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  1. I'm looking for a replacement for MS Publisher. It has been my go-to application for anything that needs a detailed layout for printed materials (e.g., #academicPosters, #flyers, table tents, #businessCards). Now that #Microsoft will stop supporting it in October, I need a new idea.

    What is everyone else using for desktop publishing?

    #Canva is great for some projects, but the translation to printed materials has issues (like not being able to set margins). I've also tried #InDesign, but that has a steep learning curve and is overkill for what I need.

    And no Word or PowerPoint. I've tried those too. This is not what they are designed for.

    🖨️ #mspublisher #publisher #desktoppublishing #print #poster #academia #academicmastodon #printlayout #STEM #education #research #foss #newsletter

  2. CW: AI, LLM, Anthropic Copyright Infringement

    Apparently #Anthropic has been ordered to pay ca. $1.5 billion for #copyright #infringement on about 500K #books they used to train #Claude along with the order to destroy any #unauthorized copies & #pirated files they possess:

    infotoday.eu/Articles/Editoria

    Considering the amount of money they stand to make from Claude's continued existence, this seems like little more than a slap on the wrist to me. Also, I find it hard to believe how it will be possible to enforce the order to destroy the illicit files.

    #AI #LibGen #PiLiMi #piracy #copyrightInfringement #plagiarism #theft #thievery #stealing #LLM #LLMs #BartzvAnthropic #Bartz #classAction #publisher #publishers #author #authors #settlement #ClaudeAI #trainingData

  3. This. Build our own institutions. They'll succeed.

    "#Keene is the eponymous tastemaker at the helm of a new #imprint within #WickedSonPress, a 5-year-old #publisher that has released mostly #nonfiction that leans right.

    #MegKeene #Books will release four to six #novels over the next year that she and #WickedSon’s founders believe will elevate #Jewish voices and reconstruct a bygone communal Jewish #literary conversation. She’ll also edit a forthcoming #literarymagazine designed to shape the Jewish #book-buying audience.

    “My goal is to make Jewish #publishing feel really cool,” Keene told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

    “I’m planning to acquire books across genres — male authors, female authors, romance, thriller, literary fiction — you know, the works,” she added. “I also intend to put everything I have behind each book, and sort of ask the Jewish community to support these books and make the case for them.”

    jta.org/2026/07/28/culture/fee

  4. Damn, what news to wake up with… I was and am rooting for the #Affinity suite as it is still one of the best #Adobe alternatives out there… fingers crossed.

    Now for making only my second ☕️…

    youtu.be/74cev8hmkJo

    #Creative #DigitalEditing #PhotoEditor #Designer #Publisher