Hooray for Santa Cruz #California. More communities can live without #surveillance.

Santa Cruz the First in California to Terminate Its Contract With Flock Safety | KQED
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Santa Cruz the First in California to Terminate Its Contract With Flock Safety

Santa Cruz City Council voted to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, the license plate reader company that has come under scrutiny for its data collection and sharing practices.

^{Rachael Myrow (KQED)}

Silent Sunday.

#SilentSunday #Abandoned #GhostTown #Ruin #California #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

Lest anyone following me not get why the #KingTides are a big deal… this photo captures the scene not far from us yesterday

#California #SFBA

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omg omg omg

The rule should be, don't.

They're stupid enough as it is

#acab #fuckthepolice #abolish

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
#california

I spent a lot of this year on boats. I really enjoyed it. I have perfected the art of propping myself snugly on railings of boats of all sizes, trying to take photographs of birds and whales. A tripod is useless on such a boat especially in the chaotic waves of the Monterey or San Francisco Bay.

In August this year, I was on a whale watching boat in Monterey. The captain heard on the radio that several humpbacks were breaching, quite far away. He floored it and I pointed my camera in that general direction, not even having seen the whale yet.

I got this photo of the whale AND a bird above it.

#Photography #Marine #California