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Don MacAskill

@don.flickr

Best handle on Bluesky. πŸ‘† CEO & Chief Geek @ Flickr + SmugMug. Thrilling our customers. 1st on AWS. Anti-hate. he/him

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Non-Pro accounts can store & share 1000 photos. Did you contact our Support Heroes? help.flickr.com

09.02.2025 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm looking at you now @bloomberg.com ... why do you keep asking me to log in when I pay you? Which I'm happy to do. Like, just keep me logged in for the term of my subscription (probably a year?), then ask again (or not)?

29.01.2025 08:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything happening this week was laid out in Project 2025. Government hiring and funding will tilt to MAGA loyalists while β€œDEI hires” pushed out and β€œwoke programs” defunded.

This will be a durable change as Democrats will never execute a similar purge to excise MAGA influence if they win again.

29.01.2025 02:05 πŸ‘ 186 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

Ladies and gentlemen: we did it

24.01.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 24365 πŸ” 2680 πŸ’¬ 1004 πŸ“Œ 209
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Hegspeth is confirmed. Now What? He has no idea how to manage the Pentagon. So he is going to be dependent on his direct reports. Most of which require confirmation.

The Dems have to use whatever political skills they have to get qualified, rational people in these positions ?

Suggestions ?

25.01.2025 04:29 πŸ‘ 35176 πŸ” 6040 πŸ’¬ 3255 πŸ“Œ 377

I can’t find a human at Google, ever. And we pay for things. Wild.

25.01.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

God what a gift to be able to dog-walk Zuck in his mentions on his own platform, I finally have a place to channel all of my rage to someone who truly deserves it and who knows that I have been shitting on him to his face for fully half of his time on this earth.

25.01.2025 03:04 πŸ‘ 3859 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 28

I think I'll just make this a periodic post. Why do news organizations that I pay $$ for keep "forgetting" my login and making me re-login? Same device/browser. Do you not like loyal subscribers? It makes me regret subscribing. Remember me. How hard is it? @forbes.com I'm looking at you this time.

14.01.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Bay bridge

Bay bridge

Uncommon views of San Francisco #photography

13.01.2025 21:56 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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California Fire Facts | Governor Gavin Newsom Get the facts about the Los Angeles fires.

@governor.ca.gov just launched a new site to ensure the public has access to fact-based data around the Southern California wildfires.

Get the facts:Β californiafirefacts.com

12.01.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 8464 πŸ” 3741 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 156

Yay! πŸŽ‰ Let me know how it goes!

12.01.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Monkey & taj

Monkey & taj

Monkey business

12.01.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see you, too! πŸ‘‹

12.01.2025 06:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Flickr Foundation

Yes, family owned and operated, no need or plans to sell, hope it outlasts me, our Flickr Foundation is intended to live 100+ years, and we love photography and photographers. What other questions can I answer? www.flickr.org

12.01.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

To be clear, that’s 4 gigapixels / 200MiB per photo. πŸ‘

12.01.2025 04:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s 1,000 photos (up to 4 gigapixels / 200MiB) for free. That’s not usable? What would be?

12.01.2025 04:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

so people are thinking about stopping doing instagram?

what if we all went back to flickr?

this place, flickr and a handcoded neocities site. covers all the food groups?

11.01.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Definitely on our radar. AT Protocol is a different beast than ActivityPub, with its own pros & cons, including a more centralized structure (indexing), so it’s not quite a slam-dunk for us. But we’re listening & thinking. Appreciate the feedback, thanks!

11.01.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
SmugMug's original homepage, circa early 2003. (Launched November 3rd, 2002, but this screenshot would be identical).

SmugMug's original homepage, circa early 2003. (Launched November 3rd, 2002, but this screenshot would be identical).

I assume it'll expand when people click, I don't see anything wrong with the HTTP response headers, but I'll attach it here just in case.

01.01.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe even more embarrassing that it didn't embed properly on Bluesky... πŸ€”

01.01.2025 10:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As an embarrassing example, here's the original homepage, with the original logo. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜‚ photos.smugmug.com/SmugMug/n-MB...

01.01.2025 10:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A social distancing cheat chart:

01.01.2025 00:07 πŸ‘ 57371 πŸ” 11210 πŸ’¬ 1118 πŸ“Œ 597

I've been blowing you off for years, because, you know, "what's in it for me?"... but if you're really ready to commit to at least ~$70/year, assuming my pitch is good (spoiler alert: it is), well, coffee is on me!

01.01.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Correct answer!

01.01.2025 09:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! It's gone through a period few tweaks over the years (and both the name and logo were entirely accidents in the first place!), but I love it and Smuggy (our mascot).

01.01.2025 09:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You know it's serious when I swap my SmugMug Pro strap on to the new camera! @don.flickr 😎

05.12.2024 19:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@jay.bsky.team please, i beg, implement β€œremove this follower” or soft blocking.

i don’t need to give certain people the attention of being blocked (it’s what they want), but i also don’t want to be associated with them in any way.

24.11.2024 03:20 πŸ‘ 593 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 9
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National Academies: New Heroes - Christopher Michel Capturing the essence of leaders in science, engineering, and medicine through soulful images holds tangible value for our society. In a world often absorbed by the superficial, these quiet portraits ...

My "New Heroes" project for the National Academies aims to capture the essence of leaders in science, engineering, and medicine through photography. I hope these quiet portraits will help humanize those who play a vital role in our collective existence. www.christophermichel.com/New-Heroes/N...

13.11.2024 13:56 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3