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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I shot street photography - Pune years ago. Pune a historic city w/ lovely people yet during the Ganesha festival the situation can turn ugly as the frenzy intensifies. After this photo a few men realized the situation & surrounded me for protection. These men were hostile. @ektashahmd.bsky.social

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

He snores a lot? He looks as expected. Those aren't the Guns of Navarone rather the Guns of provolone. Since he is locked and loaded let's toss him over the border wall into Ciudad Juarez.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Disaster in Thailand. News focuses on Bangkok yet much of the country is under severe flooding and landslides. Help if you can. Some reputable charities: Red Cross Society TH, Royal Chaipattana Foundation,The Freedom Story, Save the Children TH, GlobalGiving, UNICEF TH, IRC youtu.be/EatPHQDmZcM?...

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Chaos in Nan, Thailand today! Massive floods swept away Homes, Cars in Pua District!

YouTube video by Nature's Fury

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

There is a disaster unfolding in much of SE Asia. Much of the news is focusing on Bangkok which has been declared a state of disaster. The rest of Thailand is experiencing massive floods & landslides. Meanwhile developed nations continue to ignore climate change.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Thailand should consider this given the civil engineering failures over the past few years, the annual flooding and pollution, and that the PM is a licensed civil engineer.

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Rabbi Dovid Feldman spoke on Mayor Mamdani‘s behalf yesterday

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Voting from abroad, especially if you are from California, is incredibly easy. Make sure you are registered in your county & the board of registrars will take care of you with timely updates. I voted last night and it took me 20 min as I needed to research a few ballot measures. #democratsabroad

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Sammi Law @sammilaw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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China Is About to Leave America Behind | George Yeo

YouTube video by Rise of Asia

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sound familiar? K. Hahn was a great educator who founded a number of schools including the Outward Bound School. In 1920 Hahn and Prince Max founded Schule Schloss Salem, a private boarding school in Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany,

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am in Bangkok for 3 days. Two fit guys from the Carolinas were lost & asked for help. They were looking for the bus back to the USS Lincoln. I walked them there. They didn't talk much. I asked them are things as bad as I read. They responded, "much worse". Stoic guys instructed not to talk.

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Float_All_Boats @floatallboats.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Definitely worth hearing - blunt feedback from those who know:

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

🤭🤭🤭🤣👏😎💥

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Compassion should never be selective. During a 2003 lecture at the University of Waterloo, Jewish-American scholar Dr. Norman G. Finkelstein offered a powerful reminder about compassion and the conflict. “If you truly had compassion in your heart, your tears would also be for the Palestinians.”

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. 1/2

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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 03/08/2026

If you’ve been wondering where Mitch McConnell disappeared to… Well Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man & the Lion head were sent to the Emerald City to investigate 😂 The Wizard of Was is political satire at its finest!! #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance #DefendersOfDemocracy

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Our soon to be AI overlords & their tech industry masters are driving up RAM + DRAM costs as tech companies compete for AI chips. The demand for chips are driving up costs due to scarcity & to secure profits. More "benefits" to come. www.tomsguide.com/computing/ra...

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RAM prices keep going up — what is RAMageddon, and why is it getting worse?

Pretty much everything tech-wise is affected

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Julian Assange warned us: Digital archives let them erase history with one click. One day: "Page not found." The next: "it never happened." They control what you remember. Save physical books. Archive offline. Don't trust the cloud. This is how 1984 wins.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The Parthasarathy Temple, Chennai, is one of the city's most spiritually and historically significant landmarks. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, it is believed to have been built in the 8th century by the Pallava King Narasimhavarman I. #street_photography #chennai #hindu #streetphotograpby_india

The main deity, Lord Krishna, bears scars on his face, symbolically representing the arrows of Bhishma from the Mahabharata war. He is seen with his entire family, including his consort Rukmini, brother Balarama, and son Pradyumna.

The temple complex is unique because it houses shrines for five different forms of Vishnu: Narasimha, Rama, Gajendra Varadaraja, Ranganatha, and Krishna.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

River Life - Central Vietnam This area produces some outstanding boutique fish sauce. No factories, no additives except a lot of small fish. Subtle and not overly salty. #street_scene #street_photography #analog_photography #provia #vietnam_life

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Wuhua Tower (Tower of Five Glories) located within Dali Ancient City. Built during the Tang dynasty era (856 AD) & was an important structure of the Nanzhao Kingdom’s capital. This photo was taken the day after COVID-19 was announced, hence no people. #streetphotography #street_photography_china

Wuhua Tower lifts towards the sky. Facing the structure, Dali Ancient City is through the gate and on the right side. On the left are the Cangshan Mountains.
The Cangshan Mountains are a dramatic range west of Dali Ancient City in Yunnan, featuring 19 peaks and 18 streams, with the highest peak, Malong, reaching 4,122 meters. They are famous for their snow scenes, alpine meadows, temples, and hiking trails, making them one of Dali’s most iconic natural features.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I asked Claude what HL Mencken would have written about Trump. The output: Mencken would recognize in Trump the archetype he spent his career anatomizing: the confidence man as folk hero. 1/3

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Pure Jungle - Dangrek Mountains or Phanom Dangrek from Surin, TH towards Cambodia. Caution is advised as the vast area contains mines. This area experienced intense fighting over border disputes, corruption, & transnational crime orgs. #photograpby #cambodia #thailand #borderlands See ALT for more

