Shadow library scraped 86 million Spotify tracks for preservation: Anna's Archive distributed 256 million Spotify metadata rows and 86 million audio files totaling 300 terabytes, representing 99.6% of platform listens. https://ppc.land/shadow-library-scraped-86-million-spotify-tracks-for-preservation/ #Spotify #MusicPreservation #DigitalLibrary #DataPreservation #ShadowLibrary

let's fucking go, SEED THIS
🔁 !!

https://annas-archive.org/blog/backing-up-spotify.html

#datapreservation #pirate #annasarchive

Backing up Spotify - Anna’s Blog
https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html

#Spotify #datapreservation #DataHoard

First time I've come across Anna's Archive, and only because of this news about scraping and backing up Spotify metadata and music files.

It's an open source search engine for shadow libraries, aggregating records from Z-Library, Sci-Hub, LibGen, and others. 👀

https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html

#opensource #datapreservation #opendata

"So many queer resources are disappearing from the internet and are only partially preserved or completely lost. It is so crucial that people know we were here."

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/preserving-data-history-clair-kronk

#news #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #DataPreservation

So bleiben Forschungsdaten erhalten: Dieser Kurs am #TrainingTuesday (#Trainingsdienstag) erklärt, wie wichtig digitale Langzeitarchivierung ist und wie man sie am besten umsetzt. #DataPreservation

➡️ https://campus.dariah.eu/resources/hosted/langzeitarchivierung

So bleiben Forschungsdaten erhalten: Dieser Kurs am #TrainingTuesday (#Trainingsdienstag) erklärt, wie wichtig digitale Langzeitarchivierung ist und wie man sie am besten umsetzt. #DataPreservation

➡️ https://campus.dariah.eu/resources/hosted/langzeitarchivierung

I'm downloading all the good Youtube videos. And if this all breaks down, and we meet in a couple of years, we can share our favourite videos!

#permacomputing #datapreservation #solarpunk

When the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) launched in 2015, the goal was to make the web more permanent and resilient. Today, it’s not just a concept, it’s being used to keep important knowledge online when traditional hosting fails. During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers used IPFS to mirror and share critical datasets and preprints, ensuring global access even under heavy demand. Groups like the Internet Archive and Libre Space Foundation have explored IPFS to safeguard everything from satellite telemetry to cultural artifacts, creating copies that can’t just disappear if one server goes offline.

This is the real power of IPFS: keeping data alive, whether it’s life-saving research, space science, or the history we don’t want erased. It’s a glimpse of a web where the important things stay accessible no matter what.

#IPFS #Decentralization #DataPreservation #OpenScience #FutureWeb

Eternity Crystal: The 5D Storage Breakthrough Preserving 360TB For Billions of Years.

#5DDataStorage, #EternityCrystal, #DataPreservation, #LongTermStorage, #Nanotechnology, #FutureTech, #DigitalDarkAge, #QuartzDataStorage, #TechInnovation, #ScienceBreakthrough, #ArchivalSolution, #BigData, #SustainableTech

https://medium.com/@jckapadia003/eternity-crystal-the-5d-storage-breakthrough-preserving-360tb-for-billions-of-years-019780f3e474

In this madness of the internet data and hard storages are more relevant than ever. "its in the internet, it is forever" does not seem to be a rule any more. There are more and more of lost media. And corpos want to train their AI slop with our cloud data.

So one concrete advice is to treasure these boxes full of digitall goodness. And have multible drives on different locals to backup your stuff with YOU deciding who has access. YOUR library, YOUR rules!

#antiai #storage #datapreservation

The Forever Website – Why would you need it?
https://hertfordshirewebdesign.com/the-forever-website-why-would-you-need-it/
Protecting Your Digital Legacy: The Hidden Risks of Data Ownership and Blockchain Solutions

#DigitalLegacy #BlockchainStorage #DataPreservation #ImmutableWeb #DecentralisedStorage #PermanentWebsite #WebArchiving #DigitalPermanence #ProtectYourData #DigitalOwnership #SecureWebBackup #DataIntegrity #OnlineLegacy #WebPreservation #CryptoSecurity #DigitalAfterlife #FutureProofWeb #LongTermStorage #BlockchainSolutions

📣 Re-introduction after a server change:
PhD, experimental particle physicist, CMS experiment

based at CERN
employed by HIP - Helsinki Institute of Physics (🇫🇮)
Analysis background in Higgs physics, but long time active in #datapreservation #opendata #openscience

#backupfriday #datapreservation

#backupfriday #datapreservation

@aud Not just a reminder, I had never heard of this before! I'm now trying to set up an old laptop and spare external disk to participate. For people looking to get involved I would suggest starting at https://sciop.net/docs/using/ . 👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 💽

#science #datapreservation #archiving

University librarians are fighting to keep democracy’s data alive. As federal webpages vanish, archivists race to save endangered government info—from climate data to Black history.
#datapreservation #infopolitics #archives

https://www.infodocket.com/2025/05/02/sf-chronicle-trumps-war-on-information-meets-a-dedicated-adversary-university-librarians/

We are lucky that some people are working to save this data but the fact that they even need to do this is so sad and wasteful...

#BBCNews: Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion

#UsPol #Science #DataPreservation

there is something deeply satisfying about falling asleep to the sound of my computer fans maxed out scraping something

#datapreservation

As the American government continues to remove data, you can do something to help preserve data and culture:

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/preserving-digital-culture-internet-archive/

#DataPreservation #Censorship #USPol #USPolitics #InternetPreservation