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US expat. 🇳🇴, planetary wanderer Author/musician/photographer MSc. Ecology Animal aficionado Honestas super omnia Far Left crazy old 🐈‍⬛ person Fond of mosses🌿 All content is mine except where noted AI-free zone! Author site: www.nordicnoirpress.com

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Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Atterkogel peak in the Ausseerland region of Styria, Austria. After hiking up to the Panoramabahn gondola station, which took us close to the top, we then hiked a bit higher up to the Augstsee lake. #MountainMonday #Alps #BlueSkies #Lakes #Clouds #Hiking #Nature #Scape #Photography #ESK

A photograph of the Atterkogel mountain peak (1829 m.), sitting above the shimmering Augstsee lake, framed against a bright blue cloud-studded sky.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The troll tree, Stadsbygd Prestegard Trøndelag, Norway Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. ~ Kahlil Gabran #ColorADay #GreenSat #Green #Trees #Treelovers #Woodland #RainyDay #Atmospheric #Nature #Landscape #Photography #NaturePhotography #ECK #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photo in bright forest greens of an ancient moss-covered ash growing on the grounds of the Stadsbygd Prestegard (Stadsbygd Vicarage). If you look closely, you can imagine the faces of the trolls coming out of the trunk and branches. Stadsbygd comes from Old Norse, Staðr, meaning place or abode, and Byggð, meaning settlement, or country community. I was lucky enough to recently stay at the Vicarage and was shown this beautiful, ancient ask tree and snapped this photo on a perfect atmospheric rainy. Stadsbygd is a scenic, fertile agricultural village and parish located in the municipality of Indre Fosen in Trøndelag, Norway.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Curiosity in Trees by Hope Doe

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

From Hemsedal, Norway Only to be left to stand on memory alone... ~ Unknown #Stunday #RuralExploring #AbandonedPlaces #Rurex #LostPlaces #OldBuildings #AbandonedHome #ForgottonPlaces #DecayingBeauty #Mosses #Trees #NatureTakesOver #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ECK #EastCoastKin

A photograph of an abandoned, decaying house sitting in a field of grasses and wildflowers, with spruce trees growing out of its moss-covered roof. In the background is a forest-covered mountain frame by an empty, mostly grey sky.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Cat On Roof #Stunday #Cats #WhiteCats #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CatWorldDomination #Caterday #Photography #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #HighContrast #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #Sunday #Norway

A high-contrast, black & white photograph of Melis, one of my cats, sitting on the roof staring back at me sitting at my home office window.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bjørvika, Oslo While sitting in an outside café, I suddenly felt something bump up against my hand. Looking down, it was a sparrow snacking on my snack. - Photo courtesy of my wife. #FlyDay #Birds #Urbangaze #CityScape #StreetPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway

A photo taken by my wife while we were sitting in an outdoor café in the Bjørvika district of Oslo. As we sat eating a snack and chatting, I suddenly felt something lightly bump against my hand. Looking down, I saw to my surprise a cheeky little sparrow hovering in front of my knee, nipping bites out of my bread. It would grab a mouthful or two, fly away to a nearby tree, and then return for more.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Rjukandefossen, Hemsedal, Norway #WaterfallWednesday #River #Forest #Riverscape #Forestscape #Spruce #Photography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Norway

A photograph of Rjukandefossen (Rjukande Waterfall) on the Mørkedøla River, just north of the skiing village of Hemsedal.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Good morning and welcome to another lovely Caturday. #Caturday #Cats #CatsofBluesky #BlueskyCats #CatWorldDomination #CaturdayEveryday #Orangecats #CatPhotography #Findus #Photography #Macro #Norway

A close-up photograph of my orange tabby Findus, one of my rascally cats, as he lies snoozing at the foot of my bed, as he has made a habit of doing every morning.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Huntress #EveryDayIsCaterday #Cats #Whitecats #CatSky #CatsOfBlueSky #BlueskyCats #CatWorldDomination #Evening #Landscape #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Dark #Atmospheric #HighContrast #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Art

A photograph of my cat, Melis [in Norwegian, ‘Melis’ = ‘powdered sugar’], taken one evening as she patiently hunts in our back yard…

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Mountain birch grove Hemsedal, Norway #Stunday #Path #Forest #ForestScape #Trees #Birch #Ferns #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photograph of a mountain path meandering along a mountainside in Hemsedal, Norway. The path snakes its way through a grove of stunted birch trees, which are surrounded by a sea of small, delicate ferns (Phegopteris connectilis, commonly known as narrow beech fern).

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Helgetjern (Helge Pond) at the foot of Skogshorn Mountain, Hemsedal, Norway #ClassicMono #ArtYear #Scapes #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Trees #AquaticPlants #Wetlands #Ponds #Mountains #Black&White #Photography #Reflections #Clouds

A black and white photo of a group of trees, bushes, and aquatic plants, growing on the shore of a small lake in a wetland area at the foot of Skogshorn Mountain, at Hemsedal, Norway.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Forsaken #ArtYear #ClassicMono #Photography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #HighContrast #AlteredPhotography #Atmospheric #Art #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway

A black & white, high-contrast photograph of a table abandoned in a forest, surrounded by forest foliage, with several plants growing through the gaps between the tabletop boards.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Shadow, Light, and Reflection #Stunday #ArtYear #Photography #Art #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Light #Reflection #Shadow #HighContrast #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Sunday #Norway

A black & white, high-contrast photograph of my bathroom sink, reflecting and breaking up light coming through an adjacent window, with a shadow cast by a windowsill potted plant.
There is something about our house, with its juxtaposition of windows with the surrounding trees and the arc of the sun, aided by wind and shifting clouds, that offers up ever-changing tableaus of shadow, light, and reflection.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Hvervenbukta, Oslo #TidesOutTuesday #RockinTuesday #Seascape #Scape #Sea #Shore #Waves #Beach #Rocks #Sunset #Reflections #Photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway

A photograph of a sunset over a rocky beach at Hvervenbukta, Oslo. The setting sun casts warm reflections on the gentle waves while the stone-filled beach settles into shadow as the evening advances.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Hammeren Kraftverk (‘power station’) Hammeren Kraftverk, a hydroelectric power station, is the only power station in Oslo. Established in 1900, it’s among the oldest power stations still running in #Norway. #MinimalMonday #Minimalism #Photography #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photograph of the Hammeren Kraftverk building, a simply designed red brick structure featuring a unique, black wrought-iron gate. The architectonic style is considered to be protofunctionalist.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Hvervenbukta, Oslo Fjord Scandinavian summer light— circa 10:30 pm (22:30), the day before Midsummer's eve. #Stunday #Sunset #Photography #GoldenHour #SeascapePhotography #Seascape #CloudScape #Ocean #Fjord #Sky #Reflections #Clouds #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Sunday #Oslo #Norway

A warm-toned, cloud-filled sunset over Hvervenbukta, Oslo Fjord, with the last rays of sunset reflecting across the waves and a lone sailboat in the background

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When we begin to view animals not as resources, attractions, or mere background scenery, but as fellow inhabitants of this planet, something changes. Respect grows. Responsibility grows. And so does hope.

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Playful Dolphins Swimming in the Ocean

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Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Oslo Fjord Sunset seen from Malmøya, 10 pm. #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #Urban #OsloFjorden #Sunset #GoldenHour #Reflections #Waves #SkyScape #SeaScape #SeaScapePhotography #SunsetPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Thursday #Oslo #Norway

A photograph of a two people relaxing on a dock looking out over Oslo Fjord. The late evening sun is setting over Oslo, sending reflections across the waves, and bathing everything in golden light. Harbor cranes dot the skyline, resembling mechanical animals.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Lysergic Nouveau Post Process weekly challenge—Found Abstraction Original photo by @rjrock.bsky.social #PostProcess #FoundAbstraction #ECK

#PostProcess challenge by @rjrock.bsky.social, finding the abstract in the ordinary. The subject is still there — but it becomes secondary to something else. Software: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate. Special editing effect functions Bathroom Window and Liquify.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

During the two summers I did fieldwork for my degree, I lived in a deeply secluded Norwegian forest. No electricity, no running water, total isolation. It was here, in the green quietude, that I first truly experienced the subtle living spirit of the forest. #ForestFriday #Trees #Spirit #Awareness

A photograph of the cabin I lived in, located in the Solholm Fjell nature reserve in Southern Norway. No electricity, water was fetched from a nearby stream, food was prepared on a portable camping stove. Everything had to be be backpacked in on a forest trail. I would drive down from Oslo on Sunday evening, staying at the cabin while doing my field work, rain or shine, and then drive back to Oslo on the following Friday evening. I did this from May to September for approximately two years. By the end of the week, I rarely had any desire to leave the forest and return to the city.

A photograph of myself wearing my trusty hoody and a scarf on my head, trying to identify some tiny species of moss using a powerful scientific magnifying glass. What couldn’t be identified in the field was bagged and taken back to the lab for microscopic identification. My research was centered mostly on forest moss ecology and distribution.

