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Jacy Eberlein
@jacy.ca
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Editor and Developing Editor specializing in science fiction from Edmonton, AB. (he/him)

Also I shoot film photographs.

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Jacy Eberlein @jacy.ca · Nov 2
Just a note, if you disable both replies and quote posts on across your account, I am blocking you.

If you think your opinion is worth enough that everyone else shouldn't be able to reply on a social media site, I don't care to hear from you.
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I'm not getting a PhD in this, but it's good to know that my understanding is broadly correct according to someone who is.

It's like Wright's fitness landscape: LLMs are reaching the peak of their underlying technology, and they're not going to leap to another peak just because they want them to.
manifold-machinist.bsky.social Manifold Machinist @manifold-machinist.bsky.social · 2h
LLMs cannot ever generalize to anything meaningful beyond probabilistic pattern matching, and even then they are limited only to data they've seen before during training.

LLMs are a complete technological dead end with no uses, and it boggles my mind we've put so much resources into their R&D
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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PNW forests make my heart do a little flip.
A little forest walk last autumn.
Hasselblad + Ektar
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
A forest scene. Leaves are green, orange and gold. There is a fallen tree branch covered in moss.
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Check Out This New Store

I'm trying to check out local businesses as they open up, and a place called Last Call, a vintage boutique, just opened up off Whyte. This is the fitting room.

#believeinfilm #analog #photography #yeg #leica #ilford
Black and white film photo of a man pointing at a wall with old magazine articles on it and a mirror which reflects the man. Photo taken February 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 and Ilford HP5 at box speed.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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jacobmartellaphotography.com
The sun keeps rising and the Grand Canyon keeps transforming. Same spot, but every few minutes the light changes everything.

Great locations deserve more than one shot. Patience pays off.

#GrandCanyon #ArizonaPhotography #LandscapePhotography
Golden sunlight illuminates the jagged red and orange cliffs of the Grand Canyon on the left, contrasting sharply with the purple and blue shadows filling the vast depths beyond. Small, scattered clouds float in a blue and pink sky, while a rocky ledge with a few small trees forms the foreground.
February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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peterdurst.bsky.social
And we both know what memories can bring

Voigtlander Bessa L
Canon 25mm f3.4
Reflx Labs 800
The Yukon River
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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I've read a bunch of books on story structure—because people I work with sometimes like/use these books.

Dan O'Bannon's was the only one I've found worthwhile, not least because he isn't prescriptive. He walks you through some broad strokes he uses to get writing, and how the thinks about story.
docseuss.bsky.social doc @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d
man about to invent the greatest science fiction movie ever made "i knew i wanted to do a scary movie on a spaceship with a small number of astronauts"

this is how artists actually talk
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Garneau Theatre at Night

Gotta love a large aperture lens, @ilfordphoto.com HP5 at box, and being able to hand hold slow shutter speeds on a Leica.

#believeinfilm #analog #photography #yeg #leica #ilford #7artisans
Black and white film photograph of the Garneau theatre marquee lit up at night in Edmonton. Photo taken February 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken using a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 on Ilford HP5
February 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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AHHHHH hahaha I was wondering if that was a typo or what.

Cheapest way to get the red Leitz badge now!

#believeinfilm #leica
A screenshot of a Facebook Marketplace and for a Leitz Pradovit Slide Projector which has been discounted from $15,000 CAD to $50 CAD
February 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Peter's recent colour work has just been incredible lately. It's normally great, but here in the depths of winter it's taken on a sense of uneasy stillness, like a spring coiled tight. The contrast of the intense blues and warm yellows of snow and sunlight only serve to enhance that feeling.
peterdurst.bsky.social Peter Durst @peterdurst.bsky.social · 5d
Every day's been darkness since you been gone

Bessa L
25mm f3.5
Reflx Labs 800
S.S Klondike
Whitehorse, YT
The S.S. Klondike rests today on the Traditional Territories of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council and Kwanlin Dün First Nation in Whitehorse.
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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peterdurst.bsky.social
Along Copper Haul Road

Fuji GS645S
Kodak Gold
The Yukon
February 10, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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(Woody Allen eating a Da Bomb wing on Hot Ones)

WOODY: Boy, that's like dating your first Gentile girl, there's a real sting to it. Wowee, that's hotter than a New York cab in August. Havin' flop sweat like after the Curse of the Jade Scorpion premiere.

SEAN: Was it weird marrying your daughter?
February 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JON REPORTS IT IS “COLD AS BALLS” OUTSIDE Bluesky personality also describes weather as “colder than balls” NEW YORK – Jon Bois (@jonbois.bsky.social) released the following statement Saturday afternoon at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time: “It’s cold as balls outside today. It’s supposed to get even colder, too.” Minutes later, Bois issued a second statement: “It’s colder than balls out there. You really gotta bundle up, because it’s as cold as balls out there.” Media Contact: Jon Bois (operator, @jonbois.bsky.social Bluesky account) ###
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Steely Dan's Can't Buy A Thrill is their best album.

