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PetaPixel | Photography and Camera News @petapixel.com@web.brid.gy
Alongside the exciting new Tamron 35-100mm f/2.8 Di III VXD lens for Sony E and Nikon Z-mount cameras, Tamron announced Tamron-Link, a new Bluetooth-enabled accessory to enable photographers to easily customize their Tamron lenses using a mobile device, including iOS and iPadOS devices for the first time.
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@mcc 
@tsrono 
@david_castletonDavid Castleton (Author)
The folk story of this displayed in Zennor Church is different. The mermaid used to sit on the rock in Pendour Cove every Sunday so she could listen to the churchwarden's son, Matthew Trewhella's beautiful singing voice drifting from the church. One day, she struck the courage to venture into the church and they fell in love. They were last seen swimming in the cove and were never seen again. The chair is 400yrs old and said to be carved in Matthew's memory.
RE: https://vt.social/@lina/116097856103360777
Because I've been negative quite a bit about the potential Discord replacements/the way "open web" people tend to try and develop novice-facing applications - reading this guy's post, I actually think his head's screwed on about right.
No FOSS fallacy smells here and a commendable focus on the desired end user experience over purism, even while discussing the development process. Top marks, no notes.
The blog: https://blog.fluxer.app/how-i-built-fluxer-a-discord-like-chat-app/
@steveSteve Bate "will there be CIMD hosting services", you mean like https://cimd-service.fly.dev ?
Effectively, yes. You could have a CIMD hosting service, but if you use the `hostname` of the CIMD as the "client name" (when untrusted) you probably want a "pretty" value instead of `https://cimd-service.fly.dev/clients/bafyreidxk6lscepiy3lxtev7jag67s2taiyhk3gwazfd4khivaejsfyipq`
In AT Protocol, they say essentially: "If the URL is `https://hostname.example/oauth-client-metadata.json" then we can display just `hostname.example` as the client name when untrusted.
That's a nice pattern, we *may* adopt that in CIMD spec itself, but I don't think we have that pattern currently.
Void kitties can have a memory leak, as a treat
Breath - In color
Random pictures between two series…
My last daily notes from the past year or from the beginning of the new one, in no particular order.
#color
#colorphotography
#stilllife
#fieldnotes
#diary
#urbanphoto
#urbanphotography
#urbanpoetry
#streetphoto
#streetphotography
#iphone
#documentingspace
#streetstorytelling
#photostreet
#bretagne
it is not hard to be better than this. it is almost impossible to be worse than this
"Monty Python was better" as the default reply to modern slop
deadsuperhero @sean@deadsuperhero.com
Tackling the biggest problem of network effects: bringing people here.
Read more →Gemini 3.1 Pro
Link: https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-1-pro/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47075318
科学についての記事を書かなくちゃなあと思ってふとWikipediaを眺めてみたらEHTの絵が直接撮像とされていてうーん
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6
Oh this is wonderful news:
DNS-PERSIST-01: A New Model for DNS-based Challenge Validation
https://letsencrypt.org/2026/02/18/dns-persist-01.html
> Instead of publishing a new challenge record for each issuance, you publish a standing authorization in the form of a TXT record that identifies both the CA and the specific ACME account you authorize to issue for this domain.
#Django HealthCheck version 4.0 is out! 🎉 🥳
The list of new checks is huge, but let me know if we missed anything. Thanks to everyone who contributed and tried the release candidates!
@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber 
@kopperkopper 
@hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) 
The biggest downside to JSON-LD, it seems, is that it lets most developers treat AS2 as if it's plain old JSON. That was by design. People sometimes mess it up, but most JSON-LD parsers are pretty tolerant.
@evanEvan Prodromou @cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber @kopperkopper @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) Couldn’t we agree to standardize on expanded json-ld? We would not need any json-ld processor, we would not need to fetch or cache any context. There would be no way to shadow properties.
