“Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF.’” wrote Ursula K. LeGuin to an organizer of the 1979 World Science Fiction Convention. “I will be on one called ‘Men in SF’ if you like.” image
The Library of Congress’s massive offsite storage facility at Fort Meade just acccessioned its ten millionth item, with more on the way. image
Yup, we’re definitely in Maine. image
We’re in Bar Harbor for a long weekend and let me tell you they are serious about the parking rules. image
I see what you’re getting at, but that’s usually just called the exhaust. image
Boy this thread about location sharing is a real Rorschach test in the discussion I’ve seen about it. I am firmly on the side of it being super creepy to track somebody’s dot as they move around every day, but I already hardly ever even turn my GPS on.
We're not playing around here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/houghtonmodern/8681526952/in/album-72157633350818434 image
Come to the HBO Billy Joel documentary if you want to get your ear wormed.
Filling in as the lobby greeter and watching people breeze past the exhibition labels doesn't make it easy to go back to my office and do my regular job of being a curator writing exhibition labels.
Library of Congress wins suit defending a DMCA exemption it granted for circumventing copyright locks in order to repair medical devices. Hopefully you don’t have to die just because the company that made your pacemaker did. via @npub1fdrp...lvhs