Post AabDLoar0te3W1Y6LI by ItsJenNotGoblin@goblin.camp
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(DIR) Post #Aaayfe6wCLzpU3YPGS by brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org
2023-10-09T13:46:32Z
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"The US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cutsIn addition to political censorship and budget cuts, libraries are being undermined by rapacious digital licensing agreements" op-ed by me:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/us-library-system-attack-digital-licensing
(DIR) Post #Aab1SIP7tKfuGAO4hc by jillrhudy@mastodon.social
2023-10-09T14:13:41Z
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@brewsterkahle @CindySue “rapacious” is exactly the word for it. Overdrive and venture capital and corporatist lawmakers are a toxic mix
(DIR) Post #Aab7vHP3IBaRHGYYeu by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
2023-10-09T15:30:50Z
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@brewsterkahle Consider the broad scope of intellectual/literature enclosure. From Google, to the streaming services, to media in general, every access point to information is being enclosed on in a new kind of feudalism. Techno/platform feudalism is here. It buoyed by a rising dark age of ignorance and hate by those killing the world with hydrocarbons.We need to get the message. We need to walk away from it. We need alternatives.https://youtu.be/ahlm6gIsBzo
(DIR) Post #Aab8WuzD5Njml0PsQ4 by PeachMcD@union.place
2023-10-09T15:37:24Z
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@brewsterkahle This #library worker thanks you for shining light on this. Another 'cut' is the adoption of corporate #UnionBusting tactics by library mgmt including hiring temp/gig workers instead of ft represented staff 🤬#Solidarity from Tacoma WA
(DIR) Post #Aab8pSLFoF5PQ6ZCng by sebpiq@mastodon.social
2023-10-09T15:37:34Z
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@brewsterkahle very interesting article, very relevant issue in the wake of a new attack by the creative industries for copyrights protection against AI. But ... "the best in the world" ? A bit of USA-centrism there no?
(DIR) Post #AabD1NV22R9th453rc by coupland@cryptodon.lol
2023-10-09T16:26:58Z
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@brewsterkahle Libraries are one of the foundational components of a free society. Through them all men and women are equal and have access to an education regardless of ethnicity, income, or background.Funding for libraries should be as automatic as funding for roads, clean water, a judicial system, or free lunches for school children (ahem).
(DIR) Post #AabDLoar0te3W1Y6LI by ItsJenNotGoblin@goblin.camp
2023-10-09T16:29:45Z
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@brewsterkahle It should be noted what libraries are being replaced with.My sister is a librarian. Her branch was slated to be closed. Patrons of the library showed up in such large numbers to push back that they delayed it. Had an attempted secret meeting (illegal here) and put it on the chopping block again. It's being replaced by new cop cars. They could stay open if they bought 12 cars instead of 15. Council refused.Libraries reduce the need for cops but are being replaced by them.
(DIR) Post #AabMq1GbMFgd61YNRQ by Mary625@mstdn.social
2023-10-09T18:17:40Z
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@brewsterkahle Great article. I wish I understood how we fight it. I see what libraries, publishers and authors can do but what about us regular people?
(DIR) Post #Aabhf5MzrOjbfqAka0 by Jennifer@bookstodon.com
2023-10-09T22:10:44Z
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@brewsterkahle this just happened at my public library. It's sometimes really embarrassing being an American. https://www.al.com/news/2023/10/childrens-picture-book-was-on-library-list-to-be-moved-to-adult-section-because-authors-last-name-is-gay.html
(DIR) Post #AacJvu9sauOu5CU4Jc by brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org
2023-10-10T05:19:54Z
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@sebpiq The paper writes the headline. Personally I am not big into superlatives.
(DIR) Post #AacNqsoqXtw4IXVUZs by sebpiq@mastodon.social
2023-10-10T06:03:35Z
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@brewsterkahle right, I see 😁