I have absolutely no idea why you’re being downvoted. This feels like exactly the sort of project that would be backed by the current Russian administration, given it serves to damage and destabilise businesses in countries that are currently hostile to Russia. — it’s not even a controversial take to say so.

Was Obama funding Aaron Swartz's efforts to scrape JSTOR?

Some people have the personality trait of loving to build collections or archives. Either for idealistic reasons (knowledge deserves to be free) or just because it's fun.

When that personality trait intersects with technical ability, we get projects such as the Internet Archive, Archive Team, Library Genesis, etc. There is no reason to assume state sponsorship, and 2/3 of those definitely aren't state sponsored.

They can’t be touched by the music industry they’re based in Russia.

I heard they’re based in Russia so one assumes they probably will be welcomed by the current government (or even aided) rather than prosecuted.

link seems dead

Link is up, your ISP is likely blocking Anna's Archive.

put this in /etc/hosts:

186.2.163.241 annas-archive.org www.annas-archive.org 188.114.97.0 annas-archive.li www.annas-archive.li

Switch your DNS resolver

Literally welling up at this. Thanks for sharing.

Deliberately provocative use of the term 'disabled' in the headline. When you drill down into what is really going on, it is far more understandable.

Hi Jarred. Congratulations on the acquisition! Did (or will) your investors make any profit on what they put into Bun?

This smells unbelievably dodgy

What applications and workflows were these workstations typically used for?

The thought of a runaway thermal reaction in a cell that’s sitting in your ear, albeit a small one, is pretty sobering.