J. Sh—vitz
@jforjacob.bsky.social
Stories in film, photography, maps, comics, and code. Often concerned in a concerning world.
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Clown in Armor — Robert Remsen Vickrey, 1961
egg tempera on gessoed panel
egg tempera on gessoed panel
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Clown in Armor — Robert Remsen Vickrey, 1961
egg tempera on gessoed panel
egg tempera on gessoed panel
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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This isn’t a bill, it’s a declaration of war
July 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This isn’t a bill, it’s a declaration of war
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I can't emphasize enough how ugly and pervasive and persistent the "Mamdani hates Jews" campaign was. I'm happy that so many Jews stood strong against that vileness. Maybe people will start to understand that we've had it with being treated as a paranoid, easily manipulated single-issue bloc.
June 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I can't emphasize enough how ugly and pervasive and persistent the "Mamdani hates Jews" campaign was. I'm happy that so many Jews stood strong against that vileness. Maybe people will start to understand that we've had it with being treated as a paranoid, easily manipulated single-issue bloc.
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In China we refer to this kind of power play as 指鹿为马 “pointing at a deer and calling it ‘horse’.” In 1984 it’s “2+2=5.”
Let us be like Jean Luc Picard and shout, “THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS.”
Let us be like Jean Luc Picard and shout, “THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS.”
June 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
In China we refer to this kind of power play as 指鹿为马 “pointing at a deer and calling it ‘horse’.” In 1984 it’s “2+2=5.”
Let us be like Jean Luc Picard and shout, “THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS.”
Let us be like Jean Luc Picard and shout, “THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS.”
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Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
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Absolutely love this Behind the music clip
June 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Absolutely love this Behind the music clip
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"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.
-- Louise Glück
-- Louise Glück
May 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.
-- Louise Glück
-- Louise Glück
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The government is supposed to be there to serve you, to support you, to help make your life easier. You shouldn't need to earn it, we all pay into it so it can help support people's needs. It shouldn't be profitable or business-like, because it's not a business, it's a service you are co-owner of.
April 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The government is supposed to be there to serve you, to support you, to help make your life easier. You shouldn't need to earn it, we all pay into it so it can help support people's needs. It shouldn't be profitable or business-like, because it's not a business, it's a service you are co-owner of.
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I cannot understate how appalling and helpless it feels as a Jew that this is being done under the guise of fighting antisemitism.
Breaking News: The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.
Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I cannot understate how appalling and helpless it feels as a Jew that this is being done under the guise of fighting antisemitism.
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“Thank you for defunding Medicaid and social security… those grandmothers don’t need all that money…”
@waltermasterson and others disrupt an @repmikelawler fundraiser
@waltermasterson and others disrupt an @repmikelawler fundraiser
March 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“Thank you for defunding Medicaid and social security… those grandmothers don’t need all that money…”
@waltermasterson and others disrupt an @repmikelawler fundraiser
@waltermasterson and others disrupt an @repmikelawler fundraiser
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Sometimes, when things feel extraordinarily bad - like they do these days! - it becomes more important than ever to watch this video of the coolest kids on earth absolutely *rampaging* through Fugazi's "Waiting Room"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZD...
32 - Fugazi: Waiting Room
YouTube video by wdiprod
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January 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sometimes, when things feel extraordinarily bad - like they do these days! - it becomes more important than ever to watch this video of the coolest kids on earth absolutely *rampaging* through Fugazi's "Waiting Room"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZD...
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
January 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
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My MLK day piece is up.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My MLK day piece is up.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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I think about this almost daily.
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 AM
I think about this almost daily.
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Plenty of sangria, brandy & oblivion.
December 11, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Plenty of sangria, brandy & oblivion.
Working out my new film scanning process, here are more shots (sprockety ones). Thanks to @keithdevereux.bsky.social for the heads up on the Lomo camera sale.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
December 9, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Working out my new film scanning process, here are more shots (sprockety ones). Thanks to @keithdevereux.bsky.social for the heads up on the Lomo camera sale.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
The Pig-Dog / Nathan walking
From a trial run of a 4-lens toy camera, on expired Tri-X 400.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
From a trial run of a 4-lens toy camera, on expired Tri-X 400.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
December 7, 2024 at 11:28 PM
The Pig-Dog / Nathan walking
From a trial run of a 4-lens toy camera, on expired Tri-X 400.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
From a trial run of a 4-lens toy camera, on expired Tri-X 400.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #believeinfilm
I home-developed my first couple of rolls for #ShittyCameraChallenge after years of digital only – worked out well! Scanning to digital is proving to be more of a process.
Here’s a shot of Ossining’s double bridge that I took on my new panoramic Sprocket Rocket. (I’ll rescan as a seamless image)
Here’s a shot of Ossining’s double bridge that I took on my new panoramic Sprocket Rocket. (I’ll rescan as a seamless image)
December 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I home-developed my first couple of rolls for #ShittyCameraChallenge after years of digital only – worked out well! Scanning to digital is proving to be more of a process.
Here’s a shot of Ossining’s double bridge that I took on my new panoramic Sprocket Rocket. (I’ll rescan as a seamless image)
Here’s a shot of Ossining’s double bridge that I took on my new panoramic Sprocket Rocket. (I’ll rescan as a seamless image)
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JONI MITCHELL: They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM
JONI MITCHELL: They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
For #ShittyCameraChallenge Day 1, I don’t have anything new because that’s the way film works, kids. But here are a couple of bad scans of old 120 negatives from a Brownie.
Downtown Northampton, MA, circa 2009.
Downtown Northampton, MA, circa 2009.
December 1, 2024 at 6:58 PM
For #ShittyCameraChallenge Day 1, I don’t have anything new because that’s the way film works, kids. But here are a couple of bad scans of old 120 negatives from a Brownie.
Downtown Northampton, MA, circa 2009.
Downtown Northampton, MA, circa 2009.