OpenAQ’s 2025 Year in Data report shows major growth in #AirQuality monitoring, with 3,500+ new or recovered locations, 86M+ measurements added, and coverage across 141 countries. Sensors like Clarity’s are expanding access to #AirPollutionData worldwide.
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A black and white photgraph of a long tail boat on the Chao Phraya river
On the Chao Phraya
📷 Canon Elan 7
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plut (pushed +2)
#believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #filmphotography
A black and white film photograph of a tuk-tuk driving down a street in Bangkok Thailand. A store sign with Thai characters is in the background.
Grainy Bangkok
📷 Canon Elan 7
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus (pushed +2)
#filmisnotdead #believeinfilm
A line chart shows charges for trespassing, sidewalk obstruction and unlawful camping between 2017 and 2025. Three lines representing the number of each type of charge rise sharply in 2025.
NEW Albuquerque’s Mayor Said Arrests Were “Not the Solution” to Homelessness. Yet Jail Bookings Have Skyrocketed. www.propublica.org/article/albu... By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social & Ruth Talbot
We are thrilled to introduce the 2026 OpenAQ Community Ambassadors! This year, we're welcoming ten leaders who will champion clean air & open data within their local communities.
Learn more: ambassadors.openaq.org/cohorts/2026
A photograph of a statue on the corner of a building in Rome
Roma
🎞️ Kodak Ektar 100
📷 Canon Elan 7
#believeinfilm #filmphotography
Cinestill Df96, monobath and a rinse, doesnt get much easier than that!
black and white image of Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi with buildings in the background
Quattro fiumi
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
📷 Canon Elan 7
Ponte degli Angeli bridge with the Tevere river and tree line behind
First at-home B&W development. Ponte degli Angeli, Roma
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus
📷 Canon Elan 7
A mason jar with yellow flowers with a dark background
Just did a couple of test shots to try out this 20 years expired Kodak Ultra Color 100, very happy with how well it has stood up.
📷 Yashica A
🎞️ Kodak Ultra Color 100UC
Buildings on the bank of the Arno river
Arno
📷 Canon Elan 7
🎞️ Cinestill 800T
A large wooden door in Rome. Half of the door is charred.
Door in Monti, Roma.
📷 Canon Elan 7
🎞️ Kodak Ektar 100
Kodak is officially selling their own film again for the first time in many years and will be selling directly to photography stores now.
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Hot air balloons dipping into the Rio Grande with the Sandia Mountains in the background
I have been learning to develop my own film and trying to shoot a lot more. Since it's balloon fiesta season here in ABQ, here's a scan from my first roll of self-developed 120.
📷 Yashica A
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
Bologna 2025! #csvconf #commallama
Method of choice even in resource constrained contexts (ie not enough housing) . the counter reactions to housing first tend to be cruel, punitive and ineffective in my opinion. Which you’re seeing in DC
Address short term emergency needs and fixing the longer term housing needs simultaneously. I would probably fall into the camp of “we haven’t really tried enough housing first” to me it’s rarely been attempted in earnest with all the resources to be successful. I think it can and should be the
I think harm reduction and housing first are really complementary. I wouldn’t say that supporting harm reduction without housing solutions is bad, but you can’t really expect housing outcomes, just less harm and better public health outcomes. Ultimately I think multiple angles of attack are key.
affordability
affordability were not also addressed as part of the solution.
take a long time (not to mention time to build to increase stock). It's not unrealistic that if voter were told "$X solves the issue" and in some contexts that may actually pass. it could be really detrimental if it failed to address the problem because more systemic things, like stock and
Focusing on $$ alone ignores access to affordable housing. Without sufficient stock of affordable housing money alone cannot solve the problem. "it costs 50k to house someone" fails if there is nowhere to house them. Policy changes that increase affordability and housing stock are much less sexy and
So excited to back at csv,conf this year in Bologna la rossa!
A radial histogram showing the frequency of hues used across air quality indexes (AQIs) as reported on the OpenAQ AQI Hub
Big Updates from the AQI Hub! We've just published articles for 5 new countries including Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Monaco, and Uruguay. 🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇴🇲🇨🇺🇾 aqihub.info
So you took it down RIGHT??
A screenshot of the OpenAQ AQI Hub website. Showing an example page for the Costa Rica Indice Costarricense de Calidad del Aire (ICCA) with a graphic of the colors used to represent the severity levels of the ICCA
AQI Hub has a new look! Explore 25 different national/regional air quality index methods at aqihub.info. A complete site refresh built with @astro.build
A DHL Express customs duty invoice addressed to Adafruit Industries in Brooklyn, NY, showing various charges including a highlighted import export duties fee of $36,126.46.
Tariffs just got real: our first $36K bill with 125% + 20% + 25% markup hits hard 💸. These are upfront costs - due before selling a single unit - causing serious cash flow strain, price increases, read more! 📦 adafruit.com/tariffbill
#tariffs
