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Everything is going wrong / All my songs are coming true

Software engineer - Austin, TX - he/him
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AAA, it has batteries! However, they haven’t leaked.
Bottom of camera with open battery compartment showing two batteries Close-up of two vintage Eveready 912 batteries Close-up of other side showing “25¢ EACH”
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Nice. It looks like this was someone's Christmas present in 1969. There is a sticker in the film compartment dated 12-23-69.
Close-up of film compartment
December 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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My mystery camera from the @shittychallenge.bsky.social holiday charity fundraiser has arrived: a Kodak Instamatic 104. It takes 126 film! And flashcubes! This is going to be a learning experience.

#ShittyCameraChallenge
A yellow box labeled KODAK INSTAMATIC 104/OUTFIT with a diagram of a 126 film cartridge The open box showing an Instamatic camera and a flash cube Close-up of the front of the camera
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Photos from Greg Biffle's win at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7, 2019
NASCAR trucks coming around turn 4 at Texas Motor Speedway with Greg Biffle in the lead A NASCAR truck doing donuts, with fans in the foreground Truck number 51 with Biffle's name on the back window Crop of Greg Biffle on the podium
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Oldtimer
Canon EOS 650, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, Kodak TMAX 100 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Cropped B&W photo of a vintage VW Beetle in a parking lot, facing the camera head-on.
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Austin Energy
Canon EX Auto, Fuji Color 200 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
A brown and beige building with blue and orange accents, labeled AUSTIN ENERGY in orange letters.
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Scrabble Cow
Canon EX Auto, Fuji Color 200 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
A statue of a cow covered in Scrabble tiles, facing the camera Location: the Mueller development in Austin Side view of a statue of a cow covered in Scrabble tiles
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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McNeil Post Office and Austin White Lime plant
Canon EOS 650, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, Kodak TMAX 100 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
B&W photo of a small, old fashioned "general store" building. To the building's right, railroad tracks lead to an industrial plant full of conveyor belts and towers.
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Ruins
Canon EOS 650, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, Kodak TMAX 100 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Heavily cropped B&W photo of a stone tower with two vultures perched atop it. It is surrounded by brush and has a "no trespassing" sign.
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Railroad tracks leading to the Austin White Lime plant in McNeil, TX
Canon EOS 650, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, Kodak TMAX 100 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
B&W photo of railroad tracks disappearing into the distance, next to a faraway collection of towers and conveyor belts
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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McNeil Post Office, estd. 1888
Canon EOS 650, Canon EF 50mm f/1.4, Kodak TMAX 100 (expired 2013)
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
B&W photo of a small, old fashioned storefront with a blue USPS box, an ice machine, and an American flag. The sign reads: McNEIL STORE AUSTIN WHITE LIME Co. U.S. POST OFFICE McNEIL TEXAS 78651
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Bolts from #FolderWeek
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Closeup of large bolts used to anchor a pavilion roof. They are painted white and are partly in the bright sun and partly in shadow.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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#SilentSunday
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
B&W photo of a tree standing in the median of a street, lit by the setting sun.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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A Flatiron building for #FolderWeek
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
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A wedge shaped building in The Domain, in north Austin, TX. Apparently many buildings with this shape are named Flatiron?!? The 1st floor window has MEDICI in all caps, indicating there is a Medici coffee shop inside.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Kodak Retina IIa
A Kodak Retina IIa folding camera with a yellow filter and a shoe-mounted light meter
November 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Photo of a 1950s Buick taken with a 1950s camera during #FolderWeek
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
A 1950s Buick sedan, with front wheel angled toward the camera. The logo on the side says "Lone Star Court", which is a hotel in Austin, TX.
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Last one. Photos from the October "No Kings" protest, chicken edition
Color photo of a person in an inflatable chicken suit holding a sign that says "Release the EGGStein files" Color photo of a person in a different inflatable chicken suit marching down Congress Ave. alongside a person in an inflatable Left Shark suit Color photo of a man marching down the street with a crate containing an actual chicken. Faces obscured with black dots.
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Still more photos from the October "No Kings" protest
Color photo of a large crowd in front of the Texas State Capitol. In front is a policeman. Color photo of a crowd of people winding through the Texas State Capitol grounds. Color photo of a line of people on the hill in front of the Texas State Capitol
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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More photos from the October "No Kings" protest
B&W photo of a protest sign with a drawing of a butterfly and the text "The only orange monarch I want", in front of the Sail Tower. B&W photo of a protest sign saying "Y'all went from 'Don't Thread on Me' to 'Tread Me More Daddy' pretty quick", in front of the Austin skyline B&W photo of a man wearing a "League of Nations" T-shirt, holding a split American/Mexican flag and a flag saying "Abolish ICE"
November 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Photos from the October "No Kings" protest
B&W photo of a protest sign saying "WE are the ones we've been waiting for." B&W photo of a protest sign saying "They're eating the checks! They're eating the balances!" with cute drawings of dogs and cats. B&W photo of a man wearing a luchador mask and an American flag around his shoulders.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Looking down Congress Avenue
A crowd of protestors in the street at Congress Ave and 11st St. Behind them, a police blockade, and Congress Ave fades into the distance.
June 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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More photos from the No Kings protest
The Texas State Capitol from afar, with a crowd of protestors on the sidewalk and on the capitol grounds An umbrella labeled "FUCK ICE / NO KING" in front of the Texas State Capitol A Texas state trooper stands next to his motorcycle, watching the crowd across the street A sign reading "the WRONG ICE is MELTING" with an angry cartoon polar bear on an ice floe, held aloft in front of the Texas State Capitol
June 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Photos from the No Kings protest
A sign in the shape of a crossed-out crown reading "NO KINGS", held aloft in a crowd A shot of the crowd, looking away from the Texas State Capitol A sign reading "RESIST" and an American flag
June 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Traffic lights in Texas are horizontal, not vertical, with rare exceptions.

#Austin #AustinTX
June 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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The crowd extended from the capitol building to the intersection of Congress and 12th (which was closed). There were also lots of people sitting on blankets on the capitol lawn, so it felt kind of like a music festival.
A crowd in the street at Congress and 12th, which is blocked by cop cars. A view of the capitol from across 12th St
June 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM