Interview: “Courage Is Contagious”: Survivors Demand Epstein Files Release as More Women Come Forward
Epstein survivors held a press conference outside Congress on Wednesday, detailing their experiences of abuse & calling for the release of all Epstein files.
Some are collaborating on creating a list of abusers.
At the same time, lawmakers are compiling a bill to compel the Justice Department to release all the files.
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#EpsteinFiles #USPol #Europol #Survivors .
“Courage Is Contagious”: Survivors Demand Epstein Files Release as More Women Come Forward
Jeffrey Epstein survivors rallied in front of Congress on Wednesday, detailing their experiences of abuse and calling for the release of all Epstein files. “We cannot heal without justice,” says one Epstein survivor, Chauntae Davies.Democracy Now!
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Fiamme altissime all'Euro Stamp di Pianezza, è allarme ambientale
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Fiamme altissime all'Euro Stamp di Pianezza, è allarme ambientale
E' allarme ambientale a Pianezza, nel Torinese, per un incendio che ha devastato la Euro Stamp, azienda specializzata in progettazione e produzio…La Stampa
Fabbrica in fiamme a Pianezza, allarme sostanze tossiche
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Fabbrica in fiamme a Pianezza, allarme sostanze tossiche
Un enorme incendio ha devastato nel Torinese lo stabilimento Euro Stamp di Pianezza, in via Airauda. Si tratta di un azienda specializzata in pr…La Stampa
The Trump Regime is working on stripping trans people of their rights.
If they can take away your second amendment rights, the first, fifth, and fourteenth amendment rights are next on the chopping block.
cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/tr…
#uspol #fascism #trans #civilrights
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Macron: "26 i paesi impegnati in una forza di rassicurazione per l’Ucraina"
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#FotoVorschlag
Oben und Unten >> Up and down
Charles W. Morgan
Whaling ship, active: 1841-1921
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic CT USA
#Photography #MysticSeaport
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Charles W. Morgan - The Last Wooden Whaleship in the World!
The Charles W. Morgan is the last of an American whaling fleet and is now is the only wooden whaleship ship still afloat. Check it out now!Mystic Seaport Museum
"For months, Donald Trump, who campaigned on releasing the Epstein files, has been doing everything he can to distract from calls to release them."
~ Joyce Vance
#Epstein #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #pedophiles #CoverUp
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It's Time to Release the Epstein Files
People who fight this hard to hide something have something to hide.Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
"But nobody who was actively wallowing in Epstein's experiments in inhumanity deserves any privacy. The women who appeared on the steps of the Capitol need their lives restored and their courage honored. Anything less is another measure of how far this country has sunk."
#Epstein #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #pedophiles #CoverUp
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"Epstein once walked me into Donald Trump’s office at Trump Tower, where I was groped by Trump as Epstein stood by and watched. (Trump denies that this ever happened). For years I stayed silent in order to protect my privacy and my family."
~ Stacey Williams
#Epstein #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #pedophiles #CoverUp
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theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
I dated Jeffrey Epstein. The files must be released
This is not a partisan issue. The American people – and Epstein’s many victims – deserve transparencyGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
WNBA Union Head says ‘We’re in a Labor Fight’ as Talks Stall
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/wnba-union-head-says-we-re-in-a-labor-fight-as-talks-stall?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Thank you.
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Zur Zeit höre ich täglich #redbricks ... schließlich spielen die ihren geilen Scheiß beim #Beernowopen #festival in #Bernau am 12.9....
Bis dahin sollte ich halbwegs textsicher sein...äh---hoffentlich..
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#oi #sharp #punk PUNKT!
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Das Bild zeigt ein farbenfrohes Plakat für das "BNO Festival" mit den Daten Donnerstag, 11.09.25, Freitag, 12.09.25, und Samstag, 13.09.25. Der Hintergrund ist dunkelblau mit Sternen und einem flammenförmigen Flamingo, der ein Bierkrug hält. Der Titel "BEER NOW OPEN BNO FESTIVAL" ist in neonfarbenen Buchstaben geschrieben. Es gibt drei Tagesabläufe mit verschiedenen Veranstaltungen und Musikgruppen. Eintritt ist am Donnerstag kostenlos, während Tickets am Freitag und Samstag erhältlich sind. Ein Bus-Shuttle-Service von Bernau Bahnhof zum Festgelände ist angeboten.
