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David Lemson

@lemson.com

Retired Distributed Systems nerd, dad, Ex-MSFT (Exchange 2000+, Windows Phone, Windows 10). Aspiring nature photographer. UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant, when that was a thing.

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Two bee-eaters, seated at a feeding dish in a zoo, one has its beak open a bit and the other has its beak fully open, about to catch a long worm that is food.

Two bee-eaters, seated at a feeding dish in a zoo, one has its beak open a bit and the other has its beak fully open, about to catch a long worm that is food.

This weekend, my son and I went to San Diego and as I wanted to travel light, didnโ€™t bring the heavy lens. I caught this shot of a bee-eaters flipping a superworm to her friend, with my iPhone 17 Pro!

#birds #bee-eater #SanDiegoZoo

17.02.2026 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think itโ€™s what we call โ€œlow information votersโ€

15.02.2026 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A comically and typically huge, light blue Stanley stainless steel tumbler

A comically and typically huge, light blue Stanley stainless steel tumbler

Everyone knows all the Stanley cups come from China

09.02.2026 23:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All the signs do look the same, but I donโ€™t see any leather panels

02.02.2026 16:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Torklift Central | The LAW no-drill front license plate bracket Torklift Central Hitch & Tow installs trailer hitches for all types of vehicles, specializes in custom fabrication and manufactures the EcoHitchยฎ to help you Get Out and Go Your Way!

torkliftcentral.com/the-law

12.01.2026 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
View of a tropical beach with a mansion in the foreground and a group of low buildings in the distance.

View of a tropical beach with a mansion in the foreground and a group of low buildings in the distance.

View straight down on lava rocks on the beach and coral in the water, along with a set of tourist kayak, some clear, and snorkelers in the water.  There is striking green grass on the shore.

View straight down on lava rocks on the beach and coral in the water, along with a set of tourist kayak, some clear, and snorkelers in the water. There is striking green grass on the shore.

Recently in Maui, I had the opportunity to play with my drone in a picturesque spot!

28.12.2025 02:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yum, looks great, I love bake on demand, as it makes me work a bit in exchange for something I should be eating spread out over time anyway!

26.12.2025 04:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from Threads app, showing an inline Hestan Culinary polished silver medium sheet pan with rack

Screenshot from Threads app, showing an inline Hestan Culinary polished silver medium sheet pan with rack

Itโ€™s hard to use Threads when it keeps interrupting my feed with porn

25.12.2025 19:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿผ

21.12.2025 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 3702 ๐Ÿ” 1073 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53 ๐Ÿ“Œ 211
Close up shot of a set of red mushrooms, with vertical slits on their undersides visible, as the photo is taken from a low angle.

Close up shot of a set of red mushrooms, with vertical slits on their undersides visible, as the photo is taken from a low angle.

Found on my dog walk today - candy cap mushrooms

#mushrooms #pnwmushrooms

14.12.2025 03:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe this person thought no one would read this?

08.12.2025 02:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does this seat the rep who will vote Yes on the discharge petition on Epstein?

10.11.2025 00:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm hard-pressed to think of a non-Jewish Democratic politician who has spoken to Jews with more respect and empathy than Mamdani. The fact that many Jewish establishment orgs are going after him while staying relatively mum on resurgent Nazism is a disaster, both for American Jews and in general.

05.11.2025 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3691 ๐Ÿ” 710 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

Only two pancakes? I thought you said LARGE!

21.10.2025 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response. Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

No Kings couldn't have gone better - massive turnout, no violence, and it drove Trump so crazy his response was "Kings are good and I poop on everyone." Best of all was the effect on the millions of participants and everyone watching.

My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/no-kings-p...

20.10.2025 13:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3186 ๐Ÿ” 628 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51 ๐Ÿ“Œ 25
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A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

11.10.2025 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 5677 ๐Ÿ” 1506 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 263 ๐Ÿ“Œ 212

I see it differently - since every connection I make is encrypted already anyway, all this does is add a point of weakness. With a VPN, now all my connections are available to one police query to the company that runs the VPN.
I donโ€™t trust a VPN provider any more or less than my home ISP.

29.09.2025 21:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Closeup of yellow flowering sunflower. A honeybee is collecting pollen, totally covered in pollen dust

Closeup of yellow flowering sunflower. A honeybee is collecting pollen, totally covered in pollen dust

Two sunflowers in silhouette against a milky blue sky

Two sunflowers in silhouette against a milky blue sky

A few sunflowers still have something left for the bees

23.09.2025 09:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Smoking cube on deck on cruise ship?

19.09.2025 05:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder if the current immigration crackdown changes their gurusโ€™ stances - is it really a sound idea to announce you arenโ€™t a US citizen?

19.09.2025 04:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Headline from the New York Times, 1939: โ€œGoebbels ends careers of five โ€œAryanโ€œ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.โ€

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: โ€œGoebbels ends careers of five โ€œAryanโ€œ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.โ€

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

18.09.2025 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 5590 ๐Ÿ” 2574 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54 ๐Ÿ“Œ 148
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Trump minimizes domestic abuse during a talk at the Museum of the Bible: "Things that take place in the home, they call crime ... If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see?"

08.09.2025 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3487 ๐Ÿ” 1265 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 538 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1078

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

31.08.2025 18:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you free to Ross Perot this?

10.08.2025 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Baby killdeer with its neck extended, looks to the left.

Baby killdeer with its neck extended, looks to the left.

Adult killdeer on a brown natural-toned ground, with a blurred background

Adult killdeer on a brown natural-toned ground, with a blurred background

Killdeer on the beach at golden hour
Fidalgo Island, Washington

#birds
#killdeer

08.08.2025 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amazing sunset tonight, with @kclemson.bsky.social โ€˜s garden in the foreground!

31.07.2025 03:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last week we took a cruise in Alaska and I took this photo of one of the many seaplanes nearby - I think these guys saw me?
(Photo presented with no โ€œAI denoiseโ€)

30.07.2025 01:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when RFK says he wants to โ€œend chronic disease,โ€ what people hear is โ€œhe wants to cure usโ€ but what he means is โ€œi want to cull the weakโ€

26.07.2025 01:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 14511 ๐Ÿ” 4042 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 204 ๐Ÿ“Œ 139
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Actor Mandy Patinkinโ€™s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahuโ€™s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids โ€” but also endangering Jews across the globe.

13.07.2025 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 12213 ๐Ÿ” 4382 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 376 ๐Ÿ“Œ 597