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Wildfire along Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidly https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/wildfire-along-grand-canyons-north-rim-destroys-historic-lodge-and-is-sp…

Wildfire along Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidly
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim grew rapidly over the weekend and destroyed a historic lodge and visitors center. Firefighters are working to slow down the fire that began on July 4 after a lightning strike. The fire is in a less popular area of the Grand Canyon that […]

50 years ago #OTD at 16:09 UTC #Soyuz 19 and the final #Apollo spacecraft docked in orbit in the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project or Экспериментальный полёт «Союз»–«Аполлон» (the Americans and Soviets never agreed on which s/c comes first): https://www.nasa.gov/apollo-soyuz-test-project/ = various NASA materials, https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/astp.htm = many links, https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sp-4209.pdf = a biiiig book, https://www.facebook.com/AstroDrewMorgan/posts/pfbid0wcN12LcAfRYYTmiWS71GQ47P42jukXVhd2QWA7eBzgg1wbdZAKq8LXVGTC9o7tKtl and https://www.facebook.com/ralf.heckel1/posts/pfbid02jcFp85PRy2UBUs4JVhPQcBnmddC8sQbPL3Vx26XoFMvbbsToNJmpLMDrRfce98HPl and https://www.facebook.com/groups/176051159106442/posts/24331420949809459 and https://www.facebook.com/groups/48800622850/posts/10162318303047851 = more visuals, https://www.youtube.com/live/Mu7iEyaOmDM = an online event, https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/not-that-into-peace-doves-the-apollo-soyuz-patch-nasa-rejected/ and https://www.spacerockethistory.com/2025/02/space-rocket-history-457-apollo-soyuz-test-project-soviet-concerns-with-apollo/ and http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-071425a-apollo-soyuz-test-project-astp-official-flight-kit-ofk-apk.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/science/apollo-soyuz-test-project-1975-anniversary.html?smid=bs-share = articles and https://scicomm.xyz/@Nick_Stevens_graphics@mastodon.art/114858897568849751 = a contemporary cartoon.

From futuristic design icon to environmental villain—the 80-year history of the plastic chair
https://theconversation.com/from-futuristic-design-icon-to-environmental-villain-the-80-year-history-of-the-plastic-c…

From futuristic design icon to environmental villain – the 80-year history of the plastic chair
Studying the evolution of the plastic chair provides unique insights into society’s shifting attitudes to plastic.

Folk at #DH2025 might be interested in this article 'From handwriting to searchable text: using AI to make millions of historical documents accessible'

From handwriting to searchable text: using AI to make millions of historical documents accessible
In April 2025 the Swedish National Archives made 1,2 million digital images of archival documents into searchable, machine readable text — making the information in the archives more accessible than…

The Queensland Rail History Podcast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

I got a 404media subscription, and you should too. But honestly, there's a lot of stuff that I won't read these days (for my own mental well-being). This is one of those things. The headline is enough, I don't need to know more.
https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/11486976…

Nice summary of #Windsurf
#ai #chatgpt

Jarring when people say "appreciate" when they mean to express gratitude or admiration.
#opinion #English #speaking

#DH2025 @mcollardanuy.bsky.social presented on HTR for Late Middle Ages Catalan notarial manuscripts https://www.bsc.es/research-development/re

Computational Archival History
Computational Archival History