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  1. NiemanLab: More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism. “Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local news sites across the United States are now limiting the Internet Archive’s ability to access and preserve their stories. Many sites in our sample are owned by five of the seven largest local news publishers in the country: USA Today […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/niemanlab-more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/
  2. NiemanLab: More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism. “Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local news sites across the United States are now limiting the Internet Archive’s ability to access and preserve their stories. Many sites in our sample are owned by five of the seven largest local news publishers in the country: USA Today […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/niemanlab-more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/
  3. NiemanLab: More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism. “Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local news sites across the United States are now limiting the Internet Archive’s ability to access and preserve their stories. Many sites in our sample are owned by five of the seven largest local news publishers in the country: USA Today […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/niemanlab-more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/
  4. NiemanLab: More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism. “Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local news sites across the United States are now limiting the Internet Archive’s ability to access and preserve their stories. Many sites in our sample are owned by five of the seven largest local news publishers in the country: USA Today […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/niemanlab-more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/
  5. NiemanLab: More than 340 local news outlets are limiting the Internet Archive’s access to their journalism. “Our new analysis shows that more than 340 local news sites across the United States are now limiting the Internet Archive’s ability to access and preserve their stories. Many sites in our sample are owned by five of the seven largest local news publishers in the country: USA Today […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/niemanlab-more-than-340-local-news-outlets-are-limiting-the-internet-archives-access-to-their-journalism/
  6. Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/
  7. Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/
  8. Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/
  9. Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/
  10. Spotted on Reddit and hosted at the Internet Archive: 1990-1994 Mail Order 5.25″ shareware disk collection. “This is my family’s collection of shareware we ordered and had on our PC circa 1990-1994. Please enjoy it as a period collection or install all of it on a hard drive on a 386 or 486 computer with DOS 5.0/Win3.1 for the ultimate ‘you are literally experiencing my old computer’ […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/16/1990s-shareware-collection/
  11. 🔎How about some literature ? Here are some wonderful texts, articles and research on Lost Media (because it’s fun 🙂) :
    Hanáková’s thesis surrounding the lost star wipe effect : Lost Media: Collecting and Archiving of Artefacts from the Digital Era

    dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handl

    #lostmedia #lostwave #research #webarchives #internet #internetarchives

  12. 🔎How about some literature ? Here are some wonderful texts, articles and research on Lost Media (because it’s fun 🙂) :
    Hanáková’s thesis surrounding the lost star wipe effect : Lost Media: Collecting and Archiving of Artefacts from the Digital Era

    dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handl

    #lostmedia #lostwave #research #webarchives #internet #internetarchives

  13. 🔎How about some literature ? Here are some wonderful texts, articles and research on Lost Media (because it’s fun 🙂) :
    Hanáková’s thesis surrounding the lost star wipe effect : Lost Media: Collecting and Archiving of Artefacts from the Digital Era

    dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handl

    #lostmedia #lostwave #research #webarchives #internet #internetarchives

  14. 🔎How about some literature ? Here are some wonderful texts, articles and research on Lost Media (because it’s fun 🙂) :
    Hanáková’s thesis surrounding the lost star wipe effect : Lost Media: Collecting and Archiving of Artefacts from the Digital Era

    dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handl

    #lostmedia #lostwave #research #webarchives #internet #internetarchives

  15. 🔎How about some literature ? Here are some wonderful texts, articles and research on Lost Media (because it’s fun 🙂) :
    Hanáková’s thesis surrounding the lost star wipe effect : Lost Media: Collecting and Archiving of Artefacts from the Digital Era

    dspace.cuni.cz/bitstream/handl

    #lostmedia #lostwave #research #webarchives #internet #internetarchives

  16. Tom’s Hardware: Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of thousands of videos stored in McDonald’s boxes being given away for free — Internet Archive looks set to claim the tapes of U.S. news output spanning 2004-09. “If you would like to rehome thousands of old VHS videotapes, there’s an incredible hoard of these nostalgic artifacts from the days of analog TV, stored carefully in McDonald’s boxes, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/18/toms-hardware-gigantic-vhs-videotape-hoard-of-thousands-of-videos-stored-in-mcdonalds-boxes-being-given-away-for-free-internet-archive-looks-set-to-claim-the-tapes-of-u-s-news-output-s/

  17. Tom’s Hardware: Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of thousands of videos stored in McDonald’s boxes being given away for free — Internet Archive looks set to claim the tapes of U.S. news output spanning 2004-09. “If you would like to rehome thousands of old VHS videotapes, there’s an incredible hoard of these nostalgic artifacts from the days of analog TV, stored carefully in McDonald’s boxes, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/18/toms-hardware-gigantic-vhs-videotape-hoard-of-thousands-of-videos-stored-in-mcdonalds-boxes-being-given-away-for-free-internet-archive-looks-set-to-claim-the-tapes-of-u-s-news-output-s/

