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Re: Error 404
by Eric Hellman 02 May '25

02 May '25

Everything should be back to normal, please put the word out. A bit more than 14,000 books disappeared, 9,000 of them were restored yesterday, the remainder were restored this evening. We have brilliant support from our hosts at ibiblio. Please put the word out. > On Apr 30, 2025, at 1:43 PM, Laura N <lnatal55(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Someone is complaining at Bluesky, I just replied to you….

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Safe browsing protection
by Laura N 15 Apr '25

15 Apr '25

Dear colleagues Please see below someone trying to access our website @gutenberg_org ...And to my Horror, when I mentioned the gutenberg.org website and project to a UK Local Authority Public Library Librarian who had not heard of you(!): She tried to access your site on the Cambridge Library service computer at her Desk. AND WAS BLOCKED By some idiot "safe browsing" protection(!). Oh! Thats probably because its flagged as a content provider with adult content not safe for public use. You might like to look into that!! Thanks for your kind attention Laura

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Fwd: Re: Translators: unsung heroes of a multilingual web
by Greg Newby 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Here's a nice article to put into our newsfeeds. You'll recognize Marie's name: she's a PG author of materials under https://www.gutenberg.org/about Thanks! Greg ----- Forwarded message from marie lebert <marie.lebert(a)gmail.com> ----- From: marie lebert <marie.lebert(a)gmail.com> To: Greg Newby <gbnewby(a)pglaf.org> Subject: Re: Translators: unsung heroes of a multilingual web Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 04:05:58 +1000 Thank you, Greg. Here is the web version, just posted by AUSIT: https://ausit.org/blog/translators-unsung-heroes-of-a-multilingual-web/ On Thu, 10 Apr 2025 at 13:44, Greg Newby <gbnewby(a)pglaf.org> wrote: > Excellent! Thanks :) > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 06:44:30AM +1000, marie lebert wrote: > > Dear Greg, > > > > Just sharing this article (attached) published this week in the magazine > of > > AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators), with a link > > to an ebook in Project Gutenberg. > > > > All the best > > > ----- End forwarded message -----

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SSL on www.gutenberg.org expired
by Greg Newby 09 Apr '25

09 Apr '25

We are aware that the SSL certificate for https://www.gutenberg.org has expired. This renders the site unusable for most browser settings, or at least with a pop-up complaining about an unsafe site. ** Social media folks, would you please publicize this problem, and that people can still use the site if they tell their browser to accept the expired SSL certificate? Background (not for publicly posting): We await our hosting site, iBiblio, to install the new SSL certificate bundle. I dropped the ball on this, while in the hospital. We got a new SSL certificate bundle on March 26, but it was incomplete. I was supposed to follow up with Network Solutions and never did. When I checked again (after the old SSL cert expired) the bundle was complete. That's good, but only iBiblio can install the new certificate files. ~ Greg

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Fwd: Greg's medical status
by Greg Newby 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

