Monthly Archives: May 2025
pearls, downtown
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.26.2025
rain/lock
Someone secured the gate by leaving the open padlock on the wall. I am not a safety expert but that strikes me as being not secure.
But anyway, the raindrops and the colors looked good together and that’s really all I was after.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.26.2025
muses
I think normal people, if they woke up on a chilly Saturday and heard the rain, would have a probably rolled over and gotten some more sleep.
Photographers are not normal.
So I got up and went downtown to photograph rain falling on Lubbock’s downtown, which is pretty bleak to start with.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.26.2025
no kings #2
Trump’s proposed budget cuts will hit veterans with a lot of force. Here are some things that are at risk at the current time:
- Eroding the federal workforce. Veterans make up nearly 30% of federal workers (and 6.1% of the total population) so they will be disproportionately affected by federal worker cuts.
- Gutting VA healthcare. The Biden administration was committed to fully staffing the VA healthcare system, and now that same system is facing the loss of 83,000 jobs.
- Destaffing the suicide hotline. There is already an average of 17.6 veteran suicides PER DAY in the US and that’s with a hotline in operation. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among veterans who are under 45 years old. Can you imagine what will happen if that life-saving assistance is just…gone?
- Losing research. Current social science research about substance use, mental health, and other issues as they relate to veterans has been suspended, as has research on how poverty and race impact veterans’ health outcomes.
- Looming cuts to other benefits. This includes Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance, food assistance, WIC, and so forth.
During Trump’s first term, he said he was committed to expanding veterans’ services. Now, apparently, he doesn’t give a shit.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.19.2025
no kings #1
I’ve been to two protests in life. They were two weeks apart. There’s something in the air* that’s pulling me toward these groups and of course I bring my camera along with me…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.19.2025
*And that sign is right: a lot people are indeed afraid to speak out.
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