The Dangrek Mountains are unique in that they are not a traditional mountain range with peaks on both sides. Instead, they form a massive cuesta, characterized by:
The Gentle Slope - On the northern (Thai) side, the land rises gradually from the Khorat Plateau.
The Escarpment - On the southern (Cambodian) side, the range ends abruptly in a steep sandstone cliff that drops significantly into the Cambodian plain.
The escarpment has historically served as both a barrier and a bridge between the two regions:
Ancient Sites - Some of the most famous Khmer temples are situated along or atop this range, most notably Prasat Preah Vihear, which sits on a cliff edge overlooking Cambodia.
Natural Border- The watershed line of the escarpment defines much of the international boundary between Thailand and Cambodia.
Ecology - The range is home to several protected areas, including the Phanom Dong Rak Wildlife Sanctuary, which preserves the dry evergreen forests native to the escarpment.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Mount Huangshan's misty peaks, twisted pines, and shifting clouds inspired entire schools of landscape art, particularly during the Ming and Qing dynasties. #photography #china #landscape_photography #china_photography #analog-photography See ALT for more

The Huangshan School of
Painting originated in the Ming–Qing period, artists like Mei Qing, Shi Tao, and Jian Jiang lived in Huangshan to absorb its scenery. Their works emphasized compact brush touches, graceful outlines, and elegant styles, forming a distinct landscape tradition. The mountain’s mist and cloud seas encouraged painters to develop ink-wash methods that capture ambiguity and depth, hallmarks of Chinese watercolor aesthetics. Huangshan became a metaphor for endurance and transcendence, themes reflected in the philosophical undercurrents of literati painting.
Many Huangshan landscapes include poetic inscriptions in calligraphy, merging visual and literary art. This practice reinforced the unity of word and image in Chinese aesthetics.
Just as calligraphy embodies rhythm and spirit, Huangshan’s landscapes were seen as embodying Daoist and Confucian ideals of harmony with nature.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Look closely to understand the scale. You will see my friend Ali. The canyons are carved into the red sandstone of the Flaming Mountains. The environment is one of the most extreme on Earth: Turpan is known as the "Oven of China," with summer temperatures frequently exceeding 50°C. 👁️ Alt Text

Tuyuq Valley near Tuyuq Village which is known as the "Oven of China," with summer temperatures frequently exceeding 50°C (122°F). Despite the aridity, the villagers use an ancient Karez irrigation system,a network of underground canals, to grow some of the world’s sweetest grapes right in the middle of the desert. Just outside these types of canyon villages, you’ll find the Bezeklik caves. These are grottoes carved directly into the cliffside of the Mutou Valley.
They contain intricate murals dating from the 5th to the 14th centuries.
They represent the intersection of Persian, Indian, and Chinese artistic styles that occurred because of the Silk Road trade.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The Cowboy Hat Lady of Chiang Mai gained recognition for her delicious khao kha moo (stewed pork leg) served over rice, which she prepares with a unique sauce and pickled vegetables. She became recognized when Anthony Bourdain and chef Andy Ricker visited her food stall in 2014. #street_photography

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I am in Thailand for Songkran. I stopped by Makro to pick up a water gun. I came across a Trump Muay Thai punching bag. Given the impact of Trump’s trade and war policies on the economy,particularly on diesel prices, has risen across Southeast Asia, the bag serves as an outlet for local frustration.

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year. Rooted in Buddhist tradition, it’s a cultural solar festival marking the sun’s entry into Aries & the start of the lunisolar calendar across Southeast Asia, blending spiritual merit making with celebration. #streetphotography #street_photography #songkran

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Commando Dancing - Xiang Yang Gong Yuan Balance - Xiang Yang Gong Yuan The woman wearing the hat didn't know I took her photo. Months later I saw her leading a group of dancers. I showed her this photo and she was genuinely surprised & blushed. #streetphotography #street_photography

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Nothing like some fresh coconut on Marina Beach. At roughly 13 km, it’s the longest natural urban beach in India and among the longest in the world. #streetphotography #street_photography #chennai #street_photography_india

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A woman recounting the imminent destruction of her home. Zhabei was historically a crowded & industrial area of Shanghai. During the massive urban renewal projects leading up to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the district underwent a "scorched earth" style of renovation. #streetphotography

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Cigar Aficionado Dalat,VN is known as the "City of Love" or "Le Petit Paris." Nothing like a cigar w/ a balaclava in the market. Located at 1500 meters above the sea it is a respite from the balmy lowlands. The arabica coffee is great. #streetphotography #street_photography #cigar #street_portrait

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

While spending time in Muslim communities in Northern Asia, I found the people to be among the kindest I’ve met worldwide. Per the Qur'an, their hearts are filled with generosity toward travelers and pilgrims alike. #streetphotography #analogphotography #street_portrait #provia

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Ray Oday - I live where my real name would have me disappeared @rayoday.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Portrait of a kind woman. Speaking with this woman in central Vietnam, I learned that she was a widow. Years ago her husband was one of ten fishermen who were lost at sea during an unforeseen squall. #streetphotography #streetportrait #analogphotography #provia #street_photography

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