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Sunday 2 July 2017

"I won..." (a reminder from Great Lord Teeny Tiny Hands) / Danny Lyon: American Street, 1972-1974 / Joseph Ceravolo: Beginner Method / Heathcote Williams 1941-2017: Two for Trump & There has to be an Afterlife

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There are grandpas and there are grandpas. Photo @dougmillsnyt: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 30 June 2017


 #USA Marine One takes off from the White House with US President Donald Trump and his family in Washington, DC. Photo @b_smialowski #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 2 July 2017





#USA The @RMSQueenMary2 passes under the Verrazano bridge finish line of #TheBridge2017 Photo @LoicVenance #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 2 July 2017
  
#Iraq An Iraqi federal policeman comforts a displaced woman as she holds on to him while they wait for medical aid in Mosul. Photo Ahmad Al-Rubaye: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 2 July 2017 
 

#Iraq Members of Iraq's elite Rapid Response Division patrol the Shifa neighbourhood during #MosulOffensive. Photo Fadel Senna #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 2 July 2017
 

SYRIA - Syrians gather to inspect the damage at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Damascus Louai Beshara #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 2 July 2017
 

#Afghanistan An Afghan woman collects water from a hand pump in Mazar-i-Sharif. Photo @Farshadusyan #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 July 2017


A passenger sunbathes aboard the @RMSQueenMary2 sailing in the Atlantic ocean during #TheBridge2017 Photo @LoicVenance #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 July 2017 


A waitress holds a tray aboard thesailing in the Atlantic ocean during @TheBridge2017 Photo @LoicVenance #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 July 2017


#Japan People walk on a pedestrian crossing on the street in Tokyo Photo @ToruYamanaka #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 1 July 2017


The FAKE and FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard to convince Republicans and others I should not use social media - but remember, I won....: tweet via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 July 2017


We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul, in defense of our country.: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 July 2017


We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul, in defense of our country.: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 July 2017


We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul, in defense of our country.: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 July 2017


We will always take care of our GREAT VETERANS. You have shed your blood, poured your love, and bared your soul, in defense of our country.: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 July 2017


Getting rdy to leave for tonight's Celebrate Freedom Concert honoring our GREAT VETERANS w/ so many of my evangelical friends. See you soon!: image via Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, 1 July 2017


First Baptist Dallas Choir with other church choirs sings a song with the words "Make America Great Again": image via Jeff Mason @jeffmason1, 1 July 2017
 

Nothing to worry about here. Just the man with the nuclear codes, keeping us all updated on which insulting hashtag he's considering next.: image via J.K. Rowling @jkrowling, 1 July 2017

 
Emergency responders gather at crash of an aircraft on I-405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Calif. #APTOPIX July 1, 2017: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 1 July 2017


Some speakers have managed to get up, this chap was talking about the New World Order's plans for genocide: image via Jason Wilson @jason_a_w, 30 June 2017


Tiny is right there in the middle of most confrontations I've seen: image via Jason Wilson @jason_a_w, 30 June 2017


Some Proud Boys made a sign: image via Jason Wilson @jason_a_w, 30 June 2017


This one i got especially for @FluorescentGrey
: image via Jason Wilson @jason_a_w, 30 June 201

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Joey Gibson speaks: image via Jason Wilson @jason_a_w, 30 June 2017



Back in downtown Portland for another Patriot Prayer rally
: image via Jason Wilson @jason_a_w, 30 June 2017 

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Untitled [LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 1 July 2017

Eastside industrial light | by ADMurr

Eastside industrial light [LA): photo by Andrew Murr, 30 June 2017

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Untitled [Eastside, LA): photo by Andrew Murr, 30 June 2017

