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Anna
@actuallyannalise.bsky.social
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Gender Queer 🏳️‍⚧️ | Recovering BigLaw Associate | Tax and Clean Energy Attorney | Mechanical Tinkerer | Definitely not a Fae | Can I have your name?

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Henry

Yashica 44 | ReraPan 400
Square format black and white photograph of a garage door that has been painted with one of the thousand Sasquatch heads painted throughout the greater Seattle area during 2025 by the muralist Henry.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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You know, it's ok to just admit you'd never seen "gross" used in that way before.
Screenshot of a definition from the Oxford dictionary for the word "gross" that reads, in relevant part: gross /ɡrōs/ adjective 1. (especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable; blatant. "gross human rights abuses"
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Autumn in Cal Anderson

Yashica 44 | ReraPan 400
Square format black and white photograph of the reservoir pools in Cal Anderson Park in Seattle, WA. The pump house, with the three Hot Rat Summer mosaics is visible in the distance at the end of the pools.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Destroying the economy by continuing to use 50- to 70-year-old cameras.
Screenshot of a CNBC headline that reads: “How device hoarding by Americans is costing economy: Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and..."
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Remember kids, never post anything unless every single person on the planet is interested in it.
Screenshot of a post that reads: "Yeah yeah, it’s about to be Thanksgiving. You know who doesn’t care? Everybody outside the little 343 million US citizens on this planet. That’s almost 7,9 BILLION people. So please, lay it off with your turkeys and pumpkin pies."
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

Whether I'm saved is going to be iffy, but it'll be worth the ride. And I'll probably get to meet Boggy the Froggy!
Photo of the cast of Dropout.tv's Fantasy High Sophomore Year. From left to right in photo: Emily Axford, Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Brian K. Murphy, Siobhan Thompson, and Zac Oyama.
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The best advice I can give to younger queers is: Join a biker gang. You end up doing cool things like riding motorcycles into bars for burlesque shows and hanging out with the best people.

#DykesOnBikes #Polaroid
Image of a Polaroid photograph of a motorcycle being ridden out of a bar by a fellow member of The Seattle chapter of Dykes on Bikes after her bike was used in a burlesque show.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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From "that pulley sounds like it's starting to let go" to "serpentine belt has left the chat" in under 100 miles.
The remains of a the serpentine belt from a 2012 Volvo S60 T6. It is a very shredded belt.
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Tahoma

Velvia 50 | Bronica EC-TL

#BelieveInFilm #Tahoma #Velvia
Square format film photograph of Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) at sunset. The sky is still mostly light blue with hints of orange just coming in to make the side of the mountain look golden. 1 of 4 Square format film photograph of Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) at sunset. Photo is looking away from the mountain and shows distant foothills. The sky is more red and orange over the horizon, but still blue in the highest parts. 2 of 4 Square format film photograph of Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) at sunset. Looking away from the mountain towards a different set of foothills. The foothills are in shadow and mist as the sunset has not progress to make the sky orange and yellow with almost no blue left. 3 of 4 Square format film photograph of Tahoma (Mt. Rainier) at sunset. Photo is looking at craggy peaks just adjacent to Tahoma. The sky is deep red to purple on the horizon, fading to orange-yellow at the top of the photo. Snow on the mountains is brightly contact against the dark rock as daylight dwindles. 4 of 4
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Without downloading new pics, what is it like dating you?
Illustration of a compressed automotive coil spring with the caption "ANGRY BALL OF POTENTIAL ENERGY: 'Why gamble at a casino when you can gamble in your garage.'"
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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@nathanwpyle.bsky.social has the best theory.
Screenshot of a post by Nathan W. Pyle. The post text is "How it probably happened" followed by two line drawings of a boat carrying two boxes. In the first drawing a box labeled "MATHS" is on top of a box labeled "SPORT" with the "S" in "maths" being cantilevered over the edge of the "sport" box. In the second drawing, the boat is farther along, and the "S" has fallen from its overhang and is now on the bottom box, resulting in "MATH" and "SPORTS" as the new boxes.
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Obsolete.

