Coping Mechanism

A blog about everything by Jack Baty

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Black and white film photo of analog tools on desk (watch, fountain pen, film camera, etc)
Analog (2026). Leica MP

I shouldn't use multiple tools for a single task, but I do it anyway.

Speaking of multiple tools, why am I posting here instead of at baty.net? Probably because I don't feel like doing the work that it takes to post over there.

The last thing I care about in a lens is corner sharpness.

I've been off Mastodon (my only active social media account) for days now and I'm starting to like it. My thoughts aren't continually filled with those from other people at random. I'm thinking about moving all of the social stuff to Ghost's ActivityPub, but that would mean leaning hard into Ghost and copingmechanism.com for identity. I did this before with Baty.net but bailed after just a few weeks. Would I do that again? Probably. Sigh. Still noodling on it.

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