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Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

You could at least link to the original article when you share something like this- newrepublic.com/post/207555/...

Not a subject I’d expect Wired to cover, but I support it.

I was wondering when someone would start using lasers to defend against the fiber optic cables, but I always assumed they'd be ground based and used against airborne drones. The way it's used here is really clever.

I'm sure Putin was especially impressed with how quickly and high oil prices have risen. It's exactly what he needs to survive and to keep funding his war in Ukraine.

Or, as @timothysnyder.bsky.social suggests, getting Iran to facilitate terror attacks in the US may be one of the goals of this misadventure- bsky.app/profile/timo...

It's insane that the US has brought about the sort of energy crisis that Putin desperately tried, but failed, to create at the start of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

More context is needed. I doubt many Americans have any idea of who Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor is- www.habtoor.com/en/3/the-gro...

Some cameras are just timeless.

I’m worried they’re just stocking up for a massive ballistic missile attack because they know Patriot interceptors will be very precious and scarce for Ukraine.

Julanne Johnston by Arthur F. Kales, 1923.

Only the best for our brave "warfighters".

They're following the playbook of the russians.

I don't fault Proton for this. They have to follow Swiss law. Of course they were going to hand over the payment metadata. And I thought you might be joking at first about paying case, but I guess not!- proton.me/support/paym...

The most common questions I get while using my cameras in public are: how old is that, does that actually work, and can you still get film for that thing? No one has ever asked me how much the camera cost.

Alternatively it means that you could clobber the heck out of someone with that Medalist attached to a tripod.

The worst DHS Secretary in American history... so far! Lets not forget that Markwayne Mullins was just appointed to replace her.

If you've never worked with a large format camera before, I'm sure it'll be an interesting learning experience. 😅 Whether you'll find the experience fun or not, I have no idea.

Trump has fired a major cyber security investigations body. It’s a risky move The well-respected Cyber Safety Review Board investigated some of the worst cyber security attacks in US history. Now, it faces an uncertain future.

They better get the CSRB right on that. Oh no!- theconversation.com/trump-has-fi...

Yeah. That one has a Graflok back. It's visible in the last image for the listing.

YouTube video by Ari Jaaksi - I Shoot On Film Lomograflok film back for 4x5 sheet film cameras -- a biased and overly opinionated review!

That camera is a Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5. It may or may not have a Graflok back on it. You'll want to mMke sure it has a 4x5 Graflok style back and not the spring back. As for whether to get a Lomograflok Instax film back for it. I'd watch this video first- www.youtube.com/watch?v=de8U...

STRVNGERS and MUDVAYNE look like the names of Ikea furniture.

Lomography has had success with their weird color shifted film offerings, so my guess is Harman wants to tap into that market. It seems like mainly younger/newer film photographers who like the novelty of it. Me, I only care about the b&w films, but I support whatever helps to keep them in business.

My guess is they’ve reordered the color emulsion layers. (Hence the “switch” name.)

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Ukraine has already solved this problem with highly effective, small, low-cost interceptor drones that work against exactly this type of Iranian drone. They’ve offered to help the US and allied Gulf states to defend themselves.

When “school shootings” happen so often that the editor’s spell check autocorrects to it from “school bombing”.

The original IAEA report is available here- www.iaea.org/sites/defaul...

Iran boosts highly enriched uranium production: IAEA Iran has ramped up production of highly enriched uranium, according to a confidential UN watchdog report, as Tehran said Saturday that it had received US proposals to settle its long-running nuclear…

Fwiw. The IAEA made this information about Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles (up to 60% which is not anywhere close enough to be used in a nuclear weapon) publicly available in a report from May of 2025- www.france24.com/en/live-news...

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