Media: The 1976 climbing tragedy of Nanda Devi Unsoeld (longform), more on MILF Manor from Cody Ko (video), the Hunt for Russian Collaborators in Ukraine (longform), Russia’s Convict Fighters are Heading Home (longform), and this must see on Netflix:
It took 79 months to get to that screen.
Media: Much needed winter comedy from Paul T. Goldman (TV), Detroiters, S1 (TV), You People (film). Couldn’t bring myself to actually watch Milf Manor (TV) so I watched Cody Ko’s recap. Most disturbing forest encounters (youtube). That is a lot of fluff, compared to this horrific tale: The Escape Artist – The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World (book), which is an important read and very well done. Alex Hollings talking about Highly Classified Aerospace Programs on The Team House (podcast) was a great listen.
from the notebook: Back in 1988 I photographed some kids playing with guns outside our apartment. This week one of the kid’s kids found the photos and reached out. Love that.
He is the one with the fluffy hair and mullet…
Many moments fly by. This one hit. I was photographing from the Senate gallery as Sen. Nate Blouin read a statement by Ari Webb during the voting on and passing of another anti-transgender bill in the Utah Senate. A quote from Bryan Schott’s article in The Salt Lake Tribune:
“This is a reminder of the fact that people like me are not accepted by the majority of this body. This is not a partisan issue. No one is trying to indoctrinate your kids into the trans community that would welcome them with open arms. I would not be alive if I had not been able to transition, and I am lucky that my attempts to take my life before that time failed,” Webb wrote.
Media: How Eric Adams Started Mentoring a Con Man (longform). How “Battle Royale” took over video games (longform). Overreach (book):
The people are not stupid. They watch and laugh nervously and see how low the actors will go
The PEZ Outlaw (film) treats its quirky characters with a loving hand. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (film), something I should have seen last year.
