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After a unique viral photo, nature photographer tells us how the "surreal experience" of being blocked on social media was hilarious – and we think he has a point!

Photographer Carl Bovis was shocked to be told by former New York attorney Regina Alberty that she was blocking him on social media for the heinous crime of posting an unflattering photo of a bird. She implied he had deliberately made the image look bad because he disliked the woodpigeon, saying: “Usually photographers try to take pictures that favor the subject. Do you even like the subject…
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A Texan man found a photo album in a garage that may hold unseen pictures of Bonnie and Clyde. But caution over their authenticity points to a deeper lesson about how we should safeguard our own photography for future generations

If you’ve ever written names on the back of a photograph, then consider yourself a hero. Because future generations will thank you, whether they’re descendants trying to figure out their family lineage or historians analyzing stuff we don’t even know will…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Two Silverado EVs and a 150 kWh battery powered this entire concert tour

A five-stop concert tour in Quebec ran entirely on two Chevrolet Silverado EVs and a 150 kWh mobile power plant this summer. No diesel generator, and no hookup to the grid. I went to the final show, held in a grocery store parking lot in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighborhood, and everything from the speakers to the stage lights to the kitchen was running off batteries. A free tour powered by EV…
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DefenseNews

Operation Atlantic City ushers Marines on rare trip to ... remote Arctic island

U.S. Marines participated in a “first-of-its-kind mission” in the remote Arctic this summer, meant to test their ability to work with Norwegian and British troops in harsh conditions. The operation — on the far-flung and strategically valuable island of Jan Mayen, Norway — reflects NATO’s increasing focus on the Arctic, where the alliance is worried about Russia’s ability to project…
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GamingNews

The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Reportedly Broken on AMD GPUs Ahead of New Driver

UPDATE: AMD Radeon driver Adrenalin 26.9.2 is now available and should solve the graphics issues for AMD users. original story continues below. ORIGINAL STORY: The Witcher 3 Remastered released earlier today, and while it seems to work great for Nvidia graphics cards, AMD users are reporting a wealth of bugs and visual artifacts. Some of the issues reported are trees missing from the…
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