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One more photo stop that we did after quite a rain pour in the #schwarzwald.
We came up this path when I turned around and saw the sun beams through the canopy. At first I was really stunned to be honest as I hardly *ever* see such scenes!
Strangely I took ways less photos than might have been appropriate, but those two I found worth sharing.
Some more story about them:

Peaceful sunrise over the LA basin, looking North from Rancho Palos Verdes. Mary and Joseph Retreat Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA. August, 2025. #ranchopalosverdes #sunrise #landscape

New #Pixelfed post:
#Fediverse

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Leon Bridges:
🎵 Peaceful Place
#LeonBridges
https://open.spotify.com/track/2OiJ2pEQlLPnOywokPkG4N

https://www.compactmag.com/article/what-bap-learned-from-feminism/
I have no idea why so many people equate matriarchy with equality when they clearly contradict each other.

Russia strikes peaceful cities again – partisans respond in Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/russia-strikes-peaceful-cities-again.html

Good morning on this #siletSunday - it's windy and rainy outside. Maybe I'll just have a walk later. I'm quite happy that we did a hike yesterday!
And just now I used the time to write about a hike I did this May:

The 511 billion barrels reported is nearly double Saudi Arabia’s proven reserves and more than ten times the North Sea’s output over the last 50 years. This isn’t a minor find—it’s one of the largest oil reserves ever reported anywhere on Earth.
htt…

Video of fascist paramilitary using excessive force on peaceful protesters in Portland used as evidence during Federal trial this week. Portland Police testified they observed ICE used excessive force
Source: https://v.redd.it/tp80zg6bcwyf1

thank goodness we had a peaceful transfer of power
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/07/president-biden-rose-garden-speech-trump-election/76108284007/

Biden says 'giving up is unforgivable,' assures peaceful transfer of power after Trump win
President Biden vowed Thursday to ensure a "peaceful transfer of power" following Donald Trump's decisive victory in 2024 election.

“The President has sent agents here to create chaos and riots in Portland,
to induce a reaction,
to induce protests,
to induce conflicts.
His goal is to make Portland look like what he’s been describing it as,”
Oregon’s junior senator,
Jeff Merkley said.
“He wants to induce a violent exchange.
Let us not grant him that wish.
Let us be the force of orderly, peaceful protest.”

Long weekend upcoming here in Germany!
I was able to take this photo during our #vaction in the #schwarzwald on a rainy day. I was really happy to see this kind of misty moment.
I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I enjoyed the hike.
Some more about this day can be read here:…

Such a peaceful man, so peaceful, more peaceful than Jesus or Ghandi.
Did I mention that this peaceful man is in charge of the world's most powerful military and has nuclear launch codes?
So why is Norway in a panic about the retribution that this peaceful many may inflict if he does not get the Nobel Peace Prize?
Perhaps he is not really a peaceful man? (I wonder if he is a man at all.)
"Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes:
🎵 Peaceful Ones
#LonnieListonSmith #TheCosmicEchoes
https://atrice.bandcamp.com/track/lonnie-liston-smith-the-cosmic-echoes-peaceful-ones-mercatale-in-val-di-pesa-atrice-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Gssby4egWBROYsuPtrSx7

Moody Urbanity 🟩
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📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Asking “…all the soldiers of the army of the US not to point their rifles at humanity," is _not_ having “…urged U.S. soldiers to…incite violence,” in fact seems to be the opposite of a call for violence (it is a call to be peaceful).
Petro is the current President of Columbia.
https://www.

