North of Somewhere 🇺🇦💙📖📸⚛️

“Real man loves babies,” say the Trumpland billboards.
After the Epstein files drama, I’m starting to think they meant it literally 🫣

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic Frameworks

My undergrad research used MOFs. Can’t claim the Nobel, but at least I picked a winning material :)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

I want to say a special thanks to lady with a sign “support Ukraine and NATO” 🫶

Gracias 🤗

Thanks 🤗

A black-and-white film photograph of a wooden boardwalk curving gently through a forest. The path is framed by overhanging branches that create a dark canopy above, while soft light opens up in the distance. Fallen leaves scatter across the weathered planks, and the scene feels calm, quiet, and slightly nostalgic.

walk between seasons.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford
👩‍🔬 Rodinal 50+1

#FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Photography #FilmisNotDead #BelieveInFilm

Agreed, absence of Somali or Hmong doctors or nurses and complete lack of Minnesota accent is weird too

A tablet screen showing the Netflix series Doc, paused on a scene with a female doctor wearing a white coat and stethoscope. The tablet rests in front of a window with sheer curtains, and behind it is a cozy room with shelves full of books, plants, and decorations. The atmosphere feels homely and warm, with afternoon light coming through the window.

It’s strange watching a Netflix show set in Minneapolis - a city I’d never even heard of before moving to Minnesota.
And even stranger seeing a hospital where doctors actually have time and care for patients 🤭

Black and white photo of a bronze sculpture shaped like an egg with glasses, a hat, and a bow tie, sitting on a brick ledge and reading a book. The sculpture, called “Eggspert,” looks cheerful and scholarly, positioned near a stairway outside a building in Hutchinson, Minnesota.

A year ago in Red Wing,MN I really wanted to see this sculpture called Eggspert, but it had already been sold.
Yesterday, we finally found it in Hutchinson, MN.
The great egg hunt is complete 🥚✔️ :)

📷 iPhone

#Minnesota #Art #SmallTown #FoundIt #photo #sculpture

A close-up of two 35mm film rolls standing on a reflective dark countertop, one labeled “Portra 400.” The background is softly blurred, with warm morning light coming through a window, giving the scene a nostalgic, quiet mood.

My husband really gets me. Some people wake up to breakfast in bed - I woke up to a couple of rolls of Portra . And honestly, that’s way better. You can’t develop pancakes in C-41 ;)

📷 iPhone

#35mm #Film #filmisnotdead #analog

A khaki-green K&F Concept backpack sits on a black chair. A small orange plush toy with sharp teeth, dressed in jeans and a checkered scarf, hangs from the strap, holding a miniature camera. Below it, a blue-and-yellow crocheted heart dangles, symbolizing Ukraine. A round yellow pin is attached to the top flap

Not Bellingham, but… :)

A cluster of pink chrysanthemums in soft afternoon light. The petals are slightly uneven, with touches of white and tiny specks from garden soil. The flowers fill most of the frame, glowing warmly against dark green leaves below.

My mums are in bloom, reminding me of my first fall in Minnesota. I saw signs saying “Mums for sale” and, as a non-native speaker, thought mums meant moms. For a moment I thought - wow, capitalism really has no limits here

📷: iPhone

#fall #Minnesota #flowers #funny #garden #english

Thank you 💙

Black-and-white film photograph of a weathered wooden fence post with strands of rusty barbed wire stretched across the frame. The focus is on a twisted knot of wire, while the grassy field and trees in the background fade into a soft blur, creating a quiet, nostalgic mood

Boundaries, expired

📷 Pentaks KX
🎞️ Ilford
👩‍🔬 Rodinal 50+1

#FilmPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Photography #FilmisNotDead #BelieveInFilm

Yep, I went in dreaming of a medium format miracle 📷, but this one turned out to be my small victory of the day :)

A hand holding an Albinar 80–200mm macro zoom lens with a textured grip and engraved aperture and distance markings. The “PK” mount marking is visible, confirming it’s for Pentax cameras. The photo is taken inside a car, with the dashboard and red hazard button softly blurred in the background.

A close-up of the same lens, viewed from the top. A red-and-white sticker on the lens cap reads “Sale Price $14.00” handwritten in black ink. The hand holding it has metallic dark-blue nail polish, and the car interior is visible in soft daylight.

I keep telling myself I don’t need another lens. Then a $14 Albinar 80–200mm macro looks at me at the vintage market (📍Anoka, MN) like, “take me home.” So here we are 😀
#filmisnotdead #filmphotography #IbelieveInFilm #vintage #lens

A hand holds a smartphone showing Instagram’s overloaded interface. The screen is cluttered with floating buttons like “Location,” “GIF,” “Poll,” “Frames,” “Donation,” “Cutouts,” “Avatar,” “Countdown,” “#hashtag,” and more, layered on top of a nature photo in the background. The Verge headline above reads: “Instagram wants me to make content – I just want to post a photo.” The image highlights how simple photo-sharing is buried under endless “content creation” features

@allisonjo1.bsky.social I read your piece on METAmonster and totally get the frustration. There’s been a solution for years - Pixelfed, a federated photo sharing app with no predatory algorithms. Maybe your next article could be about that 😉

I mean, Macron is great at talking, but is he going to do at least something besides words? Or as usual load words and no action? 🤷🏼‍♀️

YouTube video by ABC News Massive explosion and fire at largest refinery on West Coast

I’m 99.9% sure russia is behind this. But we’ll probably never hear about it - just like the media never mentioned the russian inscriptions on the Annunciation shooter’s weapons. Most likely 🍊🤡 will pin it on some “left” transgender conspiracy or another scapegoat 🤷🏼‍♀️

youtu.be/QMBJFWLHe3c?...

Amazing job! Can you please share how did you achieve this? I would love to do something similar to my culture

A small outdoor market scene on a cloudy day. The ground is unpaved and muddy, with several puddles along the path. On the left side stands a large decorative horse statue. In the background are small wooden stalls and sheds selling souvenirs. The area looks quiet and slightly run-down, with no people in the frame

Afterlife of consumerism. Small town edition

📷 Canon Elan 7e
🎞️ Fuji 400
🧪Cinestill at home
📍Detroit Lakes, MN

#FilmPhotography #35mmFilm #Analog #Minnesota #BelieveInFilm

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Now Im jealous that I bought 2024 🫣

I actually love it. In general I love film ”fails”, because sometimes the result is actually better than a predictable good shot :)

A metal sign marked “Wetland Buffer” stands among tall grasses and purple wildflowers. The sign, partly rusted and surrounded by thistles, warns against mowing or dumping waste, but looks half-swallowed by the overgrown plants. Blurred green and pink foliage fills the background.

Every sign eventually becomes part of the landscape

📷 Canon Elan 7e
🎞️ Fuji 400
🧪Cinestill at home

#BelieveInFilm #analog #photo #photography #Minnesota

Where can I claim my transgender? Will it come with tax return, or what? Will I be assigned one, or can I chose one? So many questions 🤭

YouTube video by Genetically Modified Skeptic The US Government Is Calling Atheists T*rrorists Now

A balanced video, without hysteria, that looks at Trump’s new directive what it can do and what it cannot

youtu.be/JLaSOw7iB7Y?...

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91 "Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

Jane Goodall made the world a better place.

She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.

www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Advise them to write a book/start a YouTube channel/tiktok about how religion and an absence of critical thinking lead them to this situation. Hopefully they'll have enough commission to buy them a new house 🤷‍♀️

Black and white photo of a bronze statue called Blind Bandurist a mustached man in traditional Ukrainian clothes, sitting and playing the bandura. The sculpture stands in a garden, surrounded by trees and plants. Leo Mol (born Leonid Molodozhanyn, 1915 in Ukraine) was a Ukrainian-Canadian sculptor who emigrated after World War II. In Winnipeg, he created the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden, donating hundreds of works to the city. His bronzes range from Taras Shevchenko and bandurists to biblical figures and portraits. Through his art, Ukrainian culture was preserved in bronze abroad, while in Ukraine it had to fight for survival

A Blind Bandurist by Leo Mol in Winnipeg’s sculpture garden.
In Canada, Ukrainian culture sits safe in bronze. In Ukraine, it takes bullets and still refuses to shut up

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford
🧪Rodinal 1+50
📍Winnipeg, Manitoba

#FilmPhotography #BelieveInFilm #photography #bw #analog