Jump | by ADMurr

Jump [LA]: photo by Andrew Murr, 1 July 2017

Pico Gardens | by ADMurr

Pico Gardens [Eastside, LA): photo by Andrew Murr, 2 July 2017


1551. Heaven can wait, Susi | by martincolomes

1551. Heaven can wait, Susi.: photo by Martín Colomés, 27 June 2017

1551. Heaven can wait, Susi | by martincolomes

1551. Heaven can wait, Susi.: photo by Martín Colomés, 27 June 2017

1551. Heaven can wait, Susi | by martincolomes

1551. Heaven can wait, Susi.: photo by Martín Colomés, 27 June 2017

STORM COMING | by akahawkeyefan

STORM COMING. Alkeny, Iowa.: photo by akahawkeyefan, 30 June 2017

STORM COMING | by akahawkeyefan

STORM COMING. Alkeny, Iowa.: photo by akahawkeyefan, 30 June 2017

STORM COMING | by akahawkeyefan

STORM COMING. Alkeny, Iowa.: photo by akahawkeyefan, 30 June 2017

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Silver City, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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John B. Robert Dam. Albuquerque, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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John B. Robert Dam. Albuquerque, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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John B. Robert Dam. Albuquerque, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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John B. Robert Dam. Albuquerque, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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John B. Robert Dam. Albuquerque, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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John B. Robert Dam. Albuquerque, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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Corrales, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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Corrales, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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Corrales, New Mexico.: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2017

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Hanover, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Hanover, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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Hanover, New Mexico: photo by Jorge Guadalupe Lizárraga, June 2016

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[Prescott Valley, Arizona]: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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[Prescott Valley, Arizona]: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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[Prescott Valley, Arizona]: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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[Kayenta, Arizona]: photo by Patrick, April 2017


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[Kayenta, Arizona]: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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[Kayenta, Arizona]: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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Coconino, Arizona: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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Coconino, Arizona: photo by Patrick, April 2017

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Coconino, Arizona: photo by Patrick, April 2017

Near Mancos, Colorado | by GC_Dean

Near Mancos, Colorado: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2017

Near Mancos, Colorado | by GC_Dean

Near Mancos, Colorado: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2017

Near Mancos, Colorado | by GC_Dean

Near Mancos, Colorado: photo by Dean Terasaki, 29 June 2017

2017-135 | by biosfear

2017-135. Berkeley, CA.: photo by biosfear,  June 2017

2017-134 | by biosfear

2017-134. Oakland, CA.: photo by biosfear,  June 2017

Portland | by austin granger

Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 11 June 2017

Portland | by austin granger
   
Portland: photo by Austin Granger, 29 June 2017

Momo | by efo

Momo: photo by efo, 24 June 2017

A Great One Died Today: RIP Heathcote Williams



‘He was the Shelley of his age and more.’ — Gerard Bellaart

 



Heathcote Williams 1941-2017
A Great One Died Today: via Jan Herman @Straight Up | Herman, 1 July 2017

Heathcote Williams: There has to be an Afterlife



illustration: Elena Caldera
There has to be an afterlife, since matter
Can neither be created nor destroyed.
So, fear not, you’ll continue. According to physics
Your future presence is definitely required.

Look, here’s an atom once breathed by Socrates;
There’s another breathed by Van Gogh.
Inhale deeply, you can morph into a Neanderthal.
Every second new afterlives are kicking off.

The physicist, Ilya Prigognine, believed that atoms
Make conscious decisions in a conscious existence,
Enabling the atomic thoughts in your head that are you
To enjoy an immortal persistence.

His theory means that the ‘now’ can go on forever,
And that its swirling thought forms may linger –
So essential distillations of our substance can be saved
From their falling victim to fate’s fickle finger.

Does all this conceal a road-bump for atheists?
Could it hide an inconvenient truth?
Do invisible parts of our being possess
Encrypted secrets of eternal youth?

When Vincent van Gogh was studying the Milky Way
With candles perched on his hat
He meditated on each billion-year-old shining dot
Spinning through the starry night.

He believed that the heavens were our future destination
And he declared, “we take death to reach a star.”
Now that there’s stardust in every single cell of our body
More mystery is added to knowing who we are.

But in bereavement it’s a very great comfort
To those who are feeling dispossessed
To consider that those they’ve known who’ve died
Have simply changed their cosmic address.

Heathcote Williams (1941-2017): There has to be an Afterlife (2017)
 

A choir performed The Battle Hymn of the Republic at the Trump rally.: photo by Pool/Getty Images, 1 July 2017