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Interview, today at 3pm. Seward. Huzzah!

The "Hey Anne" post

1. Outlaw ordination of female Catholic priests in Pittsburgh. (via Rickity Contrivances of Doing Good.) Nothing much to say about that, other than I wish 'em the best, as I reckon their lives aren't going to get any easier anytime soon.

2. Color photos of Imperial Russia, ca. 1909. (via Damn Interesting.) These are just... mind-blowing. This one in particular—I saw it and was just, like... that's what my world looks like. Those aren't imaginary old-photo firtrees, those are real. The moss on that rock... Jesus. Anyway.

What's particularly interesting about this was that showing these photos was a performing art—the (brilliant) guy who invented and deployed the process had no technology that would let him create prints, but he built a special projector for his developed plates that would let him put on a slideshow for people. So yeah, a little clunky in execution until they were able to digitally composite-and-print the suckers in 2001, but by god, the images he got. These colors are three quarters of a century ahead of their time.

Weirdly, because of the multiple-plate method, anyone who squirmed too much during the photo would bleed out into several ghostly monochrome images, as seen on the baby in this pic. You can see some halos around the other kids, too.

Precipitation wants to be free

It's been kicking out the heat lightning for hours, now, and no sign of rain. My weather dingus says it's still 34° (and crazily humid, too), and I am about to go batshit loco. (Because we all know how gracefully I handle heat, right?) I was hoping to get some writing done tonight, but I don't think it's going to happen until the sky decides to stop dicking around with us. I'm antsy, is what I'm saying.

On an unrelated note, it appears to be heavy magic season again. Huh.