Wer eine Massenüberwachung etabliert, hat Schutz von Demokratie und Freiheit nicht verstanden, erklärte ich heute in WDR Aktuelle Stunde:
Merz fordert Klarnamenpflicht im Internet
https://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/aktuelle-stunde/alle-videos/aktuelle-stunde-clip-aktuelle-stunde--19-02-2026-100.html
Fixing a Destroyed XBox 360 Development Kit
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/fixing-a-destroyed-xbox-360-development-kit/
Today 
@mkljczknicole mikołajczyk introduced a proposal for MAEPs (Mastodon API Enhancement Proposals) which would be similar to the FEP process but for converging on API schema for servers that are not Mastodon but who are using the Mastodon client API
https://codeberg.org/fediverse-pl/maep/issues/1
#fedidev #fediverse #MAEPs
UNFASSBAR:
"Wenn Eltern dreimal einen Termin im #Jobcenter versäumen, soll das #Jugendamt informiert werden, weil „der #Kinderschutz zu gewährleisten“ sei – so formuliert es die Bundesregierung in der Antwort auf eine Kleine Anfrage von Heidi Reichinnek (Die Linke)."
https://blog.dgsa.de/2026/01/21/kinderschutz-oder-kontrollpolitik-warum-die-bundesregierung-einen-neuen-verdachtsraum-fur-arme-familien-eroffnet/
Wir kennen es allerdings aus unserer Beratung, dass schon jetzt Eltern aufgrund des Jobcenters Ärger mit dem Jugendamt hatten 🤬Und "Kinderschutz" wird derzeit allgemein viel vorgeschoben um verschiedenste Schweinereien zu rechtfertigen, EKELHAFT!
DOGE Bro's Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT 'Is This DEI?'
Link: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/19/doge-bros-grant-review-process-was-literally-just-asking-chatgpt-is-this-dei/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076826
Robbie and I dig into:
🔂 ralph wiggum value
🗑️ context pollution
📉 rise and fall of MCP
🍦 vanilla claude is all you need
⚓️ css anchor failures
⤷ https://nerdy.dev/www-ep232-no-ralph-wiggum-no-training-wheels-just-agents
on Whiskey Web and Whatnot
WWW Ep232 No Ralph Wiggum No Training Wheels Just Agents · February 19, 2026
Ep #232 No Ralph Wiggum. No Training Wheels. Just Agents. do Ralph Wiggum loops automatically produce better results? is context pollution killing productivity? the rise and fall of MCP servers and skills why vanilla Claude might be the only tool you actually need CSS anchor positioning failures Stranger Things hot takes why small distilleries are just like indie startups ⤷ whiskey.fm · youtube · spotify · apple
nerdy.dev · nerdy.dev
Link author: 
Adam Argyle@argyleink@front-end.social
it is not hard to be better than this. it is almost impossible to be worse than this
MicroPython Now Requires AI Disclosure on Every Pull Request 🤖🧠
Somewhere between 'ban it all' and 'let the robots run free' there's a checkbox to help the team at MicroPython.
https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/19/micropython-now-requires-ai-disclosure-on-every-pull-request/
Saarbrücken – die Stadt, die niemals schläft, weil das Hochklappen der Bordsteine so laut ist.
Current Retro Project Thread🧵 List:
ZX Spectrum 128 +2A - https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/116024770523537492
AMD Athlon K7 Slot build - https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/115577755806163071
Commodore VIC-20 - https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/115940837300671754
Commodore 64 Breadbin - https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/113356505291939039
Amstrad NC100 - https://mastodon.social/@Gammitin/115894708834150226
Oh this is wonderful news:
DNS-PERSIST-01: A New Model for DNS-based Challenge Validation
https://letsencrypt.org/2026/02/18/dns-persist-01.html
> Instead of publishing a new challenge record for each issuance, you publish a standing authorization in the form of a TXT record that identifies both the CA and the specific ACME account you authorize to issue for this domain.
@zenkat 
@soatokSoatok Dreamseeker FYI, the people in that book are literally selling their own blood to survive. Try reading it. I could not even finish, I had to put it down, otherwise I would be incapacitated.