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Report: US veterans interrupt senate hearing to denounce Israel's genocide
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar & Captain Josephine Guilbeau interrupted a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing...
declaring their constitutional duty to speak out against Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Capitol Police escorted both from the room.
Video:
trtworld.com/world/article/8b8…
#GazaGenocide #USSenate #Anthony Aguilar #Josephine Guilbeau #USPol #EuroPol #Racism #Press #GHF @palestine .
US Army veteran disrupts Senate hearing, denounces Gaza genocide
Anthony Aguilar, a retired Green Beret and whistleblower on US-funded Gaza aid operations, says he witnessed Israeli forces shooting starving civilians at distribution sites.TRT Global
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GHF Contractor Tells All On Genocidal Israeli 'Aid' Plan (w/ Anthony Aguilar) | The Chris Hedges Report
Anthony Aguilar, a retired Green Beret, recalls his harrowing experiences in Gaza serving as a subcontractor for UG Solutions — from witnessing high tech surveillance to indiscriminate murder.Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)
‘The unthinkable in Gaza City has already begun’
“This unthinkable is not looming – it is already here. The escalation is underway.”
“The cost of inaction will be measured in the lives of children buried in rubble, wasted by hunger, and silenced before they ever had a chance to speak.”
Tess Ingram, #UNICEF
![The grandmother of three-year-old Ibrahim al-Mabhuh, who survived an Israeli air strike on a house that killed his parents and two sisters, holds him in Gaza City [File: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters]](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/58091775 "The grandmother of three-year-old Ibrahim al-Mabhuh, who survived an Israeli air strike on a house that killed his parents and two sisters, holds him in Gaza City [File: Ebrahim Hajjaj/Reuters]")
Boulanger, Debussy, Saint-Saëns with Lang and Churchill from Sydney - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Lang Lang, piano, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey play: L.BOULANGER: D’un Matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning). DEBUSSY: La Mer – Three Symphonic Sketches. SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No.2, Op...www.worldconcerthall.com
They are not invited! Jubaland forces in Mandera fleeing internal strife in Somalia - Murkomen
#Jubaland forces have been operating in #Kenya since president Uhuru Kenyatta era, its yet another scheme of Kenya interfering in Somalia internal affairs by supporting Somaliland and Jubaland to break away from federal state of #Somalia.
the-star.co.ke/news/2025-09-03…
They are not invited! Jubaland forces in Mandera fleeing internal strife in Somalia - Murkomen
“The people who are in Mandera are not in Kenya on an invitation by the government of Kenya."The Star
What you drink after a run can influence your recovery, according to science
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/nutrition/hydration/a65968320/post-run-hydration-and-recovery/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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What you drink after a run can influence your recovery, according to science
Choose your post-run beverage wisely, because a recent study has found that it could impact the way that your body recovers from the effort.Rachel Boswell (Runner's World)
The image depicts a silver, humanoid figure sitting on a reflective surface in space. The figure is positioned with its back to the viewer, gazing out at a vast, star-filled expanse. The background features a bright, central light source, likely representing a star, with a galaxy and planets visible in the distance. The figure's posture is relaxed, with one arm resting on its knee and the other on the surface it is sitting on. The text overlay reads, "How it feels to say 'okay' instead of arguing." The overall scene conveys a sense of calm and contemplation.
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4⭐ Nansen Ski Jump, Milan NH
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1 mile · Moderate | A short hike to the foot of a northern New Hampshire sporting legacy.
#NewHampshire #MilanNH #BerlinNH #Hiking #Trail #Outdoors #Blog #Ski #Skiing #NewEngland #Abandoned #Trails #Hike
Nansen Ski Jump, Milan NH
• 4-star hike • 1 mile out-and-back • Moderate | Gain 160 feet • Milan, NH | Great North Woods . ...Stuart Green (Blogger)
Reports on what I've been working on the last couple days. Mostly reorganization. I feel compelled to promote non corporate sites on the corporate sites. Few will be shown my content but my work update is incomplete if I fail to mention what feels good about it, I'm building my own space outside Meta. I carry some small hope that other creators will recognize the icky feelings of corporate sharing & gravitate towards more rewarding alternatives.
