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The Neo Luddite
@theneoluddite.bsky.social
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Chaotic good, carbon-based, Blerd. Admirer of photography & art. I re/post images that help me detox from this mad world.

Life & Earth are beautiful.
Enjoy this life, appreciate what we have, & help others.

*Also, games & comics are pretty cool.*
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#photography #Pacifica #California #Earth #landscape
Nearly colorless photo of the Pacifica coast, taken from the pier. The rocky shore is to the left, frothy waves to the right, and bright rivulets run horizontally from the rocks to the waves. In the distance to the left is a hillock which spills outward into the ocean and disappears beneath billowing gray clouds.
November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Well-loved 1954 Chrysler Imperial (nicknamed "Pinky"), rusting away.

#Nostalgia #Entropy #ClassicCar #photography
Black and white photo of the rusted rear bumper of a 1954 Chrysler Imperial parked diagonally on a driveway. There is a tarp over the car, cords tether the tarp to the bumper. The name Imperial is visible but illegible on the car's rear.
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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November trees clawing at the sky.
#Overcast #Bare #Autumn #Winter
Black and white photo of the tops of the branches of leafless trees against a gray and overcast sky.
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Graffiti on a plexiglass bus shelter. MLK Jr Way, near 580 Freeway entrance by Children's Hospital. Oakland, California.

#ACTransit #NorthOakland #Urban #Initials #photography
Black and white photo of a bus shelter surrounded by other structures. The graffiti are the letters "OS" with large, stylized drip marks painted underneath. The letters are set above a bench with metal slats.
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Welcome to town, Normies.
#tableau #mannequins #Berkeley #Cali #StreetArt #Display #photography #urban #Machete #Ladder #LocalFreaks
Black and white photo of a tableau in the parking lot of auto body shop in Berkeley, California. Behind a chain link fence, next to a parked service truck, stands an open ladder about 20 ft tall. On the ground just behind the fence is a mannequin dressed as Mike Meyers from the Halloween movies. He holds a machete in his hand. Standing at the top of the ladder with arms by her side is a female mannequin, bald with a large single eye in the middle of her head. Palm trees are visible in the distance.
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Gotta love a place that gives monochrome when you're shooting color. 💜🌊🌫️
#Pacifica #NorCal #California #Ocean #Coast #Fog #Overcast #WestCoast #photography #Karl #KarlTheFog
Color photo appears as monochrome. Waves approach the beach in Pacifica, California. The water in the foreground is white and frothy. In the distance are the cliffs and rocks beneath a solidly gray, overcast sky.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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San Francisco as seen from the upper deck of the Bay Bridge on a clear day.
#BayArea #SF #monochrome #urban #skyline #California #photography
Monochrome photo of San Francisco shot through the supports of the Bay Bridge beneath a cloudless sky. Between the supports, the city skyline is visible, particularly the waterfront. The Transamerica pyramid can be seen in the background. A boat travels north in the Bay towards the piers, it leaves a long wake.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Crow on a fence - minding it's own damn business, looking photogenic as hell.
#Urban #Nature #Bird #photography
Crow on a blue and green tinged wooden fence. The crow looks like it's own silhouette.
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The birthday girl in All That Jazz (1979). 🎂🥳🎁
Sandahl Bergman in the iconic 'Take Off With Us' dance scene from All That Jazz. She wears dance practice wear and an airline captain's hat while surrounded by other dancers on their knees.
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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"Richmond Rosie" as viewed from I-580, Richmond, CA. (Designed by Andre Jahmora as part of the Bay Area Mural Project [BAMP]).
#Mural #Art #RosieTheRiveter #WendyTheWelder #Richmond #California #BAMP #Photography #StreetArt
Photo of the “Richmond Rosie” mural. Mural stands at 60ft tall and pays homage to the hardworking city of Richmond California. A little girl is represented in the center reading a Wendy the Welder book. Wendy the Welder and Rosie the Riveter were both iconic images created in Richmond to empower women during World War II. Designed by Andre Jahmora as part of the Bay Area Mural Project (BAMP).
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Finally found a purpose for those nail gems I bought during COVID.
#Skull #NailGems #Smile #DollarStore #ReuseOrLose #Art
Work in progress: An irredescent plastic purple novelty Halloween bowl shaped like a skull resting in a pair of tiny hands. Nail gems, powdered glitters, and beads in various colors adorn the face similar to a sugar skull. The crown of the skull is open and the edges decorated with gold beads and crystal teardrops. The teeth are dressed in white glitter, two of the teeth are in gold glitter and bejeweled with larger gems. The fingers are decorated with gold beads and gems to resemble rings. Golden flies with rhinestone wings rest upon the face, one clings to a finger.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Mural along San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, CA. West side in Autumn.
#StreetArt #Mural #California #Photography #Urban #Art
Photo of mural along a vacant section of pavement scattered with golden leaves, beneath a blue autumn sky with high clouds. The mural depicts a Caribbean scene with female dancers in the foreground, drummers behind them, and green hills beneath a ruddy sky.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I wonder what she's dreaming about.
#Caturday
#CatsOfBlueSky #Cat #JazzPaws #SortaMeta #Photography
Throwback photo of Sophronia Marie (aka Sofie) the pewter tuxedo tabby. Here she rests upon a pillow embroidered with a nature scene depicting a bird with wings and feathers spread. Sleeping Sophie's paw is stretched out and seems to grasp at the bird's wing as if to pin it down.
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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A building on the UC Berkeley campus being slowly devoured by the ravening daughters of the Black Goat Of The Woods With A Thousand Young.
#Monochrome #Trees #Hangry #GoBears
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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#Drama #Photography #Skeletons #WhatHadHappenedWas
Monochromatic photo showing a balcony of a Spanish style house with tile roof. Two pumpkins carved with dramatic facial expressions frame a skeleton leaning over the balcony's edge. The skeleton is apparently desperately engaged in preventing a second skeleton from falling to it's *death*? The two skeletons clutch one another by the hands. A giant arachnid looks on from one side of the house. Supervising the scene from the roof are a couple of hefty seagulls, a turbulent sky shows overhead.
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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#Architecture #Urban #Shadows #Windows #Photography
Magenta tinged image showing the exterior of a building shot at an angle emphasizing the variety of window shapes in late afternoon shadow.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Waves of glass and steel.
#SanFrancisco #blackandwhite #California #highrise #urban #skyline #photography #architecture #cityscape
Black and white medium shot of San Francisco high rise buildings against a clear and cloudless sky.
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I don't think she cares.
#Rebel #NotBovvered
#JacquelineLivingstonNeeSeagull #Shoreline #California
#Bird #photography #monochrome #nature
Black and white photo of a seagull enjoying the ocean air while perching atop the remnants of a concrete pipe support embedded in the sand. A sign attached to the side of the structure reads: "KEEP OFF THIS STRUCTURE". Frothy waves lap at the supports.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Happy Whiskers Wednesday.

