#preservation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #preservation, aggregated by home.social.
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🎓🔍 Ah, the noble quest to resuscitate #Tocharian, a #language so crucial its absence has gone unnoticed for centuries. Join the excitement of linguistic CPR with #academic superheroes Krause and Slocum as they attempt to revive a #language duo that most people can't even pronounce, let alone differentiate. Spoiler: Tocharian A and B are still dead, but hey, at least you can say you tried. 🦖📚
https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/tokol/0 #linguistics #revival #heroes #preservation #HackerNews #ngated -
🎓🔍 Ah, the noble quest to resuscitate #Tocharian, a #language so crucial its absence has gone unnoticed for centuries. Join the excitement of linguistic CPR with #academic superheroes Krause and Slocum as they attempt to revive a #language duo that most people can't even pronounce, let alone differentiate. Spoiler: Tocharian A and B are still dead, but hey, at least you can say you tried. 🦖📚
https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol/tokol/0 #linguistics #revival #heroes #preservation #HackerNews #ngated -
Our Authenticity Doesn’t Have to Be Lost: What Does Alois Riegl Teach Us About Preservation
Am I a fool, lost in my own home, the keys I used to open the doors, the shoes I take off when entering, the coat I take off and slump on my coach, cultural hegemony makes me question everything I’ve bought, listened to, liked, wondering how long my mind has been invaded, I feel naked. Through my ears, eyes, mouth, nose and touch, my sense became numbed, obscured to what feels real. now compromised leaves me more lost. It made me realise how vulnerable my consciousness is, exposed by my […] -
Our Authenticity Doesn’t Have to Be Lost: What Does Alois Riegl Teach Us About Preservation
Am I a fool, lost in my own home, the keys I used to open the doors, the shoes I take off when entering, the coat I take off and slump on my coach, cultural hegemony makes me question everything I’ve bought, listened to, liked, wondering how long my mind has been invaded, I feel naked. Through my ears, eyes, mouth, nose and touch, my sense became numbed, obscured to what feels real. now compromised leaves me more lost. It made me realise how vulnerable my consciousness is, exposed by my […] -
Garden Oaks Theater needs to raise $5 million to avoid demolition. It’s an uphill battle for advocates – Houston Public Media https://www.allforgardening.com/1925430/garden-oaks-theater-needs-to-raise-5-million-to-avoid-demolition-its-an-uphill-battle-for-advocates-houston-public-media/ #ArtHouseHouston #Arts&Culture #ArtsHistory #garden #GardenOaksTheater #gardener #gardening #history #HoustonHeights #local #news #preservation #RiverOaksTheatre
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Garden Oaks Theater needs to raise $5 million to avoid demolition. It’s an uphill battle for advocates – Houston Public Media https://www.allforgardening.com/1925430/garden-oaks-theater-needs-to-raise-5-million-to-avoid-demolition-its-an-uphill-battle-for-advocates-houston-public-media/ #ArtHouseHouston #Arts&Culture #ArtsHistory #garden #GardenOaksTheater #gardener #gardening #history #HoustonHeights #local #news #preservation #RiverOaksTheatre
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The Amiga "module" music format was hugely popular in the 1990s, with tens of thousands of songs written in "tracker" tools, often used in games and demoscene productions. Mostly on the Amiga, of course, but PC games like Jazz Jackrabbit and the original Deus Ex used music based on the same technology.
The very first "tracker" composing tool was The Ultimate Soundtracker by Karsten Obarski in 1987, a commercial release with one disk containing the program and some example songs, and a second disk containing a selection of instrument samples composers could use.
In the very early days of tracker modules, those were the only samples available, and they were heavily used by just about everyone. Even once people started making their own samples, they were still heavily used, and to a certain extent became the unofficial Amiga soundfont.
Today I learned that despite its significance, this first sample disk is lost media. All the samples survive in thousands of modules, but every sample has a bunch of variants from accidental disk corruption or intentional modification, and it's not always clear exactly which one is the original. Even among things *claiming* to be images of the original sample disk, different images have different sets of samples, or different versions of the same samples. We don't even know if Obarski kept the same sample disk for each release of his software, or if he updated it over time - and if he did, which versions shipped with which samples.
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The Amiga "module" music format was hugely popular in the 1990s, with tens of thousands of songs written in "tracker" tools, often used in games and demoscene productions. Mostly on the Amiga, of course, but PC games like Jazz Jackrabbit and the original Deus Ex used music based on the same technology.
The very first "tracker" composing tool was The Ultimate Soundtracker by Karsten Obarski in 1987, a commercial release with one disk containing the program and some example songs, and a second disk containing a selection of instrument samples composers could use.
In the very early days of tracker modules, those were the only samples available, and they were heavily used by just about everyone. Even once people started making their own samples, they were still heavily used, and to a certain extent became the unofficial Amiga soundfont.
Today I learned that despite its significance, this first sample disk is lost media. All the samples survive in thousands of modules, but every sample has a bunch of variants from accidental disk corruption or intentional modification, and it's not always clear exactly which one is the original. Even among things *claiming* to be images of the original sample disk, different images have different sets of samples, or different versions of the same samples. We don't even know if Obarski kept the same sample disk for each release of his software, or if he updated it over time - and if he did, which versions shipped with which samples.
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@joewynne Preserving native bees is really a world-wide effort
#NaturalHistory #Biology #Ecology #Conservation #Restoration #Preservation -
@joewynne Preserving native bees is really a world-wide effort
#NaturalHistory #Biology #Ecology #Conservation #Restoration #Preservation -
Preservationist Spent $900 And Strung Together 90 GPUs To Save A Lost Final Fantasy 7 Spinoff - Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-7-dirge-of-cerberus-mobile-game-restored-2000722267 -
Preservationist Spent $900 And Strung Together 90 GPUs To Save A Lost Final Fantasy 7 Spinoff - Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-7-dirge-of-cerberus-mobile-game-restored-2000722267 -
Ce blogue présente des gestes écocitoyens et des technologies vertes, dans le domaine du logement, du jardinage, du transport et de l'énergie, du textile et de la mode, l'agriculture et l'alimentation, la santé et du bien-être, la finance responsable, ainsi que des références de livres
Plus: https://www.revolutionverte.fr
#écocide #nature #naturel #soutenable #durable #écologie #écologique #énergie #France #Avignon #ville #urbain #urbanisme #eau #électricité #ressources #préservation #pétrole #gazier
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Ce blogue présente des gestes écocitoyens et des technologies vertes, dans le domaine du logement, du jardinage, du transport et de l'énergie, du textile et de la mode, l'agriculture et l'alimentation, la santé et du bien-être, la finance responsable, ainsi que des références de livres
Plus: https://www.revolutionverte.fr
#écocide #nature #naturel #soutenable #durable #écologie #écologique #énergie #France #Avignon #ville #urbain #urbanisme #eau #électricité #ressources #préservation #pétrole #gazier
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A DS dev cart said to hold the self-deleting PokePark Fishing Contest DS sold for about 9,505.00 (~$9,100) on eBay. The game was download-only, made to delete itself after 12 hours or power-off, and no ROM is known to exist. https://pocg.net/news/pokepark-fishing-contest-ds-ebay-2026/ #RetroGaming #NintendoDS #LostMedia #Preservation
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://oldwills.substack.com/publish/posts/detail/209388161/share-center #familyhistory #preservation #georgiapioneers
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AI companies destroy rare and non recoverable physical books
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127284
#HackerNews #AI #destruction #rare #books #ethical #concerns #digital #preservation
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AI companies destroy rare and non recoverable physical books
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127284
#HackerNews #AI #destruction #rare #books #ethical #concerns #digital #preservation
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I just found pristine KryoFlux streams for the 5.25inch 360K Blockout diskette and thus upgraded my personal library, as well as this entry on the Internet Archive. Blockout is a true icon of 80s retro gaming!
Link: https://archive.org/details/blockout_525
#Blockout #EGA #CGA #IBMPC #Diskette #FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #Diskette #Tandy #InternetArchive #Preservation #80s #Retro #Gaming #RetroGaming #PCGaming #MSDOS #DOS #DOSGaming
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I just found pristine KryoFlux streams for the 5.25inch 360K Blockout diskette and thus upgraded my personal library, as well as this entry on the Internet Archive. Blockout is a true icon of 80s retro gaming!
Link: https://archive.org/details/blockout_525
#Blockout #EGA #CGA #IBMPC #Diskette #FloppyDisk #KryoFlux #Diskette #Tandy #InternetArchive #Preservation #80s #Retro #Gaming #RetroGaming #PCGaming #MSDOS #DOS #DOSGaming
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Community Efforts Aim to Restore Historic Westlake Theatre as Arts Hub
📰 Original title: Westlake Theatre, a grand L.A. movie palace, could come back from the dead
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/community-efforts-aim-to-restore-historic-westlake-theatre-as-arts-hub.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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Rolled out a new update for the Data Dungeon site. This also includes some major layout changes; let me know if you spot any issues and I'll try to sort them as soon as I can.
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Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea's film collection from climate damage https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/act-race-save-papua-new-guineas-precious-film-collection/106958080 #GLAM #PNG #film #aerchive #preservation
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Archivists race to save Papua New Guinea's film collection from climate damage https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-26/act-race-save-papua-new-guineas-precious-film-collection/106958080 #GLAM #PNG #film #aerchive #preservation
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#Action #France #Nature #LPO #Chasse #Animaux #Environnement #Biodiversité #Préservation #Ecologie
Consultation publique : mobilisons-nous massivement contre le classement ESOD.
Le 25/07/26 il vous reste aussi 5 jours pour vous opposer à l’arrêté triennal #ESOD qui prévoit le maintien en nuisibles à détruire : Renard, Martre, Fouine, Belette, Pie, Geai des chênes, Corneille, Corbeau, etc. etc. etc.
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#Action #France #Nature #LPO #Chasse #Animaux #Environnement #Biodiversité #Préservation #Ecologie
Consultation publique : mobilisons-nous massivement contre le classement ESOD.
Le 25/07/26 il vous reste aussi 5 jours pour vous opposer à l’arrêté triennal #ESOD qui prévoit le maintien en nuisibles à détruire : Renard, Martre, Fouine, Belette, Pie, Geai des chênes, Corneille, Corbeau, etc. etc. etc.
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Sohei Niikawa, the creator behind the Disgaea series, didn’t mince words at Anime Expo 2026. Sony’s move away from physical games has him saying: if you ditch the boxes, ditch the hardware. “A television would be enough. Why would you need the console?” His point about autographed keepsakes reminds us that a disc can become a memory a download never can. https://pocg.net/news/disgaea-creator-playstation-physical-media-hardware-2026/ #RetroGaming #PlayStation #PhysicalMedia #Preservation
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Someone sold an empty Godzilla box of SimCity for Amiga. Since there was no actual game included, it was pretty cheap. Oh, well... I couldn't resist. I also just uploaded 600dpi scans to the Internet Archive. Have fun! 😉
Link: https://archive.org/details/simcity_amiga_gozilla-box
#SimCity #Godzilla #Boxscan #Preservation #Maxis #RetroGaming #Amiga #Commodore #90s #Gaming #Retro
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Someone sold an empty Godzilla box of SimCity for Amiga. Since there was no actual game included, it was pretty cheap. Oh, well... I couldn't resist. I also just uploaded 600dpi scans to the Internet Archive. Have fun! 😉
Link: https://archive.org/details/simcity_amiga_gozilla-box
#SimCity #Godzilla #Boxscan #Preservation #Maxis #RetroGaming #Amiga #Commodore #90s #Gaming #Retro
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Supercooled pig kidneys survive 72 hours before transplant, a record
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Supercooled pig kidneys survive 72 hours before transplant, a record
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Major Swiss data-rescue and AI-training project:
"Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly available #climate and #environmental #data from #NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train #AI models—and for safekeeping amid U.S. #funding cuts…It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly 6 billion files [roughly 100 petabytes]…Going forward, the researchers are also planning to copy large quantities of datasets from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA)… All the data copied so far had been publicly available."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Switzerland #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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📰 Painted Bodhisattva Sculptures in the Fengguo Temple Dated to the Year 1020 in Yi County, Northeast China (A free, 19-page article from 2021)
Tags: #Preservation #Buddhastatue #ZenHistory #Science
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/craftsmanship-and-materials_song-jiahang-et-al