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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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AUTISM IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT BROKEN
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
April 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
AUTISM IS NOT AN EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE NOT BROKEN
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Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?
April 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?
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The Trump administration is threatening all of our First Amendment rights by punishing students and scholars like Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, and Badar Khan Suri for their protected speech.
Tell Congress: Our leaders must protect our right to free speech.
Tell Congress: Our leaders must protect our right to free speech.
Dissent Is Not Grounds For Deportation
The unconscionable, illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Badar Khan Suri, and other international scholars should alarm every one of us. Tell Congress to defend our right to free speech ...
action.aclu.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Trump administration is threatening all of our First Amendment rights by punishing students and scholars like Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, and Badar Khan Suri for their protected speech.
Tell Congress: Our leaders must protect our right to free speech.
Tell Congress: Our leaders must protect our right to free speech.
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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
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Look at these fucking assholes celebrating defunding libraries.
April 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Look at these fucking assholes celebrating defunding libraries.
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The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
March 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101.
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New in @theguardian.com from the President of @ala-acrl.bsky.social:
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Trump’s attack on libraries was predictable. Its consequences could be devastating | Leo S Lo
The president wants to eliminate the agency backing libraries and museums. But the institutions do far more than lend books
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New in @theguardian.com from the President of @ala-acrl.bsky.social:
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
One of the largest library tech monopolies has decided to stop selling individual books. The only way to access these texts will be through huge subscription packages that most libraries cannot afford, with zero ownership.
This is an attack on libraries, make no mistake.
This is an attack on libraries, make no mistake.
Clarivate Unveils Transformative Subscription-Based Access Strategy for Academia
/PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced a new subscription-based content access...
www.prnewswire.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One of the largest library tech monopolies has decided to stop selling individual books. The only way to access these texts will be through huge subscription packages that most libraries cannot afford, with zero ownership.
This is an attack on libraries, make no mistake.
This is an attack on libraries, make no mistake.
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Our recent post on Preserving Our Public Data Heritage is up. If you'd like to stay in touch, please subscribe to our newsletter. www.datarescueproject.org/preserving-o...
Preserving Our Public Data Heritage
The PEGI Project recently released a post about the preservation of public federal data in support of the Data Rescue Project. PEGI stands for Preservation of Electronic Government Information and was...
www.datarescueproject.org
February 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Our recent post on Preserving Our Public Data Heritage is up. If you'd like to stay in touch, please subscribe to our newsletter. www.datarescueproject.org/preserving-o...
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Long-term digital preservation might be on your mind this President's Day. Please join us! Our mission is to keep humanity's cultural and intellectual heritage safe. clockss.org/join-clockss/ Can you help us spread the word by re-sharing?
Join CLOCKSS - CLOCKSS
Join the CLOCKSS community of world leading libraries and publishers. Together we preserve scholarship for future generations.
clockss.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Long-term digital preservation might be on your mind this President's Day. Please join us! Our mission is to keep humanity's cultural and intellectual heritage safe. clockss.org/join-clockss/ Can you help us spread the word by re-sharing?
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
www.reddit.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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We loved seeing @freadomfighters.bsky.social and all the other librarians at Sundance.
Showing up for your school and public libraries really matters. Check out the resources available on the #UniteAgainstBookBans website. ➡️ uniteagainstbookbans.org/toolkit/
youtu.be/rTe3m8OdFV0?...
Showing up for your school and public libraries really matters. Check out the resources available on the #UniteAgainstBookBans website. ➡️ uniteagainstbookbans.org/toolkit/
youtu.be/rTe3m8OdFV0?...
2025 Sundance - "The Librarians" Documentary Film Premiere
YouTube video by Breezeway
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We loved seeing @freadomfighters.bsky.social and all the other librarians at Sundance.
Showing up for your school and public libraries really matters. Check out the resources available on the #UniteAgainstBookBans website. ➡️ uniteagainstbookbans.org/toolkit/
youtu.be/rTe3m8OdFV0?...
Showing up for your school and public libraries really matters. Check out the resources available on the #UniteAgainstBookBans website. ➡️ uniteagainstbookbans.org/toolkit/
youtu.be/rTe3m8OdFV0?...
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"If you want to control people, you interfere with their access to information. That's why we're telling people to come together and #UniteAgainstBookBans."
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom @oif.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2025/02/08/e...
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom @oif.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2025/02/08/e...
Book bans could escalate after Department of Education dismisses censorship complaints
Education Department pulls back on book bans, raising censorship fears
www.axios.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"If you want to control people, you interfere with their access to information. That's why we're telling people to come together and #UniteAgainstBookBans."
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom @oif.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2025/02/08/e...
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom @oif.bsky.social
www.axios.com/2025/02/08/e...
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Last week the Montgomery County (TX) Commissioners Court voted to place an elected county judge - Mark Keough- in charge of the public library system. Keough immediately terminated the Library Director Rhea Young.
www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
Montgomery County Commissioners Court Puts Politics Above Public Interest
Judge Mark Keough- voted by fellow commissioners to lead the Montgomery County Memorial Public Library System- immediately fires Library Director Rhea Young.
www.txftrp.org
February 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Last week the Montgomery County (TX) Commissioners Court voted to place an elected county judge - Mark Keough- in charge of the public library system. Keough immediately terminated the Library Director Rhea Young.
www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
www.txftrp.org/politics_abo...
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Happy Black History Month!
America may be facing a SUPER villain, but we are the heroes of our own story.
With resilience, grace, and unapologetic power, we rise. No villain can dim our light—our magic is unstoppable. My story is called Unleashing Black Girl Magic: The Superpower Within!
America may be facing a SUPER villain, but we are the heroes of our own story.
With resilience, grace, and unapologetic power, we rise. No villain can dim our light—our magic is unstoppable. My story is called Unleashing Black Girl Magic: The Superpower Within!
February 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy Black History Month!
America may be facing a SUPER villain, but we are the heroes of our own story.
With resilience, grace, and unapologetic power, we rise. No villain can dim our light—our magic is unstoppable. My story is called Unleashing Black Girl Magic: The Superpower Within!
America may be facing a SUPER villain, but we are the heroes of our own story.
With resilience, grace, and unapologetic power, we rise. No villain can dim our light—our magic is unstoppable. My story is called Unleashing Black Girl Magic: The Superpower Within!
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Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
ALT: a drawing of a fist with a purple bracelet around it
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Happy Black History Month, and yeah, we're still doing that.
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Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
January 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)
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Today, our Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick released a partial list of priorities. Patrick is blatantly targeting libraries and the freedom to read and learn with at least 4 of the 25 priorities he has released so far.
www.ltgov.texas.gov/2025/01/29/l...
www.ltgov.texas.gov/2025/01/29/l...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces First Round of Top 40 Priority Bills for the 2025 Legislative Session - Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement today upon announcing the first round of his top 40 priority bills for the 89th regular legislative session: “Thousands of bills are filed by Texas senators each session. Traditionally, bill numbers 1 through 20 have indicated the Lt. Governor’s priorities for the Senate. In 2017, I... Read more »
www.ltgov.texas.gov
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today, our Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick released a partial list of priorities. Patrick is blatantly targeting libraries and the freedom to read and learn with at least 4 of the 25 priorities he has released so far.
www.ltgov.texas.gov/2025/01/29/l...
www.ltgov.texas.gov/2025/01/29/l...