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Where do true crime documentaries find their interview filming locations? Is there a database somewhere of creepy, dilapidated buildings? Do they post ads saying “the more peeling paint the better, bonus points for disturbing vaults”?

This one gives me the shivers.
JMW Turner, Dolbadern Castle, North Wales
exhibited 1800
Here Turner is imagining an event from Welsh history. Kneeling in the foreground is 'hopeless Owen', imprisoned in 1255 at Dolbadern Castle for joining a rebellion against his brother. Turner sets Dolbadern's tower against the most luminous area of sky, a trick borrowed from Dutch masters.
#art

chloe sed - verlicht pijn tijdens gynaecologische zorg
#crowdfunding #TUdelft

#Linux question: I would like to have a shared partition, on a #DualBoot between Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24, which would be encrypted but still useable (read & write) from both OSes.
It seems that one way to do this is via "Veracrypt" (see

Encrypt partition for use in Ubuntu + Windows
I have a machine with dual boot Windows 10 / Ubuntu 20.04. I would like to set up a new HDD (1 partition) dedicated for documents and other data - which I would like to have have encrypted, but

Freedom for Animals has delved into the dark world of the bird of prey industry for a second time, to carry out a major new investigation as part of our Tether and Torment campaign.
This comes seven years after our landmark 2018 report first brought national attention to the hidden suffering behind the industry, and exposed the continuing welfare failures in UK bird of prey centres.

Tether and Torment 2
Undercover investigation into Bird of Prey Zoos in the UK. Read our new report, published 2025.

After being delayed for 16 years due to the conflict, a shipment of Nokia mobile phones ordered in 2010 has finally reached a Libyan trader in Tripoli.
[Insert joke about charge remaining here]
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTallPtANoh/

Sources: Axel Springer has considered buying about a dozen media businesses in the US, including TED Conferences, TechCrunch, the 1440 newsletter, and more (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/me…

The methane menace
Oil executives weighing a potential investment in #Venezuela’s fields may want to check out the view from space.
Satellites have detected enormous amounts of #methane billowing from the country’s abandoned oil rigs,
rusty pipelines and other dilapidated energy infrastructure.
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Venezuela Has the Most Methane-Intensive Oil in the World
The Trump administration wants American companies to modernize oil production in Venezuela. There are many roadblocks to that happening, though, including the country’s huge methane problem.