@CultureDoug Wow, amazing work! It seems like not much has changed in these institutions last decade, then. Great research! and peek behind curtains 😉 I’m off to read the other articles now
To będzie długi wątek o SLPS (https://t.co/S3zlZdL9T2), Ministerstwie Sprawiedliwości i jawności życia publicznego. Zacznie się od pouczającej historyjki, potem raz przeklnę, dotrzymam słowa a na końcu wyjaśnię, czego mi się odechciało, czego nie zrobię i co dalej.
Lecimy 👇🧵
Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls:
This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!!
These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular."
This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll.
In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned.
The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us.
It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful!
Read more in our announcement: https://t.co/rUlrdGXBMs
Image fees - more good news: Tate will start removing Creative Commons licences from their non-copyright artworks online. This means that potentially thousands of images of some of the greatest British art will finally be clearly in the public domain, and free to re-use. 1/3
Meanwhile in Poland, you can go to the movie theater, order popcorn and soda, and watch the conservative government finally losing power
Aside from these on the video, a quarter million people are watching the live stream on Youtube right now
@krzysztofkrol@Zacheta Na dodatek, decyzją obecnej dyrekcji Zachęty, w 2024 roku "pochwalimy się" też w Pawilonie Polskim w Wenecji wystawą "Polish Exercises in the Tragedy of the World". Wrażenie zrobi to na widzach na pewno🤦♀️
https://t.co/AOtoyoBjcJ
Wikipedia is the only website in the top-ten most-visited global websites to be run by a nonprofit – and at a fraction of the budget and staffing.
We are not funded by advertising, we don’t charge a subscription fee, and we don’t sell your data.
Read: https://t.co/w6LXXV2n20
@batofthedungeon Tempo karabinu maszynowego, w jakim Pani z TVP zadaje te hm, pytania, też jest ciekawe. To jest chyba szybsze od formułki „skonsultuj się z lekarzem lub farmaceutą”… Taki „ukłon w stronę widzów” 🤦♀️
I brought my childhood imaginary friend back to life using A.I. (#GPT3) and it was one of the scariest and most transformative experiences of my life.
A thread 🤖 (1/23)
Open access and digitisation can be a difficult step for small regional #museums. One solution to this was tested in the region of Lesser Poland - a local digitisation hub; a portal for a group of museums that follows #openGLAM principles. #heritage#digitization#openaccess
1/ Last October, CC launched an open call for Open GLAM Case Studies to help create a more global, inclusive and equitable picture & understanding of #OpenGLAM 🏛.
Today we're excited to share the 1st of the 8 successful case studies by @marta__malina 👇 https://t.co/EoavcpUxn7
Thank you @CMFrancoise! I hope the case of Małopolska Virtual Museums can inspire new #openGLAM enthusiasts to plan "tailor-made" collaborative projects!
Congrats to @marta__malina and her project #MalopolskaVirtualMuseums for beeing among the leaders and case studies selected by @creativecommons for their new initiative #GLAM
Such an inspiring group of leaders and eight unique projects! 🧡
https://t.co/1RXgQFcA7B
The national prosecutor has instructed his subordinates to seek criminal charges against the organisers of abortion protests for endangering the public.
The education minister has threatened to cut funds for universities that have supported the protests https://t.co/kaO7aVzy4u