Lust auf ein kreatives Upcycling-Projekt? 🌟 Mit einem selbstgemachten #Klammerbeutel aus Reststoff kann man alte Materialien sinnvoll nutzen und gleichzeitig einen praktischen #Haushaltshelfer zaubern. Wie gelingt das? Eine einfache Anleitung und ein
Beim #Windpark »GoldnerSteinrück« wurden 18 alte Anlagen durch fünf moderne ersetzt.
Mit 28 MW installierter Leistung soll der Park jährlich rund 80 Millionen Kilowattstunden Strom erzeugen. Das ist fünfmal mehr als zuvor.
Die Kommunen und Bürger sind finanziell beteiligt. Trotz langer Genehmigungsphase gilt das Projekt im
A silent scenery in four acts...
(Selenium-toned[1] 4x6 salt print (still in final wash) plus previous work-in-progress stages... see alt text for details)
The picture/motif itself is one of my personal favorites and was taken 4 years ago in the Alpstein massif, when clouds were spontaneously forming around us, creating a wonderful light/scene/drama and a dear memory... now also as print which likely will/can outlast myself
[1] The tones will become more neutral once dry...…
2/2 Reflection on #citizenship:
I do not treat the concept of “#democracy" lightly. I was born into the aftermath of centuries of totalitarian oppression that ended suddenly, leaving the nascent Ukrainian state of the late 90s and early 2000s floundering in the turbulent whirlpool of hopes and fears felt by millions of people who were finally allowed to ponder: how to build a free democratic state in the place of Soviet and imperial ruins?
I was taught the words "democracy", "citizen", "freedom", "voting", “liberty" (and more) by people who, less than two decades prior, weren't allowed to leave the borders of their country. I was told about self-determination by people whose political choices were ridiculed, punished, and eviscerated form most of their lives. The duty of governing ourselves felt to us ephemeral - a nice fantasy, akin to a fairytale or a utopia from fictional works.
And then I saw those same people fight with their bodies and souls once the previously unfathomable democracy was threatened. Protests in 2004, then again in 2014, then the unthinkable war against foreign invasion in 2022. Democracy no longer felt abstract or silly. It became as tangible as saying "I love you".
I write of Ukraine as I reflect on becoming a citizen of another country because the history and values of my adopted United States feel as real as the skin on my legs, the significance of its legacy lays as heavy as the weight of my waist-long hair, and the desire to uphold the freedoms of its Constitution burns my throat as harshly as dehydration after a long day in the sun.
People have asked me why I even want to join this country, when the present moment is shrouded in impenetrable darkness. And I answer: because I've felt the warmth of a newly lit fire of freedom breaking through shadows that for centuries looked like solid walls. I have seen kindness, and solidarity heal the fear and hate of oppression. I've seen liberty emerge from nothing but the human soul.
I am not a religious person, but I have faith. Faith in the ideals at the foundation of the American project. Faint but powerful recognition that "we the people" now includes me.
I love #America. And I hope to keep loving my home for the rest of my life.
Despite the exchange of hostages, Israel still has over 100 medical, nursing and paramedical staff from Gaza imprisoned with no charge and no judicial process.
Israel retiene sin juicios a mšs de un centenar de personal médico y facultativo pese al alto el fuego
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I bought some of these for a project and only realized once I had them that they are effectively gender changers and require USB-A-to-USB-A cables, which aren’t allowed by the USB spec.
I see that nevertheless such cables exist, and it’s for power only, but I wonder whether this can actually work?
Any ideas?
#bricolage
Moody Urbanity - Up 😶🌫️
情绪化城市 - 上面 😶🌫️
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite