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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

ever feel like you're being watched? monitored? instrumented?

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

an old concentrating solar plant, with a complex history. I might write an article on it some time.

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

love these ilustrations on this old informational sign. screenprinted?

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

A loop extender or pair gain system or something of that nature.

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

this is metering station for natural gas going to a power plant. I love the fiberglass hut with air conditioner, perhaps dating to some era when this station was attended all day.

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

the most substantial "artifact" I found from the former site of NAS Hawes. It used to be a big one!

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

UNM's Mechanical Engineering building was designed by Pacheco and Graham and 1978. Jesse Pachecho studied architecture at Cornell before moving to Albuquerque around 1960 - perhaps just chasing the population boom. He found work at the BIA, where he met "Chan" […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

and I'm not even going to opine exactly on whether or not these photos are real, but pro tip: if you photograph three people in the same outfit against the same background, maybe don't compose them right next to each other this way unless they're really […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

what is this supposed to be, the pacific northwest?

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

looks like we're really in for it! not sure if I'll be home at the right time to try to catch The Great Pyramid As It Disgorges Its Bounty (Of Stormwater), but I'll try.

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

always enjoy this spot in Santa Fe. I assume cars were getting stuck in the garage after snow. Usually you'd solve this with glycol or electric heating embedded in the concrete, but I'm assuming they found this solution to be cheaper to install after the fact […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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J. B. Crawford @jbcrawford.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

great to hear that particular sequence of clicks again (I had to take it apart a second time today to get the correct sequence of clicks, because there's a fiddly gear that has to go back indexed the right way or it just spins forever and never deploys the tone […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

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