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Tomas Apodaca

@tmap.bsky.social

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freelance computational journalist, formerly at The Markup and CalMatters pfp & banner are photos I took

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Twenty-three years ago today, New York City

A Takashi Murakami sculpture in front of Lee Lawrie’s Art Deco Wisdom sculpture above the entrance to 30 Rock

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

12 years ago today, downtown Ulaanbaatar

A mannequin in a second-floor shop window, seen from street level. A partial sign in Mongolian Cyrillic is on the building: “И ХУВЦАС”. The full word translates to “CLOTHES”

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

19 years ago today, Paris La Défense

people walk on a path having just crossed a street; a 40ft metal sculpture of a thumb is on the far side of the crossing

a large cylindrical tower completely covered with thin, brightly colored tubes, surrounded by modern apartment and office buildings and with pedestrians nearby

People walking under a modern building raised on pilotis; on the left is fenced off construction, on the right is greenery behind a fence with an arrow sign with the words “RESTAURANT LE BALLON D’ALSACE”

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

strange sky business last night

A long exposure of a cloudy night sky; a straight-edged angle appears cut into one cloud

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

An apartment building, Guadalupe Plaza, with thin pine trees growing taller than the 11-story building.

A poster showing six different types of ice cream sundae on a faded wall painted with an American flag pattern

A mural with a black panther and a cactus partially obscured by gravel and debris

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Some photos from last week in San Diego

A store front with a hand-painted facade that says “GOLD FIXER Jewelers” with gold and jewel-encrusted details. There’s also an insert of a jeweler examining a diamond through a loupe.

A store covered with advertisements in English and Spanish for buying gold and silver. We buy gold. Compramos oro pagamos cash. Cash for gold. We buy silver. En cualquier condicion. We buy watches. Compramos relojes.

A doorway guarded by two large gold-painted lion statues, each with one paw on a sphere and their tail curled around a back foot. An electric sign above the entrance reads GRANDSTAND.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Twenty years ago today, my first day in Kinshasa

A city view from a high vantage point with a lot of trees, a few pedestrians, and, in front of the nearest building, a green lawn with a large sculpted bust in its center

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

photos from around San Francisco today

an empty shopping cart in front of a wall with similarly-shaped buffed graffiti

A parked white food truck with a small illustration of a sombrero on its side

A small, mirrored chest of drawers on a sidewalk

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Matilija poppies this morning

A Matilija poppy bud with the crinkled white petals of an open flower behind it

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

An image of a police car on fire; “NO APOLOGIES!” Is written across the top, and “MAY 21st 1979” and “SAN FRANCISCO” along the bottom.

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

lol

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, which likes to go undercover outside Target stores and a Burlington Coat Factory in San Jose, reported that a sting was ruined last year by activists who confused them for ICE agents and confronted them.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

twenty years ago today

A boxy 80s-model car at a Sinclair gas station at night

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

ten years ago today

two billboards: “Worried Parent? Kid using drugs? Our dogs find drugs! Only $99. TLC K9 Services. Completely confidential.” and “Louisville Independent Business Alliance Buy Local Fair Louisville. May 22, Sunday, Noon-6P, Louisville Water Tower Park”

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

in the garden this morning

a macro photo of a spider facing into the center of radiating cactus flower stigmas

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

A German Shepherd dog resting her head on a large white pillow, looking at the camera

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Correction: This story originally misstated the book's title. The book is called "I Need a New Butt!," not "l Have a New Butt!" We apologize for the error.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

King Juan Carlos I

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

a bus parked under a highway overpass with a 12-foot-tall “immortal nightwalker“ sculpture on its roof.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

clouds in the sky at sunrise

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

these work as a diptych

a shed freemontodendron flower suspended in the air by a spiderweb, the plant itself in the background behind a deck railing

an iridescent fly trapped in a spiderweb spun on an echinopsis hybrid, trichocereus cactus

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

a bike path bordered by narrow gravel footpaths recedes toward a large body of water under a grey sky. A modern building with an empty parking lot is on the right, and plant growth and a waterway are on the left.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A street scene, a rainbow curve painted on the facade of a building across the street is reflected in the windshield of a city bus

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

out of the roughly 1,900 photos I took in 2025, these are the interesting ones

A wind-blown German Shepherd dog standing on a flooded street, wearing a blue raincoat and carrying a plastic ball

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I got an apple with a kuato at the farmers market

a red apple with a tiny apple at the end of its stem

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

A rainbow in a cloudy sky above the San Francisco Bay, with a container crane on the horizon.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

San Francisco, earlier today

Mission street in San Francisco; a building facade painted with a large swooping rainbow is reflected in the windshield of a bus.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

HBD good dog

A light-colored German Shepherd dog standing on the sidewalk, in a tree’s shadow, looking at the camera

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

post a photo you took on December 26, 2005

Three people reflected in a large metallic button used to activate the pedestrian crossing signal; the sky is cloudy.

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

post a photo you took on November 5, 2007

A man holding a funeral wreath that is in the back of a car. The wreath reads: “Adieu Papa Bata / Que Ton Ame Repose En Paix / Tes Enfants”

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

post a photo you took on October 12, 2013

A photo taken from the back seat of a car of a person on a scooter with a smiley face on the back of their helmet

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

London Breed’s legacy

In San Francisco, then-mayor London Breed promised to be “very aggressive” in moving encampments following the Grants Pass decision. She delivered: Arrests and citations for illegal lodging increased from 71 in the six months before the ruling to 427 in the six months after — a 500% increase.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Matilija poppies on Thursday

Close-up Matilija poppy seed pods and flowers, crinkled white petals and yellow stamen

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Matilija poppies in 2020

a matilija poppy plant growing in front of a stop sign

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Matilija poppies in 2021

a matilija poppy plant, behind which is seen a street receding into the distance. Two people are crossing at the nearest intersection.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Matilija poppies in San Francisco today

a matilija poppy plant behind a light pole with a “dead end” sign and a way sign on it.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

San Francisco, last night

A white cactus flower (Echinopsis Hybrid, Trichocereus, aka Big Bertha) at night, lit from below with a flashlight

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A picture of a sunset; the sun is barely obscured by a cloud and is reflected in the water of the bay below.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

HBD cutie

A German Shepherd dog climbing wooden stairs up from a beach

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 20/07/2024

San Francisco today… if you saw it DM me and I’ll share the number

A hand-drawn poster taped to a chain link fence, at the top is a very basic representation of an iPhone-a rectangle with a circle at the bottom. The text is “lost iPhone Reward $100 Call/Text” I’ve obscured the phone number.

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Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

San Francisco today

Looking down a hillside covered in green bushes and dry grasses towards a road snaking downhill. An ambulance is parked at the side of the road. The landscape is obscured by fog.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

in the garden last night, San Francisco

A night photo of three roses lit by a flashlight, framed by cordyline and melianthus major

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

San Francisco today

The top of a food truck, painted sky blue with puffy clouds, framed by the real sky and clouds.

Tomas Apodaca @tmap.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

San Francisco today

Mural of two white horses on sand dunes facing each other and rearing. A motorcycle is parked on the sidewalk in front of the mural and a person is standing to the side.