DroneDJ Friday November 22, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a $270,000 fine against Henry “Hank” Borunda, a Colorado-based real estate developer whose viral “BumsNDrones” social media accounts depict his drones harassing the local homeless population. The videos, which initially circulated on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and X/Twitter, have drawn condemnation from drone advocates and homeless organizations, as well as 232 regulatory violations from the FAA. The case “marks one of the more egregious examples of improper drone use,” notes Drone DJ.
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Hans P. Krauss Jr. Fine Photographs Friday November 22, 2024
Now extended through December 20, the exhibition “Mountains and Streams from Paper and Glass Negatives,” at New York’s Hans P. Krauss Jr. Fine Photographs, celebrates the beauty of an earlier type of landscape photography, with views of the Alps by the Bisson Frères, the Pyrenees by Joseph vicomte Vigier, and Yosemite by Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, and Alvin Langdon Coburn. There’s also work by William Henry Fox Talbot, Édouard Baldus, Dr. John Murray, John Payne Jennings and more. See also: The Eye of Photography.
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Social Media Today Friday November 22, 2024
Are you tired of the content that Instagram’s algorithm dishes up to you? Now you can do something about it: IG will soon roll out a feature allowing users to reshape their feeds with a Recommendation Reset. Instagram will still keep your activity and interest info for ad targeting. But in terms of the content that it recommends to you, which is an increasing amount of what you see in the app, this will give you the option to reset and start over, notes Social Media News. Meta touting the wool as especially beneficial for especially teens.
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KICKSTARTER Friday November 22, 2024
In the shadow of Silicon Valley’s booming technology industry, a growing number of people remain out in the cold: Skyrocketing housing prices and an astronomical cost-of-living in America’s hub of innovation have pushed many onto the streets. A new film from MediaStorm, now being funded at Kickstarter, focuses on two anonymous men dressed as superheroes—Batman of San Jose and Crimson Fist —who hand out water and food to those in need, providing outreach for those who live on the margin.
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