The Washington Post, formerly one of America’s most respected newspapers and home to the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness” unveiled its new mission statement this week: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America."
This smells a lot like the time Google dropped their unofficial “Don’t be Evil” motto in favor of the watered-down “do the right thing” – bland double-speak that can be interpreted any way they choose.
The grandkids are playing around with my old Pentax ME film camera.
It’s a great opportunity to explain how cameras work. Open the back to see the shutter open. Take off the lens to see the mirror flip away.
“But how do you see the pictures?”.
I explained the process of taking up to 24 photos, rewinding the film, sending it to the chemist, they send it to the lab, wait a week, find out everyone was blinking.
Quote of the week: “wait… you had to pay to take pictures…???”
Vietnamese restaurant in Balaclava, Melbourne.
One wall is the remnants of an outside wall with the posters still on it.
Cigarette advertising was banned in Australia in 1976 so that, and the price-tag of 35c for a packet, dates it to around the early seventies.
Dammit. That’s nearly half a century ago and I remember all of these.
I can’t seem to find Elon Musk’s Mastodon handle to follow.
Please advise.