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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Penmanship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FediLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a></p><p>👉Important for all authors, esp. if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a>-based: how to protect your copyright against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> firms👈</p><p>&quot;*Class Action Lawsuits Cover All Writers Whose Books Were Used *</p><p>Legal action is already underway against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meta</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenAI</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anthropic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anthropic</span></a>, and other AI companies for using pirated books.<br />You don’t need to be a named plaintiff to benefit or receive damages if you qualify as part of the class;... &quot;</p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@alison" class="u-url mention">@<span>alison</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://authorsguild.org/news/meta-libgen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">authorsguild.org/news/meta-lib</span><span class="invisible">gen-ai-training-book-heist-what-authors-need-to-know/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>If you can read <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursive</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a> would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 yrs worth of US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documents</span></a> need <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transcribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcribing</span></a> (or at least classifying) vast majority from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevolutionaryWar</span></a> era are handwritten in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursive</span></a> requiring people who know the flowing, looped form of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a>. “Reading cursive is a superpower." Some 5,000 Citizen Archivists R helping the Archive read &amp; transcribe some of the more than 300 million digitized objects in its catalog <a href="https://www.bespacific.com/can-you-read-cursive-its-a-superpower-the-national-archives-is-looking-for/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bespacific.com/can-you-read-cu</span><span class="invisible">rsive-its-a-superpower-the-national-archives-is-looking-for/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Can you read cursive? It's a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/superpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superpower</span></a> the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a> is looking for.</p><p>More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transcribing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transcribing</span></a> (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevolutionaryWar</span></a> era are <a href="https://mas.to/tags/handwritten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handwritten</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cursive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursive</span></a> – requiring people who know the flowing, looped form of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/nation</span><span class="invisible">/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/</span></a></p>
Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏<p>Lázaro Cárdenas was president of Mexico from 1934-1940. History education in the U.S. pays far more attention to Europe than to Mexico and Canada, but in short: for his nationalization of the petroleum industry alone, he's one of the most important figures in North America of the past century.</p><p>Anyway. Point is he joined the Mexican Revolution at age 15 and first got promoted for having excellent penmanship!</p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/mexicanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mexicanhistory</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mexico</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/lazarocardenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lazarocardenas</span></a></p>
lee<p>ok <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/handlettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handlettering</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/penmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>penmanship</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calligraphy</span></a> people i bring u a fun challenge: lefty slogans in handlettering.</p><p>tags i am using so far: <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/handleftering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handleftering</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/classCalligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classCalligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/letteringPraxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letteringPraxis</span></a></p>