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Nevin Thompson

@nevint.bsky.social

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I like poetry, photography, languages (esp Japanese), and religion (esp Japanese). And movies (esp Japanese). And Bob Dylan. Epilepsy parent.

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · Jan 16

I have a blog now. It's still a little rough around the edges with few posts, but I blog about #photography, the books I read and the movies I watch, #translation (particularly poetry), and stuff that interests me in the news, especially anything related to #japan.

tsunoga.ghost.io/photographin...

Photographing with intent

The number-one lesson I learned about photography in 2024.

tsunoga.ghost.io

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 16m

The aircraft I’m on seems to be missing part of a jack flap fairing. Here’s my jet, versus one with the fairings intact.

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 6h

Larry David has a spite shop, but I’ve never seen such a good spite email.

Alyssa_Jayne @alyssajayne.bsky.social · 17h

Now this is how you title a fundraising email, @movementyvr.bsky.social

Go donate to Movement to spite Bob Mackin’s insufferable claims that young caring people who can barely afford to live in this region are really just developer shills rolling in pools of gold coins.

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Elizabeth Tasker @elizabethtasker.bsky.social · 13h

This half-size (JUST HALF-SIZE) model of the Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) spacecraft is currently in the ISAS lobby. The model was designed by “GigaStar”, an NPO led by Mase Yasufumi, who has now built… two… despite the crazy complexity! The twin is currently at Miraikan (biiiiig museum).

A large model of the MMX spacecraft. The half-sized model spacecraft is taller than a person, covered in gold for thermal protection, and flanked by large solar panels. It has four landing legs for landing on Phobos.

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 10h

I like the Hobbit especially as it is fundamentally a ripping yarn.

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 14h

That is a very good point and I wish you had been the subeditor, lol

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 15h

It's not the best thing, but on the other hand very low in the context of the river? I interviewed a marine chemist about this issue a few years ago: globalvoices.org/2020/10/31/d...

Decision to dump radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site into the ocean sparks alarm

About 1.25 million tonnes of contaminated water is currently stored at the Fukushima Daiichi installation.

globalvoices.org

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 16h

I don’t follow? I was referencing Wet’suwet’en, which doesn’t have a treaty. My observation was that there is no apparent consensus within that FN about Coastal GasLink. Pacheedaht FN is similar. Willing to work on my blind spots, though!

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Michael Love @elkmovie.bsky.social · 20h

“Ubik” but instead of asking for a tip every time you open it, the door asks you to rate on a scale of 1-10 whether you would recommend it to a friend

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 20h

"A forty-year-old Spider-Man grapples with housing costs, childcare, and declining webbing potency."

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 20h

I have no dislike for Tom Holland, but I do not think the MCU version of Spider-Man is all that good. Too much focus on tech gadgets, too much obsequiousness rather than teen angst, and teen swagger.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 20h

Andrew Garfield doesn’t think ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 3’ will ever happen

“It’s not happening and I don’t believe it ever will, but sweet of you to want it to happen"

(via GQ)

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 22h

It's complicated of course because Indigenous, Inuit and FN are not monumental polities. Some FN pursue resource extraction in spite of opposition by some members. Coastal Gaslink, Fairy Creek, etc.

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 23h

In a just world. From what I understand, UNDRIP sidesteps true sovereignty by instead focusing on integrating FN into resource extraction.

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 23h

Alberta is Canada’s biggest threat. I say that as a BCer.

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Shamim Malekmian @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social · 1d

Far-right X users who like saying "Orwelian" and "kafkaesque" should be forced to read ALL the books by the two authors and pass an exam on them.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Benjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to have two years' of work out, in a pair of papers led by @gradientrider.bsky.social and @maxecharles.bsky.social.

We've built a data-driven calibration of the James Webb Interferometer to near its fundamental limits for high-res imaging - explainer at @aunz.theconversation.com!

How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away

The only Australian hardware on board the legendary telescope is starting to fulfil its duties.

theconversation.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

...People who have been used to getting their own way ("No new housing! Free on-street parking! Cyclists should stay on the sidewalk!) are feeling threatened. Even though they are rich, privileged, and have *nothing* to complain about. And then there is Facebook, which is beyond shitty now. Toxic.

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

Things are getting weird, even in Canada. I called in to the OCP community consultation, but friends of mine who went said there were Boomers there physically intimidating people. This is normal now. Never used to be here in Victoria. My sense is that it's because real change is happening, so...

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

Was (no longer, obvs) friends with someone who turned out to be a grassroots MAGA organizer in 2015-16. The approach, at scale, was to convert individuals on Reddit into not only voters but grassroots online campaigners. Individual engagement + network effect.

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

During the recent community consultation about whether to update the official community plan (OCP) to remove parking minimums and make it easier to build housing, there was all sorts of conspiracy talk about 15-minute cities and secret cabals. Particularly among 55+ cohort. Really disconcerting.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

Fellas, this upzoning thing ... doesn't it strike you all as a little Jewy, if you catch my drift?

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

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Brian Callaci @briancallaci.bsky.social · Sep 11

Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

I am so glad you are on Bluesky! Anyway, I was just saying the exact same thing just now: bsky.app/profile/nevi...

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

All thanks to Gordon Willis. Also the cinematographer for The Godfather trilogy, plus a number of other Woody Allen movies. i think Manhattan is next-level, though! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_...

Gordon Willis - Wikipedia

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Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome (I am a recent Cali convert)

Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social · 1d

While I really enjoyed Woody Allen when I was young -- I stopped watching his stuff after Crimes and Misdemeanors, and I truly believe he identifies with the Martin Landau character -- I've tried some of them out recently, and it's all meh. Except for Manhattan, because of Gordon Willis.