photo of the corner of a City of New York press card for Greg Pak featuring his mugshot, the word PRESS and the date 2027.

Got my press card!

I finally applied for and got an NYC press card as a photojournalist. Officially entering my bespectacled, bearded half Korean old man Peter Parker / Jimmy Olsen era.

Matthew 25:31-46

On my mind all the time. Presented without commentary, other than to say it's especially relevant right now in the year 2025 in the United States of America and I…
Goodbye to 2024

Goodbye to 2024

Well, this was certainly a year. One of the worst in quite a while, particularly with that November finish. But in these last few days of 2024, I'm looking back and giving myself -- and all of us -- credit for what we did or at least tried to do, and for what we're going to do in the months to come. So get ready for some horn tooting, because you and I and all of us deserve it -- toot toot!

Bluesky hygiene and safety

In the weeks since the election and in the midst the giant surge of new accounts on Bluesky, I've seen multiple people talking about bad vibes on the site due…

Naming the Lost

Public COVID memorials like this are too rare. Grateful to the Naming the Lost organizers and everyone who contributed to this memorial at the St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery. namingthelost.com/memorials/ Nikon…