public domain Here's a fun way to browse the 187,000 digital items in the NY library's public domain collection Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Bring images and characters to life with this cartoon animation software Boing Boing's Shop

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libraries Virtual library tourism: visit 7 of the world's most beautiful libraries Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Little Free Library in Seattle converted into a "Peep Show" Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Become a master of Python programming with the help of this training bundle Boing Boing's Shop

robots "What is a robot?" Pioneering roboticist Rodney Brooks answers with a sonnet David Pescovitz

photography The Smithsonian just released 2.8 million images into the public domain David Pescovitz

climate crisis 150,000 nature illustrations from around the world enter the public domain thanks to the the Biodiversity Heritage Library Gareth Branwyn

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

law Bill from Missouri's Rep Ben Baker threatens librarians with prison sentences for allowing minors to read books banned by town committees Cory Doctorow

self-improvement New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey wants to cram your skull full of writing knowledge Seamus Bellamy

Business A poor, Trump-voting Florida town opened a government grocery store to end its food desert, but it's "not socialism" Cory Doctorow

Drew Friedman Drew Friedman's fantastic book with his portraits of every U.S. President Mark Frauenfelder

books Public library receipt shows how much money you saved by borrowing instead of buying books David Pescovitz

Business Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" Cory Doctorow

libraries 10 fascinating online collections at the New York Public Library Cory Doctorow

books Print book reading is surging, just not in research libraries Cory Doctorow

fiascos Hertz sues Accenture for screwing up $32 million website redesign project Mark Frauenfelder

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