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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've been on HRT for 8 years today. I'm not sure I can celebrate, but I can be grateful. I'm extremely grateful that I have (more or less) access to hormones. I'm grateful to the trans people who figured out what works best & shared their knowledge, to the trans women who made & shipped my vials.

Picture of me, sitting at a table outside. I have my chin on my left hand. Im wearing a black camie and have tattoos on both arms: most visibly a cheetah on my right biceps and "no voting on who gets to be people" on my right arm. My hair is pulled back and im wearing a silver wedding band.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I honestly cant begin to explain how incredible it is to me that fidesz lost these districts. The whole thing seems like a dream but I was there not even two weeks ago and would have laughed in your face at the suggestion. There is so much work to do but this is an incredible first step.

Map showing the results of yesterdays hungarian election im Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén with tisza taking all but one electoral district

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Even made me make it my background after months of just black

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Had a wonderful time during our monthly art hangout. Weve been hosting them since late last year, exploring new materials and techniques every month, while enjoying good food and drinks with old & new friends 🥰

Photograph of me sitting at a table covered in art supplies, holding a water brush in my right hand, mixing watercolors on a small pallet. Im wearing a black cami, black rimmed glasses and have brown curls

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Sending you so much strength and love and some pics of Bandit, the little weirdo 🤍

Picture of a black and white cat curled up in a round cat bed

Picture of black and white cat laying on a beige blanket

Picture of a black and white cat on a rug, stretched out on her back

Picture of a black and white cat curled up with her legs pointing all over the place

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

This album made it on my Best of 2025 list before I finished the second track and today I get to see her live 😍

Album cover of Anna von Hausswolff's "Iconoclasts"

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

19 years later, the trees had grown a bit but the snow fields looked almost the same 🥰 (07.25.24) I hiked through so many areas that had burned since 2005 (like everything around Ollalie), I can't imagine how different the trail must have been back then.

Image of the same mountain from what looks like almost the exact same spot as the image in the post this is a reply to. No people this time, darker greens and the trees in the foreground are taller.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A year ago today, I was swimming naked in an Alpine lake, watching deer drinking on the opposite shore. I was over 1000 km from either end of my hike & in the best physical condition of my life. I woke up & went to sleep with the sun each day & spent all day every day walking & thinking & resting.

Image of a blue lake just off the Pacific Crest Trail, north of Sierra City, surrounded by pines and rocks with a ragged mountain chain (Sierra Buttes) and some snow in the background. The sky is bright blue and a slight breeze is creating waves on the lakes surface. Close to the sore, the ground is visible through the clear water.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I also spent a month living down the road from Allegheny General Hospital, the real life location of PTMH last year and was there when they filmed the exterior shots. I walked past the hospital every day, I ran past the spot where they have their beers at least 6 times during my daily runs.

View of the hospital as seen from the park. A white tower behind dark trees. This shot exists almost exactly like this in the S01E15

Image of Allegheny General Hospital on a sunny day with blue sky behind it. The old hospital is a tall, white building, in front and behind are more modern, glass buildings.

Black and white image from below of the hospital in front of a cloudy sky with a helicopter about to land on the roof

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I'd like to return to making self portraits again. I kinda lost access to it recently.

Selfie in a small, round mirror I'm holding with my left hand. My hair is pulled back, I am wearing black glasses and a third of my face is in shadow. The background shows a window and a blue sky.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

No it's fucking not. Not even a little. This shit makes me sick.

Image of paved ground with "Zionism is feminism" painted on it

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

My parents converted an old hearse into a camper van, then covered it in flower & butterfly stickers and topped it all off with a sticker above the license plate that reads "I am the resurrection and the life. John 11, 25" I can't get over how weird and hilarious that is 😂

Image of the boot of an old, silver, Volvo hearse. Inside, there are orange drapes and a bed, the grey parts are covered in colorful flower stickers.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 13/4 Hiking the PCT is a huge privilege & if you get a chance & you fully embrace it, it can teach you some invaluable lessons about yourself & the world around you. It can profoundly change & heal you & it is an incredible opportunity for growth.

photograph of a dear tree. the bark is completely gone, only leaving the white, dead wood of the branches in front of a blue sky with some white clouds. the image is overall dark and slightly ominous

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 13/3 And while each day you only move north on the map by an almost imperceptible amount, the miles start adding up & before you know it, each day is the farthest you've ever hiked. Dozens become hundreds become thousands. You get faster & stronger. You feel more & more capable.

A very similar view as the previous image but instead of Kiri's silhouette on the right side, this time my feet are in the bottom of the image, hanging out over the same outcropping. I'm wearing a red and a blue altra trail runner together with multicolored gaitors

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 13/2 A trail like this has the potential to both empower you & break you down. It feels impossible big when you first start & many of us encounter obstacles that take us off trail. But with perseverance & some luck, you start to realize that all you got to do is get up each morning and walk.

The usual over the shoulder shot of Kiri, this time she is sitting on a rock outcropping overlooking the desert floor. rows upon rows of dirt hills cover the horizon with very little vegetation visible.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

March 13/1 "Never forget how wildly capable you are". This little message brought me a lot of joy that day. Doing something as massive & difficult as trying to walk 4265 km can be extremely intimidating & chances of "failure" are high. But even a fraction of it is a huge achievement.

Picture of my hand holding my trekking poles and a LUNA lemon bar in its yellow wrapper. Next to the ingredients, there is a quote: "Never forget how wildly capable you are"

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

March 12 Day 4 on the PCT we took our first break. It was cold and windy and the climb up to Mount Laguna was exhausting. Plus, how could you refuse the call of the best French restaurant on the PCT?! Seriously, if you plan on hiking this trail, stop at the Laguna Mountain Lodge 🤤

Image of light, fluffy clouds bathed in pink, morning sunlight

Kiri on the right of the frame, looking at a large, wooden sign with old, yellow lettering on it: "Pacific Crest Trail, Laguna mountain recreation area 1, desert view picnic ground 2 1/2"

Image of Kiri hiking down the trail among tall pine trees

Mirror selfie in a warm, wooden room. My hair is open, I'm wearing an orange fleece and I'm smiling into the camera (a Fujifilm x-e3 with a ttartisan 25 f2)

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

March 11 "Dirt between my toes" has become one of those images I keep returning to when I try to describe the life I miss so much since finishing the trail. I miss feeling so immediately connected with the natural world around me. I miss being so fully immersed in simple, real spaces like this.

An image tilted by 45° to the right. The bottom left corner has the silhouette of a mountain ridge, the rest of the image shows the dark blue sky and multiple, parallel clouds

Top down view of Kiri's and my feet on a rock by the water. Water is visible on the left. We took a break to soak our feet and eat lunch in a place where I had spent the night the year before.

Image of my shadow on the dirt. This thin strip of dirt going from the southern to the northern border of the US became my home last year. My shadow includes my trekking poles and my hat.

Another over the shoulder image of Kiri looking back over the hills and the section of the Pacific Crest Trail we had just hiked. She's holding her camera but looking across over it. An empty water bottle is strapped to her right shoulder.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

March 10 The thing with SoCal in march is that the nights still get very cold but the days are already super hot. One moment you're sunbathing by a waterfall, the next it's dark & your pad sprung a leak & your hands are frozen from trying to find the hole in the water. Also: first trail magic!!

Picture of our tent with frost all over it. It's light blue and made of multiple triangular panels. on the right side of it, the vestibule is open und my trans colored backpack is peaking out

image of Kiri hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail through the boulders of SoCal. Cacti and shrubs are growing between the yellowish rocks

picture of me sitting by the waterfall of Kitchen Creek on a rock. Im only wearing black underpants and a watch. my tattoos on my right shoulder and left arm are visible, i have purple hair and a side shave on the right side. I have my knees pulled up and my left arm rested on them

photograph of a guy in a grey sun hoodie, sun glasses and a hat serving Kiri a cheeseburger from the grill next to his white van. he has one of his fingers taped up with blue plaster and has an orange buff wrapped around his other wrist. Kiri is barely visible on the right side, holding out her plate with half a burger already on it

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

March 9th Lake Morena, here we come! Short day of hiking followed by our first burger on trail, our first shower, first fire & first opportunity to relax with other hikers. Still not very busy this early in the season but already met some infamous PCT dudes incapable of letting women talk 🙄

Picture of Kiri eating dinner. Same outfit as always (I'm not going to describe it every time, see earlier posts). Her cup of soup is steaming and the sun is slowly setting in the background.

