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Immigration Legal, Laws, and Regs

US vs Abbott

Taking a breather from indictments, I grow increasingly alarmed at what’s happening with a court case, US vs Abbott. The federal government sued Abbott and Texas because his putting those barbaric buoys in the Rio Grande violated the Rivers and Harbors Act. Slam dunk, you’d think. But the amicus briefs filed and the response from […]

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Social Media

So-So Social Media

Last edit: Threads is crap. Uninstalled. Edit: I did decide to try Threads, primarily because I have a (very inactive) Instagram account, and because some folks who aren’t on Mastodon are on Instagram/Threads. I figured better than Twitter, but still wish I could find folks on Mastodon more easily. At that, you can search on […]

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Photography

Silent Sunday May 14 2023

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Photography

Silent Sunday May 7 2023

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Photography

The rose is pretty. The photo is pretty. I don’t need 34 pretty photos of the same pretty rose.

I finished recovering posts for Burningbird and now it’s on to my second major task: Cleaning out my photo collection. As the title notes, the subject may be pretty, and the photo may be pretty, but I don’t really need 34 almost identical photos of the same rose. I started out with over 100,000 photos […]