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my gorgeous partner. taken new years, in a hot tub @cheese-it-spirit

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cute vintage store in oregon city

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finally today i got two months worth of film back. taken in oregon city, our original plans of searching for animal bones along the train tracks were ruined because someone set the old paper mill on fire. it was cold and overcast, but we were undeterred and had a good time wandering on some familiar paths

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some low-effort scenery and self portrait from my point n shoot while i try and finish some more film. taken january 2024

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timothy lake, mt. hood. taken july 23rd, 2024. these are digital as well! some of my best work on digital, although my partner took the two of me.

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UNDEREXPOSED :(

LOS ANGELES / PALOS VERDES

FUJI400 // CANON AV-1

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First post in several years, hello again ttmblr :3

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my partner @cheese-it-spirit on their motorcycle. 2004 canon digital rebel

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oh my god...

so the first screenshot is trying to look this up on tiktok normally, "donald trump rigged election" and it says that search violates community guidelines.

the second screenshot is looking up the same exact thing, but with a (australian) vpn on. canadian vpn didn't fix it fyi.

THIS is exactly the type of censorship to be looking out for on tiktok. this actually is crazy.

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btw now is the best time to keep boycotting. the israeli economy has never been weaker. don't stop the protests or the demands for divestment. keep supporting organisations like the Hind Rajab Foundation and the Accountability Archive. ofc don't stop boosting and donating to Palestinians as Gaza is still uninhabitable.

enjoy this moment but the work has not ended

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a collection of the first film pictures i ever took, almost 5 years ago - these were actually developed by me as well. my film class in high school was unfortunately cut short in march when we went into online learning for the pandemic.

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astoria, oregon. these are digital photos, from my 20 year old camera. featuring my lovely partner and our friends.

taken june 16th, 2024

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Hi I'm one of the Americans that transferred to Rednote as word of Tiktok shutdown got around. I just wanted to drop by and show everyone a comparison that is WILD to me.

These are all in Yuan, the local currency. A buck, two bucks, six bucks... that seems really nice.

And then you pop it in U.S dollars.

14 cents. 14 cents for food.

So seeing the difference there, I got curious and made a post asking the netizens how much they typically pay for things, and I asked for how much my meds would cost. These answers are eye opening.

Eleven Yuan.

A dollar and two quarters.

Without insurance, my meds are 400 bucks in U.S currency.

There's no excuses for this. No excuse for why anyone should have to live like this.

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some rainy day film. i don't have anything new at the moment, film gets expensive

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i find it funny that conservatives try to paint me calling for the death and destruction of multi-billionaire CEOs as some radical "woke liberal" standpoint. as if that even has anything to do with politics, especially in this era of surface level circus politics. the same way they try to politicize the hurricanes or the wildfires destroying parts of america, as if climate change is somehow a red vs. blue issue. it's no secret i'm from a deeply conservative family in the sticks of florida and i still grew up hearing "i fought the law and the law won". the healthcare system has fucked each and every member of my family in a different way at one point or another, as is the case with pretty much every family in this scorched earth nation. remember when country music, the genre currently associated the heaviest with the most conservative faction of america, used to be staunchly anti-government and about sticking it to the man? remember when the coal miners, grandfathers to the "trump-er hillbillies" of appalachia that everyone loves to write off as ignorant, fought tooth and nail for unionization because the companies that were built off their labor didn't give a shit if they lived or died? since when has "upholding traditional values" gone hand in hand with... defending lawmakers and oil tycoons. my family and i complain about the same issues at the dinner table. the men in charge better hope they can keep their digital smokescreens running as long as they can because the moment the rednecks and the hippies lay down their swords long enough to realize they have the same enemy, all hell is gonna break loose.