RT @dwebpress: In the digital world, there’s nothing more disheartening than losing access to a website you’ve poured time and effort into….

We are inching slowly away from this online space, because free speech doesn't mean what the owner thinks it means. We're on Mastodon and Bluesky, so please follow us there if you'd like to stay in touch:. Mastodon:.. Bluesky:.

Are you free on Sep 26th? Join our first "Flickr Foundation Conversation" online to hear about why we're doing what we're doing - we hope to see you there! . Find out more and sign up on Eventbrite:

RT @statelibrarynsw: For all our cat people out there! This #InternationalCatDay we're sharing one of our biggest books on felines. 'Mono….

Strong recommend: The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman, available on BBC Sounds: "We're in the middle of an information crisis.".

Catching up on "Moments in Time" by @everestpipkin via @TPGallery and its program.

Listening to Mark Sealy, Vanley Burke, Dr. Kenneth Montague, and Richard Mark Rawlings talking about Power.

Tech Lead @alexwlchan on a little open source utility we've made which parses Flickr URLs (to figure out if there are photos to see): We are already using this library in two other tools: too! 🔧🔥🪝.

Check out the first of two installments from 2024 Research Fellow, Eryk Salvaggio, on generated images and Flickr:

Flickr: Where photos live! YEAH!

RT @kcsamh: 🧠THIS MONTH: Curious about photovoice as a research method? Join us for an introductory workshop to explore this and paired des….

Today we're publishing a new report, "20 Years of Flickr: Archiving the Living Environment" by @ashleymaerie. It focusses on the value of Flickr, risks to its longevity, and suggested practices to adopt as we move forward with our mission. Thanks Ash!.

RT @praymurray: If you're voting today (I know #TamilNadu is) can you pls share an image of your inked finger below? I'm making a thing. Pl….

We've been waxing and waning about finding ways to look back over Flickr's 20 years and beyond to surface peaks of photos taken same time+place. Are you a data nerd who might be curious to try this with us? Say hi!.

Love this Eclipse gallery on Flickr, curated by NASA, shot by Flickr members.

Thank you @MrsAudiac (Jenn Phillips-Bacher) for being our very first Research Fellow ever. It was wonderful to have you join us, you are a pleasure to have around, and your work was deeply useful. Onward! 😍🥳🌸.

Great news over at @creativecommons as @annatuma is announced as the new CEO: .Congraulations all around, and well deserved, Anna! The right recognition for your foundational work at CC so far!.

We've developed a new Explorer for the Flickr Commons picture collection, and we're adding bits and bobs here and there. This week we learned that the Flickr Commons has enjoyed about 4.4 BILLION views during its lifetime.

Really pleased to announce that the Flickr Foundation is the newest member of the Digital Preservation Coalition, a global community of practice we can't wait to get involved in, and learn from.