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MARCH 7, 2019

Here is just a small sample of the breadth of subject matter in the posters digitized as part of this project: Persons with AIDS Coalition benefit poster, 1987. Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society poster, 1995. Dogwood Monarchist Society poster, 1988. Reference code: AM1675-S3-: 2018-020.1394. THE POSTERS.

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MAY 16, 2018

May 23-26: Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting – San Antonio, TX. July 26-27: Art Libraries Society UK & Ireland Annual Meeting – London, UK. July 26-27: Art Libraries Society UK & Ireland Annual Meeting – London, UK. Whether or not you can join us in D.C., Tech and Training. Mellon Foundation.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 3, 2018

The idea that people’s HIV status and physical location should be used by advertisers is unsurprising in the tech world and horrifying outside it. Outrage at this is justified The gay hookup app Grindr, used by millions of people every day to find sexual partners, has been sharing its users’ HIV status with third parties.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 21, 2019

In the 1980s, the KGB ran a sophisticated disinformation campaign ­-- Operation Infektion ­-- to spread the rumor that HIV/AIDS was a result of an American biological weapon gone awry. When the next pandemic strikes, we'll be fighting it on two fronts. Yes, modern medicine makes pandemics less likely and less deadly.

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