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Written by sleslie on 2025-01-21 at 17:30

can't get the bluesky mastodon bridge thing to work, and you lknow what, I actrually don't f'ing care.

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Written by sleslie on 2025-01-06 at 19:10

regarding run-away eresource licensing costs, from University of Winnipeg's annual report

"Over the last half-century, the makeup of collections spending has completely inverted. In 1972, the library spent 75% of its budget on resources that had a fixed, one-time cost. Today, ongoing subscription fees account for approximately 80% of the library’s annual collections budget.

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Written by sleslie on 2025-01-02 at 16:13

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/women-continue-to-outpace-men-in-college-enrollment-and-graduation/

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Written by sleslie on 2024-12-18 at 19:21

(I know, I know, I said I was taking a break from here, but...)

Can't recall where I got it but this "Roadmap for Digital Sovreignty" is to me important, thought-provoking reading

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/sites/bartlett_public_purpose/files/reclaiming-digital-sovereignty.pdf

It's the kind of thing I wish I could share with libraries and other public sector computing folks, and yet doing so just makes me feel like an even bigger alien than I already am. And maybe it's pointless/too late. But I like me some windmills....

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Written by sleslie on 2024-12-02 at 22:09

"Once we have surrendered our senses and nervous systems to the private manipulation of those who would try to benefit from taking a lease on our eyes and ears and nerves, we don't really have any rights left.” - Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media

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Written by sleslie on 2024-11-21 at 01:42

Awfully quiet around here, y'all quietly sneak off to Bluesky and not tell us?

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Written by sleslie on 2024-09-22 at 19:22

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/19/kelsey_hightower_civo/?td=rt-3a ...& edu's, libraries, any part of civil society for that matter

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Written by sleslie on 2024-09-09 at 21:16

Too funny not to share, via /reddit

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Written by sleslie on 2024-09-06 at 17:40

This short video of Dynamicland/Realtalk physical/communal computing is I think one of the first things I've seen in about the last decade that gave me any sort of hope about computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q9r-AEzRMA

Well worth the watch and follow up research.

I think the h/t goes to @roland for the re-toot of this original post https://mastodon.social/@lkanies@hachyderm.io/113088706606398317

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Written by sleslie on 2024-08-20 at 18:00

@danamcfarland @jdd found via the inimitable @pbinkley's toot, I thought https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2024/02/12/warc-gpt-an-open-source-tool-for-exploring-web-archives-with-ai/ looked like maybe something you folks might be interested in regarding the web archiving work I've seen you both present on in the past

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