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Marshall Mayer🌹

@authenticphoto.bsky.social
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I take notes with a camera. Besides my authentic photography (see take-note.com/about), I'm also interested in promoting the work of other "first-person" photographers and protecting all authentic photography from AI. Founding/lifetime DSA member.🌹

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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump supports unfettered AI, including if it blurs the lines between real and fake. Be careful what you wish for. gizmodo.com/that-photo-of-donald-tr…
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That Photo of Donald Trump Kissing Natalie Harp Has One Big Problem
Did Trump actually make out with his "human printer"?
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I've spent my entire career reporting on the War on Terror. Many this week have asked me for my extended thoughts on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Here they are.
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Today We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations Ignore
Righteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Apple's Reference Image made its public debut yesterday, and Fast Company writes perceptively about its promise and problems. It's a good start, with a ways to go to solve the problem it purports to address. www.fastcompany.com/91604555/apple-…
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
On John Ternus' first day as Apple's CEO, replacing Tim Cook (to whom I had written, see below), I wrote to him to update how Apple could more effectively protect the authenticity of photographs taken on an iPhone.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Amazing that this happened on the new CEO’s first day. Ternus should get to the bottom of this and correct the capitulation.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My point being, truly democratic unions (those that meaningfully involve there members in the endorsement process) are in the best position to engage them in what an endorsement can bring: worker power to elect someone who actually represents their interests. 🌹
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This statement makes our present so clear. Antifa is not real, but the fascists (the Trump regime) sure is. It’s going to get real real this year so get ready to defend yourself and your community.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social has written about the potential of democratic socialist politics in America spreading across the country from the big cities. The 2026 primary season is the testing ground for 2028. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/embrace-lef…
hamiltonnolan.com
Embrace Left Wing Machine Politics
Time to get excited about the DSA electoral era.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Camped this weekend at a BLM site. This sign was posted, including the request to identify “Any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans…”. Here is my submission. Use the QR code to submit your own report.
Sign posted by the BLM at one of their campsites. It includes a request to report “Any signs or other information that are negative about either past or living Americans…”
My response to their request: "Someone painted 'Trump is a loser' in American Flag blue using a roller on the boat launch ramp, making the message visible from space."
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is pretty alarming. But you can no longer say you didm’t know. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/ai-de…
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It's working, almost. Trump is relentless (as well as corrupt and demented). Contracts are being let build the wall near and/or in Big Bend. See bigbendsentinel.com/2026/03/25/bord…
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Border landowners to Gov. Abbott: ‘We deserve to be heard’
Border landowners are rallying behind a demand for Gov. Greg Abbott to convene meetings between them and federal officials for more dialogue and details on the proposed border wall and other security infrastructure. “Abbott needs to step up and deliver these meetings,” said Charlie Angell, who runs a river guide and park expedition company out […]
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116602… Do you trust Google to do the right thing? I wouldn't bet on it.
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Ars Technica (@arstechnica@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Google's SynthID AI watermarking tech is being adopted by OpenAI, Nvidia, and more AI content is getting good, but SynthID might be able to help tell truth from fiction. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/05/googles-synthid-ai-watermarking-tech-is-being-adopted-by-openai-nvidia-and-more/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This framing breaks the neoliberalism/neofascism duopoly: prospect.org/2026/05/12/mamdani-ann… As Faiz Shakir noted on All In with Chris Hayes tonight, it's working class populism.
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Mamdani Announces Balanced Budget Without Cuts - The American Prospect
Buoyed by billions in assistance from the state, real talk about what it takes to run New York City, and some taxes on the rich, the mayor closed a historic leftover budget deficit.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I don’t post here unless i see something foundational to how to get out from under fascism. Popular front politics rules in these times. Use this.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I usually don’t directly post here but this is good. Get ready.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“Dia de la Madre honors the nurturing of all humanity.” This mother and her son look over the valley in rural Oregon where they make their home. Contrary to our recent history, it’s unclear if they have a future anywhere in America. #mothersday #immigration #authenticphoto #farmworkers
A mother and her son look out over a rural valley.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I took this note in 2009, before Trump's 1st term. I drove by again yesterday. I did not take another note, because the scene was unchanged! There is still no wall, all along the Rio Grande for hundreds of miles.
This is a photo of the US-Mexican border along the Rio Grande River in Big Bent State Park in Texas. The river is seen in the canyon lower left. Note that there is no border wall in sight (photo from 2009): there is still no wall there (2016).
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I’ve posted here before about my involvement to pass the Roadless Rule. Turns out that in a very deep red state, Montanans love it! montanafreepress.bluelena.io/index.…
montanafreepress.bluelena.io
Are politicians paying attention?
PLUS: 'Deepfakes' find way...
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“Security Has a Beef With Photography” The Latina in the safety vest had a beef with me. The company had surveilled me on camera. “What are you doing here,” she asked, right in front of the Visitor Center. I replied that I was taking a pictures. She said, “No photos allowed. Delete them.”
Photograph of a security guard in front of a beef packing plant's visitor center.  There are no visitors. She asked me to "delete the photos." I did not.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I've been meandering this spring through the upper plains states, and one thing struck me today in North and South Dakota: there are no more Trump signs.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"Our Politics Have Reached Their Limit"
Authentic photo of a gas station in Montana. There are no cars at the pump. The prices are posted, but the space for the middle numbers are blank. An election sign for a local Republican sheriff is prominent in the foreground.
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Wholly-Babble™🍁🏳️‍🌈🌻 @whollybabble.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Have a good Labor Day - all who keep faith in the workers of America! #laborDay #celebration #laborunion #bluesky
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Occurs to me that Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force that the regime is already consolidated and there's no point in resisting. Which I don't think will work, but also shows how important public acts of noncompliance are.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This. These displays are necessary because they’re actually weak.
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Marshall Mayer🌹 @authenticphoto.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Until this platform is liberated (it has an escape hatch), I post only at Mastodon (mastodon.social/@AuthenticPhoto).
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Marshall Mayer (@AuthenticPhoto@mastodon.social)
65 Posts, 149 Following, 33 Followers · I take notes with a camera. Besides my authentic photography (see https://take-note.com/about), I'm also interested in promoting the work of other "first-person...
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