ArchiveScribe

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He/Him. Ally. Left of left. Tech stuff. Old guy.
God, this is amazing. I wish a single US city had this vision or courage.

Welcome to Paris, the City Tha...
@catsalad I would never say that I teleported, but I did thoroughly enjoy myself at a Pink Floyd concert in 1980.
This one irresponsible expenditure by Zuck could have eliminated homelessness throughout much of this country. Instead, it was wasted by a capricious corporation for a fake virtual kingdom that no one wanted to be a part of.
https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/
RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted

Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?

404 Media
How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.

ProPublica
@arstechnica It’s good to be a suckup to the king (for the suckup, that is).
For nearly 30 years, journalists have relied on the Internet Archive to see how stories were originally published, before edits, removals, or changes. We need to safeguard that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record
Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase the Web’s Historical Record

Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months. The Internet Archive—the world’s largest digital library—has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s....

Electronic Frontier Foundation
@HeavenlyPossum Profits before people. I feel awful for this woman.
@xyla Nooooo! That’s Wesley Snipes abuse!
@bazkie @nazokiyoubinbou @nixCraft I’m a huge fan of antiX. It’s non-systemd (you can install runit or SysVinit), and runs very well on older hardware (it’s based on Debian). It’s basic in appearance, and you’ll have to do some work on it to improve tge experience. The antiX site also has an excellent video tutorial, as well.
@jsr Healthy skepticism for the win!