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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

FYI it’s getting painted over soon if you wanna say goodbye to them! A few are already painted in “official” bike lake style

A white painted figure resembling a cyclist, with an exaggerated arm gesture, is seen on dark asphalt. The image creatively combines elements of a bike and a person in motion.

A bike lane marking on asphalt includes a stylized white bicycle icon, partially faded, with chalk markings and arrows indicating directions.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Usually I never set an alarm unless I have a shoot or call but after playing pinball til 1:30am last night I had to set one so I could get up for this England vs DR Congo #WorldCup match today - plus I couldn't sleep well b/c I am SO EXCITED about the USA vs Bosnia-Herzegovina match later!!!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

what is up with this German kit?! #WorldCup

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The lasers at Civic Center look pretty cool w/Karl too!

A vibrant night scene featuring SF City Hall illuminated with blue and white lights. Above, colorful lights hang in strings against a dark sky, with seven beams of light shining upward. People are seen in the foreground, creating a lively atmosphere.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Dang don’t fall asleep in the In-n-Out drive through! 😂

Image shows a busy In-N-Out drive-thru with a menu board displaying food items and prices. A red car is positioned near the "Order Here" sign. The post discusses a California man who fell asleep drunk in the drive-thru and is serving prison time for it.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

yes - lame right? though they only covered up the Levi's on the side most ppl approach the stadium from (at least when I was picking up my credentials)

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

@erisyoung.bsky.social I’m really enjoying your book! As an older aro-ace cis male I keep agreeing with so many points! I’m blowing through the book and can’t put it down!

A man in glasses reads “Ace Voices” by Eris Young in front of a window with a sunny view of the buildings across the way visible outside.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A typically weird work day today. Shooting keynotes, sessions and meet and greets with Roger Federer & the Dave Matthews Band, whom I last saw in a barn in Auburn, AL in 1993 I think!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Save the date - May 7th in San Francisco for Looking Forward, Giving Back! This is the main fundraising event/art show to support First Exposures, a youth mentoring program I've been a part of for 20 years! www.firstexposures.org/lfgb

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Got my first show of 2026 of some of my Polaroids in a group show called When the Moment Presents Itself at the new Lee's Launderette right here in the Mission! Details in the photo - lots of great #Polaroid artist will be showing and it leads up to Polacon Bay Area!

flyer for polaroid show at Lee's Launderette in SF. The flyer is the front and back of a Polaroid with the front showing a bunch of polaroid prints from the show and the back listing all the artists participating in the show. Opens on Fri Mar 6, 2026 @ 5:30pm at 3151 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

There's a Waymo depot near me and as I rode by I snapped a shot on my film camera. got the scans back today. I like that you can see that piece of art that was at Burning Man in the background too

a Waymo depot in San Francisco shot on 35mm with an Olympus OM2 camera. You can see a sculpture of a reclining woman that was at Burning Man on top of a building in the background

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Don’t make the operator tap the sign!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I'm Aro/Ace so last year I made myself one of those bingo cards for 2025 for makeout sessions. I used #Polaroids for the bingo and wrote a manifestation on the back. I got a bingo in the last week of the year too! I gave some of the Polaroids away too

Four Polaroid photos arranged in a 2x2 square grid. The top left one is on blue framed and is a double exposure from a hotel room in Las Vegas + a neon Vegas sign and says "Can We Make Out?" in orange marker on it. The top right is the back of a Polaroid that says "and note date?" on it. The bottom left is a Polaroid of a wall of beer cans from Silver Stamp and also says Can We Make Out? as does the final Polaroid of a giant Polaroid 600 camera set up inside a tent.

A bingo card for 2025 printed on yellow paper featuring several of the "can we make out" Polaroids. A vertical bingo goes down the left "B" column and there is no free space

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Tonight I’m running another Threesomes #pinball tournament in San Francisco! Great for newbies to pinball or hardcore pinballers. Probably the last one of 2025. Gestalt at 3159 16th st. 7pm start! Watch the 49ers & flip!

Pinball tournament flyer of 49ers game day promo showing Christian McCaffrey for ESPN/ABC

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Guess I mostly drink when I play #pinball or am in Vegas! 😂 #untappd

a screen grab of Untapped Wrapped showing Top Venues for 2025. #1 is The Silver Stamp in Las Vegas, followed by Port City Pinball, Gestalt, and Outer Orbit. In 4th is Logan Arcade. 2-5 are all pinball focused locations

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

just looked out my window as I read your post and saw it too!

Pathfinder 1 airship floating above san francisco from the mission district

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

#Vegas pinball folks - I will be running my Threesomes pinball tournament next Wednesday evening 12/17 at Good Timez Billiards starting at 7pm. Registration starts at 6pm and this is a fun, team-based format where you play in teams of three. Come by yourself or invite friends!

a group of people play in a Threesomes pinball tournament in San Francisco - the next edition will be in Las Vegas on Dec 17, 2025 at Good Timez

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

next Threesomes #pinball tournament next Monday 12/8 in SF! It's finally back due to popular demand!

Threesomes pinball tournament flyer at Gestalt san francisco on Mon 12/8/2025 at 7pm. Open to all skill levels and $5 entry. beginners wanted and team based

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Finally saw some of the cats in Godzilla #pinball by using the flipper codes.

