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Treat anything on Discord as media that will be lost
Do not use Discord to host your files. Do not rely on Discord to preserve your text. DO NOT RELY ON DISCORD FOR ANY KIND OF PRESERVATION OR HOSTING!!
It CAN be lost, it WILL be lost! You must consider Discord as a part of the Core Internet, controlled by one company that hosts the servers.
I thought it was impressive at first that it replaced IRC, but now I am horrified. If the company behind Discord went under today, how many friends would you lose?
How many relationships? How much writing?
You may think this won't happen, but I remember when AIM went down and along with it, entire novels worth of interaction with my oldest friend.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU. IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. NO COMPANY IS INFALLIBLE.
Back up your files! Download anything you've saved to Discord NOW, before the API changes go into effect! And DO NOT RELY ON THEM FOR HOLDING IMPORTANT FILES!
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Hello, if you also love the minecraft Axolotl and would like to help preserve their real life equivalents, then you can go to here to adopt your own! You can learn more about the campaign on their website or here in an NPR interview. I've adopted one of my own named Cecil!
#minecraft axolotl#minecraft mob#conservation#ecologly#axolotl#preservation#adoptaxolotl#saw this campaign and wanted to let people know about it#sif speaks#mine is named Cecil after my bird!
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April 2024 Membership Drive: Keeping Fanworks Safe
OTW's April Membership drive has begun! Find out what we do to keep fanworks safe by reading more at: https://otw.news/dps
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"May the Mother Goddess thrice close her eyes for you…
keeping your blood eternally pulsing…
May your journey be forever peaceful and your schemes forever concealed.
Our paths will cross again beneath Kakava’s shimmering auroras.
Farewell, Kakavasha.”
#honkai star rail#honkai fanart#honkai aventurine#hsr aventurine#aventurine honkai star rail#kakavasha#aventurine fanart#racconto#story#imaginary#imaginary tree#preservation#art#aventurine art
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Nadine and the Memory of Summer
#street art#sidewalk chalk#chalk art#mouse#3d street art#flower#spring#preservation#patience#anti-snow globe
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the two archives genders
#original content#archives#preservation#archiving#archivist#boxes#boxes with only two folders#boxes stuffed to the edge of exploding#the two genders
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V. E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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A Photo Preservationist Saved a Trove of 4,000 Glass Plate Negatives That Nearly Went Into the Trash
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What Your Preferred Vin Ships Say About You
Read on for some definitely accurate analysis.
[Spoilers for end of Mistborn Era 1!]
I've done these "what your preferred ships" say lists before, if you'd like to check out the old ones: [Kaladin ships, Navani ships, Jasnah ships, femslash ships; also Moash ships by @cosmereplay]
1. Vin x Kelsier
In canon, they act like father & daughter. Sanderson has publicly disapproved of this ship. But you looked straight into the eyes of sense and god and whispered, "Your daughter calls me daddy too" and then giggled. Maniacally.
2. Vin x Shan Elariel
There you were, reading a book that couldn't possibly pass the Bechdel Test when suddenly, there was one shining moment. A moment with two ladies with a lot of similarities (both Mistborn, both want to kill each other) and shared interests (Elend, wanting to kill each other) who spend time together (trying to kill each other), and you said, "Yes. This is the one."
And you were right.
3. Vin x Zane
*Squints* Zane? Is that you?
4. Vin x Spook
You love Spook. You're sad that his and Vin's relationship wasn't explored more, especially after Spook had his glow-up. And if your fic doesn't involve Vin tenderly wrapping a pink handkerchief around Spook's eyes, then what are you doing?
5. Vin x Shallan
You wouldn't call yourself "brilliant" or "objectively correct," but if other people wanted to call you that, well, you wouldn't object.
6. Vin x Ruin
I mean, he did pierce her with his metal, if you know what I mean.
7. Vin x Preservation
I mean, she did fill his vessel, if you know what I mean.
8. Vin x TenSoon
You aren't necessarily a furry, but you understand their beliefs.
9. Vin x Allrianne
You've definitely thought about an Allrianne-Vin makeover scene.
