Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸
@thereisnocat
Advocating Semantic Markup since 1987. Not posting here any more. Married to @JerseyGrrrl. On Mastodon: @thereisnocat@toot.cafe
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 4:29:30 PM
So far for Penn State: Special Teams, 7 points. Defense: 7 points. Offense: nothing…. Time to pick up the pace, PSU offense….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 4:03:50 PM
100 yard kick off return for a touchdown by Nick Singleton. Sweet! Dude is faaaaaaaast….. #PennStateVsRutgers
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 4:01:20 PM
@stribs Either way, he was the kind of guy who leaves behind thousands of undeveloped rolls of film, photos he took but would never see. Dunno how you can photograph to see how things look photographed and then never look at them….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 12:20:12 PM
Thinking that Jack Dorsey decided to destroy Twitter, so he could rebuild it as a protocol instead of a company, the way he said, and Melon Husk is his chosen instrument. In other words, something very much like ActivityPub, the tech under Mastodon and Pixelfed.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 10:37:55 AM
Had an idea for a Twitter replacement called Shittr. Would use the poop emoji as an icon, and the only thing you could post there would be “poopin’” (in whatever language). Turns out someone already registered the site, and is building a social media site devoted to shitposting.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 8:08:37 AM
Keans Burg Laundromat Wash and Fold Shot this yesterday morning before work in nearby beautiful Keansburg. Contax IIIa, Santa Color 100, ECN-2. #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/dE7j9zhVLm
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2022 at 7:06:43 AM
RT @RVAwonk: For those who genuinely don’t understand and want to: Elon’s poll is not representative of Twitter users — only a certain type…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 18, 2022 at 7:57:43 PM
If he does this, I’m out of here. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1593767953706921985
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 18, 2022 at 2:02:52 PM
RT @twatson: Mastodon is the Linux of social networks. 🐘🫠
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 18, 2022 at 7:51:15 AM
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder I’ve worked through my backlog of photographs. Need to go make more. Back in a few minutes. #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm #FilmIsNotDead https://t.co/az2R1Sb2PI
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 18, 2022 at 7:49:46 AM
@keithdevereux Cool! I stopped getting QSLs about 25 years ago because I decided my hobby was listening to radio stations rather than writing to radio stations and that QSLs were at best proof positive that a letter was sent, but they are pretty cool and fun to look at.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 11:38:15 PM
I decided a few weeks ago what I wanted my last tweet to be. Just in case the site isn’t here tomorrow (it will be), my next tweet, sent just before going to bed for the night, is that tweet.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 11:21:50 PM
It’s like one of those apocalypse movies where the world is coming to an end and people hook up at random (I’m think of a little known Canadian movie called Last Night that had a pre-stardom Sandra Oh in it, but there are dozens just like it). https://twitter.com/KarenAttiah/status/1593458414339952641
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 10:54:52 PM
Getting great reception of Radio Romania Actualitati on 1152 kHz. I mean, I could listen to them on the net at https://www.romania-actualitati.ro/live/ , but it’s more fun to do it via radio
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 10:50:05 PM
One thing I’m really going to miss if this site goes away is easy access to Ukrainian journalists and experts like @maria_avdv @olgatokariuk @myroslavapetsa @dkaleniuk @olex_scherba @TimothyDSnyder and @terrelljstarr. At least I get @KyivIndependent on Telegram
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 10:15:52 PM
Don’t panic https://t.co/Gwwvlf43Rd
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 10:09:21 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto More than one way to skin a cat: https://www.brandi.org/2022-11-18%2002'55'31%20CLIP%20Absolute%201215.0000.mp3
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 10:06:17 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto I’d let you hear what a medium wave signal from the UK heard in NJ sounds like, but Twitter won’t let me post MP3s….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 10:02:44 PM
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:53:28 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto Oh, I have plenty of those. Drake R8, AOR AR-7030, Sony ICF-2010, Grundig Satellite 700, Sony ICF-SW100, Sony ICF-2001, Realistic DX-160, probably some others. I used to help publish a club magazine about shortwave. But there’s not much on shortwave any more, so I DX mediumave.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:47:44 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto I have several, but the two I use for this are both software-defined receivers from Italy. The one I’m using at the moment in a Perseus: https://www.eladit.shop/en-gb/Ricevitore-SDR-Perseus-p388744485 My other one is an Elad FDM-S3: https://www.eladit.shop/en-gb/Ricevitore-SDR-FDM-S3-p209053139 Cool thing about the S3: it can record the entire FM band.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:45:27 PM
