I’m fascinated by the products made by Escura, a Japanese retro-camera maker that I just heard about. One of their more charming products is a handheld still/video camera in the shape of an Instax photograph, but you take the shot by looking through a transparent plastic pane in the middle.

The device has no screen. It takes crappy, narrow dynamic range, 1.3 MP pictures, and you can optionally apply a retro filter to the image. It takes 400×480 pixel videos at 30 fps (with sound). But it’s so cute and whimsical. The images instantly transport you back to the late 90s, because they look way worse than the photos you could take on a Nokia at the turn of the century.

#photography #nostalgia #retro

escura-camera.com/product/inst…

Why the international silence on Palestine?

For a century since Balfour, the imperial powers have aided the Zionists.

For imperial (strategic & resources) & antisemitic (nimby) purposes, Britain & US wanted their own mini-imperialism in the Middle East.

Most other countries are client states of a very nasty US empire, & hence do what they're told.

middleeasteye.net/news/israel-…

#Balfour #Imperialism #UKPol #USPol #Europol #Racism #palestine @palestine .

Israel's genocide in Gaza impossible without global complicity, UN report says

A new United Nations report reveals that more than 60 countries are complicit in the "collective crime" of enabling Israel's genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.

^{Syma Mohammed (Middle East Eye)}

Analysis: Israeli myth-making about history has become a geopolitical danger (as also Christian Zionism).

Netanyahu alleges that a Muslim jurist "put Hitler up to the Holocaust... a complete lie".

And, no, Jewish slave labor did *not* build the Giza pyramids (c2575-465 BCE), "bcz there were not yet any Jews at that time".

juancole.com/2025/11/ancient-h…

#USPol #Europol #Palestine #GizaPyramids #Archeology #Hasbara #News @palestine .

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No, ancient Hebrew Slaves didn't Build the Giza Pyramids

As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.

^{Informed Comment}

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Saw some bullshit come out cause some shit yt Bri'ish actor was all "Aw, the east end of London doesn't have the same community, we could leave our keys on a string and..." oh shut the fuck up yt lady.

Then I saw a bunch of snobby yt Bri'ish redditors all "Eaw I don't see why she's being attacked all this mass migration..."

Shut the fuck up.

On top of the fact that that city is *enriched* by a variety of cultures and ethicities (and my god what a shithole it would be without that), the understanding of population there is only ever vaguely understood.

Look at this.

Populations of Greater London from quite some time ago until 2001.
demographia.com/dm-lon31.htm

Look at 1939.

Then look after.

Post-WWII there's about 500,000 less people.

Not too hard to guess why there.

But then look at the 1980s.

*Millions* less people.

It completely bottoms out in the early 1980s.
worldpopulationreview.com/citi…

It only reached its 1939 peak again in 2015.
bbc.com/news/uk-england-london…

The *same* level as 1939.

Oh, and in that time from 81 to now, which was the highest population increase?

Crime went *down*. Dramatically.
policinginsight.com/feature/an…

Violence, burglary, car theft, all down.

See the thing is, these bigots just talk a lot of shit. They don't know shit, they don't wanna know shit, they ain't shit.

And they use that crap as an excuse "Oh, this is why things are expensive..."

Go *fuck* yourselves.

The reason is capitalism. The reason is the political architecture is set up by imperialists. Capitalists.

And those ppl are the ones in power. Predominately rich, yt, vastly privileged old posh peers.

So if you feel like burning something down, the Palace of Westminster is pretty flammable.

But if you ain't got the guts to do that, shut the fuck up about stuff you don't understand, don't wanna understand, or just choose to ignore.

That's all.

London's population hits 8.6m record high

London's population tops 8.6m, the highest since its 1939 peak, the Greater London Authority reveals.

^{BBC News}

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History "is political, & historical falsities are often [about] uniting people behind grievances or claiming an ancient glory that makes people feel good about themselves today."

"People don’t get glory from their ancestors, they get glory by behaving like caring, ethical, creative, giving human beings in the present."

"Nursing old grievances from 1000s of years ago is just creepy", especially when there's no evidence.

juancole.com/2025/11/ancient-h…

#USPol #Europol #Palestine #Hasbara .

No, ancient Hebrew Slaves didn't Build the Giza Pyramids

As for Israelites, there is no archeological evidence of them being in Egypt, much less being enslaved.

^{Informed Comment}

Analysis: "America is a Banana Republic"

"El Presidente Trump is cast in the mold of all tinpot Latin American despots who terrorize their populations, surround themselves with sycophants, goons & crooks, & enrich themselves."

Trump & family "have amassed more than $1.8 billion in cash & gifts from leveraging the presidency."

chrishedges.substack.com/p/ame…

#USPol #Europol #LatinAmerica #USImperialism #Racism #oligarchy #corruption #Dictatorship .

America is a Banana Republic

El Presidente Donald Trump is the gringo version of brutal and corrupt dictators foisted on Latin American countries by their oligarchs and Yankee imperialists.

^{Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)}

One of the first colored pencil drawings where I experimented with gradient colors and using alternate colors.
I had a lot less colored pencils back then, lol.

I also think back then I was testing out my dip pen on that Strathmore mixed media paper. It is so-so.

Colored pencils, pen and ink, marker.

#drawing #mastoart #coloredpencils #queer

"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"

Rep. AOC

New doco: "You can do anything". Israeli war crimes in Gaza: first-hand testimonies of Israeli soldiers

"People don’t think about it,” one soldier says. “Because if you do think about it, you’ll want to kill yourself."

“When you take a moment to try and think about it, you want to scream."

~Doco: Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War

aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/11/…

#israeliCrimes #USPol #WesternComplicity #USCoPerpetrator #Europol #racism #zionism #palestine @palestine .

‘You can do anything’: Israeli war crimes in Gaza aired in UK documentary

The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.

^{Simon Speakman Cordall (Al Jazeera)}

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UCLA baseball signs pitcher Fabio Bundi from Zurich, Switzerland
https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2025-11-12/ucla-baseball-pitcher-fabio-bundi-switzerland?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Sports @sports-LATimes

UCLA baseball signs pitcher Fabio Bundi from Zurich, Switzerland

UCLA signs pitcher Fabio Bundi, who attended Monterey Peninsula College and hails from Switzerland.

^{Eric Sondheimer (Los Angeles Times)}

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants (Jason DeParle/New York Times)

nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/poli…
memeorandum.com/251112/p168#a2…

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants

By Jason DeParle / New York Times. View the full context on memeorandum.

^memeorandum

Japanese technology giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has
sold its stake in Nvidia,
raising $5.8 billion
to pour into other investments.

It also reported its profit nearly tripled in the first half of this fiscal year from a year earlier.

apnews.com/article/japan-softb…

"With my signature, the federal government will now resume normal operations and my administration, and our partners in Congress, will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety... and make America affordable again for all Americans," Trump has said.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options