*The Whisker Fairies were generous with this one.*

#catsofbluesky #cat
#WhiskerFairiesWantMeForASunbeam #photo
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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One minute of Pacifica on a Saturday afternoon.
#California #Overcast #Fog #Beach
November 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Ballerina Diabla: Haz tore up howze, now can haz treetz?

#halloween #costume #dog #dogsofbluesky #photography
Color photo of Ma'at the Yellow Labrador dressed and ready for mayhem. She is wearing her purple tutu and shiny red devil horns with fluffy black feathers at the base. Ma'at can hear a bag of chips open from the length of a football field, she gazes beseechingly at the camera because she knew I had Cheetos.
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Saturday Mood.
#Squirrel
#RabidLemur
#HalloweenStuff
#Hi
Black and white photo of a cartoon cutout of a squirrel affixed to a porch post. A skeleton is posed on the porch and waves hello in the foreground.
October 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Happy Caturday to all who celebrate.
#catsofbluesky #cat #woohoo
Throwback black and white photo of Sofie, a pewter tuxedo tabby with white cravat. She's wearing a party hat at a jaunty angle but has an expression on her face that betrays her contempt for fashion.
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Mossy fence. Walnut Creek, California. October.
#moss #trees #autumn #photography
Moss-covered fence bordering a road which isn't in frame. The moss on the fence is a mustard hue, offset by the drab naked wood of the fence. The color of the moss is accentuated by the contrast of the red leaves on the ground and the brilliantly green leaves on one tree growing above. In the background the sky shows itself in sherbet colors.
October 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Mural off University Avenue. West Berkeley, California.
#mural #wall #photography
Black and white photo of a decorative mural containing symbols of stylized flowers and crosses encircled by circles and circles marking the cardinal points.
October 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM