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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Dear Pulitzer, we’ve got a winner. What a splendidly unflattering image of this person. Well done, Mr. Winters…this should be his obituary photo. The lighting, the color, the angle, the shallow dof 🙌. 😧

President Donald Trump photographed at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 28, 2026. Dan Winters for TIME

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously, and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. Total protonic reversal.”

Silhouette of boy wearing ghostbuster night-vision goggles

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Cloud City above the gas giant, Bespin? Or Lone Peak, above Salt Lake City? Maybe Sen Mike Lee will sell off these lands too, so they can start mining tibanna gas here next.

Black and white photo of Lone Peak above the Wasatch Mountains of Salt Lake City peeks out between Sun-lit low lying clouds.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Throwback to a favorite bit of history: In 1940, at the film premiere of ‘Pinocchio’ at the Center Theatre in NYC, Disney hired 11 “little people” to parade on the top of the marquee in full Pinocchio costumes. At lunchtime, they were given food *and wine*. Do you see where this is going yet? Lol. 🧵

Black and white photo from the 1940 film premiere of Disney’s Pinocchio, showing four “little people” actors in Pinocchio costumes waving at people below on the street.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Opted to watch a few episodes of The West Wing lately and tonight I’m watching “Hartsfield’s Landing” - and I can’t even imagine these nuanced conversations that could and should be happening in our White House. Instead we’ve got a dangerous clown show (no offense to actual clowns).

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Westwing Joshly Man Confused Reaction

ALT: Westwing Joshly Man Confused Reaction

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just gonna leave this here…

Graph showing decline beginning in 2026 with the death of David Bowie and things going to shit in a downward arrow.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Palate cleanser for your feed. I do enjoy me a lovely little golden hour sunset. Sweet dreams all.

Sunset over the Salt Lake Valley and the Wasatch Mountains.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of my favorite stories that my wife (HS history teacher) told me was about President LBJ. He used to prank guests at his ranch by driving his blue Amphicar down a hill, and proclaiming that “The brakes don’t work!” and driving the floating car straight down into the lake. Lol. 📷: Yoichi Okamoto

Lyndon B Johnson driving his Amphicar with Vicky McCammon sitting in the passenger seat and White House Domestic Affairs Advisor Joseph A. Califano, Jr in the back.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our Lieutenant Governor is a beacon of hope amongst this administration’s efforts to derail the midterm elections.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Scenes from the Salt Lake Valley last night. Harvest moon rising above the Wasatch Mountains here in Utah.

Full moon rising behind a peak of the mountain.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m ready to head out and photograph the moon again tonight. Here’s the 99.5% almost-full Harvest Moon rising behind the Wasatch Mountains from last night. It was technically full this morning ~10:49am (MDT). Don’t forget to put out black coffee & cigarettes for St. Neil Young tonight! #HarvestMoon

The almost-full Harvest Moon rising behind the Wasatch Mountains.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Last night’s waxing gibbous moon at ~96% illumination.

Photo of the waxing gibbous moon at ~96% illumination.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Black and white Wednesday (from the clouds that rolled through Salt Lake yesterday). Got this thru the windshield while stopped at a red light too. Always good to have a camera on hand.

Sunlight rays through a break in he clouds. Black and white photo with trees in the foreground and a mountain range (Oquirrh Mountains) in the background.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Captured some nice photos throughout the day - which made me happy. Puffy white clouds, cool light front a weird looking front that hit the Salt Lake Valley. Sunbeams shining down thru a break in the clouds. Finished off the day with another beautiful Utah sunset. And it was just a regular Tuesday.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dear Denmark 🇩🇰, This was amazing. Tak skæbne! Playing “Send in the Clowns” while zooming in on Marco Rubio while everyone is waiting from Trump, was just <chef’s kiss> perfect. Well done. This American thanks you. www.youtube.com/shorts/Net-4...

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Danish TV HUMILIATES Trump & Rubio at the UN!🚨🚨🚨

YouTube video by Occupy Democrats

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Mood for this #MonochromeMonday is…NOPE. Perfect 😂👍

Black and white photo of a sticker on a parking lot lamp post which reads in all capital letters “NOPE“

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some photos. Some moments. Some scenes.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Things I love about autumn in Utah: Cooler temps = hoodie weather Leaves changing colors. The scent of fall in the mountains. Hot apple cider and donuts from the pumpkin patch. All the good witchy & spooky things. And fall storms in the mountains with the dappled light! Current status: tea & a book

Black-and-white photo of sun, breaking through some clouds over the mountain

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This. All of this. You don’t get your name on the Kennedy Center, you absolute unscrewed lightbulb.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Walking around the lake tonight at sunset was the right call. That helped fix my mood and the fresh air was delightful.