Sometimes when I go to the swimming pool it's fun to jump in the deep end, sink to the bottom (a whole 2 metres down) and hold my breath for 15-20 seconds or so. It's so quiet and peaceful that for a moment you can forget everything.
But this, this is completely unimaginable. A new world record has been set for free diving - Alexey Molchanov has swum down to 126 metres (and back up again!) and held his breath for over 4½ minutes.
My mind is completely and utterly boggled. Not to mention my lungs.
#freediving
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c4gvw7zmwgko

“We’re constantly told, you know, we need to see peaceful protests. Well, here’s a peaceful protest … We projected a piece of journalism on to a wall and now people have been arrested for malicious communications. I think that, frankly, says a lot more about the policing of Trump’s visit than it does about what we did.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/four-arrested-after-image-of-trump-and-epstein-projected-onto-windsor-castle-ahead-of-presidents-visit

🔥 War expands: Russia strikes peaceful cities again while Europe prepares for a major storm!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/19/war-expands-russia-strikes-peaceful.html

#WarRavagedPortland
Portlanders mock Trump by posting pics of peaceful weekend activities in ‘War ravaged’ city | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/portland-oregon-war-ravaged-trump-mocked-b2835092.html

Good evening folks! these are the last two #photos from our hike in the #schwarzwald (seen on my blog).
I saw that little stream next to our route and stepped down there to take some photos. The strong highlights in the back made it very hard to take the photos that I had intended. I guess …

Peaceful microbes outlast aggressive rivals in harsh, frequently disrupted environments
(... people on my floor did this research!)
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-peaceful-microbes-outlast-aggressive-rivals.html

Peaceful microbes outlast aggressive rivals in harsh, frequently disrupted environments
On the battlefield that is the microbial world, where microorganisms often try to wipe out the competition by producing various toxins, sometimes it helps to be a pacifist.

A "war" which is very "civil";
Donald Trump says he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/portland-oregon-us-military-trump

How does genocide happen in 2025? Because of toadies like Keir Starmer.
He should be sitting at The Hague alongside Netanyahu, Trump, Friedrich Merz, and everyone else who is complicit in the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people.
#israel #genocide

RUSSIA continues to TERRORISE the peaceful POPULATION: missiles and drones ATTACKED cities! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/russia-continues-to-terrorise-the.html

[OT] I'm not particularly interested in AI or AGI, because it seems to lack incentives for moving toward a peaceful, more caring world where attention is authentic. The incentive is mostly to outsmart.

ICE purposefully rammed their vehicle into a protestor’s truck in California.
In Chicago, federal agents tear gassed local police during a protest.
This is what happens when a wannabe dictator is running the country.
This is why millions of Americans peacefully stood up to defend our rights in the No Kings protests.
Peaceful protest is not a crime. It’s the foundation of our democracy.
I’m Fred Wellman
—Army combat veteran, entrepreneur, dad, MeidasTouch …

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情绪化城市 - 都市质地 🗿
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

This really is a magical place.
Croyde beach, Devon. And breathe.
#outdoors #sea #clouds

#NoKings #Berlin
https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/842166/

New #Pixelfed post:
#Nature

Starmer who champions '“law and order,” 'presses the police to obstruct peaceful demonstrations and oversees mass arrests of non-violent sit-ins. Yet when police take a safety-based decision to bar the notoriously violent fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv — already banned by Amsterdam City Council because of the riots they instigated in the Dutch city last November — he claims anti-semitism, in order to ingratiate himself with the pro-Israel political right.'
| Morning Star

Even in the somewhat peaceful #StarTrek universe, not everyone gets along with their neighbors. And today's #TrekTriviaTuesday question takes a look at a rather notorious one.
As always no googling and no spoiling the answer for others. Please boost after voting! :BoostOK:
Vote…

“We understand that Katie, whose home was safely protected by dozens of heavily armed security and police, was terrified of our sidewalk chalk and messages — terrifying messages such ‘immigrants are people’ or ‘protect the constitution’ ... We believe in those statements deeply, in our peaceful activism, and the belief that every single human being here in Arlington deserves to be treated with the same dignity and respect that Katie and Stephen expect from us.”

Chalk messages at Arlington home of top White House official strike a nerve with GOP heavyweights | ARLnow.com
A sidewalk chalk protest at the North Arlington home of a top Trump administration official became a talking point for powerful Republican voices this week. The Sunday demonstration around the home of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller involved a handful of activists writing in chalk on sidewalk slabs with messages like "hate

🇺🇳 The #UN General Assembly has endorsed a roadmap toward Palestinian statehood without Hamas involvement.
The “New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution” (document A/80/L.1/Rev.1) was adopted by a recorded vote of 142 in favor to 10 against with 12 abstentions.
The text of the declaration demands that…

For the past three weeks, I’ve been attending protests at the Broadview ICE facility.
There’s been a vigil there for almost two decades at this point, but they started ramping up after three protesters were arrested four weeks ago.
Three weeks ago, we went, and it was very peaceful.
We ended up actually getting a car to turn around.
Last week, when we went, ICE assaulted a lot of us.
We went early because they changed their deportation time to around 6 a.m.

I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE.
An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

This is another photo I was able to take in the #schwarzwald . You might have seen it in my recent blog post. But I wanted to share it here as well.
What really surprises me is how it looked on location vs here now. On location there was a lot of forest around, lots of clutter. It was a challenge to find this view through the foreground so that I could single out this gem of a tree but…

A peaceful morning on the Chicago River.

Craig Mod is an incredibly writer and I am amazed how good this is!
https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/212/

Eating Linoleum in Karuizawa
Went looking for a peaceful walk, didn't find one

view from my window

Freedom fighters were always called "terrorists" by occupying powers who demand abject submission. Now that's extended to people who utter even the most timid peaceful protests as well.

It should be noted that the Nacirema absolutely do kill those outside of their tribes during highly ritualized combat. In fact, they are known and feared by many surrounding tribes for their war-like nature. But the previously mentioned taboo seems to be against the execution of the ritual for either enslavement or sacrifice of outsiders for sacrifice or enslavement within tribal territory. Similarly, the Nacirema will not seize slaves during their war raids to bring within their territory. However, it does seem that the tribute system which the Nacirema impose on other tribes favors slavery.
The Elihcian people even tell stories of a chief who tried to end a slave-like practice among their people and refused tribute to the Nacirema. The chief of the Nacirema send emissaries to plot the murder of great chief of the Elihcian with the strongest nobles who were the largest slave owners. The war chief of the Elihcian, a friend of the Nacirema chief, then took over the tribe, enslaved many and paid even more tribute to the Nacirema chief. Many tribes to the South of the Nacirema have very similar stories.
Strangely, again, the Nacirema do not see themselves as war-like. Rather, they see themselves as peaceful. When talking about war and war-raids, they will even sometimes use a phase that means "maintaining" or "sustaining peace" to describe them.
Again, it seems to be the use of ritual that allows them to declare slavery and human sacrifice as "justice" and to declare war as "peace."

If your life is too peaceful you need a cat in your life
#cats

Navigating the herd.
(There were 170 highland cattle, sometimes just a few inches away... quite a few blocking the path with their calves and feeling agitated so we had to navigate/bypass through the talus fields higher up, giving these beauties more space...)
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography

Wow, I just watched the Netflix documentary about Apollo 13 a couple nights ago. It is well done. It focuses a lot on Lovell and what his wife and family went through during Apollo 13.
#RIP to a true explorer who saw Earth truly from an outside perspective and questioned what the point was of being terrible to each other when we live together on such a beautiful, unique and peaceful place in the Universe.
#JamesLovell
https://journa.host/@w7voa/114994848048104146

No Kings rally in Evanston, IL, looking N, W and S.
A good time, peaceful, neighborly. Democracy.
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I wonder how hard it would be to fabricate something that might (inadvertently, of course) disrupt the functioning of a drone that was, for instance, flying around a peaceful demonstration? I know it’s a federal felony (punishable by up to 20 years in prison) to shoot them down, or point a laser at them. But maybe something in a pocket, or backpack? So it’s not visible? #askingforafriend…

Concrete Jungle II 🏗️
水泥丛林 II 🏗️
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Grounding
Jan Hammer Group:
🎵 Peaceful Sundown
#JanHammerGroup
https://open.spotify.com/track/0xfOvIRVN08EgN2wB0LyWY

Here at one of my favourite tumuli, in Thetford forest, in East Anglia, UK. This is the view from the top. Very peaceful.
#SilentSunday

The president thinks his rule is absolute.
But in America, we don’t have kings,
and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.
Grow our movement and join us.
📍 Where: Alameda Park,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
When: 12 Noon, October 18, 2025
The rally at Alameda Park will be followed by a march to De La Guerra Plaza.
More details on the rally and march will follow.

NO KINGS Santa Barbara · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down…

(From BlueSky post)
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
Source: https://

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/05/trump-taskforce-los-angeles-olympics
"For two weeks in August 1936, Adolf Hitler's Nazi dictatorship camouflaged its racist, militaristic character while hosting the Summer Olympics. Softpedaling its antisemitic agenda and plans for territorial expansion, the regime exploited the Games to bedazzle many foreign spectators and journalists with an image of a peaceful, tolerant Germany.
Having rejected a proposed boycott of the 1936 Olympics, the sponsoring athletic and Olympic organizations of the United States and other western democracies missed the opportunity to take a stand that—some observers at the time claimed—might have given Hitler pause and bolstered international resistance to Nazi tyranny.
With the conclusion of the Games, Germany's expansionist policies and the persecution of Jews and other "enemies of the state" accelerated, culminating in World War II and the Holocaust.” - https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-olympics-berlin-1936

Detectability of Covert Fissile Material Production in Nuclear Fusion Reactors via Antineutrino Emissions
Alexander Glaser, Robert J. Goldston, Patrick Huber
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16358

Detectability of Covert Fissile Material Production in Nuclear Fusion Reactors via Antineutrino Emissions
Fusion power systems can in principle be used to make significant amounts of fissile material. To do so, an operator would have to introduce fertile material, such as uranium-238, in a suitable region of the reactor where it is exposed to an intense neutron flux. The possibility of using a fusion reactor for this purpose has raised the question of how these facilities can be monitored to ensure their peaceful use. This study examines whether covert production of fissile material in a declared f…

Fascist Paramilitary dragging peaceful protesters across a property line so they can violently attack and abduct protesters. [Portland]
As the source states, this is a metaphor for what is happening all over the country right now. The Fascist s are trying everything they can to escalate.
Source: https://v.redd.it/4v6vdviwehxf1

“‘Sending armed soldiers to suppress peaceful protests is what kings and dictators do — and Greg Abbott just proved he’s one of them,’ Texas House Minority Leader Gene Wu said in a statement.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/greg-abbott-…

Abbott to send National Guard to Austin for No Kings rally
Abbott’s deployments come as Republicans, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, vilify the planned nationwide protests as a “hate America” gathering.

I have some more #photos from the lake from the previous post 😄
For these I went on another side of the lake where there were quite some heather around. - While my wife was taking a small snack, I walked around and searched for nice foregrounds with which I could play and make an appealing memory
And even though I'd also have taken a small rest, I'm more than happy that I spe…

Some leftists have criticized #NoKingsDay2 as useless. Though it was the largest protest in US history, it didn't change anything. I would go further to say that protests like these generally won't change anything. Dictators aren't forced to step down by 2% of the population coming out for one day. If they're forced to step down by protests, those protests are sustained. They are every single day. They are accompanied by general strikes.
We've been watching that happen all over the world. Portland in 2020 gave us a taste of that in the US. The George Floyd Rebellion was the type of resistance that actually brings down dictators like Trump. Occasional protests, no matter how large, can simply be ignored. That is precisely the reason the US developed a militarized police force in the first place. You need more, more than the largest protests in US history, more than Occupy, more than the resistance of the 60's and 70's, more than, and different from, anything we've seen in our lives.
And yet... Each protest has grown, and grown bolder. Some have grown more persistent. If you think of protest as the path to achieve change, you will lose. It is not. But it is a path to escalate. Some people, some otherwise comfortable white folks, came out for their first time. Some people got pepper sprayed for the first time. Some people questioned authority, stood up for the first time, and have had an experience that will radicalize them for the rest of their lives.
Protest is not useful in and of itself. It is training. It's making connections. Authoritarian regimes rely on the illusion of compliance, so visual resistance does actually undermine their power.
Liberals like to teach that non-violence is all about staying peaceful no matter what, that there's some way that morality simply overwhelms an enemy. I remember reading Langston Hughes' A Dream Deferred in high school. I said it was a threat. My teacher said, "you're wrong, he was a pacifist." Pacifism is a threat. If you can spit at me, beat me, shoot me, and I will not move, if I have the strength to absorb violence without flinching, without even rising to violence, what will happen when you push me too far?
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
For peaceful resistance to work, there must be ambiguity. It must not be clear if or when the resistance will stop being peaceful. Peaceful resistance with no possibility of escalation is just cowardice.
My critique then is not so harsh as some other anarchists. If you think that protest alone will work, you're probably going to lose. If you are prepared to escalate, if you are prepared to absorb violence without flinching, then it could be possible for protest alone to topple the dictator. The cracks are already beginning to show.
And then what?
The problems that lead to the George Floyd uprising were never resolved. The problems that lead to Occupy where never resolve. The DAPL was built, protesters were maimed, it leaked multiple times (exactly as predicted). Segregation never went away, it only changed forms. The fact that immigrants have different courts and different rights means that anyone can be arbitrarily kidnaped and renditioned to an arbitrary country. We never did anything about the torture black site. FFS, people can still be stripped of their voting rights and slavery is still legal in the US. The people who control both parties in the US are killing our children and grand children with oil wars and climate change.
Toppling the dictator does nothing to resolve all of the problems that existed before him.
No, #NoKingsDay was absolutely not useless. #NoKings and related protests are extremely useful but they aren't sufficient. But, I think we still need to challenge the movement on two points:
How do you escalate after you're ignored or brutalized?
What do you demand after you win?
#USPol

As huge companies, giant universities, and $billionaire race to kiss the orange ass, I increasing am losing faith that existing legal, Constitutional, or peaceful procedures are going to end our national nightmare.

In short: I’ve spent over 500 hours watching the Moomins, and it’s still my favorite series of all time.
I truly love the world of the Moomins from the 90s. It is not only a way for me to escape today's shit. but a place that feels alive inside me, where friends cook together, wander through the woods, and make each other laugh in the sunshine. It gives me a sense of direction whenever the outside world feels too shit and broken.
I love it because life in the valley shows tha…

" @… noted that authoritarian regimes fear mass organizing and peaceful protest because they reveal a regime’s unpopularity and show that it is losing its grip on power."
"Much as tossing chests of tea into Boston Harbor did about 250 years ago." - @…

October 16, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration announced it would pay furloughed troops by using funds Congress appropriated for research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDTE) for fiscal year 2026.

Here are two of the #photos of last Saturday's hike. We went to the #wallberg above the #tegernsee .
Usually it's a quite crowded way because it's easily reachable and really very sc…

"The degree of equality of women within countries predicts best—better than their degree of democracy and better than their level of wealth, income inequality or ethno-religious identity—how peaceful or conflict-ridden their countries are. Further, democracies with higher levels of violence against women are less stable and more likely to choose force rather than diplomacy to resolve conflict."
The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
https://www.juancole.com/2025/10/mortal-sins-patriarchy.html

Police arrested over 40 people outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City
as hundreds gathered for a peaceful action led by Jewish leaders
calling for the end to Israel’s starvation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Democracy Now! was at the demonstration and spoke to some of the protesters,
including Motaz Azaiza, renowned photojournalist from Gaza,
and Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, who was arrested.
“We’re here to say, ‘Let Gaza live,’ to risk everyt…