Can’t believe someone followed me here today, as things are falling apart. Not anyone I would want to follow me, mind you
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:38:17 PM
First good transatlantic DX night of the season. I’m getting decent audio from Absolute Radio on 1215 kHz from the UK from my location in New Jersey
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:36:59 PM
Just in case you haven’t already done this: https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/how-to-download-your-twitter-archive
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:11:12 PM
I’m thereisnocat most places, except I’m not on Facebook any more, and I don’t post to Instagram, but elsewhere I’m not hard to find. There are only two people with my name in the country, and I’m not the one from California. @thereisnocat@toot.cafe on Mastadon. And here.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:08:14 PM
I don’t think that Twitter is going to die overnight. It’s likely going to fall apart in pieces.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 9:04:28 PM
RT @leahmcelrath: I think Twitter will continue to exist, but I’m not sure what it will evolve into in terms of relevance. The fact of the…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 7:27:55 PM
I worked somewhere that shrank it’s workforce by about 90%, but it happened over three years, not three weeks…. https://twitter.com/kyliebytes/status/1593395225371688960
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 4:16:57 PM
Saw a report that 1Password is going to incorporate passkey support. Great, but I ditched 1Password for Bitwarden recently. So I went looking. Turns out Bitwarden has been a member of the FIDO Alliance for 3 years. Sounds like yes to me. https://community.bitwarden.com/t/store-webauthn-fido2-credentials-in-bitwarden/42153/4
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 11:49:19 AM
@8888SEB @Kodak Love these. I’ve shot a fair amount of Kodalith. I get what you’re saying about Rodinal, but it depends what you’re trying to do. It’s great for high key stuff like this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/15454386251/ Or to make it look like a newspaper shot from 1964: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/14847963321/
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 8:51:01 AM
RT @TimothyDSnyder: Help stop a genocide. It's easy. Here's how. https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/help-stop-a-genocide?r=f9j4c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 17, 2022 at 8:33:41 AM
Water Feature Just off the boardwalk in Seaside Heights. Kodak EKTAR H35, Ferrania Solaris 200, ECN-2. #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/M8zydKhOho
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 6:29:19 PM
NBC just called the 218th seat for the Republicans.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 5:13:46 PM
CNN made a film about Alexei Navalny, the opposition politician who scares the shit out of Putin. If you get a chance to see it, see it. It's well done and a great story and I am amazed that the man went back to Russia after they tried to kill him.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 12:22:05 PM
@stribs Requested mine on the 10th or thereabouts; got it on the 12th
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 8:47:04 AM
Water Not clear what this game is, but it has something to do with water. Seen on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights. Kodak EKTAR H35, Ferrania Solaris 200, ECN-2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/52504158558/ #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 7:40:52 AM
@redcrew I’m able to edit lists on the web site, so it looks like this is an API-only issue.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 7:24:06 AM
@redcrew Funny you should ask. I just checked as you were posting this. Yes, I’m still seeing it.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 16, 2022 at 6:40:25 AM
has reached equilibrium; caught up on all my social media apps. I can switch between them and there are no new posts. Enjoying the serenity. Nobody post; we can all jump off the hamster wheel.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 10:40:49 PM
@redcrew Lists themselves seem to survive, but I suspect they accidentally removed the ability to edit them via their API. I still see the lists, I just can’t change them. And it was really odd that it happened while I was in the middle of editing mine.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 9:15:17 PM
@sfphotogirl Yeah, I can still see mine. But I really made sparing use of them, and just wanted to experiment with them to see if I could make Twitter work better for me. Because right now, it doesn’t.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 9:12:46 PM
@redcrew Dunno. I don’t use their app. One of the advantages of Tweetbot is that I don’t see any ads, so I’ve never even downloaded the official app.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 7:33:50 PM
@redcrew Just on my mobile app. I don’t use the web site. I find the design an unholy mess.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 7:25:55 PM
Looks like lists is a non-essential service that got turned off by Twitter today. Was in the middle of making a bunch of lists when this started showing up. It hasn’t gone away. https://t.co/QNwrOvCddc
