As a researcher who loves to find the needle in the haystack, it is daunting to see how much larger the lifetime "haystack" of those living in the digital age will be. 2025 has been full of drastic cuts to archives' funding, they need more, not less.
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Just in time for newly enacted & more widespread RTO rules in US! Ugh. Well, if you have the flexibility to be a #digitalnomad, I highly recommend #Aotearoa / #NewZealand. I was working there remotely for the majority of 2020-2022 and it is an amazing place. 🇳🇿
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...

PSA: Are you age 50 or older? In late 2024, CDC came out with new recommendation that adults as young as age 50 get the pneumococcal vaccine (it used to be recommended for age 65+).
This is NOT an annual vaccine. Get it once! Of course, check with your doctor, etc.
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/w...

I'll take joy anywhere I can find it! 💙

Happy 99th Birthday Dick Van Dyke! Born Dec. 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. Here's the official music video from Coldplay for #AllMyLove. A little bit shorter, but with some different clips in it. Enjoy this Prozac for the soul!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSea...

Knowledge of copyright law has been necessary during my 33 year career, further shaped by completing the Harvard Law School CopyrightX class in 2021. Now, after reading below, my greatest disappointment is that we likely won't see a "Vibes Amicus Brief" anytime soon.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/s...

Loved working on this project with #SpikeJonze, #Coldplay and their teams. I'm a #DickVanDyke fan, and two of my favorite projects were #BeingJohnMalkovich and #Adaptation. The #AllMyLove video was a delight with a good dose of clearance deep #Detective work. Fun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ol...

#PhysicalMedia #AMIA #Archives #Preservation #MovingImage

I love every bit of this. A rescue of rare books from the elements, a rescuer who feels a sense of responsibility for his serendipitous find, thorough detective work by a curator of rare books, a last-minute discovery of a new clue, a reunion, a gift, and most of all, a dog named Sparky. 📚🐕🔎💙

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www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture...

A few, small (bookish) acts of rebellion & fuckery
*prioritize books by marginalized authors (pre-order their books, it sends a message that this is what we want)
*shop indie bookstores
*celebrate the achievements of marginalized creators
*read banned books
*support library programming and services

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

This has been heartbreaking news for the archival community. I am lucky enough to be able to walk to the AMPAS Museum, but the building is only as valuable as the people who work in it. This feels "DOGE"-like in its "efficiency" and that's not a good thing. Please support the pushback if you can.

Is @AMIAnet on here yet? Anyone going to AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) annual conference in Milwaukee first week of December? I'm planning to be there. #Archivists #Footage #MovingImageArchivists

Trying to channel this mood for my weekend. From the Cinémathèque française.

@snowdenbecker.bsky.social & @avgeeks.bsky.social Can we make this place a new place?

Has anyone made a Archivists & Archives & Librarians starter pack yet? GLAM and the people who work there?