Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work:

1. Create a unique short code for a given (target) URL (like a hash, but far far shorter)
2. Pair the short code with your URL in a database.
3. Create a redirect rule on the URL shortening server from the new source URL to the target URL.
4. Send the shortened link to the caller, e.g. shortURL.com/123badf00d
5. In-perpetuity: continue to pay for your domain; maintain the database; look after redirect rules during server migrations; ensure duplicate short-codes are not created.

A URL-shortening business in five easy steps.

But what does that mean for digital preservation?

A reminder of the challenges of #AI from Rick Beato.

AI generated YouTube channels popping up and stealing the appearance of other creatators.

https://youtu.be/PUSY6mtqQDI?si=mkq3BVogQCDf-uaq

#NoAI #DigitalProvenance #Provenance #Authenticity #SocialMediaArchiving #WebArchiving

So to summarize, AI will cause personal computers to cost ten thousand dollars, all applications will forever be frozen to about 2025 design and implementation (because that’s what vibe coding outputs), power to run the computer will be twice the price and also you need to sign in with your passport to start your computer in the first place.

Explain to me again how this is progress?

We received a Kaypro II and all associated disks, plus some additional software. Most of it is identifiable, but one rubberbanded stack of floppies is obliquely labeled "Multi Function Radio Diagnostics mBasic" - anyone have a reference for that program?

Heads-up to anyone who might be using Google's reverse image search feature. You might want to adjust your settings.

"Every piece of media, from photos you upload for reverse image searches to audio of you speaking with Google Translate, may be retained in your account and used to improve Google’s AI models."

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-opt-out-of-google-search-new-ai-data-training/

#news #TechNews #technology #google #AI #LLMs #enshittification

OK #digipres folks, one more question:

We generally perform virus scan before ingesting files. But I never heard a story about viruses found in submitted files. Any testimony or research done on that topic?

Yesterday evening the OPF shared the incredibly sad news that Carl Wilson passed away this past weekend. You can find their statement here: https://openpreservation.org/remembering-carl-wilson/. I was really so sad to hear this news. This is such a loss for his family, friends, and colleagues, as well as for the larger #digipres community. We've all benefited from projects that Carl worked on or lead. Rest in peace, Carl, and thanks for everything!

Statement from @2600 on AI at #HOPE this year

https://www.hope.net/a-statement-on-ai-talks-at-hope/

RE: https://mamot.fr/@Luk/116805182918749093

In Rennes, #France, one of the main datacenters is warning its customers that their data is at risk due to the extreme heat. Customers are invited to come to the facility and shut down the machines themselves.

kinda #digipres -related

Yikes! In a week I'll be giving a workshop in Edinburgh, hacking GLAM websites and playing with userscripts. I think there's still some spots left if you want to come along. https://netpreserve.org/event/workshop-hacking-the-archive/ #GLAM #digitalhumanities

Have been seeing problems with the Just Solve It Wiki this week...

I hope it's doing ok...

http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Main_Page

#digipres

New PRONOM release! v124 #digipres #droid #fileformats #signatures https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/pronom/release-notes.xml

Via @mattmuir.bsky.social

> Sick of AI, social media and horrible tech? Celebrate the good bits of the internet with THE TINY AWARDS 2026! The Tiny Awards celebrate the small, non-commercial, fun, silly, poetic, frivolous web

Nominations here: https://tinyawards.net/

Another shameless selfplug 😬

I will be hosting a workshop on Digital Independence at the 'Web You Want' conference on Wednesday June 10th in Amsterdam.

This event is organised by CMD Amsterdam, the school of design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Free admission, but registration required.

More info:
https://the-web-you-want.org/?css=vasilis2

#BigTech #Conference #Amsterdam #WebDev #Web #Design #DigitalAutonomy #DigitaleAutonomie #Doeidag #OpenSource

tdf — a terminal based #PDF viewer https://github.com/itsjunetime/tdf
this is a good tool. until now I have used Zathura https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/ on Linux, but tdf seems faster. handy to explore quicky a library of pdf.

New agg (asciinema gif generator) release!

https://github.com/asciinema/agg/releases/tag/v1.9.0

#asciinema #gif

"We know you'll give up on AI one day... but if we get globally gated/tiered internet we (the top 1%) still win"

AI-based content scraping on the web continues to impact this "de-facto" API that was HTTP access... you can't help but believe its continued debilitating of services like RSS isn't just the final sortie on net neutrality.

#NoAI #NetNeutrality

RE: https://narrativ.es/@janl/116656659069842703

WTF

(maybe) Just Solve It links there from MIMETypes which is neat.