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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy bears in autumn, drunk on fermenting apples (thx John Fusco). #bears

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trying to figure out what's gone wrong here. Photo: Fiona Gregory

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Somebody should inform Apple we need an apple watch that looks like Tutankhamun's scarab ring. #Apple

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can't imagine how anyone could keep their mind on the liturgy on a bright Sunday morning in a church like this. Wilten Basilica Innsbruck by Andras Fulop. #rococo

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

San Francisco novelty shop, 1947, Fred Lyon. Every large city in America had a few tiny novelty shops downtown where you could buy all kinds of trivial items ranging from metallic cigarette cases to whoopee cushions. #SanFrancisco

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Famous SF noir photo resonates with anyone who ever just once in their life roamed around North Beach after bars closed at 2am. (Fred Lyon, Castle Street between Union and Green, 1950s.)

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Berlin, 1928. Where Mack the Knife might have bought his shoes. #berlin

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

How London looked when I first visited in 1961. You climbed to the top of the dome of St. Paul's, then the highest place to view the city, further up a steel ladder to the top of the lantern, where you stuck your head through a sort of large overturned bucket with small glass windows. #london

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Memory repost Sept. 10, 2020. It is literally Bladerunner 2049 in San Francisco this week -- [Photo: Kevin L. Lee]. So dark that the streetlights are on all day. #wildfire

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some random photos taken by Mitch Manitou at the San Francisco Zine Fest last Sunday. The annual event was held in the old Hibernia Bank at 1 Jones Street and has seldom been so well attended. Masks were mandated by management. #zinefest #sfzinefest

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Much new material about San Francisco hippie artist Jilala aka Jet now appearing in the Digger Archive, link below. #jilala #JET

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Can't wait to hit the road on my summer vacation. (Thx Drexey Smith and Women after 50.) #wheels

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Almost time for my summer vacation.

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This photo comes from a Jilala Art Fund webpage supporting the work of San Francisco artist James E. Tressler aka JET - but known to everyone as Jilala - who died in San Francisco in 2024. A lifelong resident of this city, Jilala was a performer and artist-in-residence with the Cockettes.

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

An exhibition of works brought out of Jilala's Tenderloin apartment after his death in 2024 was shown by courtesy of the Jilala Art Foundation this weekend at Kadist, 3295 20th Street, in San Francisco, where these photos were taken by my friend, Mitche Manitou. #jilala #sanfrancisco

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Lidded Wedding Vase (Lebes Gamikos), 225-125 BCE, Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek), terracotta, pigment, and gold, 57.2 x 53.3 cm, Archive of the Department of Humanities at the University of Catania, Italy. (Thx Jay Troyer - @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social - via Dave Haldiman.) #antiquity

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sometimes it is probably best not to inquire too deeply into one's family history.

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Lady Stairs House, Edinburgh, now a Museum of Literature. #historicarchitecture #scotland

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

By Palestinian-American poet Fada Joudah, from his collection "Alright," Copper Canyon, 2013. #poetry

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Classic cartoon. A CEO put up motivational posters, and in the men's room one that said "think," which an employee thought about and came up with a thwell response.

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Palace at Aigai in northern Greece, where Alexander the Great became king after Philip II of Macedon was assassinated in 336 BC. Photo by Vasilis Ververidis, Le Figaro, 8/24/2024. #antiquity

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Three Persian archers excavated at Darius' palace at Susa, now at Pergamon Museum, Berlin. The robes are made with wooden stamps inked and pressed onto the cloth, a technique employed with traditional Indian paisley fabrics favored by San Francisco hippies in the 1960s. #Persia #Iran

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Green herons are small stocky wading birds which breed along the Pacific coast and in southern Canada. Three juveniles not yet able to fly wait for parents to feed them. Photo Peter Christoph. Thx @joycomes.bsky.social. #birds

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A Northern Pygmy Owl hunting at dusk in the Sapphire Mountains of western Montana. Photo by Zack Clothier Photography. #birds #owls

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

From back in the time when you had to count the number of syllables in each line of a poem. Cerl Spitzweg, The Poor Poet, 1837, WikiMedia. #oilpainting

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, near Pompei. in which a very large library was housed. #antiquity

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Fly on the wings of Mercury! Must have. Pinkgeeksboutique on Etsy. #antiquity

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Reading this morning of the wildfires in Croatia and France, and considering the paralysis resulting from political fears that limiting carbon emissions leads to zero economic growth, reminded me of Periander's idea how to destroy capitalism: #antiquity #capitalism #wildfires

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I could never understand the beauty cult surrounding Betty Grable, Jane Russell, Lana Turner, etc. One look from Lauren Bacall and she just withered you. She could handle any situation, and her voice was somewhere between a purr and a growl. #hollywood #filmstars #movies

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Minoan drinking mugs, 1650-1500 BC, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete. When I was a young animal, people drank coffee with every meal in cups and saucers. I forget at what point in the 1960s everyone reverted to Minoan mugs. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. #bronzeage #antiquity

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The Dark Almanac @darkalmanac.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A 1720 woodcut from the Wellcome Collection shows witches and devils dancing in a circle. The dancing ring was the sabbath - the charge at the heart of European witch trials. Scotland executed its last witch in 1727. England's Witchcraft Act stood until 1736. wellcomecollection.org

Witchcraft: witches and devils dancing in a circle. Woodcut, 1720.

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Obviously the Tolkiens really knew how to throw a party. #tolkien

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

St Edward’s Anglican Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. The door is built between a pair of yew trees. A local legend asserts that after a visit Tolkien was inspired to write the Doors of Durin in Lord of the Rings, which required a secret password to enter. Photo: Beth Moon. #Tolkien #yew

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

How I'd love to cruise the streets of San Francisco in this artcar I photographed in Berkeley many years ago. #wheels

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Asleep in the forest. All Saints Anglican Church Billesley, Warwickshire, built 1692, thx Andy Marshall.

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Set to close for two and a half years while it undergoes a major renovation. Wish they wouldn't touch the exterior, but I bet they want to remove the stairways. The Chinatown Branch is one of seven Carnegie libraries in the city. Thx: Ken Chan. #sanfrancisco

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Statue of Fallen Angel, by Manuel Meyer, in Valencia, Spain.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What is the Genius Loci Digest? I don't believe stories only exist in books. They're written into the places we inhabit. There are whispers within the walls. The world is storied - we simply have to learn how to read it. 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...

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James Mitchell @plainfeather.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

H stood up for academic freedom largely because, as opposed to Columbia, it was in a financial position to do so, and because Garber, unlike his predecessor, sensed the moment. Underplayed amidst the adulation are several significant H budget cuts that ensued.

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