Internet Archive filed its response to the publishers' lawsuit today. Since Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in 1731, libraries have served readers, students and researchers by lending books. This must not end. blog.archive.org/2020/07/29/int…

Extremely unusual for San Francisco: an hour of lightning. Now unusual August rain

supporting The Brick House Cooperative on Kickstarter thanks for journalism that includes support for Internet Archive kickstarter.com/projects/14789…

I am incredibly happy to post Megan Prelinger W6XAV's amazing new finding aid to the reorganized Prelinger Library, which reopens next week (by appointment only) with distancing and safety protocols. Appointments (and soon, higher-res versions of this) on our website.

We're thrilled that we've renewed the Library's lease! As soon as we can reopen, the newly reorganized space will once again be your source for information, ideas & community. We look forward to hosting your visits, your arts & community events, and your residencies.

felt this too, lamp & plants wiggled a bit

Prelinger Library is once again opening for research and reading Wednesdays, beginning April 7! We ask that you sign up for an appointment and observe our distancing protocols. Signup link here: prelingerlibrary.org

Additional films & programs announced SFFILM including Fantastic Negrito live score for an updated alex cruse & Rick Prelinger W6XBE Lost Landscapes of Oakland on April 15 Fort Mason Center (description from cancelled Castro event last year) sffilm.org/sffilm-announc… #sffilmfestival #sffilm

Cheffy friends: what's one piece of kitchen equipment you swear by that does NOT require electricity to operate? I've been cooking more and would love your recs. My favs rn: - slightly curved wooden spatula - whisk with inner ball whisk - v sharp chef's knife

The use of the word “restoration” to describe what is being done to these images is WRONG. I find it deeply disturbing that there has been any positive response to this project whatsoever. (content warning: genocide) vice.com/amp/en/article…

I kind of let this go by, but 2021 is the 20th anniv of our online film archive. This was new (6 years pre-YouTube) & pretty scary to start but thanks to Brewster Kahle and Internet Archive there are now 8500+ films online that have been seen & used 100s of millions of times.

It began with a tweet...and then I started speculating about #archives, #NFTs, #AI and the commodification of history and amnesia. This is my first piece for WIRED. wired.com/story/nfts-and…

This was easily the most interesting conversation I have ever had. Thank you, Edward Snowden, for your candor about cryptocurrency, financial privacy, and the mass surveillance of the traditional banking system. And thanks for hosting, Andrew Ethereal Summit! decrypt.co/70049/bitcoin-…

Could we imagine a ham radio con that wasn't just mostly white senior men joking about the aging process -- but instead populated by the emerging majority young tech vanguard of color determined to use our underutilized spectrum in service of community and justice?

Every time you see a map of European colonies in a textbook, it should be accompanied by a map of anti-colonial resistance movements.

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Prelinger #Archives seeks a Project Manager for a grant-funded mass film digitization project located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Details here: prelinger.com/PMJobDescripti…

Prelinger Archives seeks a Metadata Editor and File Uploader for our mass film digitization project. This is a contract position. Please consider applying! The description is here: prelinger.com/Metadata_Edito…

ABC7 News visited Prelinger Library and made a very nice piece. See Cee Gee, Megan Prelinger W6XAV and miles of cool shelves! abc7news.com/prelinger-libr…