Jason Scott
@textfiles.com
Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
I missed this milestone - over 10,000 nights of acts at DNA Lounge in San Francisco (dnalounge.com) are now mirrored at the Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
DNA Lounge
DNA Lounge is a late-night, all ages San Francisco
nightclub featuring live music, DJ dancing, burlesque shows, and
private parties. Two stages, four dance floors, six bars
and a full-...
dnalounge.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I missed this milestone - over 10,000 nights of acts at DNA Lounge in San Francisco (dnalounge.com) are now mirrored at the Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
Renewed PSYGNOSIS.ORG for a few more years.
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Renewed PSYGNOSIS.ORG for a few more years.
Reposted by Jason Scott
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Zootopia 2 ridiculously great
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Zootopia 2 ridiculously great
18 years ago, I clearly said "how can I screw up my Thanksgiving and every day after Thanksgiving'
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
18 years ago, I clearly said "how can I screw up my Thanksgiving and every day after Thanksgiving'
Reposted by Jason Scott
They came for crowds, holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, 1995—kids on the carousel as parents hustle & shop. 🛍️🎠
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
They came for crowds, holiday energy & retail deals. #BlackFriday at Liberty Tree Mall, 1995—kids on the carousel as parents hustle & shop. 🛍️🎠
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
This 90s time capsule was preserved on the @InternetArchive by the original videographer.
📼 Watch the full tape ⤵️
archive.org/details/blac...
Me: Everything will be fiiiiine
Also Me:
Also Me:
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Me: Everything will be fiiiiine
Also Me:
Also Me:
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Blocking when someone responds to your statement and then continuing the conversation to the bricked over winder is certainly a choice.
Anyway, leave Chuck Wendig alone
Anyway, leave Chuck Wendig alone
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Blocking when someone responds to your statement and then continuing the conversation to the bricked over winder is certainly a choice.
Anyway, leave Chuck Wendig alone
Anyway, leave Chuck Wendig alone
Tapping the sign, Chuck Wendig did no such thing
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Tapping the sign, Chuck Wendig did no such thing
For the Holiday, what a great time to check out TOTAL REPLAY, a years-long project to make hundreds of Apple II games easy to boot up, play, and discover. It even works on original Apple II hardware (with a little modern trickery). Emulated in Browser, of course:
archive.org/details/Tota...
archive.org/details/Tota...
Total Replay : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
100s of games at your fingertips, as long as your fingertips are on an Apple ][DownloadDownload Total Replay (version 5.2, released 2024-09-09, 32 MB disk...
archive.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
For the Holiday, what a great time to check out TOTAL REPLAY, a years-long project to make hundreds of Apple II games easy to boot up, play, and discover. It even works on original Apple II hardware (with a little modern trickery). Emulated in Browser, of course:
archive.org/details/Tota...
archive.org/details/Tota...
(Looks to left, sees internet discussion): THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS SLOW FOR ME
(Looks to right, sees network statistics): The Internet Archive pushes out over 450 petabytes of traffic a month
(Starts writing math on back of napkin): So close, feel like there's a thread here
(Looks to right, sees network statistics): The Internet Archive pushes out over 450 petabytes of traffic a month
(Starts writing math on back of napkin): So close, feel like there's a thread here
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
(Looks to left, sees internet discussion): THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS SLOW FOR ME
(Looks to right, sees network statistics): The Internet Archive pushes out over 450 petabytes of traffic a month
(Starts writing math on back of napkin): So close, feel like there's a thread here
(Looks to right, sees network statistics): The Internet Archive pushes out over 450 petabytes of traffic a month
(Starts writing math on back of napkin): So close, feel like there's a thread here
Reposted by Jason Scott
Thank you internet archive you rock internet archive
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank you internet archive you rock internet archive
For 20 years, Google and Bing have been assaulting the textfiles.com server, but the new scraper bots are a thousand times more aggressive.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For 20 years, Google and Bing have been assaulting the textfiles.com server, but the new scraper bots are a thousand times more aggressive.
Reposted by Jason Scott
George Oates, founding executive director of @flickrfdn.bsky.social, is leading the effort to preserve Flickr's history for the next century.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
George Oates, founding executive director of @flickrfdn.bsky.social, is leading the effort to preserve Flickr's history for the next century.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
AND THE LORD SAID
WITH FIRE AND FURY
THE LOSS OF THE DIGITAL
IS THE LOSS OF OUR SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS
GATHER IT UP, CHILDREN
BUILD THE ALTAR OF TOMORROW
AND SACRIFICE UPON IT
THE TENDER NECKS OF DESPAIR AND DISAPPEARANCE
WITH FIRE AND FURY
THE LOSS OF THE DIGITAL
IS THE LOSS OF OUR SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS
GATHER IT UP, CHILDREN
BUILD THE ALTAR OF TOMORROW
AND SACRIFICE UPON IT
THE TENDER NECKS OF DESPAIR AND DISAPPEARANCE
People like Jason Scott have the fervor and righteousness of a Southern Preacher but it means that I instinctively distrust any positive/descriptive statements they make because they will always be returning to the particular normative absolutism of a Person Who Enjoys Running their Own Email Server
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
AND THE LORD SAID
WITH FIRE AND FURY
THE LOSS OF THE DIGITAL
IS THE LOSS OF OUR SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS
GATHER IT UP, CHILDREN
BUILD THE ALTAR OF TOMORROW
AND SACRIFICE UPON IT
THE TENDER NECKS OF DESPAIR AND DISAPPEARANCE
WITH FIRE AND FURY
THE LOSS OF THE DIGITAL
IS THE LOSS OF OUR SOULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLS
GATHER IT UP, CHILDREN
BUILD THE ALTAR OF TOMORROW
AND SACRIFICE UPON IT
THE TENDER NECKS OF DESPAIR AND DISAPPEARANCE
What a great day to read this awesome obituary of Jay Lovinger. web.archive.org/web/20250219...
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What a great day to read this awesome obituary of Jay Lovinger. web.archive.org/web/20250219...
* Doyers Street, Chinatown, NYC
* NFTs
* NFTs
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
* Doyers Street, Chinatown, NYC
* NFTs
* NFTs
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Internet Archive has archived all the stories declaring the Internet Archive dead
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Internet Archive has archived all the stories declaring the Internet Archive dead
I stuck the Pebble Software Archive in the Archive's datasets collection, while figuring if it goes into historical software or not. Either way, enjoy
archive.org/details/pebb...
archive.org/details/pebb...
Pebble Appstore Archive : Core Devices : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Archive of Pebble smartwatch applications and watchfaces from the Pebble Appstore. Each app is stored in its own subdirectory with metadata and assets.All...
archive.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I stuck the Pebble Software Archive in the Archive's datasets collection, while figuring if it goes into historical software or not. Either way, enjoy
archive.org/details/pebb...
archive.org/details/pebb...
Shout out to the blogging service shutting down that noticed Archive Team showed up, and limited IPs to just the country that the blogging service was in. That flattened Archive Team for upwards of 40 minutes!
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Shout out to the blogging service shutting down that noticed Archive Team showed up, and limited IPs to just the country that the blogging service was in. That flattened Archive Team for upwards of 40 minutes!