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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · Jun 26

rented an absurd 150-600mm zoom lens for the week and it is already worth every penny

an orange tabby cat's face fills the frame. he looks flattened and extra chubby due to the extreme focal length, but it might be hard to notice since his adorable pink tongue tip is hanging out and it's hard to look at anything else

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · Jun 11

leaf

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 2d

same. I just came up for air after falling down the "personal prelature" branch

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 2d

Alex

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 3d

I mean, video game synthwave is really no joke; Brigador is one of my favorite albums in the whole genre, and Furi is less cohesive but awesome as a compilation of genre greats

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 5d

one of these days I'll be able to hang out at the airport enough to make such friends of friends. sounds like a wonderful time!

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 5d

ooooh fancy! in the market to upgrade? 😉

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 5d

this is somehow even worse than if he was being willfully ignorant about the harms. "yes, we've taken on the criticisms and decided to lie that we've addressed them"

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 5d

ɟƨɒɘᗺBeast

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 5d

damn dude

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 6d

these days I only use mine to play DVDs and my *god* the sounds it makes getting to the menu screen

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 6d

bsky image compression working hard to make bsky auto content tagging's job easier

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 6d

Bojangles, my partner's dad's therapy cat

a brown mackerel tabby with unusually large eyes crouches on a wood-veneered cat tree. the photo was taken with a telephoto lens which makes him look extra flat and round

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 7d

we've had good experiences with Sutherland. not the cheapest, but reasonable and they do stuff right the first time

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

(to be clear, you can also just have the yarn shop wind the balls for you and not worry about any of this, but ... it can be that kind of hobby)

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

I mean, the swift alone... do you go umbrella or amish? bearings or wood? if wood then you should probably wax it, but what kind of wax? sorry dude you're screwed

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

and a face shield for the love of god

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

there's a whole world of ball winders and swifts awaiting you before you even make a stitch! congratulations

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

cheating by copying off your own paper 😎

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

yes! so useful when doing any abstraction to have the concrete in hand first. way too easy to come unmoored otherwise

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 8d

more like fireclown amirite

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 9d

every time an older relative sends me some obvious slop I can't help but think that Peter Watts was really cooking with the "Heaven" concept in Blindsight

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acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 10d

WAKING LIFE (2001)

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 11d

...I should really read Postwar again, huh

acfoltzer @acfoltzer.net · 11d

they almost gave me too much when I had to get admitted to the hospital last week. fortunately even when running a high fever, my paranoid ass took a picture of the pills in my hand every time I'd taken them at home, so I was able to show them I couldn't have any yet