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Jason Scott

@textfiles.com

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Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 1h

Finally, a way out of the goddamned shoe factory

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 10h

When one of your heroes blasts out a side quest like it's nothing

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 10h

Looking forward, nay excited for this little fad to end

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 20h

Back on 74 by Jungle

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 30/09/2026

Oh come on, make it subtext at least

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Chris Barrus @quartzcity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here a link to the iOS version apps.apple.com/us/app/donat...

Donate Books App - App Store

Download Donate Books by Internet Archive on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Donate Books.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

We are not doing albums like books at the moment.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

Link to the direct app in Google for this amazing book donation app: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

play.google.com

Donate Books - Apps on Google Play

Check books with your camera for donation to the Internet Archive.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

play.google.com/store/apps/d...

play.google.com

Donate Books - Apps on Google Play

Check books with your camera for donation to the Internet Archive.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

All will be revealed

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

People: We need to save software! And by software we mean games. Internet Archive:

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

Episode of the Podcast is recorded! A few more to go for the month. patreon.com/textfiles

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 29/09/2026

TEENAGE COMRADE NINJA TURTLES

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Terrible TV @terribletv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apparently there's a HUGE backup of JAZ drives that were recently put on the Internet Archive. One of them (at least) includes the original Maya 3D models used in the The Iron Giant.

Iron Giant 3D model in Blender

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

Not all

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

Me being followed by my haters

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

I don't think it will help anyone to give my side of the story.

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

"I hope you put up images of the hundreds of AOL CDs you're scanning, Jason." www.flickr.com/photos/textf...

America On-Line

Explore this photo album by Jason Scott on Flickr!

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

My only regret of my banning from XOXO was that you and I couldn't sit at some table in a crossroads there and judge and laugh at the world

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

"Hmm, here's 45 AOL CD-ROMs I forgot I scanned" is a thing I thought tonight

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 28/09/2026

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 27/09/2026

That photographer, Dennis van Zuijlekom, is top notch. @dvanzuijlekom.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/dvanz...

Shoot ALL the Hackers!

My "Shoot ALL the Hackers!" project.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 27/09/2026

Considering the original material is 30fps and the original capture is not pillar boxed, I'm not sure the criticism is constructive.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 27/09/2026

The little script is compiling webassembly emulators by the hundreds, for the people who keep asking.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 27/09/2026

Little wikipedia nostalgia on a Saturday

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Bay Area Wikipedia Edits (top 500 articles) @top500.thebay.wiki · 26/09/2026

Internet Archive Wikipedia article edited by ~2026-52002-27 en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=1…

Diff of Wikipedia article "Internet Archive" (American non-profit digital archive): 2 lines changed. Added text: "scam … scam … a … scam" Removed text: "allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data … collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as … possible"

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Jared's Blogspot! @kinesthetiac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

part of my brain will be living in the internet archive building for the rest of my life i wish everyone could go on that tour

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 26/09/2026

I just set off a small script which, when it is done compiling, will be done in between 14 to 18 days. Luckily I don't need to watch it. Have fun, little script

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 26/09/2026

The farmers market I go to has what I'll call "the marketplace of ideas", away from the food, where it's political stuff, some religious stuff, some education stuff, and a couple of jokers like these guys

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 26/09/2026

I keep passing the Flat Earth booth at the Farmers Market like a higher level boss I'm saving for a rainy day in an RPG

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 26/09/2026

When life hands you opportunities, leap at them

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 26/09/2026

Appropriation

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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 26/09/2026

Dress for the job you want

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 25/09/2026

My man woke up, posted about contempt of court orders related to press access, and free speech issues, and decided to go for the layup

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 24/09/2026

Rip

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 24/09/2026

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Futurama: Technically Correct Meme

ALT: Futurama: Technically Correct Meme

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 24/09/2026

The BBS Documentary continues to pay dividends 20 years later

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 23/09/2026

"Bramah created a lock that was vastly superior to any the world ever seen. His so-called “Bramah safety lock” had layers of complexity in between the key and the deadbolt which Bramah believed made it 100% theft-proof."

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 23/09/2026

For the first few moments I thought this was you and I wondered when my favourite lockboy became a chad

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 23/09/2026

Happening here as well.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 22/09/2026

Absolutely from a confirmed header.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 22/09/2026

What

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 22/09/2026

I'm already on my way away, but that's a fascinating set of businesses in that area, dedicated to fixing up cars, repairing equipment, you name it.

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Canadian Vintage Computer Federation @cvcfed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our favorite archivist from @archive.org, @textfiles.com will be at #VCFMontreal ! Grab your tickets now! Save 10$! events.humanitix.com/vcf-montreal...

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 22/09/2026

I'm in Modesto, baby, going to get my reel-to-reel fixed

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 21/09/2026

Put them in a zip file with a .cbz extension.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We're trying to figure out how to fix up our weird vintage stove Donate to the internet archive because that site is full of gems. archive.org/details/Okee...

O'Keefe And Merritt Cook Book and Operating Manual

Operation Manual and Cook Book for O'Keefe and Merrit Gas Range likely from 1950's. Includes explanation of clock and timers.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 21/09/2026

Also year 25 of me typing in the answer to the secret question and it says no, and literally offers to postal mail me a temporary password.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 21/09/2026

Year 25 of me being reminded that Verizon has the worst web-based account management and it is not even close.

Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 21/09/2026

www.kalkaskago.com Haha, die in a fire. Can you imagine somebody making a site like this with a straight face?

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