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Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 Digaron lens and a bit of vertical shift. The afternoon light highlights the basic arched form of the bridge structure against the background and foreground foliage. A polarizer darkened the clear winter sky.

The Taft Bridge, named for the notably hefty former president and SCOTUS chief justice, is the largest unreinforced concrete bridge in the world. Comprising seven major arches over Rock Creek Park, it links the Kalorama and Woodly Park neighborhoods.

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You havenโ€™t experienced that bridge fully until a crane rolls off it and gets stuck. Late-1980โ€™s as I recall.
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@jeff So much I'd love to photograph in the LA area!


Let it be known.

Former US President Donald Trump, who posted AI-generated images of Taylor Swift implying that she had endorsed him for President, now says he hates her, in a post on Truth Social.

(Swift has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the office.)



"two one-way streets"

the rules of the game are simple - choose a photo (preferably your own), edit with gimp and tag #sundaygimp on a Sunday ;-) โ€ฆ and follow the tag.


#sundaygimp


(and also #Sunday-photo-edit )

Note: if you do not use gimp, but still want to play along, just use the tag #Sunday-photo-edit and edit the images with your favorite image editor

#AB, #AB24, #AB-09-24, #AB-SG, #AB-15-09-24, #gimp, #gmic, #Sundaygimp, #unterwegs, #on-the-way, #sur la route , #Tristesse-City, #Tristess, #Tristesse, #Tristessensammlung, #EinbahnstraรŸen, #Nacht, #One-way-streets, #Night, #Routes ร  sens unique, #Nuit, #Kunst, #Bildbearbeitung, #Bildmanipulation, #manipulation-de-photos, #image-editing, #retouche-d-image, #photo, #Foto, #myphoto, #mywork (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)



I'm in the "F"s in my alphabetical journey through my password manager cleanup. I just tried to log into flattr.com/ to change my address there, and I see that they shut down last year. ๐Ÿ˜ž
For those who don't know, Flattr was a web content #micropayments platform.
If Flattr had succeeded, the web would be a better place today.
#AdTech is universally terrible.
Micro-payments would be better for most content providers than ads. I just don't know how to get there from here. *sigh*

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I bought a whole case of Celsius at Costco thinking it was something like fruit flavored water. After the first can I almost dug a moat around my house because it seemed like something that I could do.

Okay, it actually just made me real jittery. I'm slowly going through the rest of the case at a half a can at a time.

Probably won't buy it again.



67% of workers plan to change jobs in the next 6 months. Hereโ€™s what would stop them

fastcompany.com/91188005/workeโ€ฆ



Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat

notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-paโ€ฆ

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Windows



Is snake_casing the preferred convention for variable names in #Python? I truly hope so; it would be odd otherwise.


Our Archives collect, preserve, and provide access to documents on the history of the Auschwitz camp. Listen to our podcast about the activity of this part of the Museum.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/59ePIโ€ฆ

ApplePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/pl/podcast/โ€ฆ

YouTube: youtu.be/LAJV4WrQyJY



NEW Journal Article: โ€œInnovation in #Libraries: A Service-Oriented Perspectiveโ€ infodocket.com/2024/09/15/jourโ€ฆ


Poilievre meeting with Conservative caucus ahead of Parliamentโ€™s return โ€“ National | Globalnews.ca byteseu.com/421080/ #Canada #CanadaPolitics #Politics



A reminder to tip or regularly support your #Admin!

Remember, these are real people behind the screens, often doing hours and hours of work each week to keep the place running.

Seriously, if you have the means, please send even a couple of bucks every month. You're not going to miss that cash as much as you'd miss this server were it gone!

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mstdn.social/@stux/11314177303โ€ฆ



Meine clippings-Seite beinhaltet nun auch meine 3 Beitrรคge zu #hackmas 2024: karl-voit.at/clippings/

- Praxistipps zur sicheren Authentifikation
- Dateimanagement mal anders
- Sich und seine Daten (mit Org-mode) organisieren

Die ersten beiden sind auch als Video online gestellt worden.

#publicvoit #PIM #FIDO2 #TOTP #2FA #MFA #Security #Sicherheit #Authentifizierung #filetags #filemanagement #date2name #Orgmode #Emacs #hackmas2024 #hackmas24 #Ottenschlag




"[The racism] is rooted in a long legacy in the United States of discrimination against ... Black immigrants and people coming from Haiti ...

American slaveholders feared they would invade and free enslaved Africans ...

The U.S. ruled Haiti with a system of racial violence [and] Americans were fed images of Haiti as a โ€œvoodoo and backwards, uncivilized Black country.โ€ [which are] the roots for Trumpโ€™s comments about eating cats and dogs"

theintercept.com/2024/09/12/trโ€ฆ

#Haiti #uspol #racism #BIPOC



Voice recognition mistake of the day: "I have a mystery novel for dolts due September 30!" ๐Ÿคช
That was supposed to be "for adults" since I also write for children.

tulepublishing.com/series/the-โ€ฆ
#mystery #books @bookstodon

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Hundreds are visiting a Springfield Haitian-Creole restaurant to show their support for the community. โ€œWeโ€™re actually a beautiful city," said one resident: dayton247now.com/amp/news/locaโ€ฆ

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Reusable water bottles have more bacteria on them than dog bowls and toilet seats, study finds

cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/reuโ€ฆ

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