I won't be taking questions at this time.
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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The second image in this set has a tent where a drum circle was playing. Normally I can't fully appreciate drum circles because I don't have the cultural context to get it.

But in this case they did a rendition of Happy Birthday, resolving into the refrain in ways I wasn't expecting. (1/2)
jacy.ca Jacy Eberlein @jacy.ca · 8d
Canoe Volant pt iv

Last part from the Canoe Volant. My only wish is that the event ran longer. With smaller crowds, it would have been lovely to meander for longer.

Shot January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta. Specs in alt text.

#believeinfilm #photography #yeg #leica #7artisans @ilfordphoto.com
Black and white film photo of a group of people under decorative lanterns in a clearing in the woods, the lanterns projecting colourful patterns on the snow on the ground. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400. Black and white film photo of people gathered around campfires around a tent featuring local indigenous performers in the dark in the forest. Lights light up the trees. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400. Black and white film photo of a decorative pole and people standing around a performers tent in the forest at night in the middle of winter. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400. Black and white film photo of an art piece at night. Repurposed lanterns cover the surface of a decorative boat, covered by a small rowboat above that. Oars jut out the front. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400.
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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I have never understood why people think wind turbines are ugly. To me, they look like dancers.
February 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Canoe Volant pt iv

Last part from the Canoe Volant. My only wish is that the event ran longer. With smaller crowds, it would have been lovely to meander for longer.

Shot January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta. Specs in alt text.

#believeinfilm #photography #yeg #leica #7artisans @ilfordphoto.com
Black and white film photo of a group of people under decorative lanterns in a clearing in the woods, the lanterns projecting colourful patterns on the snow on the ground. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400. Black and white film photo of people gathered around campfires around a tent featuring local indigenous performers in the dark in the forest. Lights light up the trees. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400. Black and white film photo of a decorative pole and people standing around a performers tent in the forest at night in the middle of winter. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400. Black and white film photo of an art piece at night. Repurposed lanterns cover the surface of a decorative boat, covered by a small rowboat above that. Oars jut out the front. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 with Ilford HP5 at ASA 400.
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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peterdurst.bsky.social
Well, I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again

Voigtlander Bessa T
LLL 8 Element 35mm f2
Lomography Colour 800
The Yukon River
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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La Canoe Volant pt iii

Taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta.

#photography #digicam #canon #yeg
Photo of a line of people walking along a trail in the woods, lit by decorative lanterns overhead which project colourful patterns on the ground. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Canon PowerShot G16. Photo of a group of people in the woods in a clearing under decorative lanterns which project colourful patterns on the ground. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Canon PowerShot G16.
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Canoe Volant pt II

I recommend opening this one on a bigger screen.

I shot this one at 1/10th of a second on my Leica M3 with the 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 WEN wide open, HP5 at box speed.

#believeinfilm #analog #photography #yeg #leica #7artisans @ilfordphoto.com
Black and white film photograph of a carving of an old man in a tree illuminated by a light from below in the night. Shadowy silhouettes merge in front of it. Part of the Canoe Volant festival. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken on a Leica M3 with a 7artisans 35mm f1.4 Wen on Ilford HP5.
February 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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La Canoe Volant

I'm going to post a few from the festival last night, but this might be my favourite since it looks like a classic fantasy paperback cover

Shot January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta

#yeg #photography #digicam #canon
Photo of a child sitting under an icosahedron floating in the woods, projecting light below it. Taken at the Canoe Volant light festival in Mill Creek Ravine in Edmonton, Alberta. Taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Shot on a Canon PowerShot G16.
February 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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you know what film rules when you use it in just the right light with just the right colors? kodak ektar. just scanned this negative. would you believe it is 35mm? it looks incredible.
February 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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I picked up Diana Wynne Jones' The Game to study for one of my authors, and I am again struck by the care and finesse in her words.

Small bits of detail that flesh out the world. A masterclass in showing versus telling.
January 30, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Can't watch this now, but I'm really looking forward to it later.

I am all-in on solar, and I think you should be too.
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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View from the upper deck

Canon Eos 3, Tri-X 400
#believeinfilm
A man looks out at the scenery from the upper deck of Washington State ferry.
January 30, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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The New Bookstore Cat is Definitively an Inside Boy, No Matter What He Tells You

Shot January 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta

#believeinfilm #photograpy #yeg #nikon @ilfordphoto.com
Black and white film photograph of a long haired cat in a bookstore window, enjoying the sun. Next to the cat is Jeanine Cummins book The Outside Boy. Photo taken January 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta by Jacy Eberlein. Taken with a Nikon F3 using the Nikkor 50mm F1.4 AF-D on Ilford HP5+
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 AM