Aww! #RIP Glynis Johns, Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 👉🏼100.👈🏼 https://apnews.com/article/3380091d508785048c5dfc8e485f4de0
Kashmir Line of Control-Set War Film ‘The Collaborator’ Wraps Production
Production has wrapped on the wartime coming-of-age feature film “The Collaborator,” based on the international bestseller by Kashmiri novelist Mirza Waheed.
The US Library of Congress has kicked off a crowdsourced transcription campaign for the papers of Leonard Bernstein. Help improve search, discovery, & access to this collection by volunteering: https://crowd.loc.gov/campaigns/bernstein/
I love the clarity of this list of the 7 sustainability factors used by the US Library of Congress as global/community criteria for determining recommended file formats for preservation and long-term access:
Tengo un viejo Asus Eee PC de 32 bit con un #Linux Mint, ya no me funciona bien (dejó de conectarse a wifis) y, por lo que veo, el Linux Mint de 32 bit ya no se puede descargar.
Estoy pensando en instalar otro sistema operativo, pero no hay mucho donde elegir para 32 bis. Me estoy inclinando por el Q4OS para 32 bit ¿Alguien tiene alguna experiencia?
A #Black#Texas high school student has been suspended for more than a week because his #loc hairstyle violated the district’s #DressCode, his mother said. It could become test o new state law that bans #discrimination based on hairstyles.
#DarrylGeorge, a junior at #BarbersHill High School in #MontBelvieu, received multiple disciplinary action notes, placed on suspension for wearing his locs hairstyle in a ponytail, his mother told #CNN.
Debt, Distress & Antidepressants: Thousands Struggle To Recover From A J&K Trade Route Closed 4 Years Ago
On 8 March 2019, the Indian government shut down for repairs a single-lane ‘bridge of peace’, suspending a flourishing barter trade between Kashmiris in India and Pakistan. The bridge never reopened. Thousands of jobs were hit and crores lost by the overnight closure, as traders found themselves unable to repay loans or clear stocks. Article14 found shuttered hotels, godowns and depressed traders, labourers and others still struggling to cope with the end of a once-booming economy.
On a special private tour in 2019, I got to walk through the massive closed stacks at the Library of Congress. I got in as many deep breaths as I could. If this scent could be bottled I would wear it as cologne. #books#bookshelves#loc#libraryofcongress#bookstodon@bookstodon
Bryan Hoffa is a library audio preservation specialist with the Library of Congress. In this video he shows us how 78rpm records are cleaned and digitized for the LOC. He also shares some interesting variables about the inconsistencies of 78s.