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TKarney
@pecunium.bsky.social
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I write things (sporadically https://www.patreon.com/Pecunium) I make things (yarn, woven goods, minor woodworking). I take photographs (and teach photography).

I'm moderately polymathic (though maths are not my thing)

Welcome to my place
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Deep cut.

Guffo has taken aim.
A binder, labelled "Epstein" a bookmark dangles out, on closer examination it's a red necktie; as Trump is very fond of wearing". The artist is a french editorial cartoonist.
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Partly because we’ve used it as an example of how simple editing works, so students understand that a photo doesn’t need to be “perfect“ straight out of the camera.

Since the contact sheet is also easy to find.  
Contact sheet of photos, mostly trees, one of which becomes “Snow on the Meiji Shrine. Kyoto”
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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Right here
Turkey Vulture, flying over Tartaglia Ranch, SLO, Calif. 2005.
February 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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Sorry... I should have just blocked him.

(but he did me the favor)
‪Leftist Renegade‬ @leftistrenegade.bsky.social‬ Roughly 25% of voters identify as Dem. Roughly the same identify as GOP. That means the votes of 50% of voters are up for grabs, they don't identify with either dogshit party. Democrats would rather chase the votes of the other 25% than attempt to earn the votes of that 50%. That's stupid AF. As a member of the 50%, Dems expecting me to surrender my vote for their dogshit candidates is sheer fucktardery. An arrogance born from lack of consequences for their political decisions. They could earn my vote with policy, but why try. Demand my vote for nothing, that's sure to work this time.
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Asimov wrote an entire book about how to be a "dirty old man"
Cover of "The Sensuous Dirty Old Man" By Issac Asimov, 1971 ""You can be a dirty old man as long as you live. Once you die, it's over." With utter frankness Dr. A touches on every angle of the art of being not only a dirty old man, but a sensuous dirty old man: the stare, the leer, the snicker, the snort, the fatherly squeeze, the uncle-ish tweak, the "problems": What do you say when the husband arrives? What do you do when you meet that dread adversary, the dirty old woman? NOTHING IS LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION!"
February 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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SSPX is pulling the rip-cord.

Thing is, they have no leverage.

Leo won’t excommunicate them, they are doing it themselves.

Consecrating a bishop without papal approval excommunicates the participants. Bell, book and candle don’t enter the equation.
COMMUNIQUE FROM THE GENERAL HOUSE announced his decision to entrust the bishops of the Society with the task of proceeding with new episcopal consecrations, on 1 July next. Last August, he sought the favour of an audience with the Holy Father, making known his desire to present to the Holy Father, in a filial manner, the current situation of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. In a second letter, he explicitly expressed the particular need of the Society to ensure the continuation of the ministry of its bishops, who have been travelling the world for nearly forty years to respond to the many faithful attached to the Tradition of the Church and desirous, for the good of their souls, that the sacraments of Holy Orders and Confirmation be conferred. After having long matured his reflection in prayer, and having received from the Holy See, in recent days, a letter which does not in any way respond to our requests, Father Pagliarani, in harmony with the unanimous advice of his Council, judges that the objective state of grave necessity in which souls find themselves requires such a decision. The words he wrote on 21 November 2024, for the fiftieth anniversary of the historic declaration of Archbishop Marcel Lefebre, are more than ever the reflection of his thought and intentions: "The Society [of Saint Pius X] is not primarily seeking its own survival. It primarily seeks the good of the Universal Church and, for this reason, the Society is, par excellence, a work of the Church, which, with unique freedom and strength, responds adequately to the specific needs of an unprecedentedly tragic era. "This single goal is still ours today, just as it was fifty years ago. "That is why, without any spirit of rebellion, bitterness, or resentment, we pursue our work of forming priests, with the timeless Magisterium as our guide. We are persuaded that we can render no greater service to the Holy Catholic Church, to the Sovereign Pontiff and to posterity (Abp. Lefebvre)
February 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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They are.
Comparitive images of Ravens and Common Crows Main Species Common Raven Similar Species American crow Adult large, thick necked bird with a hefty bill and a shaggy neck American Crows are smaller than Common Ravens with smaller bill. Tney also lack the common ravens shaggy throatrfeathers and wedge-shaped tail
February 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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There are so many layers of assumption/presumption in this post.

