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[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I will grab this torrent when I get home and make it a permanent seed, alongside the one outing nazis in Patriot Front.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Shit good idea, didn't even know you could do this.

What else should we seed? I've got a homelab and am eager to put some storage to use for something like this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Was there a mailing list or other identifying docs in that pf leak or was it just chats and stuff?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not sure if it's the same leak, but if it's PatriotFail, it's even got videos.

Watch the marching drill one for a good laugh. https://xcancel.com/alt_uscis/status/1549969687999553539

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Here's the Patriot Front link that I've been sharing:

Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns

You can download it at the following torrent address:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2c87816e4c81990fb25bbca43dd8d578eaa55886&dn=patriotfront&tr=udp%3A%2F%2F9.rarbg.to%3A2920&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I appreciate you doing this!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Glad you said so. I completely forgot that I needed to grab this once home. It is now active. Once it's done downloading, I'll keep it seeding forever, since I have no bandwidth cap. Cheers.

[–] meowmeowbeanz 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

🚨 BIG NEWS Y'ALL! 🚨

Someone just saved ALL the CDC's public data before it could disappear! 🦅

What's the Deal?

Some mystery hero downloaded everything from the CDC's website (that's 98 GIGABYTES of health info!) and uploaded it to the Internet Archive on Jan 28th. Think of it like making a backup copy of your phone before it breaks!

Why Should You Care?

  • This is YOUR health data - stuff about vaccines, diseases, and public health that your tax dollars paid for! 🏥
  • Once this info is gone from CDC's website, it could be really hard for your doctor to get important updates
  • Researchers need this to keep studying ways to keep Americans healthy 💪

What's Next?

Smart folks at places like Harvard are making sure this data stays safe by keeping copies. It's like having multiple backups of your family photos - can't be too careful!

Remember folks: Knowledge is power, and someone just made sure we didn't lose a whole bunch of it! 🎯

#SaveTheData #PublicHealth #AmericanRight2Know


Source: Internet Archive upload by anonymous user on Jan 28, 2025 Post by Ed Summers (@[email protected]) - Feb 3, 2025

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

As a reminder, AI generated content is against the rules in this community—see the sidebar. I appreciate your instinct to bring some quality content to this space, but let’s please keep in mind that genuine interaction with diverse voices is what makes this community beautiful. :)

My reasoning:

  • You have personally admitted to writing AI comments in the past: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/16482371
  • Heavy use of markdown headings, bullets, and section dividers is a common pattern in LLM output
  • Use of “it’s like” or “it’s about” phrases as the conclusion to a paragraph are very common in LLM models like ChatGPT
  • Verbatim replication of content from my original post that is common in LLM output and highly indicates an LLM was instructed to create something based on the text of the original post
  • Use of 🎯 emoji does not match context
  • “100% AI generated” response on multiple AI detection websites (GPTZero, Quillbot)

Any single one of these facts would not lead me to comment, but with all of it combined it makes a pretty strong case. Thank you for your contribution to this community but please let’s keep it genuine in the future! We love and appreciate the real you :)

[–] Pika 1 points 5 days ago

it's weird that I learned of this through this community and not a security or health community. something to look into tomorrow

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How would you recommend someone go about archiving important parts of the IA? Just external drives?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Internet Archive is, and I really want to emphasize this, Fucking Huge. If you want to help archive it, every upload has an associated torrent you can download and help seed. Torrenting itself isn't illegal, only torrenting illegal stuff like copyrighted movies. You can buy a relatively cheap refurbished HDD of whatever size you want, set up qBittorrent, and torrent the uploads that you want to make sure are available even if the Internet Archive has to take them down or has a critical data loss failure.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Thank you so much for the advice! I want to preserve important documents like the bill of rights and the constitution, as well as sexual education material, especially stuff pertaining to women and reproductive health. Also banned books. Things the facists are trying to purge and things that are important to me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

In the case of books, Anna's Archive is looking for help seeding their enormous collection of books and research papers. Consider reading that page and helping them as well!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I know what you're talking about is important and a necessary comment but something about your comment hit me hard. It's just so absolutely insane that it has to be said/done.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Ikr? It's wild that all of this is happening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

If anyone is looking for something specific to preserve, consider Our Bodies, Ourselves. It's a seminal feminist work that seeks to educate women on their bodies. It's extremely comprehensive, thicker than most textbooks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

i’m not smart enough for this but maybe look to communities like r/DataHoarder to get started

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Inb4 it gets DDoS'd again

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

It's where America gathers its telepaths to control COVID :3

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I mean, not really. It is a research and policy center for controlling diseases.

[–] [email protected] 156 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Get ready to Donate to their legal defense fund

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