“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.”

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“Please, do not have a panel called ‘Women in SF'”: A 1979 Letter from Ursula K. Le Guin

During my work placement at the University of Liverpool’s Science Fiction Collections in April to May 2025, I came across a striking letter from...

The Library of Congress’s massive offsite storage facility at Fort Meade just acccessioned its ten millionth item, with more on the way.

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Ten Million Books… and Counting! | Guardians of Memory

This summer marks a major milestone in the Library of Congress mission to preserve and provide access to its wide range of collections as the ten m...

Yup, we’re definitely in Maine.

We’re in Bar Harbor for a long weekend and let me tell you they are serious about the parking rules.

I see what you’re getting at, but that’s usually just called the exhaust.

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.

the Guardian

‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

Many apps like Find My allow us to follow our loved ones at all times. But just because we can, does it mean we should?

We're not playing around here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/houghtonmodern/8681526952/in/album-72157633350818434

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.

'Fair Use' Prevails as Library of Congress Wins DMCA Anti-Circumvention Battle * TorrentFreak

A Library of Congress-issued exemption to the DMCA for the repair of medical devices, permits a transformative fair use, a court has ruled.

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