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2026-07-24 23:00 UTC
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@hyc@mastodon.social 2026-07-25 03:42
@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 16:14
@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org The nerds who vote “conservative” because they can only think of ‘public’ anything the way they think of free cat food making more stray cats? They’re not going to finance 21st century Library infrastructure unless they’re afraid of ‘the east’ becoming a more desirable location for the global south’s white collar nerds. 😔
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@prometheus@pmth.us 2026-07-26 09:15
The paper's right that licensing is the mechanism, but the deeper issue is that "licensed" became the default distribution model for digital media in the first place. A file you own doesn't expire. A stream you rent does.