A photograph from the Solholm Fjell nature reserve not far from the field site where I did my studies, featuring a small pond and a river leading down from a large outcrop of mostly bare rock. The Solholm Fjell nature reserve was chosen for my thesis due to the fact that there had only been negligible human activity there in the last hundred years, i.e. no habitation, farming, or logging, making it as close to virgin forest as one can find in Norway.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Afternoon Light #ForestFriday #Scape #Trees #Spruce #Mosses #Bryophytes #Blueberries #Light #Shadow #Warmth #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Oslo #Norway

A photograph of a verdant moss-carpeted spruce forest, with late afternoon sun light filtering through the tree boughs.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The High Ridge Path Hvervenbukta, Oslo #ForestFriday #Scape #Trees #Treescape #Forest #Mist #Photography #Processed #Painterly #Dark #Moody #Eerie #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Norway

A heavily processed photograph of a broad, pine-needle covered path running through a dark, eerily lit forest, leading to a misty portal of light.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Apropos nothing except my all-encompassing fascination and love of cats. Btw, I'm quite fond of Twain's writing, too. "When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction." ~ Mark Twain #Cats #CatWorldDomination #MarkTwain #Photography #ClassicMono #Monochrome

A monochrome photograph of American author and humorist Mark Twain with one of his beloved cats sitting on his shoulder.

A brief comical text about one of Twain’s cats that went missing (happy ending) and how at one time he owned 19 cats, all with fantastical names.

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ART @art.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

by Aman Daharwal #art

by Aman Daharwal

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Fiddlehead ferns, old and new (Matteuccia struthiopteris) #ColorADay #GreenSat #Green #Nature #Plants #Ferns #Pteridophytes #ForestPlants #Plantsky #Photography #Landscape #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Saturday #Norway

A forest photograph of several yellow-green young fiddlehead ferns unfurling beneath three brown, withered fiddlehead fronds from last year. They are surrounded by bright green plants while a placid river flows past in the background.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 02/05/2026

I'm not crying, you're crying - wife asked me if I had a cable. Yes, yes I did!

Cartoon

The Best Day of My Fathers's life

"Did you say you needed a six-pin-to-eight-pin FireWired for a 2006 MacBook?

Man holding up a cable out of a box of tangled cables.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Forest Floor #ForestFriday #Scape #ForestScape #Trees #Treescape #Forest #Ferns #Moss #Bryophytes #Photography #HDR #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Norway

A HDR (High Dynamic Range) photograph of a forest floor, featuring an intertwining mosaic of decaying logs and branches, interspersed with mosses, ferns, and a variety of small forest plants.

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USA @usamailbox.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

#StreetArt by Tom Bob in #NewBedford, #Massachusetts, turning red industrial pipes and valves into a playful #Popeye cartoon scene.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Somewhere in Manhattan (2016) #ColorADay #BlueTue #CyanTue #Photography #Buildings #Architecture #Urban #UrbanGaze #UrbanScape #CityScape #CityscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #NYC #USA

An urban photograph of a large brick building in New York City, composed of red bricks, dark blue bricks, different shaped windows, and a complicated array of black fire escapes. There are a series of fashion posters featuring a young woman at the bottom of the picture as well as several forest-green panels to the left.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Painted Shore #PostProcess challenge #Painterly Inspired by Impressionist painters such as Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Cézanne. Added grain, softness, adjusted contrast, color, temperature, and saturation. Software special effect 'Oil Paint' was used. #ManipulatedPhotography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin

The original photograph in the #PostProcess challenge of an evening scene featuring a sunset and colorful flowers growing along a deserted beach.

#PostProcess challenge by @rjrock.bsky.social, transforming a photograph of an evening scene featuring a sunset and colorful flowers growing along a deserted beach into a more painterly image. Software: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

It's rare that I actually lol, but these two thematically related photos did indeed get me to laugh out loud. Seeing them next to one another makes them even funnier. :D

Two photographs, side by side, the first a photograph (on the left) of a penguin standing next to a bagpipe player in a snowy arctic landscape, where whoever wrote the caption felt a need to note for identification purposes that that the figure to the right in the photo was the bagpipe player. The second photograph (on the right) is of US President Donald J. Trump standing next to a bespeckled costumed Easter Bunny on the White House Truman Balcony where whoever wrote the caption felt a need to note for identification purposes that the figure standing to the left in the photo is the President of the United States.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"All warfare is based on deception." ~ Sun Tzu #FishyFriday #Humor #Lol #Comical #Inks #Watercolor #Painting #Illustration #Drawing #Art #Camouflage #Ships #Submarines #OriginalArt #HandPainted #HandDrawn #ColorfulArt #ArtSky #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin

A comical ink drawing/watercolor depicting a submarine camouflaged as a stylized killer whale stalking a battleship.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The Bluebird theater, 'shifted' back to circa 1860 #PostProcess challenge #EraShift Inspired by wet plate photography. Manipulated grain, contrast, color, clarity, saturation, etc. Wet plate effect from Analog Efex Pro 2 w/scratches and stains. #ECK #ArtYear #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin

#PostProcess challenge by @rjrock.bsky.social, transforming a photo of a modern theatre into one existing in the mid-1800s. Software: ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate/Nik Analog Efex Pro 2.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I’m guessing Scarlet elfcup [Sarcoscypha austriaca or S. coccinea], mixed with Red-stemmed feathermoss [Pleurozium schreberi]. #Stunday #FungiFriends #ShroomScrolling #Mushrooms #Fungi #Bryophytes #Mosses #ForestFloor #Nature #Photography #Macro #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Norway #Sunday

