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Daphne Cothren

@anotherdaphne.bsky.social
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obsessed architect, happy to be here

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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Experimenting if I can influence how the eventual rust streaks from the band of corten above stain the concrete below. This is a thin film of fingerpainted silicone caulk within a crayon outline, ought to act as a resist. Effort Two will be thicker strings of caulk to change rivulet direction.
an integrally colored cast concrete wall with a band of corten steel bolted to its top. One the wall is a mural of quail silhouettes in dark-appearing caulk. No idea how this is going to turn out.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I thought for a moment that was this dog, who is a Doberman-husky mix. Little freckle on the nose too.
a slightly quizzical looking long-nosed brown and fawn colored dog, lounging while propped against a grey wall
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Just right for a seaside garden! This put me in mind of a big sea creature diving back down into frothy waves.
two partially seen spiked agave ribs, pale blue and green, diving down to the right, while in their wake and in the sunlight are two frothy pale yellow flowers
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
agave a feeling...
close up of a deteriorating agave leaf, showing many colors and textures
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
spotted at the DMV
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
the very next item on my timeline
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
2: contortionist, the Swiss Army knife of dogs. Fifty-odd pounds, would easily fit into a backpack. Enjoys new and weird crevices.
Perhaps a dog, assembled from a poor set of instructions. A front leg, bent in Z, is seen just in front of a rear flank, with a ear hovering horizontally above.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Can't have it both ways. Your image is indeed glorifying violent rebellion. However, I would count the Solidarity movement as both European and non-violent, so there's that as a model. Yes, we are all outraged but maybe keep the vitriol pointed in the right direction.
rather blurry photo of a presumably a street packed with people.  They are wall to wall, a number of Polish flags visible, and in front a huge white banner with Solidarnosc (sorry the Polish for their solidarity movement)
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
pedestrian overcrossing with two hefty canted arches suspending a splay-sided deck below.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
morning response to the overnight news
protesters with various signs in front of a corner Starbucks. Two in orange safety vests, all in light rain gearProtestors on a concrete median strip, one looking directly at the camera, the others to the right.  One sign reads "Defund Ice", the other "Immigrants built America, abolish ICE 8647."Sun after a rain on a bridge, a man with his back turned centrally frame.  American and rainbow flags snapping in the wind beyond him.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Here, kitty, kitty
A whole lot of green ornaments tempting fate by dangling from monofilament over baskets of presents.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
New art style emerges, needs a name, please help. Outsider Lines Octopus Dreams Contrary Mary Le Morte d'Mondrian Acceptably NotAI Bless Her Heart Art
closer view of the mess, colors used are pink, brown, olive green, peach, rust, and a pale yellow orange. Much of the paint is unevenly applied, thin enough in spots for the underlying camo fabric to show through.An outdoor shelter with a gable roof over an arched open and a flat-roofed side extension. It is painted in a plaid-ish pattern, apparently applied with a stick by a person with a tremor in deep dark woods.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#nokings
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#nokings peace and sunshine and civic behavior and joy and righteous anger.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#nokings this kind man wandered about offering pizza to all demonstrators. All sorts!
a pleasant elderly gentleman on a crowded sidewalk offering pizza slices from an open box
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Retail :This one is on the upper floor of a multi story parking garage at a shopping mall.
Oooh, ah, a night shot! a black car at an EV charging station along a very long row of empty stalls under, you guessed it, PV canopies.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
In a private business lot, presumably for employee parking.
modest array of black panels over a modest parking lot.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Institutional: The solar carport, located on a 4-acre upper parking lot at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, is the largest solar PV facility in Marin County. The energy generated is delivered directly to MCE’s customers, including the Buck Institute, under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement
yet another plain jane installation at a fancy architect designed complex
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Mass transit, producing a combined 1 megawatt. SolarCity operates the project and sells the power to BART under a 20-year contract with the transportation district. The project produces more power than the station consumes, with the additional power going to serve other uses on the BART system.
who's thrilled to see yet more parking lot solar arrays?
