<p>Upgrading WikiCat Main Characters</p><p>Last week I wrote about a new tool I made called WikiCat Main Characters. With WMC, you can search for Wikipedia categories by keyword and then explore the people within those categories to find the "main characters" -- the people whose Wikipedia articles have had the biggest bump in pageviews over the past month. The program also generates date-bounded Google News and Google Web searches...</p><p><a href="https://www.calishat.com/2024/07/22/upgrading-wikicat-main-characters/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.calishat.com/2024/07/22/upgrading-wikicat-main-characters/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.calishat.com/2024/07/22/up</span><span class="invisible">grading-wikicat-main-characters/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wikipedia/" rel="tag">#Wikipedia</a> <a href="/tags/wikidata/" rel="tag">#Wikidata</a> <a href="/tags/osint/" rel="tag">#OSINT</a></p>
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<p>🎞️ A developer managed to reverse pixelation in video using FFmpeg, GIMP and edge detection - no AI involved.</p><p>By analyzing motion and edges across frames, they could reconstruct original content from blurred areas.</p><p>It’s a reminder: pixelation is visual, not secure.</p><p>🛠️ Code & demo: <a href="https://github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelate_gaV-O6NPWrI" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelate_gaV-O6NPWrI"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/KoKuToru/de-pixelat</span><span class="invisible">e_gaV-O6NPWrI</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#infosec</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="/tags/ffmpeg/" rel="tag">#ffmpeg</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#linux</a> <a href="/tags/osint/" rel="tag">#osint</a> <a href="/tags/devtools/" rel="tag">#devtools</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#technews</a></p>
<p>Last week we published a set of three in-depth <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#map</a> reports covering territorial control across <a href="/tags/somalia/" rel="tag">#Somalia</a>'s claimed territories from 2023 to present. The June 2024 report is free for all readers, and shows the height of "<a href="/tags/islamicstate/" rel="tag">#IslamicState</a>" (<a href="/tags/isis/" rel="tag">#ISIS</a>/<a href="/tags/isil/" rel="tag">#ISIL</a>) control in the country: </p><p><a href="https://www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/somalia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/somalia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.polgeonow.com/2025/06/soma</span><span class="invisible">lia-territorial-control-map-2024-isis-shabaab.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/hornofafrica/" rel="tag">#HornOfAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#maps</a> <a href="/tags/geography/" rel="tag">#geography</a> <a href="/tags/somaliland/" rel="tag">#Somaliland</a> <a href="/tags/puntland/" rel="tag">#Puntland</a> <a href="/tags/ssc_khaatumo/" rel="tag">#SSC_Khaatumo</a> <a href="/tags/mapping/" rel="tag">#mapping</a> @geography @cartography @geopolitics <a href="/tags/alshabaab/" rel="tag">#AlShabaab</a> <a href="/tags/alqaeda/" rel="tag">#AlQaeda</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/osint/" rel="tag">#OSINT</a></p>
