the archivist January 23, 2026
NASA image of solar eclipse

Links of the Week, vol. 19

The following are links to interesting content we’ve read recently. If you would like to recommend a piece to share with our readers (no paywalled content, please), please use the contact form on our About page.

────────────── ● ──────────────

The Longest Solar Eclipse for 100 Years Is Coming. Don’t Miss It

NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s what you should know.

WIRED | Jorge Garay

────────────── ● ──────────────

Mary Ferrell Foundation: unredacting history

The MFF Archive is the largest searchable electronic archive of information relating to the assassinations of the 1960s and their larger historical context, including over 2 million pages of declassified government documents.

────────────── ● ──────────────

Flannery O’Connor Renders Her Verdict on Ayn Rand’s Fiction: It’s As “Low As You Can Get”

────────────── ● ──────────────

How Two Thieves Stole Thousands of Prints From University Libraries

They almost got away with it.

Atlas Obscura | Travis McDade

────────────── ● ──────────────

5 Great Writing Tips

Screenwriter Ken Levine shares his best advice.

Ken Levine

────────────── ● ──────────────

Anton Chekhov’s 6 Rules for a Great Story

 

 

Leave a comment.