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music [because they admit they no longer show posts without music]: The Housemartins • Happy Hour.
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ABOUT ROB button that's a picture of me with frizzy hair and big bug eye sunglasses and a smirk smile. Post text overlay: LATEST WORK ADDING TO RARTSY
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Do you have a friend who has joined a different server and you want to follow them, but their account doesn't show up in searches?
The surest way to find each other's profiles is to exchange account addresses with your friend and paste these into the search box in your app or server. You can find your account address on your profile page:
➡️ fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-ad…
Pasting an account address causes that account's profile to show up on your server, you can then just click "Follow".
What’s my account’s address? How do I follow other people’s addresses? How can people follow my address? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
POLL: Should Angela Rayner resign over flat tax row?
"That small boat was attacked off the coast of #Venezuela which is over a 1000 nautical miles away from here. The #UnitedStates was obviously well out of range of that boat...
This civilian, non-military #boat was not struck in self-defense... they just summarily killed everybody on board...
extrajudicial murder...
Whatever pretext this admn may claim, this looks for all the world like a flagrant violation of #US & international #law”
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#Trump #Hegseth #Politics #News
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One of the few games on my phone is a mobile version of an old, simple but often frustrating pattern recognition game called "Set." It's excellent for keeping your brain sharp.
The game goes like this: You get dealt 12 cards to start all laid out in front of you. Each card has 1, 2 or 3 shapes; each of the shapes on the card is either red, green or blue; and each shape is either fully shaded with the color, striped, or clear w/ just the color on the edge of the shape(s).
The object for each 12 cards is to find a "Set," which consists of three cards that are either:
a) all alike in at least one way
b) not at all alike
If you have any doubts whether any three cards are a set, the rule "If two of the cards are one thing and one of them is not, it's not a Set" usually helps.
Anyway, I discovered something amazing today after playing the app version of this game for the umpteenth time over many years. The app has a version of the game that only does solid shapes, and so it makes the game way less challenging, and a lot faster. What I discovered and have repeatedly demonstrated now is that my score and time for completing the most complex version of this game improved remarkably after just playing the easy version once before trying the harder version.
There's a card game that works similarly, Spot it! or Dobble if you are outside the US. All cards have a match with others, lots of small variations in play. It's humbling to lose so hard to an 8 year old. But great to have a game where adult knowledge isn't a boon.
LibreOffice Certified Developers — The Document Foundation
LibreOffice Certified Developers LibreOffice Certified Developers are individuals who have proven their ability to master LibreOffice code: to develop new features; provide L3 Support to enterprise users; research and develop solutions to new or unkn…www.documentfoundation.org
Spaziergang in der Mittagspause über den Garnisonsfriedhof in #Rendsburg. Hier liegen Tote der Kriege der letzten 200 Jahre. Revolutionäre der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Erhebung 1848, Soldaten aus dem Deutsch-Dänischen Krieg 1864 und natürlich wird hier an die Gefallenen aus dem ersten und zweiten Weltkrieg gedacht. Es gibt aber auch einen Gedenkstein für Russische Zwangsarbeiter, die in Rendsburg umgebracht worden sind.
#Friedhof #Gedenken #Krieg #Frieden
Comment les riches ne paient pas d'impôt.
(traduction de pas moi d'une image tournant en anglais)
#Impôt #ÉvasionFiscale #QuandOnEstRicheÇaNeSarrêteJamais #LesRichesRendezLargent #EatTheRich
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EFF Awards Spotlight ✨ Erie Meyer
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"In 1992 EFF presented our very first awards recognizing key leaders and organizations advancing innovation and championing civil liberties and human rights online. Now in 2025 we're continuing to celebrate the accomplishments of people working toward a better future for everyone with the EFF Awards!All are invited to attend the EFF Awards on Wednesday, September 10 at the San Francisco
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Ich bin nun auf dem Rückweg. Dazu bin ich heute Richtung Westen ca. 80 km nach Norwegen gefahren.
Ein bisschen Wehmut kam auf, bald werde ich diese nahezu endlosen Wälder verlassen haben. Ich werde es vermissen auf so langen Strecken fast alleine da durch geradelt zu sein, jeden Kilometer genießend.
