Really pleased to announce that the Flickr Foundation is the newest member of the Digital Preservation Coalition, a global community of practice we can't wait to get involved in, and learn from. dpconline.org/news/new-membe…

We've developed a new Explorer for the Flickr Commons picture collection, and we're adding bits and bobs here and there... This week we learned that the Flickr Commons has enjoyed about 4.4 BILLION views during its lifetime. flickr.org/how-does-the-c…

Great news over at Creative Commons as Anna Tumadottir is announced as the new CEO: creativecommons.org/2024/04/10/ann… Congraulations all around, and well deserved, Anna! The right recognition for your foundational work at CC so far!

Thank you @MrsAudiac (Jenn Phillips-Bacher) for being our very first Research Fellow ever. It was wonderful to have you join us, you are a pleasure to have around, and your work was deeply useful. Onward! 😍🥳🌸 flickr.org/on-being-a-res…

If you're voting today (I know #TamilNadu is) can you pls share an image of your inked finger below? I'm making a thing. Pls RT!

Today we're publishing a new report, "20 Years of Flickr: Archiving the Living Environment" by Ashley Kelleher 🦋 akelleher.bsky.social. It focusses on the value of Flickr, risks to its longevity, and suggested practices to adopt as we move forward with our mission. Thanks Ash! flickr.org/report-archivi…

🧠THIS MONTH: Curious about photovoice as a research method? Join us for an introductory workshop to explore this and paired description, with @AccessMaking member and Flickr Foundation Research Fellow prakash_krishnan. 🗓️ 20 May 🕔 15.30-17.30 🎫 Free, sign up here ⬇️ kcl.ac.uk/events/photovo…

Flickr: Where photos live! YEAH! youtube.com/watch?v=LyhTwO…

Check out the first of two installments from 2024 Research Fellow, Eryk Salvaggio, on generated images and Flickr: flickr.org/the-ghost-stay…

Tech Lead Alex Chan on a little open source utility we've made which parses Flickr URLs (to figure out if there are photos to see): flickr.org/the-surprising… We are already using this library in two other tools: flickr.org/tools too! 🔧🔥🪝

Listening to Mark Sealy, Vanley Burke, Dr. Kenneth Montague, and Richard Mark Rawlings talking about Power. youtube.com/watch?v=XcvQoj…

Catching up on "Moments in Time" by Everest via The Photographers' Gallery and its unthinking.photography program. unthinking.photography/articles/on-la…

Strong recommend: The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman, available on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… "We're in the middle of an information crisis."

For all our cat people out there! This #InternationalCatDay we're sharing one of our biggest books on felines. 'Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats', Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1883: ow.ly/xTlQ50STx3o

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Are you free on Sep 26th? Join our first "Flickr Foundation Conversation" online to hear about why we're doing what we're doing - we hope to see you there! Find out more and sign up on Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/flickr-found…

We are inching slowly away from this online space, because free speech doesn't mean what the owner thinks it means. We're on Mastodon and Bluesky, so please follow us there if you'd like to stay in touch: Mastodon: glammr.us/deck/@flickrfdn Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/flickr…

In the digital world, there’s nothing more disheartening than losing access to a website you’ve poured time and effort into building. ✨👉OPEN CALL: Resilience grant. Get your website back, reclaim your history 👈✨ Apply until Jan 13th here: sutty.nl/en/recovery-fo…