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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

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 …

One week to go with last places up for grabs! Join us at DINAcon 2024 next week in Bern to hear about:
💠 AI in Parliament: A Roadmap for the Parliamentary Library { Jacqueline Kucera }
🌸 How can large language models be used for sustainable procurement? { Marcel Gygli, Luca Rolshoven }
🌿 Source code sovereignty: local alternatives for an independent digital future { Tobias Brunner }
🧑‍⚖️ My workshop on open source contracts with Simon Schlauri
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CH Open DINAcon 2024 in Bern | Wissenschaft und Technik
Veranstaltung am 21.11.2024 in Bern. Die DINAcon ist ein Event für digitale Nachhaltigkeit unter dem Motto "Zukunftsmodelle für eine digi

LOL 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Thanks, I needed this laugh.
#uspol
Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz as attorney general sparks criticism and shock – US politics live
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Use discount code 05Nov24 to save 40% on Urgency of Indigenous Values, The – Syracuse University Press https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/5835/urgency-of-indigenous-values-the/

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…

Series B, Episode 08 - Hostage
AVON: Blake, there's a mass of ionized particles, vector three nine. If we can fly into it it could confuse their scanners for just long enough.
BLAKE: Avon might be right. Tangent one eight. Go for it.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/208/38 B…

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Companion site to the Blakes7Bot Twitter, Mastodon, and Bluesky accounts. Automated lines of Blakes 7 dialog. Includes a script search facility.

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…

"Code is, ultimately, characters on a screen, and software engineers do nothing but hammer that code into shapes that spark Joy and Money. The fear and dread comes from a culture where people feel bad that they can't work quickly enough in the terrible codebase, where they feel judged for slowing down to hammer the code into better shapes that sadly aren't on the Jira board, and where management looks down on people who practice craftsmanship."
-- Ludicity

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.