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Municipal: expected to save about $2.8 million over 20 years. From a Regional Renewable Energy Procurement program which allowed participating public agencies to pool their purchasing power and significantly reduce the administrative, technical, and installation costs of renewable energy projects.
a very pedestrian (ha) but thoroughly functional example of a canopy cantilivered from posts between pairs of stall rows.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Public school "The projects will allow us to substantially reduce our carbon footprint [...], realize significant savings in general fund operating costs, contribute substantial energy to the “grid” during peak times (afternoon and summer), and model the use of renewable energy to our students.
another thrilling aerial view of solar panels over a parking lot, green hills in the background.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
And here are some examples from various types of owners. RV & Boat Storage used solar modules on existing carports without the need for additional racking or structure reinforcements.
aerial view of large parking lot with canopies, surrounded by dry fields and a water port in the distance.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
charming somewhat squat looking butterfly roofs over sections of a parking lot.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
long span fairly light galvanized steel beams with perpendicular solar arrays, leaving open air between.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
curved glulam cantilevered posts, in unequal butterfly  roof design, with cheery cherry red edges.  French.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A fair thread on them being a thing. Starting with some examples of slight variations in design. Having trouble getting multiple images in one skeet.
wooden beams, underskirted with netting, holding small panels with plenty of air space.  I think this is in Canada.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
For those of you unfamiliar with the lyrics to Fortunate Son, which was PLAYED FOR TRUMP'S PARADE OMG, here you go. And go give the original from Creedence Clearwater Revival a listen; it's great.
Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Hoo, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no furtunate one, no
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, Lord?
But when the taxman come to the door
Lord, the house lookin' like a rummage sale, yeah
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no
Yeah-yeah, some folks inherit star-spangled eyes
Hoo, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask 'em, "How much should we give?"
Hoo, they only answer, "More, more, more, more"
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no military son, son, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, one
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no, no, no
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate son, no,
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Multi fun stuff I found on Wikipedia today:
The Amazon, originally emptying into the Pacific, as South America rifted from Africa, found its exit blocked by the rise of the Andes about 15 million years ago. A great inland sea developed, at times draining north through what is now Venezuela before finding its present eastward outlet into the South Atlantic. Gradually this inland sea became a vast freshwater lake and wetlands where sediment flattened its profiles and the marine inhabitants adapted to life in freshwater. Over 20 species of stingray, most closely related to those found in the Pacific Ocean, can be found today in the freshwaters of the Amazon, which is also home to a freshwater dolphin. In 2005, fossilized remains of a giant crocodilian, estimated to have been 46 ft (14 m) in length, were discovered in the northern rainforest of Amazonian Peru.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
People of quality value equality. Stand up for truth and justice. From this past Saturday.
Two men drumming, near parked carsElderly man with a cane, seated on a bollard and holding a sign that says No kingsDiverse age group of sign holding protesters walking in the sunshine. One sign reads fuck musk.View across a sunny street to the opposite side walk crammed with anti trump, anti musk protesters.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Elon thinks it's not possible that people don't like him. This seems like a sincere note to the contrary.
A sign held up against a background of other sign-waving protesters, with the waver's brown hair in the foreground.  The sign has soft colors  of pink and yellow and orange that look finger smudged around letters and carefully colored inside the lines (of dark and light blue and purple).  It reads, rather chillingly, Gut Musk.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
So right, this guy.
photo of a torso of a grey bearded man on a sunny day in an urban area.  He's wearing short sleeve grey T shirt with orange lettering that says Orange Lies Matter.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
image of a bottle of Elmer's Glue-all on a white ground, with a banner of text across it asking, Tesla's extended warranty?  In smaller text below a caption advises: Sell your stock while you can.  Don't buy, lease, rent or ride in Musk's cars; they are dangerous and fund his fascism.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
sketch-Ified image of a sketchy Musk trying to wield his fancy gifted chain saw, with a speech bubble that reads "I'll bet this FINALLY makes me look cool, right guys?"  and a bit of caption that reminds everyone Tesla funds fascism.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
background of horizontal red and white stripes.  graphic of a crowd of (faceless) people of many skin colors, hairstyles, clothing styles, you know, something like the American people, all facing forward.  Above text reads King-free since 1776; below reads Boycott the would-be oligarchs
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
red background, with a cartoon figure of a displeased granny with her arms folded.  Text reads "Elon Reeve Musk! You put everything right back where you found it!"
