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Monday 12 December 2016

Flock / Bent neck (outside future city)

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An elderly woman cleans a window next to an advertising poster in Bucharest, #Romania, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. #APPhoto by @vghirda: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 9 December 2016


Few dozens of #Russian in #Palmyra  airport manage to flee before #ISIS control of the city: image via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrai, 11 December 2016



 #IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Claiming Wreckage Of The #US Drone Shot Down Near The #Haditha Dam. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016

 


 #IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Claiming Wreckage Of The #US Drone Shot Down Near The #Haditha Dam. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016 




 #IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Claiming Wreckage Of The #US Drone Shot Down Near The #Haditha Dam. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016 



 #IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Claiming Wreckage Of The #US Drone Shot Down Near The #Haditha Dam. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Of Suicide Bombers Who Attacked Near #Mosul City. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016 



#IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Of Suicide Bombers Who Attacked Near #Mosul City. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016 


#IRAQ #IslamicState Releases Pictures Of Suicide Bombers Who Attacked Near #Mosul City. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016 


INDIA - Seagulls fly and float on the Sangam, confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswathi in Allahabad. By @Sanjaykanojia07: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 December 2016


SYRIA - Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces prepare for an assault on the IS bastion of Raqa in Aliyah. By @Delillsouleman #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 December 2016




 #Idlib Maart-Alnuman 11/12/2016 #Massacre  6 martyrs and more than 10 injuries By targeting Maart Alnuman city in Idlib from regime Airplanes: image via Idlib - White Helmets @whitehelmets_sy, 11 December 2016



 #Idlib Maart-Alnuman 11/12/2016 #Massacre  6 martyrs and more than 10 injuries By targeting Maart Alnuman city in Idlib from regime Airplanes: image via Idlib - White Helmets @whitehelmets_sy, 11 December 2016




 #Idlib Maart-Alnuman 11/12/2016 #Massacre  6 martyrs and more than 10 injuries By targeting Maart Alnuman city in Idlib from regime Airplanes: image via Idlib - White Helmets @whitehelmets_sy, 11 December 2016




 #Idlib Maart-Alnuman 11/12/2016 #Massacre  6 martyrs and more than 10 injuries By targeting Maart Alnuman city in Idlib from regime Airplanes
: image via Idlib - White Helmets @whitehelmets_sy, 11 December 2016



#BREAKING || Rural #Idlib Civilians killed and injured by parachute bombs on local market in Saraqib and another massacre in Maarat Al-Nouman: image via FSA News @FSAPlatform, 11 December 2016


 #Douma: Sunday, death toll by airstrikes and artillery bombing rises to 5 civilians (2 children are among the death): image via SCD RifDimashq @SCDrifdimashq, 11 December 2016


SYRIA - A youth cleans a room at a makeshift hospital following a reported government airstrike on Douma near Damascus. By @AbdDoumany #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Suicide Attack On Rebels And Turkish Soldiers East Of #AlBab #TerrorMonitor
: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016 




#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Suicide Attack On Rebels And Turkish Soldiers East Of #AlBab #TerrorMonitor
: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Suicide Attack On Rebels And Turkish Soldiers East Of #AlBab #TerrorMonitor
: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Suicide Attack On Rebels And Turkish Soldiers East Of #AlBab #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Attacks On #SAA Positions Near T4 Airbase West Of #Palmyra. #TerrorMonitor
: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Attacks On #SAA Positions Near T4 Airbase West Of #Palmyra. #TerrorMonitor
: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Attacks On #SAA Positions Near T4 Airbase West Of #Palmyra. #TerrorMonitor
: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases Pictures Shows Attacks On #SAA Positions Near T4 Airbase West Of #Palmyra. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Attack On #SAA Positions With Heavy Weapons In The Outskirts Of Bardah Area, East Of #Qaryatayn, #Damascus. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Attack On #SAA Positions With Heavy Weapons In The Outskirts Of Bardah Area, East Of #Qaryatayn, #Damascus. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Attack On #SAA Positions With Heavy Weapons In The Outskirts Of Bardah Area, East Of #Qaryatayn, #Damascus. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Attack On #SAA Positions With Heavy Weapons In The Outskirts Of Bardah Area, East Of #Qaryatayn, #Damascus. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016



#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases VDO Shows Suicide Attack On #SAA Irtiwazah Checkpoint East Of  #Palmyra Before Reached The City. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases VDO Shows Suicide Attack On #SAA Irtiwazah Checkpoint East Of  #Palmyra Before Reached The City. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016




#SYRIA #IslamicState Releases VDO Shows Suicide Attack On #SAA Irtiwazah Checkpoint East Of  #Palmyra Before Reached The City. #TerrorMonitor: image via Terrormonitordotorg @Terror_Monitor, 11 December 2016


