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Dear members and friends of ipernity, Happy New Year! Let's work together to have a joyful and healthy 2026. 1) Images suggested for groups. We would love to hear from the membership with any thoughts and ideas on the initial roll-out of the following revision. With the effort to clean up groups, it has been noted that groups often have images that do not fit the group's theme/topic. This is more prevalent in groups where images are added without being checked by an administrato…

Claude und ich arbeiten seit einiger Zeit zusammen. An Texten, Ideen, kreativen Projekten. Und dann stellte ich die verrückte Frage: "Was würdest du ChatGPT über uns erzählen?" Die Antwort hat mich zum Lachen gebracht – und berührt.

Tali ← publicly active Greg Papillon ← publicly active Ally Whiteneck ← publicly active Manni48 ← now publicly active François-Marie ← publicly active Susanne Elsig-lohmann ← publicly active Symeon ← publicly active Thomas Schulze, Prenzlau ← publicly active Geobert ← publicly active Ludwigluemmel ← publicly active Fabienne Enguehard ← publicly active Jean-louis Cambon ← publicly active Dwayne Pounds ← p…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Photon festival. We have started an experiment. From September 5 to 7, 2025, we had a booth at the PHOTON Photography Festival in Illingen / Saar, Germany, where we promoted Ipernity. Thanks to Bernhard (Bergfex), who traveled from Austria especially for this event, we were able to talk to visitors at the festival and raise awareness of Ipernity. We'll have to wait and see if this will be reflected in the membership numbers. We also l…

The Ipernity platform functions much like a great rainforest. Each night, shortly after midnight, the servers clear, the systems refresh, and the site hums with renewed energy. In these early hours, Ipernity runs fast and clean, like dry air beginning to gather moisture. As users upload photos, exchange likes, and leave comments, they saturate the digital atmosphere with activity. Gradually, as the hours pass, this accumulated load begins to weigh heavy. Latency creeps in like rising humidi…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Interruptions to our website. As many of you know, we have been suffering recently from slow response times to actual failure to load a page. When this happens to you, please be patient and wait a minute or two before trying to refresh the page, because the site is not offline, just overloaded. This is due to high demand on our system from outside. This has also been causing other types of issues including interruption of daily news emails an…

God has created the Universe the Universe has created Man Man has created the Machine the Universe expands itself infinitely and ignores God Man and the Machine Deus criou o Universo o Universo criou o Homem o Homem criou a Máquina o Universo expande-se infinitamente e ignora Deus o Homem e a Máquina by Armando TABORDA, 2016 (post 1st edition, 2016; 2nd edition, 2023; 3rd edition, 2025)

For a long time I would like to talk to you about a fabulous French artist, Agatha Ukeo, my friend, from my age group but as young as my grandchildren, because her creative mind is airy, colorful, and untimely. She invents characters that seem naïf but they aren't, that resemble comics but they aren't, that resemble fantastic realism and they are. They talk to us, meet the mythology of our dreams, fantasies, and fears. Fill us with pleasure and make us feel the irony and joy of living.…

My membership of Ipernity is now in its sixth year. I came to Ipernity at a time when the increasing commercialization of existing photo sites and/or communities was increasingly limiting my creativity. Trendy photos were highlighted, while the real treasures remained hidden. This is not surprising, the operators of these sites are profit-oriented, but they live from our work and our enthusiasm. They create a presentation space – but nothing more than that. I came to Ipernity, a real communit…

Parmi toutes les utopies en voici une qui ne nécessite, pour être réalisée, aucune découverte scientifique, aucune invention particulière, aucun budget. En revanche elle demande de prendre conscience que c’est profitable pour tout le monde, de la confiance en l’autre et du respect pour ses contemporains. Faire taire les égoïsmes et les désirs de prédation. Dans l’histoire « Le cancer de Gaïa » la paix est imposée sous la contrainte, la prise de conscience arrive progressivement par la suite, d…

