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edwardaveyard.bsky.social @edwardaveyard.bsky.social · 5d

Well done to you and everyone who worked hard to get it back online within weeks!

The British Library was hacked in October 2023 and parts of their website have never come back. Thanks be to the Wayback Machine!

edwardaveyard.bsky.social @edwardaveyard.bsky.social · 6d

When the news was talking about "Sora 2", I thought that it was talking about "Saw 2". I wonder which one is more scary.

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Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social · 7d

More "Cool World" work by Barry E Jackson (1992)

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 9d

It's here to stay.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 11d

This #CollegeRadioDay, stations worldwide are celebrating student radio’s past & future. Discover 9,000+ artifacts—station flyers, playlists & more—in the College Radio Collection, part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications at Internet Archive. 📻 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/03/h...

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 11d

Not to spend too much time on it mourning, but I am just about finishing a project that people contributed money to help me finish about 3-4 years ago and they all did it through Twitter and I won't be on Twitter to announce it or have them find that the project did ultimately complete.

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 19d

Wakefield council votes unanimously in favour of supporting staff on strike at the National Coal Mining Museum www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2549508...

Council to withdraw mining museum funding as striking staff given unanimous support

A COUNCIL has voted unanimously in favour of supporting staff on strike at a West Yorkshire museum visited by countless Bradford schoolchildren over…

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social · 24d

Chile 2025?

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American OurStory @americanourstory.bsky.social · 27d

The world’s first explicit legal protection for asexuality was passed in New York state’s Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination act, 2002

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 28d

33 years ago this month, the movie Sneakers hit theaters. 🕵️‍♂️💻

The studio even shipped a floppy disk press kit that reporters had to "hack" into for bios & production materials. www.mentalfloss.com/article/5029...

💾 Explore this rare relic on the Internet Archive: archive.org/details/Snea...

Play the <em>Sneakers</em> Computer Press Kit from 1992

Reporters had to

www.mentalfloss.com

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uncletantra.bsky.social @uncletantra.bsky.social · Sep 5

I wrote a book once that I didn't feel like publishing, so some friends put it up on their website. And that was fine, because I could tell people where to find it. But then they allowed the website to die. But just this last week I found it on the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive rocks!

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Sep 1

Starbucks’ CEO currently makes 6,666x what the median worker makes.

There’s no better time than Workers’ Labor Day to stand with @sbworkersunited.org baristas as they fight corporate greed.

Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day! Anybody see this in today's newspaper? ✊🔥

Sign our pledge to stand with over 12,000 union Starbucks workers and say No Contract, No Coffee!

👉 bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

STARBUCKS IS BREWING A LATTE PROBLEMS by refusing to settle a union contract. Starbucks is in hot water. The coffee giant is stonewalling a contract with 12,000+ union baristas. For less money than CEO Brian Niccol paid himself last year, Starbucks can sign a fair union contract TODAY. This Labor Day, tell Starbucks: NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE! bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 1

Owners of the Dragon House Chinese takeaway in York were devastated after their business was vandalised with racist graffiti. When local business Crystal Clean York heard they immediately stepped in to scrub off the graffiti for free.

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Punknews @punknews.bsky.social · Aug 18

Alley Cats release new album, first in 42 years

www.punknews.org/article/8631...

Alley Cats release new album, first in 42 years

Alley Cats have released their first album in 42 years. It's called We All Walk Among Shadows Until We Become One and it's out via Recess Records now. The lineup includes founding member Randy Stodola...

www.punknews.org

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edwardaveyard.bsky.social @edwardaveyard.bsky.social · Aug 22

As #Threads is showing in Sheffield tonight (and I am attending).

archive.org/details/thre... via @archive.org

Threads Cartoon In Times: "Reagan's Peace Speech" : Mel Calman : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This cartoon deserves to be better-known. Threads by Barry Hines had been shown on the BBC on 23rd September. It made such a huge impact on British culture...

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Islington Tribune @islingtontrib.bsky.social · Aug 18

A stem cell donor drive in pub that could save lives? We’ll drink to that! - www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/a-st...

A stem cell donor drive in pub that could save lives? We’ll drink to that!

Old Ivy House will also donate 10 per cent of the day’s takings to a blood cancer charity

www.islingtontribune.co.uk

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Aug 11

I appreciate logic isn't their strong suit but how will the Faragists who lie about the UK being much more dangerous than US cities square their lies with Donald Trump's lies about US cities being really, really dangerous?

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Jul 31

🏆 POSTIE. You've joined the Royal Mail. It's your duty to deliver. Your life is on the line. Drive to the target destination, locate the mailbag, & deliver to all of the mailboxes.

Play in-browser ➡️ darobyn.itch.io/postie

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Aug 5

☀️ #SummerVacation roadtripping, 1940s style! ⛰️🌲

This #homemovie follows a family's adventures in #nationalpark treasures, including #Yellowstone Falls, geysers & wildlife! (Please don't feed the bears 🐻)

🎞️ Watch the full 16-min film⤵️
archive.org/details/2014...

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Aug 4

Tom Lehrer made musical satire sing… & sting. His songs were outrageous & often uncomfortably true. 🎭🗡️

The satirist & mathematician died recently at 97, famously disclaiming copyright to his lyrics & compositions.

Read our tribute to his legacy in the commons ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/08/01

Faux album cover mimicking Tom Lehrer's 1965 "That Was the Year That Was", but reading "Tom Lehrer, That Was the Life That Was"

Tom Lehrer performing in Copenhagen in 1967.

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disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social · Aug 5

Although it is often interpreted as a ballad about unrequited love, Chris Isaak has said that the song was inspired by a telephone call from a woman offering to arrange a hook-up and is about "what happens when you have a strong attraction to people that aren't necessarily good for you."

Wicked Game - Single Edit - Official Music Video

YouTube video by Chris Isaak

www.youtube.com

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Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social · Aug 1

American Pop is on Blu-Ray!

www.amazon.com/American-Pop...

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disturbedByVoices @godhatesgoth.bsky.social · Aug 1

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