Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Second rate reporter says what?

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Schmidt just says fuck it, opens a tea shop.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

Conservatism: there are some people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

You cannot shame the shameless.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Everybody saw this coming.

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The Impossible Project

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I’m old enough to remember the excitement of the Polaroid SX-70: it spit out a piece of paper, and you watched a picture develop in front of your eyes. Pure fucking magic, at a couple of bucks a shot.

Polaroid went out of the instant film business a few years ago, after a complete marketing failure. One highlight of their decline was the official response to the OutKast video “Hey Ya!” (Shake it Like a Polaroid): a warning that shaking a Polaroid might distort the image.

After Polaroid failed, a couple of artists bought their plant in Holland and started The Impossible Project, an effort to resurrect that plant and create new instant film. Today, they’re launching their first new product, a line of black-and-white film that fits in old SX-70 and Polaroid 600 cameras. Color’s coming by the end of the year.

Their site is gorgeous, and the whole thing is testament to what a few very determined people can do. I hope they make it.

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Early Morning Open Thread

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Many thanks to JeffreyW for linking to this morning’s Moment of Zen:

The mechanics of hovering had been explained to me, but I’d never realized how much these little guys would look like swimmers treading water…

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For those who were impressed, and moved, by the Esquire profile of Roger Ebert, he will be debuting his “own” computer voice on Oprah today:

A company called CereProc has taken voice samples from Ebert’s DVD commentaries and created a computerized voice that Ebert can use to “speak.” This could even lead to Ebert using the voice for other media, including podcasts, video, and commentaries.

(h/t TV Squad)

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Patrick Power, Le Gout.

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Dayv, Pigeon on a wire.

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Photos are back! Apologies for the long delay. I was busy as hell, then sick, then sick and busy as hell, and yesterday I don’t even want to talk about.

fallsroad, The Machinery of Joy.

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LT in Oregon, Lwater.

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Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

Click on the photos for a link to the photographer’s website. To see all photo threads, click on ‘photo blogging’ at the bottom of the post.

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Cheryl, Bryce Canyon reimagined in pastels.

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Paul, Pray Lake.

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Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

Click on the photos for a link to the photographer’s website. To see all photo threads, click on ‘photo blogging’ at the bottom of the post.

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