“End the Starvation”: Jewish Rabbis & Allies Outside NY Trump Hotel Call for U.S. to Stop Arming Israel
Police arrested over 40 people outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City as hundreds gathered for a peaceful action led by Jewish leaders calling for the end to Israel’s starvation and ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Democracy Now! was at the demonstration and spoke to some of the protesters, including Motaz Azaiza, renowned photojournalist from Gaza, and Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, who was arrested. “We’re here to say, 'Let Gaza live,' to risk everything to say, 'Never again,'” says …

Welcome back - been busy the last days with meeting friends etc 🙂
But I wanted to show some more #photos from the #Lotharsteig in the #nationalparkschwarzwald . Different from …

And here are the last two #photos from my bike&hike recently. the one shows one of the (in my point of view) interesting geological parts of the hike. And in the second I tried to get some more foreground into the photo
I hope you enjoy the view as much as I enjoyed the hike up there 🙂
And I wonder if we could see the home area of @…

Russia is erasing our memories of a peaceful life: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/10/russia-is-erasing-our-memories.html

The president thinks his rule is absolute.
But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.
Grow our movement and join us.
The rally at Alameda Park will be followed by a march to De La Guerra Plaza
#SantaBarbara #nokings

No Kings 2 RallySanta Barbara
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our

1/x) I thought I would return without any photos at all from our hike last Saturday to the #Wallberg near #Tegernsee
But back home I noticed some potential in at least some of the photos so I invested some time in them and compiled a little video as well.

Wallberg Beyond the Crowds
Last weekend’s hike to the Wallberg near Tegernsee offered a calm alternative to the usual crowds thanks to overcast skies and cool temperatures. We enjoyed varied views, a peaceful ascent, and a choice descent on a narrow trail with photo-worthy moments, while testing a new action cam along the way

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday doubled down on his criticisms of millions of protesters who joined Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies across the nation,
decrying the peaceful demonstrations as evidence of
“a rise of Marxism in the Democratic Party.”
https://www.politico.co…

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📷 Nikon FE
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buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Father Larry Dowling's account of leading a Eucharistic Procession to offer Holy Communion to those held by ice in Broadview, IL (near Chicago) and being barred from doing so.
"No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ."

#goodmorning from a grey morning walk.
It's chill and I don't feel 100% well.
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I tried creating the alt text with #mistral today. I thought: if I'm using a tool for that, I could also just support a European company. 🤔

Ukraine strikes hard at Russian factories while the occupier destroys peaceful cities: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/06/ukraine-strikes-hard-at-russian.html

When the military is deployed to quell overwhelmingly peaceful protest,
when elected officials of the opposing party are arrested or handcuffed,
when student activists are jailed and deported,
and when a wide range of civic institutions
– non-profits, law firms, universities, news outlets, the arts, the civil service, scientists
– are targeted and penalized by the federal government,
it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that our core freedoms are disappea…

Get a sense of scale of the Broadview ice facility and the peaceful city of Chicago.
I made this to help people be more realistic about the scale and scope of what’s going on (and not going on) in Chicago.
cc @… @…

One reason why we chose #Baiersbronn for our last vacation was the #Landesgartenschau (#Garden show?).
It would have been a gem for flower and garden

I just updated my latest #Pixelfed post to cut back on the excessive emojis, haha.
https://pixelfed.social/p/midtsveen/869670749084242036

Oh it seems I'm lacking a bit behind with all the #photos from the #schwarzwald . Well, I don't want to flood you with all the forest. 😄
These photos are from another hike to another hike though the Black Forest and to one of those very cool black lakes. This time I brought my pol…

After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year,
the Trump administration is now reportedly considering granting protection to members of far-right European parties.
According to the New York Times, the proposal that Donald Trump is now weighing would prioritize Europeans who are allegedly
“targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for ‘populist’ political parties.”
The pro…

Trump could soon make America’s refugee program a tool for white nationalism
The White House is considering a plan to overhaul refugee admissions in favor of right-wing whites.