Photo of two people walking along the shore of Oquirrh Lake in Daybreak in Utah at sunset with colorful clouds lit above the Wasatch Mountains

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is just cool. Each year one author, like Margret Atwood, donates their manuscript of an unpublished novel, which will only be printed in the year 2114, AFTER the trees they planted outside Oslo, are finally harvested, providing everything survives until then. www.futurelibrary.no#/information

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Future Library, 2014 - 2114

One thousand trees have been planted in Nordmarka, a forest just outside Oslo, which will supply paper for a special anthology of books to be printed in one hundred years t...

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is 100% the modus operandi for DOGE/Musk. Hamstring and cripple your competition, “lose” irreplaceable equipment and then point to NASA’s failures as evidence that the space program should be privatized by…you guessed it…SpaceX. This is criminal, mob-like behavior. www.npr.org/transcripts/...

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NASA relocations could hinder agency's ability to build spacecraft

NASA has been moving engineers out of their labs as a way to reduce waste. But the moves may be limiting the agency's ability to make spacecraft.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Honestly, this just makes me feel a whole lot cooler than I actually am. Lol. 😆

Screenshot of iOS photos being reviewed. Shows a black and white photo of Jerry Garcia and the screen overlay is asking:

Is this Ryan Romeike
YES
NO

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It felt like too much to just thread in a post today, so I dusted off the blog and tried to put some thoughts down. I didn’t succeed like I wanted to, but it’s a start. Maybe another day I’ll try writing more. www.photoryan.com/blog/911-twenty-five-years-later

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9/11: Twenty-five Years Later — Photo Ryan

A few thoughts on my experience and memories of 9/11 as we remember this day 25 years later.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wondering if this person might be into photography? 😉 (kinda love this vanity plate honestly)

Photo of a Utah black vanity plate which reads “JPG 01”

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A Chinese attaché passed Philippines’ Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro a note in the middle of a live forum in Seoul while he was speaking on what’s happening in the South China Sea (among many topics). He read it read it aloud. A masterclass in how to handle bullies, diplomatic or otherwise:

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I cannot begin to explain the immense amount of joy @ellecordova.bsky.social gives me. 🎶 “Papyrus is a virus and restraint is the innoculum.” Absolute poetry. Lol! I hope you enjoy this very model of a modern day typographer as much as I do.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I flew my flag today anyway. It’s our flag. It represents our home, my family, my neighbors, our past, and hopefully our future. One day I hope to look upon it without feeling a tightness in my chest. “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” -Michelle Obama

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I can’t tell if this is actually satire or perhaps maybe something from The Onion. But like, it’s giving big dystopian energy for sure.

Newspaper advertisement which reads:
Walmart proudly salutes the great American food pantries that keep our employees full enough to keep on working.
Walmart | FEEDING AMERICA
NOT A PAID ADVERTISEMENT

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Even CBS News is showing the dilapidated state of the USS Abraham Lincoln as it pulls into Thailand. What a sad looking state of affairs, and a salient metaphor for the state of our country. It’s a floating rust bucket. I hope our soldiers are in better condition. 😔 www.cbsnews.com/news/uss-abr...

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USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after more than 9 months at sea

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has docked in eastern Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And Roe v Wade, and the DC cherry trees, and the supreme court and vaccines, and our relations with other nations, our military had enough food on ships, ICE didn’t have electroshock gloves, universities weren’t under attack, and we had some semblance of a free press. The list goes on and on and on.

Gentle reminder that the
reflecting pool was just fine before
Trump got involved.
And the Kennedy Center.
And the East Wing.
And the Rose Garden.
And the White House Lawn.
And USAID.
And Voice of America.
And FEMA.
And the CDC.
And the FBI.
And the Department of Justice.
And NATO.
And the Constitution.
And habeas corpus.
And our relationship with Canada, and Greenland, and Mexico,

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In case you need a break from the proverbial grind…I know I could use it.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did a boomer write this? If this is your idea of rallying your constituents, we are so cooked this November. For your next act, it’s gonna be another strongly worded letter…isn’t it? There should be millions of us rallying in the streets, and this is the best the House Democrats have got? Holy $%#!

