NatGeo Explorer Photographer

📡🔲🟨 DC Photographer 🎥 Cinematographer Contributor Explorer Photographer #YourShot @natgeophotos ✈🗺📍 #Traveler ⛩ 🎥

[NatGeo Explorer Photographer @JSirakas]

📡🌎📸🎥🎞🎬 😎Yes it’s #WorldPhotographyDay 🎥📸📲
🤣A day where everyone is #professionalphotographer until you put it on M=Manual 📷
F.8 = Doesn’t mean a Windows option
ISO is not a dating reference 😂
RAW= Doesn’t mean what kind of meat 🥩 I like 😂
#worldphotographyday

[Hidden History @HiddenHistoryYT]

Midway (2019) - Destroying the Akagi Scene

[Virginia News Vanguard @VaNewsVanguard]

🚨TALL SHIPS IN VIRGINIA: Sail250America!

The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding in 1776 – The United States of America’s Semiquincentennial. For this milestone occasion, a fleet of the world’s most magnificent international tall ships and military ships, in an epic peacetime gathering, will sail into the port of Virginia as part of Sail250 America.

In the tradition of the past five iconic OpSail events held in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads/Chesapeake Bay region since 1976, the fleet will once again bring extraordinary experiences and opportunities to every corner of our communities.

Affiliate Harbors include Alexandria, Cape Charles, Chesapeake, Hampton, Onancock, Portsmouth, Richmond, Smithfield/Isle of Wight, and Yorktown. In addition to these harbors, Virginia Beach will host the international fleet of ships at the Lynnhaven anchorage prior to the parade of sail into downtown Norfolk.

The ships will make their way up the country’s east coast in an epic peacetime gathering. Primary ports include New Orleans, Norfolk, Baltimore, New York, and Boston (and more).

Richmond is a Sail Virginia 2026 Affiliate Harbor. Tickets are free, but you need a ticket to board the ships.
Richmond June 12-14:
https://t.co/aGg5qAm6CW

Norfolk June 19-23:
More & schedules at: https://t.co/0pahUYtgS4

[Commodore Computer Museum 🕹 @MuseumCommodore]

43 Years Ago Today — On June 3, 1983, WarGames hit theaters and gave us one of the most chilling tech thrillers ever made.

A curious kid hacks into a military supercomputer, starts a game of “Global Thermonuclear War,” and nearly triggers the real thing. Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, and that unforgettable countdown… pure 80s perfection.

Each year I ask Grok how long it would take for it to simulate the same scenario, last year it was about 10 minutes...with a special conditon, Grok emphasised each year... see below.

This year, 2026 on the anniversary of the film, I asked Grok (xAI’s AI) the big question from the film:

How long would it take a modern AI like Grok to simulate a full Global Thermonuclear War scenario?

Answer: Seconds for high-level insights, minutes for detailed probabilistic simulations — a massive leap from WOPR’s 26+ hours in 1983.

Computing power and AI have come that far!

Each year Grok after my asking this, Grok concludes with...

"Yet the movie’s ultimate lesson remains as true today as it was then: “The only winning move is not to play.”"

At least we know Grok won't be starting WWIII... I have seen other Ai's coming out with chilling answers, which don't end well for us... us being humans.

Wargames the movie is a rollercoaster ride, that still holds up today. Who else still loves this film?

[Katja Herbers @katjaherbers]

Hayao Miyazaki's reaction when a team of developers showed him a demonstration of using generative Al for animation:

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:

“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.

Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.

Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”

[Growing Up Retro @GrowingUpRetro]

The A-Team saves the day.

[Jackie for Ward 1 DC Council @WarriorForWard1]

💛 Real people. Real endorsements.

Longtime Ward 1 resident and community advocate Cerise Elaine Turner endorses Jackie Reyes-Yanes. She’s seen Jackie listen, connect residents with services, and deliver results.

🗳️ June 16: Rank Jackie #1.
👉 https://t.co/6hrjEVQdnk
#Ward1DC

[SnoopyAndWoodie @Anklebiters0904]

Blondie / snoopy
#Blondie #snoopy

[Jackie for Ward 1 DC Council @WarriorForWard1]

🐀 The rat problem in Ward 1 can no longer be ignored.

