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The Earliest Surviving Photos of Iran: Photos from 1850s-60s Capture Everything from Grand Palaces to the Ruins of Persepolis

Open Culture 

The technology and art of photography emerged in nineteenth-century Europe. And so, when a part of the world outside Europe was well-photographed in those days, it tended to be a traveling European behind the camera. Take John Thomson, previously featured here on Open Culture, for his photos of China in the eighteen-seventies. Even before that, […]



NM GOP leaders to file suit against Dem Gov Grisham to block gun carry ban - Fox News

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  1. NM GOP leaders to file suit against Dem Gov Grisham to block gun carry ban  Fox News
  2. New Mexico governor faces backlash for temporary gun ban  CBS News
  3. New Mexico Democrat governor's sweeping gun order hits major temporary roadblock  Fox News
  4. Talk of the Town: For and against New Mexico governor's gun ban  Albuquerque Journal
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Celebrating Oxford Golf Club’s historic Colt Centenary

Golf Business News.com 

Oxford Golf Club held a Colt Invitational as part of the centenary celebrations by inviting members of Colt-designed courses across England to participate. The Cowley venue was redesigned in the 1920s by Colt with 95 per cent of his original layout still operational today

As Firefly leaves beta, Adobe promises bonuses to creators who trained its AI

Fast Company 

It’s a brave new world in the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Since launching in March, after a 2-month development blitz, Adobe’s generative AI platform Firefly has dreamed up 2 billion images. And today, the platform is leaving beta to further incorporate image generation into Photoshop, Illustrator, and the software of the Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Showcase your climate data visualisation talent

Esa.int 

Are you a creative visionary with a passion for climate action? Enter ESA’s latest competition to showcase your talent by transforming decades of satellite climate data into impactful visuals to help bridge the gap between climate science, policy makers and the wider public. The winner will have the unique opportunity to display their data visualisation at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) taking place later this year.

Google has a new tool to outsmart authoritarian internet censorship

Technology Review  

Google is launching new anti-censorship technology created in response to actions by Iran’s government during the 2022 protests there, hoping that it will increase access for internet users living under authoritarian regimes all over the world. Jigsaw, a unit of Google that operates sort of like an internet freedom think tank and that creates related…

Hypnospace Outlaw is a time capsule for when the internet used to be fun

Rock Paper Shotgun 

The internet isn’t fun anymore. Actually, that statement isn’t severe enough to reflect how bad the internet is these days, so let me try that again: being online in 2023 is a fucking nightmare. There are only three websites. They are all designed to make you angry because it’s the most profitable emotion. Your aunt was indoctrinated into fascism by a page called “This country used to have real bin men” after she liked a meme about glass milk bottles in 2012. Every boy you went to school with has a podcast about football now. Читать дальше...

Who were the first farmers?

LiveScience 

Farming fundamentally altered the way humans live, eventually changing people from nomadic hunter-gatherers to sedentary city-dwellers.

Maybe Democrats should slow down on electric vehicles

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

The nation can solve its policy challenges. Even though it doesn’t get the attention it deserves, it is vital for people to know a great deal of bipartisan work is being done in Congress. This isn’t surprising since most Americans remain in the political mainstream and want our elected leaders to work together.

Ghost of Oslo still haunts Israel and the Palestinians

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

Thirty years ago, on Sept. 13, 1993, I sat on a folding chair in the sunshine on the White House lawn, along with 3,000 other witnesses, watching President Bill Clinton nudge a reluctant Israeli prime minister and the ebullient chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization into shaking hands.

Nation overdue for term limits

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

The Founding Fathers created a minimum age for serving in the House, Senate and Ova Office, but they did not address a maximum age.

All hands on deck for water crisis

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

When I read Pat Mulroy’s Aug. 27 column, “Sustainable solutions needed to navigate the water crisis in the West,” I thought, “Where do casinos and sport facilities get their water?”

Jara’s leadership is substandard

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

School disruptions have been caused by the Clark County School District since Superintendent Jesus Jara’s arrival.

CCSD claims teachers took union’s lead in organizing school sickouts

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

A key concept in the Clark County School District’s renewed request for a judge to put a stop to alleged rolling sickouts by teachers is that the Clark County Education Association is responsible for the activity even if the union did not expressly coordinate it ...





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