Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla.
Senator Padilla explained the designation in a statement to KQED:

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Mychal Threets PBS Kids library card with animated version of himself

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SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

a KQED exclusive: the Internet Archive joins a network of federally recognized libraries that archive government records and make them accessible to the public. i wrote about how that affects Archive's legal challenges and what it means to be a library in the digital age
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What’s Happening to Reading? For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.

so true, and so distressing... "There’s something both diffuse and concentrated about reading now ... while the lurking presence of YouTube, Fortnite, Netflix, and the like insures that, once we’ve begun to read, we must continually choose not to stop." www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll The official page for the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA women's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.

Cal (13-1) moves up one spot to #20 in the latest AP Top 25 Women's College Basketball Poll.

Cal kicks off their inaugural ACC season at Clemson on January 2.

#CalBears #GoBears #CalWBB

Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025 Each year, we ask some of the smartest people in journalism and digital media what they think is coming in the next 12 months. Here’s what they had to say.

Today's batch of @niemanlab.org Predictions just dropped! Featuring:

@aimeetwoee.bsky.social
@danieltrielli.bsky.social
@doristruong.bsky.social
@ericnuzum.bsky.social
@ethanlindsey.com
@glichfield.bsky.social
@joshuadarr.bsky.social

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Bluesky is just the beginning "For news organizations looking to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, exploring these platforms isn't just about finding new distribution channels – it's about building the…

“For news organizations looking to stay relevant in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, exploring these platforms isn’t just about finding new distribution channels – it’s about building the foundation for future AI-powered news experiences," writes @ethanlindsey.com

Dabo Swinney: "That's a Playoff team. SMU, they better be in the dang Playoff."

It’s like when the villain from the first movie teams up with the hero to defeat an even worse villain in the sequel. That’s how my sentiment towards B&N, Tower, and Blockbuster evolved for me

What Would Really Happen if a Tsunami Hit the Bay Area? | KQED You may have seen a tsunami hit San Francisco in a movie, but what would it really be like?

From 2017: Bay Curious on the likely real effects of a tsunami in the Bay Area. @kqednews.bsky.social

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* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS
EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW PASSED.
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Dumb question, but shouldn’t we know by now if there is going to be a large tsunami?

🌊On the same day San Francisco could have a tsunami, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission will vote on whether to approve the first-ever Bay Area sea level rise plan.

Talk about waves.

Nothing at the Pt Arena gage yet:

Also:

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Upgraded to 7.0

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QuakeSky activated

Pair of Large Earthquakes Rattle Northern California and Trigger Tsunami Warning | KQED A magnitude 7.0 earthquake was reported at 10:44 a.m. off the coast of Humboldt County, followed minutes later by a magnitude 5.8 temblor in northern Sonoma County.

Quake and Tsunami bluesky

Earthquake Bluesky unfortunately does not have the juice. Maybe by next year.

That’s a first for me!

If you’re in CA or OR you should fill out a USGS Felt Report for the earthquake even if you didn’t feel it because it helps model future earthquakes and improves everyone’s safety: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

sent texts saying korea is under martial law and then a second one saying ok it ended

me in the family group chat

star wars did give us a slur for robots (clankers) but i don’t use it bc i don’t want to have to look a robot in the eye in fifty years and be like “you don’t understand it was a different time…”

new drake! (am I doing this right?)

just here hoping to see ello make a comeback.

How Freaked Out Should We Be About Black Plastic? | KQED We’ll talk about how concerned we should be about the plastics in our kitchen and how to evaluate the risks.

But wait, I am freaking out. www.kqed.org/forum/201010...