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情绪化城市 - 颂 II🎶
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Kentmere Pan 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

New #Pixelfed post!
#Fediverse

Hey guys, let your path be always be filled with sunshine and a great view ahead.
Enjoy your weekend, stay safe, healthy and happy. Block the hate and be friendly to a random person. Often it's just a smile, a "good morning" that's a welcome surprise to someone.
#photography #landscape

hey! here are the last four #photos from our walk in the #schwarzwald . There were some pretty beautyful trails and - also a little blister-issue. But thanks to being prepared, it was easy to fix and we could enjoy the rest of the walk.
Some more photos and a short clip are on the blog:

NO KINGS Santa Barbara
Rally · Volunteer organized
Saturday, October 18
12 – 3pm PDT
Alameda Park
1400 Santa Barbara St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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NO KINGS Santa Barbara · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, carried by millions in chants and on posters, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together. The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down…

Just thought about this hike that I did quite a while a go. I saw this tree standing aside the trail and I tried if it would make a good photo.
And actually I planned to go back there - which I still didn't!
Anyways. Just wanted to share it with you 🙂
#photography #trees

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters.
The Thursday ruling comes as ICE and the National Guard tear through the streets of Chicago,
shooting at and arresting journalists, protesters, and immigrants alike.
Judge Sara Ellis, an Obama appointee overseeing this case,
has suspended federal agents from
“using riot control weapons,”
…

Judge Orders ICE to Stop Injuring Journalists Reporting on Them
A federal judge has ordered all of Trump’s agents to stop using violence against journalists and protesters.

Whil I'm editing photos from our vacation I quickly share this from last year for #WaterfallWednesday .
Enjoy!
#photography #nature

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said on X on Saturday that Trump’s threats
“are beneath the honor of our nation,
but the reality is that he wants to occupy our city and break our Constitution.”

“We must defend our democracy from this authoritarianism
by protecting each other and protecting Chicago from Donald Trump,” Johnson wrote.

Largely peaceful protests broke out across the city on Saturday,
with thousands of marchers taking over Michigan Avenue demandin…

Trump border czar warns sanctuary cities nationwide to ‘expect action’
The Trump administration plans federal action in cities with immigrant-friendly policies nationwide to support immigration enforcement, according to border czar Tom Homan.

#FotoVorschlag "Bänke" (benches)
I took this photo in beautiful #scotland in #cawdor castle when we were there on holidays.
It's been a beautiful visit there and we lov…

Hey guys! two more #schwarzwald #photos! And I found them a perfect fit for #FootpathFriday as well.
This day's hike was so diverse. narrow trails, ferns and moss, a lake, some heat…

I took this photo pretty close after the last that I posted. I just turned around to see what's behind me. I assumed just the bushes and the trail.
But obviously I was high enough that I already got some nice view into the distance.
If you're wondering why it's so flat in the distance: I am directly at the northern end of the #alps. To the south, there are

And there I was close to the summit. Finally!
I was happy to get a snack and relax my legs a bit. I wasn't alone up there but it wasn't crowded. Well it was just great to be there again.
I think it was just the second time in a decade that I was up there. Even though I can see the summit from my home 🙂
A bit more Context and the video:

I took this #photo when I thought that I'd be almost there. - Because I had mostly looked about the elevation. But as you might see on the photo, the way flattens a bit towards the summit.
Well, it was a great trail - it just took longer then I assumed.
Some more context and a video are on my blog:

This #photo is pretty soon after the first photo that I posted. I was on the way up and turned around to see the nice little meadow that I just crossed.
The #trail winding through the meadow with the trees around and the

#FotoVorschlag 'Stressabbau' 'stress relief'
Well, definitely! I'm so grateful that I have hiking and cycling for stress relief. Especially hiking in the mountains when I'm just so physically exhausted that I can't think about my daily problems any more. Plus the overwhelming visual impressions.
To me, this kind of sports isn't a hobby any more. …

This was one of the WOW moments during my hike recently. Until then i was walking through the woods. But this meadow greeted me with sunshine, flowers and the trail leading through it.
I took off my rucksack and tried to capture my first some photos.
The blog with more potos and a video: https://www.

Commuting day today. Walking to the train station.
#goodmorning #tgif