#archivesproblems #digitization !B

mind blown by a YouTube comment of all things

Today, we got the news that NYC currently has 38k vacant rent-stabilized apartments. Each one of those units is a failure to supply housing—a family who can't afford to stay in our City. There's a lot that we can do to address this problem, and you can be part of the solution.

The most predictably inane thing about the wedding website religious liberty case is that no queer couple has ever asked Lorie Smith to make a wedding website for them, because she is not a wedding website designer

Holy shit. A Republican just started crying on the floor of Congress begging them to vote against protecting marriage equality.

When you're trying to persuade, via email, that a certain manuscript cannot be too damaged to be digitized and the nice - and very patient librarian - sends you a picture ⬇️ Maybe they are right😅

Where are my #genealogy and #FamilyHistory #legal experts. I'm looking at a 1766 Virginia Court record reading "Lynch v. Stiff - a cap" ~ can anyone tell me what that means? #law #history #OldTimeyStuff

Hi everyone, today I'm uploading the first 20 issues of New York Native newspaper scanned off microfiche to archive dot org. Probably NYC's premier gay newspaper in the '80s, they were first reporters on the AIDS crisis. You can find the first issue here: archive.org/details/1980-1…

Have you ever wondered what came in the mail when you ordered something from a pulp magazine? Let’s open this amazing box I got for IU Lilly Library from Garrett Scott and find out!

In January 2023, someone at the Virginia Department of Education decided to delete "fascism" from state standards of learning for history and social studies. 1/9

The Medieval Academy has signed on in support of this statement from American Historical Association: historians.org/news-and-advoc…

The same court that abolished affirmative action yesterday because it pretends to believe affirmative action allows unconstitutional discrimination based on race is perfectly fine with discrimination based on sexuality.

“Apparently it’s no longer about protecting children, it’s going after gays.” Imagine writing that in all sincerity 😂

UnitedHealthcare tried to deny Chris health coverage. He fought back, filed a lawsuit and exposed the insurance company’s inner workings. None of the UnitedHealthcare representatives heard in this video responded to our requests for comment.

This is the stuff of reporter nightmares tbh

😝 I'm so excited to be the new senior features editor @cosmopolitan. Freelancers, send me pitches! I want to be fascinated, shocked, delighted, enraged in around 3K to 5K words. Pay is $1.50-$2/word. nicole [dot] pasulka [at] hearst [dot] com. Let's gooooo!

A city ordinance banning public homosexuality has reached Rutherford County Libraries. You read that correctly. Now it is being used to potentially pull all LGBTQ+ books off of the shelves in a meeting Monday. Subscribe to support my work, and read more. 🧵

Dream job for someone? Cataloguing the David Bowie archive V&A for two years! jobs.theguardian.com/job/8885230/ca…

This made me cry 3 separate times. Thanks Brian Ferree lbi.org/projects/podca…