Our X-Mid pro 2+ pitched at the Lake Morena campground with bushes in the background and a bandana hanging off a guy line

A group of hikers sitting around a camp fire at night. One us placing their cup on a burning log while another is sitting in the background with their hands on their knee. the fire is in a large, concrete fire ring surrounded by benches

Kiri taking her first bite out of her first PCT Burger on the porch of the Lake Morena Malt Shop.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy International Day of Feminist Struggles ✊❤️ Images taken at the 8M Bündnis Köln Protest

Picture of protestors from behind, walking into the sun. A person with dark curls holds a sign reading "smash the patriarchy"

Another picture of people walking away from the camera, into the sun. Signs read "fuck the patriarchy", "I can't believe we're still protesting this shit" and "me neither 💔". The closest two people are holding hands

A large banner reading "queer revolution, not rainbow capitalism" with a progress pride flag and the trans feminist symbol, another banner with "Frauen gegen Krieg und Unterdrückung" (women against war and repression" and other, smaller signs

Image of a group of Black and brown people holding various feminist and queer signs, smiling into the camera. Signs include "I put the Bi in bitch", "keine Freiheit ohne Gleichheit" (non freedom without equality", "in my female rage era" and "fight TERFs" amongst others

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

March 8th Our first full day on trail. Watching a fellow hiker get medevaced at mile 8 out of 2650 made clear how fragile this adventure of ours really was. Otherwise a beautiful hike in and out of Hauser Canyon. It was a pleasant day with lots more firsts and a stunning sunset.

view over Kiri's shoulder as she's enjoying the sunrise over a cup of hot coco. she's wearing glasses and a black beanie

image of a helicopter with a person hanging off it on a rope, flying over shrubs and hills at mile 8 of the Pacific Crest Trail. it's a sunny day, blue sky with few clouds

picture of Kiri sitting on a rock, mostly in silhouette due to the strong light coming from behind her. She's wearing a black hat and her usual monochromatic hiking outfit

view over hauser canyon on the PCT with the sun going down behind distant hills and some large boulders sticking out of the shrubs on the right side

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I'm gonna try to post some reflections on @therapidonset.bsky.social & my 2024 PCT adventure here by sharing thoughts & images from exactly one year ago. Today last year, we started hiking at the Mexican border. It was cold & grey but so incredibly exciting. So many expectations, fears & hopes.

Picture of Kiri sitting on the PCT's southern terminus monument. The border wall is visible in the background, Kiri is wearing grey pants and a black jacket with a yellow lining, a black hat and grey sun gloves. She's smiling and looking off into the distance.

Picture of the side of my backpack. Hanging off it are my PCT tag, my Kula cloth with the flower design and "but did you fucking die" written on it, my PCT 2024 patch and a Free Palestine button. The side of my pack is light blue

Picture of Kiri walking down the trail. Hills in the background, sage brush on the left. She's wearing all grey incl a grey backpack.

Image of Kiri standing on the train tracks at the 1 mile marker. She's playfully pointing one of her trekking poles into the camera and holding her camera in her left hand. She's smiling at me. The background has a lot of brush covered hills

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I've finally gotten around to reading @haimson.bsky.social's 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑇𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑒𝑠 and it's so fucking good!! It's such an honor to be a part of this important work and to be quoted together with so many friends & trans people I admire 🥰 Thank you for sending me a copy, Oliver 🤍

Selfie with the book mentioned in the post. I'm wearing a grey sweater and light grey headphones. I wear black glasses and have brown/blond hair. The book has its title and author on the top of the cover with an illustration of different digital tools and a person looking at them as the main image. The colors are tones of pink, orange and blue

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I genuinely love the design of these and hope they'll soon be everywhere. It's immediately iconic in a wonderfully weird & charming way. Kinda like a reverse cybertruck.

