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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-07-17 16:36:44

The idea of a suspension of the constitution had been introduced,
by the Constitution of 22 Frimaire Year 8.
Article 14 of the Charte of 1814 granted the sovereign the power to
"make the regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the security of the State"
Because of the vagueness of the formula, Chateaubriand observed
"that it is possible that one fine morning the whole Charte will be forfeited for the benefit of Art…

A Brief History of the State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben
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@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-06-19 00:48:24

Deities of the Past 🗿
过去的神衹 🗿
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford Pan 400
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Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a headless stone statue of a seated figure. The statue is in a meditative pose, with legs crossed and hands resting on the lap. The figure is draped in a robe that covers both shoulders and falls to the knees. The statue is positioned against a plain, slightly textured wall. The surface of the statue shows signs of wear and damage, particularly around the neck and torso. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一尊无头的坐姿石像。石像呈冥想姿势，双腿交叉，双手置于腿上。人物身披长袍，覆盖双肩并垂至膝部。石像背…
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white close-up photograph of the head of a stone Buddha statue. The statue features a serene expression with closed eyes and a slightly smiling mouth. The head is adorned with tightly curled hair, arranged in a pattern of small, rounded bumps. The surface of the statue appears smooth and well-preserved. 中文 一张黑白照片，特写拍摄的是一尊石佛头像。佛像面部表情宁静，双目微闭，嘴角略带微笑。头部装饰有卷曲的发髻，呈小而圆的凸起状排列。石像表面看起来光滑且保存完好。
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a stone statue of a muscular, standing figure. The figure has a fierce expression, with a wide-open mouth and prominent eyes. It is dressed in a detailed robe with intricate patterns near the waist. The statue is positioned under a wooden structure with visible beams and brackets. The figure's right arm is raised with a clenched fist, while the left arm is bent at the elbow, hand resting on the hip. 中文 一张黑白照片，拍摄的是一尊肌肉发达的站立石像。人物面部表情凶猛，…
Ilford Pan 400 (FF) Ilford Pan 400 (FF) English A black-and-white photograph of a stone statue of a muscular, standing figure. The figure has a fierce expression, with a wide-open mouth and prominent eyes. It is dressed in a detailed robe with intricate patterns near the waist. The statue is positioned under a wooden structure with visible beams and brackets. The figure's left hand is extended forward, palm facing down, clenched, while the right hand is raised with a clenched fist. 中文 一张黑白照片，…
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-09-18 10:51:15

The US Treasury sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, saying it sent hundreds of millions to the IRGC and helped Iran operate a Strait of Hormuz toll booth (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/18

BTC news: Iran's Strait of Hormuz toll booth has been settling in bitcoin since June
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s most important oil chokepoint.

@yetiinabox@todon.nl
2026-09-17 08:47:18

Rescued from a single tree, clinging to a steep cliff on the side of a remote Pacific island, seedlings from the last wild specimen of _Dendroseris neriifolia_ (Hook & Arn.) are now comfortably settled into a botanical oasis in the cheddar cheese producing landscape of the Mull of Galloway. As the curator of Logan Botanic Garden (one of the four constituent gardens of the Edinburgh Botanics) observed, "Experience shows that plant species from the Juan Fernandez Islands do well at Lo…

World’s rarest tree arrives at Scottish botanic garden
OFFSPRING from one of the world’s rarest trees has found a new home in Scotland, thanks to an international team of conservationists racing…

@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza
2026-08-18 17:19:52

a snap of a gravestone leant up against the north side of the tower of St. Ffraid's from last week.
#tombTuesday #tombScrolling #grave

a very weathered, pale grey, arch shape gravestone leant up against a stone wall. there is some sort of organic or floral carving at the top. i can only read some of the inscription as follows: " ˀˀ ˀˀ ˀ of John Evans of ˀ ˀ She departed this life ˀ 4th day of April 1779 ˀ The 27 year of her Aˀ ------------------------- Also the Bodies of her two Daughters who ˀ thier infancy "
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-07-17 21:00:40

Three large portions of the Filchner Ice Shelf
—dubbed A22, A23, and A24
—calved into the Weddell Sea off of Antarctica in 1986.
For National Geographic, Chris Heath documents the life and death of an iceberg called A23a,
known at one time as the largest iceberg in the world.
Born when it broke off A23 in 1991,
it was “at least 44 nautical miles long, 40 nautical miles wide, and somewhere close to 2,000 square miles in area, or roughly the size of Bali.”

…

The Extraordinary Life And Quiet Death of the World’s Largest Iceberg
"Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists critical new insights about our living ocean."

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-08-17 04:01:14

Anthropic's text watermark alters word probabilities to embed a fingerprint, which could degrade Claude's writing, despite its claim of no impact on quality (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
daringfireball.net/2026/08/ant

Anthropic’s ‘Watermark’ Text Adulteration in Claude Is a Perversion of Writing
It’s unacceptable for a tool to sacrifice an iota of clarity, coherence, meaning, quality, etc. for the purpose of embedding hidden clues within the text to suggest its provenance. The idea that anything other than *my* needs should factor into the generation of text *for me* is patently offensive.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-08-18 03:23:30

Parts IV ⚙️
部分 IV ⚙️
📷 Yashica 635
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF), expired 1994
If you like my work, Support by buying me a coffee or a roll of film from
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Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English A black and white photograph of an empty street. A person on a motorcycle is visible in the middle of the road. Some people can been seen walking on the side of the street. Several high-rises can been seen in the background along some power lines. The sky is bright with some pieces of clouds. 中文 一張黑白照片. 空蕩的街道,一個人騎著一輛電動摩托車.一些人在街旁走.背景中有一些高層建築以及一些電線.天氣晴朗,有一些雲.
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English A black and white photograph of a loading van on the side of the sidewalk. Someone on the side of the van seems to be working loading/unloading the van. Some fabrics sits in front of the van facing the camera. There is dense foliage above the van. 中文 一張黑白照片.一輛輕型貨車在人行道邊.一個人似乎在車旁裝貨/卸貨.車前有一些布料.車的上部有很厚的樹葉.
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English A black and white photograph of a filed of grass with a mini-excavator. The excavator has its bucket resting in the grass. In the background stand many buildings and high-rises. A person seems to be cycling on a path along the grass field. 中文 一張黑白照片.照片中一台小型的挖掘機.挖掘機的機頭閒置在草叢當中.背景中有樓房.一個人在草叢邊的路上騎行.
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF) English A black and white photograph of a group of buildings. Some have AC outdoor units on the condense pad. The picture is taken through between two buildings. Another high-rise can be seen in the back. 中文 一張黑白照片.照片中有一組樓房.樓房外有空調的外機. 照片的角度是透過兩棟房子之間的空間拍攝.遠處可以看見另一棟高樓.
@cdarwin@c.im
2026-07-18 18:10:10

Hiring a hit man is not a crime of violence -- even in cases where the killer fulfills his contract and his employer is convicted in the conspiracy, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week.
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel vacated two felony convictions that stemmed from a pair of contract killings negotiated to settle an oil well dispute in North Dakota.
The court found that although trucking and drilling magnate James Henrikson had paid Timothy Suckow tens of…

Hiring a hit man isn't always a 'crime of violence,' the 9th Circuit rules
A federal appeals court has issued a ruling that sounds absurd on its face: arranging a contract killing is not automatically a 'crime of violence' under federal law. The decision, which threw out several convictions of a notorious murder-for-hire defendant, is a case study in how a technical legal test can collide with common sense.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-07-17 06:19:28

Sergeant Damon Christopher Gutzwiller was a 14-year veteran of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office in California.
He was killed in the line of duty on June 6, 2020, during an ambush by an armed suspect in Ben Lomond, California.
On the day of his death, he and other deputies responded to a report of a suspicious van containing firearms and bomb-making materials.
When officers tracked the vehicle to a home, they were immediately ambushed with gunfire and improvised…

Suspect in sergeant's slaying now charged in killing of federal officer in Oakland: Officials
The man suspected of killing a Santa Cruz, California, sheriff's sergeant this month has now been charged in the May slaying of a federal officer in Oakland.