Happiest of birthdays to Flickr.com which launched 20 years ago today. We are so happy to be along with you on this journey.

https://blog.flickr.net/en/2024/02/02/20-years-of-significant-moments-in-flickrs-development/

Here's the first photo that was posted to Flickr Commons--less than four years after Flickr.com opened its doors--from our longtime partner, the Library of Congress.

#flickr #photography #TheOldWeb

Some people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.

Not the case.

It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.

Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.

By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.

So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.

1. Across the country, school districts are removing books with LGBTQ characters and themes from school libraries.

Now, a high-ranking legislator from North Dakota, Mike Lefor, is proposing the inevitable next step: banning these books from public libraries.

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