This is my new favorite #design #fail.

Vancouver Public Library has been honoured by the City of Vancouver for an innovative digitization project in partnership with Internet Archive Canada. 🏆🇨🇦
Together, they’ve made thousands of rare & historical materials from British Columbia accessible online, preserving local heritage for future generations. 📚
Learn more ⤵️
https://internetarchivecanada.org/2025/11/12/vancouver-public-library-honoured-for-innovative-digitization-project-with-internet-archive-canada/

@internetarchivecanada #OpenAccess #Vancouver

Deeply troubling:

"A British university complied with a demand from Beijing to halt research about human rights abuses in China"

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/03/uk-university-halted-human-rights-research-after-pressure-from-china

This thread is worth reading if you are a Google docs user.

Short version: When you export a document from Google Docs, Google replaces all your hyperlinks with links that allows Google to monitor the interactions of everyone you share your document with.

This hidden link replacement can potentially be used to build a model of your professional relations, where people who interact more with your content are considered a stronger relation.

Think about the implications.
https://fosstodon.org/@Joe_0237/111145684757912952

Source: https://mastodon.social/@katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org/115509403675390893

Whenever someone new comes to the house, Clyde always likes to show off his mailman collection.

A colleague is asking how many #Neuroscientists are here on Mastodon / Fedi. If you are one, could you make yourself known in this poll? Also, more specific comments about your field welcome! 🧠

please boost around if you don't mind
#Neuroscience #Academia #AcademicChatter

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. In it, she discusses blasting Trump and Musk deep into space and shares the message, "Don't lose hope"

#positivity #JaneGoodall #hope

I am on the hunt for people who make things. Physical things. Physical things in a workshop. Or at home. Or in a studio. Or outside. But they have to be physical things. And you make them. Handmade or with machines.

I’d like to follow you and see what you make.

Please can you boost this post so that I get some reach on this post.

Many thanks.

#maker #crafting #crafts #workshop #handmade #woodworking #metalwork #paper #fabric