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I've updated the cover of my book about Selling your Fine Art Photography with the help of a good friend of mine. Looks much more professional, I think! You can find more details here: backyardsilver.com/sell-your-p…
#AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #Photography #StockPhotography
Sell your photos as Stock or as Fine Art Prints - Backyard Silver
Selling photographs as fine art prints is very rewarding but much harder than you might think. This comprehensive guide provides a way forward!Steven Heap (Backyard Silver)
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Gli esperti avvertono: "Quando il futuro economico non è chiaro c'è meno propensione a investire in progetti a lungo termine di ampia portata". L'invito alla politica per creare le giuste condizioni per crescita e competitività
I tecnici della Bce: "Incertezza elevata frena famiglie e imprese, e la nostra politica ha un minor
Gli esperti della Bce: "Quando nel futuro economico c'è incertezza c'è meno propensione a investire in progetti a lungo termine di ampia portata"Emanuele Bonini emanuelebonini (Eunews)
Jorgenson Peak
Sending some cool vibes standing on the edge of the Nicolum River. Happy #LabourDay / #LaborDay #MountainMonday
Hope, British Columbia 🇨🇦
🧭 49°22'29.3"N 121°22'10.2"W
#landscape #originalcontent #forest #hikingtrail #nature #mountain #BritishColumbia #canada #imagesofcanada
🚨 Alleged JBoss.org Data Breach
A known threat actor has allegedly leaked data from JBoss.org, exposing information related to IT services and software development.
📌 Key Details
• Threat Actor: N1KA
• Network: Clearnet, Dark Web
• Target: JBoss.org (Software Development / IT Services)
• Industry: Information Technology & Software Development
• Countries Impacted: USA
Apple just shook up the VLM scene — launching FastVLM and MobileCLIP2 as open-source alternatives to big-name commercial models! 🤗
These models run up to 85x faster and are 3.4x smaller than previous versions, unlocking real-time video captioning directly in your browser, no installs needed. Huge leap for accessibility and developer creativity.
Key stats: 85x speed boost, 3.4x smaller size, 100% local browser inference.
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Demo: huggingface.co/spaces/apple/fa…
#AI Threads
FastVLM WebGPU - a Hugging Face Space by apple
Real-time video captioning powered by FastVLMhuggingface.co
「ヨーク」寺田典夫がFASHION PRIZE OF TOKYO受賞 - YAYAFA
世界で活躍するファッションデザイナーの輩出を目指すファッションプライズ「FASHION PRIZE OF TOKYO 2026」の受賞デザイナーに「ヨーク（YOKE）」の寺田典夫が選出された。国際的知名度向上のために2026年1月と6月にパリでコレクションを披露するほか、3月の「RakutenYAYAFA
Dwayne Johnson, Oscar contender? ‘The Smashing Machine’ starts buzz at Venice Film Festival
https://apnews.com/article/dwayne-johnson-venice-film-festival-smashing-machine-7757dd8008cae25d99039eedfefc3847?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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New Comic Strip Found: Pearls Before Swine - 2025-09-01 gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine…
#comicstrip #pearlsbeforeswine
Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 1, 2025 | GoComics
Read Pearls Before Swine—a comic strip by creator Stephan Pastis—for today, September 1, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
It's not really much about technology, but who is behind that technology.
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Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam theguardian.com/technology/202…
#bluesky #gaza #genocide
Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squadJohana Bhuiyan (The Guardian)
📝 A Procuradoria Geral da República iniciou investigações sobre o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro, suspeito de estar ligado a uma trama golpista. Quais são os desdobramentos dessa história e o que isso significa para a política brasileira? Não perca os detalhes! Clique para descobrir tudo!
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PGR investiga Bolsonaro por envolvimento em trama golpista
Brasília — InkDesign News — A Primeira Turma do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) iniciou nesta terça-feira (2) o julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e mais sete ex-assessores, acusados pela ProcuTiago F Santiago (INK|DESIGN NEWS)
Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever - Slashdot
Americans are having a record low amount of sex -- even less than they did during the Covid-19 pandemic -- according to a new study led by researchers at the Institute for Family Studies.news.slashdot.org
Open source maintainers of major projects (hi) are not ready to accept and talk about how the cultural insistence on permissive licensing is just straight up labor exploitation taking advantage of our addiction to popularity (also hi).
We’re doing this to ourselves too, you know.
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Unlike regular labor exploitation, where there’s really not much of a choice at all because you have to be part of the labor force to get any income and survive at all…
We’re literally doing this shit for free, people. What’s your excuse?
Building a free and open commons is still a good thing. Sharing code and projects with each other free of charge, for mutual benefit, is still a good thing.
The program is getting corpos in there who use your work for profit while demanding more work from you in the name of “supply chain security”
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Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea
“Badenoch has said her party will remove all net zero requirements on oil and gas companies drilling in the North Sea if elected.
The Conservative leader is to formally announce the plan to focus solely on "maximising extraction" to get "all our oil and gas out of the North Sea"”
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Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".Helen Catt (BBC News)
Umberto… PRRR!
Ecco un interessante articolo sulle vere origini geografiche del Po, ben documentato e ben fatto.
Da leggere con attenzione, soprattutto le ultime due righe, e a voi completare la parte dopo i puntini di sospensione…
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US wine sellers left in limbo despite EU tariff deal - Dining and Cooking
Michael Warner, co-founder of wine boutique DCanter, said importers and distributors have raised costs of foreign wines since June - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEBDining And Cooking (Dining and Cooking)
🇭🇷🇺🇦A new wave of humanitarian aid has arrived in Ukraine from Croatia! Medical equipment, generators and transformers for hospitals (PHOTOS and more) #Ukraine #Croatia #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
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🇭🇷🇺🇦 A new wave of humanitarian aid has arrived in Ukraine from Croatia! Medical equipment, generators and transformers for hospitals and communities in war-affected regions. The total cost of the aid is almost $3 million.Telegram
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The image is a cartoon titled "A GUIDE TO THE MANY TWITTERS," featuring four different Twitter-like platforms, each represented by a cartoon character with a distinct appearance and caption. The top left character is a black square with an "X" in the center, labeled "X.COM," with a caption describing it as "right wing propaganda and racist bots controlled by the most annoying billionaire." The top right character is a blue square with a white butterfly, labeled "BLUESKY," with a caption stating "progressives trapped in a fish bowl where they still think they can get people cancelled." The bottom left character is a black square with an "[@]" symbol, labeled "THREADS," with a caption reading "a debate club for people who watch Love Island unironically." The bottom right character is a blue square with an "M" in the center, labeled "MASTODON," with a caption saying "oh jeez yeah there's that one too." Each character has a unique expression and posture, contributing to the overall humorous tone of the image.
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I just had a video call over Signal with @aral
A strange feeling it is, to witness how ppl across the world perceive u. I never arranged my words to be the finest, nor my thoughts to be perfectly ordered. All I truly did was to describe, what I am living—even when words & expressions fell short.
I am deeply happy each time I see how the world stands with us, how it stands with #Palestine, & w every instance my sense of pride grows stronger at being part of this world—❤️❤️❤️
#Gaza #palestine
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"Endgültige Aussage": Genozid-Forscher sehen Kriterien für Völkermord in Gaza erfüllt - n-tv.de
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#Völkermord #Genozid #Israel #Gaza #Palästina
"Endgültige Aussage": Genozid-Forscher sehen Kriterien für Völkermord in Gaza erfüllt
In einer UN-Resolution von 1948 sind die Kriterien für einen Völkermord festgelegt. Laut der Internationalen Vereinigung von Völkermord-Forschern erfüllt Israel mit seinem Vorgehen im Gazastreifen den Tatbestand des Genozids.n-tv NACHRICHTEN
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Attached: 1 image "The Mediterranean Sea near Tel Aviv" by #BDS Boycott Diss Sale #Hamas http://bds.internationalMastodon
For the first time since the beginning of the SVO, FAB with UMPK struck targets in Ochakov and the suburbs of Odessa
There are reports that for the first time since the beginning of the SVO, strikes on targets in the suburbs of Odessa were carried out using aviation bombs with universal planning and correction modules.Александр Чернов (Военное обозрение)
Petition to make access to abortion easier submitted to European Commission
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/09/01/petition-to-make-access-to-abortion-easier-submitted-to-european-commission?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Petition to make access to abortion easier submitted to European Commission
With over 1 million signatures, the European citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice" submitted its request to the European Commission on Monday to set up a funding mechanism to make abortion more accessible.Gregoire Lory (Euronews.com)
È già Baldini show: "Voglio vincere Europei e Olimpiadi. Calcio inquinato da squali e lestofanti"
https://www.gazzetta.it/calcio/nazionali/eurou21/01-09-2025/baldini-under-21-qui-per-aiutare-i-ragazzi-dai-lestofanti.shtml?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Calcio @calcio-Gazzetta
È già Baldini show: "Voglio vincere Europei e Olimpiadi. Calcio inquinato da squali e lestofanti"
Il neo tecnico dell'Italia Under 21 verso la gara col Montenegro: "Sono abituato a usare termini un po’ volgari, e con la maglia azzurra non lo posso fare.Alex Frosio (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
This moody early summer morning scene in the San Juans is just another reminder of why I love it so much here in Southwest Colorado.
#MountainMonday #Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Mountains #Nikon #CaptureOne #DehancerFilm
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Ungemach in Google-Land und wir verlieren uns in Wunschdenken...
