My profile on my own Mastodon instance! I'm most likely to be posting about #StreetPhotography, #UKPolitics, #gaming, #science, #infosec, #cyber, #linux, and wider #technology. Probably a fair bit about #cardiff and #wales too. There will likely be many selfies.
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Last Notes npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Newsnight featuring a journalistic photographer who did well through the riots but who refuses outright to share his pictures with the police and security services. I'm a photographer who has had his protest photographs published, and I'm also a massive security and privacy nerd — though I always tell everyone I'm always on the side of the law rather than any particular side — but I do not share his concern. #photography #ProtestPhotography npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub1mqx…xqll This one by a mile, closely followed by a few Beatles records. #music https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/739/204/040/975/648/original/4d1a1f5bf8475050.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Shooting #cardiffPride today. There will be lots of Velvia. #photography #pride https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/659/673/416/180/701/original/ad273d6e454c4d4e.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys The Daily Telegraph #photo #photograph #StreetPhoto #StreetPhotograph #photography #StreetPhotography #UKPolitics #UKPol #GE2024 https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/639/409/877/136/428/original/ddbc3af217f0032f.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys I'm enjoying watching various Tories have to debase themselves defending Sunak's tax lie until at least Wednesday, because he abandoned the veterans on the beaches of Normandy to come back to the UK to record an interview that doubles down on that lie which won't air until Wednesday — which appears to also have been scheduled at the same time as a live debate. This is the best election ever. #UKPolitics #GE2024 #UKPol npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Apropos nothing, my #photography workflow is Shotwell, RawTherapee, and occasionally Krita. I used to use Darktable but I prefer RawTherapee. Fully open source and free, everything runs locally, and you have total control over all your content. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub1yyx…qa5g He couldn't even manage one full day of national service. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys I'm loving this mix of #Iroshizuku Kiri-Same and Ina-ho #inks, laid down here by my medium nib #FaberCastell Essentio. #FountainPen #Ink https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/541/001/823/520/872/original/fba3e8f9c296bbd7.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Password discipline. #opsec #security https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/501/645/640/118/200/original/0d476184a1e8e54c.jpg https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/501/645/740/468/286/original/359c8944c185ef50.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys 🚨 THE LECTERN IS OUT 🚨 And it doesn't have a government logo on it. #UKPolitics #politics #election npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Holy shit, I've been hacked! (Not really.) #security #infosec https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/461/456/145/010/249/original/51eb2cc08978a5a3.png npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Ready set goals. #photo #photography #StreetPhotography https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/443/961/228/914/621/original/016d5d0040779853.jpeg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub12rk…uvf3 I think I'm going to. I've enjoyed this stupid ponytail, but it's so incredibly inconvenient. I think I'd like the exact opposite for a while. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys I've been considering shaving my stupid hair off, but there's a bald man on my current call and I'm having second thoughts. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Been in a mild #photography rut lately since mostly ceasing protest photography, but the silly Kodak H35 toy camera has kicked me back into enjoying my film cameras again. Here's my Pentax K1000 on a rare occurrence of me wearing a hoodie. #selfie https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/162/261/777/633/389/original/85bb0eac528aea00.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys #photography https://www.forbes.com.au/life/entertainment/sony-world-photography-awards-best-photos/ npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub1xjt…9ml2 Electoral Calculus has the LibDems as His Majesty's Loyal Opposition on these numbers. It also has the threshold at which Reform would gain its first seat during these trends as being 18%. (Usual caveats against non-MRP seat projections apply.) npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys I'm excited to try this — a newish iso 800 film made by a Canadian company, and not from old film stock. One will be going in the toy camera, but I might dust off one of my rangefinders to give it a proper whirl. #FilmPhotography #photography https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/095/063/498/093/751/original/4b425445b538ba85.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub10u5…jgm6 @npub1g0t…tvm4 The answer is that there's a convention to alternate between each side of the House. Because there were only four Tory questions on the order paper and eleven on the opposition benches, the Speaker allowed seven supplementary questions from the government benches. This was an excellent opportunity to allow an exception to that convention, but the Speaker is likely gun shy after his recent controversy. