Notes

Well, huzzah. Apparently the X-Pro3 just needed to sit with a fresh main battery for a day. It retained all its settings without a main battery overnight. — toot

I decided to spring for the Swytch locking battery mount. A little snug with the foldylock, but it all fits and I don’t have to carry the battery around for grocery runs. — toot
tech people are like “Well, we had a bamboo problem, so we introduced rats. Then we had a rat problem so we introduced snakes. Then we had a snake problem so we dropped poison-bearing mice from planes …” — toot

As an old leftist I have plenty of time for “young leftists have figured out that getting & holding power requires more than language policing & demands to be kind.” With that has come an unapologetic smashmouth swagger. But also this is like living in the timeline where Twitter acquired Congress. — toot
I’ve always loved Fujifilm cameras as objects, partly because they have a sense of solidity and durability that reminds me of pre-90s cameras. I kept the X-Pro and two of my Fujicrons when I sold off my Fujifilm gear because I knew I’d want to take it out now and then just for the pleasure of shooting with a Fujifilm body and lens. Probably not the most rational response in the world, but it bums me out that an eight-year-old camera that is othewise so durably built and so capable of making enduring images has that cheapening shortcut inside. I found a local shop that does microsoldering, and I’m hoping they can provide a less expensive out. I’m surprised to have this feeling about that option that’s akin to how I’d feel if I had to replace a busted window crank in a vintage Mercedes with a drop-shipped 3D-printed part. Like, yeah it’ll work … I’ll just know it’s in there. — toot

I was playing a lot of No Man’s Sky until I suddenly realized I was actually playing a lot of Animal Crossing, except more tedious, so I’m downloading the Animal Crossing Switch 2 update and putting down my mining laser. — toot

downtown — toot
“Had to lay ’er down” machismo is endemic to motorcycle culture, so there’s a fundamental fatalism built into the scene, but I thought I’d noticed more deaths this year. Oregon lane splitters are idiots tho. — toot
downtown — toot
downtown — toot

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