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(Above) Huang Fan, 8 years ago.
Another instance of seeing something and thinking "Hey, I know that image." Fortunately, the copy I have was credited (no idea where it was posted) so I looked up "Huang Fan" and there's the ArtStation account, there's the image, and here's what I found on DeviantArt today that had me questioning:
on the page of "anime-fan-lover-game." Posted July 29ish, 2026.
Here's a download of the 8 year old picture ('cause Fan's image is downloadable)
Oy vey.
Nice.
"...this wasn't so bad until I looked at the 'E'."
Ha!
It was a day of "before and after," a little trek around town knowing that some of my photos had become something like historical documents.
When, in 2022, I was taking photos of high-rise construction in the area, I looked at this cluster of low-rise buildings and wondered "how long before they're gone for high-rises?" Answer? Like, three years. Late in 2025, the plot was razed and new construction begun. The first I noticed really was as I was taking photos of yet other projects; down an alley I saw this:
and said "Oh, there are going to be more!"
Now, it looks like this:
and strangely the corner car park remains. It's even in the architectural rendering:
there to the right at the bottom of the image. What's amusing is that the rendering still includes Chauncey Village
highlighted in the close-up view. Funny, 'cause Chauncy Village (as seen below in the middle distance behind its car park, 2017)
disappeared for what's likely to be the largest high-rise complex at this intersection. Which is a good segue to the following series.
First, a view from behind Chauncey Village, showing the recent high-rise, um, "Rise" in the distance, in 2022:
Following was the leveling of the Village plot, and then came the excavation in March, 2025:
Another "behind" view, in November, 2025, demonstrates the amount of work done in the intervening months:
and from Chauncey Ave itself:
Now, in July of '26, it's higher, and the brick facing is going on:
In a previous post from November, I illustrated how this behemoth is literally casting the adjoining street into shadow, including on a historically significant Louis Sullivan design. But--what're y'gonna' do? Progress! right?
Wood & Bradshaw, 2026
I hadn't gone into my back photo files specifically to find these of the church (above) having only caught the views inadvertently while taking shots of the street reconstruction. Having found them, a "before and after" seemed in order as I was doing other views anyway.
The church stood on the South-East-ish corner of Chauncey and State since, um, the 1920s if I remember right, but it and the trees and the little gas station down the hill went away for high-rises. The top photos were taken in 2017 as State St was being reworked.
Then came:
in 2018, and finally:
by 2021 or there-abouts. A second construct is down the hill a bit, where it will get little afternoon sun.
As often happens 'round here, the street work came with new sidewalks, which were then ripped out and rebuilt when the building construction happened.
Bradshaw & Wood, 2026
Once upon a time -- probably for close to 140 years -- an Italianate house stood on the corner of State and 11th. I was sure I had a photo of it, but this turns out to be the only one. I went looking 'cause a few months ago, it was torn down. Thinking I'd do a "before and after" I snapped this:
then discovered I only had that one shot for comparison. Alas.
It was a day of "before and after," a little trek around town knowing that some of my photos had become something like historical documents. For instance, in 2020, on a Spring evening, I shot some dogwoods on Columbia:
Yep, those're gone too:
which makes me wonder if the corner lot, currently a car park, will be developed soon.
Wood & Bradshaw, 2026
acrobatic squirrel
This squirrel attempted to jump a full six feet (yes, I measured) from a nearby bush to the bird feeder. Its first two misses were spectacular, so much so that when it made it on the third try, I let it hang out and eat as many peanuts as it wanted.
(I'm sorry I didn't manage to get the leaps to sync up, but I've already spent quite a lot of time turning the video into gifs that'll upload here, so.)
This is like an elementary school example of why persistence is good for you.
Though that might have far right legislators crying on camera about school children asking to be recognized as squirrels and demanding nuts for lunch.
My latest books cartoon for The Guardian
"...do no one think through the packaging -- looked cute for just a minute, didn't it?"
Reposted this already, adding The Stones' "Gimme Shelter" as my musical reaction, but also went on to do this:
'cause why not? Seemed like it needed a visual.
cool
though I did just read that as: "make art confuse people."
Many years ago, I happened on some Soviet-era inspired illustrations, at least one of which had "lipatov.deviantart.com" noted. I looked up "lipatov" on deviant art, and sure enough, hundreds of images. Not all were Soviet-style dieselpunk, but quite a few were.
Among the illustrations that caught my eye initially was this one, also appearing on lipatov's deviant art page, and dated as posted in 2009:
titled KIEV dieselpunk hovercraft.
Today I'm scrolling across deviant art and I see this:
on the page of BadJoselelereleAI, from 2026, also on deviant art. Posted on July 17th, 2026, with three variations in background ('cause "AI" art).
I said "Waaaaaait a minute, I recognize that image!" I had saved an (attributed, mind you) copy, compared the two, and then (re)found the artist's name; sure enough, the original is still on lipatov's deviant art page.
This is what "AI" gets us, I suppose. Apparently Bad Jose's "AI" scraped deviant art, and the resultant "art" was then posted on deviant art. Yeep: what a world.
The backside of the storm system that pushed the wildfire smoke away from town. I'll enjoy the good AQI readings while they last.
Took a lot of photos, but these do a pretty good job.
Wood & Bradshaw, 2026
Bradshaw & Wood, 2026
Ha!
For whatever reason my mind went here:
Oil giant has denied involvement, but climate activists are closely watching court case against Israeli private investigator for answers
Hilary Beaumont for The Guardian in conjunction with The Grist. The activists, who were focused on ExxonMobil and what the company knew of climate change, found themselves subject to hundreds of phishing e-mail attempts, some of which were successful. The hackers were apparently attempting to gain access to what the activists and the U.S. Justice Department were doing in litigation against ..."one of the world’s largest oil and gas corporations, with headquarters in Irving, Texas."
Details about who ordered the hacking operation have long been a mystery. But this spring, the extradition and arraignment of the Israeli private investigator Amit Forlit in a US federal court in New York sent shock waves through the American climate community. With Forlit now facing hacking and wire fraud charges, court documents allege the hack was ordered by a firm representing Exxon itself.
It doesn't surprise me that a gargantuan multi-national would spend millions to have activists hacked, but it is surprising that the case is going forward at all given the state of the U.S. Justice Department these days.
