This may interest you.
On 16 March 2011, following the Fukushima reactor accident, and infatuated with the new Google Ngram Viewer tool, I blogged about the word "Meltdown."
The ancient graph suffers from linkrot, but I'll resurrect it in my next tweet.
beamjockey.dreamwidth.org/2011/03/16/
On 16 March 2011, following the Fukushima reactor accident, and infatuated with the new Google Ngram Viewer tool, I blogged about the word "Meltdown."
The ancient graph suffers from linkrot, but I'll resurrect it in my next tweet.
beamjockey.dreamwidth.org/2011/03/16/
beamjockey.dreamwidth.org
November 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
This may interest you.
On 16 March 2011, following the Fukushima reactor accident, and infatuated with the new Google Ngram Viewer tool, I blogged about the word "Meltdown."
The ancient graph suffers from linkrot, but I'll resurrect it in my next tweet.
beamjockey.dreamwidth.org/2011/03/16/
On 16 March 2011, following the Fukushima reactor accident, and infatuated with the new Google Ngram Viewer tool, I blogged about the word "Meltdown."
The ancient graph suffers from linkrot, but I'll resurrect it in my next tweet.
beamjockey.dreamwidth.org/2011/03/16/
Like, it was all over the internet and I don't think linkrot is so bad people couldn't find blog posts, articles, and rants on the topic all over the dang place.
Yeah, sorry, the PHANTOM MENACE backlash was immediate and ugly as shit and if you didn't notice because you were a teenager, that does not change the truth.
This is objectively, verifiably untrue.
October 28, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Like, it was all over the internet and I don't think linkrot is so bad people couldn't find blog posts, articles, and rants on the topic all over the dang place.
Linkrot is real. Bide a few moments.
October 28, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Linkrot is real. Bide a few moments.
saw similar a few years back. sorry for the linkrot
sorta asmr and as he says somewhat compelling
antiqueradios.com/forums/viewt...
sorta asmr and as he says somewhat compelling
antiqueradios.com/forums/viewt...
Want to watch elevators talking to each other? – Antique Radio Forums
Kone apparently is live-streaming select "conversations" between elevator installations and the "KONE Cloud" elevator controller....
antiqueradios.com
October 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
saw similar a few years back. sorry for the linkrot
sorta asmr and as he says somewhat compelling
antiqueradios.com/forums/viewt...
sorta asmr and as he says somewhat compelling
antiqueradios.com/forums/viewt...
Ran into my third instance of linkrot of the day and it's not even lunchtime. All on university websites.
October 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Ran into my third instance of linkrot of the day and it's not even lunchtime. All on university websites.
Web-grounded AI depends on online evidence that can vanish or change.
This paper examines link rot, content drift, and source spoofing, outlining ways to assess source integrity without assuming interference.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#WebGroundedAI #ContentDrift #DataPoisoning #LinkRot #AISafety
This paper examines link rot, content drift, and source spoofing, outlining ways to assess source integrity without assuming interference.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#WebGroundedAI #ContentDrift #DataPoisoning #LinkRot #AISafety
The Vanishing Ground: Link Rot, Source Spoofing, and the Epistemic Fragility of Web-Grounded AI
Abstract Web-grounded artificial intelligence systems increasingly rely on online information to retrieve evidence, generate answers, and support knowledge-intensive tasks. Yet the web is neither a st...
doi.org
October 18, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Web-grounded AI depends on online evidence that can vanish or change.
This paper examines link rot, content drift, and source spoofing, outlining ways to assess source integrity without assuming interference.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#WebGroundedAI #ContentDrift #DataPoisoning #LinkRot #AISafety
This paper examines link rot, content drift, and source spoofing, outlining ways to assess source integrity without assuming interference.
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#WebGroundedAI #ContentDrift #DataPoisoning #LinkRot #AISafety
(for those curious, because i always back up what i claim): sorry about the fox link but it's this syndicated eweek article or nothing at all, because they've all fallen to linkrot. anyway it'd be nice if techbros stopped trying to scare people with things that have happened in IoT land for *years*
AIM Rootkit Attack Traced to Middle East
AIM Rootkit Attack Traced to Middle East
www.foxnews.com
October 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
(for those curious, because i always back up what i claim): sorry about the fox link but it's this syndicated eweek article or nothing at all, because they've all fallen to linkrot. anyway it'd be nice if techbros stopped trying to scare people with things that have happened in IoT land for *years*
If it were instead a meditation on linkrot and unreadable digital archives, maybe I could appreciate that title.
October 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
If it were instead a meditation on linkrot and unreadable digital archives, maybe I could appreciate that title.
Twins! tweets.aramzs.com
I really need to update mine, I did tweet a while after the last archive. I didn't delete my tweets though. I want them to remain at their URLs. I hate linkrot and really don't want to contribute.
I really need to update mine, I did tweet a while after the last archive. I didn't delete my tweets though. I want them to remain at their URLs. I hate linkrot and really don't want to contribute.
Chronotope’s Twitter Archive
A read-only indieweb self-hosted archive of Chronotope’s tweets.
tweets.aramzs.com
October 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Twins! tweets.aramzs.com
I really need to update mine, I did tweet a while after the last archive. I didn't delete my tweets though. I want them to remain at their URLs. I hate linkrot and really don't want to contribute.
I really need to update mine, I did tweet a while after the last archive. I didn't delete my tweets though. I want them to remain at their URLs. I hate linkrot and really don't want to contribute.
"linkrot with fascist aesthetics"
October 6, 2026 at 9:28 PM
"linkrot with fascist aesthetics"
linkrot is so maddening. basically nothing that's linked to from my blog in the aughts exists anymore.
my still-looks-like-2003 blog is all there, absent some images that got lost at some point.
my still-looks-like-2003 blog is all there, absent some images that got lost at some point.
October 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
linkrot is so maddening. basically nothing that's linked to from my blog in the aughts exists anymore.
my still-looks-like-2003 blog is all there, absent some images that got lost at some point.
my still-looks-like-2003 blog is all there, absent some images that got lost at some point.
(This would be why I maintain that linkrot is a crime against civilization.)
A nonfiction book written in, let’s say, the year 1795, is most likely still around in a library somewhere and every other work it referred to is probably accessible in some archive as well. A nonfiction book written in 2007 probably cites a bunch of urls that are dead or rotted beyond recognition.
October 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
(This would be why I maintain that linkrot is a crime against civilization.)
Yeah, also that. Linkrot sucks so much.
October 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Yeah, also that. Linkrot sucks so much.
Long ago Tim Berners-Lee wrote a piece about how URIs should be stable. Some of it's dated (who here remembers `cgi-bin`?) but the principles are sound. And soundly ignored, for the most part.
Some linkrot is due to sites going offline, but much could be avoided.
www.w3.org/Provider/Sty...
Some linkrot is due to sites going offline, but much could be avoided.
www.w3.org/Provider/Sty...
Hypertext Style: Cool URIs don't change.
www.w3.org
October 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Long ago Tim Berners-Lee wrote a piece about how URIs should be stable. Some of it's dated (who here remembers `cgi-bin`?) but the principles are sound. And soundly ignored, for the most part.
Some linkrot is due to sites going offline, but much could be avoided.
www.w3.org/Provider/Sty...
Some linkrot is due to sites going offline, but much could be avoided.
www.w3.org/Provider/Sty...
I'm a little curious about what in the world a rotting link smells like. What if, in a couple of years, besides excessive water & power usage, every data centers starts stinking of linkrot?
October 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I'm a little curious about what in the world a rotting link smells like. What if, in a couple of years, besides excessive water & power usage, every data centers starts stinking of linkrot?
Linkrot is just one of the many types of digital obsolescence.
From metadata changes to data format changes, all the way to actual medium obsolescence [I still have 100s of unusable VHS tapes and CD-ROMs...], digital obsolescence is a barrier to our right to access information and knowledge.
From metadata changes to data format changes, all the way to actual medium obsolescence [I still have 100s of unusable VHS tapes and CD-ROMs...], digital obsolescence is a barrier to our right to access information and knowledge.
In 2014, HLS found 50%+ of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended webpage. ~70% of cited links in academic legal journals & 20% of all science, tech, & medicine articles suffer from linkrot. perma.cc
I’m sure it’s gotten worse.
I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.
I’m sure it’s gotten worse.
I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.
October 5, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Linkrot is just one of the many types of digital obsolescence.
From metadata changes to data format changes, all the way to actual medium obsolescence [I still have 100s of unusable VHS tapes and CD-ROMs...], digital obsolescence is a barrier to our right to access information and knowledge.
From metadata changes to data format changes, all the way to actual medium obsolescence [I still have 100s of unusable VHS tapes and CD-ROMs...], digital obsolescence is a barrier to our right to access information and knowledge.
URL Rot in #Software #Engineering Scholarly Work (ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology; @acm.org)
doi.org/10.1145/3849...
#URLRot #LinkRot #scholcomm
doi.org/10.1145/3849...
#URLRot #LinkRot #scholcomm
October 4, 2026 at 9:41 PM
URL Rot in #Software #Engineering Scholarly Work (ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology; @acm.org)
doi.org/10.1145/3849...
#URLRot #LinkRot #scholcomm
doi.org/10.1145/3849...