Das Wetter hatte heute alles zu bieten. Wind von vorn, von der Seite und im Rücken, sowie Sonne und ausgiebigen Regen.
Nach den ersten knapp 10 km ging es stetig aber gemächlich auf einer Landatraße bergauf. Nach dem Passieren der norwegisch-schwedischen Grenze ging es dann im Regen auf norwegischen Schotter weiter bergauf. Ich hatte mir da bereits die Überzieher über die Schuhe gezogen, warme und trockene Füße sind Gold. Der Rest war nass.
Als es dann wieder Asphalt unter den Reifen gab, kam die Sonne raus und die Strecke wurde flacher und der Wind gab gut Schub und die Klamotten konnten ein wenig trocknen.
Das Bild zeigt eine ruhige Landschaft mit einer asphaltierten Straße, die sich durch eine weite, offene Landschaft schlängelt. Auf der linken Seite der Straße befindet sich ein breiter Feldweg, der von grünen Büschen und Gras umgeben ist. Im Hintergrund erstreckt sich ein ruhiges Gewässer, das von bewaldeten Hügeln umgeben ist. Der Himmel ist teilweise bewölkt, was dem Bild eine ruhige und friedliche Atmosphäre verleiht. Auf der rechten Seite der Straße steht ein rotes Gebäude, das an ein traditionelles Bauernhaus erinnert. Die Straße ist gut gepflegt und weist keine Verkehrszeichen auf, was auf eine ruhige, ländliche Umgebung hinweist.
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Das Bild zeigt eine nasse Landstraße, die sich durch eine ländliche Landschaft schlängelt. Die Straße ist von einer grünen Wiese und einem getrockneten, goldenen Feld auf der rechten Seite begrenzt. Auf der linken Seite stehen Bäume, die den Weg säumen. Im Hintergrund sind einige Gebäude zu sehen, darunter ein rotes Bauernhaus und ein weiteres Gebäude, das sich in einem ländlichen Stil befindet. Der Himmel ist teilweise bewölkt, was auf eine kühle und feuchte Atmosphäre hinweist. Die Straße ist nass, was auf kürzlich gefallenen Regen hinweist. Die Umgebung wirkt ruhig und friedlich, typisch für eine ländliche Gegend.
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Das Bild zeigt eine ruhige, asphaltierte Straße, die sich durch eine dichte, grüne Wälderlandschaft schlängelt. Die Straße ist von einer weißen, gestrichenen Linie begrenzt, die sich in der Ferne in einem sanften Bogen verliert. Die Umgebung ist von hohen, dunkelgrünen Bäumen umgeben, die eine natürliche Barriere bilden. Der Himmel ist bedeckt mit grauen Wolken, was auf eine bedeckte Wetterlage hinweist. Die Straße führt durch eine hügelige Landschaft mit vereinzelten Gräsern und Moos, was auf eine nasse oder feuchte Umgebung hinweist. Die Szene vermittelt ein Gefühl von Ruhe und Einsamkeit, typisch für ländliche Gebiete.
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Das Bild zeigt eine Perspektive von einem Fahrzeug, das auf einem unebenen, staubigen Waldweg fährt. Im Vordergrund ist ein gelber, wasserdichter Rucksack mit schwarzen Riemen zu sehen, der fest an der Ladefläche des Fahrzeugs befestigt ist. Der Rucksack trägt die Aufschrift "NRS". Im unteren Bereich des Bildes ist ein Teil eines GPS-Geräts sichtbar, das auf eine Temperatur von 76 Grad Celsius und eine Geschwindigkeit von 14,3 km/h zeigt. Der Weg ist von dichtem Wald umgeben, mit hohen Bäumen und grünen Sträuchern am Straßenrand. Die Umgebung wirkt ruhig und naturnah, mit einem leicht verschwommenen Hintergrund, der die Bewegung des Fahrzeugs andeutet.
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Cette semaine c'est aussi la rentrée pour EPOC.
Nouveau format, nouvelle adresse epocinfo.fr/
#politique #election #resultat #sondage #article #bio #necrologie #rentree #rentree2025
Kennt sich wer von Euch mit höchstspannungsleitungen in unterirdischer Verlegung aus?
Ich hab heute eine Trasse live besucht und war etwas ratlos, warum da gasdichte Leerrohre verbuddelt werden?
Mit 280mm sind die auch recht massiv.
Werden die nach dem einziehen des Kabels noch mit (edel-)Gas gefüllt, um Brände nicht entstehen zu lassen und ggfls. Beschädigungen frühzeitig zu erkennen?
#südostlink
#50hertz
#höchstspannung
#gleichspannung
#erdkabel
Por si te lo perdiste
Microsoft Rewards Afiliados: Gana gratis recompensas mientras haces lo que diariamente estas haciendo
En la era digital, monetizar tu contenido o tus… #Ciencia #Tecnología
#Blog No te olvides de dejar un comentario!
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Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3 | TechCrunch
Google Photos already offers video generation through its "Photo to video" feature, but the company says the addition of Veo 3 enhances that functionality with higher-quality video.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Threads challenges X by offering free support for up to 10K characters, plus prominent links
Threads challenges X by offeri...
Threads challenges X by offering free support for up to 10K characters, plus prominent links | TechCrunch
Meta says says that the 10,000 characters give people more room to express themselves, but also allows them to promote their work and drive others to "wherever it lives," even if not on Threads itself.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Threads challenges X by offering free support for up to 10K characters, plus prominent links | TechCrunch
Meta says says that the 10,000 characters give people more room to express themselves, but also allows them to promote their work and drive others to "wherever it lives," even if not on Threads itself.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3
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Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3 | TechCrunch
Google Photos already offers video generation through its "Photo to video" feature, but the company says the addition of Veo 3 enhances that functionality with higher-quality video.Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Designing an Open Source Micro-Manipulator
When you think about highly-precise actuators, stepper motors probably aren’t the first device that comes to mind. However, as [Diffraction Limited]’s sub-micron capable micro-manipulator shows, they can reach extremely fine precision when paired with external feedback.
The micro-manipulator is made of a mobile platform supported by three pairs of parallel linkages, each linkage actuated by a crank mounted on a stepper motor. Rather than attaching to the structure with the more common flexures, these linkages swivel on ball joints. To minimize the effects of friction, the linkage bars are very long compared to the balls, and the wide range of allowed angles lets the manipulator’s stage move 23 mm in each direction.
A Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and three motor drivers control this creation; even here, the attention to detail is impressive. The motor drivers couldn’t have internal charge pumps or clocked logic units, since these introduce tiny timing errors and motion jitter. The carrier circuit board is double-sided and uses through-hole components for ease of replication; in a nice touch, the lower silkscreen displays pin numbers.
To test the manipulator’s capabilities, [Diffraction Limited] used it to position a chip die under a microscope. To test its accuracy and repeatability, he traced the path a slicer generated for the first layer of a Benchy, vastly scaled-down, with the manipulator. When run slowly to reduce thermal drift, it could trace a Benchy within a 20-micrometer square, and had a resolution of about 50 nanometers.
He’s already used the micro-manipulator to couple an optical fiber with a laser, but [Diffraction Limited] has some other uses in mind, including maskless lithography (perhaps putting the stepper in “wafer stepper”), electrochemical 3D printing, focus stacking, and micromachining. For another promising take on small-scale manufacturing, check out the RepRapMicron.
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Thanks to [Nik282000] for the tip!
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I usually scroll past posts with no alt text, but this account really takes the biscuit.
It's almost like an intern (or a bot) is Getting It Wrong On Purpose.
Pasting the same text from the bsky post (instead of making a screenshot and posting the image) would be so much easier.
Porsche-Chef Blume strebt Rückkehr in den Dax an
Porsche muss den Dax verlassen, will aber schnell zurückkehren. Was Chef Oliver Blume zur Zukunft und den technischen Hintergründen des Börsenabstiegs sagt.
Returning To An Obsolete Home Movie Format
A few years ago, I bought an 8 mm home movie camera in a second hand store. I did a teardown on it here and pulled out for your pleasure those parts of it which I considered interesting. My vague plan was to put a Raspberry Pi in it, but instead it provided a gateway into the world of 8mm film technology. Since then I’ve recreated its Single 8 cartridge as a 3D printable model, produced a digital Super 8 cartridge, and had a movie camera with me at summer hacker camps.
