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We are inching slowly away from this online space, because free speech doesn't mean what the owner thinks it means.
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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: https://t.co/lNEY5wvieN
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: https://t.co/9Ofo5zITMx
@johtso@internetarchive@Flickr Hi - it's not up to the Flickr Foundation to share user-level commentary in a public forum (or anyone, really?) — but we did learn last week that the Flickr team is in communication with the account holder.
@PublicDomainRev@brewster_kahle@textfiles Hi - No action on that account from here. We do know sometimes that account can be slow because it's so huge, but not sure if this is that. We'll ask the .com.
Strong recommend: The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman, available on BBC Sounds: https://t.co/hOdmiJgGr5
"We're in the middle of an information crisis."
Tech Lead @alexwlchan on a little open source utility we've made which parses Flickr URLs (to figure out if there are photos to see): https://t.co/oJ74iBXnuQ
We are already using this library in two other tools: https://t.co/rvKmnng3Dx too! 🔧🔥🪝
🧠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 @flickrfdn Research Fellow @pra_kris.
🗓️ 20 May
🕔 15.30-17.30
🎫 Free, sign up here ⬇️
https://t.co/h6aiqaoRCQ
Today we're publishing a new report, "20 Years of Flickr: Archiving the Living Environment" by @ashleymaerie.
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!
https://t.co/pNms4TDyPq
We've been waxing and waning about finding ways to look back over Flickr's 20 years and beyond to surface peaks of photos taken same time+place...
Are you a data nerd who might be curious to try this with us? Say hi!
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! 😍🥳🌸
https://t.co/sk3CqgXeEt