If anyone has video of last night's music & poetry at Bloombars (Washington, DC, February 26, 2025), please post somewhere other than Instagram and let me know.
Thanks.
(I cannot reach Instagram.)
TONIGHT - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 7:00 PM at Bloombars (3222 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20010) - a non-profit community space.
Vegan pot luck, jam session, open mic, or whatever the mood calls for. The celebration is that "we are still here, and have the ability to come together in person" to quote John Chambers. No alcohol.
TONIGHT - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 7:00 PM at Bloombars (3222 11th St NW, Washington, DC 20010) - a non-profit community space.
Vegan pot luck, jam session, open mic, or whatever the mood calls for. The celebration is that "we are still here, and have the ability to come together in person" to quote John Chambers. No alcohol.
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@recourse Let's not forget LibGen and Sci-Hub. Yes, "illegal", and you often need a vpn to be able to visit them. If you're not a corporation it turns out that training your neural network (yes, the one in your skull) is illegal doing it for free.
Fuck that. Support the authors you want to support directly.
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Shouldn't they have made enough money from that one book for 20 years?
I am paid per month, and if I stop working, I no longer get any income, no matter how influential the work I did in that month.
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The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.annas-archive.org
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@deafferret Smashwords is DRM-free (and they’re having their big sale from Sunday, so a good chance to try a few books cheaply)
Kobo leaves it up to the publisher/indie whether to tick the DRM box or not
#WritingCommunity where else do you sell your books DRM-free?
I have my own Payhip store, which delivers ebooks through BookFunnel - no DRM.
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hahahahah i cannot WAIT for the mpaa and the riaa to break out into hives over this.
in fact, if this works out for meta, i see a bunch of class action lawsuits targeting the mpaa and riaa to pay restitution for all the grandmas and other random people they sued and intimidated since metallica showed us who they really are
Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
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Website: https://infosecforactivists.org/ Introduction America has a strong tradition of activism, dating back to slave revolts and indigenous uprisings even before the founding of the United States. Today, activism in the US remains critical.Infosec for Activists
It's probably a mortal sin to post this here, but sometimes exceptions should be made: Follow the Facebook posts of folkorist Stephen Winick and ethnomusicologist Jennifer Cutting, both of the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center, and bandmates in Jennifer Cutting's OCEAN Celtic Quartet for some AMAZING music videos! Currently posting videos from the Folk Alliance International conference in Montreal.
(See their timelines for similar posts from previous years.)
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Wednesday (TOMORROW), February 19, 2025 3:00 PM
HHS Building, Washington, DC
Rallies are being held across the country to protest the funding cuts to science and the illegal firing of federal workers.
Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare.
#Resist #WashingtonDC #HHS #MadKingDonald #PresidentMusk
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"Not My Presidents Day" Washington, DC, February 17, 2025
Two hours and 15 minutes of footage from ABC 7 News (WJLA):
youtube.com/live/na6dHBG6mes
#news #politics, #UnitedStates #protest #fascism #fiftyfiftyone #MadKingDonald #PrimeMinisterElon #PresidentMusk #VicePresidentTrump #resist #video
VULGAR DEMAGOGUE
Book blurb for "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
"Vulgar, almost illiterate, a public liar easily detected.. He was an actor of genius"
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#Fascists #Nazis #UnitedStates #politics #PresidentMusk #VicePresidentTrump #broligarchy
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FLYER:
Presidents' Day Protest
To uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach
Monday, February 17th, 12:00 NOON
Union Square / Capitol Reflecting Pool;
(3rd Street NW, Washington DC, US Capitol steps)
Walk times:
Capitol South - 16;
L'Enfant Plaza - 12;
Federal Center SW - 8;
Archives-Navy Memorial - 13;
Judiciary Square - 10;
Union Station - 25;
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heartedly agree. On the other hand: The US has a lot of nuclear warheads. Saving by invasion like Germany 1945 is not an option.
Edit: The "saving" term was chosen because I have seen some US people writing "save us" on social media.
Let's face it, Europe (and other parts of the world). The USA is not our ally anymore. Trump and his robber barons have their own agenda (if they really have one, I can only see short-sighted action causing immense damage and chaos).
The earlier we accept this and act accordingly, the better for all of us.
This is my very personal opinion.
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@sesivany
Agreed. Together we stand, divided we fall.
The issue is, of course, that the worm is already in the fruit, so to speak: people like Meloni, Orban, Le Pen, Fico and others (AfD...) will need to be brought down if Europe is to succeed. They took money from Putin and should be treated as compromised.
Le Pen, in particular, could end up in serious trouble soon as a French court could declare her ineligible.
Even though we have challenges in Europe as well, that should not be any reason to not work for a European unity. Not all EU countries will join, fine - they can join in later when it is appropriate for them.
Political parties contributing to division must and need to be held accountable and stopped. Through true and honest democratic processes. These battles can't be won through cheating and dishonesty, even though it might seem so in a shorter perspective.
It won't be easy. But Europe needs it. And Europe needs brave politicians who dare drive the politics into a new and courageous directions, to stop this alt-right-wing trend. With the help of the population, this is doable. But it won't be easy.
Sad but true.
When I finished school 20 years ago my thought was, whenever fascists rule Germany again, I can move to USA and be on the good side. History proves me wrong.
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"This is my very personal opinion."
No, it isn't. I suggest editing that out. It's not an opinion...
It's a fact.
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I have done this a few years ago and switched to another reader, buying my German Books at Reuffel.de as EPUB.
But Amazon says, you are not bying a book. You are buying a license to read it on a kindle.
Want to have some fun? Ask Amazon for your personal data. The amount of kindle data was unbelievable. (How many seconds you stay on each site of a book)
To those that have a lot of eBooks from Amazon and don't have the time/patience to manually click through the download option:
Python script to download all eBooks:
github.com/bellisk/BulkKindleU…
Greasemonkey script to download all 25 per page (you still have to manually click to open all pages, but then all 25 per page are downloaded automagically)
github.com/chrishol/greasemonk…
Thank you to @eBerdnA for sharing this tip in the comments!
Contribute to chrishol/greasemonkey-scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
I made some improvements (imo!) to the bulk Kindle ebook downloader script that got shared yesterday. It should be able to get ebooks from amazon.co.uk, amazon.de and amazon.com now.github.com/bellisk/BulkKindleU…
GitHub - bellisk/BulkKindleUSBDownloader: Quick script to download all your Kindle ebooks.
Quick script to download all your Kindle ebooks. Contribute to bellisk/BulkKindleUSBDownloader development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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I have a Kobo BW, the most recent one. I have thought about getting a color eInk reader, but I just read text and the color refresh rate seems like a downside for my use case.
Jan, why did you decide on color eInk over black and white?
@eBerdnA It's failing out on logging in with the password. Looks like it is looking for the wrong elements on the page.
Message: no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"css selector","selector":"[id="auth-mfa-otpcode"]"}
Quick script to download all your Kindle ebooks. Contribute to bellisk/BulkKindleUSBDownloader development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Very happy with my #remarkable.
Maybe take a look at the new version
remarkable.com/store/remarkabl…
Supports pdf and epub, without DRM. For the pro version colors and backlight was added.
Some features require cloud access, which comes with a small monthly fee, but a lot of people dont want that. Additionally the cloud is hosted in the US, at least I think so.
I use it only via USB.
If you dont mind a little tinkering, selfhosted is an option:
github.com/reHackable/awesome-…
A curated list of projects related to the reMarkable tablet - reHackable/awesome-reMarkableGitHub
Pocketbooks are probably the most compatible with any format.
Do check the resolution, because this seems to be a bit lower than for the Kindle (and the page turning may be just a bit slower than you are used to).