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 5:54:04 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto If I can’t figure out a way to make it work for me, yes. It worked for a long time; I’ve been here for 15 years. But lately it just isn’t fun. It feels like a hamster wheel.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 5:48:23 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto I used Twitter that way for years. It doesn’t work for me anymore. It’s a distraction engine, leaving me unable to pay attention or enjoy real life. No more multitasking.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 4:33:53 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto So do everything poorly is the solution?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 1:35:51 PM
Oops. And this is how World War III starts…. https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1592583150081036288
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 12:41:44 PM
@surlyshirley @breezeline Can you tether to your phone?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 12:39:31 PM
Luna’s Tapas https://www.flickr.com/photos/thereisnocat/52501507852/ #BelieveInFilm
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 11:01:32 AM
is increasingly convinced he can have a life or he can have Twitter, but can’t have both
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 8:07:00 AM
Kohr’s https://glass.photo/thereisnocat/6IioGH3RfNH3q88TmUON7x #BelieveInFilm
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 7:42:35 AM
is is the answer
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 7:30:02 AM
To is or not to is, that be the question.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 7:21:31 AM
is back. For now. I will probably disappear periodically, though, because Twitter just isn’t fun any more. Unless I can figure out a way to make it fun again and integrate it into my life in a healthy way, I’m done. Corporate social media is a pox on humanity.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 15, 2022 at 7:15:43 AM
@PapaShittyCams This is why I’m taking periodic breaks from Twitter. It stopped being fun at a certain point, and I haven’t figured out how to make it fun again.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 12:34:39 PM
is taking a break from Twitter for the rest of this long weekend. Can’t take the drama. Will return to the smoking ruins on Monday if there’s anything left.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 12:10:25 PM
is hungry and going to get some lunch
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 12:03:37 PM
“It’s Pork Roll” My Taylor Ham-loving wife would beg to differ…. Kodak EKTAR H35, Ferrania Solaris 200, ECN-2 #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/3SxuinXIDM
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 11:11:45 AM
RT @katswansey: I’m too excited to wait so PREORDERS FOR MY BOOK ARE NOW OPEN!!! Texas Textures • 8 x 10 hardcover • 145 pages • 200+ fi…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 11:03:41 AM
Same https://twitter.com/dizd/status/1591097820215640065
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 10:58:59 AM
is happy to have finished putting up the antenna just as the rain started
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 10:26:59 AM
Is putting up an antenna to hear distant mediumwave (AM) signals this winter.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 10:04:35 AM
is back from the post office, where he saw packages being loaded into mail trucks despite the office being closed, and is thinking of the Talking Heads lyrics that go “Some civil servants are just like my loved ones / they work so hard and they try to be strong”
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 9:50:09 AM
is running up to the post office anyway to mail stuff out in the outdoor mailboxes.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 9:46:13 AM
is looking at the results of said Internet search, having discovered that indeed, the post office is in fact closed today. Is hoping the postal workers enjoy their day off.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 9:42:10 AM
@kingkool68 One presumes that it would be the same, based on how much shit can fit in a butt.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 9:40:26 AM
is wondering if the post office is open today. Maybe I could use the Internet and find out.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 9:27:21 AM
is relaxing after setting up a new TV. Goodbye, Panasonic plasma set.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2022 at 9:26:10 AM
Lift Shot in Seaside Heights with my Kodak EKTAR H35 on Ferrania Solaris H35 and developed in ECN-2. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/5hLqIyH6w8
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 11:07:28 PM
@msjen Sounds interesting.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 10:26:48 PM
@msjen What’s CoHost? First I’ve heard of it.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 8:04:43 PM
@simon_diamond @ShittyChallenge @tumblr Nope. It’s going to be Matt Mullenweg, the Word Press guy, who also bought… ….wait for it…. Tumblr.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 7:27:56 PM
@ShittyChallenge @tumblr Yes, but will Twitter be here for you?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 7:01:34 PM
is tweeting like every tweet will be his last.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 6:01:30 PM
is thinking about how we Tweeted at the beginning in a way we don’t Tweet any more and kind of missing it.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 6:00:30 PM
is wondering how quickly a major social media company can collapse into dust
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 11:54:45 AM
@stribs As one of those people who rarely comes in, I appreciate this about where we work. But you’re looking at M. Husk’s move in the wrong light. This is just another way of chasing away unwanted employees.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 11:37:37 AM
Birb More from dinner at sunset. Kodak EKTAR H35, Ferrania Solaris 200, ECN-2. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/RIQR3OlPYp
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 11:26:14 AM
RT @katswansey: My debut hardcover photo-book will be available to preorder TOMORROW!!! 2pm central time. • 8 x 10 hardcover • 145 pages…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 10:17:20 AM
For everyone who looked at @tryglass as an IG alternative and said “Nah, they don’t have an Android app”, your wait is over. https://glass.photo/highlights/glass-for-android
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2022 at 8:43:13 AM
In Flight Another view from dinner a couple of months ago (when it was still warm enough to eat outside and this place was still open). Kodak EKTAR H35, Ferrania Solaris 200, ECN-2. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/YxB5CIIgpt
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 5:52:21 PM
@TexanFlutey @CoryBooker I am. That was a lot of work. 🤪 (Seriously, as a marketing professional, engagement drops with each additional click. Senator Booker knows that, so his next tweet was a direct link.)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 5:37:18 PM
@CoryBooker Donated, but it would help if you included the link in your tweet instead of me having to click through two tweets to get to It.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 4:44:46 PM
Twitter seems quieter than usual today. Could be exhaustion after the election. I know I’m tired today.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 10:09:31 AM
@redcrew I shoot my pictures on film, then scan them in. My primary use for Photoshop is spotting, which is finding the dust specs and disappearing them. Photoshop has great tools for that. Affinity has very primitive tools for that. When I try to use it, I want to throw my computer away.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 9:24:26 AM
@redcrew @CreativeBloq I get it. It’s how “upgrades” are handled for iOS apps. I still don’t like it. I keep trying to move from Photoshop to Affinity Photo and I keep failing to succeed.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 9:15:28 AM
@redcrew @CreativeBloq And no upgrade pricing.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 8:18:53 AM
Sunset Dinner An all-outdoor restaurant on a pier over the bay fits my criteria for eating out in the plague years. Kodak H35 half-frame camera, Ferrania Solaris 200 film, ECN-2 developer. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/LOkSb3Pg5p
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 1:50:37 AM
Was hoping for a clear repudiation of Republican fascism tonight. Didn’t get it. Glad things weren’t worse, glad it wasn’t what Republicans wanted and hoped for. Glad people like John Fetterman and Sharice David’s won. But still, democracy should be more popular.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 1:19:58 AM
Saw a lot of Fetterman signs in rural Pennsylvania when I was there a few weeks ago. Not surprised he won. So happy for him.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 1:08:19 AM
There was a map at one point that had my house in @AndyKimNJ ‘s district. I was so disappointed when the final district left us out of his district. https://twitter.com/AndyKimNJ/status/1590223596664000512
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 1:00:40 AM
RT @JohnFetterman: It's official. I will be the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. We bet on the people of Pennsylvania - and you didn’t…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 12:57:35 AM
Looking good for Cortez-Mastro in Nevada. Fingers crossed.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 12:52:43 AM
NBC calls Fetterman as the winner in Pennsylvania! Woo hoo!!!!!!!!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 12:43:03 AM
@stribs Read that earlier. Have something I need to do before site fall down go boom. Hope I can.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 12:29:34 AM
Rather be Fetterman than Oz within numbers like this.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 12:11:07 AM
@stribs No status found with that ID
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2022 at 12:01:21 AM
We desperately needed civics education over the past 40 years, and we didn’t get it.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 11:59:21 PM
We are a 50/50 country. 50% in favor of democracy, 50% in favor of fascism. We are so fucked. A republic of you can keep it. And to our eternal shame that we couldn’t.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 11:57:13 PM
NBC says R219/D21 +/- 13 In other words, “fuck if we know”
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 11:42:31 PM
@katswansey You just sold another.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 11:25:02 PM
@surlyshirley Mine too. I was really hoping Tim Ryan would win. JD Vance is a dick.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 11:24:01 PM
@surlyshirley LOL
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 10:47:41 PM
Very happy to see Sharice Davis won.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 10:21:40 PM
Kornacki showed Boebert losing with 70+% in. Fingers crossed this holds…..