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

600 people are dead from the floods in Nepal and 2,500 are still under the mud. The USA sent $500,000 in relief, after canceling the monitoring programs built for exactly this back in March 2025. The same week, ICE signed a no-bid contract for $16.7 million worth of electric shock gloves for agents.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Scenes from a Saturday. A glorious sunset. Sunflowers in my neighbor’s garden. My boy saying goodnight to the cat next door - they’re buddies for sure.

Sunset in South Jordan, UT after the storm.

Boy kissing a cat on the forehead…while kneeling down on the sidewalk to pet the cat.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

<trying not to let the intrusive thoughts win, but is definitely hearing the Dukes of Hazzard’s “Dixie horn” playing in my head> That’s not a tilt deck trailer, that’s a challenge. Yeeeeeehaaaawww! 😆

Image of a tilt deck or tilt bed trailer towed behind a truck stopped at a red light. The bed of the trailer is tilted down towards the road like a ramp one might launch a car off of like the General Lee in a Dukes of Hazzard episode.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I might be raising a little photographer 🥹🥲. Driving yesterday, my son from the backseat, “Dad, we need to take a picture of that rainbow! Gimme your phone! I GOT this! Please?!” And my 9yo son, snapped these photos (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and even 0.5x), experimenting to see what each one did. Proud dad!

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

With the jejune, childish “renaming” of Lake Ontario, if any teachers are forced to comply, and would like a hand for an updated Great Lakes mnemonic, may I offer malicious compliance: S = Superior H = Huron A = America M = Michigan E = Erie It’ll always be Lake Ontario, Denali, and Gulf of Mexico

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s #furballFriday (I just made that up, but now it’s a thing). My little derp, Koda, doing his derpy little thing.

Photo of a black pug with a chew stick in his mouth like it’s a cigar, and his tongue just barely poking out.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Me, all day: Man, whaaaat the in fresh hell is going ON? Must be a full moon or something… <looks at sky app> ohhhh it’s a full moon AND a lunar eclipse. Now it’s making more sense. It’s been a day for sure. Anyway, can we invoke the 25th please? Thanks.

Photo of full moon and partial lunar eclipse tonight.
Photo: Fujifilm X-T30II + XF150-600mm @ 600mm

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Look to the helpers.” I got to watch some good humans tonight press the crosswalk button and stand in the road to help a family of ducks safely cross this four-lane road in our neighborhood, in order to get to the lake on the other side. May you all have great karma and your pillows be always cool!

A family of ducks crossing a four lane road. with a man off to the right helping them cross the street

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So let me get this straight: There’s no measles outbreak, but we’re doing the best in the world at controlling the outbreak? Vaccines are bad, but the outbreak is happening because kids weren’t vaccinated during the Covid lockdowns? The doublethink happening here makes me want to flip a desk/table.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’ll never forget my first time: Walking into a movie theater just before midnight and having a woman dressed in a gold sequin jacket and top hat (Columbia!) ask me if I was a “virgin”, and then with red lipstick, branded my forehead with a bright red “V”. It felt scary and yet totally welcoming.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So much sadness. But still grateful I got to be alive at the same time in ALL THE HISTORY OF TIME as the likes of Dolly Parton (along with you good people, too). The odds of this are astonishing. What a time to be alive…and for that, I’m forever grateful. Stay kind, be true, much love. ❤️

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Seeing sun-showers like this during late-summer storms, always reminds me of the song “Rain” by The Beatles. This was yesterday evening here in Utah. 🎶”Rain, I don't mind Shine, the weather's fine Can you hear me? That when it rains and shines (When it rains and shines) It's just a state of mind”

Photo of sun shower with raindrops falling with a yellow orange sunset illuminating the sky on a neighborhood street in Utah.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

After the rain here in the Salt Lake Valley…my geraniums were looking very happy. I love seeing the raindrops collecting on, and clinging to the petals. 🫶 We really needed this rain…and more is thankfully on the way.

Purple geranium close-up photo showing raindrops clinging inside of the flower.

Purple geraniums close-up photo showing raindrops clinging inside of the flower and a few buds not opened yet.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Almost every evening, a handful of us neighbors get together for a half hour or so with our dogs; sometimes just to visit, even without furry friends. We time it around sunset when it’s cooled off a bit for everyone’s benefit. The other evening, we mostly stood quietly just enjoying the evening sky.

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Why else would they need these hyperscale AI data centers? Don’t forget, a decade ago Cambridge Analytica publicly claimed to have 4,000-5,000 data points on over 100 million Americans and they ruined us. I can’t even imagine how much data companies like them have now: Meta, Google, Amazon, X, etc…

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Ryan Romeike @romeike.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

More custom UT vanity plates. The first two were moments apart from today!

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