#250th — Public Fediverse posts

"As America staggered and stumbled toward its 250th birthday, the world could only watch in pity, sadness, and horror. The dystopian cinematic comedy Idiocracy could no longer be used as a reference to describe the Trump Administration, because reality had tragically replaced the movie as a warning of what happens when the most incompetent buffoons run—and ruin—the country."

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/a-requiem-for-americas-250th-birthday #Trump #MAGA #GOP #Project2025 #America #250th

#Resistance does not end on election day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNcmGTIXoCM

#tadstroermer #250th

At least two multi-colored fireworks expand simultaneously nearby

#photo #photography #fireworks #summer #festival #littleyork #abstract #july4 #independenceday #america250 #4th #250th

Firework with 13 or so streamers sparkling out in different directions

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #littleyork #250th #4thofjuly

Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Steam Locomotive passes through Fort Wayne Indiana. Video is .10 mile West of the Hosey Dam along the Maumee River. July 16 2026.

#UnionPacific #BigBoy #Locomotive #FortWayne #Indiana #250th #America #Train #Railroad #Railway #SteamEngine #History #USA

🚂 Big Boy 4014 Locomotive Whistle-Stop in Indiana:

Union Pacific Celebrates America’s 250th. Historic Steam Locomotive to Tour the East Coast. - https://www.up.com/press-releases/heritage-steam/union-pacific-celebrates-americas-250th-260320

Schedule: https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule

#UnionPacific #BigBoy #Locomotive #WhistleStop #Indiana #250th #America #Train #Railroad #Railway #SteamEngine #History #USA

Frisbee player throwing backhand (thx @MarvinFreeman and @Traugott!)

#photo #photography #sports #frisbee #groton #july4 #america250 #portrait #indepndenceday #250th #4th

Fireworks ascend while other fireworks explode at the North End of Little York Lake

#photo #photography #summer #littleyork #festival #july4 #america250 #unitedstates #us #independenceday #250th #4thofjuly

I spent the drive up to Little York working on a lecture about the magic of blessings which primed me such that every time someone said "Enjoy the 4th of July" it exploded in my brain like a firework

#photo #photography #fireworks #paganism #religion #pagan #blessings #magic #july4 #littleyork #4thofjuly #independenceday #america250 #250th

Firework with red white and blue streaks that are a little irregular, maybe because the exposure was long and the camera didn't quite cancel out the motion of my hands

#photo #photography #fireworks #littleyork #july4 #4thofjuly #independenceday #pyrotechnic #america250 #250th #festival #summer

Early firework at Little York when there is little smoke to be illuminated by pyrotechnics

#photo #photography #fireworks #littleyork #july4 #4thofjuly #independenceday #pyrotechnic #america250 #250th #festival #summer

Another angle on Maddie Walsh and the Blind Spots, I think the hardest working band in the Ithaca area

#photo #photography #maddiewalsh #band #music #littleyork #4thofjuly #july4 #independenceday #america250 #250th

Crowd waits for fireworks by food vendors in Little York; that day I thought about a Martin Prechtel quote to the effect that "the feast the only ritual"

#photo #photography #littleyork #wideangle #4thofjuly #july4 #independenceday #festival #america250 #250th #food

One thing I like about photographing fireworks is that they are so outside normal sensory experience and have so much range in brightness that you can get interesting photos with different exposures and even when the autofocus "fails" you can get a pretty image

#photo #photography #littleyork #fireworks #abstract #july4 #4thofjuly #independenceday #america250 #250th

Couple poses in front of little pond north of Dwyer Memorial Park while celebrating nation's birthday

#photo #photography #groupportrait #water #pond #july4 #4thofjuly #independenceday #usa #flag #america250 #250th

Two vendors for Independence Day at Little York lake north of Cortland

#photo #photography #cortland #littleyork #july4 #groupportrait #4thofjuly #independenceday #america250 #250th

Happy group of four on shore of pond out for America's 250th

#photo #photography #groupportrait #pond #water #independenceday #july4 #4thofjuly #festival #america250 #250th

Couple out for the 4th of July at Little York Lake wearing matching patriotic shirts

#photo #photography #july4 #groupportrait #littleyork #indpendenceday #250th #america250

A rather large group that photographed well next to a plushie vendor at Little York Lake for Independence Day

#photo #photography #littleyork #cortland #independenceday #america250 #250th #usa #unitedstates #festival #groupportrait

"... And the rockets' red glare"

#photo #photography #red #fireworks #july4 #america250 #250th #usa #unitedstates #indepedenceday

#taco #trump #Annyversary #250th #DementiaDon #politics

He said this in the 250th anniversary.

Another person enjoying America's 250th birthday at Little York Lake north of Cortland, NY

#photo #photography #portrait #littleyork #july4 #4thofjuly #festival #cortland #independenceday #250th #america250

Smiling man at Little York Independence Day Celebration with a shirt kinda like Superman's but with American flag graphic in the diamond

#photo #photography #littleyork #cortland #4thofjuly #july4 #independenceday #unitedstates #usa #250th #america250

I see Maddie Walsh and the Blind Spots playing at events in the area all the time and the 4th of July at Little York was no exception

#photo #photography #music #littleyork #4thofjuly #july4 #independenceday #250th #america250

Man with America 250 shirt on midway at Little York Lake for the 4th of July

#photo #photography #portrait #littleyork #july4 #4thofjuly #america250 #250th