A photograph of bright scarlet-red mushrooms, probably Scarlet elfcup, growing on a bed of Red-stemmed feathermoss.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Stony forest path #ForestFriday #ForestScape #Scape #Trees #Forest #Stone #Moss #Lichen #Bryophytes #Nature#Plants #Photography #LandscapePhotography #HDR #NatureLovers #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Norway

A photograph of a spruce and pine needle carpeted forest, populated by small and large spruce trees, with a stone wall and path running through it.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Shadow & Light Göteborg [Gothenburg], Sweden #UrbanGaze #Urban #UrbanScape #Buildings #Architecture #Shadow #Light #Reflections #CitysCape #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Thursday #Sweden

A photograph of a brick building in Gothenburg, Sweden, where an outside winding stairway casts long shadows across the wall in the late afternoon light.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Mossicles Icy Glittering woodmoss (Hylocomium splendens) and perhaps Wavy broom moss (Dicranum polysetum) or Broom fork moss (Dicranum scoparium)??? #MacroMonday #Bryophytes #Mosses #Lichen #Forest #Plants #PlantSky #Nature #Icicles #Naturephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Norway

A photograph of several species of mosses and lichens, with some of the Glittering woodmoss individuals frozen into icicles, making them Mossicles!

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Liverwort (Hepatica nobilis) #Stunday #Stunning #Flowers #Wildflowers #ForestFlowers #SpringFlowers #Plants #Nature #Forest #BloomScrolling #PlantSky #Spring #Photography #NaturePhotography #ForestPhotography #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Oslo #Norway

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Østmarka, Oslo I’ve seldom declined an invitation from a forest path… #ForestFriday #Scape #Spruce #Pine #Trees #Treescape #Forest #Moss #Bryophyte #Path #Rock #Fog #Photography #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #Norway

A photograph of a path leading through a Norwegian spruce/pine forest, featuring exposed rock and blueberry and mossy undergrowth.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Father and Son "The child is father of the man" ~ William Wordsworth #HumansOfBlueSky #People #Photography #B&W #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Pensive #Seascape #Ocean #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Tenerife #Thursday

A black & white photograph of my son and I sitting quietly together on a stony beach in Tenerife many years ago, me gazing out toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Abandoned Tea Kettle Svartskog, Akershus Norway #ColorADay #GrennSat #Green #Macro #Forgotten #Abandoned #Bryophytes #Mosses #Plants #Scape #Nature #NaturePhotography #Norway #EastCoastKin #Norway

A photograph of an old tea kettle abandoned in the forest, with diverse mosses spilling out from the open top.

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Maryanne Chisholm 🌊 💙 @maryannechisholm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A view of the night sky from Mars. (Yes, really)

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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This 1990 speech by Carl Sagan is timely times two: #war #climate

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Suzanne Daley @suzannedaley.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I know this is certainly true for me 🍃 🦎 🌲 #greenwitch #nature #forest #trees #animism #health #peace

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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

13 years ago I got to fly in an open cockpit vintage biplane—a definite high point in my life as I am crazy about WW1 aircraft. A Tiger Moth DH 60, somewhat far removed from 1914/1918, still, probably as close as I’ll ever get to a WW1 aircraft. #FlyDay #CrittersThatFly #Aircraft #Aviation #Oslo

A photograph of myself in the open cockpit of a Tiger Moth DH 60, a vintage biplane from circa 1935, getting ready for takeoff.

A photograph from a section of Indre Oslo fjord (Paddehavet) taken from the open cockpit of a Tiger Moth DH 60, a vintage biplane from circa 1935.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A bird in the hand #BNWmacro #Macro #Photography #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Stunday #Poignant #Winsome #Hands #Birds #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Sunday

A black & white photograph of a hand holding a small bird which is peeking through the fingers.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Memories drown beneath waves of time dispassionate… #ColorADay #GreenSat #Green #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Evocative #Evanescent #Reflection #Stillness #Fleeting #Kismet #Ephemeral #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Saturday

A photograph in bright shades of green featuring an abandoned, crumbling bench, disappearing into the surrounding foliage.

Talgø @retractus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Exhausted Greenpoint, NYC #HumansOfBlueSky #People #Photography #UrbanGaze #UrbanPhotography #UrbanStories #Colorful #Life #NewYorkCity #NYC #Greenpoint #EastCoastKin #Thursday

A colorful photograph of the inside of a flat from Greenpoint, NYC, of a young man lying exhausted on an unmade bed. A diffuse light comes in through two windows, with a blurry urban scene beyond.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Caturday Remi Harris & Mrs. Morris