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If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.

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Hadn't heard him before, but he makes me think a bit of Derry Murbles www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAjN...

Live Updates: Mamdani Wins N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race After Highest Turnout in Decades

Go Mamdani!

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DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.

“These careless and cavalier uses of facial recognition are going to lead to U.S. citizens and lawful residents being grabbed off the street and placed in ICE detention.”

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I personally prefer reading the first, because I already know how a 5:3 feels, but I think the third option is easiest to read for people who don't already know

A dimly lit room with gray walls and carpet, office tile ceiling, and various chairs, tables, and a chest against the walls. The only light is coming from behind the viewpoint.

I've been getting into photography lately after I found my old film camera (Minolta X-370), and my partner found their old digital camera. Even though my phone's camera is nicer than the digital one, it's been nice to use both of them and not have to bring my […]

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A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. A fence in front of the reservoir, with a small globe-shaped lamp on a curved pole. Behind the reservoir is a line of trees. The foreground is dark, silhouetted against the sky.

Same scene as before, but framed further to the right. A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. In the background behind the trees, there are 4 radio towers visible.

I've been getting into film photography, and here are some photos from the first roll I took. I'm finding I like clouds, especially with the sun shining through them in interesting ways

These were taken at the Cobbs Hill Park reservoir in Rochester

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anthropomorphic clock being threatened by figures with an axe and a hammer, caption reads SMASH YOUR CLOCKS! ending time opens all possibilities

YouTube video by Deep Tread Autechre - Unreleased Untitled Demo 12/10/22

rare glimpse into one of autechre's max patches (not fake for once), surprised how legible it is, esp the drum machine (though a lot of the logic behind the patterns is hidden) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3poN...

Do it! I just joined a group at my library that's playing Pathfinder 2e (hadn't played any before I joined) and it's been so much fun

Heated Blanket Skillshare and Donation Drive: Join Rochester Mutual Aid Network, Recovery All Ways, Rochester Grants Pass Resistance, and Roc Food Not Bombs for an event that is harm reduction in action! We'll gather at Tru Yoga in the South Wedge to make USB/solar rechargeable heated blankets for our unhoused neighbors. No experience required, but please do bring scissors, fabric glue, and/or a sewing machine if you have one! November 15th, 4PM until 8PM at Tru Yoga. 683 South Ave, Rochester NY, 14620. Can't make the event? Drop off a blanket donation at Tru any time between now and 11/15 or donate funds to help us buy supplies!

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Rochester Mutual Aid Network Free Grocery Pop Up On Saturday, November 1st, 2025, from 3PM-6PM, we will be hosting a free grocery pop up at St. Joseph's Park on the corner of North Clinton Avenue and Pleasant Street! We will have shelf-stable kitchen staples, personal hygiene supplies, harm reduction supplies, and fresh produce.

Food Not Bombs' Saturday serve will begin around 6:30PM across the street at the Transit Center. If you would like to enjoy a meal provided by them, please consider stopping over to see them after the grocery pop up ends!

If you're planning on driving to the pop up, please park on the Pleasant Street side of the park. There will be much less traffic on that side of the park and it will make it much easier to attend the pop up.

If you are able to, please consider offering a ride to the pop up, or coming on someone else's behalf. Our elderly population in particular can have a hard time making it to events like this, so please try to lend a hand to a neighbor if you're able to!

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Names often have very specific associations for me and I just think it's fun that the one I have for Sophie is the sound of the bass drop in “Faceshopping” — some truly incredible sound design

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

Have they tried turning it off and on again?

‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism After Kirk's murder, calls for censorship and the crackdown on political places started to include Bluesky. Open social networks must now fight political suppression as well as platform monopolies.

“Building resilient networks in 2025 means not just architecting against enshittification, but against authoritarianism… [to] factor in what happens to the entire open social ecosystem when app stores and governments align against it.”

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Congrats! You've got this

I love cool tech as much as the next person, and an important part of being a cool tech enjoyer is knowing when to say “this device doesn't need more tech.” “This device doesn't need to connect to the internet.” “Internet connection will expose me/others to more brittleness and surveillance.”

When I was a weird little ~8 year old, I remember putting a rock or two in strange places around my neighbors' house, and it was definitely just me being a weird kid.

Also nowadays my partner and I collect cool rocks, so it would be kind of nice to randomly receive one.

Where is this from?

A diagram of a Minolta X-370 SLR camera with the lens removed and parts labeled. Of interest is the upper left: “AE lock/self-timer switch • AE lock for holding close-up or adjusted-viewing meter readings • Self-timer with triple-rate blinking LED”

My camera has an “AE lock” (upper left label in diagram) and I immediately thought “Autechre lock”

I also like that one! I have a few of that project's albums

My musical taste in 8 artists:

- Fire-Toolz
- Autechre
- Kate Soper
- Clara Iannotta
- Kelley Sheehan
- SOPHIE
- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Edgard Varèse

This person says it's because it sounds like the German one, but it's spelled kind of like the French one, so that's Swiss: elliotthauser.com/openmusicthe...

I think that's pretty funny

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

I read that one and loved it! I think I actually learned about it because you mentioned it at some point

Neat! I just saw some videos on this in my YouTube inbox and thought it looked useful.

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Someone suggested “S.” to me since I liked “House of Leaves,” and so far it's been a great suggestion. If anyone has other suggestions (ergodic, experimental, intertextual, etc.) I'd love to hear them!

The purple and yellow also appear to be from different read-throughs than the blue and black, so the notes are non-linear. There are also photocopies, postcards, and other supplementary things tucked into the pages.