Ralph Brandi
@thereisnocat.com
He/Him
Retired web developer. Amateur photographer (mostly film). Leftist. Amateur genealogist. Of all the places my ancestors came from the place they came from the most is Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!
https://www.thereisnocat.com/
Retired web developer. Amateur photographer (mostly film). Leftist. Amateur genealogist. Of all the places my ancestors came from the place they came from the most is Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!
https://www.thereisnocat.com/
Reposted by Ralph Brandi
Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/
September 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/
Three updates to Pixelfed in the past two days, but still no fix for the site failing to incorporate any references or likes from Mastodon (or anything else that uses Activity Pub). Really disappointing.
September 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Three updates to Pixelfed in the past two days, but still no fix for the site failing to incorporate any references or likes from Mastodon (or anything else that uses Activity Pub). Really disappointing.
Cheboygan Brewing
Followup to yesterday’s post showing Hive North. This is Cheboygan Brewing, separated from Hive North by a side street, with a balcony full of people presumably drinking beer. I hope a few found themselves next door later. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 dev.
#BelieveInFilm
Followup to yesterday’s post showing Hive North. This is Cheboygan Brewing, separated from Hive North by a side street, with a balcony full of people presumably drinking beer. I hope a few found themselves next door later. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 dev.
#BelieveInFilm
September 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Cheboygan Brewing
Followup to yesterday’s post showing Hive North. This is Cheboygan Brewing, separated from Hive North by a side street, with a balcony full of people presumably drinking beer. I hope a few found themselves next door later. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 dev.
#BelieveInFilm
Followup to yesterday’s post showing Hive North. This is Cheboygan Brewing, separated from Hive North by a side street, with a balcony full of people presumably drinking beer. I hope a few found themselves next door later. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 dev.
#BelieveInFilm
Beach
Complete with US Navy warship in the distance. Pentax MZ-5 (modified to shoot square format), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
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Complete with US Navy warship in the distance. Pentax MZ-5 (modified to shoot square format), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
September 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Beach
Complete with US Navy warship in the distance. Pentax MZ-5 (modified to shoot square format), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
Complete with US Navy warship in the distance. Pentax MZ-5 (modified to shoot square format), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
251 249
More acid-drenched Ektar. This is perhaps not as obviously weird as the pentaptych I posted yesterday, but that truck looks pretty solarized to me, and the reflections in the windows are kind of odd. Pentax 17, Kodak Ektar 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
More acid-drenched Ektar. This is perhaps not as obviously weird as the pentaptych I posted yesterday, but that truck looks pretty solarized to me, and the reflections in the windows are kind of odd. Pentax 17, Kodak Ektar 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
September 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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More acid-drenched Ektar. This is perhaps not as obviously weird as the pentaptych I posted yesterday, but that truck looks pretty solarized to me, and the reflections in the windows are kind of odd. Pentax 17, Kodak Ektar 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
More acid-drenched Ektar. This is perhaps not as obviously weird as the pentaptych I posted yesterday, but that truck looks pretty solarized to me, and the reflections in the windows are kind of odd. Pentax 17, Kodak Ektar 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
BREAKING: buckaroo banzai and the hong kong cavaliers will no longer be opening for ed sheeran
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAgn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAgn...
September 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
I’m just waiting for Ed Sheeran’s announcement that he’s pulling out of his own tour. I mean, there’s not much left of it, right?
wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:
Lukas Graham, another support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour, also now withdrawing from the tour.
September 15, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I’m just waiting for Ed Sheeran’s announcement that he’s pulling out of his own tour. I mean, there’s not much left of it, right?
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A modest proposal. The current people building the future are fucking it up. We want some better people to build the future. Perhaps even a future not built by pedophiles and oligarchs and fans of autocracy.
September 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
A modest proposal. The current people building the future are fucking it up. We want some better people to build the future. Perhaps even a future not built by pedophiles and oligarchs and fans of autocracy.
As an American citizen, I want all that money back. Confiscate every goddamned penny.
A really useful graphic on how much Trump has monetized the presidency.
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
www.forbes.com/sites/danale...
September 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
As an American citizen, I want all that money back. Confiscate every goddamned penny.
Reconstruct it when he’s gone using the rubble from the ballroom we’ll be demolishing when he leaves.
Trump confirms Kennedy Center closure and says NO RECONSTRUCTION TO TAKE PLACE UNLESS IT IS RENAMED.
September 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Reconstruct it when he’s gone using the rubble from the ballroom we’ll be demolishing when he leaves.
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Ed Sheeran is proof you can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars —
and still be an indentured servant to wealthy supremacists.
and still be an indentured servant to wealthy supremacists.
September 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Ed Sheeran is proof you can be worth hundreds of millions of dollars —
and still be an indentured servant to wealthy supremacists.
and still be an indentured servant to wealthy supremacists.
Hudson River
It has been a while since I’ve shot anything on Ektar. I loaded a roll in my Pentax 17 and was rewarded with a psychedelic nightmare with purple clouds and solarized greens. I will start thinking of Ektar along the lines of Turquoise or Azure Switch. Dev in ECN-2.
#BelieveInFilm
It has been a while since I’ve shot anything on Ektar. I loaded a roll in my Pentax 17 and was rewarded with a psychedelic nightmare with purple clouds and solarized greens. I will start thinking of Ektar along the lines of Turquoise or Azure Switch. Dev in ECN-2.
