WestPhillyMatt
@westphillymatt.bsky.social
Retired earth scientist; 36 years with the US Geological Survey and the Smithsonian Institution. From Philly; landed in San Francisco 50 years ago.
The trouble with artificial intelligence…
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The trouble with artificial intelligence…
From the NewYorker.
Commentary on the juvenile would-be king…
Commentary on the juvenile would-be king…
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
From the NewYorker.
Commentary on the juvenile would-be king…
Commentary on the juvenile would-be king…
Blue sky day in the Marina District, San Francisco.
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Blue sky day in the Marina District, San Francisco.
Support small business! Support black-owned business! And, it is one of the SF Chronicle “best-rated” sourdough bakeries in the Bay Area!
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Support small business! Support black-owned business! And, it is one of the SF Chronicle “best-rated” sourdough bakeries in the Bay Area!
Something to take our minds off the Whitehouse nightmare
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Something to take our minds off the Whitehouse nightmare
A beautiful day at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. (the low point in the distal hills on the right side of the photo is where the San Andreas Fault comes ashore from the south.)
October 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A beautiful day at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. (the low point in the distal hills on the right side of the photo is where the San Andreas Fault comes ashore from the south.)
For those who like small dogs
(from the New Yorker)
(from the New Yorker)
October 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
For those who like small dogs
(from the New Yorker)
(from the New Yorker)
Visiting Tuscaloosa, Alabama. At the Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant Museum, there’s an homage paid to two of the great Alabama players, Jalen Hurts and Devanta Smith, who have gone on to become great Eagles players. Roll Tide! Go Philadelphia Eagles!
October 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Visiting Tuscaloosa, Alabama. At the Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant Museum, there’s an homage paid to two of the great Alabama players, Jalen Hurts and Devanta Smith, who have gone on to become great Eagles players. Roll Tide! Go Philadelphia Eagles!
Thank you New Yorker
(Note the little hand…)
(Note the little hand…)
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Thank you New Yorker
(Note the little hand…)
(Note the little hand…)
Thanks NewYorker:
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thanks NewYorker:
From the New Yorker
September 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From the New Yorker
Go Philadelphia Eagles!
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Go Philadelphia Eagles!
‘4th of July From the South Border’ by Manhattan-based artist Felipe “Feggo” Galindo, included in the White House’s list of inappropriate art. It is shown in “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States,” an exhibition previewing the forthcoming National Museum of the American Latino.
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
‘4th of July From the South Border’ by Manhattan-based artist Felipe “Feggo” Galindo, included in the White House’s list of inappropriate art. It is shown in “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States,” an exhibition previewing the forthcoming National Museum of the American Latino.
Where the real crime is being carried out.
August 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Where the real crime is being carried out.
From the New Yorker
August 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
From the New Yorker
Our medieval government finding all the ways to reduce science to nothing:
Number 1, cut funding;
Number 2, appoint individuals to leadership positions who have no understanding of the value of science.
Number 3, fire as many scientist & support staff as is legally (or legally) possible.
Number 1, cut funding;
Number 2, appoint individuals to leadership positions who have no understanding of the value of science.
Number 3, fire as many scientist & support staff as is legally (or legally) possible.
August 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Our medieval government finding all the ways to reduce science to nothing:
Number 1, cut funding;
Number 2, appoint individuals to leadership positions who have no understanding of the value of science.
Number 3, fire as many scientist & support staff as is legally (or legally) possible.
Number 1, cut funding;
Number 2, appoint individuals to leadership positions who have no understanding of the value of science.
Number 3, fire as many scientist & support staff as is legally (or legally) possible.
“The painting on this week’s cover, by Amy Sherald, was supposed to go on display next month at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. The Trump Administration has accused it of reinterpreting “one of our nation’s most sacred symbols through a divisive and ideological lens.””
August 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“The painting on this week’s cover, by Amy Sherald, was supposed to go on display next month at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. The Trump Administration has accused it of reinterpreting “one of our nation’s most sacred symbols through a divisive and ideological lens.””
Hmmm, environmental research and monitoring on the SF Bay. Isn’t that illegal now under this trumpian regime out of the Dark Ages?
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hmmm, environmental research and monitoring on the SF Bay. Isn’t that illegal now under this trumpian regime out of the Dark Ages?
Life in San Francisco. There is always hope, now matter how inhuman the current regime tries to make it.
August 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Life in San Francisco. There is always hope, now matter how inhuman the current regime tries to make it.
San Francisco renamed a street to one of its most beloved native sons.
On what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday, officials, musicians & fans gathered at the intersection of Mission and Harrington streets in the Excelsior District, just steps from where Garcia lived with his grandparents.
On what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday, officials, musicians & fans gathered at the intersection of Mission and Harrington streets in the Excelsior District, just steps from where Garcia lived with his grandparents.
August 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
San Francisco renamed a street to one of its most beloved native sons.
On what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday, officials, musicians & fans gathered at the intersection of Mission and Harrington streets in the Excelsior District, just steps from where Garcia lived with his grandparents.
On what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday, officials, musicians & fans gathered at the intersection of Mission and Harrington streets in the Excelsior District, just steps from where Garcia lived with his grandparents.
