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This document describes PNG (Portable Network Graphics), an extensible file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of static and animated raster images. PNG provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, greyscale, and truecolor images are supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from 1 to 16 bits.

PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications, such as the World Wide Web, so it is fully streamable with a progressive display option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store color space data for improved color matching on heterogeneous platforms.

This specification defines two Internet Media Types, image/png and image/apng.

Huawei.

US says Haitians can be deported – days after ruling Haiti unsafe for Americans. (The Guardian)

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LaborBerlin: State-of-the-Art 16mm Projector

Our idea is to develop a state-of-the-art and modular 16mm film projector using only open-source technologies and non-proprietary/commonly available spare parts. We believe that especially the central mechanical elements of the old projectors – claw mechanism, shutter wheel and film transport – are in most cases so well engineered that a new development here would be a waste of time and energy. Instead, we want to build the projector on the basis of an existing – and easily available – projector mechanism. The same applies to the optics: lenses that are compatible with projectors made by Eiki, Bauer, Bell & Howell and Hokushin are available worldwide in good condition. This projector should cater to the needs of contemporary film artists, archivists and projectionists alike.

TV sets with Automatic Content Recognition. The TV set generates a content fingerprint and sends it to the manufacturer.

1. Don’t connect your TV to the internet.
If you keep the Wi-Fi off, the TV can’t send data to manufacturers or advertisers. Use a laptop or trusted device for streaming instead. If the TV stays offline forever, the data it collects never leaves the device.

2. Turn off ACR settings.
Dig through the menus and disable everything related to viewing info, advertising, and personalization. Look for settings like “Live Plus” or “Viewing Information Services.” Be thorough. These options are often buried.

3. Use dumb displays.
It’s almost impossible to buy a non-smart TV today. The market is flooded with “smart” everything. But a few dumb projectors still exist. And some monitors are safer too, though they don’t go to TV sizes yet.

The merveilleux-scientifique genre (aeon.co)

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“La musique est l’art de combiner les sons d’une manière agréable à l’oreille.”

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I am a reluctant airbnb user; article on how they became overdominant in Barcelona; fairbnb.coop is the right idea; via newyorker.

Spinning Mill by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, translated from the Spanish by Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Bilingual edition; Cardboard House Press.

Filthy, upcoming comic.

Bertlatsky’s appreciation for The Devil Finds Works. (2014) Baldwin’s and/or great criticism inspire readings in a work.

Wilentz on Notre Dame de l’Assomption (1883-2010). Good overlay of Haiti’s economic history; dubious of spaghetti sandwiches as indicator; not enough an appreciation of Haiti’s internationalism or its politics; the first black republic, and for that matter all republics, gets to determine how to fail its citizens(political infighting vs education).

The Golden Fantasy, solo exhibition by Oneika Russell at New Local Space, opens May 4th.

On the Media on May Day, begins at 36:21.

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El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana
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El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Habana

Sky’s the limit

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