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Woman who destroyed #EcceHomo fresco in DIY restoration is considering “author rights” #tragicomic /ht @openrightsgroup
From: Javier Ruiz <javier@openrightsgroup.org> Worth sticking on google translate. Basically the woman who destroyed a Spanish heritage Ecce Homo fresco in a botched DiY restoration attempt is now is considering claiming “author rights” on her “work”! http://www.publico.es/televisionygente/442608/la-restauradora-del-eccehomo-se-plantea-cobrar-derechos-de-autor I am half-sympathetic, but that’s my Don Camillo fanboi-streak coming out (relevant story here) except this is the
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Twitter Updates for 2012-09-19
@JonnyHeavey Pics! /cc @BristolOffice @surevine # @mk270 Argument is good. It means we're all alive and at liberty to have opinions. /cc @dml @jimkillock # RT @rossjanderson: How the UK government cooked the books to justify the smart metering project: http://t.co/PF31FlyH # "Come to friendly New Hampshire – only Guam has a lower US murder
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TEDxHousesofParliament videos all up on YouTube …
TEDxHousesofParliament videos here; they say that they are all up now, but I remember at least one speaker – a somewhat inarticulate Greek lady – who seems not to be present.
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You’d think that the #NewYorker would know when to use “ensure”
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In what his campaign described today as a bold strategy to insure victory in the Presidential contest, Republican nominee Mitt Romney will undergo a procedure to have his mouth wired shut until Tuesday, November 6th. via In New Campaign Strategy, Romney to Have Mouth Wired Shut Until November : The New
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Yes, yes, kill the cute kitten because it’s not racially pure and takes up space #makesperfectsense
Really. Listen to this: BBC News – Siberian zoo breeds the world’s first Liliger. Go shoot a polar bear while you’re at it. (4th para)
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Twitter Updates for 2012-09-18
The #menshn ppl had best fix their user interaction; duplicate mails + one titled "CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT OR UNSUBSCRIBE" (my caps) # @rickygervais Hi! Off-topic: Were you actually a sabbatical officer of UCL Union? Have heard rumour often, was a Pi Magazine hack myself. # *This* is why we need Cybersecurity – we must invade
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Australia. Gay. Church. Chemical Castration. # Really, you shouldn’t be able to combine these words.
Last week the Sydney Herald published details about an Australian Doctor who has been struck off as a GP (although not as a Radiologist) after prescribing Cyprostat to an 18 year man in order to treat his homosexuality.1 Both men were members of the Exclusive Brethren Church and the patient was taken to see Dr
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Mayhem and death with just one click – World Politics – World – The Independent #missingthepoint
That, in view of the deaths and injuries still going on, is one of the most depressing aspects of the saga. Another is that all it takes for a few extremists to provoke violence is a YouTube account and access to an Arabic translator – and the certain knowledge that there are in many countries
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Back to three espresso machines Chez Muffett /ht @shortblue @surevine
I had my first decent espresso with Whit Diffie in Caffe Verona back in around 1993; a couple of years later – after researching on USENET – I bought a Zassenhaus hand-grinder and a Krups Espresso Novo 2000+ (model 988) to experiment with everything up-to and including roasting my own beans. The two devices worked
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BBC News – Europe hits old internet address limits # Wow, Europe has not collapsed
Not seen one of these in ages: Europe has almost exhausted its stock of old-style internet addresses. Strict rationing of these addresses – called IPv4 – has been started by the body that hands them out in Europe. From now on, companies can only make one more application for IPv4 addresses and, if successful, will
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Twitter Updates for 2012-09-15
@jimfinnis Two, twice, via diverse paths. http://t.co/Dllr1EiY #