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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #endangeredarchives, aggregated by home.social.

  1. ABC News (Australia): Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea’s film collection from climate damage. “Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea’s collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage. Humid conditions and a history of flooding have created a far-from-ideal environment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/26/abc-news-archivists-race-to-save-papua-new-guineas-film-collection-from-climate-damage/
  2. ABC News (Australia): Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea’s film collection from climate damage. “Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea’s collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage. Humid conditions and a history of flooding have created a far-from-ideal environment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/26/abc-news-archivists-race-to-save-papua-new-guineas-film-collection-from-climate-damage/
  3. ABC News (Australia): Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea’s film collection from climate damage. “Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea’s collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage. Humid conditions and a history of flooding have created a far-from-ideal environment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/26/abc-news-archivists-race-to-save-papua-new-guineas-film-collection-from-climate-damage/
  4. ABC News (Australia): Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea’s film collection from climate damage. “Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea’s collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage. Humid conditions and a history of flooding have created a far-from-ideal environment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/26/abc-news-archivists-race-to-save-papua-new-guineas-film-collection-from-climate-damage/
  5. ABC News (Australia): Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea’s film collection from climate damage. “Work is underway to preserve Papua New Guinea’s collection of more than 1,300 film reels and tapes, stored at its small National Film Institute in Goroka, before climate change causes permanent damage. Humid conditions and a history of flooding have created a far-from-ideal environment for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/26/abc-news-archivists-race-to-save-papua-new-guineas-film-collection-from-climate-damage/
  6. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  7. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  8. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  9. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  10. Stephen Follows: What just happened to TheNumbers.com should worry us all. “Its hand-researched data is the highest quality, tracking box office grosses, budgets, home video and streaming across more than 78,000 films and 236,000 people. It gets north of eight million visitors a year, and is treated as THE definitive authority by journalists, academics, filmmakers, prediction markets, and even […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/stephen-follows-what-just-happened-to-thenumbers-com-should-worry-us-all/
  11. UC Santa Barbara: Preserving Historic Aerial Photos to Improve Public Health. “Turning a preservation crisis into innovation, the Library collaborated across campus to build a custom, in-house digitization lab for aerial photos. Staff from the Library’s Digital Library Development Department and SRC partnered with the UCSB Physics Machine Shop and UCSB Environmental Health & Safety to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/uc-santa-barbara-preserving-historic-aerial-photos-to-improve-public-health/
  12. UC Santa Barbara: Preserving Historic Aerial Photos to Improve Public Health. “Turning a preservation crisis into innovation, the Library collaborated across campus to build a custom, in-house digitization lab for aerial photos. Staff from the Library’s Digital Library Development Department and SRC partnered with the UCSB Physics Machine Shop and UCSB Environmental Health & Safety to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/uc-santa-barbara-preserving-historic-aerial-photos-to-improve-public-health/
  13. UC Santa Barbara: Preserving Historic Aerial Photos to Improve Public Health. “Turning a preservation crisis into innovation, the Library collaborated across campus to build a custom, in-house digitization lab for aerial photos. Staff from the Library’s Digital Library Development Department and SRC partnered with the UCSB Physics Machine Shop and UCSB Environmental Health & Safety to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/uc-santa-barbara-preserving-historic-aerial-photos-to-improve-public-health/
  14. UC Santa Barbara: Preserving Historic Aerial Photos to Improve Public Health. “Turning a preservation crisis into innovation, the Library collaborated across campus to build a custom, in-house digitization lab for aerial photos. Staff from the Library’s Digital Library Development Department and SRC partnered with the UCSB Physics Machine Shop and UCSB Environmental Health & Safety to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/uc-santa-barbara-preserving-historic-aerial-photos-to-improve-public-health/
  15. UC Santa Barbara: Preserving Historic Aerial Photos to Improve Public Health. “Turning a preservation crisis into innovation, the Library collaborated across campus to build a custom, in-house digitization lab for aerial photos. Staff from the Library’s Digital Library Development Department and SRC partnered with the UCSB Physics Machine Shop and UCSB Environmental Health & Safety to […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/uc-santa-barbara-preserving-historic-aerial-photos-to-improve-public-health/
  16. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  17. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  18. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  19. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  20. Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/21/current-affairs-who-will-save-the-internet-from-disappearing/
  21. NM.news: We’re working to save the Roswell Daily Record, an American journalism institution. Here’s how.. “The newspaper that told the world about a ‘flying saucer’ crash near Roswell in 1947 nearly became history itself this week — but just two days after announcing it would shut down, it has found a new owner and will keep publishing. The Roswell Daily Record’s ownership announced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/nm-news-were-working-to-save-the-roswell-daily-record-an-american-journalism-institution-heres-how/
  22. NM.news: We’re working to save the Roswell Daily Record, an American journalism institution. Here’s how.. “The newspaper that told the world about a ‘flying saucer’ crash near Roswell in 1947 nearly became history itself this week — but just two days after announcing it would shut down, it has found a new owner and will keep publishing. The Roswell Daily Record’s ownership announced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/nm-news-were-working-to-save-the-roswell-daily-record-an-american-journalism-institution-heres-how/
  23. NM.news: We’re working to save the Roswell Daily Record, an American journalism institution. Here’s how.. “The newspaper that told the world about a ‘flying saucer’ crash near Roswell in 1947 nearly became history itself this week — but just two days after announcing it would shut down, it has found a new owner and will keep publishing. The Roswell Daily Record’s ownership announced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/nm-news-were-working-to-save-the-roswell-daily-record-an-american-journalism-institution-heres-how/
  24. NM.news: We’re working to save the Roswell Daily Record, an American journalism institution. Here’s how.. “The newspaper that told the world about a ‘flying saucer’ crash near Roswell in 1947 nearly became history itself this week — but just two days after announcing it would shut down, it has found a new owner and will keep publishing. The Roswell Daily Record’s ownership announced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/nm-news-were-working-to-save-the-roswell-daily-record-an-american-journalism-institution-heres-how/
  25. NM.news: We’re working to save the Roswell Daily Record, an American journalism institution. Here’s how.. “The newspaper that told the world about a ‘flying saucer’ crash near Roswell in 1947 nearly became history itself this week — but just two days after announcing it would shut down, it has found a new owner and will keep publishing. The Roswell Daily Record’s ownership announced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/17/nm-news-were-working-to-save-the-roswell-daily-record-an-american-journalism-institution-heres-how/
  26. DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/danq-today-i-rescued-7234-old-gifs/
  27. DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/danq-today-i-rescued-7234-old-gifs/
  28. DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/danq-today-i-rescued-7234-old-gifs/
  29. DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/danq-today-i-rescued-7234-old-gifs/
  30. DanQ: Today I Rescued 7,234 Old GIFs. “This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was turning out to be… challenging.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/14/danq-today-i-rescued-7234-old-gifs/
  31. Mint: How a few restorers are preserving and cementing Bollywood’s cinematic legacy. “Alam Ara is gone, so is Balidaan. With old film reels rapidly deteriorating and streaming platforms prioritizing the new over the old, India’s cinematic legacy has been left hanging in the balance. A few entities, however, are working hard to preserve the country’s rich film heritage.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/mint-how-a-few-restorers-are-preserving-and-cementing-bollywoods-cinematic-legacy/
  32. Mint: How a few restorers are preserving and cementing Bollywood’s cinematic legacy. “Alam Ara is gone, so is Balidaan. With old film reels rapidly deteriorating and streaming platforms prioritizing the new over the old, India’s cinematic legacy has been left hanging in the balance. A few entities, however, are working hard to preserve the country’s rich film heritage.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/mint-how-a-few-restorers-are-preserving-and-cementing-bollywoods-cinematic-legacy/
  33. Mint: How a few restorers are preserving and cementing Bollywood’s cinematic legacy. “Alam Ara is gone, so is Balidaan. With old film reels rapidly deteriorating and streaming platforms prioritizing the new over the old, India’s cinematic legacy has been left hanging in the balance. A few entities, however, are working hard to preserve the country’s rich film heritage.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/mint-how-a-few-restorers-are-preserving-and-cementing-bollywoods-cinematic-legacy/
  34. Mint: How a few restorers are preserving and cementing Bollywood’s cinematic legacy. “Alam Ara is gone, so is Balidaan. With old film reels rapidly deteriorating and streaming platforms prioritizing the new over the old, India’s cinematic legacy has been left hanging in the balance. A few entities, however, are working hard to preserve the country’s rich film heritage.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/mint-how-a-few-restorers-are-preserving-and-cementing-bollywoods-cinematic-legacy/
  35. Mint: How a few restorers are preserving and cementing Bollywood’s cinematic legacy. “Alam Ara is gone, so is Balidaan. With old film reels rapidly deteriorating and streaming platforms prioritizing the new over the old, India’s cinematic legacy has been left hanging in the balance. A few entities, however, are working hard to preserve the country’s rich film heritage.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/mint-how-a-few-restorers-are-preserving-and-cementing-bollywoods-cinematic-legacy/
  36. The Conversation: From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention. “I am an infectious disease epidemiologist who studies how respiratory pathogens affect communities around the world and how data is used to monitors these impacts. Every day, health departments, practitioners and researchers have […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/the-conversation-from-maternal-health-to-influenza-rates-gaps-in-cdcs-public-health-data-are-creating-dangerous-blind-spots-for-disease-tracking-and-prevention/
  37. The Conversation: From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention. “I am an infectious disease epidemiologist who studies how respiratory pathogens affect communities around the world and how data is used to monitors these impacts. Every day, health departments, practitioners and researchers have […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/the-conversation-from-maternal-health-to-influenza-rates-gaps-in-cdcs-public-health-data-are-creating-dangerous-blind-spots-for-disease-tracking-and-prevention/
  38. The Conversation: From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention. “I am an infectious disease epidemiologist who studies how respiratory pathogens affect communities around the world and how data is used to monitors these impacts. Every day, health departments, practitioners and researchers have […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/the-conversation-from-maternal-health-to-influenza-rates-gaps-in-cdcs-public-health-data-are-creating-dangerous-blind-spots-for-disease-tracking-and-prevention/
  39. The Conversation: From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention. “I am an infectious disease epidemiologist who studies how respiratory pathogens affect communities around the world and how data is used to monitors these impacts. Every day, health departments, practitioners and researchers have […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/the-conversation-from-maternal-health-to-influenza-rates-gaps-in-cdcs-public-health-data-are-creating-dangerous-blind-spots-for-disease-tracking-and-prevention/
  40. The Conversation: From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention. “I am an infectious disease epidemiologist who studies how respiratory pathogens affect communities around the world and how data is used to monitors these impacts. Every day, health departments, practitioners and researchers have […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/the-conversation-from-maternal-health-to-influenza-rates-gaps-in-cdcs-public-health-data-are-creating-dangerous-blind-spots-for-disease-tracking-and-prevention/
  41. Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/
  42. Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/
  43. Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/
  44. Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/
  45. Hackaday: It’s Now Imperative That You Copy That Floppy. “Copy That Floppy! only briefly touches on the most ideal situation — that is, buying a USB floppy drive and making copies of the bog standard 3.5 inch disks you might come across. It then moves right on into more advanced topics, such as interfacing with less common drive types, how to safely clean floppies, and the use of advanced […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/hackaday-its-now-imperative-that-you-copy-that-floppy/
  46. Block Club Chicago: Chicago National Archives Closure Will Be Loss For Historians, Researchers, Even Deep-Sea Divers. “The National Archives and Records Administration plans to close its Chicago facility, a sprawling building on the Southwest Side that houses transcripts from the Trial of the Chicago 7, maritime records for the Great Lakes region and documents on tribal nations.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/block-club-chicago-chicago-national-archives-closure-will-be-loss-for-historians-researchers-even-deep-sea-divers/
  47. Block Club Chicago: Chicago National Archives Closure Will Be Loss For Historians, Researchers, Even Deep-Sea Divers. “The National Archives and Records Administration plans to close its Chicago facility, a sprawling building on the Southwest Side that houses transcripts from the Trial of the Chicago 7, maritime records for the Great Lakes region and documents on tribal nations.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/block-club-chicago-chicago-national-archives-closure-will-be-loss-for-historians-researchers-even-deep-sea-divers/
  48. Block Club Chicago: Chicago National Archives Closure Will Be Loss For Historians, Researchers, Even Deep-Sea Divers. “The National Archives and Records Administration plans to close its Chicago facility, a sprawling building on the Southwest Side that houses transcripts from the Trial of the Chicago 7, maritime records for the Great Lakes region and documents on tribal nations.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/block-club-chicago-chicago-national-archives-closure-will-be-loss-for-historians-researchers-even-deep-sea-divers/
  49. Block Club Chicago: Chicago National Archives Closure Will Be Loss For Historians, Researchers, Even Deep-Sea Divers. “The National Archives and Records Administration plans to close its Chicago facility, a sprawling building on the Southwest Side that houses transcripts from the Trial of the Chicago 7, maritime records for the Great Lakes region and documents on tribal nations.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/block-club-chicago-chicago-national-archives-closure-will-be-loss-for-historians-researchers-even-deep-sea-divers/
  50. Block Club Chicago: Chicago National Archives Closure Will Be Loss For Historians, Researchers, Even Deep-Sea Divers. “The National Archives and Records Administration plans to close its Chicago facility, a sprawling building on the Southwest Side that houses transcripts from the Trial of the Chicago 7, maritime records for the Great Lakes region and documents on tribal nations.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/09/block-club-chicago-chicago-national-archives-closure-will-be-loss-for-historians-researchers-even-deep-sea-divers/