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Here is a close-up view of "The Bird Cage", a historic pub that was moved on concrete runners during construction of a motorway then moved back into its original place.

It was not possible to get far enough away from the desired subject to include it in a single photo but by taking many photos from the same focal point hugin could create a panorama of the scene.

Although not one of my better panoramas it illustrates the power of hugin to retain architectural accuracy in the vertical plane

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Wow. I've been too geeky lately and out of touch. Portland. Holy mac.
USA has officially lost any semblance of democracy or even a republic.
youtube.com/results?search_que
Uniformed feds pushing civilians into unmarked cars and disappearing with them on the orders of The Leader. This sounds awfully familiar to me.
It makes me think of the desaparecidos in other places.

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@jaz Brexit, the gift that keeps on taking!

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There was one death recorded in today's official #Covid19Cymru figures. Total now 1547. It's a measure of how far we have come that this is now a disappointing figure. The 7-day average is under 1 (0.86), and weekends are usually quieter.

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Wrth ffin #Ceredigion a Phowys heddiw. Pa fath o deryn sy'n creu nyth fel hyn? Brân?
On the Ceredigion - #Powys border today. What sort of bird builds a nest like this? A crow?

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In HG Wells' "Men Like Gods" (1923) the Five Principles of Liberty which govern life in Utopia are:
* privacy
* free movement
* unlimited knowledge
* truthfulness
* free discussion

Written nearly 100 years ago for a fictional parallel universe, those principles should apply to our present day real world.

#books #SciFi #privacy #Internet #politics

Here's the relevant link to Unesco's global consultation on AI ethics (as posted earlier today).

survey.unesco.org/2020/index.p

I hope as many people as possible will participate in the survey and share the link.

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My most favoritest person finally joined QOTO! Make sure you all say hi to @RayneSilver and show her some love :)

Amanda  
Omg I did it where am I who are you people
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RT @AaronMesh
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown goes HAM: "The President is failing to lead this nation. Now he is deploying officers to patrol the streets of Portland in a blatant abuse of power. Trump is looking for a confrontation in Oregon in the hopes of winning political points in Ohio or Iowa."

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Until a year or so ago, I don't think I'd ever seen the word "normalcy". Over the last few months I've seen its use increasing.
Is this to be the new normal, or will "normality" be restored?

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There were zero deaths recorded once again today in the official #Covid19Cymru figures (total remains at 1545). There have been just 5 deaths in the past week, meaning that the 7-day average is now 0.71.
The main risk now I think is complacency, coupled with tourism (especially in rural areas).

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@gemlog there are a lot of unanswered questions regarding immunity. A recent study in the Karolinska institute in Sweden suggested that T-cell immunity is much more widespread than IgG immunity. If that's the case, then we are measuring the wrong thing when we do antibody tests.

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