Mastodawn

I believe I have achieved peak 2025 'Top of the Park' #AnnArbor. Shake Steady played a scorcher; and the DJ afterparty lawn dancing was an unexpected delight. I can always tell the evening has gone well when I notice twentysomethings surreptitiously videoing my eccentric dance moves.

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voxphoto 3d ago

Oh! I learn just a temporary loan to the "Ohio Rail Experience" excursion train.

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voxphoto 4d ago

@peterhoneyman @samfirke You need to step it up like @chippets and request captions "in the style of poet ABC"

voxphoto 6d ago

I'm proud to say that I began a @camerawiki article on the LSST camera a decade ago. https://www.space.com/astronomy/vera-c-rubin-observatory-reveals-1st-stunning-images-of-the-cosmos-scientists-are-beyond-excited-about-whats-coming

#astronomy #observatory #MegaCamera

Vera C Rubin Observatory reveals 1st stunning images of the cosmos. Scientists are 'beyond excited about what's coming'

"We enter the era of astro-cinematography."

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voxphoto 6d ago

Adam Becker's book 'More Everything Forever' has really stayed with me. I expected it to puncture AI hype, Mars colonies, etc.; but new to me was their link to a cluster of troubling techbro philosophies and ethics (somewhere between sophomoric and fascist-adjacent). Recommend. https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-becker/more-everything-forever/9781541619593/

More Everything Forever

This "wild and utterly engaging narrative" (Melanie Mitchell) shows why Silicon Valley’s heartless, baseless, and foolish obsessions—with escaping death,...

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voxphoto Jun 21

As a followup toot I urgently recommend you see Mucca Pazza live (I learn this is "mad cow" in Italian, for some reason) but in the meantime here are my Top of the Park photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vox/with/54602377169/

#A2SF #AASummerFestival

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voxphoto Jun 20

Punkrock History Jun 20

50 years ago today ‼️
Talking Heads supporting The Ramones make their stage debut at CBGB, New York City, June 20, 1975

#punk #punks #punkrock #talkingheads #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory #otd

voxphoto Jun 20

SE Michigan peeps, this is your moment to throw open windows and cool down your home, with broiling temps incoming Sunday, Monday

#MIWX

voxphoto Jun 18

The low pulsating engine grumbles, horn honks, and jackhammering you hear near lower Summit are just a crew replacing rotten railroad ties on the Ann Arbor Railroad tracks.

#railfan #AARR #WaterHill