Speaking of how the Internet connects us to useful work,
Sister has been transcribing handwritten docs from the 1830s --(applications for veteran's benefits, in this case)--for the US National Archives--the government agency that preserves "the sweep of the past".
https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist
From Nat'l Archive General Info:
"In a democracy, records belong to the people, and for more than eight decades, NARA has preserved and provided access to the records of the United States of America.
The National Archives was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt, but its major holdings date back to 1775.
They capture the sweep of the past:
slave ship manifests and the Emancipation Proclamation; captured German records and the Japanese surrender documents from World War II;
journals of polar expeditions and photographs of Dust Bowl farmers;
Indian treaties making transitory promises...
And a comic book from the Atomic Energy Commission
publicizing the development of nuclear energy, 1948:
And Richard M. Nixon's letter
resigning as President of the United States, August 9, 1974:
Just hope that the orange one doesn't have designs on the archives
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing—but also dared to hope he’d go the way of Nixon (away).
DeleteYep, if it can be monetized or reflects badly on some ally it's toast.
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We need to be Brave Little Toasters and escape!
DeleteRead a couple articles today about people trying to save data/web that the feds are disastrously dumping because of all those nasty DEI words, like “female”. One academic compared it to watching the library at Alexander being burned.
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DeleteSo much to do; so little time or direction.
ReplyDeleteWe need another lifetime or ten!
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