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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Aside: Although the new embassy, which had been in the works for years, opened during the first Trump administration, he disliked the building so much that he refused to attend its official opening. Presumably not enough gold-leaf.
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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Deigned by the Philadelphia architectural firm KieranTimberlake*, the chancery building incorporates a number of sustainable design elements, and has been generally well received (international politics aside) by staff and local residents. It replaced a mid-century modern structure (by Eero Saarinen, now being redeveloped as a hotel) in the more traditionally fancypants Grosvenor Square neighborhood.
* Coincidentally, also the designer of Penn's Levine Hall, where I once had my office.
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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
The new US Embassy to the UK, completed in 2017, is a roughly cubically-shaped glass box covered on three sides with a semi-transparent textured Teflon "envelope" that aids in temperature regulation. Situated in a landscaped compound on the Thames between the Battersea Power Station and MI6's famous Vauxhall headquarters, it's one of the most distinctive recent structures on that part of London's South Bank.
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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/8) lens, Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50, 1/50 sec), Cambo WRS-5005 camera (Shifted vertically -19mm, horizontally -10mm). Cropped to a 4x5 aspect ratio.
The embassy's exterior "envelope" curtain forms an interesting abstract pattern that reminds me of the sound absorbing tiles that line recording studios and anechoic chambers. This photo shows the western-facing side.
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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
US Embassy, Wandsworth, London, UK, 2025.
All the pixels, none of the awkward diplomacy, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54586230547/in/photostream/
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tc_morekindness@c.im ("Tea 🍵 💙🎶🌻") wrote:
This is jaw-dropping.
From Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
(2h ago)We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lrmce3muts2c
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dimcheff.wtf@bsky.brid.gy ("brandon") wrote:
that's right t'lyn #nokings(lower decks! lower decks! lower decks!) #startrek
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docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:
Photos from #NoKings protest in SF today. Local news estimates 50,000 attendees.
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Decad3nce ("adnan") wrote:
70-100k in Seattle.
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middleclasstool@phire.place ("Pastor of Muppets") wrote:
Newspapers: if your headlines tomorrow don't say "tanks for nothing" then you are all cowards
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MiBaWi@m.ai6yr.org ("MiBaWi - Michael Barthel") wrote:
#NoKingsDay #NoKingsProtest #NoKing #NoKingProtests
St.Paul 'No Kings' protest >> Capitol of Minnesota. The Protesters were told not to come in wake of the assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. BUT ...
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luckytran@threads.net ("Dr. Lucky Tran") wrote:
Incredible turnout for the No Kings protest in Los Angeles!
#no kings day
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Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay 🇪🇺") wrote:
You don't have to put on the red light.
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virtualbri@mastodon.online ("Brian Tatosky") wrote:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/photos-no-kings-day-protests
Check this out this gallery!
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kirschner ("Matthias Kirschner") wrote:
For the first time I flashed a phone with #CalyxOS from another CalyxOS phone using @calyxos 's web installer ( https://install.calyxos.org/ ). No additional laptop was necessary. Quite a step from the first times we flashed phones at the @fsfe in 2012. Thanks @grote for the hint to try that out!
Mastodon Feedchipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:
More people asked me what my sign meant than recognized it, but, rural Florida. :) It was a great turnout, though!
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3janeTA@beige.party ("3Jane Tessier Ashpool") wrote:
@CassandraVert @pluralistic we had a chinga la maga
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Putting aside everything else that's wrong with streaming platforms, why is there still no "Report" option in Tidal or Spotify? A quite regular occurence is artist pages and New Releases playlists including tracks from impersonators with the same name. Absolutely no way to fight it.
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CassandraVert@indieweb.social wrote:
@pluralistic We had a few "chinga la migra" up here too.
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j@janerationx.social ("J :vm: :mets:") wrote:
Seeing a lot of #NoKings posts and pictures. In my area (Reno, NV), only one of three network affiliates even put photos of the local event on its website, which seems about right. 🙄
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kimlockhartga@beige.party ("Kim Possible :kimoji_fire:") wrote:
Very good turnout at my local #NoKings Protest today. We had 260 participants at the #HandsOff Protest in April. For this event, we had almost 1200!
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strandvogel.united-for-democracy.com@bsky.brid.gy ("Strandvogel ⊥ Resist") wrote:
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spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:
On the bus coming back from the #SanFrancisco #NoKings rally.
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rimaanabtawi.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Rima I Anabtawi") wrote:
McKinney, TX “We Are Under-Reacting!” #NoKings
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shawnhooper@fosstodon.org ("Shawn Hooper (he/him)") wrote:
Can I contribute this to #NoKings day?
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msbellows@c.im ("M.S. Bellows, Jr.") wrote:
Loud support shown to the #NoKings protest today in small, suburban King City, Oregon today. My guess as to the median age of protester: 55.
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cgervasi@fosstodon.org ("Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥") wrote:
I am SO impressed by how today's #NoKings demonstration in #MadisonWI was organized. There was puppetry, fun things for kids of all ages, and brief big-tent speeches about the importance of standing up to authoritarianism.
I heard someone on west bound #BRT A bus saying this is like a west side reunion on this bus. It feels like half of my neighbors are on this bus. 🥰
#Indivisible
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DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social wrote:
Sounds like a #MAGA man was being an a-hole (what else is new)!
One arrested at peaceful “#NoKings” protest in #NashvilleTN
by Cassandra Stephenson
Sat, June 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM EDT"Metro Nashville Police officers arrested a masked counter protester carrying what appeared to be a handgun and a '#DontTreadOnMe' flag at the 'No Kings' protest at Bicentennial Park during Saturday’s 'No Kings' protest in Nashville.
"No shots were fired.
"Kase Cosgrove, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and safety volunteer attending the protest, said he approached the man after other protesters told him the man was armed and spitting and shoving people while walking through the crowd.
"Cosgrove said he walked toward the man and saw him tapping on what appeared to be a handgun and pulling it out of its holster to show people he was armed. Cosgrove approached him and attempted to talk to him but three police officers quickly arrived, retrieved the weapon and put the man in handcuffs.
"Cosgrove said the protest — part of a nationwide protest against the Trump administration — has been peaceful and fittingly musical, being in Music City.
"Thousands of people attended the protest, lining the sidewalks along Jefferson Street and Rosa Parks Blvd. and walking through Bicentennial Park after a brief gathering at the park’s amphitheater. Cheers, musical instruments and car horns echoed up and down the street.
"Protesters ranged in age from young adults to the elderly, and many people brought children and dogs.
" 'Everybody else is being chill,' said Cosgrove. ' . . . He was trying to cause problems.'
"Protesters yelled at the man as police put him into an MNPD golf cart. Cosgrove was among them, shouting, 'You got tread on!' "
Source:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-arrested-peaceful-no-kings-175303767.html
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SteveThompson ("Steve Thompson PhD") wrote:
'Houston at its best': Mayor John Whitmire praises protesters and police for peaceful No Kings event
"I just think we witnessed Houston at its best – I'll use the word ‘spectacular,'" Whitmire said in a mid-afternoon phone call. ‘For over 15,000 people to come together in a peaceful protest and march, that just makes a statement about Houston."
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xankarn@mastodon.online ("Alexander Karn") wrote:
Shout out to all the #NoKings protesters today in small towns and cities.
Sometimes it feels like there’s not much that can be done from the periphery. But flexing these muscles is vital to the movement.
Power to the small massive!