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub12rk…uvf3 Oh yes, same here. Mastodon is a much lovelier environment than any other social media I've used, and though it took me a while to get out of the 'global timeline' mindset that others impose, I think it's a vastly better experience overall. I just lament that others who came over when I did didn't stick with it long enough to develop the same. This is the better, more human web everyone claims to want. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Sometimes I miss folks I knew over on the bird site. About thirty of the ones I interacted most with over there joined #Mastodon when Musk took over, and almost all of them went back. They pop up every now and then when there's a new controversy, but they never stick around. It's sad each time. I think there's just three who I still see posting regularly here. They're the awesome ones. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub1mmf…eknq Can you point me to where she said so? I'm not done with my morning reading, but so far I've read that she hailed a ceasefire for 'at least six weeks' (the current deal has a mechanism for it to be extended past six weeks). Regardless, the 'incentive' to release hostages, other than it being right and good, would be to secure six weeks of peace, easing suffering, enhancing aid flow, and — distasteful as it sounds — to reorganise themselves. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @npub1mmf…eknq Yes, it likely means Israel has accepted the deal's terms in principle, pending Hamas's response. NYTimes uses the phrase 'all but agreed': https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/world/middleeast/kamala-harris-cease-fire.html Bloomberg uses the phrase 'essentially agreed' and notes the agreement depends on specific identities of wounded and vulnerable hostages to be released: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-03/harris-calls-for-gaza-cease-fire-release-of-israeli-hostages?srnd=homepage-europe It looks like Hamas are set to reject it however, making it the sixth or seventh time by my count: https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/112/036/465/118/365/727/original/571c8f0cbf6a5dea.png npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Israel waiting once more for Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal they will certainly break, as they did the last one, and the last one, and the last one... The grim supposition when they broke the last one was that they'd run out of eligible hostages to trade, which may explain why they're hesitant to accept this one. #israel #ceasefire https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/israel-accepts-six-week-ceasefire-deal-as-hamas-response-awaited-us npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Every now and then I read something casually and it takes a few minutes for my brain to acknowledge the gravity of its meaning. Like this sentence: "According to UN-endorsed projections, global demand for fresh water will exceed supply by 40% in 2030." Global demand for fresh water will exceed supply by 40% in 2030! How is that not headline news driving a massive global effort to prevent the ensuing tragedy!? #climate #water #environment https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-42982959 npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Excellent! 🥳 Now all eyes on Orban the Terrible once again, as the last holdout — though he has said he wouldn't oppose Sweden's accession. #Nato #Sweden #Turkey #Orban https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/turkish-parliament-meets-vote-sweden-membership-nato npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys I have a fourteen year old #reddit account. I have some folks on there from thirteen years ago I still follow just to downvote every single thing they post. It ain't much, but it's honest work. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys #photo #photograph #photography #street #StreetPhoto #StreetPhotography #StreetPhoto_BW #StreetPhotographyBNW #StreetPhotography_BW #BNW #protest #ProtestPhotography #castle #bike #cycle #cycling #cardiff https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/110/660/320/837/382/223/original/88f62ea671fac013.jpeg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys @[email protected] thank you, my teenaged celibate friend 🙌 npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys It's going to be a big day. #politics #UKPolitics #BorisJohnson #Boris https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/110/547/156/934/983/320/original/e55d56584abac5a2.jpg npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys Uninstalled my #reddit app ahead of the blackout. I'm unlikely to reinstall it, and after 13 years of redditing I might finally be done with the place. I think it'd feel liberating if it wasn't under such sad circumstances. npub1kw6ydcz80lq8afnv2k63splv2zxc2myt9wezhdsxuv74fe4maqvsexpajs the magnificent rhys I might be an emotionally dead shell of a human being, but a huge amount of what I see of Ukrainians through this conflict gets me emotional. This one of an Ukrainian woman training in #[0] from a couple of days ago really hit me hard. The last couple of lines... #[1] #[2] #[3] #[4] https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/system/media_attachments/files/110/181/631/022/827/597/original/e6a45365d30926b0.mp4