#internet conservation

[wiploww]

What would you look up if you got to use 2020's Google today?

Imagine a website that is just google - but you only get the search results you would in 2020. What would people search? Coronavirus? Presidential election? Things that hadn't happened yet, like something about Luigi Mangione? If you looked up "DOGE," would you get a meme, or Dogecoin? Because you definitely wouldn't get "Department of Government Efficiency."

Would we even be able to recreate one single day of a search engine?

I wonder what would happen if someone could catalog even just the names of the first page of search results for one day on a brand new google account. That's still so much information. Do we even have servers big enough to handle something of that scale? I mean there's already bots that scrape google for information and massive community projects, and server farms big enough to host all of today's Google right now.

Just think about how cool this would be for Anthropology and Internet Conservation

As cool as the Wayback Machine is, it's hard to catalog more than just subgroups of people outside of a news website's feed.

Google's search results are such a good tool to see not just which cuturally significant events are happening, but also people's reactions to them. And even outside of that, relevant information related to it.

There's so much that we think is so important in the moment that we forget about in a year. Imagine if we could capture just one day of all of those moments.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

13 September 2024

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[beekneebabey]

I don't know how to say this intelligently but something is really bothering me about the reviews for the barbie movie complaining that she didn't go deeply enough into feminist critique? Like,,, it's the Barbie movie. It's not Feminist Theory 402. Also, it's a movie about how women are expected to be spectacular at everything they do and how exhausting it can be to be the representative for all women when you're just one of them and people really watched that and turned around to tell Greta Gerwig that the movie wasn't enough because it wasn't perfect?

It was heartfelt and funny and silly and hot pink and that is enough!! Where is the media literacy!! You all are legitimately hurting my heart with this trash take!! It's fine to not like the movie but how come movies about the "male experience" can be about SOME men but movies about women have to be the balm AND rage AND catharsis AND call to action for every woman ever??? It's the Barbie movie!!! Not Gloria Steinem's latest manifesto!!! Let it fucking be!!!

[thefawnfallacy]

I know it’s generally in good fun when making jokes about how young fujoshi in the early 2000s-2010s talked about queer couples (i.e. “yuri couple, yaoi couple, i see no difference love is love” or “if you police people’s identities you are not yaoiful at all”) but if you look at it from the lens of acknowledging that this, for many of them, is their first time even realising being queer was an option, it’s a very interesting study in realising that this is an attempt at inclusion from the perspective of someone who may not have ever heard of things like gender identity or sexuality beyond “boy” and “girl”.

[flying-cat]

no need to ban tiktok if meta is buying it. i'll just delete it myself lmfao

[wildfeather5002]

Right-wing conservatives keep saying that telling a nonbeliever they're going to hell if they don't 'repent' is totally okay, because "religious people have the right to express their opinions and beliefs even if it offends others".

But if you have the nerve to say eternal damnation is manipulative, abusive and a morally bankrupt concept, conservatives will freak out and accuse you of "going against their freedom of speech".

The amount of hypocrisy among right-wing religious conservatives is fucking nauseating.

[beespaceprogram]

Hey not sure if you heard, but Gumroad is banning adult content going forward! They are continuing in the long tradition of sites screwing over adult creators with no notice, warning, or concrete transitional period, so please feel free to let them know how you as a customer feel about that, their email is support@gumroad.com

Anyway, I don't know how long it will take for me to find an alternative way to sell my stickers, so this might be your last chance to get some! Please have a look if you have been on the fence

Remember, fight for the internet you want!

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

I am tired, y'all.

[druidicotterpop]

tumblr is where I learned ab divers teaching sharks they could eat lionfish, therefore helping them control the population of the invasive species.

however, a detail that post left out was how while the marine biologists thought they were only helping the sharks associate the lionfish with something edible, they ended up accidentally helping the sharks associate the spearfishing divers with something edible.

like so much so that sharks would follow spearfish divers while no lionfish are around, would bite the end of their speargun and it's even led to a few attacks. not only the 2 species of sharks they taught to eat lionfish (nurse sharks and reef sharks), but also blacktips and even barracudas and eels have ended up attacking divers because of this.

divers are now banned from feeding animals, as they should be, but now a lot more precautions need to be taken when spear fishers go out. when I first saw that initial post, I thought it was awesome - conservation and good press for sharks, hell yeah! but clearly some good intentions ended up with some bad results. I think it's important we remember that these are wild animals and the more comfortable they are around us, the more in danger they are.

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

Based on the way the story has been written, especially following season 4, I do believe mike is likely gay atp. But “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls” still makes sense as projection if Mike is bi because lots of closeted bi teens are confused about their feelings, especially in the 80s where terms like “bisexual” wouldn’t have been as readily accessible to kids from Hawkins, Indiana.

Simply the fact that Mike likes boys/Will could make him worried that he’s gay and cause him to hyperfixate on the concept of not liking girls more often, especially if his feelings for El were waning, or if his feelings for Will were overwhelming, even if he did in fact have a crush on El at the start of the show. Nothing says being a closeted bi teen like bouncing back and forth between “I can’t be gay, I like girls” and “Oh no, I like boys, am I gay?”

I think there’s a common misconception that the bi Mike view necessitates oversimplifying the story as “Mike used to be into El, and now he’s into Will.” That isn’t necessarily the case. A bi Mike reading can still involve internalized homophobia, projection, the heteronormative pressure to conform and date girls, repression, and most of the things we talk about here.

(I didn’t really wanna get involved in this, but I feel like this is important to add).

[gagfadget]

You know someone has terminal online fandom brainrot when they say, “this is what the antis wanted all along and I hope they’re happy now” in response to actual books being banned and trans rights being taken away…

[alastorssimpforever]

Ignore this if you don't want to see a primarily political vent.

i don't want to fight with anyone. honest. idgaf if you have different political views with me just don't turn it into an argument or even worse a lecture. god i cannot tell you the amount of times i was trying to have a debate/conversation with someone and they wouldn't let them get a word out. and i'd just sit back and be like "really?" and i just let them yammering on.

I LOVE TALKING TO PPL WITH DIFFERENT POVS! it gives me a chance to understand other worldviews and learn more about the world.

i don't wanna be your enemy pls bruh. but for god's sake at least give me common respect. it's such a basic human right.

if i SAY i am something. DO NOT tell me I am something that is not THAT! I do not mean this in a threatening way but labeling ppl as things they are NOT has never gone well.

once you start putting labels on ppl that THEY DO NOT WANT it goes downhill. let's stop doing that. i've seen it way too many damn times on this sight. just throwing out obscure terms that don't even fit the person.

if I say I am not a liberal. I AM NOT A LIBERAL! I hate labels. I hate it so very much. i don't want to be associated with either party. i don't want to be a part of your petty political wars. leave me out of it. I am an independent.

Liberals. Conservatives. Who gives a fuck. I know a couple who are a liberal and a conversative and they've been married for 30 years. if they can do it, America sure as hell can get their shit together. Washington knew a two party system would be a bad idea. AND NO I DO NOT WANT A ONE PARTY SYSTEM! FUCK NAZI GERMANY

I'm just saying. LET'S JUST FUCKING WORK TOGETHER! We all want the same thing. For America to thrive. For fuck's sake. Let it thrive.

We need change but we also need stability. Wtf happened to ppl in the middle? Do we have to always be on one side or the other? America should be balanced. Not tipped entirely to one side or the other. Both sides are opposites of each other yet have some similarities.

There's a reason why opposites attract is a fundamental principle in both science and love. IT WORKS! JUST WORK TOGETHER

(Btw I believe gay marriage and abortions should always be protected. Religion should be respected but should be SEPARATED FROM STATE).

[servantleverslutdrop]

Modern Pekka Rollins' internet presence would be peddling Bitcoin and lovey dovey tweets with Musk on Twitter. Yes, it's well known he's involved in organized crime.

[angelsaxis]

Part of the whole "you can't say you hate men! You can't say you hate X oppressive group!" is the "uhhh you can't say you hate Christians or think someone is automatically Homophobic!" Christianity is like Homophobia Pusher #1 in the west. Bro what lmao. Since when did people on here care so much about Christians feelings. Why do I keep seeing posts like that. Literally the average person in America and the average Christian is homophobic. We do not live in a society that likes gay people. We Live in a Cisgender Heterosexual Patriarchy Rooted In Christian Teachings about Sex Sexuality and Gender Guys What the Fuck are You TALKING ABOUT.

[skypiea]

why are poly people the internet’s punching bag right now

[chronicallyuniconic]

TW: ableism, disability hate/discrimination

TLDR: the government proposed changes to benefit rules for disabled people in the aim of "getting them back to work" this has sowed so much hate that the 'people' are attacking the disabled as if we're lazy or scrounging the system, using their status as a taxpayer for reasoning.

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this fucking government and the humans we're sharing society with...i swear to God, it has dragged out SO much hate in the past couple weeks regarding people with disabilities who are out of work, disabled people who receive benefits like universal credit, personal independence payment, carers allowance and motability cars, and so on

they are directly attacking disabled people as if we're choosing not to work. as if we're lazy. as if we just don't want to. as if we're turning down jobs instead of taking them, as if we're stealing from the government & taxpayers (people who have a job)

because of this, it's brought all kinds of disgusting out on my twitter page (if you go looking, I'd advise a TW for ableist & direct abusive comments). it's brought out direct hate, for stating that its nobody's business, that we deserve to live, that we should have the freedom to buy what we choose with what we do receive.

met with comments like "the taxpayer is paying for you to buy shit" "you must be obese on 40 fags a day with 2 kids" "can't stop buying takeaways" "you're just fucking lazy" "what an entitled person saying freedom to buy" "you should have the bare minimum" amongst other degrading comments. as well as these, were a majority of misinformed people, who don't have a clue how the benefits system works. it isn't easy.

if it was easy, and you supposedly receive "thousands a month," wouldn't everyone be doing it?? that response is usually met with "cos I'm not stealing from the state" "cos I'm not lazy" "cos I go to work" nah, they just know, it isn't easy, and they're not getting anywhere with it.