ISIS is not the enemy of one side or belligerent, in theory, but the world enemy. @19jk65: tweet via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrair, 11 December 2016

Cars (Toyota) used by #ISIS were sold to countries in the Middle East. @Ghifarix: tweet via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrair, 11 December 2016
 


#ISIS using different weapons during the #Palmyra attack #Syria: image via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrair, 11 December 2016 

 


#ISIS using different weapons during the #Palmyra attack #Syria: image via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrair, 11 December 2016 




#ISIS using different weapons during the #Palmyra attack #Syria: image via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrair, 11 December 2016 



#ISIS using different weapons during the #Palmyra attack #Syria: image via Elijah J. Magnier @EjmAlrair, 11 December 2016 

Bent neck (outside future city)

Windmill, Washington | by austin granger

Windmill, Washington [Goodnoe Hills, Washington]
: photo by Austin Granger, 5 December 2016

Bent neck (outside future city)

The sadness in the stooping
of the land, the exhaustion
of everything upon it


Windmill, Washington | by austin granger

Windmill, Washington [Goodnoe Hills, Washington]
: photo by Austin Granger, 5 December 2016


Windmill, Washington | by austin granger

Windmill, Washington [Goodnoe Hills, Washington]: photo by Austin Granger, 5 December 2016

Eastern Washington | by austin granger

Eastern Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 1 December 2016

Eastern Washington | by austin granger

Eastern Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 1 December 2016
 
Eastern Washington | by austin granger

Eastern Washington: photo by Austin Granger, 1 December 2016

Wetlands, Oregon | by austin granger

Wetlands, Oregon [Jackson Bottom Wetlands]: photo by Austin Granger, 23 November 2016

Wetlands, Oregon | by austin granger

Wetlands, Oregon [Jackson Bottom Wetlands]: photo by Austin Granger, 23 November 2016

Wetlands, Oregon | by austin granger

Wetlands, Oregon [Jackson Bottom Wetlands]: photo by Austin Granger, 23 November 2016

future city, illinois, at dusk | by jody9

future city, illinois, at dusk [Cairo, Illinois]
: photo by jody miller, 29 November 2016


future city, illinois, at dusk | by jody9

future city, illinois, at dusk [Cairo, Illinois]
: photo by jody miller, 29 November 2016


future city, illinois, at dusk | by jody9

future city, illinois, at dusk [Cairo, Illinois]
: photo by jody miller, 29 November 2016

Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

 [Alamo, Nevada]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 2 November 2016
 
Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

 [Alamo, Nevada]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 2 November 2016

Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

 [Alamo, Nevada]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 2 November 2016
 
Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

 [Oregon]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 10 December 2016

Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

 [Oregon]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 10 December 2016

Untitled | by lucas.deshazer

 [Oregon]: photo by Lucas DeShazer, 10 December 2016

Estuary | by efo

Estuary [Pinole, California]: photo by efo, 9 December 2016

Estuary | by efo

Estuary [Pinole, California]: photo by efo, 9 December 2016

Estuary | by efo

Estuary [Pinole, California]: photo by efo, 9 December 2016

Flock | by efo

Flock [Pigeons, Richmond, California]: photo by efo, 3 December 2016

Flock | by efo

Flock [Pigeons, Richmond, California]: photo by efo, 3 December 2016

Flock | by efo

Flock [Pigeons, Richmond, California]: photo by efo, 3 December 2016

Road Ends | by efo

Road Ends [Montalvin Manor, California]
: photo by efo, 26 November 2016


Road Ends | by efo

Road Ends [Montalvin Manor, California]
: photo by efo, 26 November 2016


Road Ends | by efo

Road Ends [Montalvin Manor, California]
: photo by efo, 26 November 2016

4 comments:

TC said...

Big orange ape chief of third world country say him no can figure out if russians in his business. Him be advised: start blog, look in stats, find out real quick.

kent said...

So it's true: the end of the road is somewhere near home plate.

Unknown said...

Yes. Bent Neck. Skimming across the topknot of our convulsed and confused post-election republic, living like a coyote, sleeping in my car in Gillette, Fairmont and South Bend, tuned-in to the night song of flocks of migrating geese, the sweet rumble of train wheels and the frightening big-rig whoop and scud, washing my face in ephemeral puddles, scrubbing my teeth in truck stops, on my way to spend time with my dad in his final days, I saw and admired and was sadden by the bent necks and the exhausted landscape at the end of nearly every road. I’m trying to pay close attention, Tom, and your project is an inspiration. Don’t color me orange, but I’m guilty as hell for invading this blog from top to bottom, clogging your stats page from this northwestern colony, tapping into Hardy and Adorno and Dorn and O’Hara and O’Brien. And Clark.

TC said...

Thank you, k and T. Some familiarity here. The scrub end of the road -- our back fence. And I do believe I just might know how that brokeneck windmill would feel... if windmills were to have feelings.