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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2020/01/14/it-belongs-in-a-museum-2.html" rel="bookmark">Newton's Principia Mathematica, George Washington's journal: archivist stole $8m worth of rare books from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library</a></h2> <img width="625" height="463" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/prison.png.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/prison.png.jpg?w=625&ssl=1 625w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/prison.png.jpg?resize=600%2C444&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/prison.png.jpg?resize=300%2C222&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Gregory Priore -- former archivist for Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library -- has pleaded guilty of stealing $8m worth of rare texts from the collection over a 25 year period, fencing them through John Schulman's Caliban Book Shop (Schulman has also pleaded guilty, and admitted to forgery as well). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2020/01/14/it-belongs-in-a-museum-2.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F01%2F14%2Fit-belongs-in-a-museum-2.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg?w=1584&ssl=1 1584w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg?resize=600%2C381&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg?resize=930%2C590&ssl=1 930w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg?resize=300%2C190&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg?resize=768%2C487&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1976-Canadian-Pressure-Groups-by-Public-Affairs-2-1578003071.jpg?resize=1536%2C975&ssl=1 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1584px) 100vw, 1584px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Imperial Oil is Exxon's Canadian subsidiary, with control the majority of Canada's tar sand oil -- the filthiest, most climate-damaging oil in the world. Calgary's Glenbow Museum has a largely unregarded archive of historical internal Imperial Oil documents, which were retrieved by Desmog and the Climate Investigations Center and turned over to The Intercept. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2020/01/08/filthiest-oil-anywhere.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F01%2F08%2Ffilthiest-oil-anywhere.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Internal+docs+reveal+that+Canada%27s+Exxon+subsidiary+knew+about+climate+change+risks+and+lied+about+it+for+decades+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F01%2F08%2Ffilthiest-oil-anywhere.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2020%2F01%2F08%2Ffilthiest-oil-anywhere.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/internal-docs-reveal-that-canadas-exxon-subsidiary-knew-about-climate-change-risks-and-lied-about-it-for-decades/158535">11 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/archives" rel="tag">archives</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/canada" rel="tag">canada</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/cdnpol" rel="tag">cdnpol</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/complicity" rel="tag">complicity</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/crimes-against-humanity" rel="tag">crimes against humanity</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/exxon-knew" rel="tag">exxon knew</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/imperial-oil" rel="tag">imperial oil</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/leaks" rel="tag">leaks</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/tar-sands" rel="tag">tar sands</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/try-robert-peterson-for-war-cr" rel="tag">try Robert Peterson for war crimes</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-759935" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">6:05 am Fri, Dec 27, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/27/book-business.html" rel="bookmark">One of the world's largest private equity firms just bought one of the world's largest library ebook companies</a></h2> <img width="600" height="460" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/overdrive-300x230_0.png.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/overdrive-300x230_0.png.jpg?w=600&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/overdrive-300x230_0.png.jpg?resize=300%2C230&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> KKR is one of the largest private equity funds in the world. Overdrive is one of the largest e-lending suppliers to the world's libraries, supplying 43,000 libraries in 75 countries. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/27/book-business.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F27%2Fbook-business.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=One+of+the+world%27s+largest+private+equity+firms+just+bought+one+of+the+world%27s+largest+library+ebook+companies+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F27%2Fbook-business.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F27%2Fbook-business.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/one-of-the-worlds-largest-private-equity-firms-just-bought-one-of-the-worlds-largest-library-ebook-companies/157955">50 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/kkr" rel="tag">kkr</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/late-stage-capitalism" rel="tag">late stage capitalism</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/overdrive" rel="tag">overdrive</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/private-equity" rel="tag">private equity</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-759269" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">11:52 am Fri, Dec 20, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/20/hometown-accolade.html" rel="bookmark">Radicalized is one of the LA Public Library's books of the year!</a></h2> <img width="970" height="797" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/aRadicalized_Cory-Doctorow-1.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/aRadicalized_Cory-Doctorow-1.jpg?w=970&ssl=1 970w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/aRadicalized_Cory-Doctorow-1.jpg?resize=600%2C493&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/aRadicalized_Cory-Doctorow-1.jpg?resize=930%2C764&ssl=1 930w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/aRadicalized_Cory-Doctorow-1.jpg?resize=300%2C246&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/aRadicalized_Cory-Doctorow-1.jpg?resize=768%2C631&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> It's not just <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/13/good-company-to-be-in.html">the CBC</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/05/radicalized-is-one-of-the-cbc.html">Wall Street Journal</a> -- I was delighted to see this morning that <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://craphound.com/category/radicalized-full/">Radicalized</a>, my 2019 book of four science fiction novellas <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://lapl.org/collections-resources/lapl-reads/book-lists/best-2019-fiction">made the LA Public Library's list of the top books of 2019!