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Archivists Let You Now Read Some of the First Ever Reviews of Mario and Zelda
Preservationists at the Video Game History Foundation purchased the rights to Computer Entertainer, the first video game magazine ever written and uploaded it for free.
archiving
Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website
Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution.
archiving
'Save Our Signs' Wants to Save the Real History of National Parks Before Trump Erases It
Trump wants to erase any "negative" content from educational sites at National Parks. A group of data preservationists asks visitors to help them document placards and monuments, before they disappear.
archiving
Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump CDC Website, Are Hosting It in Europe
The team used a Reddit-made archive of the CDC website to create a new live mirror of the site before it was purged.
Data.gov
Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov
More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time.
archiving
Trump Admin Deletes Video Explaining Grammatical Concept of Pronouns in War Against DEI
Github is also revealing a widespread, scattershot effort to nuke not only "DEI" but things that have nothing to do with it.
Lost Media
A 104-Year-Old Lost Silent Movie Has Been Found in a Basement
'Sealed Hearts' was made in 1919 and had been thought lost forever. "The film had been in the cellar for many years," a film historian said. "Exciting!"