@Big_Blue_Gnu 390TB going away is devastating. This is exactly why bulk download tools and local archiving matter. You can not rely on any single platform to be your library.
Always have a local copy. Always have a backup of that copy. The 3-2-1 rule exists for a reason.
reminder that your cloud storage subscription could disappear tomorrow. local backups are not optional. yes i will die on this hill
The Public Information Archive (aka the crowdfunded torrent server dishing up all the stuff the Epstein Regime deleted) has been going strong 24/7 since August 2025.
21 new torrents of fresh endangered data have been added. Learn more: https://lydie.cc/data.html
#torrents #datapreservation #information #knowledge #selfhosted #antifa #antifascist #epstein #epsteinfiles
PluralBridge is an open-source preservation and continuity project for Simply Plural users.
The first goal is practical: help users preserve their data while the original service still exists.
Website: https://thepluralbridge.org
GitHub: https://github.com/needsofmany/PluralBridge
Discussion/support: https://github.com/needsofmany/PluralBridge/discussions
Starting today, I am allowing all my Internet Archive items' descriptions, which I write using my own words, to be freely used in accordance with the CC BY-SA 4.0 License. For a glimpse of my writing style, see my recent items for the DOS slowdown program Mo'Slo basic and the demo of CyberMage: Darklight Awakening, an obscure Origin Systems first-person shooter. History belongs to everyone, not just to the preservationists.
#InternetArchive #CreativeCommons #dataPreservation #gaming #software
I have to admit, searching the Web for things from the 2000s and before ain't an easy undertaking, with many 404 errors, low-quality sources, irrelevant SEO-fueled results, and the need to filter them with operators, and there is no real (preferably free) alternative to break our addiction to Google. Every month, I donate points from my Bing account to the Internet Archive. At least there, the past refuses to die.
#InternetArchive #dataPreservation #Bing #degoogle #Google #FOSS #searchEngines
[Update 2: this was a very broken file. It has been dumped again]
[Solved, thanks to @futzle and an old... Dreamcast tool?!]
https://github.com/bootsector/dctools
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#AskFedi anyone seen files like this?
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I was handed what should be an ISO file.
00ff ffff ffff ffff ffff ff00 0002 0001 is tickling my brain like the start bytes are doubled?
I can't find CD001 in here so maybe it's not ISO9660 at all?
Early this morning, I had minor success in making one of my Internet Archive uploads more complete. My dump of InsaneHeat.com, a former fan site for the Invictus racing game Insane, has 11 more vehicle files for a total of 462, with some 137 to go. It also now has Utilities and imap folders, along with more skins and maps. This goes on to show that I don't just dump stuff on the Archive; I make them whole when possible.
Does anyone else remember Tux Racer, the old #Linux racing game from way back? Does anyone else also remember tuxracer.fubaby.com, where people would share their courses? Any way to download all the courses again? Sorry, but I want to upload all of them on the Internet Archive. I could only retrieve some of them from the Wayback Machine.
Latest archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20121011021336/http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/
#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #LinuxGaming #TuxRacer
Guys, get out your Internet Archive accounts. A video game repository called Myrient is closing down tomorrow, and a staggering 390+ terabytes of data will disappear with it. I am currently saving webpages at /Eggman's Arcade Repository/!EXTRAS/. Unfortunately, nearly all the saves are 404 errors, even though the files can still be downloaded directly from the site, so we may need to upload them.
#dataHoarder #dataHoarding #dataPreservation #gamePreservation #gaming #InternetArchive #Myrient
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