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Nemo_bis 🌈<p>The <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/rTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rTorrent</span></a> developer on adding support for webseeds, which is necessary for people wishing to help mirror <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> items via <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/bittorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bittorrent</span></a>: </p><p>«Unless the work is sponsored I don't think it will happen anytime soon.»</p><p><a href="https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/issues/66#issuecomment-2845609865" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/i</span><span class="invisible">ssues/66#issuecomment-2845609865</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
Pierre-Yves Beaudouin<p>Le <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/JORF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JORF</span></a> regorge d'informations intéressantes. Déjà utilisé pour les films classés X, les taxes parafiscales et chantier en cours : doctorats honoris causa. Les mesures nominatives ne sont pas indexées, du coup voilà ma méthodo :<br>- jusqu'en 1954 : <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Gallica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gallica</span></a><br>- 1954-1961 : <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a><br>- 1962-1989 : <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/L%C3%A9gifrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Légifrance</span></a> (tables analytiques)<br>- 1990 à nos jours : Légifrance (recherche en plein texte)</p>
Douglas E. Welch<p>Stream 385,000 Vintage 78 RPM Records at the Internet Archive: Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday &amp; More via Open Culture[Shared]</p><p>We may have yet to develop the technology of time travel, but recorded music comes pretty close. Those who listen to it have experienced how a song or an album can, in some sense, transport them right back to the time they first heard it. But older records also have the much stranger power to conjure up eras we never experienced. You can musically send yourself as far back as the nineteen-twenties with&nbsp;the above Youtube playlist of digitized 78 RPM records from the George Blood collection.</p><p><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/27/stream-385000-vintage-78-rpm-records-at-the-internet-archive-louis-armstrong-glenn-miller-billie-holiday-more-via-open-cultureshared/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/27</span><span class="invisible">/stream-385000-vintage-78-rpm-records-at-the-internet-archive-louis-armstrong-glenn-miller-billie-holiday-more-via-open-cultureshared/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sound</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/soundrecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soundrecording</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/stream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stream</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/78rpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>78rpm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/records" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>records</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/shared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shared</span></a></p>
Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂🔞<p>The Internet Archive deleted two of my books, presumably because they contained nude images in what were otherwise serious and semi-academic books discussing serious subjects.</p><p>Does no one care about context any more? I literally wasn't sharing "porn" because "porn" is about intent unless you are going to argue that just ANY nude body is "porn" (which would be insane).</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/fucksticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fucksticks</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> and other online digital data repositories and preservation efforts provide much needed clarity of historical records preservation in face of draconian deletions and intensified erasure of govt resources by info adverse <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> admin etc </p><p><a href="https://scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2504/S00302/as-history-erasure-intensifies-independent-internet-archives-are-helping-fortify-digital-preservation-infrastructure.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2504/S00</span><span class="invisible">302/as-history-erasure-intensifies-independent-internet-archives-are-helping-fortify-digital-preservation-infrastructure.htm</span></a></p>
René<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> fantastic doing all these years good work. Hopefully the archives are at a save place because <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> wants to destroy it. <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SwitchToEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwitchToEU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wikipedia</span></a></p>
Bob Jamieson<p>Defend the internet archive! A petition:</p><p><a href="https://chng.it/YyKPnCh6WJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chng.it/YyKPnCh6WJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p>
vilmibm<p>HELLO ARE YOU IN THE BAY AREA? DO YOU WANT TO COME HANG OUT AND PLAY WITH ASSETS FROM <a href="https://discmaster.textfiles.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discmaster.textfiles.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ?</p><p>I'm helping host an in-person coworking day for the DISCMASTER GAME JAM happening all week.</p><p>It's free and there will be pizza. PIZZA</p><p>We'll be at the MADE museum in Oakland from 1pm til whenever tomorrow, saturday, april 26th.</p><p>More information and RSVP: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discmaster-jam-made-tickets-1324700658329" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.com/e/discmaster-ja</span><span class="invisible">m-made-tickets-1324700658329</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/itchio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itchio</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/gamejam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamejam</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update from Gary Price (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@infodocket" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>infodocket</span></a></span>). "Accessing Archived Material From <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ERIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ERIC</span></a> (Education Resource Information Center) via the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a>."<br><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/04/23/accessing-archived-material-from-eric-via-the-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/04/23/acce</span><span class="invisible">ssing-archived-material-from-eric-via-the-internet-archive/</span></a></p><p>"Here are a couple ways to access archived material from ERIC on the open web. We will do our best to keep this post updated if/when new open web sources become available to access ERIC material."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Preservation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈<p>The Internet Archive needs your help, seriously!</p><p>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archive</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/TheInternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheInternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backup</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Storage</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloud</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/take-action-defend-the-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/ta</span><span class="invisible">ke-action-defend-the-internet-archive/</span></a></p>
DWeb<p>How do we build the digital commons of tomorrow?</p><p>Watch the recording of last week’s DWeb Meetup Bay Area!</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/dweb-meetup-bay-area-how-do-we-build-the-digital-commons-of-tomorrow22025-04-15-v003" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/dweb-meetu</span><span class="invisible">p-bay-area-how-do-we-build-the-digital-commons-of-tomorrow22025-04-15-v003</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWeb</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BayArea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayArea</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p>
Marcos Dione<p>I&#39;ve been putting off reading CYOA books to my kids (mostly because I want the in Spanish). I just found out that you can borrow a few for free from the <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22R.+A.+Montgomery%22" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/search?query=creat</span><span class="invisible">or%3A%22R.+A.+Montgomery%22</span></a></p><p>H/T to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/114377309271318083" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@codinghorror</span><span class="invisible">/114377309271318083</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>parenting</span></a></p>
Lime Bar<p>What if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> hosted a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peertube</span></a> server as an alternate interface to the existing and growing video content on the archive?</p>
hairylarry<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> </p><p>I am definitely pro Internet Archive and I make a small donation every month.</p><p>If we all did that it would help immensely.</p><p>Thanks</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/donate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org/donate</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/donate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donate</span></a></p>
Kevin<p><a href="https://chng.it/wKYPnVqpmJ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">chng.it/wKYPnVqpmJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Come on guys let's protect the internet archive again! From these companies that only care about profit and not preservation of culture.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a></p>
Gabriel H. Nunes<p>Defend the Internet Archive!</p><p>Sign the "Open Letter to the Record Labels Suing the Internet Archive".</p><p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/defend-the-internet-archive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/defend-the-intern</span><span class="invisible">et-archive</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p>
Josef Davies-Coates<p>I've been giving a regular donation to <a href="https://mastodon.uniteddiversity.coop/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a> for years. Please join me <a href="https://archive.org/donate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.org/donate/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/114369117455704246" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/114</span><span class="invisible">369117455704246</span></a></p>
obrhoff<p>Major Record Labels are suing the Internet Archive for about $600 million. For what I don’t really understand. Something about 80 year old Shellac recordings.</p><p>It’s like the lawyers are just looking for work.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internetarchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internetarchive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/defend-the-internet-archive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/defend-the-intern</span><span class="invisible">et-archive</span></a></p>
Robert Kingett<p>Mind you, this is the same tool that said empathy was a weakness. I hope the IA has private donations to cover this cut. </p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/elon-musk-cuts-funding-for-internet-archive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/elon-musk-cuts-fu</span><span class="invisible">nding-for-internet-archive</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p>
boredsquirrel<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://tux.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a></p><p>This is really bad. I wonder though, if they dont waste a ton of resources. It seems like they have hundreds of duplicated page archives, sometimes multiple times a day?</p><p>I hope they dedupe them somehow in the background? Otherwise that would be pure insanity. Like, dump all archives and only keep the ones with different content?</p><p>I have the feeling they are extremely uneconomically, but maybe that is wrong?</p>