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AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social

<p>I&#39;m Matthew Christopher, creator of the Abandoned America website, podcast, and book series about the beautiful and fascinating ruins in our midst. Photos are mine unless credited otherwise. Not a photo bot, so I post about other things from time to time. AI sucks.</p>

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    A rotting room in the District of Columbia Children&#39;s Center at Forest Haven in Laurel, MD. Forest Haven was infamous for such appalling neglect that it was called “the deadliest known example of institutional abuse in recent American history.” Read more at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/forest-haven-developmental-center

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    RE: https://mastodon.social/@AbandonedAmerica/117401013388104441 I feel like for this park to have any shot at working, they needed rides. The Lincoln Log Flume, Reagan&#39;s Trickle Down Water Park, Carter&#39;s Play Area for Little Peanuts, Herbie&#39;s Stock Market Plunge. You know. Have some fun with it.

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    Presidents Park opened in Virginia in 2004, but went under only a few years later in 2010. The 20-foot tall busts of US presidents that were the park&#39;s main attraction were moved to a rural field, where they were left to decay. More at https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-president-heads

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    The remains of the abandoned St. Boniface Church in Philadelphia just before demolition See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/st-boniface

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    The abandoned Gould St. Power Station in Baltimore (vertical, click to expand) Gallery/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/gould-street-power-station

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    @thomasfuchs how many toots can a tweet tooter toot if a tweet tooter can&amp;#39;t tweet tweets

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    1/ I&amp;#39;m seeing a lot of talk (still!) of defederating mastodon.social over the recent spam attacks. I have a feeling I&amp;#39;m going to regret this, but as someone on that instance with no current plans to move, I feel like there are some things those who are considering it may not be taking into account. There are loads of patronizing comments that people on this instance are &amp;quot;doing the Fediverse wrong&amp;quot;. No, we&amp;#39;re not. You can&amp;#39;t have a democracy while...

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    The remains of the abandoned Presidents Park Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/the-president-heads

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    The older I get, the more aware I am that being critical rather than enjoying things is not a sign of intelligence or wisdom. Not loving things - movies, art, music, people, situations - because of their weaknesses doesn&amp;#39;t make you better than them, it means you&amp;#39;re unable to see past imperfections. Sure, some things absolutely are bad &amp;amp; should be left behind - but being hypercritical denies you joy. I need reminded of this every day. Too many things are legit bad to throw...

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    My Best Christmas Moment was tonight; I got my wife an acoustic guitar because she&amp;#39;s been wanting to learn to play and she spent at least an hour and a half practicing Ring of Fire this evening. It makes me so happy to see her happy ❤️