“Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer.” Because the more coverage you see, the more common you think it is. (Look up ‘availability heuristic’) The rise of fear-based social media: Nextdoor, Citizen, and Amazon’s Neighbors

“Why people are socializing more about crime even as it becomes rarer.”
Because the more coverage you see, the more common you think it is. (Look up ‘availability heuristic’)

The rise of fear-based social media: Nextdoor, Citizen, and Amazon’s Neighbors

Crime has gone down, but people think it's gone up

Fly away!

A white bird taking wing above a dirt road through grass and trees.
Photo taken at: Madrona Marsh Preserve and Nature Center

Fly away! This crane egret was standing on the road around #MadronaMarsh, swaying back and forth and looking upward like it was dancing or something, until it finally decided to fly off.

#EarthDay #birds #nature #wings #california #marsh

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On iNaturalist (alternate shot)

Flashback: A tropical stream in Hawaii

Flashback: A in, somewhere along the trail to the 420-ft Akaka Falls on the Big Island. I’ve been digging out the originals of photos I posted in low resolution back in the day. This seemed like a good one for #🌎

Photo taken at: Akaka Falls State Park

Flashback: A #tropical #stream in #Hawaii, somewhere along the trail to the 420-ft Akaka Falls on the Big Island. I’ve been digging out the originals of photos I posted in low resolution back in the day. This seemed like a good one for #EarthDay.

On PixelFed.Social

Correction: 440 feet. Not that they’re in this photo anyway.

A deserted Parisian street on a gloomy November day, years ago.

A deserted Parisian street on a gloomy November day, years ago. I stumbled on it again while looking for my photos of Notre Dame from the same trip, and I actually like this shot better than any of the ones I took of the cathedral. The lack of scaffolding probably helped!

Caption from Instagram
Photo on Photog.Social

Found my tourist snapshots from visiting NotreDameCathedral way back when.

Found my tourist snapshots from visiting #NotreDameCathedral way back when. Gloomy day with scaffolding, and a note that none of the inside photos came out. I can see why I never scanned them, though I might dig out the negatives and do that now just to get them onto digital.

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There’s a hawthorn hedge near work that’s absolutely covered with flowers…

There’s a hawthorn hedge near work that’s absolutely covered with flowers for a length of around 40 feet. I walk past it several times a week. I’d never noticed the scent of these flowers before, but it’s impossible to miss right now!

#flowers #spring

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On Flickr

Correction: It’s more like 100 feet. Not sure why I wrote 40.

Realized I forgot to post here about WonderCon last week.

I was mostly support for the kid’s #Minecraft costume, but I did get a chance to check out art, buy from small vendors & photograph #cosplay with the new camera.

The kid only took 1 photo, but it made be rethink my technique.
https://hyperborea.org/journal/2019/04/wondercon-2019-cosplay-photos/

Here’s the family as Professor Trelawney and a spider jockey. She ran into a LOT of other #HarryPotter cosplayers:

https://hyperborea.org/journal/2019/04/harry-potter-cosplay/

Full gallery on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelsonv/albums/72157690667228043


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Professor Umbridge is unimpressed. Professor Trelawney is uncertain how to react. Professor Lockhart *is* impressed…with himself

Professor Umbridge is unimpressed. Professor Trelawney is uncertain how to react. Professor Lockhart *is* impressed…with himself

Photo taken at: Wondercon

Professor Umbridge is unimpressed. Professor Trelawney is uncertain how to react. Professor Lockhart *is* impressed…with himself.

#cosplay #WonderCon #WonderCon2019 #HarryPotter #professortrelawney #professorlockhart #professorumbridge @wondercon
More photos on Flickr/KelsonV

@casualcosplaykatie as Trelawney, @enchantingenchanter as Lockhart, @cupofsunshyne as Umbridge