When I tore down that Single 8 camera though, I don’t feel I did the subject justice. I concentrated on the lens, light metering, and viewfinder parts of the system, and didn’t bring you the shutter and film advance mechanism. That camera also lacked a couple of common 8 mm camera features; its light metering wasn’t through the lens, and its zoom lens was entirely manual. It’s time to dig out another 8 mm camera for a further teardown.
A Different Camera To Tear Down
My test camera is a battered and scuffed Minolta XL-250 that I found in a second hand store for not a lot. It takes Super 8 cartridges, of which I have an expired Kodachrome example for the pictures, and it has the advantage of an extremely well-thought-out design that makes dismantling it very easy. So out it comes to be laid bare for Hackaday.
Once the sides have come off the camera, immediately you can see a set of very early-70s-analogue PCBs containing the light metering circuitry. Typically this would involve a CdS cell and a simple transistor circuit, and the aperture is controlled via a moving coil meter mechanism. This camera also has a large mostly-unpopulated PCB, giving a clue to some of the higher-end features found on its more expensive sibling.
Turning our attention inside the camera to the film gate, we can see the casting the film cartridge engages with, and the frame opening for the shutter To the left of that opening is a metal claw that engages with the sprocket holes in the film, thus providing the primary film advancement. The metal claw is attached to a slider on the back of the film gate, which in turn is operated by the rotation of the shutter, which is the next object of our attention.
The shutter is a disc that spins at the frame rate, in this case 18 frames per second. It sits in the light path between the back of the lens system and the film gate. It has a segment cut out of the disc to let light through for part of the rotation, this is how it operates as a shutter. On its reverse is the cam which operates the slider for the film advancement claw, while its front is mirrored. This forms part of the through-the-lens light metering system which we’ll come to next.
The mirror on the front of the shutter is angled, which means that when the shutter is closed, the light is instead reflected upwards at right angles into a prism, which in turn directs the light to the light meter cell. The PCB on the other side must have a charge pump which takes this 18 Hz interrupted analogue signal and turns it into a DC to drive the moving coil mechanism. There’s a 10 uF capacitor which may be part of this circuit.
Finally, we come to the powered zoom feature that was missing from the previous camera. On the top of the camera is a W/T rocker, for Wide/Telephoto. that operates the zoom. It is connected to a set of levers inside the case, which emerge as a pin at the front of the camera below the lens. This engages with a small gearbox that drives a knurled ring on the lens body, and selects forward and reverse to turn the ring. It’s driven by the same motor as the shutter, so it only works when the camera is operating.
I hope this look at my Minolta has filled in some of the gaps left by the previous article, and maybe revealed that there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to 8 mm movies. Careful though. If you dip a toe into this particular puddle it may suck you in head first!
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Optimizing VLF Antennas
Using digital techniques has caused a resurgence of interest in VLF — very low frequency — radio. Thanks to software-defined radio, you no longer need huge coils. However, you still need a suitable antenna. [Electronics Unmessed] has been experimenting and asks the question: What really matters when it comes to VLF loops? The answer he found is in the video below.
This isn’t the first video about the topic he’s made, but it covers new ground about what changes make the most impact on received signals. You can see via graphs how everything changes performance. There are several parameters varied, including different types of ferrite, various numbers of loops in the antenna, and wire diameter. Don’t miss the comment section, either, where some viewers have suggested other parameters that might warrant experimentation.
Don’t miss the 9-foot square antenna loop in the video. We’d like to see it suspended in the air. Probably not a good way to ingratiate yourself with your neighbors, though.
Between software-defined radio and robust computer simulation, there’s never been a better time to experiment with antennas and radios. We first saw these antennas in an earlier post. VLF sure is easier than it used to be.
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No, not the pollies - she was referring to the survivors that are now joining the movement after hearing fellow survivors speak. It's extremely frightening to go public about the crimes of psychopathic billionnaires.
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And yes it is a scary thing to do especially in today's America big respect
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Oh, I get you 😁
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How much longer?
Well, patriarchy has been around for ~6000 years...
And using the word itself is still essentially verboten... 🤐