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chronotope.aramzs.xyz • 33 days ago

The Internet Archive is great, but it is never more vulnerable to legal action than now and has also responded to take down requests in the past. That's necessary, The Archive as a whole should preserve itself. So, if the federal government hosts something important to you, archive it yourself.

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chronotope.aramzs.xyz•33 days ago

PDFs are already coming down, get copies and if they are offline, get them from The Archive where you can. Otherwise you can use:

- Conifer is a remotely hosted tool https://conifer.rhizome.org/
- Webrecorder lets you archive locally, from your browser, as you see them https://webrecorder.net/archivewebpage/

chronotope.aramzs.xyz•33 days ago

Do not use archive dot is, the service does not persist effectively and isn't trustworthy. If you want advanced tools and are capable of using python or docker, try archivebox https://archivebox.io/

chronotope.aramzs.xyz•33 days ago

If you only care about the text of a page, pay for Pocket, or use a plugin I worked on: https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressforward/

chronotope.aramzs.xyz•33 days ago

Finally, don't forget you can always print to PDF. If the page is obscured, open developer tools and delete the divs that are in the way. The print view takes the current version of the loaded page, edits and all. You can always PDF it.

chronotope.aramzs.xyz•33 days ago

Last time around a lot of folks got real worried, but the admin proved very bad at taking down parts of the federal government's web presence. They're already more effective today than they were in two years of the last time he was in office.

chronotope.aramzs.xyz•33 days ago

If something does disappear from The Internet Archive, do not get mad at The Archive. Their very existence is at risk due to the publishing houses' lawsuit. They are doing what they have to do to keep running. Donate so they can resist takedowns in the future https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-donate-to-the-internet-archive/

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