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As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer.

But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine.

What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 https://help.archive.org/help/faq-publishers-blocking-the-wayback-machine/

FAQ: Publishers Blocking the Wayback Machine – Internet Archive Help Center

boxofawesome May 16

Here's a gem of a crafting rpg: Factorio

#Steam #games #scifi #automation

boxofawesome May 16

Quinn Norton May 16

no post has ever made me feel more seen than this one.

boxofawesome May 16

Joy May 16

One of my early cat paintings where I was learning color and light. It was painted completely from imagination!

#greycat #cat #art #painting #catart #caturday

boxofawesome May 16

Lady Laura

May 16

Sunbath by Julia Zhuravleva

#Art #illustration

boxofawesome May 16

nixCraft 🐧May 16

Debian 13.5 reminds Linux users why boring distributions still win https://nerds.xyz/2026/05/debian-13-5-linux-security-update/

#linux #opensource

Debian 13.5 reminds Linux users why boring distributions still win

Debian 13.5 bundles a huge collection of security updates and bug fixes, reminding Linux users why stable, reliable distributions still matter.

NERDS.xyz

boxofawesome May 16

Wandering Door Games May 16

An updated demo for Aster Pebble and the Case of Bad Bureaucracy is out now!

The updated demo includes:

- A lighting revamp
- Some nice background music
- Journal style updates
- Journal fun facts to find
- More lively dialogue portraits (they blink now!)

https://wanderingdoorgames.obviousgain.ca/project/aster-pebble-and-the-case-of-bad-bureaucracy/

Demo available on both itch.io & Steam!

#GameDev #IndieGame #GodotEngine #Godot #PixelArt #PointAndClick #OpenSource #FOSS #CozyGame

Aster Pebble and the Case of Bad Bureaucracy

Coming Soon!

boxofawesome May 16

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras May 16

I wrote a bit about my recent enjoyment of terminal/text-based interfaces and my setups for aerc (email), newsboat (RSS) and tooi (mastodon):

https://tzovar.as/terminal-user-interfaces-aerc-newsboat-tooi/

#tui #terminal #opensource

Enjoying terminal user interfaces: aerc, newsboat and tooi

Despite it being a good two years since I’ve made vim my only text editor again, I hadn’t really gotten deeper into using more terminal (or text-base) user interface (TUI) for a while. With Gemini I started reading gemtext, but that was mostly it. But then the tooi-client for Mastodon...

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras

boxofawesome May 16

Chris Hayes May 16

#ActualBudget continues to improve their open-source finance app. The latest update I'm excited about is they added GruvBox as a custom theme! #OpenSource #Finances

boxofawesome May 16

Owl Eyes May 16

@autistics
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Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). 🧙‍♂️🪄 According to the cron Crystal ball, it's fated to begin in about 1.5 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/

Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited.

#luanti #game #gaming #games