Drie doden en minstens tien besmettingen: de uitbraak van het dodelijke Hantavirus op het Nederlands cruiseschip Hondius heeft de wereld opgeschrikt.
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Cas worstelt met de vraag of hij meer wil weten over zijn donor, terwijl zijn zusje Simone een band opbouwt met die van haar.
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Raymond Biesinger is a Montréal-based illustrator, artist, and best-selling author. He says, "My work is very much a collage that doesn't look like a collage—pieces made from real-world lines, shapes, and textures scanned into a computer that's used as an infinitely-forgiving Xerox machine, glue, and scissors. These components lose their recognizability in the process, but when repetitively used bring flaws, eccentricities, and geometries that form a visual vocabulary."
Probably due to the graphic design nature of his work, Biesinger's art is very strongly linked with the written word. Here are some interesting places that he's associated with. Drawn & Quarterly, located in Montreal: Over the past thirty years, Drawn & Quarterly has grown from a single-issue magazine to an internationally renowned publisher of the world's best cartoonists. This is one of the places where you can buy Biesinger's book. Librairie Pulp Books & Café: an English-language bookstore and coffee bar located in Verdun, QC, specializing in new books across several genres. Raymond made some imaginary bookmarks for them. He's done some illustrations for The Walrus. The Walrus provokes new thinking and sparks conversation on matters vital to Canadians. He did a cover for the Literary Review of Canada which has provided a space for the country's best and emerging writers to reflect deeply on politics, philosophy, science, history, culture, and literature since 1991. This post is really about Biesinger so I'll end this with a few more links to his art. Colossal: Multi-Part Graphics Reveal the Inner Workings of Systems in Vintage-Inspired Designs by Raymond Biesinger An interview Une autre entrevue, cette fois en français. Some more art Lost buildings of NYC A reddit thread with many more lost buildings from cities all over the U.S.
Probably due to the graphic design nature of his work, Biesinger's art is very strongly linked with the written word. Here are some interesting places that he's associated with. Drawn & Quarterly, located in Montreal: Over the past thirty years, Drawn & Quarterly has grown from a single-issue magazine to an internationally renowned publisher of the world's best cartoonists. This is one of the places where you can buy Biesinger's book. Librairie Pulp Books & Café: an English-language bookstore and coffee bar located in Verdun, QC, specializing in new books across several genres. Raymond made some imaginary bookmarks for them. He's done some illustrations for The Walrus. The Walrus provokes new thinking and sparks conversation on matters vital to Canadians. He did a cover for the Literary Review of Canada which has provided a space for the country's best and emerging writers to reflect deeply on politics, philosophy, science, history, culture, and literature since 1991. This post is really about Biesinger so I'll end this with a few more links to his art. Colossal: Multi-Part Graphics Reveal the Inner Workings of Systems in Vintage-Inspired Designs by Raymond Biesinger An interview Une autre entrevue, cette fois en français. Some more art Lost buildings of NYC A reddit thread with many more lost buildings from cities all over the U.S.
In Turkije is een Irakees gearresteerd, die verdacht wordt van de coördinatie van aanslagen op Joodse instellingen in Nederland. Een daarvan was bij een synagoge in Rotterdam. De man is uitgeleverd aan de Verenigde Staten en zal daar worden berecht, schrijft de NOS.
The US supreme court demolished the 1965 Voting Rights Act when they ruled in Louisiana v Callais in April that states can’t consider race in redistricting. Southern states from Tennessee to Alabama have rushed to erase majority Black districts, sparking chaos for the midterm elections. Kai Wright talks with Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and former Georgia house minority leader, about the fallout from the decision, and why, even now, she thinks the way forward is still through engaging more voters to participate in democracy: ‘They have fractured communities and said we’re going to scatter these seeds. Our job is to grow’
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BrianFagioli writes: Kioxia and Dell Technologies say they have built a 2U server configuration capable of scaling to 9.8PB of flash storage, which is the sort of density that would have sounded impossible just a few years ago. The setup combines a Dell PowerEdge R7725xd Server with 40 Kioxia LC9 Series 245.76TB NVMe SSDs and AMD EPYC processors. According to Kioxia, matching the same capacity with more common 30.72TB SSDs would require seven additional servers and another 280 drives.
The companies are pitching the hardware squarely at AI and hyperscale workloads, where storage is rapidly becoming a bottleneck alongside compute. Kioxia claims the denser configuration can dramatically reduce power consumption and rack space requirements while remaining air cooled. The announcement also highlights how quickly enterprise storage capacities are escalating as organizations race to support larger AI models, massive datasets, and increasingly demanding data pipelines.
The companies are pitching the hardware squarely at AI and hyperscale workloads, where storage is rapidly becoming a bottleneck alongside compute. Kioxia claims the denser configuration can dramatically reduce power consumption and rack space requirements while remaining air cooled. The announcement also highlights how quickly enterprise storage capacities are escalating as organizations race to support larger AI models, massive datasets, and increasingly demanding data pipelines.
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After a week full of new cameras being announced, we encourage you to take out the camera (or phone, that’s 100% fine too) and go make the best photographs you can.
Here’s the new Sony a7rvi and here’s the new Canon R6v I’m sure they’re both lovely pieces of gear. You’re on a journey, you’ll get there, go make photos with what you have and don’t be continually ‘inspired to buy new gear’
Here is a list of ten ideas to go try this weekend.
- Decaying autumn leaves and frozen dew textures.
- Blue hour cityscapes and long-exposure traffic trails.
- Early morning ground fog and misty landscapes.
- Abstract macro patterns using crumpled aluminum foil.
- Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) with vertical structures.
- Cinematic portraits using a 21:9 letterbox aspect ratio.
- Repetitive patterns and textures at local farmers’ markets.
- Nostalgic street photography with vintage lenses or filters.
- Toy/miniature photography in real-world environments.
- High-contrast architectural shadows and silhouettes.
It’s 9:36am on Saturday here in Melbourne, I’ve already driven one child to soccer, stayed and grabbed a couple of photographs (Sony a7r3 and a Tamron 35-150mm if you’re wondering) and am now home to collect second child for the swap over…
I have two small LED lights that I’m going to try some product photography with this weekend, that’s my challenge to myself! Sheet of cardboard, two small lights, an idea of what I want to see. Wish me luck!
This was one from earlier that I tried for a review of the Espresso 15 Lite display we did.
Go forth, capture.
— Simon
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Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
date stamped on slide, December 1959, handwritten on back of slide, "Korean girl"
