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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Apr 05, 2026

"The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent...It is even more like that of a human heart which, wounded by an offense, rejects the instinct for revenge and, filled with compassion, prays for the one who has committed the offense.... On this day of celebration, let us abandon every desire for conflict, domination, and power."

Pope Leo's Ubi et Orbi address for #Easter, in which he also calls for a prayer vigil for peace this coming Saturday: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/urbi/documents/20260405-urbi-et-orbi-pasqua.html

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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John Mark Ockerbloom

@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social

A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Apr 01, 2026

"Why is my subject search for 'Gender expression' turning up so many titles on aerodynamics?" I was wondering just now, until I realized the most likely explanation was some catalog update process had done a pattern search-and-replace on "Drag" as a subject without checking the results.

(Seen in a HathiTrust subject search. Most likely not their fault, as they take records from partner libraries pretty much as they get them.)

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

@kirkman The sites have been marginal for a while (frequent downtimes, portions no longer online, and various past rumors of their imminent demise). I've got some old links to them that I should be changing or deleting in any case, but I'd be interested in finding any persistent, explicit announcement directly from the sites or companies in question. Thanks!

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

@kirkman Huh, I wonder what's going on. (I did also see an attempt to get me to agree to an "antivirus scan" at one of the sites, so unless I typo'd the address, I'm thinking a hack putting up spurious messages might not be out of the question.)

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

@kirkman Do you have a URL for the announcement? (I'm not seeing it at www.lycos.com or on the Angelfire or Tripod front pages. I'm connecting from the US, if that makes a difference.)

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Mar 02, 2026

A number of pages and sites removed recently from .gov sites now have archives viewable at govarchive.us - just substitute "govarchive.us" for "gov" in the URL that doesn't seem to work any more, and see what you find! https://govarchive.us/ #c4l26

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Feb 19, 2026

"Amid occasional applause from passersby, as National Parks workers restored the panels, an unnamed employee said, 'It’s our honor.'"

The slavery exhibit is going back up at the President's House at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia: https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-presidents-house-slavery-exhibit-restored/. (The Trump administration is also appealing the judge's order to restore it.)

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“This is the American people fighting back and saying we will not accept this,” said one Independence Mall visitor. “Will not allow history to be rewritten.”

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Nov 17, 2025

Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy

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A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time. He, him, his. Lent, Easter, Pentecost. Speak out, organize, vote.

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@JMarkOckerbloom@mastodon.social · Mar 24, 2025

Our library has access to a book published by Springer, _Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy: Harnessing Nanotechnology for Anti-Cancer Immunity_. Credited to Nanasaheb Thorat, it sells for $160 in hardcover: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-86185-7

From page 25: "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice..."

None of this book can be considered trustworthy.

(h/t @peterpur@hci.social )

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