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I snap photos on film, flip bits for a living and live in the subarctic. Be kind, rewind.

knapjack bonked 20 Nov 2024 03:27 +0000
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The U.S. gov. has tried to silence photographers before.

"It hired famed photographer Dorothea Lange to take pictures as 110,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes on the West Coast and interned at remote military-style camps throughout the interior.

The agency had hoped Lange's photos would depict the process as orderly and humane.

But the hundreds of photos that Lange turned over did the opposite."

via https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/02/17/466453528/photos-three-very-different-views-of-japanese-internment

#UsPol #Photography #BelieveInFilm

NPR Screenshot: This next photo is of a converted racetrack in San Bruno, Calif., where Japanese-American families were temporarily house in hore stalls while they awaited transport to camps. (black and white photo by Dorthea Lange of families standing outside horse stalls along a dirt road).

knapjack bonked 19 Nov 2024 14:35 +0000
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Maybe my favorite thing about paper notebooks is the physical artifact. Who cares if I can't use regular expressions to easily search for some specific thing I wrote six months ago? Just look at it!

#Analog

Photo of an open paper notebook, taken from desktop level.

knapjack bonked 19 Nov 2024 03:49 +0000
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Just read this and I am... not shocked.

Very disturbed but not shocked. The history I've been reading on how #Mexican #migrants have been treated in the past is horrific.

"There have been two 'Mass Deportations' of Mexicans and US citizens of Mexican descent that have happened before in the United States. You don’t know about it because this history isn’t taught."

https://greattransformation.substack.com/p/mass-deportations-a-dark-history

#uspol #usa

knapjack bonked 18 Nov 2024 04:18 +0000
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When scientists name creatures they should have to write a little rhyming limerick using the name so that people know how to pronounce it correctly.

knapjack bonked 18 Nov 2024 02:08 +0000
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Sutro Baths, circa 1958

A foggy day with the Sky-Tram and a pretty low tide. Still, there are people out on the point, no doubt waiting to get back in that giant Art Deco toaster. Almost 60 years since the place burned in 1966, yet the ruins continue to be a gateway to #sfhistory (Ron Ross Col.)

A view north from the Cliff House toward Parallel Point, the Sky-Tram cable car suspended in front of the Sutro Baths on a very foggy day

knapjack honked 18 Nov 2024 00:37 +0000

DZ: something something watch stuff something

DZ: something something watch stuff something

This is a good user interface.

The watch itself is relatively small for modern standards, maybe 37mm in diameter, the case barely extends past the face. Instead of having a diving bezel for the three people who dive with an analog diving watch, the outer bezel is for the 24-hour hand.

I'm in tech and see a lot of logs in GMT, so keeping it in GMT is handy, but some people like watches like this for travel or working with peers in other countries.

Digital "world time" watches adjust or hide the alternate time behind a button press, which is convenient but just crappy design. Any modern $30 Casio has more than enough screen real estate to keep two times visible simultaneously.

The weathered face of a 1964 Bulova Accutron Astronaut. The rotating bezel shows even numbers 2 through 24 to utilize the third hand, which sweeps once every 24 hours.

knapjack bonked 17 Nov 2024 23:23 +0000
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Having an "ñ" in my surname means constantly being gaslit by online forms that tell me my name can't contain special characters only to then tell me that my password must contain special characters, three emojis and a valid chess move.

knapjack honked 17 Nov 2024 16:40 +0000

Some of you may have noticed I have a thing for watches. I'm not a watch bro, but I picked up a few while thrift shopping and now it's a mild addiction.

My problem is that decent watches are overpriced, and cheap watches have sad designs for their functionality.

For a while I was making my own watch faces for a virtual version of the ugly but hackable Bangle.js 2. I'm starting to think that if I'm ever going to get close to the watch I want without spending thousands of dollars, I'm going to have to go back to programming my own.

knapjack honked 17 Nov 2024 15:52 +0000

Just went to add @craigmod to my Bluesky feed and check my notifications.

I haven't been on in 22 days. I have 148 new followers, out of 188 followers total.

I have more followers than posts. 🤦‍♂️

knapjack honked back 17 Nov 2024 01:15 +0000
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@hrbrmstr 🤷‍♂️

Checking document.featurePolicy.features() for settings designed by sociopaths…

(None of these should be enabled.)

✓😞 attribution-reporting
✓😞 browsing-topics
✓😞 interest-cohort
❌😎 join-ad-interest-group
❌😎 private-aggregation
✓😞 private-state-token-issuance
✓😞 private-state-token-redemption
❌😎 run-ad-auction
❌😎 shared-storage
❌😎 shared-storage-select-url
✓😞 storage-access
Extra check to check if Shared Storage is enabled: ❌😎

knapjack honked back 16 Nov 2024 16:57 +0000
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@lzg Have you tried the Prismacolor sharpener with two holes, or the Derwent?

We have the Prismacolor but don't use it with charcoal. Easy to find and should be easy to try if you have a decent art or stationery shop near you. I have something relatively cheap but like the Derwent that I use for my Blackwings, but haven't tried the Derwent.

knapjack bonked 16 Nov 2024 16:09 +0000
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listening to a tape, or a cd, or any other form of physically instantiated recording, is intentional. it carries with it your intent to listen to the specific work you've physically placed in the player.

it hits differently than searching a streaming service for something to listen to. it brings with it the strongest and the weakest moments of the art you've decided to spend time with.

no one would say "I made you a mix tape" after asking a computer program to select a bunch of music based on heuristics and past signalling. the intent of the creator and the intent of the listener both come into play.

(this toot is about the fediverse.)