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Hope it's a great one.

Not many weeks I feel we're further away from WWIII, but that great North Korean destroyer launch (aka "the beached whale") last week did it. Ouch. korea.mp4

Reliving 90s warnings about reliving the 70s from Mike Watt’s Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?

RIP Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering Filmmaker https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/movies/marcel-ophuls-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.i6wo.kaPz3fKqzuJW&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article) https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250526-oscar-winning-french-documentary-filmmaker-marcel-ophuls

Relived first meal outside the house after the lockdown. Also annual heart stress test.

Had the day off yesterday (company has "wellbeing days" the last couple of years - thanks Covid!), so went to Stanford's Cantor and Anderson museums. Chuckled at this Tony Oursler animated sculpture-projection which seemingly judged you as you judged other works.

RIP Sebastião Salgado https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/brazil-sebastiao-salgado-death

Hope it’s a great day. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuQ88gXvzKs/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Hope it was a great one (and the steak was wonderful).

Mr. Polaroid (full doc)

For jealous users of other systems you have options https://www.polarpro.com/products/lightleak-lens/

Maybe I was a little cynical on the initial X half reception. https://www.techradar.com/cameras/compact-cameras/fujifilms-x-half-is-a-tiny-retro-compact-thats-big-on-wacky-film-photography-features-and-i-love-it

^ Keep posting! The most hated camera of 2025 will be released tomorrow. Sounds kinda fun. Too bad about the $150 Orange Tax.

I listened to that album before going to sleep every night for probably 5 months.

“Wendt showed up as Norm over the years on St. Elsewhere, Wings, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Frasier and The Tortellis and as himself on Seinfeld and The Larry Sanders Show. He also had recurring roles on The Naked Truth and Sabrina the Teenage Witch and guest-starred on other series like Alice, Soap, Hart to Hart, Becker, Hot in Cleveland, Columbo, Harry’s Law, Fresh Off the Boat and The Goldbergs.“ That’s pretty impressive. Also in Hairspray on Broadway.

Yep and more. Love the subverting.

Up for audiophile versions of those too.

Trying to keep up. Du Blonde’s Sniff More Gritty. Ex.

Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew Dies at 95 “If you’re a Southern boy, if it moves and it’s not supposed to, you use duct tape.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/space/ed-smylie-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk8.IFsM.u4gMmyOIc10U&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article)

Hope it's a great one!

Just need an audiophile version. https://www.nuanceaudio.com/en-us

Davóne Tines & The Truth's tribute to Paul Robeson (from Davóne's one-man play). Ex.

A few years late, but RIP Cris Hassold, professor at New College of Florida A Professor’s Final Gift to Her Students: Her Life Savings https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/cris-hassold-professor-new-college-will.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Gk8.lsgk.I-V-0Fygppww&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (Gift article)

AROK, the future we were promised

^ Looking forward to. Just a clip in case it gets anyone interested in The Rehearsal. Nathan attempts to learn what makes a strong pilot from becoming Sully.