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Jason Scott
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Proprietor of TEXTFILES.COM, historian, filmmaker, archivist, storyteller. Works on/for the Internet Archive. Rank Amateur. Pitiful Man.
The 1980s
textfiles.com
Joined March 2007
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    Jason Scott
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    Oct 28, 2022
    Blog: ascii.textfiles.com Mastodon: [email protected] IRC: sketchcow/hackint Mail: [email protected] Twitch: textfiles Youtube: textfilesdotcom Tiktok: textfiles Home: archive.org Heart: textfiles.com Podcast: textfiles.libsyn.com
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    Jason Scott
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    Oct 21, 2024
    GUESS WHO'S BACK BACK AGAIN ARCHIVE'S BACK TELL A FRIEND archive.org
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    Jason Scott
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    Oct 24, 2024
    Guess what's back. Yes, archive.org and openlibrary.org are back, as well as web.archive.org (Wayback Machine) and all those amazing items. Some of the features are not up yet, but rest assured we're working on it and our tired devs will prevail.
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    Jason Scott
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    Jul 26, 2022
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    Jason Scott
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    Aug 22, 2021
    The moment of stunned silence after someone suggested the ad copy. The two days of trying to come up with alternatives and failing.
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    Jason Scott
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    May 18, 2024
    Did you feel it? Google just declared war on the web. Exciting times.
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    Jason Scott
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    Nov 8, 2021
    Oh No
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    Jason Scott
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    Feb 5, 2022
    I mentioned the whole way that the Jimmy Fallon/Paris Hilton strangely-stilted conversation regarding NFTs was likely part of a larger promotion plan and part of being a celebrity is being told to say weird stuff due to contracts. Someone did the digging
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    Mapping the celebrity NFT complex
    From maxread.substack.com
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    Jason Scott
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    Feb 11, 2022
    If ever a metaphor for the Tech industry existed in real life
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    Jason Scott
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    Dec 24, 2021
    WINNIE THE POOH PUBLIC DOMAIN JANUARY FIRST
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    Jason Scott
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    Aug 8, 2017
    Spread the word: The Internet Archive has put up *25,000* 78rpm records, digitized professionally. archive.org/details/george…
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    Jason Scott
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    Feb 7, 2018
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    Jason Scott
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    Oct 25, 2024
    Look at that data, heading out to a happy crowd. Thanks for waiting.
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    Jason Scott
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    Jan 2, 2019
    I don't speak Portuguese, so spread as you see fit: If you have Brazilian culture, content or data, please upload it directly to the Internet Archive, or mail hard drives out to us to store your material. An incredible amount of material is going to be lost. We will host it.

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