I personally decided to go with an Onyx e-Reader. They're basically fullfleshed Android tablets, but with a e-Reader-like design and screen. I needed this mostly to deal with a bunch of different DRM reader apps, some of which are only available on Android/ios
This gives you maximum flexibility, but likely doesn't fulfill your price criteria I would assume
I believe the kindle will also read mobi formatted books, so if you convert your books to that format you can still use your kindle to read them (Amazon actually bought one of the original ebook formats - mobipocket - and that format is the format used to build its drm laden now in use).
My first ebook reader used the mobipocket format and I have read those books on my Kindle (circa 2015).
Thanks for the heads up about this change in policies.
I have always done this because I wanted to read without being restricted to certain software or devices. But I will also buy elsewhere from now on. Hopefully books I want are available elsewhere so I can give them my money.
I did my liberation and DRM removal a few years ago, and then I promptly removed my amazon account (which I hadn't used in a very long time anyway).
I read my ebooks on a Remarkable 2 now (which is great, will not be suitable for you, because it doesn't have a backlight).
Bookshop just started offering ebooks.
I’ve got 559. I’m about 140 into it now. Loading up on my new Kobo Libra via Calibre.
I also just pulled and DRM stripped all my books out of Apple Books. Thankfully not nearly as many, because that’s a wild process.
I’m about to do the same. Already downloaded and liberated all my ebooks, canceled kindle unlimited.
Next up is choosing a new E-Reader (Kobo / Tolino probably) and getting used to different shops for books.
As an academic I already use @zotero for all my pdfs, so I've moved my epubs there to. Unfortunately the zotero epub reader is only available on a computer, but since it also works in the browser I'm reading in the browser on my two booxes (eink with android and pen support). Kind of a work around at the moment but when epub support comes to the android app it will be great.
Thanks for the heads up on the removal of the feature, I'll have to check that all my books have been freed. (A problem as a European is that in not always able to buy certain ebooks from other stores than Amazon.)
I have been looking. Didn't find anything.
I have considered other readers, but I could not yet find a marketplace as good as Amazon's, especially for buying new english eBooks from germany.
I'm very upset that I'm still stuck with amazon for the ebook gifting -- Apple lets me gift books, but I have to purchase them one at a time.
Can you copy the ebooks off the Kindle if it's attached to a computer?
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AWESOME!
Changed to .de, just works, even in the background!
bookshop.org just started selling ebooks! Purchasing through them helps your local bookstore. Unfortunately, they're not DRM-free, but certainly a better option than Amazon.
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You might be able to go into the code itself and change the .coms to .cas...
Amazon is removing a Kindle feature that allows purchased books to be downloaded to a computer for backup or transfer via USB.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
Amazon Kindle books downloader. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.Gist
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oh interesting, I guess I didn't realize that be only on the color displays had different speeds than when using color.
I appreciate you sharing your story and spreading awareness of amz ebook practices. I have been sideloading ebooks forever, and I'm glad more people are choosing that option.
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“We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.” Harvard Library Innovation Lab (via BlueSky)
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Today we released our archive of data.gov on source.coop. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archi...lil.law.harvard.edu
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They are in your contacts and unfollow button is there also.
It seems that anything you follow is a contact (e.g. an RSS feed or a Bluesky account).
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I've started to step out a bit in my dotage, and am making a few of my music recordings available in various places. Among them PeerTube.
#music #videos #performances #compositions #OpenMics #recordings
Carbony Celtic Winds coming to the House of Musical Traditions, 7010 Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park, MD, Monday, February 17, 2025. Owner Rob Gandara will be there plying his craftmanship.
#DC #WashingtonDC #music #carbonfiber #flutes #tinwhistles #irish #bagpipes #TakomaPark #SilverSpring
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From The Washington Post, August 29, 2024
BloomBars, an art space where people blossom, is dying on the vine
The quirky community hub is for sale in a tax auction, and supporters are rallying to save a place that has launched Grammy winners and poet-lobbyists.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20…