Don Cruse

This week I finally pulled one of my favorite cameras off the shelf. It still seems mechanically sound, and I'm excited to take it out today and tomorrow for a photowalk. But when I grabbed some rolls of film out of my fridge, I was shocked to see the prices.

On the left, pandemic-era film prices (rolls from my fridge). On the right, tariff-era film prices from a local shop here in Austin.

#believeinfilm despite the cost

@gruber@mastodon.social Congratulations?!

(This is from the lawsuit filed today over continuity camera.)

I spent my afternoon walk today trying to figure out how today's Facebook "blue check" buffoonery could be real.

My conclusion: FB and Zuck are actually rolling out an age-verification product for the new age of censorship (like the Utah bill, and worse). Pay for this new FB service, then when you land on some random website with a FB referrer code or cookie, that website can rely on FB's age verification.

The "service" isn't a blue check. It's that FB will unlock the rest of the web for you.