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Mek @mek.fyi · 04/04/2025

I am deeply saddened for those public-good-committed individuals within the Library & Archives community who have had their grant funding frozen, and I am available for a call if I can be a helpful resource for navigating next steps.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 04/04/2025

Thousands of readers with qualifying print disabilities rely on platforms like @openlibrary.org because digital access is literally the only way they can read print books. These audiences shouldn't have to worry about a sudden change in policy potentially leaving them behind.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 04/04/2025

More than ever, the world needs libraries: safe spaces, supportive community, reliable information, basic resources. Meanwhile, the world's libraries are increasingly under threat by lawsuits, exploitative leasing models, funding cuts, and never-ending copyright. www.linkedin.com/pulse/uncert...

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Mek @mek.fyi · 04/04/2025

Hi, I'm @mek.fyi and for 9 years I've run the @openlibrary.org at @archive.org, where 11M patrons world-wide rely on us to preserve society's library books, many which can't be accessed elsewhere. 🎲 Markets, politics, employment could change: I pledge to keep Aaron Swartz's Open Library OPEN 📖. Why?

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Mek @mek.fyi · 05/08/2023

Hearts, stars, and horseshoes

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Mek @mek.fyi · 05/08/2023

Lots of mushrooms on our hike in the white mountains.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 25/07/2023

Made a chess set last week!

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Mek @mek.fyi · 25/07/2023

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, MA

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Mek @mek.fyi · 30/06/2023

But really, seeking investment

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Mek @mek.fyi · 28/06/2023

Honestly, no accomplishment will come close to the warm fuzzies of somehow convincing Ted and Tim to appear in the same photo. For anyone who knows the history of the web, this is a rare pepe.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 28/06/2023

When you bump into your undergrad friend in the woods across the country

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Mek @mek.fyi · 28/06/2023

When you spontaneously bump into your Cambridge neighbor across the country at a techie event in the woods.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 28/06/2023

I think I now have enough photos over the last decade in SF to create an album dedicated to @danny.spesh.com

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Mek @mek.fyi · 28/06/2023

Been a while since the first two decentralized web summits. Fun to catch up on the latest news about Solid w/ Tim

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Mek @mek.fyi · 28/06/2023

Wonderful listening to the delsolquartet.com quartet play among redwoods and chirping birds.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 18/05/2023

I had left over hotpot ingredients and made hot pot for myself. too full/10 Tell me your strongest opinons, what ingredient must be in hotpot?

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Mek @mek.fyi · 15/05/2023

Instead of an AR monocle, I just preload/cache talking points on a shirt and it makes the date go much faster (in that they're usually able to spot me and avoid sitting down to begin with).

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Mek @mek.fyi · 10/05/2023

You should rest, catching your breath and not burning out is important.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 02/05/2023

One approach suggested for diffusing arguments is to present options "blind" to minimize preconceptions. Biases are mentioned but not affiliations of these biases.

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Mek @mek.fyi · 02/05/2023

Reading "predictably irrational"; I found some of these studies/results surprising openlibrary.org/books/OL9952510M/Pr…

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