Artie Moffa

A curve only ever has one tangent line. Eventually, you realize that nothing is ever truly, completely in ideal focus.

And there's a certain freedom on the other side of that realization.

Day 12: Turnabout is Fair Play In closing arguments on remedies for Google's illegal adtech monopolies, each side claims their remedy proposal is more effective, cautious, simple, and trustworthy, while Judge Brinkema keeps her eye...

What, don't Big Tech trials make everyone think about the rhetorical flexes of Thomas Paine?

open.substack.com/pub/bigtecho...

a color outdoor photograph. a painted iron railing with orate curved decorations rusts in the sunshine. beyond and below the railing, a vast and orderly collection of five-, six-, and seven-story buildings spreads out to the horizon. the buildings are orange and red brick, and they have remarkable repeated patterns of windows. there are no people, animals, or vehicles in this picture.

Copenhagen as seen from the spiral steeple of Vor Frelsers Kirke.

#Olympus PEN E-PL6 with M.Zuiko 17mm F2.8. ƒ/3.5, 1/4000sec @ ISO 250.

Photographed March 2023. Thank you for looking.

#photography #denmark #churchofoursavior #vorfrelsers #skyline #m43

The Point Reyes Shipwreck is one of the most beautiful, haunting, and silly sites in all of California. It is a happenstance cathedral for photographers. Lovely shot, Jon!

Beautiful composition on that tunnel/archway shot. You really leaned into what makes that area dramatic and interesting.

Excellent. I particularly like the juxtaposition of the in-focus and out-of-focus Eiffel Tower.

a color outdoor photograph. dark red flowers rest on green grass. there are no people, animals, or vehicles in this picture.

Red Dahlias in Herbert Park, Dublin, Ireland.

#Pentax K-S2 with Lensbaby Twist 60 F2.4. ƒ/2.8, 1/180sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed October 2022. Thank you for looking.

#photography #lensbaby #twist60 #swirl #bokeh #ireland

💙💛 120 Laps of the Lake: Sending massive good luck to Tommy O’Brien, 4th year Veterinary Medicine student member, who is taking on an incredible 60km run, or 120 laps of the main lake, for Movember.

The second before I figured it out was a magical time.

a screenshot from a washington post news article. the article describes investigations into mortgage fraud allegedly committed by political or legal rivals of president trump.

Question for @marketplace.org : what % of the FOMC are renters? What % own multiple homes, mortgaged or outright?

Are we all overlooking the real economic story as we pore over the legal drama?

#FederalReserve

a screenshot from a news website. the section describes investigations into several political rivals/opponents of president donald trump into possible mortgage fraud on second homes.

Maybe we're ignoring the real issue: does it unnerve you that so many political appointees in the US own MULTIPLE HOUSES? Shouldn't roughly half of our policymakers be renters?

Imagine if every person in charge of setting transportation policy took a chauffeured car to work!

a screenshot from a news article. the first sentence reads: "If you are holding onto your aging printer or cracked smartphone longer than you had planned, you are not alone."

They didn't bury the lede (this IS the lede sentence), but they sure did ignore it:

What part of this article, other than that first sentence, talks about replacing/upgrading old printers?

How I feel about this photograph depends heavily on how I weight the #LeicaQ2 tag it bears vs the #Midjourney tag it also bears.

Anybody else feel these two ways?

Provenance is everything, these days.

Completely agree that SPM is a better metric than OPM, and that United Way ALICE thing (new to me) is better still.

As someone with both an MBA and a poetry degree, however, I found this paragraph sublime:

Those are fantastic clouds, and you did a good job lining up a complementary foreground.

Beautiful vintage/classic look. Was this shot recently?

a color outdoor photograph. three decrepit wooden boats sink into the tidal mud of a bay or inlet. the sun sets behind them, casting a warm glow over the scene. there are small, indistinct birds in the sky. there are no people in this photograph.

Three of the hardest working shipwrecks in #Galway Bay. It was a long shoot, several lens and lighting changes, and they never once complained.

#Pentax K-S2 with DA 15mm F4 Limited. ƒ/15, 1/100sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed in May, 2023.

#ireland #galwaybay #shipwreck #photography #seascape

2022: I am starting grad school in Ireland. ChatGPT hasn't launched. It strikes me as archaic that we sit our exams by scribbling into blue paper booklets.

2023: I am finishing grad school in Ireland. ChatGPT is everywhere. It strikes me as inevitable that we use blue paper booklets.

a color outdoor photograph. shown is a city at night with a post-sunset glow in the sky and several apartment buildings with lit windows. a large and distinct tower is lit with dramatic lighting. the crescent moon hangs low. the caption reads "Alexandria, Virginia Fall 2025."

This is not paid ad for CVS, but they are running a sale (USA) of $5 for a 16"x 20" "repositionable poster."

I had some of these printed a few weeks ago. Quality is B+, and the sticky backing is like a Post-it note. Nice wall decor for $5.

💡 ANYTHING is a JPG if you save as .jpg

#photography

Uncle Colm!

Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people.

As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg

a color outdoor photograph. a stone window (without glass) frames the scene. a round stone tower, grey and sturdy, sits atop a gentle hill of green grass and scattered grey stones. there are no people, animals, or vehicles in this picture.

Martello Tower on Dalkey Island as seen from a ruined fortification.

#Pentax K-S2 with smc DA L 18–50mm F4–5.6. ƒ/11, 1/180sec @ ISO 200.

Photographed July 2023. Thank you for looking.

#kitlens #Ireland #dalkey #napoleon

Do you use any Nikkor lenses, or only adapted lenses? It's odd because the F-mount was one of the least-compatible mounts for adaptation, but now the Z allows Nikon users to explore other brands.

This is also the peril of posting full metadata with photographs. If somebody told me they preferred Pentax HD Limited lenses over Pentax SMC Limited lenses, I’d block them.

Gorgeous starburst! What lens? Flare is very well controlled, so I'm guessing either Canon 16–35 F2.8 or Pentax 15mm F4?

This color palette is perfect. Really complex and engaging macro shot.

This is a lovely shot. Just the right defocus allowing the background to "lurk" behind the droplets. Joey Terrill @joeyterrill.bsky.social does a lot of amazing water drop photography along these lines. Would love to see more!

Really good composition, putting that red dot just so.

When people think of a Leica street scene, they think of exactly this kind of picture.

DSLRs from 2008–2012 are glorious things.