Picture of the new USPS vehicles. It has a long, low beak and a huge, almost vertical windscreen and an overall duck-like appearance. It looks like something straight out of a children's comic while also looking extremely practical. It looks like something designed by bureaucrats, focused entirely on function and usability with no desire to be cool (and as we all know, the coolest is always who isn't trying to be cool 😎)

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Ok yeah, I love the 35 f1.4 we just got. Sometimes I pick up a piece of gear and instantly have an emotional connection with it. Those are always fun moments 🥰

Mirror selfie with my Fujifilm X-Pro3 with a Fujifilm 35mm f1.4 lens. It's black and white, I'm wearing a black tank top and have long, blond curls. My left arm has birds and a quote tattooed on it. the right side of my face is covered by my camera and I'm looking straight into the lens

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Man, some of those trunks were kinda stupid 😅

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

if you see this, quote with a bridge from your gallery Sketchiest bridge I crossed last year if you don't count random tree trunks. Trail going up from the PCT to Bishop pass, Easter Sierra.

Picture of a wooden bridge that is broken in the middle. The two pieces still connect but are sloped downwards and to the right, into the valley. Water is flowing under it and it looks like at some point the water carried a tree or rock that broke the bridge. Three hikers are visible on the other side of the bridge, in the top right corner

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Lord Snapplebee's is making sure my laptop stays charged so I can write more job applications 😁

Picture of an orange cat on brown laminate flooring, playing with multiple cables hanging off the table like the utter pain in the ass that he is

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

While there is a ton of routine in thru hiking with daily chores, packing up, setting up camp etc., every day on the PCT was different. And each day was so intense in its own way, that it stands out in my mind more clearly than in any other time in my life.

Picture taken from inside the tent with the top right corner being covered by it. The bottom left corner shows another tent while the main focus is on a beautiful, granite peak behind some trees.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Between the linear nature of hiking a trail & the density of new, distinct experiences, I have 6 months of last year where I am able to describe every single day in order. Where I slept, what I did, whom I met, what images I took & what audiobook I listened to. Those 6 months feel like a lifetime.

Photo taken in the Sierra Nevada showing 3 tents and two hikers between large boulders and trees on the side of a mountain. One of the hikers is waving at the camera. The sun is close to setting.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I think this game has me hooked right now the same way I love playing dark souls when I'm overwhelmed or depressed: it presents you with problems that seem utterly impossible to solve, then helps you figure out how to solve them, giving you the experience of overcoming and persevering in the end.

Picture of a grid puzzle from the video game "the witness" with colorful markings drawn on it to figure out the solution.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Going to Denny's is basically just cheap, sad time traveling #xpro3 #fujix

Interior view of an empty diner with big round orange lights hanging from the ceiling. Overall brown/orange decors

Orange wall with a fire alarm on the bottom left and a picture of Lincoln sitting on top of a stack of pancakes in the middle

Picture of an orange door with a red sign on top with a white "man" icon, a "person in wheelchair" icon and "MEN" written in big white letters. Right below, there is a yellow sign with "NOW HIRING" written on it in big, black letters

Image of two claw machines with a couple of plushies inside. Above them there are big, silver letters reading "FUN ZONE"

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Good to know that whoever is running this PCT account is a transphobe 😕 (Doesn't seem to be associated with the PCTA or anything but still stinks)

Screenshot by pacificcresttrail.bsky.social on 12/4/2024:

"Genetic males participating in women's activities *is* an assault on women's rights. Period. Women are the victims. Women should not be the victims or righty or lefty extremism. What you're supporting *is* unhinged lefty extremism. I block all extremists, both MAGA and Wokers"

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Gotta love Michigan winters, it's been well below freezing for weeks now, with constant strong winds and snow 🥶 X-Pro3 & XF 23mm f2

Selfie in the snow, wearing a purple jacket with the hood up, a grey SHE RUNS beanie and a black and white keffiyeh covering my mouth and nose.

