Tootfinder

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

Classifying Bicycle Infrastructure Using On-Bike Street-Level Images
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19194v1

Classifying Bicycle Infrastructure Using On-Bike Street-Level Images
While cycling offers an attractive option for sustainable transportation, many potential cyclists are discouraged from taking up cycling due to the lack of suitable and safe infrastructure. Efficiently mapping cycling infrastructure across entire cities is necessary to advance our understanding of how to provide connected networks of high-quality infrastructure. Therefore we propose a system capable of classifying available cycling infrastructure from on-bike smartphone camera data. The system …

"But in the end, a majority of American voters chose Trump because they wanted what he was selling: a nonstop reality show of rage and resentment. "
Tom Nichols
Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
https://www.

Trump Voters Got What They Wanted
Those who expect that Donald Trump will hurt others, and not them, are likely to be unpleasantly surprised.

Getting an education shouldn't crush young citizens with debt right before they hit the workforce. Economists have shown repeatedly that the economic benefit of removing student debt FAR outweighs the "income tax" losses.
WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR CONSERVATIVES TO UNDERSTAND?
...or do you think they simply fear an educated citizenry?
Biden's student loan forgiveness plan can take effect after judge lets restraining order expire - NBC News

Ilmus Vikerkaare humanisminumber. Ma ise tõlkisin sinna Marsilio Ficino kirju, mis on üllatavalt tänapäevaselt kõlavad, oli väga lõbus, vahelduseks. Ma tean, et teised asjad, mis seal on, on ka head. Pico della Mirandola kõne on igaljuhul miski, mida peaks lugema igaüks, kes renessanssi perioodi mõtlemisest tahab aimu saada.
https://www.

Phil Lesh and Friends - 4-16-99 at the Warfield Theater. This whole show is just one great performance after another. The band that night was a little special too- featuring Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell, Kimock and Mrs. Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay herself on vocals. Another perfect soundboard from the archive -
https://archive.org/details/1999-04-16.paf.sbd.unknown.10169.sbeok.flacf

"My own hope and belief about what would transpire last night was sadly and profoundly wrong—like many, I have the emotional and intellectual flaw, if that’s what it is, of assuming that people are wiser and more decent than they actually turn out to be. I feel chastened—distraught—about my apparently naive view of human nature."
George Conway
America Did This to Itself

America Did This to Itself
And now we all must suffer through it.

Picking on the internet archive is like hiring your 30 year old neighbor to come beat-up some middle schooler and then expecting everyone at school to applaud you for your courage.
Here's some Degiheugi to bring us all back down to earth -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToVUTmMMVlE

One of the best versions of Box of Rain imo.(https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1973/02/15/09-box-of-rainflac?source=336422)
https://ia903207.us.archive.org/27/items/gd1973-02-15.150175.sbd-fixed.miller.flac1648/09 Box Of Rain.mp3