  18. Tom’s Hardware: Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of thousands of videos stored in McDonald’s boxes being given away for free — Internet Archive looks set to claim the tapes of U.S. news output spanning 2004-09. “If you would like to rehome thousands of old VHS videotapes, there’s an incredible hoard of these nostalgic artifacts from the days of analog TV, stored carefully in McDonald’s boxes, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/18/toms-hardware-gigantic-vhs-videotape-hoard-of-thousands-of-videos-stored-in-mcdonalds-boxes-being-given-away-for-free-internet-archive-looks-set-to-claim-the-tapes-of-u-s-news-output-s/

  19. Tom’s Hardware: Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of thousands of videos stored in McDonald’s boxes being given away for free — Internet Archive looks set to claim the tapes of U.S. news output spanning 2004-09. “If you would like to rehome thousands of old VHS videotapes, there’s an incredible hoard of these nostalgic artifacts from the days of analog TV, stored carefully in McDonald’s boxes, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/18/toms-hardware-gigantic-vhs-videotape-hoard-of-thousands-of-videos-stored-in-mcdonalds-boxes-being-given-away-for-free-internet-archive-looks-set-to-claim-the-tapes-of-u-s-news-output-s/

  20. Tom’s Hardware: Gigantic VHS videotape hoard of thousands of videos stored in McDonald’s boxes being given away for free — Internet Archive looks set to claim the tapes of U.S. news output spanning 2004-09. “If you would like to rehome thousands of old VHS videotapes, there’s an incredible hoard of these nostalgic artifacts from the days of analog TV, stored carefully in McDonald’s boxes, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/18/toms-hardware-gigantic-vhs-videotape-hoard-of-thousands-of-videos-stored-in-mcdonalds-boxes-being-given-away-for-free-internet-archive-looks-set-to-claim-the-tapes-of-u-s-news-output-s/

  21. Code4Lib Journal: Extracting A Large Corpus from the Internet Archive, A Case Study. “This article outlines how The University of Kentucky Libraries downloaded over 86 thousand previously uploaded newspaper issues from the Internet Archive for local use. The process leveraged ChatGPT to automate the process of generating Python scripts that accessed the Internet Archive via its API (Application […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/22/code4lib-journal-extracting-a-large-corpus-from-the-internet-archive-a-case-study/

  22. Code4Lib Journal: Extracting A Large Corpus from the Internet Archive, A Case Study. “This article outlines how The University of Kentucky Libraries downloaded over 86 thousand previously uploaded newspaper issues from the Internet Archive for local use. The process leveraged ChatGPT to automate the process of generating Python scripts that accessed the Internet Archive via its API (Application […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/22/code4lib-journal-extracting-a-large-corpus-from-the-internet-archive-a-case-study/

  23. Code4Lib Journal: Extracting A Large Corpus from the Internet Archive, A Case Study. “This article outlines how The University of Kentucky Libraries downloaded over 86 thousand previously uploaded newspaper issues from the Internet Archive for local use. The process leveraged ChatGPT to automate the process of generating Python scripts that accessed the Internet Archive via its API (Application […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/22/code4lib-journal-extracting-a-large-corpus-from-the-internet-archive-a-case-study/

  24. Internet Archive Blogs: Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived: Share Your Wayback Story. “Since 1996, the Wayback Machine has been capturing the web—saving the voices, creativity, and communities that make up our shared digital history. Nearly one trillion pages later, we’re still archiving, so that future generations can look back and understand the world as we lived it online. Now we […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/27/celebrating-1-trillion-webpages-archived-share-your-wayback-story-internet-archive/

  25. Internet Archive Blogs: Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived: Share Your Wayback Story. “Since 1996, the Wayback Machine has been capturing the web—saving the voices, creativity, and communities that make up our shared digital history. Nearly one trillion pages later, we’re still archiving, so that future generations can look back and understand the world as we lived it online. Now we […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/27/celebrating-1-trillion-webpages-archived-share-your-wayback-story-internet-archive/

  26. Internet Archive Blogs: Celebrating 1 Trillion Webpages Archived: Share Your Wayback Story. “Since 1996, the Wayback Machine has been capturing the web—saving the voices, creativity, and communities that make up our shared digital history. Nearly one trillion pages later, we’re still archiving, so that future generations can look back and understand the world as we lived it online. Now we […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/27/celebrating-1-trillion-webpages-archived-share-your-wayback-story-internet-archive/

  27. How-To Geek: The 8 Best Internet Archive Alternatives for Digging Up Old Stuff. “Until recently, the Internet Archive has been my go-to wayback machine for accessing websites, documents, and files that are no longer available on their original sites. But lately, I’ve discovered some other sites that let you dig up old stuff in totally new ways. These are some of the best Internet Archive […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/how-to-geek-the-8-best-internet-archive-alternatives-for-digging-up-old-stuff/

  28. How-To Geek: The 8 Best Internet Archive Alternatives for Digging Up Old Stuff. “Until recently, the Internet Archive has been my go-to wayback machine for accessing websites, documents, and files that are no longer available on their original sites. But lately, I’ve discovered some other sites that let you dig up old stuff in totally new ways. These are some of the best Internet Archive […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/how-to-geek-the-8-best-internet-archive-alternatives-for-digging-up-old-stuff/

  29. How-To Geek: The 8 Best Internet Archive Alternatives for Digging Up Old Stuff. “Until recently, the Internet Archive has been my go-to wayback machine for accessing websites, documents, and files that are no longer available on their original sites. But lately, I’ve discovered some other sites that let you dig up old stuff in totally new ways. These are some of the best Internet Archive […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/how-to-geek-the-8-best-internet-archive-alternatives-for-digging-up-old-stuff/

  30. How-To Geek: The 8 Best Internet Archive Alternatives for Digging Up Old Stuff. “Until recently, the Internet Archive has been my go-to wayback machine for accessing websites, documents, and files that are no longer available on their original sites. But lately, I’ve discovered some other sites that let you dig up old stuff in totally new ways. These are some of the best Internet Archive […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/how-to-geek-the-8-best-internet-archive-alternatives-for-digging-up-old-stuff/

  31. How-To Geek: The 8 Best Internet Archive Alternatives for Digging Up Old Stuff. “Until recently, the Internet Archive has been my go-to wayback machine for accessing websites, documents, and files that are no longer available on their original sites. But lately, I’ve discovered some other sites that let you dig up old stuff in totally new ways. These are some of the best Internet Archive […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/how-to-geek-the-8-best-internet-archive-alternatives-for-digging-up-old-stuff/

  32. Internet Archive Blogs: Librarians Convene to Develop Strategies for Documenting Their Community’s Digital Heritage. “Made possible in part with support from the Mellon Foundation, the meetings allowed librarians from across the country to discuss shared challenges and opportunities around documenting, preserving, and sharing the unique culture and digital heritage of their communities.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/internet-archive-blogs-librarians-convene-to-develop-strategies-for-documenting-their-communitys-digital-heritage/

  33. Internet Archive Blogs: Librarians Convene to Develop Strategies for Documenting Their Community’s Digital Heritage. “Made possible in part with support from the Mellon Foundation, the meetings allowed librarians from across the country to discuss shared challenges and opportunities around documenting, preserving, and sharing the unique culture and digital heritage of their communities.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/internet-archive-blogs-librarians-convene-to-develop-strategies-for-documenting-their-communitys-digital-heritage/

  34. Internet Archive Blog: Wayback Machine to Hit ‘Once-in-a-Generation Milestone’ this October: One Trillion Web Pages Archived. “This October, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived. That’s one trillion memories, moments, and movements—preserved for the public, forever.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/wayback-machine-to-hit-once-in-a-generation-milestone-this-october-one-trillion-web-pages-archived-internet-archive/

  35. Internet Archive Blog: Wayback Machine to Hit ‘Once-in-a-Generation Milestone’ this October: One Trillion Web Pages Archived. “This October, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is projected to hit a once-in-a-generation milestone: 1 trillion web pages archived. That’s one trillion memories, moments, and movements—preserved for the public, forever.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/02/wayback-machine-to-hit-once-in-a-generation-milestone-this-october-one-trillion-web-pages-archived-internet-archive/

  36. Internet Archive Blogs: Access the Internet Archive collections with RapidILL. “Here’s a resource sharing tip for our community of librarians: RapidILL members have an option to include the Internet Archive as a potential supplier for their borrowing requests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/internet-archive-blogs-access-the-internet-archive-collections-with-rapidill/

  37. Internet Archive Blogs: Access the Internet Archive collections with RapidILL. “Here’s a resource sharing tip for our community of librarians: RapidILL members have an option to include the Internet Archive as a potential supplier for their borrowing requests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/internet-archive-blogs-access-the-internet-archive-collections-with-rapidill/

  38. Internet Archive Blogs: New Digital Collection Preserves Key Books on Drug Use and Policy. “For many years, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) maintained a large library of books on drug use and policy at its New York City headquarters. As researchers shifted to working online, DPA’s Jules Netherland said she noticed fewer people coming into the office to use the collection…. DPA donated its […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/25/internet-archive-blogs-new-digital-collection-preserves-key-books-on-drug-use-and-policy/