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A blue building with a decorative pattern and potted trees outside each window, surrounded by lush green trees and dense foliage. The sky is cloudy and grey, adding a dramatic backdrop to the scene.

Portland, Oregon. 25th May, 2024.

A black-and-white photograph shows the exterior entrance of a house with a prominent gabled roof. Above the doors, on a vertical support beam, there is a pinned cover of a Fleetwood Mac vinyl album, Rumors.

Portland, Oregon. 19th May, 2024.

A serene view of a forested hillside with tall evergreen trees under a partly cloudy sky. In the foreground, there’s a calm body of water bordered by a paved pathway with evenly spaced lampposts.

Mt. Tabor Park, Portland, Oregon. 6th May, 2024.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 (Expired)

A brick house with a sloped roof is visible in the background, with a tall evergreen tree and blue sky on the horizon. In the foreground, there is a bush with pink and red roses blooming behind a chain-link fence.

Portland, Oregon. 19th May, 2024.

A diptych showcasing two coastal scenes. The left image features a green moss-covered log on a sandy beach with a calm body of water in the background. The right image displays a grassy shoreline with dense trees and a serene coastal inlet, highlighting the greenery.

Coos Bay, Oregon. 28th April, 2024.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 (Expired)

Portland, Oregon. 9th May, 2024.

Urban street scene with a graffiti-covered wall and traffic in the background. In the foreground, two people are engaged in a photography session near a building with large columns. One is sitting and posing, while the other is crouched, taking photos.

Portland, Oregon. 13th May, 2024.

A bird in flight against a clear blue sky, with green tree leaves and utility wires in the background.

A new beta of Mimi Uploader is out with a small but significant update. The alt text generation feature now uses the latest Open AI model (GPT-4o) announced yesterday.

If you’re not in the beta, you can opt-in.

I look forward to your feedback. Thank you!

Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon. 12th May, 2024.

A black and white photograph of an indoor ice-skating rink with a few people skating. Large windows cast a grid-like shadow across the ice surface. The rink is bordered by a railing, and the scene gives an impression of movement and stillness combined.

Fifteen people who received both, a Nobel Prize, and a US Presidential Medal of Freedom

Fifteen people who received both, a Nobel Prize, and a US Presidential Medal of Freedom
Name NP1 PMoF2 Note
[John Steinbeck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck) 1962 1964 Shortest interval between awards.
[T. S. Eliot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot) 1948 1964
[Henry Kissinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger) 1973 1977
[Martin Luther King Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) 1964 1977 Posthumous medal.
[John Bardeen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen) 1965 1977 Awarded another Nobel Prize in 1972.
[Norman Borlaug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug) 1970 1977
[Milton Friedman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman) 1976 1988
[Elie Wiesel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel) 1986 1992
[Jimmy Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter) 2002 1999 Nobel Prize awarded after medal.
[Joshua Lederberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Lederberg) 1958 2006 Longest interval between awards.
[Toni Morrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison) 1993 2012
[Bob Dylan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan) 2016 2012 Nobel Prize awarded after medal.
[Mario J. Molina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_J._Molina) 1995 2013
[Daniel Kahneman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman) 2002 2013
[Al Gore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore) 2007 2024
  1. Nobel Prize
  2. Presidential Medal of Freedom