10. Vin x Elend
After Hero of Ages, you need 3 things.
A good cry.
A hug.
And for Sanderson to pay your therapy bills.
#cosmere#cosmerelists#Vin#Kelsier#Shan Elariel#TenSoon#Allrianne#Elend#Preservation#Ruin#Zane#Spook#Shallan
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World's Oldest Leather Shoe, from Armenia, c.3500 BCE: this prehistoric shoe dates back to about 5,500 years ago, making it the oldest leather shoe in the world
The shoe was found within a cave in the Vayots Dzor province of Armenia, where it had been preserved beneath a layer of sheep dung for more than five millennia.
From the BBC:
At 5,500 years old, the well preserved cow-hide shoe pre-dates Stonehenge by 400 years and the Pyramids of Giza by 1,000 years.
It was made of a single piece of leather and was shaped to fit the wearer's foot, researchers say.
The shoe contained grass, although the archaeologists are uncertain as to whether this was to keep the foot warm or to maintain the shape of the footwear.
Archaeologists put the shoe's remarkable preservation down to the stable, cool and dry conditions in the cave, and the fact that the floor of the cave was covered by a thick layer of sheep dung. This layer of excrement acted as a solid seal, preserving it over the millennia.
According to researchers, the shoe was deliberately buried in a clay-lined pit located within the cave system, though it's unclear why it was originally buried there. The evidence suggests that the shoe was more than just a ritual object -- an imprint of the wearer's big toe is still visible in the leather, and there is a significant amount of wear along the heel and ball of the foot.
This is the oldest leather shoe that has ever been discovered, but older shoes made of plant fiber have been found at sites in Missouri and Oregon. The oldest shoes ever discovered come from Oregon's Fort Rock Cave, where archaeologists unearthed dozens of sandals dating back to about 10,000 years ago.
Sandals from Fort Rock Cave, Oregon
Sources & More Info:
National Geographic: World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found--Stunningly Preserved
BBC: 'Oldest Leather Shoe' Discovered
The Bulletin: Viral Story about World's Oldest Shoes Failed to Mention Ancient Fort Rock Footwear
Oregon Encyclopedia: Fort Rock Sandals
#archaeology#history#artifact#anthropology#prehistoric#fashion#leather shoe#armenia#prehistoric clothing#preservation#crafting#leather work#ancient history#fort rock cave#oregon#prehistoric footwear#sandals#native american history#world's oldest shoes
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On the surface was his friend, the calm Terrisman. But he extended. He was the stone, city, the planet, and beyond. And there was a darkness in him.
#cosmere#cosmereart#cosmerefanart#mistborn#mistborn fanart#mistborn the lost metal spoilers#mistborn 4#sazed#harmony#ruin#preservation#brandon sanderson
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Open Doors celebrates the completion of 101 archive imports since 2012!
OTW's Open Doors project celebrates the completion of 101 archive imports since 2012! Visit the link to see which archives have recently been preserved at AO3 and maybe find some new favorite fanworks! Read more at https://otw.news/4sa
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When is a library not a library? When it’s online, apparently
"If you buy a physical book, you are allowed to sell or lend it because of a legal principle known as the “first sale doctrine,” which gives the owner of a (physical) object the right to dispose of that object in whatever way they wish, regardless of copyright. The Archive argued that the same principle should protect the sale or lending of a legally purchased digital copy, pointing out that all the copies of books it lent out had previously been acquired lawfully by libraries.'...
The Internet Archive’s lawyers also pointed to a Supreme Court decision, from the nineteen eighties, ruling that using a Sony Betamax video-cassette recorder to make a copy of a TV show was fair use. The Archive argued that its digital copies of print books similarly “improved the efficiency of delivering content to one entitled to receive the content” in a way that didn’t “unreasonably encroach on the commercial entitlements of the rights holder.” "
#fair use#first sale doctrine#your VCRs#your DVR#You're right to record a TV show to watch later#controlled digital lending#digital libraries#libraries#archiving#preservation#digital preservation#the internet archive#internet archive#copyright abuse
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