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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • I’m not sure why you say the wikimedia rendition is better.

    The scan is of far higher resolution, and the colours are more vibrant - I assume, reflecting the original colours, rather than the more washed-out version I posted originally.

    So I assume(d), perhaps mistakenly. The source on Wikimedia Commons isn’t unknown, it is from the Library of Congress, as stated in the “Source” field. However, below the LoC link, the page says it’s a “restoration” by a Commons editor, god knows according to which standards. The original LoC page has a more washed-out version, colours seemingly the same as the Brooklyn Museum version, but also of a far better resolution which was the basis for the Commons version (5615 x 8400 pixels). It’s at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.02940

    You’re also right that the colours are a bit misaligned here and there in the LoC/Commons version, even the cat is coloured a bit differently. I paid no attention to that.








  • Had that one in mind myself. I wanted to post a thread when Xcancel/Nitter shut down for good (it was initially announced they would close it due to being sued by Twitter, then they reopened for a few days, and closed again). There was no news articles about it at the time, so there was nothing to link to, even though many users would find it worth knowing about.

    In general I suspect that community is undermoderated.