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Richard Jun 22

Richard Merren Jun 21

Plums. Pentax MX, Pentax SMC-M 50mm f/1.4 lens, Kodak ColorPlus200 film. #filmphotography #pentax #darktable

Richard Apr 28

Richard Merren Apr 28

Finally developed and scanned a roll from several weeks ago. These are from the Texas Capitol protest. Shot with a Yashica Electro 35 GSN on Ilford HP5+, developed in the kitchen with Caffenol, scanned with a Nikon Z5, and processed in Darktable. Whew. #yashica #ilfordhp5plus #caffenol #filmphotography #monochrome #darktable

Richard Apr 6

At the Texas Capitol during yesterday's protest

Richard Mar 31

You Shook Me All Night Long John Silver's

#FastFoodASongOrPoem
#HashtagGames

Richard Mar 31

The Jackson Five Guys

#FastFoodASongOrPoem
#HashtagGames

Richard Mar 3

Richard Merren Mar 3

Light bulb on a battery fencer - Gruene, Texas. Pentax Spotmatic F, 50mm f/1.4 SMC, Ilford HP5+, developed with Caffenol process #pentax #monochrome #film #caffenol #darktable

Richard Mar 1

Lexy Cameron Mar 1

Winston Churchill visiting the White House in 1942.

He's not wearing a suit either.

Richard Feb 2

Laffy Feb 2

😳“ #Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon #Musk’s government-inspection teams”
https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-classified-information-usaid-security-35101dee28a766e0d9705e0d47958611

USAID security chiefs put on leave after trying to keep DOGE from classified info

Early Monday, billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk held a live session on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter Spaces, and said that he spoke in detail about USAID with the president. The Trump administration has already placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Musk’s government-inspection teams. That's according to a current and a former U.S. official with knowledge of the incident who spoke on condition of anonymity. The former official says members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — known as DOGE — eventually did gain access Saturday to the agency’s classified information, which includes intelligence reports.

AP News

Richard Jan 31

Show thread

Jeff Jarvis Jan 31

The Times fact-checks Trump on the crash. But you can't fact-check racism; it gives credence to the racist's claims ("He says, but...") One must have the courage to identify it as racism.
Trump Misleads on D.E.I. Policies in Blaming Biden for Plane Crash
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/trump-dei-plane-crash-fact-check.html

Fact-Checking Trump’s D.C. Plane Crash News Conference and Remarks on D.E.I.

There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.

The New York Times

Richard Jan 21

If anyone you know defends Musk for making this gesture, you should immediately challenge them to publicly post a picture of themselves making the gesture on their social media accounts.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/politics/elon-musk-hand-gesture-speech.html

Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture

Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute.

The New York Times

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