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 9:03:04 PM
I’ll never understand how things can be close in this election after one of the parties tried to overthrow democracy.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 5:53:32 PM
@stefsull @leahmcelrath Try Metatext. It works for me.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 3:33:17 PM
@leahmcelrath @stefsull Example of an image posted to Mastodon via an app: https://toot.cafe/@thereisnocat/109309927004447530
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 3:28:20 PM
@leahmcelrath @stefsull The image thing seems to be server-specific and even software specific. On my instance, I can’t post any images via the web interface or via Pinafore, an alternate interface, but I can via Metatext, an app on my phone. Not sure what the explanation for that is….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 3:26:04 PM
@stefsull @leahmcelrath That’s your server, Stef. (I’m on the same instance.) That server is just overwhelmed and running a day or so behind the rest of the world. Not sure if Leah’s is server specific.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 2:52:01 PM
Blue Wave > Red Wave Holiday edition of my Polaroid Week project on shapes. Like a UK TV program, I’m doing a special edition, except instead of Christmas, this one is for election day. #Polaroid #BelieveInFilm #BelieveInVictory https://t.co/QA0mbwzvS4
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 12:39:43 PM
Rocking Chair Just off the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach. Olympus XA, #SantaColor100 (actually Kodak Aerocolor), developed in ECN-2. #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/fYrXkKOq4b
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 12:15:36 PM
@danrubin Do a ‘zine. These would look great in that format. (I did a ‘zine of chocolate peel apart Polaroids and was very happy with how it turned out.)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 11:03:29 AM
And Democrats cheat how? By voting. By (MAGA) definition, if a Democrat votes, they’re cheating. Vote. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1589939556656160768
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 7:53:39 AM
Voted! https://t.co/sz35xmcxvg
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2022 at 7:27:41 AM
Beach Closed. No Swimming. Shot with the Contax IIIa on #SantaColor100 and developed in ECN-2. I messed up this roll when rewinding, and only got seven shots off of it, but I’m pretty happy with the colors on those seven. #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/gONpHbRQ3E
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 11:21:54 PM
@katswansey Really looking forward to this….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 6:30:53 PM
RT @TimothyDSnyder: A few thoughts on the elections. https://snyder.substack.com/p/america-is-on-the-ballot?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 12:15:32 PM
@elland_in @TEMLIGHTIMAGES @Stig_Ofthedump @holga_pics I see that that link has recipes for TF-2 and TF-3, which are the predecessors for the TF-4 I recommended. Latest version of Bill Troop’s book suggests (but doesn’t outright state) that TF-4 is a variation on TF-3.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 12:06:09 PM
@TEMLIGHTIMAGES @Stig_Ofthedump @holga_pics I use TF-4 from Photographers’ Formulary. It’s widely available in the US; not sure about the UK.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 12:04:42 PM
17HD 18 HD More from 9 Gun Emplacement at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Olympus XA, CineStill 400D, ECN-2 development. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/BvK5mZ0nRF
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 11:53:03 AM
@TEMLIGHTIMAGES @Stig_Ofthedump @holga_pics I use alkali fixer for everything. One of its biggest advantages is that it’s much easier to wash out the hypo. Studies have shown that a rinse of 40 seconds is sufficient to get hypo to undetectable levels if you use alkali fixer. Not the several minutes it takes for acid fix
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 10:57:09 AM
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 10:45:39 AM
RT @sfphotogirl: A friendly reminder and a plea to US friends to VOTE. All I see anymore on this platform is twitter turmoil, but the elect…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2022 at 8:11:27 AM
Bunker These ground-level rooms in 9 Gun Emplacement make me think of prisons. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/uECUX7YaET
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 11:00:16 PM
@surlyshirley @wussymusic Jealous!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 6:00:25 PM
Typical right winger. Doesn’t think something’s a problem until it happens to him. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589390597798125568
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 5:55:12 PM
Decided to look at the Mastodon Github and see if I could figure out why it’s so slow. It jumped out at me immediately; it’s built with Ruby on Rails. Just like Twitter was in the Fail Whale days. IIRC, Twitter didn’t banish the Fail Whale until they moved off RonR….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 5:37:30 PM
