post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. "millions now living will never die" by Tortoise, it happens to be what I'm listening to right now. This one really redefined what a band could be for me.

For the record, my last name really is 'Galt' and it's not some kind of nom de internet reference to objectivism. I just had a disconcerting exchange, and not for the first time.

My 82 year old Dad has been painting Snoopy on our windows since 1969. Here's this year's effort Vs his first one. (Check out that late 60s decor.)

The best illustration of the power of photography that I’ve seen recently.

8 in 2025, 19 otherwise (never did AOL.)

Outside Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, October 2022 #BelieveInFilm #NewMexico #KodakGold #AgfaIsoletteL In Wisconsin, we would have built a state park around this. In New Mexico, it was just our AirBnB's backyard. I've been going back through stuff I shot with the Isolette... not a bad camera!

The rocket pistol wasn’t harmless. That’s my diagnosis.

Water Park, 2025 Once there was a water park, now it's a peaceful oasis... Bronica ETR, 200mm f4.5 Zenzanon-MC, Kodak Gold #BelieveInFIlm #IShootFilm #Wisconsin

When I heard about #TheStringer and the questioning of Ut’s credit for “Napalm Girl,” I assumed it would be sensationalist bs. Now that I’ve seen it, I see it’s not. It’s a compelling story with compelling evidence. I haven’t seen any kind of response from Ut, the AP’s report isn’t persuasive.

Isn't there a nationwide nurse shortage? Why would anyone do this?

Over on the blog, I have just published "Five Recent Stereoviews." This is five, recent stereo views. I've even set it up so that you download them, print them, and then load them into your Victorian stereo viewer to revel in their dimensionality. #BelieveInFIlm #IShootFilm #StereoPhotography

Look how lame and disingenuous Rep. Tony Wied (WI-08) is... Here's a screen shot of an email I just received in which he's giving Republicans the credit for the Epstein File transparency bill. Can't wait to vote this guy out. #Wisconsin #TonyWIed #WI08 #EpsteinFiles

@jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Here’s another peak 2025 morsel for you.

Wigwam Exhibit, Wisconsin 2025 (Bronica ETR, 75mm f2.8 Zenzanon-MC, Kodak Gold 200) #BelieveInFIlm #FilmIsNotDead #Wisconsin

Marigolds, 2025 (Rolleiflex, Gold 200) Marigolds are the flower of resistance. #BelieveInFilm

For #FountainPenDay2025... I’ve been using refillable fountain pens since 2017. It was another thing I could stop treating as disposable. (I used to blow through Pilot G-2s.) These are more fun. I’ve misplaced 2 pens, but thrown away 0. I’ve IDed these in the alt text if you’re curious.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

This is great for Georgia! Wish we had elections for utility commission in Wisconsin...

Really jealous of the people who get to vote tomorrow.

France can keep it. We have our own now. Originally requested by Neil Meaton

Cartoonish

I just cracked the code... Trump's invading PO(rt)LAND. Get it? It's just another Nazi dog whistle.

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

Happy Neko Case Album Drop Day to all who observe. #NekoCae

I’m drawing strength from this fugitive tomato plant, growing from a crack in an alley downtown… I hope it bears fruit before the freeze. #MetaphorsAreEverywhere

I just contributed to Francesca Hong’s run for Governor of Wisconsin, because that’s the leadership I want. Lots of great candidates in the primary though.

The selfie I've been using is approaching double digits, so I thought I'd upload a new one that's more reflective of what I look like today, namely grayer and more beardier.

Erosion on the North Shore, Minn. August 2025 #BelieveInFIlm #LeicaIIIc #KodakDoubleXX

Authoritarianism is like measles: Ignore it and it will go away. I have this guidance straight from Secretary Kennedy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

I'd missed this story. I'm at a point where I can only cope with the news for about 5 minutes a day.

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

Can't overstate how Google's AI Overview is hitting arts criticism. Until recently, you found a bunch of top reviews for a new exhibition, play or film via search. Now you get an AI overview. Traffic is falling away. observer.com/2025/08/arts...

Is it me or is today's crop especially nonsensical?

Idling at an antique mall, a man comes across a little yellow Kodak box. "What is it?" he says and takes it off the shelf. It's a lens hood, yellow filter, and UV filter made to fit his Kodak from 1954. "This is the kind of consumerism I can get behind," he murmured to himself. #BelieveInFilm

Finally getting around to developing and scanning some film. Here are a few. Fishermen, Freighter, Fox River, #GreenBay, 2025 (Canon LTM 35mm f/2) Frozen Waterfall, #GreenBay, 2025 (Nikkor 35mm f/2) Wetland, #DoorCounty, 2025 #KodakXX #HC110 ###FilmIsNotDead, #BelieveInFilm #Wisconsin #IShootFilm

“Next two weeks” (as in Trump will decide on attacking Iran in the next two weeks) usually means never going to happen.

It was Halloween in NYC circa the millennium. I was dressed as a monkey with fez and cymbals; Leonardo di Caprio was dressed as a newsboy (clearly 'borrowed' from wardrobe). We crossed paths on an empty street. He looked disapproving of my costume and I of his. To this day, we remain enemies.

Whoo hoo! I know some people for whom this will be amazing news.

I once stepped onto a NYC subway car and realized I was the only man on it without a mustache; still traumatized.

Boomers need to retire.

The primary energy fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with equivalent amount of clean energy. BUT: Not necessary because conversion losses don’t need to be replaced. 2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat. knowledge.energyinst.org/new-energy-w...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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We celebrated Pinhole Photography Day by making a camera with Nick D. at the Photo Opp in Appleton, WI. On Sunday, the youngest and I did a photowalk in an industrial part of town. Very cool. The populist takes 120 film. Here are the plans: tinyurl.com/mpdxh8w #BelieveInFilm #Wisconsin #IShootFilm

I've mentioned that we have a very small food production company called uBu Foods. I wrote a little post about our kitchen on the occasion of our sublessee moving in this month. This kitchen was our sanctuary during the early months of the pandemic. I owe a lot of sanity to the place.

I'm IU Class of '97. This makes me very sad this evening.

We have a food company in the US. In '23, I spent a month researching how to export to Canada. We went far down that road before deciding that we should wait. We're just 2 people who do all the work ourselves. This stuff impacts regular people. Can't imagine having a 'T' slapped on our product.

The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis. The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall. 1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it.

Green Bay opens new ‘home base’ for violence prevention office. @ajkennard.bsky.social reports.