Denise Ruttan

HOMELESSNESS IS NOT A DRUG PROBLEM IT'S A HOUSING PROBLEM

I'm so sick of y'all in my mentions with this talking point, just stop.

PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD RENT. Half of renters are paying over 30% of their income on rent, another quarter are paying over 50%!!!

People need homes they can afford!

One of the videos I managed to catch of Stick Men's performance at the Whiteside tonight, Corvallis, Oregon

Stick Men on stage

Stick Men on stage

Stick Men on stage

This is the first concert I ever went to by myself and it was weird at first, then I didn't care. I can be as dorky as I want. I saw indie prog rock band Stick Men tonight and they were badass! Got close to the stage and danced away. This is how live music should be- an intimate setting like this!

I'm at a concert! Stick Men, they're indie prog rock. Didn't even have to drive all the way to Portland

my latest new-music playlist has tracks from De la Soul, Obongjayar, Sampa the Great, Tame Impala, Hatchie, Portugal. the Man, Demob Happy, Allie X, Nothing, SPRINTS, Picture Parlour, Plosivs, Flight to London, Ella Eyre, Ashes and Diamonds, Kreator, & more:
meadowparty.com/blog/2025/12...

Just thinking about all the marginalized authors who can‘t get a book deal while Olivia Nuzzi got the greenlight to publish a book that apparently has no chapters

Band set up on stage

Marquee at the Whiteside Theatre

Almost didn't go because I'm so tired but I made myself come out. All ready for some live music with Stick Men at the Whiteside! #music

A high-contrast black and white photograph showing a narrow cobblestone street lined with historic stone buildings. On the right, a large, multi-story building with many tall windows creates deep, dramatic shadows stretching across the foreground. In the background to the left, a tall clock tower and the façade of a church rise above the other buildings. A single person, dressed in dark clothing, walks down the center of the street, partially silhouetted by the light from above. The sky is partially cloudy, enhancing the dramatic lighting and texture.

Windows

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows #UrbanGaze #HumansOfBlueSky #StreetPhotography #photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #EastCoastKin #Lumix

If a writer ever says "it's a happy story" you're safe. You're all good, bro.

If a writer ever says "it has a happy ending" buckle up, buddy.

A very bright full moon surrounded by clouds in dark night sky

Supermoon tonight
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-338, #supermoon, #moon, #fullmoon, #clouds

I have been seeing tons of gym and knitting posts and those are two things I need to do again after not being very active all year and not knitting since August

new habits are so hard!

dark back alley in shoreditch only light is a series of lamps over doorways and a few windows in the background

side street
📷minolta xd/mc rokkor 58mm f1.2
🎞️kodak tri-x/d-76/push 1
shoreditch, london

#filmphotography #streetphotography b&w

I'm 44 and I feel the same way. Still childfree, not a virgin, and grateful to not be a mom. Mom life is not for me. 😀

I hate the way regular exercise makes my body feel alive, if I'm being honest

The only way to save Star Trek, or any of the paramount owned properties, going forward, is not support any of the new stuff that comes out now. Treat it as you would the HP books and movies and it's merchandise. When they lose money, they change leadership and tactics

Sony a6400, Sony 70-350mm lens, f/4.5, 1/1250s, ISO-800, 73mm. Not the right lens but the one I had on the camera. I was hunting for birds, hence the telephoto. Didn't see even one though. Processed in Luminar Neo with added texture.

Walked along the alley a few days ago and took this pic because of the drawing on the door. Different, eh? I mean, it certainly made me look! 😊 #UrbanGaze #landscape #grunge

two people stand near the steps up to the north end of waterloo bridge. one is turning and slightly motion blurred

duo 2
📷olympus xa
🎞️kodak double-x/d-76/push 2
waterloo bridge, london

#filmphotography #streetphotography #b&w

a silhouetted figure sits reading with a bike at the top of a wide set of stairs. all we see is the far wall of the steps, which is illuminated, and some windows above

steps 5
📷minolta cle/brightin star 28mm f2.8
🎞️kodak double-x/d-76/push 2
westminster, london

#filmphotography #streetphotography

Two comic panels of B’Elanna and Tom from Star Trek voyager homecoming issue 3, they’re aboard an alien ship with spooky mood lighting. B’Elanna: I THINK WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE COMPANY! Tom: I'M...I DON'T KNOW, SQUEEZING THE GOO AS FAST AS I CAN! B’Elanna: I'VE SEEN THOSE HANDS AT WORK, MISTER, SPEED IT UP. Tom: YES, MA'AM.

listen, in Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming we’re just upholding the long tradition of Star Trek being famously horny when it wants to be 😌

I got into records lately and what I use streaming for is to explore new artists and to see if I like their albums enough to buy them

I feel like the physical media narrative is lost. So many who champion analog in regards to movies, that advocate for Blu-ray and 4K discs over streaming of those films, have seemingly zero issue with using services like Spotify while not also buying records. Physical media is all of it.

my friend @aklingus’ dog Buster, a black and white toy poodle, close up to the camera. his fur is so fluffy is eyes are obscured

floof to bless your timeline

Maybe you could get into jigsaw puzzles instead 😄 I always wish I liked crosswords but whenever I get into them I remember how annoying they are. You often end up recycling the same 20 words

slightly off angle b&w shot looking down at an exterior stairwell at night

well
📷olympus xa
🎞️kodak double-x/d-76/push 2
southbank, london

#filmphotography #streetphotography

The black and white photo shows a glass atrium connecting two tall historic brick buildings. Once a mill and store, now a business and office building. Located in Ireland

The glass atrium connecting two historical buildings ~ #Ireland #Photography
#WeekWForWindows #AlphabetChallenge

A quick and sketchy drawing of a puffed-up mourning dove.

It's borb season.

(repost of old art)

Anyway stop using spotify and become a Bandcamp weirdo

Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday and they waive all fees so 100% of what you pay goes to the artists

Oh, Katy and Justin. They're kind of cute together. The trope would be politician/pop star 😄

Yeah that's just weird. I would think that would be the first thing to go unless you're still carrying a torch for the ex

I feel like I remember hearing that his divorce was being finalized, I could be wrong though. Still, red flag Katy, red flag! The romance novel lover in me wants them to work out though cause it's such a cute story

I haven't managed to do both yet, I have hardly written this year, but I'd cut back to 1 book a week if I were writing regularly for sure! I also usually do fairly short reviews that are like, notes of things I liked about the book that don't take much output. I'll write them on my phone too