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posted by martyb on Friday November 30 2018, @01:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the fix-the-fricken-web dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

After donating to SoylentNews, my next favorite online charity is archive.org — I use the Wayback Machine to fix old broken links, check books out of their huge online library and listen to the live music archive.

Since I've donated before, I got the once-a-year reminder from them today and this time they have an unnamed donor that is matching donations (don't know for how long). So I sent them twenty-five bucks for a job well done.

Brewster Kahle's pitch is here, https://archive.org/donate/

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We need a Web that’s reliable. That sets the record straight. We need a Web that’s on our side. A Web that’s not creepy, that doesn’t spy on us. So let’s fix the frickin’ Web!

When I started this nonprofit 22 years ago, people called me crazy. Collect web pages? Why? Who would want to read a book on a screen?

Did you know, this past year we’ve:

        We’ve fixed 1.5 million broken links in Wikipedia using the Wayback Machine?
        Journalists have cited the Internet Archive 1200+ times to set the record straight?
        Readers have borrowed 4 million books and downloaded 900 million texts with complete reader privacy?

Nearly all of the archive.org pages I visit show 0 trackers with EFF Privacy Badger. Oddly the donation page shows a half dozen, perhaps tied to the various payment options (like credit card logos)? I blocked them all and the page still displayed OK.


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    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @02:22AM (#768114)

    Ahson was his name. Known in his community for his rampant littering, his reputation was nonetheless excellent. Why would someone who was actually famous for littering have such a stellar reputation? There were many reasons for that.

    A group of children was happily playing ball in a park on a sunny day. These children were living, breathing, and happy. And then Ahson arrived.

    A group of women was chatting happily in an ordinary backyard. These women were living, breathing, and carefree. And then Ahson arrived.

    A woman who had recently given birth to her baby was breastfeeding it on a public bench. This woman and her baby were living, breathing, and had bright futures ahead of them. And then Ahson arrived.

    This great man, Ahson, generated garbage wherever he went. Instead of throwing it away, he left that wretched garbage to rot in place. But despite this, Ahson's reputation was excellent; it was because that garbage - that rotting, rancid garbage that he always left behind - fully understood men's rights.

    Yes, those women, children, and babies all fully understood men's rights...

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