Of all of the indignities of modern air travel, at least we don’t have 20 people making the most mundane phone calls whilst we’re all stuck in a metal tube 10 km up.

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A modern version of Don Quixote painted on a garage door in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. #ColorADay #bluetue #TagTuesday #streetart #graffiti #foto #streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin

it's easier to buy a gun in the united states than high-rise trousers

I don’t know how to sufficiently express to all companies everywhere that I don’t want the item/service I use to have a social component. “Want to share what you’re listening to amongst your friends?” NO! I want to listen to the same terrible song 100 times and not be judged.

Startups continue to prove the joke that 'AI' stands for 'Absent Indians'.

Three kids in a trenchcoat only it's unpaid labor and AI.

*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* Yep, that's me…

In all honesty: I block -- at first sight -- every account I see sharing genAI crap here. Draw or write poorly: you'll get better over time. Don't give your hobbies away to the Gaslighting Engine.

get fucked, luis.

With Duolingo’s firing of humans on staff in favour of generative AI, I’ve decided to abandon my 2,293-day streak, cancel my subscription, and delete my account. Any good recommendations on language-learning software?

It’s weird: this is my first trip in a while where I haven’t brought a camera with me. I won’t have time to go out and use it, but I still am sitting here at the aeroport going “what if?”

Chinatown nights.

Cherry blossom viewing with the rollei.

Wait the crazy religion they made up for Conclave is actually real???

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Meme in real life

a ghost in your house, but it's only haunting you because it can tell you're sad and it doesn't know what to say to make you feel better so it just follows you awkwardly from room to room

*attenborough voice* sensing that its entire ecosystem has turned against it, the cybertruck resorts to extreme mutations in its desperate struggle to survive

Was it worth schlepping a 300-mm f/4 prime lens all the way across the country with me on my recent trip? Yes. Yes it was.

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Finally played Firewatch. I’d picked it up before, but wasn’t able to make it through the intro. Well worth a play. I think I’ll just sit and marinate on it for a while.

C'est magnifique 🥹

Google, Microsoft, and Meta's increasing use of data centers has resulted in increased air pollution from extensive fossil fuel energy consumption and associated public health costs related to treating cancers, asthma, and other similar issues, valued at over $5.4 billion in the past five years.

YOUNG MAN, there's no need to feel down i said YOUNG MAN, pagliacci the clown you can SEE HIM he is playing in town you should go and have a good time

If there’s one thing I learned about myself over the last six months it’s that I missed being a photographer, but that I do NOT miss being an event photographer.

Assuming 2.3 million federal employees in the executive branch and a mean federal pay of $106,000, 5 minutes spent to respond to the 'what did you do this week' email will cost the federal government more than two million dollars in wages, not including time spent sorting responses.

Got to play with a Tachihara view camera today. I didn't have any sheet film to prep and load, so I used some of my photo paper (which shoots at ISO 6) and so this night shot was a 3'26" exposure. I desperately want to do more large-format photography soon.

Accidentally typed in Nissan.com instead of NissanUSA.com and saw that there's now a memorial up for the absolute legend who wouldn't give Nissan (the car company) his URL. Seems like a fitting tribute. RIP.

Don't cross picket lines. There are knockoff sites and apps for most of the puzzles if you need a fix. Or try some new things at puzzmo.com

Demons xkcd.com/3006

Whenever I'm outside and I see the car you beat up in Street Fighter 2 I point at it and say "that's the car you beat up in Street Fighter 2"

So it goes

Ethanol-based fuel strikes again: turns out my carb was misbehaving through the tuning process because the float was turning into a petrol-filled snowglobe. Luckily I had a spare lying around and I was able to get back on the road.

I think today's the day that I finally finish tuning the carbs on the beemer: I've been slowly changing out the jets over the last couple weeks and it's become such a blast to ride.