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Idk if this is already a thing but there should be like "advanced reader" YA/kids books. Like high level vocabulary and more complex themes but with topics and styles that are interesting to kids
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The Wayback Machine risks becoming collateral damage in the fight against AI, writes Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle in The Atlantic.
Blocking the Internet Archive won’t stop AI companies from scraping the web. But it can undermine a vital resource for journalists, researchers, and anyone seeking information that has disappeared or changed.
Read the article free 👉 theatlantic.com/technology/2…
#NotAllBots #ProtectTheWayback
ALT Dark green graphic with the quote "The Wayback Machine has become collateral damage in a fight between publishers and AI companies." Attributed to Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Internet Archive. Internet Archive logo at bottom right.
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In 2020, oil went negative and $18 trillion of bonds carried negative yields. Not glitches. Symptoms of too much capital and not enough places to put it.
That's the story of my new book, Surplus. Out November 3. Preorder:
globepequot.com/978149309665…
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🎶📺 Jill Colucci performing the original ‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ theme song on a 1991 episode
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Progress on my Famicom game.
Graphics by @ahtamaraneze. ☺️
(My first NES game, no AI involved!)
I spent two weeks studying MOTHER 1's scrolling system and finally managed to implement it in my engine... 😭
Also no original music yet, so listen to my favourite MOTHER song :')
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Grab your loincloth and ride your death machine! MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments - Deathsport is here! rifftrax.com/mst3k-the-rifft…
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I recorded this a month ago but didn’t post it. Will probably delete this post later. Happy pride month
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Gov. Kehoe says the St. Louis police board's "fast-track" of Chief Tracy's raise "raises serious concerns."
But two government sources tell me the chief's contract talks were discussed behind closed doors in Jefferson City for weeks.
Now the AG he appointed is investigating.
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🏛️ The future of the Library of Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office is at a turning point. Political upheaval and proposed structural changes could reshape how knowledge is preserved, copyright is governed, and the public accesses creative works.
Join the live Future Knowledge #podcast with copyright scholar Blake Reid and CNI executive director Kate Zwaard.
📅 Thurs. Oct. 29
🕙 10 AM PT to 11 AM PT
📍 VIRTUAL
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/the-future-…
@kzwa
ALT Three-panel graphic. Left: The Future of the Library of Congress, with portraits of a smiling woman and man captioned Kate Zwaard, CNI, and Blake Reid, Colorado Law, beside a collage of a pink bust, a disc, and a mainframe. Center: October 29th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, ONLINE, event details, and Internet Archive and Authors Alliance logos. Right: retro-futuristic art with a vintage cartoon mouse at a ship’s wheel and the words Future Knowledge.
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Here's the full launch trailer for Beep's Escape, featuring the waterfall animation, jumping fireballs and explosions, and a genuine loading screen, all fully ZX Spectrum compliant.
Enjoy!
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66 THOUSAND signatures already within 24hours! Let's keep going!!
#SaveMassEffect
c.org/rMVGzVb6WL
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A ghost in Leibniz's archive: how recovering one tiny, crossed-out word clears up a long-standing mystery in Leibniz scholarship.
Full details in the new post: "Leibniz’s Two Principles: A Puzzle in the Margins"
leibnizpapers.org/puzzle.htm #Leibniz #EarlyModern #Paleography
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Illinois Wesleyan celebrates the Oct. 22 birthday of our hometown Nobel Prize Winner, Clint Davisson, who was awarded what I consider the most important Nobel Prize in Physics: his experimental work clearly demonstrated the wave nature of matter. #ITeachPhysics #ITeachScience
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All of this is very much background noise against dealing with the incredible Cyprus driving
And I'm including all nationalities in the madness, this is not an attack on Cypriots
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Turn your sound on. 🔊 A little #TOHEssexCo ASMR to hold you over until tonight's episode.
Tune in tonight on @PBS or stream free beginning Monday on @TheRokuChannel!
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Spinoza's close call with a mob: an unpublished manuscript from 2 forthcoming volumes of Leibniz’s Notes and Reviews reveals how Spinoza wanted to protest the murder of the de Witt brothers, saved only by his landlord locking the door: leibnizpapers.org/current-wo…
