Al Jazeera Wednesday July 2, 2025
A Russian court has found a photographer guilty of treason and jailed him for 16 years for allegedly sharing information about Soviet-era underground bunkers with an American journalist. The photographer, Grigory Skvortsov, who was arrested by Russian authorities in 2023, has denied any wrongdoing. In a 2024 interview, Skvortsoy said he had passed on information that was publicly available, notes Reuters. Since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has radically expanded its definition of what constitutes state secrets, adds Al Jazeera.
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David Schonauer Wednesday July 2, 2025
Older adults are often faced with lifestyle changes that can disrupt their sense of place and purpose. It may be the loss of a partner, downsizing their home, or moving to residential aged care. And
these changes can come with loss of identity, uncertainty, disconnect and isolation.But a simple camera could help alleviate some of these pains, notes Tricia King, a senior lecturer in … Read the full Story >>
DIYPhotography Tuesday July 1, 2025
It’s July and the mercury is rising, And so is Mercury! the Solar System’s innermost planet will be 25.9 degrees from the Sun at its greatest eastern elongation on July 4. Just after sunset, look for the planet low in the eastern sky and plan to photograph it with a wide-angle or medium telephoto lens (e.g., 135 mm), notes DIY Photography. On July 7, the bright star Antares will disappear behind the moon (from our perspective). This occultation, however, won’t be visible from all locations on Earth. Meanwhile, the Milky Way season is in full swing.
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The Guardian Tuesday July 1, 2025
Dozens of YouTube channels are mixing AI-generated images and videos with false claims about Sean “Diddy” Combs’s blockbuster trial to pull in tens of millions of views and cash in on misinformation. The channels appear to follow a similar formula: Each video typically has an AI-generated thumbnail that links a celebrity to Diddy via a false claim—for instance, that the celebrity just testified at the trial, that Diddy coerced that celebrity into a sexual act or that the celeb shared a shocking revelation about Diddy, notes The Guardian.
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