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
more of the banner; Bits read "has no" in blue with a red heart.  In black, Nepo baby & product of apartheid.continuation of banner: in blue it reads Unite heart-shape Resist. In red marker "elon is a nasty evil loser?" and then a green arrow from that to "and a terrible father"
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
more banner notes: In an elegant green hand: He wants to punish our government:  And an nicely characterful blue note: Trump & Musk are traitors to America.  Someone echoed in green Musk and Trump are traitors.  In blue, there's Trump Musk & Vane are traitors to America.  Someone drew a box around the note Vote in 2026.  Another red note urges Deport Musk!!more banner. In red someone wrote He's a dictator.  More red in different handwriting is Trump & Musk are killing Americans (last two words underlined).  In blue, a message to Fight Oligarchy!
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A white paper banner has packing tape on the leading edge.  Along the top are an image of a black Hitlerian hairstyle and a tiny cybertruck where the mustache would be if it all were a face.  Written next to that are I Don't Like Musk, because....and because...and because.  All that repeats several times down the length of the banner.  Below, in varying colors of marker are written: "Of his depraved indifference to the rights of others" and "he's a brainless Nazi" and "he's a dictator" and "he is a rapist bully (and that's being nice" and 4th week committed!continuation of banner (and many more to follow): in green, text reads Allof the above, and signed Kathy Cowell (not very clear writing).  In blue words stacked one above another: Disgusting Old Grifter Elon.  A few messages in red, from different people, read It's OUR Social Security$, Fascism is not dead!  Tired of seeing a repeat of Europe 1938.  In blue: what happed to the Oath to protect the constitution.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
In 1704, Newton published his color wheel theory. Look what he put in opposition to orange, Mr. Schumer. @schumer.senate.gov
two pages from a 1708 book, likely by Claude Boulet, with color wheels of different numbers of divisions, showing orange opposite blue in both cases.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
text reads Hey Elon, Do you really think you can buy love? Nobody here likes you.  That's why there's spit in your lemonade, scumdork.  Background graphic is the appropriate still from The Color Purple movie.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
text reads Hey Elon, do you really think you can buy love? Nobody here likes you.  That's why there's spit in your lemonade, scumdork.  With appropriate film still photo.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#teslatakedown it's the green way to go
Reduce, with a ban mark over Musk and his crappy truck, Reuse with a cyber-rustbucket helpfully being a planter, and Recycle showing that crushed cars can become steel for housing (and other good things).
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
text reads Keep America beautiful, while a stars & stripes boot kicks a swastikar over a cliff, presumably to a reputable parts stripping facility below.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Keep America beautiful.
a cartoon cowboy boot with star and stripes pattern kicks a cybertruck off a cliff.  The truck is flying a swastika flag.  Text reads The Reich vehicle for Reich thinking people.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
nobody loves Elon......spit in his lemonade
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I'm stealing a sign I saw today:
this sign isn't big enough for all my outrage
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Here's a sop.
a crowd.  One sign held up says More empathy, less tyranny, stop fascism in Americaa crowd of people under overcast skies, someone with a megaphone in the distnace. One woman smiles at the person holding a sign that says What the $#@&* is happening!a dense crowd of people, facing in one direction. Some of the signs held say Of course it's a coup, or This is NOT okay.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Making these dumb signs makes me feel a tiny bit better, just while making them. Kind of like eating cookies.
text says Hey Elon do you really think you can buy love? Nobody here likes your scumdork self.  The image is a still from THe Color Purple movie of the beaten-down woman spitting into a glass of lemonade before serving it.
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Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
photo of a grown man who fancies himself in Roman style leather armor. Text reads "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy," says the guy who wasn't left exposed on a hillside as a damaged child.
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