2026-07-25 03:42 UTC
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org the task was already futile since the advent of email. So much of what we know about historical figures is gleaned from their written correspondence - personal letters that were saved and collected. With email and instant messaging, that channel for personal insight is gone.
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@MrFrenchFries@mastodon.social 2026-07-25 16:08
@hyc@mastodon.social @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org It’s difficult not to instantly hear knee jerk rebuttals along the lines of “how many messages were meant to be burned after reading before the secret agent tv shows?” More to the point, the massive resources committed to these data centers facilitating AIslop? They’re proof that we CAN fascilitate public data infrastructure…so long as we can be a we.