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A product description reading "this ceiling light lampshade has post-modern vibes"

I hate this place

Incredible job opportunity klaxon 📢 - RA working on Wellcome Trust project, Reproductive Justice, Healthcare & History: Community Engaged Histories of Reproductive Health Care and Activism in Scotland and Alberta 1967-1990. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

BREAKING: As I was first to report earlier, Trump has nominated Bradford Wilson, who does not meet the statutory requirements—which include that the nominee be nonpartisan and professionally qualified—to be the next Archivist of the United States.

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the fun thing about a february full of never-ending sicknesses is

hell hath no fury like a toddler with a head cold

Promotional slide captioned “Ways of Working with the Wayback Machine, 9 February 2026, Internet Archive HQ,” with Internet Archive Europe and Wayback Machine logos at the top. The slide includes a photo of about ten adults seated in a bright room with large windows and wooden floors, arranged in a casual circle discussion. To the right is a graphic of a magnifying glass over a document icon.

🧵 Curious how researchers, journalists, and artists dig into the web’s past? 🌐

WAYS OF WORKING WITH THE WAYBACK MACHINE shows how the #WaybackMachine opens up a world of discovery and creativity.

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#WebArchives #DigitalResearch

This incredible story underscores, amongst other things, the need for trust and transparency in arching tools, and for web archiving toolchain to be fully open source and archives to be verifiable.

The Cyberattack That Exposed The Fragility Of Digital Heritage Saturday 28 October 2023 is a date that will live long in the memory of staff at the British Library. As they arrived for work that day, they encountered

On ransomware and under-funded GLAMs: 'At no point was the British Library particularly negligent or unprepared. Instead, it was hindered by vulnerabilities shared by the majority of cultural institutions. ...the attack [is] a warning to the whole sector.' informationsecuritybuzz.com/the-cyberatt...

I'm not saying I'm allergic to being in england but it did only take me an hour of being here to break out into a rash so I'm not not saying it

📢 DPC Members 📢 Join us on 3 Feb, 2-4pm UTC for 💾 Copy That Floppy… LIVE! 💾
An online workshop with Dr Leontien Talboom, covering floppy disk preservation and a live demo of the full workflow, from setting up a workstation to verifying results. Sign up here: buff.ly/4TEiF2k

A moss-covered metal park bin with a plaque to Robert Burns 1759 - 1796

celebrating #BurnsNight with a visit to the commemorative bin, such a high honour for our national poet from Glasgow City Council

Andrea Kocsis' exhibition was an absolute pleasure to behold. I strongly recommend catching this if you can!

Web archive research in an age of Smart Data | British Library The web represents the largest unstructured data collection, with a huge variety of data types, creators and sources, distributed across the world. The arc

Free event at the British Library on Monday 9 Feb (18.30 GMT): ‘Web archive research in an age of Smart Data’

A related question - is it possible to sue the previous owners of a property for emotional trauma?

If you know someone who is considering having kinetic switches installed in their home, I beg you to intervene

if you're curious about where all the squeaky floorboards in your house are located, may I suggest having a baby?

why yes I am very tired, how did you know

for context - ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...

that will self cataloguing post at the BL is an absolute DREAM job but a takehome pay of £23k in London is absolute unliveable

“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w

UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.

Are you a web archive user, or would you like to know how to / more about using web archives? Book now for a half-day workshop this October to learn more about the UK Government Web Archive and shape our future offering for researchers: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...

To Watch You Grow (Is a Gift), by Caolán Austin track by Caolán Austin

I'm a little biased maybe, but everything Caolán Austin has put out this year has blown me away. 'Joyful Joyful' is definitely a favourite, but there's a lot of magic there. caolanaustin.bandcamp.com/track/to-wat...

a lot of these guys really envision a future where technology relieves us of the burden of human experience

ok cool not a big deal at all

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

current level of newborn-induced brain rot: deep dive into mr blobby's wikipedia page

What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992

Beginning to doubt that wokeness is the biggest threat to higher education

I recently saw someone on a neighbourhood FB group describe themselves as a "parking rights campaigner" 🙃

Saffiyah Khan stands on the left looking calm and amused while an English Defense League supporter on the right is prevented from getting too close to her by a Police Liaison Officer. The image was taken at a 2017 EDL march that Khan was protesting.

reminds me of the grace of Saffiyah Khan in the face of the EDL