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by hn_acker 99 days ago
He enjoys writing [1], takes pride in making his collages [2], reviews sci-fi books every once in a while [3][4], and oh wow what is he doing [5]:

> Oh, nothing, just individually locating and downloading 9.5gb worth of (200+) high-rez (3600px wide) scans out of a 16th C book of extremely satisfying machine from the Library of Congress, one at a time, labeling them, and putting them in a folder for future collage work.

[1] https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/19/now-we-are-six/

[2] https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/03/cannier-valley/

[3] https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/04/slice-bees/

[4] https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/02/constant-reader/

[5] https://bsky.app/profile/doctorow.pluralistic.net/post/3mgpz...