and with my own camera at that. Anyhow, this is me, Fat Thor, sitting in a small tea shop in Ilam this past October.
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BREAKING:
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
BREAKING:
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
Risking his own life while daringly inspecting a misplaced FBI van, FBI director Kash Patel has found George Washington's autopen. What a hero!
This is a developing story. Follow Vandammit for more #KashFinds
#KashPatel
To my dad, uncles, great-uncles, brother-in-law, niece, and cousins, all who served in conflicts from World War I to Sarajevo, Kuwait, and beyond: To those I never had the chance to meet, to those who made it home, and to those whose families will wait for them forever, my humble thanks.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
To my dad, uncles, great-uncles, brother-in-law, niece, and cousins, all who served in conflicts from World War I to Sarajevo, Kuwait, and beyond: To those I never had the chance to meet, to those who made it home, and to those whose families will wait for them forever, my humble thanks.
The energy of what? A 25-year-old lead-acid battery?
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The energy of what? A 25-year-old lead-acid battery?
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I am jet-lagged and awake despite my efforts to sleep.
Who else is up?
Who else is up?
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I am jet-lagged and awake despite my efforts to sleep.
Who else is up?
Who else is up?
Opinion pieces in the NYT have become little more than the generally privileged writer parting their gluteus maximumus and showing the world their anus, as though it were something special to be marvelled at and that no one else has. The paper edition makes for an okay fish wrapper still though.
@nytimes.com has TWO—yes two—opinion pieces today BOTH titled “Mamdani’s Victory is Less Significant Than You Think.” And they both have the same coauthor.
Yeah. We get it NYT. You are officially the paper of retrograde thinking.
Yeah. We get it NYT. You are officially the paper of retrograde thinking.
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Opinion pieces in the NYT have become little more than the generally privileged writer parting their gluteus maximumus and showing the world their anus, as though it were something special to be marvelled at and that no one else has. The paper edition makes for an okay fish wrapper still though.
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People are wondering what has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
People are wondering what has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Nothing.
She has always been an opportunist with no moral convictions. She now wants a higher office and saw the writing on the wall Tuesday evening.
Glimpses of a fleeting moment. The ghosts of Tokyo. 2013
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Glimpses of a fleeting moment. The ghosts of Tokyo. 2013
Feet on the ground in Vancouver again. Nice to be able to drink the water again.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Feet on the ground in Vancouver again. Nice to be able to drink the water again.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
First comfortable bed in a month. First truly hot shower in a month. Picked up the Kathmandu cough, again. Good to be home in a sad way.
😂🤣😂🤣
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
😂🤣😂🤣