@zenkat @soatokSoatok Dreamseeker like I was saying. Open your eyes, everyone. Look around you. This is how it is, here in the richest country in the world. One of our largest American exports is blood money, and I mean that very much literally. It’s not an exaggeration, it’s not hyperbole, it’s a fact. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/americans-sell-plasma-inflation-middle-class-expenses-economy-rcna258390
I've uploaded a new scrolling ASCII art piece, "Candlelight"
https://scrollart.org/candlelight/
(Click VIEW FULLSCREEN for best effect.)
Discovered the music of Li Yilei this morning
Lots going on here
eepytime announcement:
Not at all! I love 
@FediTips, I boost their posts and send links to their work often. Our Help Centre is specifically geared towards Mastodon.social users, and the #fediquette guide is intended as a quick primer to help people get up to speed on our cultural norms.
When it comes to getting the word out about the #Fediverse, and educating people about how to have a good time here, I generally take the attitude more better!
@Mastodon
@haubleshannah aubry 
@pixelcatsPixelcats⁷ @Mastodon
Yeah, to make clear, Hannah has been great at responding to queries and listening patiently to criticism! I think that comes through in this thread for example?
And yes it's good to have more than one source of tech support. I encourage people to do their own support sites and/or use my text as a basis if they want to as it's available under CC-By-SA. I don't want to end up as a single point of failure on a site encouraging decentralisation 🙂
@Mastodon @haubleshannah aubry Cool. I love the focus on building community. But @FediTips has been creating an amazing Support resource for years and deserves more credit/support. Are you reinventing an already well-developed wheel instead of engaging the broader community?
Not at all! I love @FediTips, I boost their posts and send links to their work often. Our Help Centre is specifically geared towards Mastodon.social users, and the #fediquette guide is intended as a quick primer to help people get up to speed on our cultural norms.
When it comes to getting the word out about the #Fediverse, and educating people about how to have a good time here, I generally take the attitude more better!
@Mastodon
Well the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor episode of "24 hours in police custody" will be interesting
Are you buying a new computing device or accessory earlier than you might, in anticipation of the impending price hike of RAM and mass storage?
Dive into this Scientific Visualization panel from the Blender channel — experts Paul Melis, Adam Kalisz, Milan Jaros, Marwan Abdellah, Mike Simpson & Sybren A. Stüvel discuss 3D visualization techniques and workflows. Great for creators & scientists! #Blender #PeerTube #ScientificVisualization #DataViz #3D #OpenSource #Graphics #Science #English
https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/8e364d32-8918-403e-a8c0-915634b9f405
Having amazing colleagues means someone brings up a random animal fact. Then another one continues with a 2nd. And at the end of the coffee break you have 3 fun random animal facts, and a French royalty fact (for the person who didn't have animal ones) that make you smile for the end of the day 😁
I’m thinking about sending everyone a Polaroid of something super weird and I really can't explain it, but you get the picture.
"How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language" https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260218-saving-the-inari-smi-language
anyone wanna photoshop me a picture of catte in a padded cell? its for a good cause.
I had no idea that even mustard can be mansplained. Good morning, fediverse 😬
I have paying work for a graphic designer with experience in web design and corporate identity (logos, letterhead, marketing collateral, etc.).
Don't worry about having to code on the web design front—that's my job. I just need someone who can work with a coder. I'm in the US, so it's probably best if you're in North America too. But I'm open to working with people elsewhere.
Figured I would throw this out to the fediverse to see if any of you out there do this kind of work. If you do, send me your contact information and portfolio by DM, or by email to info@roguerepairman.com.
Boosts welcome 
If video games have taught me anything, rotating these will unlock the next room ...
Concrete syntax matters, actually https://lobste.rs/s/qsypky #video #plt
https://www.youtube.com/live/kQjrcSMYpaA
Chris Siebenmann
Andreas Freise
Jenniferplusplus
leyrer
Em 
Jeff Triplett
Stefano Marinelli
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
Hugo van Kemenade
Maho 🦝🍻
