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2025-08-15 @ 16.44.08 ∈ In English

Policy of transience
I consider all of these habits to be instances of a general “policy of transience”, which says: things should either be deliberately permanent in an organised way, or strictly temporary. I dislike things accidentally turning out to last for ever.
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2025-07-19 @ 10.03.20 ∈ In English

We’ve got to stop sending files to each other
The modern workforce shouldn't be flinging copies to each other. A copy is outdated the moment it is downloaded. A copy has no protection against illicit reading. A copy can never be revoked.
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2024-08-25 @ 6.51.48 ∈ Suomeksi

Arvokasta paikallishistoriaa uhkaa kadota vanhoilla formaateilla – kasettien ja filmikelojen pelastamisella kiire
Vanhat kuva- ja videoarkistot uhkaavat hävitä ilman asianmukaista tallentamista. Apua on saatavilla, mutta käytäntö on kirjavaa ja resurssit rajalliset.
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2024-08-22 @ 17.58.28 ∈ In English

Chasing Shadows: Geolocate Images with Bellingcat’s Shadow Finder Tool - bellingcat
Use this new tool to narrow down your search area from the entire globe to just a handful of countries and locations.
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2024-04-09 @ 18.24.25 ∈ Suomeksi

Työ | ”Minulle teksti-tv oli pelastus” – Matti Rämö oli ajautumassa ahdinkoon, kunnes löytyi unelmien työ
Voisi melkein sanoa, että suomalainen teksti-tv-perinne on enää yhden miehen varassa. Ja se mies on tässä: Yleisradion ”Mister Teksti-tv” Matti Rämö.
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2024-04-07 @ 15.54.29 ∈ In English

(From March)

Holding Hands with the “Fediverse” – ActivityPub at SFO Museum
SFO Museum has joined the “Fediverse”. We have begun to operate a series of automated “bot” accounts that are published using the ActivityPub protocols which can be subscribed to from any client, like Mastodon, that supports those standards.
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2024-02-22 @ 18.25.22 ∈ In English

The birth of our system for describing web content | Aeon Essays
Over a weekend in 1995, a small group gathered in Ohio to unleash the power of the internet by making it navigable