Urban Camera

A work in progress from a writer, traveller, historian, lover of literature, photographer, collector.

#Antifa / Anti-tech / Anti-billionaire Terrorist (USA only)
#PalestineAction Terrorist (UK only)

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Weblog: https://urban.camera
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2026-06-09 06:25:30 UTC

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I wonder whether the van has seats and snacks in the back....

2026-06-03 17:54:14 UTC

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I use a packstation and delivery point for most agents now, rather than seeing them drive up to the house and post a card saying I wasn't there....

2026-06-03 17:50:22 UTC

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for me it is mainly deliveries, and I am in constant pain waiting to see which agent a supplier will use to ruin my day....

2026-06-03 17:40:54 UTC

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I could tell - and have told - tales....

2026-03-12 15:10:42 UTC

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Adult toys?

2026-03-03 12:53:09 UTC

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Happened to me one in Camden Town watching a Japanese cult film. Massive theatre, excellent film, I was the only one there.
But I didn't notice until the film finished, I was so engrossed.

2026-01-27 04:32:13 UTC

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Look at the trading deals on direct suppliers out of China, Pakistan and so on. The middleman is no longer there, the goods are cheaper. Anything which dirs not go through a profit generating system remains better priced for the consumer, and that means cutting the US American out of anything and everything possible.

2026-01-04 16:46:05 UTC

I have been turning my thoughts back to a few of the literary and philosophical works I read as a youth, having recently been reminded of my pleasure in reading Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in my early teens.
Moving With the Times
https://urban.camera/2026/01/moving-with-the-times/
#Education #Life #Philosophy #Reading #Society
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2025-12-26 14:58:15 UTC

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Multi-layered cake, just oozing with coffee-flavoured cream.

2025-12-07 15:35:37 UTC

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I have quite a few photographs from here, with several different photographers. There must be a strong link to German families at the turn of the last century.

2025-12-07 15:19:40 UTC

Gustaf Nilsson
Borås…
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#Nilsson #Borås #photography #antique #collecting
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2025-11-11 23:49:01 UTC

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It'll probably be cloudy that day, if you planned on photographing the event.

2025-11-03 01:32:40 UTC

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For me, iCE are mercenary bounty hunters, and should be treated as kidnappers and violent molesters by both citizens and police

2025-10-19 19:41:23 UTC

And this is a bad thing?
#life #gambling #addiction #poverty #ukpol
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydpmy7mj1o

2025-10-07 14:27:51 UTC

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What she didn't say: "now it effects me, I care."

2025-09-21 10:47:25 UTC

How the Female Scientist Who Discovered the Greenhouse Gas Effect Was Forgotten by History
#life #ClimateChange #climate #science #SayHerName
https://www.openculture.com/2020/01/how-the-female-scientist-who-discovered-the-greenhouse-gas-effect-was-forgotten-by-history.html

2025-09-17 17:19:08 UTC

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Years ago someone came to ask advice for a child who was not showing any interest in reading. They'd take them to the library, and wait for a choice, then go home. Things changed after a small suggestion: take them to the library, and leave them alone outside the door. Let them go in alone.
The child went to the adult section, and got back their love of reading. It had been suppressed by the good intentions of the adults, who took them to the children's section.
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2025-08-25 18:42:12 UTC

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It's in Urban Dictionary, which should surprise no one.
Also interesting: AI claims it doesn't exist, when a straight dictionary search is done. The same AI defines Terrorific when confronted with the Urban Dictionary definition.

2025-08-22 03:32:47 UTC

One of the reasons why politicians don't study philosophy.
https://theconversation.com/studying-philosophy-does-make-people-better-thinkers-according-to-new-research-on-more-than-600-000-college-grads-262681?utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com
#life #philosophy #school #college

2025-06-01 16:04:03 UTC

Manners and their importance.
https://youtube.com/shorts/kIAUGhdOvXI?si=pNtAMTPMF1jaGMa2
#life #ethics #philosophy #manners #civilised #society

2024-12-29 10:10:40 UTC

If Spellcheck doesn't work, why does anyone have such high hopes for LLMs, ChatGPT and all the rest of the AI software?
#life #AI #software

2024-12-07 12:01:03 UTC

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Difficult, unless they want to stop foreign investment in shares of all companies.
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2024-12-07 09:15:08 UTC

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Do people really still believe the myth of First Class mail as anything other than a higher price for the same service?

2024-12-07 09:07:59 UTC

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They can tighten up as much as they want, on political parties, it won't do any good. IIRC ReformUK is a registered business, rather than a purely political entity.

2024-11-20 15:42:05 UTC

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Is this "the media" entity more than just the Daily Mail?

