#WayBackMachine

2026-02-15

@ddbkultur @JensB Die meisten Ausstellungen sind auch in der #waybackmachine des @internetarchive gesichert (die Archivlinks sind ebenfall auf Wikidata hinterlegt: w.wiki/HrYa). Damit bleiben zumindest die bestehenen Ausstellungen verfügbar.

2026-02-15

#News publishers limit #InternetArchive access due to #AI scraping concerns | #NiemanJournalismLab

As part of its mission to preserve the web, the Internet #Archive operates #crawlers that capture webpage #snapshots. Many of these are accessible through its public-facing tool, the #WaybackMachine. But as AI #bots scavenge the web for training data to feed their models, the Internet Archive’s commitment to free information access has turned its digital library into a …

niemanlab.org/2026/01/news-pub

2026-02-14

"News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns"

niemanlab.org/2026/01/news-pub

Das Internet war mal ein schöner Ort für Informationen und Austausch. Und es wird rasant zur AI-#Enshittification-Plattform, auf der es nur noch Slop zu sehen gibt.

Das macht mich noch trauriger als das Ende von #Twitter 😔

#AI #WaybackMachine #Enshittification

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:rl_dane@polymaths.social
2026-02-14

@kabel42

Too true. If I really, really, really want to make sure I can get to it later, I'll manually archive it in the #WaybackMachine (assuming it's up, which it sadly isn't all the time these days)

2026-02-13

As it's been surprisingly hard to find this info, here's a short how-to to save urls in the #waybackmachine @internetarchive programmatically via script (if you've got a list of urls).

1) Get your API-Keys: archive.org/account/s3.php (must be logged in)
2) use the function in the screenshot and add some delay between the calls as the service is rate limited

More info on options etc here: docs.google.com/document/d/1Ns

import requests

def saveUrl(url):
    baseurl = "https://web.archive.org/save"
    headers = {
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "LOW access_key:secret_key" # obtained from https://archive.org/account/s3.php
    }
    data = {'url': url}

    response = requests.post(baseurl, headers=headers, data=data)
    return response
Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤sloanlance
2026-02-11

@internetarchive, I noticed moments ago that the is now blocking requests from the 's . See this example…

web.archive.org/web/2026021119

"You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot."

Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:publicvoit@graz.social
2026-02-11

Das Wordpress von @minkorrekt ist zumindest aktuell, wenn nicht sogar auf Dauer down.

Details in der aktuellen Podcast-Episode von Reini.

Bis Reini alte Inhalte womöglich rekonstruiert, habt ihr via web.archive.org/web/2026012503 Zugriff auf eine (letzte) Kopie vom 25. Jänner 2026 durch das #InternetArchive via #WaybackMachine.

Ein weiterer Punkt, der die Wichtigkeit von diesem Service unterstreicht. Bitte spendet mal ein paar Euro ...

#minkorrekt #technischeSchuld

Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂elena@aseachange.com
2026-02-11

"A resistance fighter understands that technology must never be accepted as part of the natural order of things, that every technology— from an IQ test to an automobile to a television set to a computer — is a product of a particular economic and political context and carries with it a program, an agenda, and a philosophy that may or may not be life-enhancing and that therefore require scrutiny, criticism, and control. In short, a technological resistance fighter maintains an epistemological and psychic distance from any technology, so that it always appears somewhat strange, never inevitable, never natural."

– Neil Postman, from his book Technopoly (1993)

🔗​: https://therealists.org/2023/03/the-real-enemy-of-a-realist-isnt-big-tech-its-indifference/

#TheRealists #blog #WaybackMachine #resist #resistance #BigTech

2026-02-10

🏈🏆 The champions change. So do their websites.

From early HTML to modern redesigns, the @WaybackMachine preserves the digital playbook of #NFL champions, decades of archived team sites, including the Seattle Seahawks. 🏟️

Run the archive ➡️ web.archive.org

#WaybackMachine #webpreservation #Football @internetarchive #Seahawks #Superbowl

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Now" and "SEAHAWKS.COM". Below is a Wayback Machine capture of the Seattle Seahawks website from October 31, 2001, alongside one from February 9, 2026.
2026-02-10
"Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the #WaybackMachine."
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Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the #WaybackMachine.Internet history is stranger—and more fragile—than it looks.Read more 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/depths-of-wikipedia-creator-annie-rauwerda-on-fragile-internet-citations/@annierau @internetarchive #Wikipedia
2026-02-10

"Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the #WaybackMachine."
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Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the #WaybackMachine.Internet history is stranger—and more fragile—than it looks.Read more 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/depths-of-wikipedia-creator-annie-rauwerda-on-fragile-internet-citations/@annierau @internetarchive #Wikipedia
2026-02-10

Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.

That includes things like the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” 🙀📬 a very real web oddity now preserved only on the #WaybackMachine.

Internet history is stranger—and more fragile—than it looks.

Read more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/de

@annierau @internetarchive #Wikipedia

WordPress Meetup Dresden (DRS)wpdrs
2026-02-09

Wordpress-Plugin des Internet Archive erweckt tote Links

Das Internet Archive hat in dieser Woche ein neues Plugin für Wordpress veröffentlicht. Die Software namens „Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer“ untersucht die Wordpress-Site auf tote Links. Werden diese gefunden, und gibt es eine archivierte Version im Archiv, so leitet der Link künftig dorthin um ...

heise.de/news/Wordpress-Plugin

2026-02-06

Annie Rauwerda has built a career exploring Wikipedia’s weirdest corners 🌐

The creator of Depths of Wikipedia says, “If Wikipedia is worth anything at all, it’s because of the citations.” She’s had a “simultaneous love affair with the Internet Archive and Wikipedia” as she embraces the spirit of the open web & the community of people who support this work.

Read more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/de

@annierau @internetarchive #WaybackMachine #Wikipedia

Sven Oliver Rüsche | ARKM.DEsor@arkm.social
2026-02-05
2026-02-05

TechCrunch: The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem. “Automattic says that its new plug-in works by scanning your WordPress posts for outbound links, then cross-referencing the Wayback Machine for archived versions of those links. If there are none, it will automatically take new snapshots of the articles in question. Should a linked web […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/05/techcrunch-the-wayback-machine-debuts-a-new-plug-in-designed-to-fix-the-internets-broken-links-problem/
2026-02-05
@Wuzzy@cyberplace.social

First it's important to note that over years I realized that #OSI is just a corporate (and US-led) gatekeeper organization that serve the very interests their sponsors.
You can easily see this reading their license review mailing while keeping a tab opened on the sponsors page of the day through the #WaybackMachine.
Just as a couple of example, they rejected #MongoDB's #SSPL while #Amazon was their major sponsor and adopted CAL that was way more contentious.

The last damage that OSI did to our communities has been the #Meta dictated #OSAID (OpenSource #AI Definition) better known as #OpenWashing Definition, that superseed the #OSD and does not require training data sharing, voiding the freedom to study and welcoming toxic candies within "open source" just to avoid the #AIAct requirements.

So I don't care about OSI opinion about the #HackingLicense (or about anything else).

Having said that, you are right that its first condition forbid any use of the covered work that would limit third party access or use of it.

So basically you can't use your freedom to limit the freedom of others.

Is it still a free license?
Never asked to #RMS or #FSF, but I guess that such formal constraint makes it "not free" to their eyes.

What they miss, imho, is that freedom without communion is always going to be exploited by the strongers (under #capitalism, the rich) to oppress the weakest (everybody else, the workers, the customers, the environment...) as #LLM are showing these days.

In fact the latest version of the #HackingLicense was written in response ti #GitHub #Copilot (aka #CopyALot), after it distributed #GPLv3 code from #Quake with a wrong attribution and a permissive license.

The Hacking License is a dependency inversion: if you use data or code covered by it, anything that come out can be used under such license.
Stefano Piccospic@nrw.social
2026-02-05
2026-02-05

Link rot is an increasing issue on the Web, leading to inaccessible sites and broken links. To address this, Automattic and the Internet Archive have launched the free Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer plugin for WordPress. This tool scans websites, preserves content, and redirects users to archived versions of missing pages.

https://pauljacobson.me/2026/02/05/quietly-preserve-your-wordpress-site-with-the-internet-archive-wayback-machine/
This image captures the vast, distinctive interior of the **Bibliotheca Alexandrina** (Library of Alexandria) in Egypt. The photo is taken from a high vantage point, looking down across the library's massive main reading room. Here are the key visual elements: ### **Architecture and Structure** * **The Roof:** The most striking feature is the high, slanted glass-paneled roof. The skylights are angled specifically to allow distinct beams of northern sunlight to enter the building without damaging the books with direct glare. * **Columns:** Tall, slender concrete columns support the roof. They feature flared, lotus-flower-inspired capitals (tops), a nod to ancient Egyptian architecture. * **Cascading Levels:** The floor plan consists of a series of terraced levels that cascade down like a giant amphitheater. This design creates a continuous, open space without distinct floor dividers, allowing visibility across the entire hall. ### **Interior Layout** * **Study Areas:** The terraces are lined with rows of wooden desks. Many of these are equipped with computer terminals, while others are set up for reading. * **Bookshelves:** Blocks of low-profile bookshelves are arranged systematically on the various levels, integrated directly into the study spaces. * **Flooring:** The floors are covered in polished light wood (likely oak), which adds warmth to the vast concrete and glass structure. ### **Atmosphere and Lighting** * **Scale:** Small figures of people scattered throughout the l
Internet Archive Blogs | Updates from the Internet Archiveblog.archive.org@web.brid.gy
2026-02-04

Preserving the Open Web: Inside the New Wayback Machine Plugin for WordPress

fed.brid.gy/r/https://blog.arc

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