My electric company sent me “12 ways to lower your energy bill.” I checked for “stop building fucking data centers”. Unfortunately not on the list. Sure. I’ll go make my house slightly more miserable 🤷🏼‍♀️

Portrait of a son Mamiya C220 | Ilford Delta 3200 |Rodinal 1+25 #FridayFavourites #FilmPhotography #Ilford3200 #Ilford #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePortrait #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #Portrait #FilmIsNotDead #Grain #Music #BW #Photo #Photography

Stopped by the Maplewood mall yesterday and it looked even more like a zombie-movie set than before. Several big stores are gone, but in their place popped up endless little shops with fake Labubas and Pokémon. Labuba is what’s holding the US economy together 🙃 #FilmPhotography #Labubu

Iran basically discovered a subscription model: grab a woman, stage outrage, get Western donations. Yes, I’m glad she survived, but white savior charity doesn’t challenge the machine that keeps producing victims 🤷‍♀️ #Iran #Theocracy #Politics #HumanRights #Women #WomenRights #Oppression #Equality

Another thought, regarding My Friends: authors once exoticized the Other from a far land (see Edward Said), and now some of them romanticize poverty instead. Reading Backman, I keep thinking he’s never seen real hardship up close. #booksky

Tell Congress: Stand with Ukraine over Russia!

I have a serious question: MAGA folks swore they’d boycott Costco after it filed a lawsuit over Trump’s tariffs. And yet the parking lot is packed as hell. How do we gently remind maggots to honor their sacred boycott vows? I just want to park my car 😭😭😭

Started Backman’s My Friends. Same emotional rollercoaster as always, but this time he erased every hint of place or time in an attempt to make the story universal. The result feels more like emotional IKEA furniture - functional, familiar, and very flat. Still good for bedtime reading #booksky

Turns out if you disable search history and recommendations on YouTube, it quietly kills all AI and human slop like Shorts and stops the platform from deciding what you should watch. A tiny act of digital hygiene that everyone needs

It’s pretty bad when the only person praising your military doctrine is Vladimir Putin. Let’s impeach this fascist dictator before it’s too late for American democracy!

Americans dug up Tolokonnikova to ask her how not to lose a country. Interesting choice, considering it was Ukrainians, not russians, who kicked out a Kremlin-backed authoritarian president in 2014 after he shot protesters. But sure, ask someone from a country that never stopped its own dictator 🤷🏼‍♀️

My grandma spent her whole life as an atheist and then, once she retired and for reasons known only to herself, suddenly went religious and started warning eight-year-old me about the apocalypses. I imagined something dramatic and cinematic. Nobody told me the world ending could look this boring 🤷🏼‍♀️

My first not-so-successful attempt with the Mamiya C220. I somehow managed to mess up the roll while shooting and scratch it after developing 🤭 probably I need to replace the light seals and spend a bit more time getting to know camera. But honestly, I’m happy as a clam anyway :) #BelieveInFilm

Outside is December gloom, inside is boredom, and I still don’t know what to photograph for the test roll for my new camera. The 120 mm reel is almost done printing though, so inspiration has about ten minutes to appear :) #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead

Meeting a guy tomorrow to pick up another camera. I keep telling myself this will be the last one for a while. Unfortunately, I’m very good at lying to myself. But hey, at least I’m consistent #FilmPhotography #ShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm

I think I get why Trump fixates on #Somalis in #Minnesota : their grandparents had the guts to fight real Italian fascists, so our knockoff wannabe Fuhrer sees them as a threat. Authoritarians always hate people who’ve already learned how to stand up to fascists. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Reading Lesya Ukrainka’s essays tonight. There’s something fascinating about arguing in my head with a brilliant woman who lived more than a century before I was even born. Time collapses a little when the mind on the page is sharper than most voices around you

Побачила радість деяких вестернів щодо китайських зарядок для EV з коментарем “головне, що не Маск”. Я остання людина, яка буде Маска виправдовувати, але це прямо «назло мамі відморожу яйця». Невже вибір досі тільки між двома evil?

Only immigrants drag their whole ‘world’ with them - boxes, books, and traumatized plants, because nothing is ever permanent, so you just rebuild your life out of whatever survived the trip Photo: Winnipeg, Canada, Ukrainian cemetery, 🎞️ Fuji 200 📷 elan 7e

Does anyone know when Patreon became a russian asset? They’ve started deleting accounts of Ukrainian artists who simply want to support their country and the veterans defending it. Hypocritical pacifism at its finest 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hey Minnesota people, if you were the ones honking at us today while we walked with Ukrainian flags protesting that “peace deal” they’re trying to force on Ukraine, thank you. Every honk felt like a reminder that we’re not alone. You’re awesome 💙💛

As a Ukrainian who survived the Yanukovych era, and a US citizen now, watching American politics feels like rewatching an old season while everyone else thinks it’s a fresh plot twist. The funniest part? Friends once lectured me on “checks and balances”… and now ask how I knew 🤭

Filled out the community survey for our local McMansion City. They asked about walkability and bikeability… while our “sidewalks” look like this in March. Bold move for a town where the only safe commute is by ark 🫣 Olympus FT 🎞️Fuji #FilmPhotography #ShootFilm #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm

I don't think that people in the US will choose this way, but in my opinion, it would be wise

Aurora showed up in Minnesota again. Worth every numb finger :) #Minnesota #Aurora #NorthernLights #NightPhotography #onlyInMn #mn #photo #photography

Finished Autocracy, Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Her faith in Russian “liberals” is almost cute. Still, she sees reality and tries to act. My hope in her success is probably as naïve as her belief that there’s such a thing as a Russian unspoiled by corruption or empire 🤭 #books #booksky

Got 2 boxes with 12 bottles of House of the Dragon for $39 a box. Winter may be coming, but I’m clearly prepared 😆. Apparently, even Targaryens couldn’t escape inflation, though at $3 a dragon, I’d call it a victorious alliance 🥂❄️

Went to Iowa for @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social. Expected political depth, got microphone depth throat instead. He’s funny, but some bits are more teenage hormones than intellect. Ukrainian stand-up ruined me - I expected both :(

Summer memories 📷 Canon Elan 7e | 🎞️ Fuji 200 (developed in Cinestill) #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mmFilm #Fuji200 #CanonElan7e #Canon #Fujifilm #Photography #Nature #GoldenHour #AnalogVibes #FilmIsNotDead #ShootFilm #BelieveInFilm #Photo #EverydayBeauty #FilmCommunity #Sunset

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is a co-sponsor of “No Kings” events, is passing on an urgent call for a “No Kings Alliance National Days of Action” in response to the looming crisis of 42 million working families set to lose food assistance via SNAP on Nov. 1. ffrf.us/47zSRyi

Cardinal feeding season 📷 Canon R6 #Cardinal #NorthernCardinal #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Nature #FeederBirds #CanonR6 #BackyardBirds #BirdWatching #WinterBirds #Birds #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #BirdLovers #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

We bought tiny pond fish in summer, now they’ve tripled in size and relocated to fishtank for the winter. One squatter bullfrog was relocated to the nearby stream too :) 📷 Canon R6 #Photo #Photography #Fish #Goldfish #Nature #Funny #Home #Story #Life #Aquarium #Animals

Waiting for someone to explain why the announcement of a trade relationship that is worse than the one we had a year ago is received as a big success

1/4 Sometimes I feel sick when privileged western kids romanticize communism online. They have no idea what it means to die of hunger because russian communists decided farmers were “in the way of industrialization.”

I’m absolutely not the person who’d support the China’s communist dictatorship, and I fully get why this kind of law would be disastrous in a liberal society (thanks, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social ) But damn the idea of influencers needing actual degrees? So tempting 😇😈 www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

Somewhere in the Smokies, pretending it’s all wilderness and not a parking lot just behind me 📷 Canon R6 📍 Tennessee #Photo #Photography #Nature #Mountains #FallColors #Landscape #Travel #Hiking #Outdoors #CanonR6 #Smokies #NationalPark #Fog #Wilderness #Scenery #Forest #Tennessee

Apparently, I’m not the only one who enjoys the fall colors 📷 Canon R6 📍 Minnesota #PhotoOfTheDay #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #AutumnVibes #Snake #Outdoors #FallColors #CanonR6 #Minnesota #Fall #PhotographyLovers #photo #photography

Colors of Maplewood State park, MN 📸 Canon R6 #autumn #Minnesota #Fall #Nature #Woods #Leaves #Forest #Trail #Colors #October #Photography #Photo #CanonR6 #Landscape #Reflection #Golden #Peaceful #Outdoors #Hike

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Interesting talk between a Ukrainian philosopher and an American historian - mostly in English, except when @timothysnyder.bsky.social decides to show off his Ukrainian skills 😊 #podcast #history #philosophy 🎥 youtu.be/bWkmq1dWAJo?...

Unexpected сompany He froze for a second, I did too. Only one of us had a camera :) 📷 Canon R6 #chipmunk #fall #forest #wildlife #nature #photo #photograpy #fallcolors #quietmoment #woods #animals #closeup #peaceful #everydaybeauty #goldenlight #photooftheday

👩🏻‍🔬 Waiting for the bath to reach 102°F. Because film developing is just cooking, but with more anxiety :) #C41 #FilmPhotography #AnalogVibes #KitchenLab #ShootFilm #FilmDeveloping #Darkroom #FilmIsNotDead

Sunrise on Beers Lake On Sunday I woke up at 5 a.m. for the sunrise, only to realize it’s at eight 🙈. Froze my ass off, but it was worth it. 📷 Canon R6 📍 Maplewood State Park, MN #Photography #Minnesota #Nature #Calm #Sunrise #Photo #Fall #Hiking #Light

My Ioniq 5 just made fall camping suspiciously comfortable. The backpacking ultralight tent stays for the wild trips, but the glamping one can happily retire 🍁⚡️ #fall #camping #EV #ioniq #travel

I thought I’d missed the fall colors, but decided to take a chance anyway, turned out I didn’t. 📷 iPhone 📍 Maplewood State Park, MN #Minnesota #FallColors #photo #photography #hiking #fall

Went camping and, of course, forgot the matches. But the world isn’t without kind people - someone gave me some, so dinner’s back on

Just realized I’ve never posted a #Caturday here. Fixing that now 📷 Pentax KX 🎞️ Ilford 👩‍🔬 Rodinal 50+1 #FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Photography #FilmisNotDead #BelieveInFilm #cat #film #analog #photography #photo #35mmFilm

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I do as well.