David Ratledge
@davidratledge.bsky.social
Digital Preservation Archivist. Photography enthusiast. Learning to write science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Its offspring were #malformed. It was a genetic mistake, but in 300,000 years their offspring ruled the planet. In 225,000 more, they ruled the galaxy.
#vss365
#vss365
August 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Its offspring were #malformed. It was a genetic mistake, but in 300,000 years their offspring ruled the planet. In 225,000 more, they ruled the galaxy.
#vss365
#vss365
The strange metal from the recovered ship began to #seethe as the intensity of UV light was increased. They were creatures of darkness whose mistake was coming too close to our star. And their desperation was obvious, knowing how risky a landing would be.
We can use that to our advantage.
#vss365
We can use that to our advantage.
#vss365
August 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
His relationship was failing. He thought something #bionic might fix all his problems, so he bought the best his life's savings could buy. Friday night he surprised her with it. She left him the next morning, lamenting there was too much of it and not enough of him.
#vss365
#vss365
August 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
My favorite photography app is publicly available for IOS and Android devices. Download now and share your work!
#photography #photo
#photography #photo
February 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My favorite photography app is publicly available for IOS and Android devices. Download now and share your work!
#photography #photo
#photography #photo
From the essay “Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications,” by Kay Savetz (@savetz.bsky.social), part of the Vanishing Culture report.
🔗 Read the full report: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-report
🔗 Read the full report: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-report
January 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
January 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Long read about #DigiPres Digital Preservation from the Harvard Law Library Innovation Lab. Nothing incredibly new (we knew much of this over a decade ago), but it's a nice summary of all of the challenges to doing digital preservation at ALL, never mind AT SCALE. lil.law.harvard.edu/century-scal...
Century-Scale Storage
If you had to store something for 100 years, how would you do it?
lil.law.harvard.edu
December 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 8:48 PM
It began as a cough which grew more persistent by the hour.
The #mycelium quickly spread through the lungs and beyond until reaching the spine. There, it connected to the central nervous system.
After a brief seizure it opened its new eyes to see a world ripe for conquest.
#vss365
The #mycelium quickly spread through the lungs and beyond until reaching the spine. There, it connected to the central nervous system.
After a brief seizure it opened its new eyes to see a world ripe for conquest.
#vss365
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM
New #horror story based on a #vss365 post I made a while back! Enjoy! It's short but longer than the original. Planning to do more of these. #WhatToRead #Fiction
A campfire horror
Based on the original VSS story from BlueSky
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December 4, 2024 at 5:52 PM
November 28, 2024 at 9:54 PM
November 28, 2024 at 9:52 PM
They were approaching the event #horizon. They wanted to get close enough that a day onboard meant a hundred years had passed on Earth. If they can pull away, they will have traveled to the future.
Star positions indicated that almost ten thousand years had passed. They sat in silence.
#vss365
Star positions indicated that almost ten thousand years had passed. They sat in silence.
#vss365
November 24, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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