Michael Weinberg
@michaelweinberg.org
Exec Dir @nyuengelberg.org, Board Member @oshwassociation.bsky.social, Formerly GC @ Shapeways & many things @publicknowledge.bsky.social
NYC/Berlin
NYC/Berlin
This is incredibly important work thinking through where to store, share, and engage with 3D models of open culture when commercial platforms aren't trusted stewards
Oh hey, it's me!
Very excited to finally launch this project in partnership with @wikimediauk.bsky.social, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
If you produce or work with cultural heritage 3D data in UK I'd love to speak with you! Links in thread 👇
Very excited to finally launch this project in partnership with @wikimediauk.bsky.social, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
If you produce or work with cultural heritage 3D data in UK I'd love to speak with you! Links in thread 👇
Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant of £56,198 from National Lottery Heritage Fund towards our ‘UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk: Developing a Strategy for Long Term Access & Storage’ project. The grant will help ensure future access to the UK’s 3D heritage data.
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
More info: tinyurl.com/3ma28psr
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is incredibly important work thinking through where to store, share, and engage with 3D models of open culture when commercial platforms aren't trusted stewards
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Before you get hot under the collar about some terms of service, folks, read them.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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New evolution in supposedly-membership-based academic/professional org being hostile to its own members:
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New evolution in supposedly-membership-based academic/professional org being hostile to its own members:
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
A presenter agreement that not only has the presenter agree the org is the sole owner of all presentation materials, but that ALL COMMUNICATIONS are confidential, including the agreement.
"tactics that encourage litigation" from who? the entities being regulated? who, if they were in favor of the regulation, wouldn't need to be regulated in the first place?
gothamist.com/news/the-tru...
gothamist.com/news/the-tru...
November 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"tactics that encourage litigation" from who? the entities being regulated? who, if they were in favor of the regulation, wouldn't need to be regulated in the first place?
gothamist.com/news/the-tru...
gothamist.com/news/the-tru...
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What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)
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blog post version of a brief I filed last week. with bonus material
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
blog post version of a brief I filed last week. with bonus material
Thanks to the Open GLAM Survey (survey.glamelab.org) today I learned that no only has the Grand Masonic Lodge of NC contributed >19K scans of documents and letters to wikipedia, but that they include some truly amazing handwriting styles
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...
Home
The Open GLAM Survey provides insight on open access policies and practice across the global sector of Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums.
survey.glamelab.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Thanks to the Open GLAM Survey (survey.glamelab.org) today I learned that no only has the Grand Masonic Lodge of NC contributed >19K scans of documents and letters to wikipedia, but that they include some truly amazing handwriting styles
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le...
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Did some design in recovery after this print was done.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did some design in recovery after this print was done.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY- open to candidates remote within the US: @techpolicypress.bsky.social seeks an Assistant Editor to manage audience and contributor engagement! More details here: jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
JOB OPPORTUNITY- open to candidates remote within the US: @techpolicypress.bsky.social seeks an Assistant Editor to manage audience and contributor engagement! More details here: jobs.gusto.com/postings/tec...
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Well damn if the First Circuit didn't have my full attention with the start of this opinion. www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1073...
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Well damn if the First Circuit didn't have my full attention with the start of this opinion. www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1073...
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I wrote about my new birds+data project, Of A Feather:
Of A Feather
This is a story about dead birds in drawers, xkcd, natural language processing and feathers. It's about color, quixotic pursuits and art made from data.
It starts in a parking lot.
It's December, 20...
www.jerthorp.me
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I wrote about my new birds+data project, Of A Feather:
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The new open source syringe pump control boards arrived. Exciting!
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The new open source syringe pump control boards arrived. Exciting!
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Documentation isn’t glamorous, but it is what makes open hardware reusable.
Join us Thursday as @Juliencolomb walks us through his new Hardware Documentation Guide.
📅 Nov 20 • 12:00 UTC
🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us Thursday as @Juliencolomb walks us through his new Hardware Documentation Guide.
📅 Nov 20 • 12:00 UTC
🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Documentation isn’t glamorous, but it is what makes open hardware reusable.
Join us Thursday as @Juliencolomb walks us through his new Hardware Documentation Guide.
📅 Nov 20 • 12:00 UTC
🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us Thursday as @Juliencolomb walks us through his new Hardware Documentation Guide.