Most of which I disagree with, and a few of which are fallacious; and structured so as to hide those fallacies.

The first one, the grossly unethical (and patently immoral) one is the second clause.
"I should not have to say this but if you are a legal observer your job is not to go snitch on any and all illegal things. Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach. Its is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Rob says today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections, any bird reflection, the Alt theme is #Paridae any of the Paridae Species (Tits).

#birds #photography

I don't have any "clean" reflections, ready to hand.
Pretty sure these are Curlews, in the surf zone of Grover Beach, Calif.
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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I know where it is.

I was making a visual comparison.

It’s easier to get to Daphne Major (though permission to land is not).

That said no one can survive there, so more accessible, less hospitable.

This is what Daphne Major looks like.
A blue footed booby on some rounded basalt. Rising in the distance, across the ocean, is Daphne Major.
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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This is who runs this account
Bronze bust of an adolescent: with soulless black pits for eyes. One of which has a distant pinprick of light staring out of the abyss.
February 3, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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cover of ROGUES and Early Modern English Culture EDITED BY CRAIG DIONNE AND STEVE MENTZ cover of ROGUES, VAGABONDS STURDY BEGGARS A New Gallery of Tudor and Early Stuart Rogue Literature EDITED BY Arthur F. Kinney ILLUSTRATIONS BY John Lawrence
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Not sure if these are quite what you’re looking for.

(Titles are a bit repetitive)
cover of THE MEDIEVAL UNDERWORLD ANDREW McCALL Cover of THE REGENCY Underworld DONALD A. LOW Cover of The Victorian Underworld Kellow Chesney
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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All I can really offer is some joy from times gone by.
February 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Those sure are mind-altering shoes.
Window display for Nike’s Mind Altering Shoes. The Display Stands have rests which contain no shoes.
February 1, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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“As we say in Germany, if there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis.”
February 1, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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A map showing the "major" concentration camps of "Greater Germany in 1944. There are hundreds (not all of which were extermination camps, but all of which killed people through abuse and neglect)
January 31, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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I forgot to include the email I got, telling me about it.

It's got a lot more detail than the online comment.

Don't mess with fiber artists.

They are patient, have attention to detail, and long memories.

They will fuck you up.
Gist Yarn Unsubscribe Dear weaver, From the Homespun movement of the Revolutionary War to the abolitionist boycotts of cotton produced by enslaved labor, American textiles have always carried a rich history of resistance. At Gist, we believe these traditions of resistance matter now more than ever. We’re offering this “Resistance is American” Name Draft at no cost in solidarity with those participating in the general strike today, and in support of the collective power behind that action. Our hope is that you’ll weave this draft in community, alongside guild members, neighbors, friends, or loved ones, and continue the long tradition of craft as a form of connection and dissent. If you’re unfamiliar, Name Drafting is a method of encoding words into woven fabric. In this specific draft, the threading is coded “Resistance” and the treadling sequence is coded “is American.” We are at a pivotal moment where one cannot be silent, but we recognize that public protest carries real risks—especially for those most vulnerable to retaliation. Our hope is that you'll find ways to resist that feel right for you—through craft, through care, through organizing, through rest, through joy, through whatever sustains you and your community for the long work ahead. If you’d like to sell items made from this draft, we encourage you to donate proceeds to a vital cause or local mutual aid organization. Yours, Gist Yarn
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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This.

There is a book I adore, "The Supper of the Lamb". The allegory can be ignored; which is why it's such a great book, and one of the things Fr. Capon praises, says we need more of, is Amateurs.
Permit me now to wipe my hands and introduce myself. I am an author who has always intended to write about cooking, but who has never gotten started in a way that didn't carry him out of the field in two paragraphs or less. This time, as you can see, I have outwitted the muse. My beginning, if confusing, is the most auspicious thus far. Next, my qualifications. First, I am an amateur. If that strikes you as disappointing, consider how much in error you are, and how the error is entirely of your own devising. At its root lies an objection to cookbooks written by non-professionals (an objection, by the way, which I consider perfectly valid, and congratulate you upon). It does not, however, apply here. Amateur and nonprofessional are not synonyms. The world may or may not need another cookbook, but it needs all the lovers-amateurs-it can get. It is a gorgeous old place, full of clownish graces and beautiful drolleries, and it has enough textures, tastes, and smells to keep us intrigued for more time than we have. Unfortunately, however, our response to its loveliness is not always delight: It is, far more often than it should be, boredom. And that is not only odd, it is tragic; for boredom is not neutral-it is the fertilizing principle of unloveliness.
January 30, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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One of the things I love about my Canadian Cutler is their newsletter.

mailchi.mp/darksword-ar...
Historical Fiction Recommendation: Edward Marston and the Domesday Series Given the incredible popularity of true crime, police procedural, and legal drama streaming series these days it’s no surprise that many of these shows had their origins in novels. And of course they did – for every episode of Law and Order there are a hundred detective novels collecting dust on the shelves of used bookstores the world over, so the amount of available source material is astounding. Some of the screen adaptations of these books are good, and some are bad, but often the determining factor in terms of quality is the source material. This is why we so often wish that Hollywood executives would ask us for our opinions on which book series to turn into television shows; if they did, one of the first series we’d suggest would be Edward Marston’s Domesday series.
January 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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She made the world a better place.

RIP Catherine O'Hara
Still from the film "A Mighty Wind", with Catherine O'Hara in the center, singing, and playing an auto-harp. The subtitle reads, "There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow"
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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But it's not as if he's seems to have much understanding of how things work.

So his implication that he's not advocating surrender rings hollow.

Nor, given how he characterises what is being said, do I think him arguing in good faith. Which makes his popularity depressing.
Mike Black ‪@mikeblack114.bsky.social‬ this isn't how anything works when you're negotiating from a position of being a minority party in both chambers but go off I guess ‪JB stan account‬ ‪@johnbrownstan.bsky.social‬ · 2h I'll just cut through all the bullshit of the debate here and say that I think it's really good to stake a strong moral stance in legislative negotiations first and then get a compromise bill later instead of pre-compromising and making it look like you think that's all that's needed. Mike Black ‪@mikeblack114.bsky.social‬ this is another phenomenon that this place has hallucinated themselves into being the savvy view of the world, and like no, walking into raise negotiations demanding a 5,000% raise doesn't mean after a reasonable discussion of views you walk out with a 2,000% raise ‪ No, you cannot just go into a negotiation tossing out a wild completely unrealistic proposal because then the laws of the universe says the other side has to give you half that automatically, like despite this place convincing themselves that's how things work it is not the case
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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The thing I miss is right now I can't "see in black and white".

Back "in the day" I had color slide film in the F3, and the FE2 with B&W. Made the bag heavier, but I could say, "this wants monochrome" and not be disappointed.

The "color space" on the mirrorless makes it a bit easier to do now.
A wide-angle view of a distant lakeshore, with a weathered rail of wood leading away, up the left hand side of the frame. The lake is almost glass smooth and the shadows of the railings make boxes on the surface.
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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William Tecumsah Sherman would like a word...
An M4A2-75W Sherman Tank, in service with the Army of the USSR. Painted on the side is веперед ппбеде! (Onward, to Victory)
January 29, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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"The Vatican's doctrine chief warned that blogs and online commentators increasingly claim a theological authority they do not possess, narrowing the church's ability to holistically engage faith and reality."
"But the issue is even more serious since today, on any blog, anyone — even without having studied much theology — can express his or her opinion and condemn others as if speaking ex cathedra," or with infallibility, he said. Fernández framed the problem as a failure to recognize the limits of human knowledge. "The more science and technology advance, the more we must keep alive the awareness of our limits and our need for God, so as not to fall into a terrible deception," he said. "Indeed, the very same one that led to the excesses of the Inquisition, the world wars, the Shoah, and the massacres in Gaza: all of which rely on fallacious arguments for their justification."
January 29, 2026 at 1:49 AM