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Google’s Plan to Delete Inactive Accounts Shows the Internet Isn't Forever
The company’s strategy of killing inactive accounts after two years shows the real risk of having one account for everything if the goal is to keep your content online forever.
The Imgur Apocalypse Is Going to Break Large Parts of the Internet
It’s not just porn that’s getting deleted from Imgur. Millions of images that are embedded elsewhere will also eventually be taken down.
Get a Look at the Never Before Seen, Live Action Sailor Moon Show
Youtuber Ray Mona found the footage after a long, intensive search.
Archivists Make Sure the Internet Doesn’t Forget Russia’s War on Ukraine
From news reports and social media posts to Ukraine University and government websites, archivists are in a mad dash to preserve the country’s online history.
Spying Before Stonewall: How the FBI Secretly Tracked Gay Activists in the 60s
A trove of previously buried documents tells the story of how anti-LGBTQ surveillance targeted queer people in the United States—and how those people pushed back.
The Most Interesting New Museum Is a Vintage Shop in Brooklyn
BLK MKT Vintage wants to be the “Blackest antique store there ever was.” But in trying to make Black cultural ephemera accessible to their community, its founders have revealed how often white curators control the narrative.
Archivists Are Uploading Hundreds of Random VHS Tapes to the Internet
Two-hundred new 90s and early 2000s tapes hit the Internet Archive from the same group in just in the last two months.
Indonesia’s Forgotten History: A Gladiator Duel Between Man And Lion
Over half a century ago, Indonesia’s largest football stadium became a colosseum showcasing an equally ancient spectacle.
Climate Change Could Erase Human History. These Archivists Are Trying to Save It
Climate change making the word hotter, more humid, and more stormy—all conditions that put sensitive paper archives at risk. This problem is forcing us to ask, which histories will we choose to remember?
Border Patrol Union Just Deleted a Webpage Saying a Wall Would Be 'Wasting Taxpayer Money'
Digital archives show that the page was deleted after the union's president supported building a border wall with Donald Trump in the White House Briefing Room.
NASA Just Released Two Years’ Worth of Apollo 11 Mission Audio
That's more than 19,000 hours of audio from the first moon landing mission.
Cruel Diagonals 'Disambiguation' Is a Lonely, Decay-Obsessed Wonder
The brilliant debut album from Megan Mitchell's experimental electronic project brings together a field recordings, disquieting beats, and an eerily clear voice.