2024-11-15 14:59:29 UTC

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and is it then a Soup of Mock Turtles?

2024-11-13 11:27:39 UTC

A day of rain. Nodded off a few times, now concentrating on my book for an hour before finishing work and driving back.
My mind is more on cooking a lasagne than anything else.
#life #work #weather #food

2024-11-07 09:59:00 UTC

You're an American?
I'm sorry, but I'm on a strict No Fascism diet. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
(Discuss)
#life #uspol #usa

2024-10-10 05:42:28 UTC

Drive out, difficult to see in this weather; rain, wet roads, and bright headlights coming in the other direction.
The rain stops as I put the equipment together, run my tests, activate the system. Back into the car, paperwork. By the time I've finished writing I have five hits.
We're in a thirty street, next to a children's home, with an unprotected bus stop. It's going to be a busy day.
#life #work #travel #speeding

2024-09-28 11:21:13 UTC

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You mean those politicians who attend the opening of a Food Bank, cutting the ribbon and then stuffing themselves on the free buffet? Those politicians?
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2024-09-27 19:10:43 UTC

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St Mary's, Claddagh | Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora.
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2024-09-26 04:28:15 UTC

I'm not worried about the disappearance of cash from our daily lives, so long as debit and credit cards are secure against hackers and thieves.
What bothers me is the number of small businesses forced to set a high(ish) minimum purchase for goods, because of the high cost of processing payments set by the banks and their intermediaries.
If contactless payment is the normal way for the future, then it needs to be cheap or free of charge to the customer.
#life #finance #banks #baking #credit

2024-09-20 18:46:15 UTC

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Rape by a prominent male of a female is Sex - forced, violent, but Sex.

2024-09-20 18:44:37 UTC

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Let's leave this. I asked if you saw a difference between the treatment of males and females, you've given no answer.

2024-09-20 18:35:26 UTC

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Sex scandal against, say, Trump - "grab them", paying off porn stars, comments on underage women - next to no reaction.
Kavanaugh - scandal with Professor Christine Ford and alleged rape - elected to Supreme Court.
Professor Ford - allegedly raped by Kavanaugh - vilified, cut off from social world, out of her post, attacked on all quarters for being raped.
The difference between being a male and a female involved in a sex scandal.

2024-09-20 13:27:52 UTC

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The person being damaged by the sex scandal, make or female? There are different standards, always have been.

2024-09-20 12:52:36 UTC

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Male or female victim?

2024-09-17 14:37:32 UTC

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another problem arises when a bad one is fired. He simply gets another police job - thanks to his police training and experience - in another town or State.

2024-09-17 07:18:29 UTC

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I suspect he got the message a long time ago, but couldn't buck party policy and privilege.

2024-09-15 22:06:15 UTC

People shooting at Trump. Just another "fact of life". Vance, possibly.
#life #uspol

2024-09-15 21:42:23 UTC

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Congratulations. Didn't I mention a shooting range?

2024-09-15 21:00:35 UTC

"Shots fired" near #Trump rally. Is there a city in the US where you don't get to hear "shots fired" regularly? With so many murders and so many guns, I'm not sure it isn't uncommon.
However, two possibilities other than just "shots fired": randoms are starting to get really anti-Trump and are trying to take him out and save America through assassination; it's a set-up distraction following the media "success" of the last (real) attempt on his life.
Either way: press coverage.
#uspol #gop

2024-09-10 13:28:31 UTC

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If that labrador was blonde and rhe cousin had a furry fetish.

2024-09-10 12:47:20 UTC

Collecting a bread roll and coffee for my journey home, and I overhear two old(er) women gossiping in the corner. White hair, cardigans, sensible shoes
They've just finished going through someone's family tree and then the elder adds: "... and his girlfriend is a bitch".
#life #travel #overheard

2024-09-04 14:18:51 UTC

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The only company that asks you to close the door on the way out, mid-flight.
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2024-09-04 14:04:34 UTC

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I hope that's not based on information from Boeing.

2024-09-02 14:28:41 UTC

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"What did you do for fun as a teenager, Grandma?"
Love to be a fly on the wall for that conversation. Fortunately hardly any of them really make money, and they certainly do not attract Real Life friends...

2024-09-02 14:14:50 UTC

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I love the closing line: grab a Snickers - the unsaid being: you're a diva, Karen.

2024-09-02 02:42:58 UTC

It's a very mild 14°C out today, with highs of 29°C expected. Rather warm for the time of year, but probably what we have to get used to - and fight against - in the future.
Monday morning, with a new colleague due to start training, and a new machine out on the streets. Let's see how it goes. Bus and train reported as being on time but, as I said, it's Monday morning.
#life #travel #commute #bahn #work #weather