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The newspaper’s “morgue” has 5 million to 7 million photos dating back to the 1870s, including prints and contact sheets showing all the shots on photographers’ rolls of film. The Times is using Google’s technology to convert it into something more useful than its current analog state occupying banks of filing cabinets.

Specifically, it’s using Google AI tools to recognize printed or handwritten text describing the photos and Google’s storage and data analysis services, the newspaper said. It plans to investigate whether object recognition is worthwhile, too.

[Stephen Shankland/CNET]

” … maybe i’ll just QUIT my job and live in a van down by the river”

More photos of this groovy van at: From Deco to Atom

Yep, Facebook censored me when I posted the ‘napalm girl’ photo

I actually posted it twice, in connection with two separate articles. The first article is still up, and it’s also here on the public web.

However, Facebook deleted a second instance, which is here on the public web.

Facebook also issued me a warning. I think it suspended my account briefly — not sure; the notices went by quickly.

And Facebook required me to go through my photo album to be sure I don’t have any more nude photos in there. I did not look at each one, just thought for a second about whether I remembered posting any nude photos, decided I hadn’t, and clicked OK.

This is a big reason why I consider mitchwagner.com my home on the web even though far more people interact with me on social media. Social media is fickle.

Stark image: Collecting the civilian dead following an Allied bombing raid on Dresden, 1945

From: German civilians, air wardens and soldiers collect the civilian dead following an Allied bombing raid on Dresden. Feb. 16, 1945.

Gratuitous photo of Game of Thrones’ “The Mountain” shopping with his girlfriend

Proving that no matter how big and badass you are, when you go shopping with your woman, you end up carrying most of the packages.

The legs of New York

New York Times photo editor Stacey Baker spends some of her free time photographing the legs of women on the streets of New York. Now it’s a book.

Volte-face: Oddly beautiful photos of famous landmarks intentionally shot from wrong angle

Oliver Curtis shot these photos from the landmarks looking away, rather than of the landmarks. For example: This photo is taken from Lenin’s Tomb in Moscow.