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Note: Article lead photo taken at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, NY on March 29, 2020. Background created from desert photo purchased from Shutterstock.® As the world remains gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic that has completely transformed our way of life and altered our priorities and filled so many with immense suffering, one can only look back to the to the life of Jesus, especially the time when he spent 40 days and nights in the desert at Mount Quarantania (Jabal al-Qarant…

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. [Acts 2:20] Actually instead of doom and gloom, 8 April 2024 proved to be a surreal, awesome, joyful and even life-changing day for many who had watched as the eclipse unfolded with anticipation, excitement and awe. Since 21 August 2017 when our area (the NYC metro region) experienced a partial solar eclipse, Don and I had resolved to see totality in a solar eclipse set fo…

Image created from ChatGPT (OpenAI) and Gemini (Google) Technology is both a blessing and a curse, depending on how it is used. With its rapid advancement, humanity has entered perhaps the most pivotal epoch since the birth of Jesus Christ: the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), inaugurated by the release of ChatGPT by OpenAI on November 30, 2022. That moment marked a turning point in human history. Whether we accept it or not, humanity crossed a threshold – becoming, in effect, creators o…

William Gargurevich-Sutherland July 4, 2026 Abstract: Using data derived from NASA's Cassini mission, three independent artificial intelligence systems — Gemini AI (Google), Copilot AI (Microsoft), and ChatGPT (OpenAI) — conducted convergent analyses of cryogenic plume samples ejected from Enceladus' subsurface ocean. The analyses targeted enantiomeric excess (EE) as a biosignature, integrating spectral deconvolution, supervised machine learning, and Bayesian statistical inference. All thr…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Listing of new groups. Thanks to the astute ipernity member who noticed and reported that the 'New groups' under the Explore menu was actually listing the oldest first. This has been corrected. We are truly a member-run website. 2) Resistance was not futile. The previously reported success at curbing the over utilisation of our servers has continued, so the cost and effort involved with obtaining outside help has proven worthwhile. Th…

“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin.” –Sun Tzu The most dangerous thing a great power can do is to reveal that it lacks the will, judgment, and seriousness to defend the interests it has declared vital. That is what President Trump’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran has done. It broadcast to allies, adversaries, and wavering states that the United States could be drawn into a contest of endurance…

Museums tell stories that collapse the distance between past and present. Within a single room, centuries can stand side by side. A weathered artifact, a painted face, a fragment of text, or a carefully preserved object can carry visitors into worlds that no longer exist but still speak with remarkable force. Museums compress time by allowing people to move through history not as an abstract sequence of dates, but as a lived human experience. They create encounters between rich stories and t…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) The Good News. Slow but determined work gets the job done. We can report that the download to pc, and the creation/change of icon and banner for a user's home page, and for groups, are again working. And that the AI driven content scrapers causing the overload have finally been blocked, (mm/dd below). 2) Progress on our server issues. Please read all of the below carefully The Story Back in April our servers began being…

Work on the Website is scheduled for the following days/times: Friday, May 22 17:00 - 20:00 UTC - COMPLETED Wednesday, May 27 Beginning 14:00 UTC - COMPLETED Thursday, May 28 - COMPLETED Friday, May 29 - COMPLETED ADDITIONAL DAY: Monday, June 1 This is being done to help us investigate solutions to our current issues including: SERVER OVERLOADS DOWNLOAD FAILURES GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL BANNER & ICON UPDATES NOT WORKING ---------------------------------------------…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Communicating on ipernity. Let’s take a moment and celebrate our community! Connecting with people on the internet can be a difficult thing to do, but here on ipernity the vast majority of our communications are rooted in enjoyment and curiosity. That’s something to pause for, to notice and appreciate. We spend a lot of time viewing the world from another person’s perspective, both visually and in writing. This wonderful type of experience is a spe…

Help keep our association going. Join the ima team as an Executive assistant. Our current treasurer, Corinne, will be stepping down in less than a year. We are looking for someone to become an executive assistant to Corinne. Are you a Club Member with a love for ipernity? WE NEED YOU! Becoming an assistant to Corinne will also allow you to learn exactly what it means to be our treasurer and for you to consider whether you would like to stand for treasurer next year. Wh…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Our annual general meeting was held 22 March 2026. A big thank you to all the members who took the time to attend. Summary of important changes voted into place: 1) Our Vice President is now Don Sutherland. 2) Our Treasurer, Corinne Pommerell, is re-elected. 3) Our Cash Auditor, Thomas Reck is re-elected. 4) Membership fees will now be listed only in euros - PayPal and banks used will do any currency adjustments needed. The text…

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In reply to our call for candidatures for the mandates of Vice President and Treasurer, we have the following: Don Sutherland - as Vice-President. New to the role, here you can read about Don Corinne Pommerell - as Treasurer. Current incumbent, standing for re-election, (for a 1 year term only). We look forward to the membership confirming these candidate at the IGA. Your ima team - - - - - - - - - - - -

The IGA 2026 will take place on Sunday, 22nd March 2026, 5pm Paris (16:00 UTC). Please check the correct time in your country, perhaps with this Your time zone ============================================================ We encourage all full club members to attend. ▶️ Follow this link to the sign up procedure . The verification of your identity is only necessary, if you are participating for the first time. Otherwise, we only require an ipermail to ima moderator in…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Ipernity General Assembly (IGA 2026). Details can be read in the formal announcement . 2) New group feature, 'View your content'. The initial reason for adding this was to help a member decide whether to add an image to the suggested group. This is when visiting the group from a 'visit/add' link as a non-member, but having content in it. However, the feature as released is available to any viewer, member or not, with content in the group. A…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Unwanted phishing emails. Further to the precaution of putting up a warning in our top banner, the policy on ipermails for new members has been revised. From the previous limit of 10 different recipients allowed per day for the first week, it is now far more restrictive to impact the scammers, while data shows that this should not affect honest new members. 2) Upcoming Ipernity General Assembly. First, a date for your diary, if you are able…

Il serait souhaitable avanr d'intégrer des groupes, de lire attentivement leur thème car c'est un travail que de modérer et d'être souvent obligé de supprimer les photos qui ne sont pas adéquates. Ce que je fais actuellement. SVP ! soyez attentifs ! Je vous en remercie ! A bientôt ! Paix, sérénité à tous♫ Valériane♫

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…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, We wish this holiday season brings you and your loved ones many moments of joy. 1) Confirmation of remove/delete action. Following a report by a member of an unexpected deletion of an image, we did not find any bug in the system to explain it. However, the confirmation prompt shown after clicking the [x] for 'Delete this photo' did have 'OK' as the default. Meaning that an accidental second click or hitting [enter] would confirm the deletion.…