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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Posted a little montage of wildvertising at LAX. . . fakemountain.com

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Spent a few weeks hanging out in Sydney. . . more at fakemountain.com.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I spent a week a few weeks in New Zealand where I learned about a pernicious invasive species: Lord of the Rings Film Locations. More at fakemountain.com

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

posted some fake-nature pics (fakemountain.com) from my a week in Bali where I got to experience DREAM EARTH ALIVE FUTURE. . . or DEAF for short. . . Probably from the sound of all those motorbikes.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

So my wife and I braved the lush plastic jungle and now I’m convinced. . . Rainforest Cafe is a portal to hell. fakemountain.com

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Went to Kansas this weekend and took a lousy photo of a Pony Express Rider (little smudge on the right). . . not sure how he’s gonna get around that fence.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Here's a snotty little kid reading my picture book, Earf. Love when I get pics like this! BTW, Ingram is now letting folks buy direct, so you don't have to go through Amazon (cheaper too): shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params...

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In the Atocha train station in Madrid, we found the platform that leads to Jumanji.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Vertical garden at CaxiaForum in Madrid. What an amazing work of art, like a living tapestry.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

After leaving Berlin we spent a few days in Madrid where I took a lousy photo of Guernica. This is a famous painting by Picasso with a long political history that delves into how the horrors of war are viewed by outsiders. Fascinating to see how people react to this painting today.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Bison at the Berlin Zoo. . . with odd-looking totem poles? And Pacific NW tribal art? Um. . . okay.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Lousy photo of favorite exhibit at the Berlin Zoo, a wonderfully messy fake mountain atop which mountain goats skirted dangerously on the edges of little cliffs. The critters were very active and I watched them for a long time. If you look close at the photo, you can see 4-5 of em.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Bear discovers mini-monolith at the Berlin zoo. . .

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

The inside of the Empire of Cats at the Berlin Zoo had this modern concrete brutalist bunker feel, with spurious explosions of nature.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

The fake sky at Charlottenburg Palace. Back in the day, the skies were much more intense, full of trumpeting cherubs, golden crowns, and epic battles. Our present-day skies need to up their game.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Tour guide at the Brandenburg Gate talks about military states, forced occupation, and damage that can occur from bombing campaigns. Luckily we don’t have to worry about these problems today.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 04/11/2024

Here’s a lousy photo of a small section of the Tempelhof, an old airfield turned into an over-900 acre park. These dudes were playing a massive game of four-square.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I love little hidden urban green spaces, the wilder the better. And #Berlin was full of these.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Another pic from #Berlin. . . Learned what you get after passing through Checkpoint Charlie. A Big Mac.

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Mark S Bailen @marksbailen.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

visited Berlin recently and learned what was behind the Berlin Wall. . . KFC!

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