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inside a flower

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:26 -0700

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apple blossom along the don river.

the crackstarter has reached $130 000.00 in pledged funds. the miserable, violent, bigoted clown at the centre of the issue refuses to address the matter, and like the chickenshit coward he is, sends his equally repugnant brother out to yell at the media.

you're a disgrace, ford. a disgrace, a bigot and a coward. you can't even retain a position as a high school football coach here any longer, as no-one wants you near their kids. the kids, by the way, you refer to as "...just fucking minorities...". since you also resort to your usual homophobic default behaviour, in calling justin trudeau a fag, you're not welcome in toronto or the rest of canada any more. get the fuck out of my country and preferably off this planet. you're a disgusting bag of shit, just like the rest of your classless family. kill yourself.

crane fly, square

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:14:33 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

crane fly on a leaf, in partial shadow. more shooting along the don river.

the crackstarter, to which i've contributed, has over $100 000.00 pledged to it now, with six days remaining. you can spare a few dollars, i'm sure, and it's for a tremendously good cause.

in other good news, we're not getting stuck with a casino that would only be profitable for a few conservative rich twits and cost everyone else a big pile of cash. fuck you twice with hands full of crackpipes and poker chips, you stupid fucking buffoon.

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and, more on flickr stupidity - any old tags that you repeatedly use now don't come up when you start typing the first letter or two. the wizards at yahoo somehow forgot that people often use the same tagsets repeatedly and like it when they appear on a minimal prompt. that kind of web utility that has been in place for over twenty years is apparently not something they thought to perpetuate. fucking jackasses.

correction - the tags do come up, but the process is very glitchy. i stand by the jackasses comment.

further edit: i can see no way to add a photograph to a selection of groups after having been uploaded. this used to be a simple process with a dropdown menu. another tool ruined, or is it merely hidden somewhere that you'd have to be a braindead yahoo executive to find?

further edit, again: found the spot to add shots to groups, tucked in a corner under a mystery icon that reveals no information about itself when you mouseover it. gee, that's smart. incidentally, it's the ellipsis lookalike in the bottom right corner of the black frame above, just to the right of the diagonal arrows that direct you to view in lightbox. that spot also has the exif data and a few other details that all used to be top-left in the old format. clearly it makes sense to relocate all this in the polar opposite location on the page, and to not identify it in any way. fucking hell, the yahoo brain trust are inbred microcephalics.

flumblr

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:18:45 -0700

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the redesign, it's not very good.

yahoo screws everything up, of course, and the new price points and what we get for them are annoying. i won't look at ads, so i'll either have to keep paying (for worse service), look at ads (no), or go over to pbase. the banner up top is ugly, as is most of the rest of the presentation.

this looks like the spawn of one of the more unfortunate tumblr themes mated against its will with the worst elements of recent flickr. instead of fixing the problems that needed attention (uploader crashing, the map function utterly stupid when zoomed out), this half-assed, bandwidth-eating bastard was tossed our way. i'd hesitate to call it a beta release, as it's just not that good.

this is supposed to be a place for photographers. people who own and use cameras know what thumbnails are, many just from digital work, but plenty of us from contact sheets. i vastly prefer scanning what my contacts have to offer in this way, and then deciding whether or not i want to see a larger version. quite often i do not, a choice that was denied me today when the entire top 2/3 of my screen (and i have a large monitor) was filled with some drooling human infant, a creature i'd never willingly see again if it could be avoided.

so, if there is no option to go back to thumbnails, i'll be dropping a lot more contacts who i'd rather be able to check in on occasionally. giant, swollen, ugly babies are bad enough, but i also don't always want to look at your junk, your partner's junk, your iphone weather results, your fortune cookie jokes, your sad movie posters, your grotesque feet, ears and other body parts, your terrible diner meals, the thing that crawled out of your mom's ear or anything else i choose not to maximise. i also know that not many people want to see the nonsense i post, and unless they choose to enlarge it, they didn't have to until today. so, when we all start dropping contact with people save for our close friends and the few people who actually post very consistently only the images we like to see, the site gets more fractured and less diverse.

oh yeah: now every greasy dirtbag who swipes pictures from here (and elsewhere) and reposts them, often with leering, obnoxious commentary, with no regard at all for licensing or common courtesy, those guys now have a full terabyte of storage to upload all of our pictures. let's hope the ad choices are relevant to their interests, as I'd love to see yahoo promoting fuck lube and viagra nonstop.

good job, yahoo. we knew you could do it. now put this on explore, you talentless hacks.

edit: as of the big, annoying change, any old tags that you repeatedly use now don't come up when you start typing the first letter or two. the wizards at yahoo somehow forgot that people often use the same tagsets repeatedly and like it when they appear on a minimal prompt. that kind of web utility that has been in place for over twenty years is apparently not something they thought to perpetuate. fucking jackasses.

correction - the tags do come up, but the process is very glitchy. i stand by the jackasses comment.

further edit: i can see no way to add a photograph to a selection of groups after having been uploaded. this used to be a simple process with a dropdown menu. another tool ruined, or is it merely hidden somewhere that you'd have to be a braindead yahoo executive to find?

fly on a leaf

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:13:03 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

fly. on a leaf.

