EARLY MOON (Anagrammed Lines) Early, misty Moon. My solitary omen. My rain looms, yet it’s only a memory.

For #InternationalCatDay, I'll share 9 folkloric threads I've made about cats (because 9 lives!) 1. A Sundanese folktale of West Java that depicts the origin of the dark spots of the moon: a weaver who escaped an unwanted suitor with her cat. x.com/BlogTolkien/st…

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My son drew this picture of a giraffe. He explained that he ran out of room for the giraffe’s head 😆 I like it!

if you need some background on how this (horrible) decision will affect the Internet Archive, controlled digital lending, and the future of online preservation, you can read the explainer Emma Wallenbrock and I wrote two years ago on this case: slate.com/technology/202…

This is misguided. Hachette should be going after AI-LLM training, not the Internet Archive. It was the one place I found a fantasy anthology edited by Ursula K LeGuin and Borges. If you’ve ever used the e-library, you know how locked down the checkout process is. A huge loss.

This is absolutely devastating for poorer students and all who would like to educate themselves but lack the access to academic works. The campaign against Internet Archive serves nobody but the wallets of publishers at the expense of everyone else.

also i can't even write my book without the endless architectural history resources and trade catalogs assembled in the internet archive. it's not possible. those resources dwarf even academic repositories of such information.

it's impossible to overstate how important the internet archive has been for filling in gaps in access for any writer looking to do good work without a university affiliation! what is happening is really bad for everyone

Try to find a copy of a looong out of print book like Sweet Sweet Summer by Jane Gaskell for less than $600 and you’ll understand what a crucial service the Open Library provides openlibrary.org/works/OL666619…

the decision (60 pages) re: @InternetArchive is abysmal: complete surrender of public good to profiteering! no doubt they would get rid of libraries and the used book market too if they could... all so that publishers can make more money. read it and weep: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive: blog.archive.org/2024/09/04/int… You can take action today by asking the publishers to restore access to the 500,000+ books removed from Internet Archive: change.org/LetReadersRead #LetReadersRead

"Big Tech’s greed has infected Big Publishing, causing them to abandon the concept of ownership for digital books, and to force all libraries and readers to buy licenses that lock them into spyware-ridden apps that turn data on readers into a new product for publishing."

It's hard to overstate how crucial the Internet Archive is to the preservation of knowledge and writing. It was an essential resource to me for the duration of my degree, lending me books that the campus libraries didn't have. The Internet Archive MUST be protected at all costs.

We want to hear from you: How does yesterday's opinion from the appellate court affect your reading or research? What does it mean to you that 500,000+ books are no longer available for lending? Please share your story ➡️ forms.gle/JgwWLxhvKgAZdV… #LetReadersRead

They also removed ‘Fahrenheit 451’ 🔥 List of the 1,300 banned books the publishers removed from our library linked in this FAQ: help.archive.org/help/why-are-s…

"Over the past four years we have advocated for library choice in the digital market.... We will continue to do so, and to support Internet Archive's fight for the rights of libraries to 'own, lend, and preserve books.'" Our full statement: libraryfutures.net/post/were-stil…

I also hope the judgment will remain limited. the publishers failed to include any titles in the works-in-suit that did NOT have ebooks (this emerged in the arguments re: injunctive relief) - so maybe that will end up limiting scope of the judgment...? authorsalliance.substack.com/p/hachette-v-i… 1/2

but this is the thing that OUTRAGED me reading latest ruling: the idea that @InternetArchive is harming the public good. ??!?!?!??! somebody needs to buy a copy of Bellos & Montagu's "Who Owns This Sentence?" to give to the judges for their edification storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… 2/2