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Stephen Cass
@stephencass.bsky.social
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Special Projects Director at @spectrum.ieee.org. Co-author of Hollyweird Science Vol. 1 and 2. Occasional science fiction editor. Maker and Retrocomputician. Feral cat servitor. 5e DM. ADHD. KB1WNR. 65xx. Originally from Dublin.
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Rescuing 1 image a day from the depths of my Photo Library

#251 "Backrooms"
A black and white photograph of a deserted office space with a corridor lit by daylight coming in from offices on one side while dark doorways lead off to spaces on the other side.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Rescuing 1 image a day from the depths of my Photo Library

#250 "124"
A photograph taken at night of a red door recessed into the stone wall of a building. A single light illuminates the door as cast shadows of the open iron gate and fence in front of the door onto the sidewalk.
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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#249 "Grin"
A black and white photograph of a concrete structure in sunlight. A squat cylinder with a set of of horizontal bars covering half its circumference sits atop a curving, neck-like, support.
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Rescuing 1 image a day from the depths of my Photo Library

#248 "Suspension"
A black and white solarized image of a huge arched suspension bridge tower, taken along the axis of the bridge. A grid of steel cablework radiates from the tower, reflecting sunlight, and an American flag waves atop it.
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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#247 "Patience"
A black and white photograph taken at night of the head of a stone lion with a voluminous mane. Tree branches and the columns of a neo-classical building can be seen in the background.
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Rescuing 1 image a day from the depths of my Photo Library

#246 "Collanade"
A black and white photograph of the trunks of five tall trees standing at the base of a rock-strewn slope rising into the background with shrubs and other trees.
October 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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#245 "Dissolve"
A black and white photograph of a derelict factory with a single smoke stack sitting by the edge of a canal under bright sunlight on a deserted piece of ground.
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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#244 "Whispers"
A black and white photograph of a long barrel-vaulted room with large windows with panes criss-crossed with metal bars. Shelves of books line the opposite wall, and the room is filled with neatly arranged long tables and chairs, with pairs of reading lights placed on each table.
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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#243 "Overhead"
A black and white phtotograph of an empty street lined by walls underneath an elevated train line. Pools and gridded rectangles of bright sunlight stand out from the shadows.
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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#242 "Fully Computerized"
A black and white photograph of a shuttered store on a city street corner. Signs above the shutters read "Captain Video" and "Fully Computerized."
October 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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What's your sign
A triangle with a black border and red background. Inside the border are black symbols with white outlines. A trefoil on the top, representing and warning of radiation. Five lines emanate in an arc towards the bottom of the triangle. On the bottom left, there is a skull and crossbones, signifying death. On the bottom right, there is a running figure, with an arrow pointing right, away from the skull and crossbones.
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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#241 "Carved"
A black and white photograph of a leafless tree with a broad trunk and thick spreading branches. Many initials have been carved into the trunk, running up the height of the frame.
October 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#240 "Breezy"
A black and white photograph looking down a building arcade formed from rectangular concrete panels in a brutalist style.
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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#239 "Bermuda Vertex"
A photograph near sunset, with the light tinting everything yellow. A small tower with a windsock stands on a promontory jutting out into a wide body of water. In the distance a line of trees runs along the horizon, and a stone wall can be seen with a small archway on the water.
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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#238 "Attack"
A photograph of a tall building made with corrugated iron walls against a blue sky. Shrubs and small trees are encroaching on the building, obscuring its walls and even appearing in a wide rectangular window.
September 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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#237 "Aggregate"
A black and white photograph of the top of round tower with irregular stones mortared together occupying the lower left two-thirds of the frame. Half of the tower is in bright sunshine, while the other half is deep shadow against a cloudless sky shading from grey near the bottom of the frame to black at the top.
September 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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#236 "Table Setting"
A photograph of a concrete table in a clearing of a wooded area. Brown leaves carpet the ground and verdant green moss blankets half the table.
September 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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#235 "GW"
A black and white photograph of the underside of a very tall, very long metal truss suspension bridge, taken in bright sunlight, looking through an archway in the open framework of a supporting tower.
September 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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#234 "Flotsam"
A black and white photograph of water tumbling down a stony weir, the falling water looking like smoothed sheets. At the bottom, a lone log, propped up against one of weir's levels, disrupts the flow.
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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#233 "2-branes"
A black and white photograph of a corrugated, white-painted, metal fence meets a concrete sidewalk in the middle of the frame, casting a small shadow onto the light-colored sidewalk, which is divided up into a grid of rectangles.
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#232 "Negotiation"
A photograph of a calico kitten standing on the snow-covered ground with her front paws resting on the first step of some stairs looking up toward the camera expectantly.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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#231 "Jerron"
A black and white photograph of a man wearing a sleeveless tunic, a necklace made of safety pins, and a scrap of fabric tied around one wrist. He is holding a pose with his right arm outstretched to his side, while his head is tilted and his left hand is held close to his chest. He is standing in a conservatory, surrounded by a mostly seated ring of people with thoughtful expressions watching him closely.
September 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#230 "Intrusion"
A black and white panorama of a ridge overlooking a wide river under a sky with many white clouds. The bottom of the ridge is covered in trees, but the top half features sharp cliff made of columns of dark rock.
September 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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#229 "Patrol"
A black and white photograph of three crows in flight away from one wall of a square stone tower into a sunny sky.
September 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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#228 "Eleven"
A black and white photograph of a skyline of skyscrapers at night, seen behind some roofs and branches. The buildings take up the lower fifth of the frame, while two narrow twin beams of light shoot straight up into the sky over the rest of the frame.
September 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM