Kevin O'Connor
rulethepla.net
Kevin O'Connor
@rulethepla.net
Engineering @ Internet Archive, made silly things @ Recurse Center, Engineering @ Reddit
It's just a shame John Lennon died before he could see all the
"SLOWED & REVERB BEST!!!" versions of his songs
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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🎁 Looking for a unique gift for an archivist—or a treat for yourself?

👕 1 Trillion Web Pages Baseball Jersey (LIMITED EDITION)
🧢 1 Trillion Web Pages Baseball Hat (LIMITED EDITION)
🧦 Socks, tote bags, and more!

💛 All proceeds benefit the #InternetArchive.
Shop here ➡️ store.archive.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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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...
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Christmas Tree Lights has to be in the top 3-4 most confusing things to hang yourself with
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Trying to get some AI help debugging a terrible clickhouse query. I'll let you guess whether or not it was "FINAL WORKING QUERY (100% correct)"
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.

We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.

We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Creating a surveillance network by ordering low dollar orders to various target addresses and collecting the delivery proof photos
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Zohran and I go way back, no big deal really...I Do not want to be called a hero
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I have started big timing AI chat bots and ending my requests with "chief" or "boss" or "pal"

Hey why don't you tell me what's wrong with this YAML chief
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Is there an equivalent of encryption for compute tasks?

Like you don't need to worry about the safety of your data regardless of where it's hosted thanks to encryption, can the same be said for running applications? You can run it anywhere and be assured there's no tampering or introspection?
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Celebration of
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.

over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.

@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Planning your week? 🎉

Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐

📅 Weds, Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T #Livestream
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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slowly catching up on things after some miscellaneous chaos has begun to settle down... just managed to assemble a blog post about this livestream performance we did for the internet archive earlier this month!

https://palomakop.tv/blog/2025-10-03_reality-orp-virtual-performance-for/
REALITY ORP Virtual Performance for Internet Archive ♦ Paloma Kop
palomakop.tv
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We’ve archived 1 trillion web pages via the Wayback Machine. Help us preserve 1 trillion more with P2P fundraising: donate.archive.org/1T

#Wayback1T
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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This week, join Sir Tim Berners-Lee & Brewster Kahle for a conversation on the past, present & future of the Web.

📅 Thurs Oct 9, 7:30 PM PT
🎟️ In-person
➡️ blog.archive.org/event/buildi...
October 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
To be frank I am pretty sure social media as a construct should not exist, it was a mistake
October 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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As announced in @newyorker.com, Sir Tim Berners-Lee will receive the 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

🧵
Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.
www.newyorker.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Anyone with half a brain should know this was nonsense and the NYT and others just report it uncritically based on anonymous gov't sources cybersect.substack.com/p/that-secre...
That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus
It's just normal crime
cybersect.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This October, the #InternetArchive celebrates an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved & available for access via the #WaybackMachine.

Join us!
📆 Oct 22
🎟️ IN-PERSON ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
💻 VIRTUAL ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Does the ISS have an IPv4 allocation?
September 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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1 trillion pages saved, countless connections made. The web brings us together, expanding how we learn, share & build community beyond our immediate surroundings.

📝 Share how the web has shaped your world 🌐 ➡️ blog.archive.org/trillion/

#Wayback1T
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM