Trump: ‘There would be no war’ if Russia were in G8
Speaking of bullshit…
Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
The alleged phone specs are bullshit and the mobile plan is a crap deal. But setting that aside, if this thing ever does launch, I want an app on my phone that will automatically block calls from anyone stupid enough to buy one.
Social Media Replaced Zines. Now Zines Are Taking the Power Back
Always happy to see more positive zine coverage, even though I’m long out of it myself.
“Amtrak Synphony”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 2s, ISO 800. Lights outside and inside the train and a blurry ghost of the photographer somewhere between Chicago and Los Angeles.
#mbjune Day 16: blur 📷
ICE Will Pause Farm, Restaurant Raids After Trump Social Media Post
So…
- People fleeing oppressive regimes that will probably kill them = unwanted
- Permanent underclass cut off from all social services = wanted
Any questions?
“Walk This Way”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 28mm, f/9, 1/25s, ISO 1250. Flagging tape tied in bushes to mark the overgrown Fisher Creek Trail route.
#mbjune Day 15: tie 📷
“Salt Creek Falls”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 7Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 fisheye lens @ f/11, 1/125s, ISO 200.
Finished: Annals of the Heechee, by Frederik Pohl 📚. The Heechee Saga was never one of my favorites, but I spotted this in the used bookstore and figured I might as well see how it ended. I’m glad I did - a major plot point revolves around the inner lives and doubts of people stored as machine intelligences, and this provides some food for thought in our current era of looming AGI. The main plot was OK, ending on a predictably grand scale.
“Acrophobics Beware”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/135s, ISO 1600. Viewing platform along the Salt Creek Falls Trail.
“Sleeping Bridge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/3.5, 3.2s, ISO 200. Lowell Covered Bridge in the pre-dawn light.
#mbjune Day 14: twilight 📷
“Some day I will grow up and join them”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/4.5, 1/400s, ISO 250. Viewpoint off Diamond Creek Falls Trail.
Trump promises farmers “changes are coming” to immigration crackdown
He also says “CRIMINALS OUT OF USA.”
Hey, ICE! I hear there’s a guy convicted of multiple felonies who’s been dodging jail time hiding out at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Finished: Count Luckner: The Sea Devil, by Lowell Thomas 📚. The (mostly?) true story of a German naval officer who commanded a sailing ship that the Germans used as a commerce raider in WWI. Very much written in the “boy’s own adventure” vein of romanticizing everything. A period piece, but fun.
“Squirrel Condo”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 42mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 6400. Douglas Squirrels along the Diamond Creek Falls Trail.
“Snowmelt Cascade”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/9, 1/250s, ISO 4000. Fall Creek near the Vivian Lake Trail.
“Cliff View”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/2s, ISO 200. Fall Creek Falls.
Finished: To Climates Unknown, by Arturo Serrano 📚. I’m generally a fan of alternate history, but the technology in this one is so preposterous (17th century undetectable battle submarines? Atomic bombs without electronics?) that I just couldn’y get interested. Finished the book but will never re-read.
This Revolutionary New Telescope Will Observe the Whole Sky Every Three Days
Terabytes of data per night. I’m glad there are still things like the Vera C. Rubin Observatory being built to awe and delight me (well, and for other reasons, too).
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR
Years of negotiation wiped out with one stroke of the petulant pen. There is nothing these morons can’t fuck up.
“Mystery”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2.5s, ISO 1250. Fisher Creek Trail
#mbjune Day 13: pathway 📷