Families deserve clean and safe neighborhoods, not excuses and temporary fixes.

🗳️ June 16 - Rank Jackie Reyes-Yanes as your number ONE choice.
👉 https://t.co/6hrjEVQdnk

#RatFree #Ward1DC #RankedChoiceVoting #RCV

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Mexico paid $20 million for eight minutes in this movie. Then those eight minutes forced them to invent an entire cultural tradition.

Before Spectre, Mexico City had no Day of the Dead parade. The holiday was celebrated at home, at cemeteries, with family altars. Quiet, intimate, centuries old. Sam Mendes fabricated a massive street parade for the opening sequence, shot it with 1,500 extras in skeleton costumes across the Zócalo, and audiences worldwide assumed they were watching a real annual event.

Mexico's government had negotiated hard for the placement. Leaked Sony hack emails showed officials offered up to $20 million in tax incentives for four minutes of positive portrayal. Sony was drowning in a $300 million budget. The deal included script changes: the Bond girl had to be a Mexican actress, the villain could not be Mexican, and the city's modern skyline had to appear on screen.

Then the movie opened in 182 countries and tourists started booking flights to Mexico City for the parade.

The parade that did not exist.

Tourism authorities panicked. Visitors were arriving expecting the spectacle they saw in the film and finding nothing. So in October 2016, the government spent $500,000, hired 650 volunteers, built dozens of floats and giant skeleton marionettes, and staged the first real Día de los Muertos parade in Mexico City's history. 250,000 people showed up. They openly called it a "Spectre-style parade" in press materials.

Ten years later, the parade draws millions. Anthropologists call it the "pizza effect," where a cultural element gets exported, transformed abroad, and reimported as authentic. Mexico's most famous public celebration of its most sacred holiday was invented by a British director shooting a $300 million spy movie.

That tracking shot is doing more for Mexico City's economy every November than the $20 million they paid for it.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The opening of Spectre (2015) is so good it almost tricks the brain into thinking the entire movie is about to be a masterpiece. That Día de los Muertos tracking shot through Mexico City is pure Bond flexing for five straight minutes.

[Jackie for Ward 1 DC Council @WarriorForWard1]

📰 Why have rats become one of the biggest issues in Ward 1?

Jackie Reyes-Yanes speaks candidly in @washingtonpost about what residents are experiencing every day, and why cleaner, safer neighborhoods matter. 🐀🏘️

Read more: https://t.co/KCc8uf88cm

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

The unaltered 1977 Star Wars returns to the big screen February 19, 2027, for a limited 50th anniversary run.
For a taster, here’s the original 12-minute Battle of Yavin exactly as it played in ’77, for the true Star Wars diehards.
Legendary cinema.

[Cris@rcades 💎 @Cris_Arcades]

Cualquier amante de la cultura pop de los 80 y 90! Se sentirá identificado en un salón arcade se reúnen varios de los mayores iconos de la nostalgia retro, tan solo disfrutad!

[Jackie for Ward 1 DC Council @WarriorForWard1]

This Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives serving our country.

For generations, DC residents have answered the call to serve in every war. Today, we remember their courage and honor the families carrying their legacy forward.

#MemorialDay

[Sean @scs_real]

The greatest one hit wonder, in the history of humanity, was released on this day, 41 years ago.

Yes, you are that old.

You're welcome America

[La Biblioteca del Templo Jedi #StarWars @bibliotecaJedi]

La Tontunada Star Wars del día....

[🖤 Buy Physical Media 🖤 @VHSDVDBLURAY4K]

Why settle for streaming when you can have this

[Jackie for Ward 1 DC Council @WarriorForWard1]

Cardozo students, teachers & families deserve safe, comfortable schools. Jackie Reyes-Yanes issued a statement on the ongoing heating & air conditioning issues at Cardozo and reaffirmed her commitment to advocating for the investments our schools need. #Ward1DC #DCPS #DCStudents

[All day Astronomy @forallcurious]

🚨: A photographer captured the Sun for three years straight from the exact same spot at the same time, then combined every position into one incredible image