Newsletter: week of 3/3

Sorry for the delay, bud. After finishing my Nothing 500 photos video, I needed to take a few days off. I ate a lot of humble pie on my snowboard and shared some great meals with good friends. Now, I'm so ready to take on my next project—a Sigma BF review. If you have any questions about that camera, drop them in the comments!

With that, here is everything I enjoyed last week that you might enjoy, too.

A good reminder via leftistgamermemes on Threads.

Everything I read:

Facebook Cybertruck Owners Group Copes With Relentless Mockery
I, too, want to throw sliced cheese on and flick off every cyber truck I see, and it's unfortunate to read that owners are "fucking embrace[ing] it."

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
In a world of cyber truck owners, be a James Harrison.

This RealMe concept turns a smartphone into an interchangeable lens system
No autofocus or electrical contacts for lens-to-camera communication but a whole damn M-mount with a built-in four-thirds sensor magnetically connected to your phone for expanded lens options and image quality. It's giving Alice Camera. Yay or Nay?

A website that allows you to see where shadows will fall anywhere around the world and at any time.
This was featured in a very cool little video by Howtown, and now I know exactly what time the sun will no longer be visible at all of my friend's houses.

Everything I watched:

Inside America’s Oldest Party Thriving in the Deep South
I thought Vice Video went under, but I guess it hasn't and I'm not complaining.

Anti-Elon Rally and Tesla Boycott
As a tech journalist, I could have never imagined watching these. Fuck that guy.

Filming Surf on a Waterproof Super 8 Camera
I'm gearing up to do some 35mm and 8mm filming 👀 so I've been deep-diving (pun intended) film videos on YouTube. This is another great video I stumbled upon.

Everything I listened to:

The Giver (Preview) - Chappell Roan
Our first taste of what a now very famous Chappell Roan is going to be creating post-blow-up.

New Lady Gaga
That feels a lot like old Lady Gaga <3

Manhattan - Cat Power
Over, and over, and over again. I especially love the "howling at me, howling at you" line.

Champagne Coast - Blood Orange
I was purchasing a vintage Levi's jacket in a tiny thrift store when this song came on. It's been in the rotation ever since and goes quite well with the jacket.

Cheers to another great week, bud!
-becca