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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 3h

Recent changes terms of service explicitly prohibits scraping/crawling for reposting. Not that I would, in any possible way, care for their reaction. Just be careful that you won't re-post copyrighted material, because the author has rights.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 4h

Ma mère, italienne, nourrissait le même amour indéfectible pour Berlusconi. Rien d'étonnant. 🙄

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 4h

Short, terse, revealing.
#apocalypse #extremeright #religion #involution

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 9h

The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment

More background around the important meeting of minds between Alexander Dugin and Steve Bannon as he forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...

The Apocalypse Network: Dugin, Bannon, Thiel and the Media Machinery of the Dark Enlightenment

More background around the important meeting of minds between Steve Bannon and Alexander Dugin on the eve of the Maidan Revolution, as Bannon forges his new ‘weapons’ of Breitbart/Cambridge Analytica

open.substack.com

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 4h

The most revealing writings are often short and terse. This one is one of them. Thanks @peterjukes.bsky.social

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, seems to me that the 50 f4 has some glare resistance.
To get rock's details on Ektar you probably had to open the lens a bit and, yet, the lens manages direct sun quite well.
Apart from this photo geekery: beautiful shot 👏

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saintmaker.bsky.social @saintmaker.bsky.social · 2d

“Wind Turbine”

300’ high +-

Wide angle lens from the ground

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vertical

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 2d

I agree that dumbing down is not the right approach, although it worked for Trump and his supporting band.
What I mean is spreading pragmatic thinking and a sense of willing that wins hearts.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 3d

PoV of an European: Democrats should change the way they communicate. Take this cartoon: the character, the argumentation, the collateral-ethical judgement.
It's elitist, it's contemptuous.
Americans still value freedom but, IMHO, they care much more about leadership through simple messages.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 3d

@lordloophole.bsky.social Thanks! 🙏

Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 4d

Walking away with music.

📷 #YashicaTL (1968)
🎞️ #Fomapan200

#filmphotography #streetphotography #guitar #21stcentury #hobo #freedom #blackandwhite #believeinfilm

Little kid is walking away holding his newly purchased guitar at a street market in Antwerp.
Wearing huge bluetooth headphones, he seems the 21st century version of a musical hobo.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 5d

Expect ICE agents to stand outside ballots to discourage minority voters in mid-term elections, if the supreme court doesn’t make it to cut their rights before.

Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 6d

Orchestra pit on wheels.
📷 #pentaxmx
🎞️ #ilfordfp4
🧭 #belgium

#streetperformer #candidphotography #goinghome #believeinfilm #analogphotography #blackandwhitephotography

A street performer pushes a cart loaded with musical instruments. It’s the end of the day for a street market in Belgium.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 8d

I sorely miss those old-school billionaire loonies like Howard Hughes...
#antichrist #peterthiel #billionaires #folly

www.reuters.com/world/us/pet...

Exclusive: Peter Thiel in talk on 'Antichrist' says he told Elon Musk not to give wealth to charity

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and early supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has urged long-time associate Elon Musk to quit the Giving Pledge under which signatories leave the majority of their wealth to charity.

www.reuters.com

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 10d

Well, at least you know he used the right adhesive for the task. Rubber-based glue, like Pliobond, is a spaghetti generator.
I am happy for you that it ended well.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 11d

Abandoned furniture is such a Belgian thing...

Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, just wow.

Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 11d

Resurrecting this thread: the lens is easy to disassemble from the front, so you can get rid of those hairs yourself.
But, yes, it sucks because lens visual inspection is a non-negotiable step after reassembly.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 11d

The usual route to repairing a Pentax camera post K-series.
Almost all the ME, ME Super I encounter have the same issue (gummy washers in the mirror box). It takes me four to six hours to resurrect one ✌️
#camerarepair #pentax #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #believeinfilm

A Pentax ME stripped down to her chassis and mirror box

The mechanism of mirror return in the Pentax M series

Usually this washer gets gummy and blocks the mirror lock. The mirror stays up and the camera is useless.

What remains of the TPU washer after 50 years of service. 🪦

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Charlie Richmond (Gyro Gearloose) 311.3ppm @charlierichmond.bsky.social · 12d

Baseload Power Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2024/03/15/b...

Baseload Power Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore - CleanTechnica

Baseload power is getting obsolete because it is inflexible. There is no need to try to save it. Solar, wind, and batteries are better.

cleantechnica.com

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 12d

I learnt something new today 🙏

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 13d

Within my limited mathematical skills, yes. I did my studies in the '90s and the attention, at the time, was to give students a decent foundation for computational theory.
Most of our classes were held in the Mathematics department; very intimidating.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 13d

Disclosure: I am a prehistoric computer science student.
I value the legacy of the pioneers like Turing, Ted Nelson, Doug Engelbart, Susan Kare and many others. The humanistic background they brought to an otherwise arid discipline.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 13d

The influence of humanities and arts on computer science is often overlooked. From Alan Turing's philosophical questions on computation to literary theory that led to the invention of hyperlinks, and more.
So, no. A Computer Engineer is not an enemy of arts.
She happens to be a populist, that's it.

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Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 13d

And, yet, they soon get used to humans hanging around, if left undisturbed. Nevertheless I wouldn’t want to test their tolerance 😉

Unequal Attention @unequalattention.bsky.social · 13d

No matter the suffering. There is plenty of alternative reality to feed the victims of populism.
The answer she got is proof that the GOP is shifting from real politics to aleatory blaming pursuit.
Trading healthcare for confrontation between citizens, for some could even have a placebo effect.

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