Information preservation activities, sorted by effort

I’m having a gloomy day (lifelong depression plus lifelong pessimism plus sensitivity to injustice) so I’m making a reminder to myself of the little things I can do to feel less helpless. Low effort Clean up vandalism, spam, disinformation, and abuse on Wikipedia If I find an interesting article while doomscrolling, pause to add it to my bookmarks and ArchiveBox to read later when my mind is clearer Medium effort Pick up straightforward archiving and cataloguing tasks posted to the Safeguarding Research forum Add documentation on archiving methods on the forum or on this blog High effort Data archaeology – Excavating saved collections to compile user-friendly indexes

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Things I did this week

📜 Signed the open letter to the Wikimedia Foundation urging it not to dox editors who have annoyed an Indian news publisher.1 🗄️ Bought an additional hard drive to add to my DIY NAS and ArchiveBox setup at home. 💸 Asked the Internet Archive to double my monthly donation. 💸 Activated a paid subscription for Sourcehut git hosting (I’ve been freeloading for months but they haven’t been nagging me as they’re still in alpha). ...

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