I don't like the intermixing of photos and activity either, but you can get to a feed of activity only by mousing over the You menu in the top left and choosing

I don't like the intermixing of photos and activity either, but you can get to a feed of activity only by mousing over the You menu in the top left and choosing Recent Activity, or go directly to http://www.flickr.com/activity http://www.flickr.com/activity Regarding the SFW issue, I know Flickr has safety levels on photos...if you go to http://www.flickr.com/account/privacy/ http://www.flickr.com/account/privacy/ there's a Content Filters section, but it's not clear if it would apply to your Contacts photostream or only searches/viewing another member directly. The setting says: Choose a "safety level" that will apply to any site-wide searches you perform or member pages you visit on Flickr. You can also set the sort of content you'd like to see.