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 Internet Archive has not been archiving since 10/8.

Google Cache has stopped caching.
The Alexa service - the one that used to rank web traffic (not the Amazon virtual assistant) is gone.

The ability of censors to memory-hole the internet is growing.
https://brownstone.org/articles/they-are-scrubbing-the-internet-right-now/ 
 Amazon nuked Alexa data a few years ago sadly and I miss it, well the 4 times a year I used to view ranking data 😭🤣 I didn't know that Google stopped caching. That's a shame too. 
 Evil fucks 
 This is why the news headline on the genesis block is perhaps the only news headline (to my knowledge) we will forever be able to agree happened. 
 The IA is great. But I wish everyone would be their own IA. We've outsourced this responsibility to the IA and this is the result, sadly. 
 Might be time to scale up Open Timestamps. 
 Did you forget to timestamp your message? Or is it still pending? Regardless, i innitated a time stamp for you :) 
 Propagating Nostr relays is more important than ever 
 We need Nostr more than ever 
 Circling the memory hole... 
 Do no evil! 
 Once again, George Orwell got it right. Read 1984. 
 This feels like the start of animal farm… 
 I'm reading it (again) right now...am at the part where Squealer is twisting the narrative on Snowball's part in the revolution. The master plan is all laid out, step by step. 
 I read it once a while ago… but I think it’s high time for a second read ! Gotta keep our heads about us. 
 revolution of eating of the rich will take every one of their crowns 👑  
 No bueno. Do we have a #nostr alternative yet? Or any alternative yet? 
 WTF happened with Internet Archive?

I was hiding under the rock 
 DDOS attack  
 Ok was there only one service archiving the internet? 
 *Ok why was there only one service archiving the internet? 
 Rich rules over the poor …

Back when everything was open source software & people created things together …

Then slowly different companies sold out  
 It sounds like they are still archiving and will relaunch soon. A DDOS attack. 
 Archive.is seems to have been working OK to archive websites, meanwhile.  
 Man, Brewster is such a silly goose 
 This Punkie Brewstirer is  
 I'd like them delete our personal data please.  
 nostr fixes this? 
 Personal archives are not optional. 
nostr:nevent1qqst9wte9mjy2p7hswrn9jvw37wrg35wefz0ekrnkalj7tg977ha9rcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygqpmhhz3xc696ggwn9rg2985s28vjnv45dtl25ctsspu74d59kn3spsgqqqqqqsl002jr 
 It seems like a coordinated effort to me.

nostr:nevent1qqst9wte9mjy2p7hswrn9jvw37wrg35wefz0ekrnkalj7tg977ha9rcpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qq8w7u2ymrghfpp6v5dpg57jpgaj2djk340a2npwzq8n64ksk6wxqxpqqqqqqz3axe8u 
 Hmm🤔
…maybe this increases the value of an immutable timechain😳
…nah prolly not, our wise and benevolent leaders’ll fix it😂🤣 https://image.nostr.build/c1c148eec1e243024871d48ea11d1d5df30c9266dc22664a1f67de97f1aacd67.jpg