"Most photographed barn in America."

a concept in Don DeLillo, White Noise-- I looked it up on the Internets... and one exists, apparently. (I love the Internet)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/t-a-moulton-barn

Reddit - The heart of the internet

(www.reddit.com)

and many other sitings https://www.google.com/search?q=most+photographed+barn+in+america&oq=most+photographed+barn+in+america

from White Noise

"...A religious experience in a way, like all tourism."

Another silence ensued.

'They are taking pictures of taking pictures,' he said.”
― Don DeLillo, White Noise

read more it is worth it

A quote from White Noise

Don DeLillo — ‘We drove 22 miles into the country around Farmington. There were meadows and apple orchards. White fences trailed through the rolling fiel...

(www.goodreads.com)

Have a good weekend. from the @internetarchive collections

The Internet Archive now has a Podcast!

About Libraries, Internet, Copyright, AI, and more.

Future Knowledge

Future Knowledge explores the intersection of technology, culture, and information policy with leading authors, scholars, and experts. From copyright and open access to AI and digital preservation, we discuss the big issues shaping knowledge and creativity in the digital age. This podcast is brought to you by the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance.

Future Knowledge (futureknowledge.transistor.fm)

please give us feedback @internetarchive

Feeling old...

Exhibit of relics at New York Public Library--friend sent me this.

Moment of Gratitude: CloudFlare

CloudFlare saved the Internet Archive servers from DDOS attack yesterday

The max rate of this DDOS attack was 525 Gbps (44.93 Mpps) of a "TCP flood."

The Internet Archive does not have enough bandwidth to fend off that kind of attack.

Thank you #cloudflare or we would have had a very bad Saturday at the @internetarchive

DDOS attacks are coming more frequently.

Wanted: Voigt-Kampff operator (?)

I had a BladeRunner moment this week—

I video interviewed a tech candidate. I was rattled —was I talking with a person? an AI? An AI assisted human? What?

Aced the programming tests, including the on-the-fly ones. low bandwidth, heavy asian accent, AI'd résumé.

I failed the Turing test. A subsequent engineer recorded their interview.

Others sent me articles (see below). I now think this was low-end effort. maybe I was training fodder.

unnerving.

1/2

A power outage shut https://archive.org down, and some equipment did not come back-- argh, sorry.

Replaced and back!

Moment of gratitude:

Uber and Lyft shared rides are back for getting from San Francisco Airport. (pick up multiple people for one trip)

These are more energy efficient, cheaper, and had a good conversation. I also saw a part of town I have not seen in a long time.

these stopped with covid and glad to see them back.

Thank you, Uber and Lyft.

do we think librarians, who deal with kids and books as their profession, decide what is in a library and who can see which and how the books are contectualized and presented, or

do we think politicians should step into this role?

I understand there might be different opinions, but I am pretty positive on librarians, their training, ethics, and responsiveness to their communities.

But I am not representative in that I spend most of my time with librarians.

"Alberta to hold public consultation on which books should be banned from school libraries".

fyi: Alberta is in Canada

Alberta to hold public consultation on which books should be banned from school libraries

The province will now require school boards to implement new age-appropriate standards for books by the start of the 2025-26 school year

The Globe and Mail (www.theglobeandmail.com)

So sorry. Rob Reich accordionist, friend of the @internetarchive and died at 47.

A talented musician that played for the Internet Archive many times at events, but also to kick off staff meetings (see below).

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/rob-reich-obituary-zuni-cafe-san-francisco-20335093.php

please see a few of his recordings and think great thoughts.

fun:
https://archive.org/details/rob-reich-internet-archive_202207

https://archive.org/details/rob-reich-internet-archive_202110

https://archive.org/details/07-29-24-rob-reich-edit

https://archive.org/details/rob-reich-internet-archive_202201

@internetarchive intro video about this: https://www.youtube.com/live/r93Q90CWhXo

New livestream (lo-fi chill) -- Microfiche -- US govdocs online&free. (important)

Work of Many many people now in production! join in the fun:

>> https://www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5RVh7U .

https://archive.org/details/democracys-library

go
@internetarchive !

Waymo in San Francisco: super popular?

for in-town ride:

sometimes a 10-20 minute wait in rush hour.

$5-$10 more than uber/lyft,

sometimes $20 more on surge.

see them everywhere, but often empty (deadheading)

600 waymo's in SF (an article said).

explained by novelty/tourists? or do people just like them better, and enough better to pay more and wait.

@eff

Protect Fair Use (and the copyright office draft report goes in the other direction).

https://blog.archive.org/2025/05/14/protect-fair-use-especially-now/

"Libraries at Risk: Brewster Kahle on Ownership, Access, and Control" --educause short video/transcript

"Now is a time that I think people realize that we need to keep copies. We need to have libraries that have actual collections. "

https://er.educause.edu/multimedia/2025/5/libraries-at-risk-brewster-kahle-on-ownership-access-and-control

I do not see Waymo robotaxis on the sides of roads in SF: why not?

I understand there are 600 Waymo's in SF, they are everywhere!

Many moving Waymo's have no one in them, if they pulled over to wait it would reduce wear-and-tear, energy, and traffic congestion.

Maybe there is a rule against it or the neighbors would not like it...

So what if they used parking spots with no parking meters, and if someone pulled up and stopped, blinked their lights, the Waymo would leave the spot?

An idea.

Thank you, Carla Hayden for serving as the Librarian of Congress of the United States.

An important role well done.

Evolution of Airfoil design

#happysunday

https://archive.org/details/430772main_naca_airfoils

Corn vs Solar Panels: no contest:

"31 hectares of corn ethanol ... produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels."

so corn is < 1% efficient?

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-study-compares-growing-corn-for-energy-to-solar-production-its-no-contest/