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Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

@davidimel.com here’s hoping you get one some day and publish a review! petapixel.com/2025/09/03/t...

The Sasquatch 617 is a Tank-Like, Steel, Panoramic Film Camera

The Sasquatch 617 is a large, robust, panoramic film camera that can capture four, 6×17 photos per roll of 120 film.

petapixel.com

September 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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DLC Pod

@dlchypetrain.bsky.social

This community run spreadsheet of EVERY Parting Gift on the show starting at episode 37 and going through the present day is an incredible resource and a testament to how amazing the DLC community is.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Parting Gifts 37-613

docs.google.com

August 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM

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Adam 🆒

@adammolina.com

LA turn off your Face ID or any biometrics for unlocking your phone if you're protesting 🫶 passwords/pins only

June 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

@aoc.bsky.social please come to Kansas City! We need your message in the Midwest!

March 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

MKBHD Quality video but focused on photography? YES PLEASE! Looking forward to more from Davids channel!!!!!

David Imel @davidimel.com · Mar 20

New 🎥 from me: "Why Fujifilm waited years to make this camera"
Watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmdqa82SVPY

March 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

And this is why you should subscribe to We Have Concerns🤣🤣🤣

Anthony Carboni @acarboni.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is friendship, actually.

March 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

@jeremybjayne.bsky.social loved your thoughts on game dev and architects on the Crew Cast. Would love to hear some of the material you’d recommend to someone who is also in building their own cabin. Thanks!

February 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@aoc.bsky.social

Pt. 2/2 ⬇️

DO NOT SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Do not answer questions about your immigration status, where you were born, or your criminal history.
4
NO COMPARTAS INFORMACION PERSONAL.
No respondas preguntas sobre tu estado migratorio, dónde naciste o tus antecedentes penales.

DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING.
Do not sign any document without speaking to a lawyer.
5
NO FIRMES NADA.
No firmes ningún documento sin hablar con un abogado.

SPEAK TO
A LAWYER.
Consult with a lawyer ahead of time.
If you are arrested, ICE will not provide you with a lawyer, so be prepared.
CONSULTA CON UN ABOGADO.
Consulta con un abogado con anticipación.
Si te arrestan, ICE no te dará un abogado, así que prepárate

February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@aoc.bsky.social

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.

EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.

Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
2
PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

February 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

@jeffcannata.bsky.social / @dlchypetrain.bsky.social / @christianspicer.bsky.social can’t wait to hear your thoughts on DLC when it’s released!

www.eurogamer.net/theres-an-im...

There's an impressive unofficial Indiana Jones and the Great Circle VR mod on the way and we've played it

Ian Higton takes a look at an upcoming Flat to VR mod for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Could this be the best way to play the game?

www.eurogamer.net

January 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM

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Karen C

@silver.phoenyx.net

Me: boy I'm glad I moved from Kansas to the East Coast so I'm nearer all the nerdy events

Kansas City: hold my beer (it comes in pints!)

Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · Jan 7

The Tolkien Society is hosting its very first event in the USA: @westmoot.org!

Taking place May 9-11 at the National WW1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, the event brings together hundreds of #Tolkien fans.

Visit the website to book. All are welcome!

www.tolkiensociety.org/events/westm...

Westmoot 2025

For the first time, fans can experience a Tolkien Society conference in person in the US! Westmoot will take place May 9th-11th in Kansas City, Missouri, at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. This ...

www.tolkiensociety.org

January 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM

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DLC Pod

@dlchypetrain.bsky.social

Throw. It. In. The. Trash.

IT IS GARBAGE NOW. GARBAGE!

(your old GPU that is)

January 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM

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Meteorologist Joe Lauria

@joelauriawx.bsky.social

very neat!

Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · Jan 4

Here's the timelapse from the Inks Ridge Alert California webcam. Looks like the twister tracked several miles across terrain. #CAwx

January 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

@davidpierce.xyz @reckless.bsky.social I’m loving my new Verge subscription but ran into an issue. I primarily consume news through an RSS reader. Do you have a recommended RSS reader for iOS that supports the Verge login so I don’t have to log in each time to see the story? Thanks!

December 23, 2024 at 3:13 PM

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Casey Newton

@caseynewton.bsky.social

One of the most important debates in tech right now is the group of folks who think AI is fake and sucks vs. the people who think AI is real and dangerous. I wrote about why I'm in the latter camp, and talked about my differences with Gary Marcus www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-...

Most people know these systems are flaws, and adjust their expectations and usage accordingly. The “AI is fake and sucks” crowd is hyper-fixated on the things it can’t do — count the number of r’s in strawberry, figure out that the Onion was joking when it told us to eat rocks — and weirdly uninterested in the things it can.

And that’s a problem, because just as these systems are more honest and helpful than they have ever been, they are also causing greater harm. And to name a real harm, already happening today, I offer the chief security officer of Amazon, CJ Moses, who had this to say about how generative AI is being used in efforts to disrupt critical infrastructure in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last month:

We’re seeing billions of attempts coming our way. On average, we’re seeing 750 million attempts per day. Previously, we’d see about 100 million hits per day, and that number has grown to 750 million over six or seven months.
This is the ongoing blind spot of the “AI is fake and sucks” crowd. This is the problem with telling people over and over again that it’s all a big bubble about to pop. They’re staring at the floor of AI’s current abilities, while each day the actual practitioners are successfully raising the ceiling.

December 6, 2024 at 1:33 AM

Miles Underwood

@miles.photo

Got some film back from The Dark Room. Turned out better than I could have expected! #analog #film #photography

November 25, 2024 at 1:16 PM

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Christopher Mims

@mims.bsky.social

here is my growing directory of tech media people and outlets on here, in the form of a couple starter packs that mostly don’t overlap, one I made and one I found

bsky.app/starter-pack...

bsky.app/starter-pack...

November 23, 2024 at 11:31 PM

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David Imel

@davidimel.com

Since Bluesky has been trending this week, re-sharing this episode from a few months ago breaking down Bluesky, Threads, and the Fediverse, if you need help understanding what makes these platforms different, and also similar.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R9C...