@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
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Jun 02, 2026
internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
mastodon.archive.org
3/3 Today, games, magazines, and digital works can disappear overnight, taking decades of creative history with them.
Mechner argues that archivists, libraries, and preservation networks are essential to keeping cultural memory alive.
Read Mechner's essay and much more in VANISHING CULTURE.
📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/
🛒 Purchase in print: https://betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new
#VanishingCulture #InternetArchive #GameHistory #DigitalPreservation @jmechner@mastodon.art
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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
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Jun 02, 2026
internetarchive
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
mastodon.archive.org
🧵 Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.
📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter to keep journalism preserved 👇
https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders
@fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org #SaveTheArchive #WaybackMachine #PressFreedom #DigitalPreservation
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
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May 07, 2026
wendythedruid
@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
53yo Druid, Trans, Mom, Resister, Shitty Writer @HarahCookie / @keirax17 - Trusted Friends @wendythedruid everywhere else. #liberal #reading #author #druid #nature #meditation, #spirituality #Pagan #earth #eco #trans #queer #lgbtqia
thistlenfern.org
They deleted queer history from the National Archives. Stripped "transgender" and "queer" from Stonewall's digital presence. But you don't erase a people by deleting metadata. The documents held. Primary sources are harder to kill than webpages. We're still here.
https://twp.ai/4hr1bb
#LGBTQHistory #Archives #Erasure #Resilience #QueerRights #DigitalPreservation #TransRights #Trans #Queer #LGBTQIA+
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