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445 Tenth Avenue, NYC, 2024.

All the pixels, arranged in an orderly grid, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53…

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Captured with the Rodenstock 138mm/6.5 HR Digaron-SW lens (@ f/8), Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50, 1/30 sec), vertically shifted 15mm.

The Rodenstock 138mm/6.5 has a floating internal element that has to move as it's focused. It has to be focused with a helical ring (like an SLR lens) that moves the focus and the internal element together, rather than simply by moving it back and forth with a bellows. This makes the lens big, heavy, and cumbersome (not to mention spendy), but it's very sharp.

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The glass curtain grid and distorted reflection of midtown reminded me of Saul Bass's iconic title sequence for North By Northwest (imitated in Mad Men), though this is across town. Hitchcock's film also employed a somewhat different perspective, looking downward, and at a sharper angle. Here, our focus is on the impressionistically rendered Times Square skyline rather than the street below.

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People lauded the current Supreme Court when it ordered the most minimal due process for some of the people the Trump regime is attempting to summarily deport. But more often than not the Court has enabled such deportations. A lower court had enjoined the regime from sending one group to South Sudan without notice and hearing; the Supreme Court has now sent them there. Latest reporting: politico.com/news/2025/07/04/t… #LawFedi

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It’s worth underscoring that if one group does not have due process rights, then effectively none of us do.

All the feds need to do is claim you are part of the unfavored group. Without due process, you have no opportunity to prove you are not. (Or rather, they have no obligation to prove you are. Everyone has to take their word for it.)



Giftwolke nach Explosionen in Batteriewerk bei Madrid – 60.000 Menschen gewarnt! exxpress.at/news/giftwolke-nac… Riesige Rauchwolke über Azuqueca de Henares: Nach mehreren Explosionen in einem Lithium-Recyclingwerk schrillten die Warnsysteme. Anrainer wurden aufgefordert, Fenster zu schließen und das Haus nicht zu verlassen. #news #press


Boek 31 van 2025
Servigne, Stevens & Chapelle, Une autre fin du monde est possible.
Tussen de andere boeken door deze hoopvolle studie over duurzaamheid, of zoals zij het noemen: collapsologie, gelezen. #Collapsologie gaat uit van de terechte aanname dat de crises waar we ons in bevinden zozeer zijn verweven met het systeem dat een nieuwe wereld pas mogelijk is als dat plaats heeft gemaakt voor een andere manier van (samen) leven: "Il faut retrouver la force subversive des récits."
#Edwinleest


Kontrafunk – Die Stimme der Vernunft journalistenwatch.com/2025/07/… Der bürgerlich-konservative Internetradiosender „Kontrafunk“ „Kontrafunk. Die Stimme der Vernunft“ tritt laut dem Gründer des Senders, dem Autor und Journalisten Burkhard Müller-Ulrich, für „eine freiheitliche, rechtsstaatliche, demokratische, bürgerliche Gesellschaft“ ein und versteht sich dezidiert als liberal-konservativ und mittelstandsorientiert. Zu hören ist „Kontrafunk“ über diesen


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Dodgers must aggressively pursue pitchers before the trade deadline
https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-07-05/dodgers-trade-deadline-hernandez?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Panik im Flugzeug danisch.de/blog/2025/07/05/pan… Gerade hatte ich den Horror beim Fliegen noch mit der Irrationalität der Passagiere beschrieben. Auf Mallorca gab es am Flughafen, auf dem Boden, einen Feueralarm in einem Ryanair-Flieger. Not-Evakuierung durch die Notausgänge. Fehlalarm. Aber obwohl es keinerlei Brand und keinen Rauch gab, keine Gefahr, entstand eine Panik und die Leute sprangen von den Tragflächen. 18 […] #news #press


Conférence Jean-Marc Jancovici - Agora ENSAE (mai 2025)


#politique #environnement #économie #énergie #climat

J'adore le conseil de fin : ne travaillez pas pour des banques :)

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Autonomous Action (Avtonom): **Feminist Solutions to End War: Russian Book Translation Launch and Discussion**

"Can feminism help stop war? Yes—and it already is. This presentation introduced key ideas from the newly translated book Feminist Solutions for Ending War, focusing on selected chapters that explore the crucial role feminism plays in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Following the presentation, participants engaged in a collaborative discussion and brainstorming session. Together, we explored practical ways to apply feminist strategies in everyday antiwar activism and resistance…"

avtonom.org/en/node/61962

#anarchism #bot




Russian Geran-2 Drones Strike Foreign Mercenaries in Zaporozhye Region sputnikglobe.com/20250705/russ… MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces hit the location of foreign mercenaries of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Zaporozhye Region with Geran-2 drones, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. #news #press


#OtD 5 Jul 1971 a Led Zeppelin concert in Milan turned into riots when police attacked hundreds of young people who were demanding to be let in for free. It was part of a movement called autoriduzione, where workers collectively demanded lower prices. stories.workingclasshistory.co…
#OTD




Es stinkt zum Himmel – nicht nur in Rüsselsheim ansage.org/es-stinkt-zum-himme… Müll hinter dem fraglichen Objekt – ein Bild, wie es überall in Deutschland anzutreffen ist (Foto:privat) Es sind Bilder, die man im „besten Deutschland aller Zeiten“, in dem wir nach der Meinung von Frank-Walter Steinmeier leben, nicht erwarten würde: In der Stadtmitte von Rüsselsheim, im Hinterhof eines Wohn- und Geschäftshauses in der Fußgängerzone, stapelt sich […] #news #press


"Germany's economy ministry presented a draft law on Friday that would accelerate the expansion of geothermal energy projects, as Berlin aims to phase out the use of fossil fuels in heating systems by 2045.

Germany possesses some of Europe's largest geothermal reserves, which could cover more than a quarter of its annual heating demand."

reuters.com/sustainability/cli…