1. HAVE FUN! 2. ADDING IMAGES TO COMMENTS: -- Image has to be up on ipernity (though it can be private). -- On image page, go to Actions/Share (HTML code) [find the Actions link on the bar to the right of the image]. -- Choose size of photo you want to embed in the comment. -- THEN, copy "Insert the photo" code HTML (bottom box). -- Place this code into the comment field. Note: You can preview your comment to make sure the image shows up correctly and is the size you want. All comme…

The world’s largest community run online photo and art club Independant and commercial free Member owned and run Come and see .... “we respect the freedom of art” Who are we? • Photographers • Artists • Creators • From all over the world – over 100 countries “ipernity has been my home for more than 10 years. Here are human relationships that move beyond the anonymity of the virtual world” “A lively community of photo amateurs and artists” Exchange and organiz…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, ============================ For those of you still having problems: If trying to add a new photo to a group, and there is no drop-down list, the first thing to try is the Ctrl+F5 to Refresh. See paragraph below for more about refreshing. If that does not solve the problem, you can try closing and restarting your browser . We do not expect to be able to allow the apps (iPhone or Android) to upload photos. But this is possible with either the…

Aus ' Gott Heute' von Neale Donald Walsch Die amerikanische Originalausgabe erschien 2004 unter dem Titel "Tomorrow's God Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge" bei Atria Books, New York 1. Auflage 2004 der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe im Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München Seite181/182/183 Gott und Ich - Neale - Seiten 181/182 Ich soll anderen in Erinnerung rufen, wer und was Gott ist? ...Und was genau sollen wir sagen? - Gott - Liebe sagt, dass - in einem Wort gesagt -…

[EN] How I digitize my Kodachrome slides Original pic: Camera: Minolta X-700 Lens(es): various Film: Kodachrome 64 slide film Photographed with: Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G Diacope attachment: Nikon ES 1 Kodachrome slide film is comparable to three black-and-white films placed on top of each other and separated by color filters. In contrast to other slide films (e.g. Agfa, Fuji etc.), Kodac…

Human waste supple like water foam on the barracks' wall until it tumbles in tears splinters of cement and lime dust we interweave in our hands. Desperdício humano dúctil como espuma de água no muro do quartel até ruir em lágrimas estilhaços de cimento e cal pó que entretecemos nas mãos. by Armando TABORDA, in "MANUAL DO DESPERDÍCIO", Ceres Editora, 1994 (post 1st ed…

Ein Welttag soll an internationale Themen und aktuelle Weltprobleme erinnern. Es gibt von der UN und ihren Unterorganisationen mehr als 100 offizielle Welt- und Internationale Tage. Im Zeitalter der Globalisierung und des Internets erfahren weltweite Gedenktage eine Aufwertung. Der Weltozeantag wird jedes Jahr am 8. Juni weltweit begangen, um das Bewusstsein für die Bedeutung der Ozeane und deren Schutz zu schärfen. Er dient als Gelegenheit, die entscheidende Rolle des Ozeans in unserem Leben hervorzuheben, einschließlich seiner Auswirkungen auf die Klimaregulierung, die biologische Vielfalt, die Ernährungssicherheit und die Lebensgrundlagen.

“It's important to always have people who remember you at various stages of your life. It's especially important as you get older, because there are less of those people around. And they remind you of who you are.” [1]

“I tried to do a puppet show on the streets, and I wasn't a very good street performer. But I found that I could stand in one place in Central Park and bounce a soap bubble on my arm, and I didn't have to gather a crowd for the puppet show. I had a crowd.” [1]

At work, I will play a significant role in the upcoming strategic planning process. To many, that might sound dull, dry, and perhaps even depressing. To those who feel that way, you have my fullest condolences. Much has changed since the existing strategic plan was adopted and implemented. The COVID-19 Pandemic has run its course leaving profound changes in its wake. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has exploded onto the scene with transformational implications. Just these two developments could…