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Updated my workshop Mac mini to #Tahoe and wow. Either I’m getting old or this is really bad UI design. (…or both 😁) I’m not talking about the weird alignment of elements and rounded corners that are all over the place, although that’s surprising to see as well. More the hard to read text on semi-transparent, blurry elements that also lack contrast. This really trips me up as someone with regular …

Next edition of our quarterly free village magazine is up on the blocks. Editorial meeting tonight and then I get started populating the layout. Paid adverts already placed–they pay for the printing–the rest is all volunteer work including delivery to 4k homes.
Have been building this with #affinity since 2023 (Quark before that). Good to give back to the community.

Different Corners ▶️
不同的角落 ▶️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
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Until recently, I resisted using the F-word to describe President Trump.
For one thing, there were too many elements of classical fascism that didn’t seem to fit.
For another, the term has been overused to the point of meaninglessness, especially by left-leaning types who call you a fascist if you oppose abortion or affirmative action.
For yet another, the term is hazily defined, even by its adherents.
From the beginning, fascism has been an incoherent doctrine, and ev…

Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

Monumental III 🪦
纪念 III 🪦
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

If you need automatic wrapping of labels in ggplot, the {ggtext} package by @clauswilke@genart.social has you covered: https://wilkelab.org/ggtext/articles/theme_elements.html But make sure you also check out the rest of the functionality of the package to add markdown fromated…

Some City Some Nature VII 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 VII 🏙️🪾
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Storybook Patriots aren't always the prettiest, but they keep doing what it takes to win https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6998272/2026/01/26/patriots-broncos-super-bowl-surprise/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Jasper HŸiby's 3 Elements:
🎵 High Sky (feat. Xavi Torres & Naíma Acuña)
#JasperHøibys3Elements

“Tahoe is the worst user interface update in the history of the Mac. Every change is either wrongheaded, poorly executed, or both. The Mac remains usable only because of Tahoe’s lack of ambition: it mostly alters the appearance and metrics of interface elements rather than making fundamental changes to the structure of the Mac UI. ....The bad ideas embodied in Tahoe reveal an Apple design team that has abandoned the most basic principles of human-computer interaction.”
—John Siracusa

Called the “crying horse” by online users, the toy was designed as a happy-faced Lunar New Year decoration,
but a manufacturing mistake turned its smile into a frown
As demand surged, Zhang decided to keep making the sad-faced version.
Some young white-collar workers in China say the horse's dour expression mirrors their long hours and workplace stress.

Sonnet 045 - XLV
The other two, slight air, and purging fire
Are both with thee, wherever I abide;
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present-absent with swift motion slide.
For when these quicker elements are gone
In tender embassy of love to thee,
My life, being made of four, with two alone
Sinks down to death, oppress'd with melancholy;
Until life's composition be recured
By those swift messengers return'…

Just finished reading “Automatic Noodle”, a fun novella from @… It was a thoroughly enjoyable read that left me wanting more stories of this group of robots. It was also an ultimately hopeful and kind book… which was a good mental break from all that is happening in our world right now. Well done!

I am drooling at the new UI elements in this new batch of apps coming out:
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/

Apple introduces Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of the most powerful creative apps
Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for making music, video editing, creative imaging, and visual productivity.

Impact: A deep dive into Christian Parker's history, what he can bring to Cowboys as DC https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/impact-a-deep-dive-into-christian-parker-s-history-what-he-can-bring-to-cowboys-as-dc

#Shitpost #Shitposting #ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

Stunning the group chat into silence by declaring "Elements come from squishy pairs of body parts"
#PF2e #ttrpg #kineticist

Wer nutzt eigentlich #matrix oder #elements hier ?
Theoretisch geil … aber Adoption? #diday

Nap time (hopefully WITHOUT semi-lucid nightmare elements this time) :neocat_flop__w_:

This is precisely what the “presentation” and “lecturenotes” classes in the pandoc-lecturenotes filters are for: they allow you to show or hide certain elements only on slides or on lecture notes. ⇢
https://github.com/mxpiotrowski/pandoc-lecturenotes

This is precisely what the “presentation” and “lecturenotes” classes in the pandoc-lecturenotes filters are for: they allow you to show or hide certain elements only on slides or on lecture notes. ⇢
https://github.com/mxpiotrowski/pandoc-lecturenotes

Summary:
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized.
By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater,
researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact.
The collision likely stripped away volatile elements,
reshaped volcanic activity,
and left a lasting chemical signature deep belo…

Chang’e-6 lunar samples reveal a giant impact reshaped the Moon’s interior
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater, researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact. The collision likely stripped away volatile elements, reshaped volcanic activity, and left a lasting chemical signature deep below the surface.

Just been working on some cards for my home assistant dashboard. Very nice animated dashboard except the developer coded low humidity as bad and high humidity as good. Obviously from a much more arid environment but made me laugh while reversing it.

Some City Some Nature V 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 V 🏙️🪾
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ ERA 100, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

The U.S. is preparing to deploy elements of the 82nd Airborne Division into the Middle East region. 
The planning involves the Army's Global Response Force and the Marine Corps' Marine Expeditionary Unit. 
Thousands of Marines are being moved now to the Middle East.
Three warships and about 2,200 Marines from an expeditionary unit departed California earlier this week, according to two U.S. officials.
It was the second such Marine unit sent since the war beg…

Sonnet 045 - XLV
The other two, slight air, and purging fire
Are both with thee, wherever I abide;
The first my thought, the other my desire,
These present-absent with swift motion slide.
For when these quicker elements are gone
In tender embassy of love to thee,
My life, being made of four, with two alone
Sinks down to death, oppress'd with melancholy;
Until life's composition be recured
By those swift messengers return'…

Why the return of Ballard, Steichen and Jones doesn't just mean 'run it back' for the Colts https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47850287/indianapolis-colts-2026-roster-outlook

The Pentagon plans to cut its participation in elements of NATO’s force structure
and a range of the alliance’s advisory groups,
-- the latest sign of the Trump administration’s drive to scale back the U.S. military presence in Europe,
according to multiple officials familiar with the matter.

The impending move will affect about 200 military personnel
and diminish U.S. involvement in nearly 30 NATO organizations,
including its "Centers of Excellence&…

Pentagon moves to cut U.S. participation in some NATO advisory groups
The planned exit marks the Trump administration’s latest move to scale back Washington’s military investment in Europe’s defense.

Mundane Things VI 🌀
普通物件 VI 🌀
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford FP4 Plus 125, expired 1993
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Some City Some Nature IV 🏙️🪾
一些城一些自然 IV🏙️🪾
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400 (6x6)
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

A ground operation by the US Marines headed to Iran likely would involve targeting Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — to locate, secure or disable nuclear material that cannot be destroyed from the air.
Although Donald Trump said the June 2025 U.S. strikes had "obliterated" key nuclear sites, analysts note that critical elements of Iran’s program
— particularly enriched uranium stockpiles and deeply buried facilities — likely remain intac…

Next US move on Iran: Seize Kharg Island, secure uranium or risk ground war escalation
Military analysts discuss three paths for U.S.-Iran conflict: capturing Iran's economic lifeline at Kharg Island, full invasion or securing nuclear sites.

When the Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago, the star was located more than 10,000 light-years closer to the center of the Milky Way from its current position.
Scientists know this based on the Sun’s composition of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium,
which is more consistent with the metals found within the inner regions of the galaxy.
The missing piece of the puzzle, however, was how the Sun managed to get past the Milky Way’s central bar
—a dense region that …

Our Sun Was Born in a Hellish Part of the Milky Way. New Research Explains How It Escaped
Without the mass stellar migration, life may not have been able to form on Earth.

Different Corners XI ▶️
不同的角落 XI ▶️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Rollei RPX 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

“The vision of the U.S. as a more or less stable and steady power whose foreign policy had some elements of predictability...
I think this is permanently gone.
The U.S. now has a big constituency for authoritarianism. ... Europeans know that.
And so I don’t think that the status that the U.S. once had, the automatic acceptance as the leader of the democratic world, comes back anytime soon.”
— Anne Applebaum

Gloom & Bloom IV ☁️🌺
黑暗绽放 IV ☁️ 🌺
📷 Zeiss IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Different Corners IV ▶️
不同的角落 IV ▶️
📷 ZEISS IKON Super Ikonta 533/16
🎞️ Lucky SHD 400
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite