tessa
@bitarchivist.net
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digital preservationist, archivist, and open source dev senior applications and tools engineer @ webrecorder.net she/they
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I wrote a blog post for the @webrecorder.net site all about exciting new developments in automated behaviors in Browsertrix. In short, it's easier than ever to tell the crawler exactly what actions to take while archiving a web page! Check it out: webrecorder.net/blog/2025-05...
Create, Use, and Automate Actions With Custom Behaviors in Browsertrix • Webrecorder Blog
It is now easier than ever to automate custom page actions in Browsertrix.
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Heads up to New York-based folks interested in learning hands-on to how archive important things on the web with Browsertrix :)
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Join us for a free, hands-on web archiving workshop in NYC!
June 18th at 2PM EST at @TheNewSchool Archives
This workshop will teach you how to use Browsertrix to create, curate, and share archives of online content! RSVP today, as space is limited: tinyurl.com/2fh5f5ae #WebArchives #Browsertrix
Web Archiving with Browsertrix: Hands On Workshop
Join us for a hands-on workshop on web archiving with Browsertrix, Webrecorder's most comprehensive high-fidelity web archiving tool. Since 2014, Webrecorder has built quality open-source tools that enable 'web archiving for all,' allowing anyone with a browser to create web archives and accurately replay them later. No matter your web archiving experience, this workshop will teach you how to use Browsertrix to create, curate, and share archives of the online content that matters most to you and your community!Members from the Browsertrix team will be on-site to introduce: - Crawling websites with Browsertrix- Configuring browser profiles to crawl social media and other web content hidden behind log-ins- Using Browsertrix's quality assurance features to assess the quality of their crawls- Curating archived items into collections to share with their communitiesAttendees will be invited to join for a post-workshop happy hour in the Union Square area for an open conversation about web archives.RSVP is required, as space is limited. We encourage attendees to bring laptops to crawl alongside us in real time!
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Glad that brought you some joy! With the approach described at webrecorder.net/blog/2025-03... it should even be possible to put it back up at the original domain powered by the web archive so that original URLs resolve again :)
Introducing GovArchive.us & Mirroring Entire Sites with Web Archives • Webrecorder Blog
Introducing GovArchive.us and tooling to mirror web sites using web archives.
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Ever wanted to restore a taken down site from a web archive, with link navigation and references intact?
Our latest tooling make this simpler than ever!

Announcing govarchive.us - a dynamic, web archive-powered mirror of US government sites!

More details on our blog
webrecorder.net/blog/2025-03...
Introducing GovArchive.us & Mirroring Entire Sites with Web Archives • Webrecorder Blog
Introducing GovArchive.us and tooling to mirror web sites using web archives.
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Today we’re introducing Public Collections on Browsertrix, a new feature that lets you personalize, curate, and showcase your archives with the world. Read more on our blog webrecorder.net/blog/2025-03...

#WebArchiving #Browsertrix
Introducing Public Collections in Browsertrix • Webrecorder Blog
Now you can curate, personalize, and share all your your crawls in one place.
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We’re proud to be collaborating with the @eotarchive.org and EDGI to capture and preserve critical government websites before they’re lost, using our high-fidelity web archiving tools: Browsertrix and ArchiveWeb.page

webrecorder.net/blog/2025-02...

#webarchiving #digitalpreservation #EOTarchive
Preserving Government Websites with Browsertrix • Webrecorder Blog
A collaborative effort alongside the End of Term Web Archive to capture and save history.
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how to save stuff on the internet? short, sweet & useful zine on diy web archiving by @bitarchivist.net @ilya.webrecorder.net @quinnanya.me @akijas.bsky.social @literaturegeek.bsky.social ✨💾🐢 zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... #webarchiving
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this post sponsored by an email from github promoting free use of copilot. no thank you, I would sooner fly into the sun
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constantly alternating between anger and sorrow over the ubiquity of LLMs. they replace real peoples' skilled labor with cheap unimaginative imitations, discourage people from developing skills, and spread information like wildfire, all while accelerating climate disaster at the worst possible time
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Browsertrix is bringing web archiving to more people with new language and formatting settings. We’re releasing with partial Spanish support, and making progress towards adding French, German, and Portuguese. Read more and learn how to contribute on our blog!

webrecorder.net/blog/2024-12...
Browsertrix 1.13: The Translations and Internationalization Release • Webrecorder Blog
¡Browsertrix para todos! With your help, we’re translating Browsertrix into new languages.
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Want to archive some web pages? It's time for our next Hands-On Web Archiving Workshop, Dec 9th, 1pm ET: www.sucho.org/diy-archiving together with @quinnanya.me @akijas.bsky.social
You'll be able to walk away with you very own web archives and some ideas what to do next, and we'll be there to help!
DIY Archiving Workshop | SUCHO
www.sucho.org
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webrecorder.net
Try automated archiving with Browsertrix, now with a 7-day free trial! Capture an interactive copy of any website, organize your collections, and share with the world. Get started today and crawl away! #webarchiving

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Screenshot of the plans Webrecorder offers including a 7-day free trial
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New to web archiving (or want a refresher?) Want to archive stuff you care about but not sure where to start? Join us for a DIY web archiving workshop organized by @quinnanya.me @sucho-org.bsky.social @ach.bsky.social !

Nov 25th, 1pm ET / 10am PT

More details: www.sucho.org/diy-archiving
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thank you Mireille! 🖤 really appreciate the boost and kind words :)
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that's fantastic, i'll be in touch shortly!
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this whole project is lovely! so glad to know that it exists, and it's really nice to see the Project Endings recommendations and minimal computing principles applied :)

if this conversation moves forward I will definitely loop you in!
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everything the Luddites feared did come to pass! tech will always be used to replace and undermine skilled labor unless we explicitly approach it in a way that centers people.

highly recommend ursula franklin's real world of technology lectures, which touch on this, if you're not familiar
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cara.city
hi all, a friend of mine had an extremely bad time recently that resulted in a hospital stay and large medical bills; if you could spare a little cash to help hir out, I know ze would appreciate it greatly: gofund.me/141d7bfb

plz feel free to share too!
Donate to Help a transgender woman recover from transverse myelitis , organized by Leyla Colpan
My name is Leyla, and on October 23rd the bottom of my foot we… Leyla Colpan needs your support for Help a transgender woman recover from transverse myelitis
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i have many more questions and vague aspirations than answers or concrete plans, but it feels like there's a thread of something there that i'd like to keep pulling
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- are there existing efforts I could tap into/help support with time and technical know-how rather than trying to start something new from scratch? might there be the possibility of support or collaboration with existing queer and trans archives?
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- access considerations, especially if archiving social media + personal content: maybe certain content would need to be restricted to in-community use only? it would be wise to revisit the docnow white paper + chat with other folks who are archiving their own politically targeted communities
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- it'd be important not to centralize these archives in any one place so that they're less vulnerable to takedowns/political interference. single points of failure could be exploited by those who want to censor trans peoples' stories and resources online