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Have you seen my fork of scantailor? Any chance you have a recent Mac and a bunch of PDFs filled with yellow book scans? You know, the kind you might get from places like the Internet Archive? Oh, and it integrates with Zotero.
https://software.is-lost.org/scantailor-spectre/inde…

"The CIA’s David Rush, arrested in May on charges of theft of public money, was a senior supervisor in the agency’s science and technology division. That unit designs the spycraft tools agents use to intercept conversations, procure clandestine photographs & communicate."

The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed without evidence that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s peeling lining was the work of vandals.
An independent analysis has concluded otherwise.
After reviewing photographs and satellite imagery, and speaking with experts,
The Washington Post found that the extensive gashes in the pool liner were likely the result of improper application.
The Thursday report noted that the tears appeared in at least seven places

Reflecting Pool peeling probably caused by application flaws, experts say
President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.

I took some photographs at the gig I went to last evening, and posted a few of them on my website here: https://www.ianmayphotography.com/the-bonus-band

The Bonus Band — Ian May Photography

A friend whom I know well and trust has just messaged me about bombing she can hear close to her position in #Gaza tonight.
Another friend, in a different part of Gaza, posted photographs this morning of the aftermath of bombing that had happened close to her last night.
The #Blitz of Gaza contin…

Finally reduced my endless backlog by uploading a bunch of photos to #WikimediaCommons. These are photos I took in #Heidelberg and #Wilhelmsfeld,

One of the hazards of photographing a much-photographed thing is that, after careful consideration of viewpoint, composition and framing, you take exactly the same pictures as everyone else who has carefully considered viewpoint, composition and framing.
Here are two photographs I took of the Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard, along with the two illustrations from its Wikipedia entry. Years apart in time, inches apart in space.

from my link log —
Women's stories from the computer room.
https://ima.org.uk/12729/womens-stories-from-the-computer-room/
saved 2019-10-31

Women’s Stories from the Computer Room
Photographs of early computer laboratories, with their chunky consoles and steel cabinets, always feature smart young women seated at terminals or

RE: https://freesewing.social/@Rania/116758854078444354
Imagine how painful it must be to see photographs of your home, the school you went to as a child, the places where you used to meet your friends, looking like this?

The armed drone found at Leipzig airport on Wednesday may not have exploded,
but the fact that it got inside the perimeter, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, raises obvious concerns for the security of international aviation.
Though the identity of the culprits is unknown,
the initial evidence points firmly towards a Russian-orchestrated plot.
It is the first time that a drone with explosives has been found in Europe far from the Ukrainian border.
Photographs pub…

The Leipzig drone bomb marks a dangerous escalation for Europe
Initial evidence suggests aerial drone, found near Ukrainian cargo planes at German airport, came from Russia