LucifarGundam @lucifargundam@qoto.org

The Internet Archive losing its appeal means one thing: pirate stuff. Pirate brazenly. There’s no point trying to do it the nice way - you’ll get shut down anyway. Copy, share, and archive to your heart’s content. It’s the only way we’re keeping digital media and our cultural memory intact.

I think Internet Archive and other libraries should be allowed to also lend digital copies.

(I also think AI companies should be required to get licenses for every text they scrape)

But the law and its interpretation isn't always what we'd like, and that's a risk IA should've taken into account. And I think it was reckless of them to endanger their primary goal of digital preservation by doing the righteous-but-risky ebook lending.

EFF’s @cooperq and Will Greenberg built Ray Hunter, a tool designed to detect unusual cellular activity like that which comes from cell site simulators deployed by law enforcement. @WIRED took Ray Hunter for a walk around the Democratic National Convention.
https://www.wired.com/story/dnc-hidden-signal-hunt/

A blue whales anus can stretch to 3.5 feet which makes it the second biggest ass hole on earth after that guy we all know.