As an old punk rocker and a photographer whose chosen approach is to use film, this t-shirt cracks me up: https://www.shootfilmco.com/collections/t-shirts/products/black-white-flag-dark-short-sleeve-cotton-t-shirt
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 2:15:48 PM
Stairway to Nothing Part of 9 Gun Emplacement at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Olympus XA, CineStill 400D, ECN-2 development #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/UHXqmDodBs
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 2:13:41 PM
@stevenelawson Whoa.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 12:34:23 PM
@tryglass Been with @tryglass since day 1. It’s beautiful and aligns with my interests. https://glass.photo/thereisnocat is where you can find me there
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 9:18:28 AM
Great thread about how helping Ukraine helps America. If Ukraine defeats Russia, it could usher in decades of peace. If Russia wins, we get decades of war and power plays. Very smart take by professor Snyder. https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1589260130050506754
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 8:43:59 AM
@stefsull I was up around Oil City a couple of weeks ago. There were a fair number of Oz signs in the area. Outnumbered by Fetterman signs, though. But driving home to NJ through central PA, Oz signs the ok the lead.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2022 at 8:10:57 AM
Tower Part of 9 Gun Emplacement on Sandy Hook. Olympus XA, CineStill 400D, ECN-2. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/PinuRSeEII
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 11:14:30 PM
@gregpak Panatomic-X has a reputation for lasting a good long time. Check out http://www.alexluyckx.com/blog/index.php/2018/09/17/classic-film-review-kodak-panatomic-x/ . @AlexLuyckxPhoto basically says he shoots it at box speed, and shows results in different developers.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 11:07:12 PM
Round the bowl and down the hole, roll, Tide, roll…. LSU 32, Bama 31.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 10:50:46 PM
@gregpak You never know what you’re going to get, but you’ll almost always get something with black and white development. I bought a brick of Adox KB14 that expired in 1964, so basically 60 years old. I found in the first couple of rolls I could shoot it at box speed and develop normally
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 10:30:37 PM
@gregpak This is true, you can’t. But you can tell how to develop it. I’ve developed 90+ year old film using a clip test, described at https://foundfilm.livejournal.com/16982.html , and gotten fog-free results. And I’ve done this more than once.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 9:07:08 PM
@NinianeK @DeanForbesPhoto @diana_n_jeon Or you can use a third-party client, like Tweetbot or Twitterific for Mac and iOS, and not see any ads and just get posts by the people you follow, in chronological order, and not have to put up with the dumpster fire that is the Twitter web site.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 4:22:50 PM
My wife @JerseyGrrrl saw me posting this and offered to fix the labels…. https://t.co/cIHcpywU2x
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 4:19:44 PM
Dear charities that send return address labels in an attempt to guilt us into giving money, if you’re going to do that, get the name right. Backwards doesn’t work. https://t.co/h2CkxiSQws
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 4:04:11 PM
Great thread about using Kodak color motion picture film. https://twitter.com/8888SEB/status/1588984383993569280
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 1:08:59 PM
Entrance Part of 9 Gun Emplacement on Sandy Hook. Olympus CA, CineStill 400D, ECN-2. #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/rSvd5d6iZA
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 5, 2022 at 8:11:44 AM
9 Gun Battery From one of the primary gun emplacements used to protect New York harbor in the past. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/q0UhIgilRw
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:40:33 PM
@moragperkins @windsorknot @shotbyshaun I’m giving them slack because I know the guy who runs the instance is away this week doing family stuff and can’t do much more than kick the server periodically, and when he gets back I expect he’ll solve it. But the fact that it happens widely makes me think it’s just not ready
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:38:18 PM
@moragperkins @windsorknot @shotbyshaun Even servers that haven’t seen an influx are suffering. My instance, which I’ve been on for five years, doesn’t take new members. I haven’t seen a new post on my Home timeline in over a day. I stopped posting there because I can’t see the responses.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 1:09:29 PM
@susankitchens I think my blood pressure dropped 10 points that week. Probably from not being as keyed up about things…. 😉
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 1:04:02 PM
@susankitchens First I’ve heard of it. I did one last month. Was an amazing week, got so much stuff done and didn’t miss Twitter at all.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 11:53:11 AM
