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Trump erases 'Golden Girls' star's Marine Corps history (www.advocate.com)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just for people who don't realize, they are deleting all this information, and preserving none of it other than a screen cap. This is gone for good.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if it's backed up, will those backups be retained for 4 years? 8 years? By the time someone is in power will they even be able to restore this content? Probably not.

We're left with things like Wikipedia and archive.org snapshots - second hand resources that can easily go away.

The brain drain is real and fucking terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The pentagon has said they aren't preserving anything other than a screen cap at best. Your either getting a screen cap low res, no links, or nothing. I'm guessing a lot of it is nothing.

[–] darkpanda 26 points 3 weeks ago

It’s effectively digital book burning.