#pixelfed

[route22ny]

Blood Moon over Olana: An art student who once sketched on this hilltop was so taken by the scene that, fifteen years later, he returned as a successful Hudson River School painter to purchase it. Frederic Edwin Church went on to build Olana, the Orientalist mansion shown here. You can tour the villa if you are ever near Catskill, New York.

Photo by NYSloth on Pixelfed, March 2026

[videogamesskies]

My other blog, PixelSkylines, has been suspended without notice. I'm trying to get some explanations from tumblr, hoping to get it restored. I'm quite disappointed about it.

Did you know I also have an acount on Pixelfed (the free, open source version of instagram)? Over there, I publish posts from both Video Games Skies and Pixel Skylines. Check it out at https://pixelfed.social/videogamesskies

[loovyp51823]

The first day of winter, the first week of Advent. Here comes Candy girl :)

[thelearningcurvephotography]

St. Paul's Bloor Street No 2 Old Film Version. Opened in 1860, the third incarnation of St. Paul's Bloor Street at 227 Bloor St E in Toronto Canada seats over 2000 and is now the the largest Anglican church in the city. The building was designated a Heritage Property by The City of Toronto in 1989. Original photography using a Canon EOS 60D body with a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens and Analog EFEX Pro 2 as a Lightroom plugin for the Old Film effect. https://linktr.ee/thelearningcurvephotography #toronto #streetsoftoronto #blackandwhite #bnw #originalphotography #photography #architecture #building #canadian #church https://pixelfed.social/p/TLCPhotography/919172070953929896?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

[hillbillyoracle]

If I designed an app that let you scroll through random pictures of say wildlife, sent you notifications when it had new pictures, you could pull down to refresh, had an algorithm that showed you your favorite animals - all the features people talk about as being addictive in social media - you probably wouldn't lose hours upon hours refreshing it the way people do Instagram or TikTok.

This is why while I definitely do agree social media is designed to be addictive, but the conversation beginning and ending with that misses the fact that we only use those sites because they're basically holding our social contacts hostage.

Which I get is some strong language but consistently when I talk about leaving social media this is what people cite over and over again. They captured the market share of our friends and families and we pay to get them back with our personal details and content to train their opaque AIs. Studies have shown that people would be more likely to pay for their friends and family to stop using social media than to pay to get it back - they destroy value and commodify you for the privilege.

Call me crazy but I just think our social connections are too important for a company - any company - to own.

This is why I really recommend switching to decentralized social media - Mastodon and Pixelfed are great ones to start with.

Be the first adopter, the person who can show your friends and family how to switch when they're ready.

[fulcrum-021]

Augh finally found the perfect Instagram alternative and it's literally So nice to have a social media that's photo centric again. So much amazing photography ✨

Anyone else on Pixelfed? 👀

[onlytiktoks]

[gryficowa]

I said I was complicating my life

Paulina (@[email protected])

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