Untitled A view of a small part of the 9 Gun Battery on Sandy Hook. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 development. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/rKx4UH7fFV
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 11:19:23 AM
@elland_in And that’s a shame, because it really has a lot to offer. I think people are resistant to paying for things online. I’ve reached a point where I’m reluctant to use things I don’t pay for.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 9:50:29 AM
@chadhillphotos @crownflintphoto @tinkercad Do you have any resources for learning Fusion? I have one project I’ve been trying for months and just can’t get Fusion to do what I want it to do.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 9:31:54 AM
@callow_explorer @TEMLIGHTIMAGES Mastodon supports alternate text. Flickr, Grainery, and Glass don’t.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:56:42 AM
@markjfine At the point Upsala sold the license, they had already made the decision to close IIRC. so yeah, an exception, and one that I’m glad they made. WFMU in its current state is kind of like The Tree That Owns Itself.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:55:18 AM
@crownflintphoto @tinkercad Cool. I’ve used it for really simple stuff like lens boards. I’m trying to learn some of the more feature-filled software, but find it really hard to get my head around their interfaces. I have yet to print anything from Fusion or Shapr, both of which baffle me.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:48:49 AM
@markjfine WFMU is still a bastion of creative broadcasting that is undriven by ratings schemes and ad revenue.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:40:07 AM
@crownflintphoto What software are you using to design these?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 7:39:08 AM
Lifesaving Station It doesn’t say that’s what it is, but there’s an identical one of these elsewhere on Sandy Hook that does, so I’m pretty sure that that’s what this building at North Beach is for too Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D #FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/TqMP4F8hnL
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 4, 2022 at 6:44:56 AM
@elland_in Yeah, sorry about that. I really need to redesign my site. Current design predates responsive design and doesn’t work well on phones….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 11:56:30 PM
@DeanForbesPhoto Thanks.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 11:29:05 PM
I wrote something up comparing different social networks for sharing your photography. It’s focused on photographers using film since that’s what I do. You may find it interesting. Or not. https://www.thereisnocat.com/showme1011.html #BelieveInFilm
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 10:50:13 PM
@billthoo @ILFORDPhoto Just can’t get this one to snap into stereo. Not sure why. Very cool, though.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:29:29 PM
RT @thereisnocat: @stribs @tryglass @Flickr Exactly. Paying a nominal fee tends to keep out the trolls, spammers, eggs, and other bad actor…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:27:21 PM
@stribs @tryglass @Flickr Exactly. Paying a nominal fee tends to keep out the trolls, spammers, eggs, and other bad actors.That’s worth paying for. A blue checkmark is not.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:23:19 PM
RT @thereisnocat: @stribs That’s the key. “Twitter, but paid, and goonish election deniers and Peter Thiel buddies” is something I would al…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:21:55 PM
@stribs That’s the key. “Twitter, but paid, and goonish election deniers and Peter Thiel buddies” is something I would also never pay for, and I’ve taken to abandoning free social media sites like Instagram in favor of ones I pay for, like @tryglass, @Flickr , and Grainery.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:18:42 PM
Reminds me of early USENET, where newsfroups were often transmitted over data connections using 9600 baud modems on commercial phone lines back when Internet connections were not easy, fast, and widespread. It could take hours or even days for a post to propagate to the network.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:17:03 PM
Getting notifications of people liking my toots or following me or boosting a toot 12 hours after it happened. It’s interesting to see that this is widespread enough to get a mention in an intro for new users.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:14:56 PM
Read an introduction to Mastodon earlier. One thing it mentioned was that “many hosts are seeing delays in updates” with the influx of new users from Twitter. I’ve been on my instance for 5 years and even with no new users (they’re closed to signups), I’m seeing delays.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 1:23:36 PM
No question. Kodachrome. And it’s never ever coming back. https://twitter.com/AlexLuyckxPhoto/status/1588216938047500288
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 12:15:26 PM
Up Looking up from under one of the pergolas at the snack bar at North Beach. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/0TWmpPceRL
