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Interesting report on an old #archival preservation technique and its challenge for #digitization.
A literal 'Spürnase' is helpful: "a faint scent of vanilla is present, a sign that the paper itself has begun to break down" 👃

Digital Collections Spotlight #52: Digitization for Preservation: PEC Letter Books « Moravian Archives

LOL 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Thanks, I needed this laugh.
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Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz as attorney general sparks criticism and shock – US politics live
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Musical legend, Bruce Springsteen, announces his endorsement of Kamala Harris/Tim Walz for President, and in his words, "AGAINST Donald Trump & JD Vance".
✅ Bruce Springsteen Endorses Kamala Harris & Tim Walz
https://youtu.be/DSI_XbF-Yvs?si=TUi0Qz1s2yiE8Prx…

Sonnet 033 - XXXIII
Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy;
Anon permit the basest clouds to ride
With ugly rack on his celestial face,
And from the forlorn world his visage hide,
Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace:
Even so my sun one early morn did shine,
With all triumphant splendour on my …

Rethinking Thanksgiving webinar starting in 10 minutes
https://www.mobilize.us/surj/event/727474/

Rethinking Thanksgiving Webinar · Showing Up for Racial Justice
Rethinking Thanksgiving: Dismantling Colonial Myths, Uplifting Indigenous Rights and Honoring Mother Earth. This event aims to celebrate the victories of Indigenous Peoples, while confronting the ongoing impact of genocide and ecocide tied to settler colonialism and the military-industrial complex from Turtle Island to Palestine. In the face of fascism, we reject the trap of despair. Together, we will root ourselves in Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination, resistance and solidarity with…

UK Power Giant Drax Faces Scrutiny for Pollution in US Communities #UnitedKingdom #UK #UnitedStates #USA

UK Power Giant Drax Faces Scrutiny for Pollution in US Communities
The environmental and health crises unfolding near Drax's facilities have sparked significant local and scientific concern.