YouTube: youtube.com/@thenetcasts
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Vertice dei volenterosi in via di definizione, Meloni ci sarà. Macron sente Rutte - Notizie - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2025/09/01/vertice-dei-volenterosi-in-via-di-definizione-meloni-ci-sara.-macron-sente-rutte_41461ab2-b62b-4d0c-9580-fdb4ab1978b9.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Vertice dei volenterosi in via di definizione, Meloni ci sarà. Macron sente Rutte - Notizie - Ansa.it
È in via di organizzazione la riunione dei leader della cosiddetta coalizione dei volenterosi a sostegno dell'Ucraina, prevista per giovedì. Come nelle altre occasioni, a quanto si apprende, parteciperà la premier Giorgia Meloni. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
#OTD (Sep 01) in 1955, #NewJersey federal court orders that the U.S. naturalization of Vito #Genovese be canceled.
#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory
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I have been looking for info on what is happening in Indonesia. Massive protests that won't die down. Police brutality. Ambiguous statements from the rulers.
I found this, but cannot verify its authenticity, other than AbolitionMedia published it. Still don't know what to make out of it. Information welcome if you have any. TY
I found some history on this article, detailing how the current Indonesian ruler, Prabowo Subianto, got to where he is.
Needless to say, it starts with Nixon and the CIA, 1955/1956.
solidarity.net.au/long-reads/i…
Indonesia: behind the rise of Prabowo from war criminal to president – Solidarity Online
Prabowo Subianto will take office as President of Indonesia in October. He is a military strongman with a sordid history of killings and human rights abuses. How did he win the election? An Indonesian socialist explains the background to his rise.David Glanz (Solidarity Online)
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#foto #fotografie #photo #photography #street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #night #nightphotography #fotomontag #photomonday #MonochromeMonday #sanfrancisco
Pizzaiolo picchiato, il titolare: “Ci hanno accusato di non averlo salvato. Ecco cosa è successo”
https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/01/news/pizzaiolo_pestaggio_san_giovanni_persiceto_racconto_titolare-424819884/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Cronache italiane - La Repubblica @cronache-italiane-la-repubblica-repubblica
Pizzaiolo picchiato, il titolare: “Ci hanno accusato di non averlo salvato. Ecco cosa è successo”
Il racconto del titolare della Pinko Pallino, dove a Ferragosto un dipendente è stato insultato e colpito in piena faccia da un avventore: prognosi di 30 giorn…Micol Lavinia Lundari Perini (la Repubblica)
"yeah fellas we are trying to max extract on this one"
* wsj: wsj.com/finance/currencies/tru…
* no paywall: archive.ph/bbzhe
#WLFI #WorldLibertyFinancial #uspol #trump #uspolitics #corruption #JustinSun #alt5sigma #tron #SteveCohen #crypto #cryptocurrency
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And the people who get soaked in all this are all the punters that pile in based on the asset being inflated..
khpg.org/en/1608814933
#Daveglis
Russians force young Ukrainian to surrender by holding a gun to his mother’s head
Artur Daveglis was abducted three years ago and savagely tortured, before the Russians came up with grotesque charges and a 10 year sentenceHuman Rights in Ukraine
trouvé ailleurs via un certain Tankietfield :
Très bon article de Fr3 sur l’organisation du 10 septembre à Caen. Je saurais pas dire depuis combien d’années j’avais pas lu des précaires expliquer leur quotidien sans que se soit juste du misérabilisme et avoir l’occasion de s’exprimer politiquement
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/…
"Ils sont en train de nous casser", "Ce sont nos conquis sociaux" : la mobilisation "Bloquons Tout" expliquée
Face à un budget 2026 perçu comme "une agression contre les classes populaires", la mobilisation du 10 septembre "Bloquons tout", qui se veut spontanée et citoyenne, se met en place. Deux militants nous expliquent les raisons...Marie Lorillec (France 3 Normandie)
Undercover #Vancouver Police officer Mark Horsley uncovers kindness in Downtown Eastside | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col… “No one tried to rob him or short change him during transactions.
"Not one person took advantage of my vulnerability," Horsley told a news conference Thursday.
"This community has soul."
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Speed and efficiency are the headline acts here.
FastVLM and MobileCLIP2 process high-res images at lightning speed, making live applications like video captioning and OCR smooth and seamless — even on consumer hardware.
Example: Real-time video subtitle generation, all inside your browser.
FastVLM: huggingface.co/collections/app…
#AI Threads
FastVLM - a apple Collection
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Versatility is baked in.
These models tackle a wide range of tasks: OCR, image captioning, visual question answering, detailed scene understanding, and even emotion detection — all with impressive accuracy.
From extracting text to describing complex scenes, they handle it all.
MobileCLIP2: huggingface.co/collections/app…
#AI Threads
MobileCLIP2 - a apple Collection
huggingface.coluokai
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No more cloud dependence.
Everything happens locally in your browser, so your data stays private and you skip the hassle of installs or API calls.
This opens doors for accessibility, privacy-focused apps, and instant deployment for developers.
Github: github.com/apple/ml-fastvlm
#AI Threads
GitHub - apple/ml-fastvlm: This repository contains the official implementation of "FastVLM: Efficient Vision Encoding for Vision Language Models" - CVPR 2025
GitHubChris Messina
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