Notices by Monsieur Ralph (ralphbassfeld@swiss.social)

#MountainMonday #Photomonday #Fotomontag #landscapephotography
At the end of the year, when looking back at my favourite photos of 2025, this will be a top contender.
I photographed this scene yesterday through a window of the Lumen museum of mountain photography on Kronplatz, South Tyrol, Italy, The changing mix of light, clouds and snow showers was breathtaking. A photographer’s dream.

Subscribed to Granta magazine. Looking forward to reading Badlands. https://granta.com/

#silentsunday #iceland #puffin

@appleinsider @inthehands or never connect your TV to the internet and just use an Apple TV.

#silentsunday #iceland

#Fotomontag #Photomonday #iceland #puffin
A circle of puffins

'50 shades of green'
Seealpsee, Appenzell, Switzerland

#FotoVorschlag

I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe,… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion ... I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate ...Easter bunnies riding motorcycles on the German autobahn

From a US consumer perspective, Temu is the new Gucci.

‚Am Ende des Regenbogens‘
#FotoVorschlag
Calheta/Prazeres, Madeira.

#Fotovorschlag zwei Farben
Two colours

“Internet of Things (IoT). We keep talking about it as something achievable. Perhaps it’s time we started talking about what it really is: one of the biggest consumer scams ever invented. For a generation, we’ve been sold a vision of seamless automation, of homes that would adapt intelligently to our needs. What we really have is an overpriced, overcomplicated mess that makes simple tasks unnecessarily difficult.”
https://crazystupidtech.com/archive/the-illusion-of-a-smart-home/

@skinnylatte you mean the original SLR version? This is the new digital one, but design and body have much in common.

Oooh, look what arrived today. #omsystem #OM3 #M43

'Treppen'. Stairs.

#FotoVorschlag #Photography

Have a MS-Teams meeting.
*starts Teams*………start-up screen starts…
*waits*…..- nothing happens
*restarts PC*
*waits* …………..…*enters password* …..
*restarts Teams*
“We logged you out for your security”
*opens password manager*
*enters password for password manager*
*searches for password and types password into MS-Teams*
“Please use Microsoft Authenticator iOS app”
*doesn’t want to re-download app from App Store, so rereads blurb to find alternative authentication methods*
*chooses sms*
1/2

“In 1970 the four of them went on a couples’ holiday to Cyprus, where they marvelled at the combined effect of their voices during evening singalongs. Within three years they had pooled their individual careers, and names, into Abba – with permission from the original Abba, one of Sweden’s biggest producers of herring.” The London Review of Books on their authorized biography “The Book of Abba: Melancholy Undercover” by Jan Gradvall. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n24/chal-ravens/twinge-of-saudade (probably paywalled)

My favourite street photo of 2024. #Bern #streetphotography

#MountainMonday #Zermatt
The first rays of sunlight hit the top of the Matterhorn.

#Fensterfreitag #Zermatt #adventskalender #ArtAdventCalendar
Das 13. Türchen ist auf. The 13th window of the advent calendar is open.