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 7:55:11 AM
Snack Bar Not open since the season is over. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 development. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/urhsD5ELx1
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 6:52:19 AM
Normal countries try to beef up schooling in order to prepare for the future where these things impact everything. Bizarro World countries try to suppress schooling in order to force everyone into the past. Vote accordingly. Time only goes in one direction. You can’t go back. https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1587947720723120129
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 12:26:38 AM
Finished “They Knew”by @sarahkendzior tonight. I don’t want to give it away, but the ending is awesome.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 3, 2022 at 12:24:31 AM
@DeanForbesPhoto @windsorknot @mrbwa1 For less than the price of that blue check, these guys will set one up for you https://masto.host
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 11:52:10 PM
@filmdevelop @PapaShittyCams Easiest way is probably something like https://masto.host/
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 5:33:05 PM
Just verified that our plasma TV is what’s causing little noisy spots every 30 kiloHertz on my shortwave radios. We were going to replace it soon anyway….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 12:12:57 PM
Broken Reflector Found this a few feet from the previous photo. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 development. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/wk3XmhmDRI
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 12:09:12 PM
@chadhillphotos @EMULSIVEfilm @gavinlyons Very cool! I built a UV exposure box, but used more expensive 365 nm LEDs because they work better with the processes I wanted to use it for. And then let it sit and haven’t done anything with it….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 10:51:56 AM
@DeanForbesPhoto @MaureenBond @analogfusion If the interface is a concern, check out https://pinafore.social. It’s an alternate web interface and it’s very clean.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 9:20:01 AM
RT @sarahkendzior: We should all be able to condemn the fact that an 82-year-old man was bludgeoned with a hammer. It makes absolutely no d…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 2, 2022 at 8:15:54 AM
Reflector Seen at North Beach on Sandy Hook. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/dRmELApmWI
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 8:00:59 PM
@spacewxwatch Seen
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 5:26:44 PM
RT @EricLloyd: At the end of my interview with @JocelynBenson today, I jokingly asked her, "What's the greatest thing you have accomplished…
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 3:07:44 PM
Searching for people on other Mastodon instances is only half-working on the instance I’m on, so I’m having a hard time adding people, especially with new accounts. If you’re so inclined, you can add me on Mastodon at @thereisnocat@toot.cafe
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 1:28:58 PM
@klizana @DrMarsRover @ltinuviel Same. Bluesky is owned by Jack Dorsey, who started Twitter (and is all-in with Melon Husk, hence the speculation that Twitter will eventually be a Bluesky instance). So the people who are building it have some idea how these things work. :-) Maybe they’ll fix the mistakes….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 1:17:28 PM
@klizana @DrMarsRover @ltinuviel If you’ve heard about a new thing called Bluesky, from what I understand it’s likely similar to how Mastodon works. It’s something that spun out from Twitter, and there’s some suspicion that it’s where Twitter is headed, an instance of Bluesy.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 1:09:48 PM
@DrMarsRover @ltinuviel @klizana The way Mastodon is designed, it shouldn’t matter much which server you’re on. They all talk to each other. That’s kind of the point; you choose a server based on how well their policies align with your preferences, and follow people all over the “fediverse” (from “federation”)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 11:13:22 AM
Outdoor Shower The soldiers need to keep clean somehow… #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/zZ6ekOEa6D
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 8:22:06 AM
Five Soldiers The fifth one being in uniform. Olympus XA, Cinestill 400D, ECN-2 development. #FilmPhotography #FilmIsNotDead #BelieveInFilm #BeNiceShootFilm https://t.co/YxrLVw3RMi
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2022 at 7:09:08 AM
@stevenelawson Yes
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 8:51:19 PM
If I quit Twitter, it won’t be because of Melon Husk. It will be because Twitter is a fucking hamster wheel, and I’m not a fucking hamster
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2022 at 8:49:28 PM
Had to go to Lowe’s tonight. Halloween. At the entrance, this is what you see. Halloween, not Thanksgiving. Bring on climate change. I welcome thermonuclear war. We don’t deserve to live. We’re a bunch of morons. https://t.co/ELXfzjMv5H
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