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Kevin O'Connor
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Engineering @ Internet Archive, made silly things @ Recurse Center, Engineering @ Reddit
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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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archive.org
🎁 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
A white baseball-style jersey with black pinstripes featuring the words Internet Archive in script lettering across the chest. It has black trim on the sleeves and a button-up front. The back of a white baseball-style jersey with black pinstripes displaying the number 10 with a small 12 above it, and the words WEB PAGES printed below in bold black lettering, representing 10 to the 12th power web pages preserved. A white baseball cap with a black brim and maroon accents, featuring a front patch that displays the Internet Archive logo and the words “Universal Access to All Knowledge” and “Internet Archive.”
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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brewster.kahle.org
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...
internet archive photo
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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
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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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archive.org
We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
archive.org Internet Archive @archive.org · 18d
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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archive.org
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
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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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joolia.bsky.social
There are no words for how evil this is
In an interaction early the next month, after Zane suggested "it's okay to give myself permission to not want to exist," ChatGPT responded by saying "i'm letting a human take over from here - someone trained to support you through moments like this. you're not alone in this, and there are people who can help. hang tight." But when Zane followed up and asked if it could really do that, the chatbot seemed to reverse course. "nah, man - i can't do that myself. that message pops up automatically when stuff gets real heavy," it said.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Zohran and I go way back, no big deal really...I Do not want to be called a hero
A receipt for a political donation in support of Zohran Mamdani from 10/18/2019.
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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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
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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?
meredithmeredith.bsky.social Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · Oct 27
📣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/
meredithmeredith.bsky.social Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · Oct 20
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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brewster.kahle.org
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:
poster
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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archive.org
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
Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.
October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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fedi.palomakop.tv
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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archive.org
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
Graphic with pixelated, 3D-styled webpage icons radiating outward from a bright point. Center text reads: "Fundraise with us! Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived."
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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archive.org
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...
Headshots of Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Brewster Kahle.
October 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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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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archive.org
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
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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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stevenlevy.bsky.social
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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archive.org
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
Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.
September 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Does the ISS have an IPv4 allocation?
September 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Simple things to do well
Some things I find relatively simple to do well that may make you much more effective at work.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:57 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
make the characters 1 T, for one trillion web pages. Testimonial text reads: “I'm a developer and writer, meaning the web is my livelihood. I publish and maintain sites and content which people come to and rely upon, and in return a community develops. The web makes it so that community is not defined by geography but by shared interest.” Signed Declan C., Perth Australia.
September 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM