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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 4h

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: Look at all these #filmstrip donations! Join me and Mrs. Ephemera as we open them tonight on YouTube and Twitch. Then I'll start getting them digitized and uploaded to @archive.org. Please share this and join us tonight! uncom.cc/2

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 13h

Due to the recent @nytimes profile on my filmstrip preservation work, I've gotten a TON of donations! My wife and I will be opening these donations live Wednesday September 30 at 7pm EDT. Please share & join us! uncom.cc/nexum

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 23h

Due to the recent @nytimes profile on my filmstrip preservation work, several donors have found me and offered more stuff to save. This is all the stuff I've gotten in the past month. My wife and I will be opening these donations live tomorrow night. Please share & join us! uncom.cc/w3gwv

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 28/09/2026

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 28/09/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 28/09/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Home movies? #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 26/09/2026

SPECIAL EVENT WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30 7PM EDT: I've gotten EVEN MORE donated media to save since Thursday! Join Mrs. Ephemera and me on Wednesday night as we see what we got! uncom.cc/w3gwv

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 26/09/2026

SPECIAL LIVE SHOW WED SEP 30 7PM EDT UNBOXING FILMSTRIP DONATIONS! I've received hundreds of filmstrips because of the NYT article! Join Mrs. Ephemera and me on Wednesday when we open them! More info: uncom.cc/w3gwv

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 25/09/2026

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 21/09/2026

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 21/09/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Old commercials? Weird stuff? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 21/09/2026

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 14/09/2026

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 14/09/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Home movies? Old commercials? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 14/09/2026

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 12/09/2026

IN THE OFFICE: Scanning #filmstrips today for safeguarding at @archive.org and dumping some cassettes for the Discord to identify. Come keep me company and see almost-lost filmstrip frames come off the scanner in realtime. uncom.cc/zecye

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 11/09/2026

NEWLY RESTORED at @archive.org: Part of a 1985 series on robotics, this #filmstrip discusses the various differences that matter when choosing or specifying an industrial robot. uncom.cc/p8qbo

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 07/09/2026

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 07/09/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: You already know I save filmstrips. But I have a side quest, too: finding endangered and #lostmedia on VHS and uploading it to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight. Which of these tapes should we look at first? uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 07/09/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: You already know I save filmstrips. But I have a side quest, too: finding endangered and #lostmedia on VHS. Let's watch some tapes and see if we can find something to save at @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight. Which tape is first? uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 05/09/2026

Uncommon Ephemera is profiled in today's print edition of the New York Times as one of just a few archivists worldwide fighting to save #filmstrips. For more information on the work I'm doing or to support the project, visit uncommonephemera.org.

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 04/09/2026

Uncommon Ephemera is featured as one of a handful of archivists worldwide preserving #filmstrips in the @nytimes today. Read the full article for free with this link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/movies/f…

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 31/08/2026

Tonight's episode of Is This Anything? will not air. My father-in-law is back in the hospital and we're needed there.

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 31/08/2026

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 28/08/2026

NEWLY RESTORED: Part of a 1985 series on robotics, this #filmstrip dives into the separate sub-systems that make them work. uncom.cc/t4rdc

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 25/08/2026

IN THE OFFICE: Wonder how #filmstrips are saved with no institutional backing before it's too late? Watch now as nearly-#lostmedia comes off the scanner for safeguarding at @archive.org. uncom.cc/p03z0

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 24/08/2026

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. uncom.cc/yc412

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Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · 24/08/2026

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird Stuff? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? uncom.cc/yc412

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