“let me give you a suggestion on how you deal with hard-core drug addicts,” mr. ford said. “this is not drinking wine or smoking a joint, this is heroin or cocaine. with heroin or cocaine, you end up one of two ways: dead or in jail. that’s it. there’s only two ways.”

this asshole has consistently and loudly opposed any and all public health initiatives, particularly harm reduction strategies. though there are clearly far more options available to anyone using any substance, may his own words curse him.

and, don't forget: the national right-wing scumbags should be imprisoned too.

ceci n'est pas un maire.

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:11 -0700

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“let me give you a suggestion on how you deal with hard-core drug addicts,” mr. ford said. “this is not drinking wine or smoking a joint, this is heroin or cocaine. with heroin or cocaine, you end up one of two ways: dead or in jail. that’s it. there’s only two ways.”

this asshole has consistently and loudly opposed any and all public health initiatives, particularly harm reduction strategies. though there are clearly far more options available to anyone using any substance, may his own words curse him.

slipping out the tongue

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:57:40 -0700

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hypocritical, racist, homophobic, violent, crack-addled bigot is likely off cottaging again.

last snake shot for now, of the first snake i got to hold this spring, after seeing more than a few slither off into the grass. today i saw two, but they were busy and i didn't want to disturb them.

this snake doesn't use crack or any form of cocaine

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:58:36 -0700

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unlike rob ford, the useless sack of shit neutered mayor that we're stuck with until he's removed from office again or shot to death by police or his dealer's enemies.

i saw the gawker story earlier today, and before it hit the local news. interestingly, less than a week ago i was contacted by someone who would only say he was a member of the media and who wanted to know what i knew about the fords and drug and gun scandals in which they were involved. since i've been having a protracted email battle with a member of the ignorant bigot's staff, i was instantly suspicious that this was a ruse of some sort. i gave him the basics, all facts that anyone can look up online (dui conviction, arrest for possession, his offer to buy oxycontin for someone, and so on), and then we had a little back and forth to feel one another out. he seemed not overly familiar with some of the nuances, but i eventually gathered he wasn't a ford staffer. since he'd found me online, i asked if he'd considered contacting a couple of other specific people who might have more information for him, and after naming one (local political muckraker, of sorts), he said that he'd already been in touch. when i saw the gawker piece, i suspected it was the author or a researcher of his to whom i'd spoken, but that isn't clear. he didn't seem local, but that may just have been an interview tactic. in any event, it's good to know that someone out there thinks i have dirt on tweedlecokehead and his repugnant brother and that enumerating online the crimes of this bigot can potentially help imprison him.

this little guy found me as i was out for a quick walk with the camera in order to avoid killing people at work. he actually crawled up on to my boot while i was taking pictures of a tree, so i'm glad i didn't step on him. when i picked him up, he was completely relaxed, and only got fidgety when i told him the shots would inevitably wind up on some tumblr.

this snake is not a crack user

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:58:36 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

my friend the snake

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:19:50 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

this little guy found me as i was out for a quick walk with the camera in order to avoid killing people at work. he actually crawled up on to my boot while i was taking pictures of a tree, so i'm glad i didn't step on him. when i picked him up, he was completely relaxed, and only got fidgety when i told him the shots would inevitably wind up on some tumblr.

expect more of him, though i haven't had a look at more than a few frames to examine quality.

wooden planter

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:45:19 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

sorting through the garden junk as i get ready to plant. this wooden planter will probably get one more season of use.

leaf, light

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:17:10 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

maple leaf in the woods by the don river.

more leaves

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:18:10 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

more leaves in the woods. all this light is nearly unbearable.

leaf

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sun, 12 May 2013 00:35:12 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

hurray, a leaf. just what you wanted to see.

yes.

grasshopper, on grass

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:26:14 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

after all the disgusting, repugnant squalour of the past two days, it's a relief to again be presenting the beauty of the insect world.

kill kill kill for inner peace and mental health

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:10 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i trimmed, my friend paul poked a camera in my face. he's talented, as he made me look mostly human and civilised, not the repugnant, crippled menace i am.

this is my other favourite of the shots, as it has clearly been photoshopped extensively to make me appear friendly. also, it would be a great pickup site profile shot. if the vaguely symmetrical human features aren't attractive enough, bears will still be lured in by the giant bucket of mayonnaise in the background. the don't be a creep warning still applies, creeps.

half a face is better than more than half a face

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:10 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i trimmed, my friend paul poked a camera in my face. he's talented, as he made me look mostly human and civilised, not the repugnant, crippled menace i am.

hair everywhere. two showers later i was still picking it out of my teeth and eyes. the don't be a creep warning still applies, creeps.

war on earthlings

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:10 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i trimmed, my friend paul poked a camera in my face. he's talented, as he made me look mostly human and civilised, not the repugnant, crippled menace i am.

swollen meatbucket, lined and weathered by the sun and other miseries. the don't be a creep warning still applies, creeps.

fuck

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:10 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i trimmed, my friend paul poked a camera in my face. he's talented, as he made me look mostly human and civilised, not the repugnant, crippled menace i am.

fuck. the don't be a creep warning still applies, creeps.

the garden barbershop is open

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:42:07 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i trimmed, my friend paul poked a camera in my face. he's talented, as he made me look mostly human and civilised, not the repugnant, crippled menace i am.

this is my favourite of the shots, probably because i am blurry. yesterday's warning still applies, creeps.

not irritated, though it appears that way

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:42:07 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i trimmed, my friend paul poked a camera in my face. he's talented, as he made me look mostly human and civilised, not the repugnant, crippled menace i am.

i think i have hair clippings in my eyes. still. yesterday's warning still applies, creeps.