</a> "As always his writing is sharp and clear, covering the absurdities that surround and infiltrate our lives, and predicts new ones waiting for us just around the corner. A compelling, thought provoking, macabre funny read." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/20/hometown-accolade.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F20%2Fhometown-accolade.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Radicalized+is+one+of+the+LA+Public+Library%27s+books+of+the+year%21+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F20%2Fhometown-accolade.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F20%2Fhometown-accolade.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/radicalized-is-one-of-the-la-public-librarys-books-of-the-year/157747">2 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/books" rel="tag">books</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/happy-mutants" rel="tag">happy mutants</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/lapl" rel="tag">lapl</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/los-angeles" rel="tag">los angeles</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/radicalized" rel="tag">radicalized</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/science_fiction" rel="tag">science fiction</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-759052" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">12:39 pm Thu, Dec 19, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/19/volunteer-stick-library-is.html" rel="bookmark">Volunteer "stick library" is a hit with neighborhood dogs</a></h2> <img width="800" height="531" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg?resize=600%2C398&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13-11-02-olb-by-RalfR-03.jpg?resize=768%2C510&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Andrew Taylor lives in Canterbury on New Zealand's South Island; when he grew frustrated with the local park's lack of good throwing sticks with which to amuse his dog, he created a "stick library" -- a engraved box with a dozen throwing sticks pruned from his home trees, smoothed down and readied for throwing. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/12/19/volunteer-stick-library-is.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F19%2Fvolunteer-stick-library-is.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Volunteer+%22stick+library%22+is+a+hit+with+neighborhood+dogs+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F19%2Fvolunteer-stick-library-is.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F12%2F19%2Fvolunteer-stick-library-is.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/volunteer-stick-library-is-a-hit-with-neighborhood-dogs/157643">15 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/delightful_creatures" rel="tag">Delightful Creatures</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/dogs" rel="tag">dogs</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/library-socialism" rel="tag">library socialism</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/makers" rel="tag">makers</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/nz" rel="tag">nz</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-754515" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">12:54 pm Wed, Nov 27, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/27/open-memory-box-hundreds-of-h.html" rel="bookmark">Open Memory Box: hundreds of hours of East German home movies, 1947-1990</a></h2> <img width="1488" height="644" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_2019-11-27-Open-Memory-Box-archive.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_2019-11-27-Open-Memory-Box-archive.png?w=1488&ssl=1 1488w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_2019-11-27-Open-Memory-Box-archive.png?resize=600%2C260&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_2019-11-27-Open-Memory-Box-archive.png?resize=930%2C403&ssl=1 930w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_2019-11-27-Open-Memory-Box-archive.png?resize=300%2C130&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Screenshot_2019-11-27-Open-Memory-Box-archive.png?resize=768%2C332&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1488px) 100vw, 1488px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <span class="no-embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"></span> <p> 149 families' home movies are archived on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://open-memory-box.de/roll/013-06/00-00-41-20">Open Memory Box</a>, a massive archive of 415 hours of footage from the former East German, shot from 1947-1990. The video is indexed and searchable by 2700 search-terms, and makes for fascinating browsing as well. (<i>via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://kottke.org/">Kottke</a></i>) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/27/open-memory-box-hundreds-of-h.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F27%2Fopen-memory-box-hundreds-of-h.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Open+Memory+Box%3A+hundreds+of+hours+of+East+German+home+movies%2C+1947-1990+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F27%2Fopen-memory-box-hundreds-of-h.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F27%2Fopen-memory-box-hundreds-of-h.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/open-memory-box-hundreds-of-hours-of-east-german-home-movies-1947-1990/156234">6 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/archives" rel="tag">archives</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/ddr" rel="tag">ddr</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/germany" rel="tag">germany</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/old_school" rel="tag">Old school</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/sovkitsch" rel="tag">sovkitsch</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/videos" rel="tag">videos</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-753708" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">4:55 pm Sun, Nov 24, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/24/usufruct-complementarity-irred.html" rel="bookmark">Library Socialism: a utopian vision of a sustaniable, luxuriant future of circulating abundance</a></h2> <img width="1920" height="1080" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png?resize=600%2C338&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png?resize=930%2C523&ssl=1 930w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png?resize=768%2C432&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/189.png?resize=1536%2C864&ssl=1 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://srslywrong.com/">SRSLY Wrong</a> is a "research-based comedy podcast" run by a pair of Canadian fellas with a background in radical politics, occupy, and the Pirate Party; in a three part series, hosts Aaron Moritz and Shawn Vulliez; in a series of three <em>long</em> podcast episodes (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://srslywrong.com/podcast/189-library-socialism-usufruct/">1</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://srslywrong.com/podcast/196-library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum/">2</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://srslywrong.com/podcast/200-complementarity/">3</a>), the pair elucidate and elaborate a utopian vision for the future that they dub "Library Socialism." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/24/usufruct-complementarity-irred.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F24%2Fusufruct-complementarity-irred.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Library+Socialism%3A+a+utopian+vision+of+a+sustaniable%2C+luxuriant+future+of+circulating+abundance+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F24%2Fusufruct-complementarity-irred.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F24%2Fusufruct-complementarity-irred.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/library-socialism-a-utopian-vision-of-a-sustaniable-luxuriant-future-of-circulating-abundance/156015">6 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/canada" rel="tag">canada</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/happy-mutants" rel="tag">happy mutants</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/library-socialism" rel="tag">library socialism</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/mp3s" rel="tag">mp3s</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/podcasts-2" rel="tag">podcasts</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/science_fiction" rel="tag">science fiction</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/socialism" rel="tag">socialism</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/spoken-word" rel="tag">spoken word</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/utopianism" rel="tag">utopianism</a></h3> </div>  </article> <div class="mobilead"></div> <article id="post-750439" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">1:15 am Sun, Nov 10, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/10/no-alternative.html" rel="bookmark">A Museum of Neoliberalism is opening in London next week</a></h2> <img width="1516" height="638" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5897e0_8fcb33ebcd0547d78b7b3f8ada69b4damv2_d_5896_2768_s_4_2.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5897e0_8fcb33ebcd0547d78b7b3f8ada69b4damv2_d_5896_2768_s_4_2.jpg?w=1516&ssl=1 1516w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5897e0_8fcb33ebcd0547d78b7b3f8ada69b4damv2_d_5896_2768_s_4_2.jpg?resize=300%2C126&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5897e0_8fcb33ebcd0547d78b7b3f8ada69b4damv2_d_5896_2768_s_4_2.jpg?resize=600%2C253&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5897e0_8fcb33ebcd0547d78b7b3f8ada69b4damv2_d_5896_2768_s_4_2.jpg?resize=768%2C323&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5897e0_8fcb33ebcd0547d78b7b3f8ada69b4damv2_d_5896_2768_s_4_2.jpg?resize=930%2C391&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1516px) 100vw, 1516px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <span class="no-embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"></span> <p> Earlier this year, Boing Boing favorite artist Darren Cullen (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/?s=%22darren%20cullen%22">previously</a>) and Gavin Grindon created a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcOT8OfsN5s&feature=emb_logo">Museum of Neoliberalism</a> in Brighton, England -- now, he's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/museum-of-neoliberalism#/">fundraising to open it up again in London for six months</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/11/10/no-alternative.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F10%2Fno-alternative.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=A+Museum+of+Neoliberalism+is+opening+in+London+next+week+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F10%2Fno-alternative.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F11%2F10%2Fno-alternative.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/a-museum-of-neoliberalism-is-opening-in-london-next-week/154940">22 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/crowdfunding" rel="tag">crowdfunding</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/happy-mutants" rel="tag">happy mutants</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/london" rel="tag">london</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/neoliberalism" rel="tag">neoliberalism</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/shut-up-tina" rel="tag">shut up tina</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/thatcherism" rel="tag">thatcherism</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/uk" rel="tag">uk</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-748362" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">10:56 am Wed, Oct 30, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/30/cheap-truth-is-expensive.html" rel="bookmark">The Internet Archive's massive repository of scanned books will help Wikipedia fight the disinformation wars</a></h2> <img width="1024" height="469" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-page-1024x469.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-page-1024x469.png?resize=1024%2C469&ssl=1 1024w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-page-1024x469.png?resize=300%2C137&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-page-1024x469.png?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-page-1024x469.png?resize=768%2C352&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/book-page-1024x469.png?resize=930%2C426&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> For years, the Internet Archive has been acquiring books (their goal is every book ever published) and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2011/06/07/internet-archive-bec.html">warehousing them</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/hathi-never-forgets.html">scanning them</a>. Now, these books are being "woven into Wikipedia" with a new tool that automatically links every Wikipedia citation to a print source to the exact page and passage from the book itself, which can be read on the Internet Archive. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/30/cheap-truth-is-expensive.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F30%2Fcheap-truth-is-expensive.