📅 Nov 20 • 12:00 UTC
🔗 Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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I hope this email finds you interesting enough to just stare at you, when you’re doing nothing but laying and breathing.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I hope this email finds you interesting enough to just stare at you, when you’re doing nothing but laying and breathing.
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#JobAlert! The Eyebeam center for arts & technology seeks a new Executive Director: eyebeam.org/executive-di...
Eyebeam launches the search for the next Executive Director | Eyebeam
Eyebeam invests in artists who create with technology and explore how it influences the way we live.
eyebeam.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#JobAlert! The Eyebeam center for arts & technology seeks a new Executive Director: eyebeam.org/executive-di...
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As the Reporter for the Restatement of Copyright, I've stayed mostly quiet and allowed the Restatement to speak for itself. But since there is a group of people intent on distorting and maligning it, I want to highlight this thread by Brandon Butler, who served as an advisor to the project. 1/
As the usual suspects seem intent on manufacturing a controversy over the ALI's Restatement of Copyright, I want to resurface a couple of threads I've written in response to past eruptions of pique from these folks.
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As the Reporter for the Restatement of Copyright, I've stayed mostly quiet and allowed the Restatement to speak for itself. But since there is a group of people intent on distorting and maligning it, I want to highlight this thread by Brandon Butler, who served as an advisor to the project. 1/
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Today is publication day for my new book "Fashion and Intellectual Property," which I co-edited with David Tan and Dev Gangjee for Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
Fashion and Intellectual Property
Cambridge Core - International Business - Fashion and Intellectual Property
www.cambridge.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today is publication day for my new book "Fashion and Intellectual Property," which I co-edited with David Tan and Dev Gangjee for Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
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We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm...
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm...
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
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exactly how I think 2025 will be remembered
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
exactly how I think 2025 will be remembered
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Reminder: If you want to tune into the stream for today's People's Oversight Hearing, you can catch us here: youtube.com/live/av6Ks0g...
The People’s Oversight Hearing
YouTube video by Public Knowledge
youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reminder: If you want to tune into the stream for today's People's Oversight Hearing, you can catch us here: youtube.com/live/av6Ks0g...
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Artists and writers! It's not too late to get something going for Fall of Freedom, a nation-wide wave of creative resistance taking place on Nov 21 & 22. Over 450 events in 40 states are already planned. See more info here:
Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.
www.falloffreedom.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Artists and writers! It's not too late to get something going for Fall of Freedom, a nation-wide wave of creative resistance taking place on Nov 21 & 22. Over 450 events in 40 states are already planned. See more info here:
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Nest Thermostat: Now 100% Less Evil
Nest Thermostat: Now 100% Less Evil
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nest Thermostat: Now 100% Less Evil
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CommonsDB Explorer is live! Browse rights declarations for Public Domain works, check files for matches, and see verifiable rights info that travels with content. openfuture.eu/blog/commons...
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
CommonsDB Explorer is live! Browse rights declarations for Public Domain works, check files for matches, and see verifiable rights info that travels with content. openfuture.eu/blog/commons...
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ITALY'S COPYRIGHT TERM EXTENSION
Protection of simple photographs could be extended from 20 to 70 years, threatening the #PublicDomain & #CulturalHeritage.
KR21 co-signed CC Italy's open letter to the Culture Ministry!
Italian coordinator Deborah De Angelis explains: kr21.info/it-am-term-e...
Protection of simple photographs could be extended from 20 to 70 years, threatening the #PublicDomain & #CulturalHeritage.
KR21 co-signed CC Italy's open letter to the Culture Ministry!
Italian coordinator Deborah De Angelis explains: kr21.info/it-am-term-e...
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
ITALY'S COPYRIGHT TERM EXTENSION
Protection of simple photographs could be extended from 20 to 70 years, threatening the #PublicDomain & #CulturalHeritage.
KR21 co-signed CC Italy's open letter to the Culture Ministry!
Italian coordinator Deborah De Angelis explains: kr21.info/it-am-term-e...
Protection of simple photographs could be extended from 20 to 70 years, threatening the #PublicDomain & #CulturalHeritage.
KR21 co-signed CC Italy's open letter to the Culture Ministry!
Italian coordinator Deborah De Angelis explains: kr21.info/it-am-term-e...
In the absence of any actual congressional oversight hearings, I really like that @publicknowledge.bsky.social is organizing their own next week
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...
The People’s Oversight Hearing
All Day event
www.eventbrite.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In the absence of any actual congressional oversight hearings, I really like that @publicknowledge.bsky.social is organizing their own next week
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-people...