Rokkors here as well! I still shoot them mostly with film, but I'm tempted to get an adapter for my Fuji. Don't love the conversions though, stuck in my ways with focal lengths and it's just weird when a 28 becomes a 42!

Oh man that gives me flashbacks. Especially getting ready for winter coming up. Might have to go dust that off and play.

Mountain biking, beach, rock climbing, climbing gym, snowboarding, trail run, photo walk, games night, camping ... I like where I live!

Believe it or not Kodak very much still exists. Film photography is in a resurgence, and plenty of movies are still shot in it. Also a large chemical division. Still nothing compared to its glory days though.

There are also many ways to build a more efficient building envelope and insulation is one of the cheapest things that goes into a house. That makes the heat pumps even more viable in more climates.

I also love how people love to hate on heat pumps when there's so many shit box homes with electric baseboards wasting tons of power.

Nice view! Curious, what kind of insulation you're adding? To the interior it exterior?

Fine, Israel's leader/government, as elected by its population, is on record. Does that make it better?

1% of the population is a lot of people. That's tens of thousands of lives cut short. Kids who'll never grow up, families torn apart, etc. Should that not elicit emotion? There's plenty of videos of children and unarmed people trying to surrender or otherwise being shot. Seems like anyone and everyone to me.

Fun fact! Hysteria was originally thought to be a condition that only applied to women, hence the Greek root "hyster" for womb, as if that were the source of irrational emotion.

You mean the organization that Israel influenced the creation of through decades of mistreatment and mishandling of the situation? The same one Israel is on record saying it's a good thing as it allows Israel to treat Palestine as a hostile state? Basically exactly what they're doing now, killing anyone and everyone and just shrugging and saying "because hamas"?

Damn there's a throwback. Annnnd I feel old now hah.

Canada, and yeah when it comes to how we build we are definitely behind. Oil and gas is so entrenched in the economy, especially western provinces, that any going against that is blasphemy to a significant chunk of the population. It will get better though. We can already do better, the incentive just isn't there.

I'm a certified passive house designer and I'm always jealous of all the products and materials available in Europe!

A few more for you that I don't think I've seen mentioned: Kalaido Tycho Worakls The Cinematic Orchestra

Same here. Have yet to find a reason to consider anything else.