Alice Marshall @AliceMarshall@mastodon.online

Is there an open-source, Linux-native tool that lets you index a huge library of PDFs and then text-search across that library quickly? My wife writes medical courses and she needs to search quite a lot of huge books, but it seems the only software in existence that does this runs on Mac and is proprietary...
#PDF #FOSS

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#OTD 6 Oct 1932 during the Great Depression, banks were enforcing foreclosures in the midwest. In response, militant farmers began using the tactic of the "penny auction". The movement was so successful that authorities were forced to introduce moratoriums against foreclosures.

A blanket octopus photographed by Katherine Lu.

See all the Ocean Photographer of the Year winners 2022: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/oct/06/ocean-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-winners-2022-in-pictures

This is sad, sad news!
https://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/

> I have sad news that I have decided to shut down the mastodon.technology instance. In accordance with the Mastodon Server Covenant, the server will be shut down no earlier than December 1, 2022.

Thank you, @ashfurrow , for this amazing adventure. You are a giant. And a gentleman scholar.

I don't think the dryer likes me for some reason

#Eagle stuff

Today we have a special visitor! Thanks little piggy for coming to see how we are doing...MOoooOooooo #happycowgifs #cows https://redd.it/xwf0e8

Snoozy #Washy

Luni! 🥰

Occasional reminder of this description of #libertarians. 😄

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