#URLRot #LinkRot #scholcomm
In 2014, HLS found 50%+ of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended webpage. ~70% of cited links in academic legal journals & 20% of all science, tech, & medicine articles suffer from linkrot. perma.cc
I’m sure it’s gotten worse.
I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.
I’m sure it’s gotten worse.
I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.
October 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
In 2014, HLS found 50%+ of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended webpage. ~70% of cited links in academic legal journals & 20% of all science, tech, & medicine articles suffer from linkrot. perma.cc
I’m sure it’s gotten worse.
I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.
I’m sure it’s gotten worse.
I bet @timbl.bsky.social is frustrated.
[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: The Crimes of Cloudy John, by noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) https://www.eschatonblog.com/2026/10/the-crimes-of-cloudy-john.html
October 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: The Crimes of Cloudy John, by noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) https://www.eschatonblog.com/2026/10/the-crimes-of-cloudy-john.html
A screenshot plus the extracted text gives you a snapshot that survives even if the original vanishes. Go back to the last three sources you cited in your notes and archive them right now. #omnicanvasnotes #digitalworkspace #linkrot #researchnotes #digitalpreservation 3/3
October 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A screenshot plus the extracted text gives you a snapshot that survives even if the original vanishes. Go back to the last three sources you cited in your notes and archive them right now. #omnicanvasnotes #digitalworkspace #linkrot #researchnotes #digitalpreservation 3/3
Un quart des pages web a disparu : comment conserver ce qu'on consulte
❓ Quelle part des pages web a disparu ?
❓ Comment conserver une page web soi-même ?
❓ Qu'est-ce que la Wayback Machine ?
❓ Pourquoi les pages web disparaissent-elles ?
#linkrot #dataloss #archiving
❓ Quelle part des pages web a disparu ?
❓ Comment conserver une page web soi-même ?
❓ Qu'est-ce que la Wayback Machine ?
❓ Pourquoi les pages web disparaissent-elles ?
#linkrot #dataloss #archiving
Un quart des pages web a disparu : comment conserver ce qu'on consulte
Environ 25 % des pages web collectées entre 2013 et 2023 ne sont plus accessibles, selon le Pew Research Center. Pour conserver une page : enregistrement HTML, PDF, Pocket, wallabag ou Raindrop.io.
france-jeunes.net
October 2, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Un quart des pages web a disparu : comment conserver ce qu'on consulte
❓ Quelle part des pages web a disparu ?
❓ Comment conserver une page web soi-même ?
❓ Qu'est-ce que la Wayback Machine ?
❓ Pourquoi les pages web disparaissent-elles ?
#linkrot #dataloss #archiving
❓ Quelle part des pages web a disparu ?
❓ Comment conserver une page web soi-même ?
❓ Qu'est-ce que la Wayback Machine ?
❓ Pourquoi les pages web disparaissent-elles ?
#linkrot #dataloss #archiving
Linkrot be damned, I found some old photos of Mary Rosso from the early battles. That's Mary with both Clinton and Gore at Ft Armistead Park (under the Key Bridge, RIP) talking about environmental justice in 1995.
youtu.be/J3mjJO7S3RU...
youtu.be/J3mjJO7S3RU...
October 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Linkrot be damned, I found some old photos of Mary Rosso from the early battles. That's Mary with both Clinton and Gore at Ft Armistead Park (under the Key Bridge, RIP) talking about environmental justice in 1995.
youtu.be/J3mjJO7S3RU...
youtu.be/J3mjJO7S3RU...
it's such a damn shame. (understatement) a lot of important history is being deliberately erased, as well as just disappearing from linkrot & other forms of digital attrition
i don't enjoy using the internet in general, these days. I used to *love* doing internet searches (& was good at it too) but
i don't enjoy using the internet in general, these days. I used to *love* doing internet searches (& was good at it too) but
September 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
it's such a damn shame. (understatement) a lot of important history is being deliberately erased, as well as just disappearing from linkrot & other forms of digital attrition
i don't enjoy using the internet in general, these days. I used to *love* doing internet searches (& was good at it too) but
i don't enjoy using the internet in general, these days. I used to *love* doing internet searches (& was good at it too) but
A screenshot plus the extracted text gives you a snapshot that survives even if the original vanishes. Go back to the last three sources you cited in your notes and archive them right now. #omnicanvasnotes #digitalworkspace #linkrot #researchnotes #digitalpreservation 3/3
September 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A screenshot plus the extracted text gives you a snapshot that survives even if the original vanishes. Go back to the last three sources you cited in your notes and archive them right now. #omnicanvasnotes #digitalworkspace #linkrot #researchnotes #digitalpreservation 3/3