<![CDATA[Nothing is "meant to be thrown away."]]>Nothing is "meant to be thrown away." Not the MTV News archive. Not Gawker. Not the penny press of the 1800s. πŸ•³οΈ

Maria Bustillos argues that keeping the receipts is about more than nostalgia. It's about the raw material of history.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/d4476a1c-68a2-47ee-a593-18787afe9f7b/nothing-is-meant-to-be-thrown-away.RSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 12:15:30 GMTFri, 01 May 2026 22:00:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing is "meant to be thrown away." on Fri, 01 May 2026 22:36:32 GMT]]>@internetarchive @maria we must preserve as much as we can from the pre-ai era.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://shitposter.world/objects/38a86943-d0d6-4e77-8170-716a3f4ea461https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://shitposter.world/objects/38a86943-d0d6-4e77-8170-716a3f4ea461Fri, 01 May 2026 22:36:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nothing is "meant to be thrown away." on Fri, 01 May 2026 22:29:33 GMT]]>@internetarchive @maria When I see trashy magazines about movie stars in the checkout line, I roll my eyes.
But gossipy fan magazines from the silent era are *gold* (even though, in their time, they were just as frivolous and dumb as today's are now).
And they're there for browsing on the Internet Archive. We appreciate it.

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