I dare any of those fuckers that think like this, to quit their jobs & sign up to the system. I fucking dare you. how quickly your life will fall apart. good luck if you're paying a mortgage. good luck in general.

I never thought I would end up relying on benefits. I never wanted to rely on the government. and I still don't. I hate having to ask for help. I don't know anyone that doesn't. the government know they can't just do nothing for disabled people, it's part of the social circle. disability has existed in humans for as long as humans have existed.

it's frustrating. they don't know. they don't want to know. they don't try to know. they don't try to understand. they don't care. they roll their eyes when they're told it could be them any day. and when it is, they'll realise the actual living hell it is, to having to rely on a system because.. YOU ARE UNABLE TO WORK. what is it about that phrase that evaporates over their heads.

I WAS a taxpayer. but even if I wasn't, do they think those born with permanent disabilities, which definitively leave them unable to do anything, are lazy, or "sponging" or "could just look for a job" do they blame having to pay for them too? cos they won't admit it. they can't admit their true hate, but I see it, feel it, hear it. they'd rather us dead let's be damn honest.

I have a masters degree. I was in education from aged 3 to aged 25. but since diagnosed later with permanent disability(it was always there), it means nothing, I know that, I don't need to be told by anyone else. and the jobs and experience I had, also means nothing. many dont get to have the things I had, and I'm grateful I got to, because I understand with my whole heart, how hard it is as a disabled person, to achieve anything.

they tell you "just get a job" like we haven't considered that. like we've not all tried to find the job, that is accessible, can support your needs, has the working hours you can cope with. jobs like this don't exist for the majority. one day I am fine, the next 7 days I might be incapacitated. I might only be okay between the hours of 3am to 6am one day, and 3pm to 4pm the next. employers especially, do not care for that. at all. they cannot cope with the fluctuations of a disabled person. we are all absolutely individual, even with the same diagnoses. employers are not set up, supported or provided with the education, to allow disabled people into their business.

"if you can write, text, tweet, upload on your phone, then you can do a job" I'd love to attach a picture of my positioning and setup but honestly I'm past giving evidence to these asshats. they forget about text to speech, my screen scrolls with my eyes, screen reads back to me, there's a bunch of adaptability and accessibility they don't care or even know about.

so..even if we do find that one in a billion job, we have to get there. I can't do anything without someone driving me. I'm physically not able. but they don't care about that either.

work from home, they say. i don't tolerate screens well, migraines have been a huge fluctuating problem because of epilepsy. I can't sit up for very long at all, i am 90% bed and housebound, only really leaving my home for appointments. i cannot process a big influx of information anymore, my brain is like swiss cheese, I cannot read or take in the things that are important, in order for me to carry out my job. I rely on another person for the majority of my day.

any job we would find, would never allow us to rise through the ranks, to improve our standing and footing on the ladder, to ever experience a payrise or be treated like your non disabled peers.

it doesn't matter to them either, that the impact of the job can and usually does, affect the person's disability negatively. when your life only involves your job, it's not your life, is it?

it doesn't matter to them that the impact of working can lead many people to become so bad they can't work anymore. (hello, waves, me!!)

they expect you'll just get over that permanent problem. or you will work through it in a couple days. they don't understand constant symptoms, debilitating symptoms, twenty four hours a day symptoms. symptoms that incapacitate you. but they expect you to work through it anyway.

that's not how it works.

I was told "take up a hobby and get paid for it" why?? are you? are building lego and selling it? are you gaming on your computer and selling that? why should I use my fun time, my hobby, as an income. of which, the income would be so minimal, it would never cover rent, it would unlikely buy any food shopping at all, because ...it's a hobby. it's not my job. why would I sacrifice my hobbies, when you don't have to? my hobby, is also not my worth.

who's setting up the website and shop for my hobby? who's managing the orders? who's posting them? I made one hobby last week so have been unable to make 3 more hobbies, who's managing for that??

I hate this government for every hateful, spiteful, cold, calloused, manipulative, condescending, degrading, inhumane comment.

it's not even anger, it's like a complete state of fed up mixed with disappointment, lack of community on the issue, sadness of people's reactions, to disabled people.

I'd love for them to look my mother in law with stage 4 cancer, in the eyes and tell her to just get a job, after 38yrs of employment.

absolute cretins. the worst of humanity.

sorry it's so long, I am just 😪🥱😮‍💨😮‍💨