I'm about to do something very stupid. I bought a camera lens that was listed as being in perfect condition, but was actually defective. And instead of returning it, I'm going to attempt to fix it myself. Join me as I attempt to clean the oil off the aperture blades of this Minolta AF 50mm F/1.4.

Thinking about how the worst people you know moved to Texas for cheap gas and no income tax, but once there complain about expensive utilities, a property tax rate like 2x that of California, the complete lack of public spaces, and pay $65 a week in tolls to drive an hour to work.

Florida abolishing property taxes and effectively defunding their cities is crazy but thank god florida municipalities aren't all hurricane prone suburban ponzi schemes built at sea level drawing water from aquifers that are rapidly becoming more saline every year.

Love On The Line ☎️

a few weeks ago at a cute neighborhood cafe in South St Louis I watched the baristas do shots of Jameson behind the counter and then proceed to make genuinely the best latte I've ever had.

Unfortunately I think the takeaway elected Democrats got from Mamdani's victory in New York City is that they need to make more snapily edited videos with funky color grading, not that they need to give people something to vote for.

February in Toronto 🍁

morning routine

4 am blues

I highly encourage trespassing in parking garages, and so does my employer whose views this account represents.

Lights trails of Clayton, Misery. Nikon Z5 60mm F2.8 Micro Nikkor

I present, from the Railexco Contractor Committee, The Ultimate (cursed) Railcar. RDC Slumber Dome RPO Bar Bag Lounge Obs

sorry kitten, no discord nitro for the foreseeable future. daddy is taking a moral stance against the ever-encroaching tide of reactionary puritanism seeking to erode personal liberty and unilaterally impose absolute virtue.

sorry kitten, no discord nitro for the foreseeable future. daddy is taking a moral stance against the ever-encroaching tide of reactionary puritanism seeking to erode personal liberty and unilaterally impose absolute virtue.

feeling COYOTE about it

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

just another version of a girl w a hammer

The average elected democrat will see this and decide they're not reaching across the aisle far enough

Oh cool, you're on threads? That's what I'm hanging on by

I still care as much about bike lanes as I ever did there's just a lot going on.

local buny barista

cat vs cat @smekbo.bsky.social

Do Australians still talk like that when no one else is around?

impatient

Pov: you're about to go on the best date of your life.

meowing in her LinkedIn DMs

are you really friends if you're not LinkedIn oomfs

let the military run the social murder railroad it'll be fine I'm sure

I was in Phoenix to do engagement photos and this is one of my favs :) Kodak Gold 200 Pentax SP 500/ Pentax 150mm F4

Urban Pheonix AZ on 35mm :) Kodak Gold 200 Zenit EM/Helios 44m

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

When your mom promises to get you a Snickers bar on her way home but then shows up with a fun size

he broke like a wave upon the rock of the resolve of the people of Minnesota

The Minnesota National Guard doing textbook counterinsurgency ops is maybe quietly the craziest part of this. We're at war.

Toronto, in brief.

Free to read, because I must let off some of the pressure. www.patreon.com/posts/this-o...

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

Tim Pool is a very silly and stupid man without convictions who lives in the woods, and every year like clockwork at the start of deer season claims multiple someones have been shooting at his compound.

ethan from whodunnit my beloved theoretical nonbinary barista

Organic chemistry might as well be high fantasy alchemy because what do you mean you've distilled that 166 million-year-old dead algae goop into a tasty treat to flavor orange juice?

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new EPISODE with TOO MANY GUESTS where we talk about A THING WE SAID WOULD HAPPEN that HAPPENED with @garethdennis.uk @emeflores.bsky.social @angryscooter77.bsky.social

HERES THE VIDEO

This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality

diet couples

1950 EMD SW1 Zenit EM/Helios 44m Cinestill 400D

It's actually astounding how poorly trained these hogs are and how that's completely on purpose