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/citation-needed" rel="tag">citation needed</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/disinformation" rel="tag">disinformation</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/hathi-trust" rel="tag">hathi trust</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/open-library" rel="tag">open library</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/wikipedia" rel="tag">wikipedia</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-746564" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">12:42 pm Tue, Oct 22, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/many-tits.html" rel="bookmark">Download hi-rez scans of all 435 illustrations from John James Audubon's Birds of America</a></h2> <img width="791" height="674" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wqwd.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wqwd.png?w=791&ssl=1 791w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wqwd.png?resize=300%2C256&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wqwd.png?resize=600%2C511&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/wqwd.png?resize=768%2C654&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The Audubon Society's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america">tribute</a> to John James Audubon's Birds of America (originally published between 1827 and 1838) features all 435 of Audubon's vibrant, beautiful portraits of the birds he studied, along with his notes on their behaviors and other characteristics (the site also includes audio samples of each bird's call). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/many-tits.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/da-boids" rel="tag">da boids</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/delightful_creatures" rel="tag">Delightful Creatures</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/illustration" rel="tag">illustration</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/public-domain" rel="tag">public domain</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-746561" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">12:28 pm Tue, Oct 22, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/alice-g-smith.html" rel="bookmark">Social justice is a library issue; libraries are a social justice issue</a></h2> <img width="1024" height="768" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/images.001.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/images.001.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/images.001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/images.001.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/images.001.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/images.001.jpg?resize=930%2C698&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Radical librarian (and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.librarian.net/technicality/">warrant canary inventor</a>) Jessamyn West (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/?s=%22jessamyn%20west%22">previously</a> gave this year's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_G._Smith_Lecture">Alice G Smith lecture</a> at the University of South Florida's School of Information. It's called "Social Justice is a Library Issue; Libraries are a Social Justice Issue." <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/alice-g-smith.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F22%2Falice-g-smith.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Social+justice+is+a+library+issue%3B+libraries+are+a+social+justice+issue+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F22%2Falice-g-smith.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F10%2F22%2Falice-g-smith.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" 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<span class="date">9:09 am Tue, Oct 22, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/hathi-never-forgets.html" rel="bookmark">The Internet Archive's Open Library will let you sponsor a book, paying for it to be scanned</a></h2> <img width="800" height="492" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?w=800&ssl=1 800w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?resize=300%2C185&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?resize=600%2C369&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/archive-sponsorship.png?resize=768%2C472&ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> The Internet Archive's Open Library scans books that they have physical copies of, then lends the resulting ebooks to its patrons, building on the precedent set in 2014's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2014/06/14/court-finds-full-book-scanning.html">Hathi Trust ruling</a>. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/22/hathi-never-forgets.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" 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<div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">7:29 am Sun, Oct 20, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/20/save-yahoo-groups.html" rel="bookmark">Yahoo Groups archivists despair as Verizon blocks their preservation efforts ahead of shutdown</a></h2> <img width="514" height="300" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Untitled-1.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Untitled-1.png?w=514&ssl=1 514w, 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She writes, "Now we are desperate. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/10/17/oath-makes-you-swear.html">We are running out of time to ever save our precious content</a>. Yahoo has never made it easy to rescue it, and has in fact, recently made it increasingly harder and harder. 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later that day, I'm <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.portlandlibrary.com/events/spotlight-lecture-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-james-patrick-kelly/">appearing with James Patrick Kelly</a> at the Portland, Maine Main Library, from 6:30PM-8PM (it's free and open to the public) This is the first time I've been to Maine, and I can't wait! <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/09/29/maine-main-library.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F29%2Fmaine-main-library.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Come+see+me+tomorrow+in+Portland%2C+Maine+with+James+Patrick+Kelly%21+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F29%2Fmaine-main-library.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F29%2Fmaine-main-library.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/come-see-me-tomorrow-in-portland-maine-with-james-patrick-kelly/152252">9 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/books" rel="tag">books</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/events" rel="tag">events</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/happy-mutants" rel="tag">happy mutants</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/maine" rel="tag">maine</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/science_fiction" rel="tag">science fiction</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-736907" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">4:30 am Mon, Sep 23, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/09/23/across-the-universe.html" rel="bookmark">Come see me in Toronto and Maine!</a></h2> <img width="1199" height="1200" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EFEFAY-XoAEOLVY.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EFEFAY-XoAEOLVY.jpg?w=1199&ssl=1 1199w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EFEFAY-XoAEOLVY.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EFEFAY-XoAEOLVY.jpg?resize=600%2C601&ssl=1 600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EFEFAY-XoAEOLVY.jpg?resize=768%2C769&ssl=1 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i2.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EFEFAY-XoAEOLVY.jpg?resize=930%2C931&ssl=1 930w" sizes="(max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> I'm in the midst of couple of weeks' worth of lectures, public events and teaching, and you can catch me in Toronto (for <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT410744&R=EVT410744">Seeding Utopias and Resisting Dystopias</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.6degreesto.com/">6 Degrees</a>); Newry, ME (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.mainelibraries.org/AnnualConference2019/">Maine Library Association</a>) and Portland, ME (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.portlandlibrary.com/events/spotlight-lecture-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-james-patrick-kelly/">in conversation with James Patrick Kelly</a>). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/09/23/across-the-universe.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F23%2Facross-the-universe.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Come+see+me+in+Toronto+and+Maine%21+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F23%2Facross-the-universe.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F23%2Facross-the-universe.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/come-see-me-in-toronto-and-maine/151121">7 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/events" rel="tag">events</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/happy-mutants" rel="tag">happy mutants</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/maine" rel="tag">maine</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/science_fiction" rel="tag">science fiction</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/toronto" rel="tag">toronto</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/writing" rel="tag">writing</a></h3> </div>  </article> <article id="post-735897" class="nextstory"> <div class="byline small"> <span class="author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1">Cory Doctorow</a></span> / <span class="date">4:38 pm Tue, Sep 3, 2019 </span> </div> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/09/03/vanishing-highway-architec.html" rel="bookmark">Library of Congress releases 11,700 freely usable photos of "roadside America," taken by John Margolies</a></h2> <img width="562" height="800" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48635803463_e60bd55608_c.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48635803463_e60bd55608_c.jpg?w=562&ssl=1 562w, https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041im_/https://i0.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48635803463_e60bd55608_c.jpg?resize=300%2C427&ssl=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px"/> <div class="entry-content"> <p> For decades, architectural critic and photographer John Margolies obsessively documented roadside attractions: vernacular architecture, weird sculpture, odd businesses and amusements. By his death in 2016, his collection consisted of more than 11,000 slides (he published <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://amzn.to/2Ll8tgi">books of his favorites</a>, with annotations). <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/2019/09/03/vanishing-highway-architec.html" class="read-more">Read the rest </a></p> </div> <div class="share"> <h3> <a class="facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fvanishing-highway-architec.html" target="_blank">SHARE</a> / <a class="twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Library+of+Congress+releases+11%2C700+freely+usable+photos+of+%22roadside+America%2C%22+taken+by+John+Margolies+https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fvanishing-highway-architec.html&original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2019%2F09%2F03%2Fvanishing-highway-architec.html" target="_blank">TWEET</a> / <a class="bbs" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/library-of-congress-releases-11-700-freely-usable-photos-of-roadside-america-taken-by-john-margolies/150809">14 COMMENTS</a> </h3> <h3 class="thetags" style="text-transform:uppercase;margin:1em 0"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/architecture" rel="tag">architecture</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/copyfight" rel="tag">Copyfight</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam" rel="tag">glam</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/john-margolies" rel="tag">John Margolies</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/libraries" rel="tag">libraries</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/library-of-congress" rel="tag">library of congress</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/open-access" rel="tag">open access</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/photography" rel="tag">photography</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/photos" rel="tag">photos</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/public-domain" rel="tag">public domain</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/roadside-america" rel="tag">roadside America</a> / <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/vernacular-architecture" rel="tag">vernacular architecture</a></h3> </div>  </article> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tag/glam/page/2">More posts</a></h2></div> <div id="”pmAdTag”"></div> <p> <div id="footer" class="clearfix"> <div id="footer-left"> <p>Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200402021041/https://boingboing.net/tos">Terms of Service</a>.</p> <p>We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.</p> <p>Boing Boing uses cookies and analytics trackers, and is supported by advertising, merchandise sales and affiliate links. 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