News publishers are worried about AI scraping. But as Brewster Kahle writes in the Atlantic today, blocking the Wayback Machine leaves holes in the public record, and takes away evidence journalists themselves need to hold the powerful accountable.

The Internet Needs a Memory

Publishers have every right to challenge businesses that exploit their work—but the Wayback Machine has become collateral damage.

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A new open-source project supports publishers using two alternative persistent identifier schemes, ARK and PURL, that carry no recurring registration costs. Developed by Yasiel Pérez Vera, it presents an ecosystem of interoperable Open Journal System (OJS) plugins. bioengineer.org/free-persist...

Free Persistent Identifiers Arrive for Open-Access Journals in New

Persistent identifiers have quietly become the plumbing of modern science. Every time a researcher cites a paper, links a dataset, or points a reader to a piece of software, some identifier system is

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Still time to sign up (till Aug 27) for the ARK workshop at the #SPNHC Conference in Cape Town Sept 11! ARK (Archival Resource Key) persistent identifiers #PIDs are citable, flexible, non-paywalled permalinks used by museums, libraries, and research institutions worldwide. Register: bit.ly/4zsM7zo

Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved. Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk. Tell publishers: don’t block the #WaybackMachine. Sign the petition ➡️ www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

The news isn’t getting preserved in the Wayback Machine anymore because major media outlets are blocking it.

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The next ARK (Archival Resource Key) Community Call will take place on Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 0800 PDT / 1100 EDT / 1500 UTC. Zoom registration link: unt.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Everyone is welcome to join this 1-hour meeting on using ARK persistent identifiers (PIDs). Includes open discussion.

Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) announced in November 2025 that LA Referencia will receive up to US$1.5M in funding as one of the inaugural winners of the IOI Network Adoption Fund. arks.org/news/2025-12...

2025 has been a great year for the ARK Alliance. The 1720+ ARK organizations include 12 national libraries, 215 universities, 254 archives, 144 museums, 124 journals, and 59 scientific centers. arks.org/news/2025-12...

The Forever Presidency open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...

The Forever Presidency

On MSNBC yesterday, I was asked if Donald Trump would try to hold on to the White House after 2028.

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The ARK Alliance (arks.org) will convert its documentation practices to align with modern form ARKs, the most visible difference being removal of the slash ('/') at the end of "ark:/", a non-breaking change -- two ARKs that differ only in form are equivalent in perpetuity. arks.org/news/2025-07...

Come learn about @arks-org.bsky.social ARK persistent identifiers Monday 28 July 13:30 - 14:30 ET (tomorrow)! It's part of the all virtual LD4 (Linked Data for libraries and archives) conference, and it's free to attend as long as you register. sched.co/26eO7

LD4 2025 Conference: ARK persistent identifiers: affordable l...

View more about this event at LD4 2025 Conference

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Someone has put our thoughts into words: Dr. Pru Lee on the Cheney/Kinzinger facebook page. Continues in comments. Please read all and share widely! @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov @aoc.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @amyklobuchar.com