#BelieveInFilm
September 15, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Hudson River
It has been a while since I’ve shot anything on Ektar. I loaded a roll in my Pentax 17 and was rewarded with a psychedelic nightmare with purple clouds and solarized greens. I will start thinking of Ektar along the lines of Turquoise or Azure Switch. Dev in ECN-2.
#BelieveInFilm
It has been a while since I’ve shot anything on Ektar. I loaded a roll in my Pentax 17 and was rewarded with a psychedelic nightmare with purple clouds and solarized greens. I will start thinking of Ektar along the lines of Turquoise or Azure Switch. Dev in ECN-2.
#BelieveInFilm
Reposted by Ralph Brandi
Some great news: My book Design for Privacy got a strong, detailed review in the September issue of IEEE’s journal Transactions on Professional Communication. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization.
September 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Some great news: My book Design for Privacy got a strong, detailed review in the September issue of IEEE’s journal Transactions on Professional Communication. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization.
New Yorker
Just around the corner from Penn Station. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
Just around the corner from Penn Station. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
September 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
New Yorker
Just around the corner from Penn Station. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
Just around the corner from Penn Station. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
It’s pictures.
Two rolls through the Pentax 17, both Kodak, one of Ektar 100 shot entirely at the music festival we were at over Labor Day, the other Pro Image 100, half shot that day and half since.
#BelieveInFilm
Two rolls through the Pentax 17, both Kodak, one of Ektar 100 shot entirely at the music festival we were at over Labor Day, the other Pro Image 100, half shot that day and half since.
#BelieveInFilm
September 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM
It’s pictures.
Two rolls through the Pentax 17, both Kodak, one of Ektar 100 shot entirely at the music festival we were at over Labor Day, the other Pro Image 100, half shot that day and half since.
#BelieveInFilm
Two rolls through the Pentax 17, both Kodak, one of Ektar 100 shot entirely at the music festival we were at over Labor Day, the other Pro Image 100, half shot that day and half since.
#BelieveInFilm
Broad Street Diner
I usually shoot this place head on, but this is from the side and gives a different look. This is a classic diner, and gets all kind of awards. The food is really good. Pentax MZ-5 (Square), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
I usually shoot this place head on, but this is from the side and gives a different look. This is a classic diner, and gets all kind of awards. The food is really good. Pentax MZ-5 (Square), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
September 14, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Broad Street Diner
I usually shoot this place head on, but this is from the side and gives a different look. This is a classic diner, and gets all kind of awards. The food is really good. Pentax MZ-5 (Square), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
I usually shoot this place head on, but this is from the side and gives a different look. This is a classic diner, and gets all kind of awards. The food is really good. Pentax MZ-5 (Square), Santa Color 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
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Good thread about the AI 'going rogue' stories which is a lot more realistic about what really happened – in short, the people were lazy and made stupid mistakes. The AI didn't 'go rogue' at all.
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview.
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
September 14, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Good thread about the AI 'going rogue' stories which is a lot more realistic about what really happened – in short, the people were lazy and made stupid mistakes. The AI didn't 'go rogue' at all.
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Reposted by Ralph Brandi
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
You Can Get Anything You Want
After visiting Petoskey, I crossed the state rather than follow the route along the shore. This is in Cheboygan, on Lake Huron. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
After visiting Petoskey, I crossed the state rather than follow the route along the shore. This is in Cheboygan, on Lake Huron. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
September 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
You Can Get Anything You Want
After visiting Petoskey, I crossed the state rather than follow the route along the shore. This is in Cheboygan, on Lake Huron. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
After visiting Petoskey, I crossed the state rather than follow the route along the shore. This is in Cheboygan, on Lake Huron. Leica R4, Kodak Pro Image 100, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
Looks like I’m not the only person noticing that mentions and likes aren’t showing up on Pixelfed
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7217
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7261
#BelieveInFilm
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7217
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7261
#BelieveInFilm
September 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Looks like I’m not the only person noticing that mentions and likes aren’t showing up on Pixelfed
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7217
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7261
#BelieveInFilm
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7217
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/7261
#BelieveInFilm
Ten years old and he already realizes he’s fucked.
September 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ten years old and he already realizes he’s fucked.
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What we learned today was simple. Putin is terrified of the Ukrainian air campaign against Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, and Trump (as always wants to help him).
Ukraine knows now what is must do.
Ukraine knows now what is must do.
September 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
What we learned today was simple. Putin is terrified of the Ukrainian air campaign against Russian refineries and oil infrastructure, and Trump (as always wants to help him).
Ukraine knows now what is must do.
Ukraine knows now what is must do.
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good answer from gallego but someone needs to tell him about the four-in-hand knot
Gallego says he supports tearing down Trump's ballroom and arch and explains why
September 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
good answer from gallego but someone needs to tell him about the four-in-hand knot
Taqueria Diana
Random corner restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. Nice logo and type. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
Random corner restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. Nice logo and type. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
September 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Taqueria Diana
Random corner restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. Nice logo and type. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm
Random corner restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen. Nice logo and type. Contax III, 21mm Biogon f/4.5, Reflx Lab 50D AHU, ECN-2 development.
#BelieveInFilm