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This is a great illustration of the saying we have in libraries & archives: ownership is not access. In this case, he has little or no access to his recordings because he has no index to them. bsky.app/profile/bibl...

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Buffalo’s food scene is on full display during the summer. Mark your calendar with the following food-heavy festivals.

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Underneath every archival document there's an ocean of information beyond the text on the page: how it was created; copied; recopied; moved; stored; conserved; microfilmed; digitized; put online, and myriad other processes. To tell the whole story, it matters how and why we access information.

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With attacks on marginalized groups increasing, I am proud to lead a county that supports our LGBTQ+ community. Our raising of the Pride Flag is a message to others that we will not retreat from efforts to support our LGBTQ+ friends and create a diverse, equitable and inclusive community.

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Just doing my part to mess with the gender connotations of pick-up trucks #urbanism+ #urbanists

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May 27, 1813: The three-day Battle of Fort George ended near present-day Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. The battle was a defeat for British and Canadian forces against the Americans. Between 100 and 225 people were killed in the battle.

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Of possible interest to #skystorians & archivists 🗃️📜 bsky.app/profile/zara...

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The local fashion scene is being built by people who want to bridge cultural gaps and fight fast fashion. But designers need three things: fabric, manufacturing and retail.

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Today's amusement: pick-up trucks as sandals. buffaloresearch.com/pick-up-truc...

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On behalf of our great team from Erie County, I wish everyone a peaceful and safe Memorial Day and let us never forget the true meaning of this day: to honor the men and women of our country who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.

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There are 3 features that I wish @microsoft.com Outlook had. 1. The ability to add my own note once I accept an Outlook invite, such as what I need to bring to that meeting 2. The ability to add my own reminder(s) once I accept an Outlook invite

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I spoke to dozens of people in Buffalo’s growing fashion scene to understand what it is, why it’s taking off and what its future could look like, because “there’s mad fashion shows here” now. Read the first of two back-to-back stories: buffalonews.com/life-enterta...

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Muted overcast light filters through the bright color of the stained glass windows at Michigan Street Baptist Church in Buffalo in today's #EveryDayAPhoto by @libbymarch.bsky.social.

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If your organization is thinking of burying a time capsule, do not fill it with newspapers, brochures, souvenirs, or knick-knacks. This stuff is ordinary & dull. Fill it with letters to the future by your members, employees, students, whatever.

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As historians, we rarely think about the ways that the tools we use to do our work affect the questions we ask and how we answer them. In this piece, Sam Frantz takes us through what we should think about when choosing digital tools for our research. clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/05/23/d...

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Buffalo's fashion scene is "underground," but bubbling up. Local designers are turning fashion into a full-time job − or trying to. They' ae carving out an industry by throwing runway shows.

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For the past year or so, my colleagues and I have been working with the authors of Our Bodies Ourselves, as well as the successor org to the Boston Women's Health Course Collective to digitize the very early printings of this once (and still) radical text: ourbodiesourselves.org/the-latest/b...

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Example umpty-million of why you should never use ChatGPT like a search engine. It doesn't find answers, it manufactures plausible responses. BIG DIFFERENCE! bsky.app/profile/noll...

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Just an occasional reminder that if museums turned a profit they'd be as common if pizzerias

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Are you effing kidding me, UB? bsky.app/profile/nbcn...

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Who's got a web-based app for home or small library cataloging with a built in field for a link if the book is online? I.e. an 856 tag 📚

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Thank you East Side Bike Club for hosting such a powerful Solidarity Ride in honor of 5/14. We remember the 10 lives tragically taken on that day, and are grateful to stand together in remembrance and unity with the Buffalo community.

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genuinely asking: is anyone cool in the buffalo metropolitan area trying to start a band this summer and can I play drums

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One of those times, as you work on a piece, you feel sheer wonder: In 1917, a young woman - desperate and alone - found refuge through Father Baker, in Lackawanna, when she gave birth to a child. That woman? Grandmother of our new pope. My Central Current column:

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@ourcityaction.bsky.social If you get a chance to ask, I want to know what the candidates' positions are on Humboldt Parkway

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Dan Higgins handles some unfinished business from his former life as an assistant professor of journalism at Canisius University. buffalonews.com/news/local/c...

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