The video screen on a Godzilla pinball machine showing a cat standing on a pinball machine with the caption KME’s PLAYTESTER

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Saw this on the way to BART this morning.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

was covering an AI conference this week - was nice to see these present

a photo of books staked on a table while a person peruses their phone during a conference on AI. The book on the bottom is "Enshittification" and other books include "How Books Can Save Democracy", "On Civil Disobedience" and "On Bullshit" amongst others. There is a watermark for orange photography on the bottom right

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

and a #Polaroid of it just as it was setting! You can see a tiny Sutro Tower @sutrotower.bsky.social too

A Polaroid photo of the sun setting behind San Francisco's skyline with Sutro Tower visible and the sun reflecting off the bay and lighting the side of the ferry boat the photo was taken from

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Yesterday was def warm so my friend and I rode the ferry just for fun - took a round trip to Alameda Seaplane terminal and caught the sunset at the perfect time. It's a cool angle to see the sun setting between buildings! Warm enough for no jacket and the breeze was 💯 #publictransit

photo of the sun setting above San Francisco from a ferry going to Alameda - there's a second sun showing up as a reflection from somewhere inside the phone I guess...

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Only shot film at #BurningMan this year so here's the #polaroids and 35mm shots!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Who’s going to #BurningMan? I’m going to try and take more #Polaroid portraits this year! (Double exposure example from last year)

Black and white Polaroid double exposure

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The rally that almost was… #polaroid double exposure from the Giants game today

A Polaroid double exposure of a silhouette of the Willy McCovey statue and view of the bases loaded where the Giants could’ve tied up the game.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

accomplished some things this past weekend by making the B-division playoffs at Pinburgh and getting a perfect round medal as well! Also was able to put up the GC score on Data East Star Wars and record my 1000th #pinball game score on Pindigo. Fun weekend hanging with friends but I'm wiped!

a screen grab from Pindigo score tracking app showing 1000 machine scores - current IFPA rank of 172 and highest IFPA rank of 132 (though in reality I was 109th!)

a perfect round medal close up worn on a pink Pinbaltimore tshirt

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

#Vegas folks, a friend is missing!

A “Missing” sign for Natalie Towle. Pls call 702-828-3111 if you have any info. She’s 46, 5’4” blue eyed blonde and her blue 2008 Mustang convertible is also missing

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Went to California Extreme this weekend. Usually play tons of #pinball and compete in the tournaments but hung out by the pool more and socialized since I had a bum foot. Here’s Erika hanging poolside with her foot in a brace on some sun-baked Polaroid film

A black framed Polaroid photo of a woman glancing to her left with bright sun on her face (which also causes some dramatic shadows). A bit of a light leak on the right side of the film adds to the vintage look. A palm tree is visible in the background, its green leaves popping in color

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

A neighbor has this flag up - anyone know who she is?

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Goddamn neon light is so beautiful!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This 59 is bigger but I’m outta film!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Didn’t quite come out but this “two” was pretty large! 😂

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I love neon signs so that’s the urban art bunny piece. Double exposure #Polaroid with Danielle whom I met there too.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

You too! Took it to the end and got a shake for me and one of the operators

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Mack doing announcements on Boat Boi!!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

My team pinball team has ace colors on our logo!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Was only at the Golden State #Pinball Festival for like 24-hours but got to play with fire! Here’s the rest of my pix & Polaroids store.orangephotography.com/p25323908

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

We need to get Polaroid to add back the manual eject function in the app like they used to have in manual mode. I suggest everyone submit it through the app as a feature request. Then you can do any # of multiple exposures as well! I miss that feature more than any! (Go to Settings > Give Feedback)

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Day six of #PolaroidWeek at a secret new arcade to open in SOMA shot on Mint SLR-670 #Polaroid

a black-framed Polaroid photo of a smiling woman illuminated in pinkish-red light with abstract lights from pinball machines in the background.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Day 5 of #PolaroidWeek and got the new Polaroid Flip - first shot was a double exposure of course of my friend AmyJo and I at Trick Dog @polaroidweek.bsky.social #filmphotography #polaroid

double exposure polaroid of the silhouette of a woman with her smiling face showing through part of the image.

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#PolaroidWeek Day 4 was league night at Free Gold Watch. I meant to take portraits all night but our group had several issues with machines and ran long so i ended up only taking this one shot of Andrei Massenkoff, former world champion on the SX70. #pinball #PAPA14 #polaroid

a black bordered Polaroid of Andrei Massenkoff at Free Gold Watch

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

#PolaroidWeek Day Two only shot one since I was flying back to SF from Baltimore. Had a shoot at The Roxie where David Cronenberg's The Shrouds was premiering. He was animatedly talking about the differences in shooting on film vs digital here #Polaroid

David Cronenberg speaks after the premiere of The Shrouds at The Roxie - shot on Polaroid black frame film on an SX-70

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I saw you - tried getting a pic when you were @ a conveniently located machine but didn’t get one I was happy with since my next ball came up but here’s the outtake (usually I wanna capture more emotion whether it’s focus or laughter or, more commonly, disappointment or exasperation from a drain 😂)

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

shared this for #PolaroidWeek on my IG but here's some pinball action from yesterday at Pinbaltimore - The World's Greatest Pinball Party!

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

and my fave shot from her Taxi ball:

Juana expresses joy with her tongue out while destroying a ball on Taxi pinball at PinBaltimore 2025 at Holy Frijoles in Baltimore, MD, USA

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Sam caught me in the act here at PinBaltimore during Juana’s epic ball on Taxi. Will share the shot I got here later! #pinball

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gene x @genex.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

so who's getting the #Polaroid Flip? Specs look like it's between the One Step and I-2. Since I'm super happy with my I-2 I'm not grabbing one but am excited to play with one if any friends get one!

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