Picture of snow covered road with trees and power lines on either side

Top down view of my legs and feed disappearing in the snow. I'm wearing black pants and dark brown boots

View of a snowy landscape. Snow covered lake and fields with trees in the background and a high birdhouse on a tall pole to the right

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

An opportunity for me to show pictures and talk about my PCT hike? No way I can pass it up Thru hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is definitely my proudest outdoor adventure. There isn't a day I don't wish I could go back 🤍

Picture from the Sierra Nevada showing a hiker in the foreground and large, granite cliffs with some snow and blue skies above in the background

View of the Mojave desert with green shrubs in the foreground and the flat desert behind it. There is a dirt road entering the image in the bottom left

Image of a green mountain side with the PCT zigzagging up it's side

Picture of sun beams coming in between tall, dense trees

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The polycule is officially addicted to Dorfromantik (the video game). We're just handing the controller back and forth after each game 😅 It's such a simple, fun, peaceful & consistently rewarding game without distractions or superfluous online features etc. I love it

Screenshot of the video game showing hundreds of hexagonal cards creating rivers, towns, forests and farm land.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Thanksgiving is always a special day for me, cause this day in 2019, I hosted my first video call with trans strangers online who were in need of community. I loved spending that experience so much, I hosted a bigger call for NYE, which became regular calls on the TransPeerNetwork 2 months later.

Selfie in front of a blue wall. I'm white with blond hair and I'm wearing a dark green sweater. I look about as you'd expect - tired but trying to keep it together for the family get-together

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

May I introduce Lord Snapplebee's the first, Protector of the Clothing Pile, Duke of Littershire, head of House Begsforfood

Picture of a ginger cat sitting in harsh sunlight with a dark background

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A phone screenshot of an image transfered from my xpro3 of my MacBook showing a YouTube video showing a film scan of a picture of an LED advertisement panel showing promo for survivor S47. Idk, I like layers ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

People of Bluesky! Let's get to know each other better. What is your favorite movie? Quote share your answer in GIF form. (couldn't find any gifs from the movie on here)

two women sitting next to each other, one white with long dark hair and white shirt, the other Black with short hair and a blue and white stripped shirt. the white woman is leaning in while the Black woman is holding a cigarette, looking at the white woman. the background is filled with framed paintings and cardboard boxes.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I miss getting up at 4 am after a night sleeping curled up in a tree well, to summit a snowy mountain peak for sunrise. I miss the crunch under my feet, the crisp morning air, the spectacular views and the comforting burn of my exhausted thighs. I miss trail life...

Selfie on top of Mt Baden Powell. Im standing on snow, there are pines in the background and the desert floor all the way back. I'm wearing a blue wind jacket and a backpack and have a water bottle and a camera strapped to my shoulders. I'm wearing a baseball cap, a hood and sunglasses.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I've been taking 4 mile walks every morning and it's been really fun to walk and photograph the same fields each morning. To watch them change over time and to explore and photograph something as mundane and seemingly simple as empty fields has been a wonderful physical and creative exercise.

Three grain silos of different height with the shortest one in the middle and the tallest one on the right side

Picture of a field with lines of green plants growing parallel to the round edge of the field, surrounded by brown grass

Picture of mostly harvested corn fields with farming machinery in the background on the horizon

Rows of harvested corn all the way to the horizon under a light grey sky

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Lighthouse in IMAX is about as intense and exhausting as you'd imagine and I absolutely loved it. What a beautifully ugly, relentlessly unpleasant movie. I don't even know whether I should be more impressed with the sound design, the photography or the acting.

Picture of Robert Pattinson in "The Lighthouse". It's black and white with harsh lighting on him with a dark background. His hair is disheveled and he has a mustache.

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laura eliza @transonicgravity.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I was recently reminded of this absolute gem of a movie. If you haven't seen it yet (or in a while), do yourself a favor and have a movie night. It's beautiful, it's gay, it's immigrant, it's heart wrenching and joyful 🤍

Movie poster showing two Taiwanese-American women dancing with each other in a romantic setting. The title is written across in pink letters, reading "Saving Face"

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