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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 6h

Row

Palm trees in a row. Shot on the last day of World Wide Half Frame Camera Day week. Pentax 17, Kodak 5222 (Double-XX), Rodinal 1:50.

#BelieveInFilm #halfframe #WWHFCD

Four palm trees stand in a line, shown largely in silhouette. Other palm trees and other vegetation are visible behind them.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 7h

I live in metropolitan New York City. Cabs and public transportation are an option here.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 9h

I have never summoned a ride from Uber or Lyft. I’d rather take a cab, public transit, or walk.

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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 9h

Sailors Exchange

Tired of your existing sailor and need a change of pace? You’ll probably have to find a different place to manage that; this place looks to be closed. Leica R4, Adox HR-50, Rodinal 1:50.

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A storefront stands empty, windows covered with paper and plywood. Signs in the doors say “Sailors Exchange”, and a stencil on the window just to the right of the doors says “Used Marine Equipment”. Paper signs taped to the windows say “We’ve Moved”, and on top of one on the right door is a Stop Work Order. Two trash cans sit out front.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 9h

I follow Tony on Flickr. His work is wildly creative.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

wow. bezos has destroyed this paper.

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 11h

Happy anniversary!

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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 12h

The Original Steaks

Home of the original pizza bread cheese steak. Which sounds like blasphemy and an abomination, but I’m told the cheesesteaks here are very good. One day I’ll try one rather than just shooting yet another photo of the place […]

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A low slung building with a flat roof has a fiberglass cow and several signs on the roof. The cow is at left. Next to it, a sign that just says “Steaks” (there appears to be some text below that, but it is not legible). Then a sign that says “Home of the Original Pizza Bread Cheese Steak Grab an Ice-Cold CocaCola”. At right, a sign says “The Original Steaks Est. Since Early `50s 21 Ocean Terrace”. Power lines fill the frame above the building and to its right. A car is parked on the other side of the street from the building.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 20h

I am definitely seeing innovation in photography coming out of China. Lenses, film, cameras. Amazing stuff.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wingers use initials for everything except their beloved cause of 'viewpoint diversity' -- it would be hilarious to read an essay in the Atlantic: "Harvard kids need more exposure to VD"

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 1d

I also found information about a longer documentary about them, but that documentary doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere.

www.kengriffithsbureau.co.uk/post/the-gan...

The Gandolfi Legacy

Analog photography’s recent comeback draws attention to a stronger than ever generational nostalgia, which finds its roots in the current economical and political system. The roots of Capitalism are t...

www.kengriffithsbureau.co.uk

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 1d

Petapixel showcases an old BBC film about Gandolfi Cameras, UK-made large format wonders. Despite Petapixel's condescending tone, the 10 minute film is fun to watch.

petapixel.com/2025/10/13/a...

Archive Film Shows Eccentric Brit Crafting a Handmade Large Format Camera

Gandolfi cameras were sought after.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 1d

Halle-fucking-lujah.

I worked for both the radio and TV stations back in the day. Was devastated to see the initial announcement that they were shutting down. Sense prevails.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

So pleased to see two of my favorite stations #WPSU and @whyy.org join forces to keep public media alive in central PA
(and thanks to Penn State Trustees for reversing course in supporting this venture): www.psu.edu/news/adminis...

Penn State Board of Trustees approves new deal for WPSU | Penn State University

The Penn State Board of Trustees today unanimously approved the material terms of a proposed transaction to transfer the operating assets of WPSU public radio and television stations to WHYY, a public...

www.psu.edu

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 1d

I wrote up my findings on the death of my 3G grandmother Marie Archange Soulliere and posted it to my blog. Took me hours because I didn’t realize the blog was broken after I moved to a different server. Thought it was working. Oh well. It’s back now.

https://www.brandi.org/geneablogy/showme258

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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 1d

Palm Tree

This is the view of the condo office from right outside my mom’s condo in St. Augustine. Shot this on the last day of World Wide Half Frame Camera Day week. Pentax 17, Kodak 5222 (Double-XX), Rodinal 1:50.

#BelieveInFilm #WWHFCD #halfframe

A palm tree rises in a parking lot in front of a low slung building.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 1d

New Old Stock.

Means that it is something that never sold and is “new” even though it’s old.

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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 1d

A Coastal Home

A coastal store. Leica R4, Kodak Plus-X (expired 1994, exposed at EI 80), Rodinal 1:50.

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A low slung single story mid-century modern building with glass front wall (and a little bit of brick) has painted in the windows “A Coastal Home by Vintage Chic” to the left of the door and brick column, and to the right of the door, “Furniture & Home Decor”. The address, 230, is above the door.

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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 1d

Old Time Photos

New Time Camera. Smartflex 3445, ORWO NP22 (expired 1994, shot at EI 50), HC-110 1:90 for 18 minutes, agitated every three, Kodak Anastigmat No. 33 7-1/2 inch f/4.5 lens.

#BelieveInFilm

A stand on the boardwalk, closed, with a sign saying “Old Time Photos”.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

Abolish ICE.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 2d

Former sports reporter for the Washington Post, and a damned good one. Sadly, every time she writes about something other than sports, she puts her worst foot forward….

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 2d

He does some very cool stuff on his own now. You can find him on Etsy as “Risolute”

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Ralph Brandi @thereisnocat.com · 2d

The Analog Research Lab was a real thing. My friend Scott Boms worked there. It was dismantled and the members laid off a couple of years ago.

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Ralph Brandi @pixelfed.thereisnocat.com · 2d

Fan

Georgia Hubley of Yo La Tengo watches Rebecca Gates at Dromfest behind Left Hand Ciders. Because Yo La Tengo aren’t just rock stars, they’re also huge music fans. Pentax 17, Harman Phoenix II, ECN-2 development.

#BelieveInFilm #halfframe

Woman in a baseball cap watches another woman on stage with a guitar singing into a microphone.

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