Leslie Johnston

Government will shut down overnight after Senate blocks funding extension Government funding will run out at the end of the day, and lawmakers do not have a bipartisan solution.

Breaking news: The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m., after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bill to extend the funding deadline.

It’s the first shutdown since 2018-2019.

It has now been determined by my RPG group that the collective noun for a group of elves is a Keebler.

I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.

I put together this mini-site for @webrecorder.net showcasing our US Government web archives

Replace “.gov” with “.govarchive.‍us” on any of the supported government sites to seamlessly browse archived versions, including sites like USAID that are now gone

Blog post in the quoted post!

Man with white gloves and a rare book

John Overholt leading a video on gloves and special collections materials. 📜
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FADGI 101 This webinar introduces the Federal Agency Digitization Guideline Initiative guidelines to beginners both in the field and support staff.

FADGI Still Image 101 For Beginners webinar from the Library of Congress is available here:

#library #archives #digitization 📚

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Pre-war ‘To The Trains’ sign surrounded by cream and white tiles, part of the Hidden London tour under Piccadilly Circus.

Deep corridor under Piccadilly Circus, part of the Hidden London tour. The corridor is lined with Victorian era cream & green tiles as the tour party make their way down it.

Original brickwork under Piccadilly Circus showing the brick manufacturer’s name - W.B.Simpson & Sons.

A secret spot and emergency exit under a very deep shaft deep below Piccadilly Circus. A metal walkway leads across to a door, the atmosphere here was dank and dark #HiddenLondon

We went on our very first #HiddenLondon tour today, deep under the bowels of Piccadilly Circus. Old signage, original Victorian-era brickwork, shades of the Blitz and creepy metal shafts. Ghosts everywhere. Thoroughly recommend, link to more info here www.ltmuseum.co.uk/hidden-london

These goofballs

Joann to close about 500 fabric and craft stores nationwide. Here's where stores are closing. Fabric and crafts retailer Joann has announced it will be closing approximately 500 stores nationwide, almost a year after filing for bankruptcy​.

Every single Joann's Fabrics in my region of Maryland and Pennsylvania is closing. Only 1 of their stores will remain in the state.

Today I had a conversation with a colleague about people we know in common and key technology initiatives and research in the LAM tech community over the past 50 years. I mentioned that I'd thought about writing a book on the topic and he encouraged me. Are we the only 2 people who'd be interested?

Century-Scale Storage If you had to store something for 100 years, how would you do it?

Here it is, the longest piece of nonfiction I’ve ever written, CENTURY-SCALE STORAGE. The kind folks at @harvardlil.bsky.social let me investigate the present and future of digital storage, and how we steward and preserve our most treasured cultural objects lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal...

Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...

We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.

New book explores the depiction of libraries in fiction, from Don Quixote to Discworld - University of London Press Our latest title, Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction looks at how texts and reading spaces have been represented in popular culture throughout history.  The new book presents chronological essays...

Discover our latest book, published with @ies-sas.bsky.social, edited by Karen Attar and Andrew Nash, and then read it online, download the PDF from our website or order it in print:

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#OpenAccess #AcademicSky #Literature #Books #Libraries

Excerpt from summary: "Copyright protects the original expression in a work created by a human author, even if the work also includes AI-generated material. Copyright does not extend to purely AI-generated material, or material where there is insufficient human control over the expressive elements."

Enjoying seeing people love the David Lynch shrine I set up at Magfest. He influenced so many of my favorite games and made some of my all time favorite films.

Btw, I don't care for credit or anything. This was a tribute to a special artist at a special event. Keep paying respects all!

#Magfest

The Internet Archive is in danger More than 900 billion webpages are preserved on The Wayback Machine, a history of humanity online. Now, copyright lawsuits could wipe it out.

Internet Archive's founder, @brewster.kahle.org, spoke with @wbur.org's Megna Chakrabarti about the lawsuits against the Internet Archive, the importance of archiving the web, and the "constantly renewed mythological goal" of the Library of Alexandria.

🎧 Listen now: www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

Inside the Library of Congress’s Artificial-Aging Lab Using technology to preserve media for the future.

Report: "Inside the Library of Congress’s Artificial-Aging Lab" (via @washingtonian.bsky.social) www.washingtonian.com/2025/01/09/i... #libraries

Accurate

I developed PVD in my right eye 12-14 months after my left eye, so you're right to get it checked.

Have you ever heard of Mummers?

Christmas Mummers' Plays were once a familiar part of festive celebrations in Britain. Performed during the twelve days of Christmas, these lively performances by 'Mummers' are now almost forgotten.

#CambridgeUniversityLibrary

Best Carrot Cake Ever The best carrot cake recipe uses grated carrots, crushed pineapple, and juicy raisins to create the most deliciously moist and tender cake ever!

Yup, pineapple, for sweetness and texture. There are so many variations.

Some feel the Long Neolithic as an absence of its builders. This isn't my way. For all of those barrows, all those portal tombs and stones are not uninhabited in the now. They are filled with folklore. In the Long Neolthic's shadow, a crowding of stories. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

An absolute yes to walnuts and icing or cream cheese frosting, but we'll have to agree to disagree on raisins. I am neutral on pineapple, which some recipes call for.

Now Notre Dame reverberates with light: it’s impossible not to be moved An extraordinary restoration has swept away the lead dust and made the cathedral vivid, but thankfully not kitsch. Our architecture critic takes a look inside “This cathedral is a happy metaphor of what a nation is and what the world should be,” said…

Now Notre Dame reverberates with light: it’s impossible not to be moved

Explore an Online Archive of 2,100+ Rare Illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels As Christmastime approaches, few novelists come to mind as readily as Charles Dickens. This owes mainly, of course, to A Christmas Carol, and even more so to its many adaptations, most of which draw i...

Good to see Michael John Goodman's The Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery getting some festive attention. Completely open-access & reusable & remixable & with a range of Dickens's illustrators beyond the familiar original ones including Fred Barnard, Charles Green & Harry Furniss 👇.

TPM 2.0 – a necessity for a secure and future-proof Windows 11 | Microsoft Community Hub Learn why Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 is a non-negotiable standard for Windows 11 now and in the future.

Depending on how old your machine is, it may not support the TRM 2.0 security firmware. This post explains what it is, and if you scroll through it provides some advice on testing machines to see if the hardware can support it. You may need a new machine.
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A History Of The World According To Getty Images Website for the documentary film 'A History Of The World According To Getty Images' by Richard Misek

Getty Images holds the only or the best copy of thousands of public domain images and videos. They charge a fee for access, and make you promise by contract that you won't share them, even though the copyright law makes these materials free for all. www.ahistoryoftheworldaccordingtogettyimages.com

In Frederick, Maryland, we're lucky to have the wonderful Curious Iguana Bookstore
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I hear that, I have four: Klimt, Munch, Man Ray, and the Kyoto Costume Institute Collections. I wish I were rich enough that I could buy the catalog from every cool museum exhibit I go to.

We went to the theater wearing masks to see it, there were only a handful of other people there. I only know of 2 of my friends who also saw it in the theater. It is a remarkable film that caught a bad break in terms of timing.