Jason Scott
@textfiles.com
Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
(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!
The severed head of the creator of Hunt The Wumpus awaits re-animation in a tank in Scottsdale, Arizona
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The severed head of the creator of Hunt The Wumpus awaits re-animation in a tank in Scottsdale, Arizona
People walking past Valve's 30 year history, stopping in front of Steam Machine: This Steam Machine is clearly doomed
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
People walking past Valve's 30 year history, stopping in front of Steam Machine: This Steam Machine is clearly doomed
Me, reading most journal articles I see get uploaded
People like colors and shapes on a screen
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Me, reading most journal articles I see get uploaded
Saw a sign for the "Holmes and Lupin Board Game Cafe" and they did not disappoint.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Saw a sign for the "Holmes and Lupin Board Game Cafe" and they did not disappoint.
But I don't wanna go in the history cylinder
Scientists continue work on durable ways to encapsulate the Internet Archive for generations in the future to discover, observe, and understand where we went wrong
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
But I don't wanna go in the history cylinder
Google, the company thst spontaneously changed Chrome, search and other behaviors so copy-pasting links directs then through the Spyware share.google service, wants you to know it is very hurt you would think that Gmail's smart features would invade your privacy and asks you to stop thinking that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Google, the company thst spontaneously changed Chrome, search and other behaviors so copy-pasting links directs then through the Spyware share.google service, wants you to know it is very hurt you would think that Gmail's smart features would invade your privacy and asks you to stop thinking that.
I occasionally have to go through Twitter to check for direct messages by people who understandably have no idea I've left, and the timeline and other aspects do an awesome job of reminding me why the idea to leave was magnifique.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I occasionally have to go through Twitter to check for direct messages by people who understandably have no idea I've left, and the timeline and other aspects do an awesome job of reminding me why the idea to leave was magnifique.
I'll just make this a bluesky thread instead of a blog post because the post will add some unneeded weight of delcaration, and this isn't needed.
Delchi was a complicated guy, or actually a simple guy that made things complicated. He was really good at that. We worked on things together.
Delchi was a complicated guy, or actually a simple guy that made things complicated. He was really good at that. We worked on things together.
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I'll just make this a bluesky thread instead of a blog post because the post will add some unneeded weight of delcaration, and this isn't needed.
Delchi was a complicated guy, or actually a simple guy that made things complicated. He was really good at that. We worked on things together.
Delchi was a complicated guy, or actually a simple guy that made things complicated. He was really good at that. We worked on things together.
Got a pal (Trumad) to mirror all of Burger's collections of memories and thoughts she had on her youtube page, so those are in the collection and preserved now. You can really get the full Burger experience from them. I wish more people did these.
archive.org/details/burg...
archive.org/details/burg...
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Got a pal (Trumad) to mirror all of Burger's collections of memories and thoughts she had on her youtube page, so those are in the collection and preserved now. You can really get the full Burger experience from them. I wish more people did these.
archive.org/details/burg...
archive.org/details/burg...