FYI - not for public dissemination, but for your information. ----- Forwarded message from Greg Newby <gbnewby(a)pglaf.org> ----- From: Greg Newby <gbnewby(a)pglaf.org> To: pgww(a)lists.pglaf.org Subject: Greg's medical status Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 15:06:50 -0700 Hi WWers. A few of you have already a heard a bit about this, but not everyone. This message has more detail than was previously available. Here is an update on my medical status. Share as desired internally and with family & friends, but this is not intended to be public information. I've been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Specifically ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). I am not in immediate mortal peril, but it's a serious situation that I will be addressing for at least the rest of 2025. Next steps for me are to start chemotherapy, hopefully by the week of April 28. The current plan is approximately 6 months of FOLFIRONIX, followed by major surgery called the Whipple Procedure, a.k.a., pancreaticoduodenectomy. My medical team is based in Vancouver at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer. Chemotherapy will be closer to home, at the Whitehorse General Hospital. According to my main doctor at VGH, Dr. Michael Bleszynski, completion of chemotherapy and the surgery will give me another five years of life. Of course, I'm hoping for more. That's the news. I'll include some further medical detail below, for the curious. What this means for my organizational roles and work: Firstly, I'm working on simplifying what I do, and lessening my commitments, to allow me to focus maximally on health & treatments. Generally, I'm looking at reduced time and time off from work and other commitments, and am striving for an orderly transition. I hope to someday return to full health and energy, and in the meantime will be focused on beating the cancer. I expect to mostly maintain my role with Project Gutenberg, with some absences of up to a few weeks. A number of people, as well as the Distributed Proofreaders organization, will be helping to bridge any gaps. DP is also in a key role for succession, in cooperation with the PGLAF Board, if that becomes necessary. ~ Greg Medical synopsis: Following a week’s or so's illness, I first contacted my physician then visited the hospital on March 20. An initial diagnosis of gallstones was ruled out, and by March 20 I was checked into the hospital with an initial diagnosis of cancer. During the following 12 days of hospitalization, I was given extensive testing and diagnosis (MRIs, CT scan, ultrasound, laparoscopy, endoscopy, daily bloodwork, urinalysis, and more). I had pain in my abdomen and developed jaundice. I got a stent in my bile duct to regain bile flow. The initial symptoms of a blocked bile duct were what got the doctors looking, and the discovery was a golf ball-sized cancerous tumor on the head of the pancreas. It impinges on the superior mesenteric vein (SMV). A key consideration for treatment is whether the tumor is resectable. This means, can it be surgically removed, including removing enough of the organ that all cancer cells are gone. The involvement of the SMV means my tumor is borderline resectable since the vein will need to be bypassed or bridged. I'm still a good candidate for surgery. This is relatively early detection. The tumor had been growing for at least several months, but cancer has not yet spread to nearby organs or to the abdominal fluid. The pancreas is an organ near the liver, stomach, gallbladder and small intestine that is important for blood health, digestion, and other functions. Pancreatic cancer is particularly deadly because it's often not discovered early and is hard to treat. The tumors are resistant to immunotherapy and other treatments that work for other cancers. Chemotherapy before surgery with FOLFIRONIX is the recommended treatment for people who are healthy and have Stage II or III PDAC. This shrinks the tumor and lessens the likelihood of spread (metastasis). I'm speaking with my oncologist at BC Cancer about adding additional treatments or experiments alongside with FOLFIRINOX. My reaction to chemotherapy is yet to be seen. Many people get sick during it, and get sicker with repeated treatments. My treatment plan is to get two days of infusions in the hospital, followed by two days of infusions at home. Then to repeat the treatment every two weeks for approximately 6 months. Surgery would occur within a month after chemotherapy ends. If I don't tolerate chemotherapy, I may get the surgery sooner. The surgery requires 7-14 days of hospitalization followed by multi-week recovery. My reaction to chemotherapy is yet to be seen. Many people get sick during it, and get sicker with repeated treatments. My treatment plan is to get two days of infusions in the hospital, followed by two days of infusions at home. Then to repeat the treatment every two weeks for approximately 6 months. Surgery would occur within a month after chemotherapy ends. If I don't tolerate chemotherapy, I may get the surgery sooner. The surgery requires 7-14 days of hospitalization followed by multi-week recovery. ----- End forwarded message -----

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publicizing our bulk download
by Eric Hellman 27 Mar '25

27 Mar '25

We're encouraging the use of our bulk download file instead of spidering our website (often hit hard by aggressive AI bots): BTW if anyone wants training data from Project Gutenberg to do WHATEVER, there's a one click file you can download containing ALL the cleaned utf-8 .txt files at Project Gutenberg, updated weekly. No scraping necessary! https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/feeds/txt-files.tar.zip (9.9GB) Eric Hellman http://ebookfoundation.org <http://ebookfoundation.org/> https://bsky.app/profile/gluejar.com

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504 time-out
by Laura N 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Dear colleagues: In the last 3h we experienced the 504 Gateway Time-out as reported by some of our followers both at Mastodon & Bluesky. I know this is an old issue, just wanted to let you know. Thanks Laura

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back-up at Mastodon&Bluesky
by Laura N 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

Dear colleagues: By talking to Sharon, she was also surprised that no one answered my previous request. According to her, "the problem with the Books I'd Like to See topic (where I posted) is that posts are quickly buried by newer posts, so if you want people to see it, as in this case, a new topic is probably best." You can see my new request here: PG social media opportunity <https://www.pgdp.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1360866#p1360866> LindaH will also add a note in her next GM report. We are getting older, we must ensure continuity in our social media. Thanks for your support Laura

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Announcement about MARC
by Greg Newby 08 Mar '25

08 Mar '25

This should be a good item to add to our social media feeds: https://ebookfoundation.org/pgmarc.html The PG page describing it (will be updated in a few minutes): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/offline_catalogs.html Thanks! Greg

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share button
by Laura N 07 Mar '25

07 Mar '25

Dear colleagues: Please see below a suggestion made by Lisa (Leebot) at DP´s forum: Linking to Bluesky #1 Post by Leebot » 14 Nov 2024 17:30 Hi PGers! Since many Twitter/X users are leaving in droves, flocking over to Jack Dorsey's other creation (Bluesky Social), I am wondering if PG could be sure to add a "share button" on the various book main pages? Thank you! Lisa I wonder if it's possible to add a share button for Mastodon as well. In addition, Eric already implemented news feeds of news books at Bluesky. It'll be nice to have them at our website, see below: News feeds at Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/new.gutenberg.org> Thanks for considering it. Laura

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