Yashica 44 | ReraPan 400 | HC-110

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #Seattle
Black and white film photograph of a 1970s land yacht slowly decomposing in a Seattle driveway.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Volvo friends!
Black and white film photo of the poster's Volvo S60, street parked in front of a Seattle apartment.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Absolutely loved this game because it had pretty much everything, including multiple variants of the 914, 924, 944, 928, and 968 models that were never really the popular Porsches. This game is probably responsible for my 944/914 obsession.
Image of the box art for the game "Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed" showing a red 996 turbo.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Velvia 50 is one hell of a film.

Bronica EC-TL | Fujichrome Velvia 50

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #Velvia #Bronica
Scan of a medium format 6x6 photograph of the area above Sunrise at Tahoma in Mount Rainier National Park taken on FujiChrome Velvia shortly before sunset. Scan of a medium format 6x6 photograph of the ridge above Sunrise at Tahoma in Mount Rainier National Park taken on FujiChrome Velvia shortly before sunset. Scan of a medium format 6x6 photograph of the ridgeline above Sunrise at Tahoma in Mount Rainier National Park taken on FujiChrome Velvia shortly before sunset. Scan of a medium format 6x6 photograph of the side of Tahoma in the area above Sunrise in Mount Rainier National Park taken on FujiChrome Velvia shortly before sunset.
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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With the world's dumbest and most flattened SLR.
Illustration showing the (extremely convoluted) light path through the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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I'm still impressed with how well the fixed-focus, fixed-aperture, meniscus lens, single shutter speed 1940 Kodak Brownie manages to work when the conditions are right.

Kodak Brownie Reflex | ReraPan 400

#ShittyCameraChallenge #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Scan of a black and white film photograph showing a house in Seattle that is being raised on stilts to allow a business to be placed under the house without destroying the living space of the original house.
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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First time developing my own film went well.

Yashica 635 | Ilford FP4+

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotograpgy #DykesOnBikes
Scan of a 6x6 medium format black and white photograph of a member of the Seattle chapter of Dykes on Bikes leaning against her motorcycle.
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Front end of a Bavaria viewed from a high angle always makes me think of:
A wide-eyed emoji face commonly used to express a very interested and respectful acknowledgement that the user is absolutely looking at the image that has been posted.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Dudes will post things like this and then block you for saying "more cops are bad, actually" when they say we need more traffic stops.
Screenshot of Bluesky post with username redacted. The post contains a photo of two DHS employees at the Seattle waterfront with the following caption (spelling errors in original): "I watched these two trundle down the Seattle waterfront glued to this guys phone for about 15 minutes before I got bored. What are these people here for if they are just going to stand around and watch til-tok totally oblivious to the world around them."
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Almost all of my favorite photos have come from choosing to go out and Do The Thing instead of remaining comfortable at home.

#DykesOnBikes #Photography #LGBTQ
Photo of a member of the Seattle chapter of Dykes on Bikes taken at roughly 3am. The biker has her back to the camera with the Seattle Dykes on Bikes patch clearly visible, along with a "Protect Trans Folks" patch on the side of her best. Blurred and I'm the background is the Space Needle.
October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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My favorite of the midnight photos from this weekend.

Sony A7IV | Samyang 135mm f/1.8

#DykesOnBikes
Photograph of a woman on a motorcycle at night. The woman and bike are stationary in a small pool of light from a street lamp. Behind the woman is a fishing trawler docked at a concrete pier and a cautionary sign reading "Road End"
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Always say yes to the midnight rides.

Sony A7IV | Samyang 135mm f/1.8

#DykesOnBikes
Photograph of two motorcyclists have a discussion on a side street during a break while on a night ride.
October 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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A big thanks to @victoriascott.bsky.social for drilling it into my head that, with digital, ISO isn't real. Aside from obscuring the license plate (and Bluesky compression) this is a jpg straight from the camera.
4am photograph of a motorcycle parked on a street in Seattle. The orange-red paint of the bike glows under the streetlight.
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Occasionally I take some photos that aren't on film. Space Needle at ~3 am.
Photo of the Seattle space Needle and the Seattle skyline at just after 3 in the morning.
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM