Digital Librarian at the Internet Archive
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Tom Lehrer, Musical Hero gave away his songs before he passed. Even more reasons to love this man.
"All copyrights to lyrics or music written or composed by me have been permanently and irrevocably relinquished, and therefore such songs are now in the public domain. " https://tomlehrersongs.com/
(and he just passed at 97)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html
quick stat for we library nerds:
it takes 1 month to dehydrate books in a cardboard box from 70% relative humidity to 50% with an environment of 35% relative humidity.
next-- time for books in close-packed boxes, and low cost techniques to sustain low hydration.
(low humidity is good for book preservation.)
ft.com's editorial board on EU's AI regulation:
"European start-up and industry associations have
warned that the [AI] act’s overly broad provisions impose an excessive burden on smaller companies and will
entrench the power of bigger incumbents."
Was that the intent?
https://www.ft.com/content/ce688a00-c306-414f-8f4f-c20092ee9770
"In an age of informational chaos, the Wayback Machine feels like one of the few institutions that never lies to us."
Nice comment from Current Affair editor
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-keep-the-truth-alive
Interview of the new librarian of the British Library :
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-rebecca-lawrence-weekend-interview/
Q&As on AI:
"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
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
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/541239-we-drove-22-miles-into-the-country-around-farmington-there
Have a good weekend.
from the @internetarchive collections
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About Libraries, Internet, Copyright, AI, and more.
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/
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Feeling old...
Exhibit of relics at New York Public Library--friend sent me this.
