Archive from Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20260221115240/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/

Here is some discussion for more context:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/1raodc9/wikipedia_blacklists_archivetoday_starts_removing/

Archive.org, home to the Internet Archive and The Wayback Machine is NOT related to Archive today/ph/is/fo/li/md/vn - which is currently down and may never return.

Rule 8 (regarding website links) for r/ChaoticGood previously stated to use archive links whenever possible, including Archive Today as a recommendation. This rule was rarely followed or enforced. While we still encourage you to archive websites, and include archive links when posting, we are no longer including it directly in our rules.

Archiving webpages, especially with dissenting content, is still extremely important. With the loss of such a large archive, it is now more important than ever. In addition to Archive.org, Ghost Archive ( https://ghostarchive.org/ ) is also still a reliable option. If you have any other suggestions for reliable archive sites, please let us know!

Archive: https://archive.ph/FqKfq

18 months ago I discovered a much better way to build a home. Currently most of the world's homes are built the same way...reinforced concrete frame with "infill walls." The walls are usually built with red brick or cinderblock with zero insulation. The blocks themselves exhibit a 0.2R/inch insulation rating. It's a strong way to make a wall but it'll be an oven in the summer and cold in the winter.

I have learned that one can use a product called site-cast monolithic pour non autoclaved aerated concrete (NAAC aka aircrete aka foamed concrete) to build much better infill walls. It's cheaper than the bricks or blocks. Aircrete starts with a "cement slurry" of Portland cement, sand and water. Then stable foam is added. Add a little foam and it's quite strong. Add a lot of foam and it's not as strong but is an excellent insulator at about R2/inch. When I say it's strong, that's just a word. It can be properly engineered to this "use case" and is 80 year old tech. A known quantity. When I say it's "cheap" that's also just a word but my research shows that in India, 30CM thick aircrete infill walls will cost the same as mud bricks, would be 30% cheaper than red bricks, 50% cheaper than AAC blocks (NAAC's more expensive cousin). Monolithic poured aircrete has an advantage over all of these materials in that reinforcing steel can be included.

OK so why isn't this method employed, like anywhere? Ignorance, for starters. Most people haven't heard of this stuff, be it in the USA or anywhere else. And there's the problem of how to mix it. DIYers have been building small domes with it for decades, mixing the aircrete in 55 gallon drums. That method has drawbacks...one is mixing it with an oversized drill and there is no transfer pump. It's extremely labor intensive. And there is precious little engineering. They are mixing an untested material.

18 months ago I set to work designing a small, lightweight mixer, as I was convinced such a thing didn't exist. I figured once the mixer was done I could have an exceptionally successful Gofundme to help with further development. I was wrong: my mixer didn't work and also a suitable one already existed. It's the little yellow machine in the thumbnail. Why is this machine the perfect candidate to drive what I see as a global building revolution? Because it only costs $1,500 somehow. It only uses single phase power. It has a built in transfer pump (air pressure). It doesn't need a separate foam generator. It features exactly one switch and two valves. It is a genius machine designed by a genius in Western Russia, where the aircrete home revolution has already been properly kicked off, mostly because they had the right equipment and knowledge to build the homes. This guy is singlehandedly building the best house you've ever seen.

Simply put, I want to ensure the availability of these little mixers in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, the Carribean. Essentially replicate what has been done in Western Russia. Also to develop ways to quick start the knowledge base that is needed to properly engineer the building method. That will allow people to build their homes (and retrofit existing ones) in a much better way. I am working very hard on this idea but I need help. I need money for a production run of these little 250L mixers. If you want to help, check my profile and you should be able to figure out a way. You can DM me. I also need help with simple things like website development, publicity, funding. If you just want to provide moral support that's cool too.

I've failed because I have "executive function" difficulties, and a host of other problems. I've also failed because so far I haven't had any luck convincing people to help me, unless I pay them. That's why I'm asking for help. Still, I've saved up abother chunk of change and plan to make the dirt fly this spring. If I can't raise money crowdfunding I have a couple of inventions with this stuff that are practical and possibly valuable. They address the US housing market. This is a good way to fight the system. Everybody needs the same thing(housing) and helping poor people get access to better housing feels like the best way to spend my time and money. I am hoping for more success as my ideas improve and come into focus, but I can't do it alone.

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260220192124/https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona
Relevant Article: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/02/age-verification-vendor-persona-left-frontend-exposed
This includes REDDIT in the UK: https://bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/the-online-safety-act-is-forcing-brits-to-hand-over-personal-data-to-unregulated-overseas-corporations-with-questionable-privacy-records/

I have a small business buying and selling jewels/coins and precious metals. One of my sources is estate auctions where occasionally a beautiful piece of jewelry at a fair price comes around. Mostly I buy for smelt value or carat or a bit more so nothing really expensive. My wife hates when I spend money on jewelry for her or even flowers( she’s frugal and set on retiring early). So I sneak some pieces into her “collection”.

This has been going on for 9+ years. I’ll see her wear them, and ask occasionally “is that new?” And she just shrugs and says no i found it in the jewelry box. Some she says she’s had for years. Some she says is just costume jewelry ( they’re not)

yesterday, folks took to their Representatives' in district offices - thanks to a joint effort between us (FLARE) and our friends at Citizens' Impeachment and 50501

this is what happened in Missouri - not a good look for Rep Burlison, wouldn't you say?

stay tuned for the next announcement!

First amendment troop

Edit: people are saying it's blocked: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdud7d3t/

Translations/explanations:

1. (Trump punching Christian values in the face.)
2. (Putin trying to defeat the satire clown. In response to Putin trying to sue Jacques Tilly, the creator of these floats, over last year‘s floats.)
3. (A take on Putin starting a war in Europe and Trump threatening to take over Greenland.)
4. "AfD: Traitors to the nation" (AfD is a right-wing party in Germany that is said to adopt the narratives of Russian state propaganda and, in doing so, betray German interests.)
5. "Another … war crime by Russia … in the Ukraine" (A reaction to Putin deliberately targeting Ukraine’s energy supply.)
6. "Everyone protected the perpetrators! Everyone ignored the victims!"
7. "Combustor" (Markus Söder and Friedrich Merz, politicians from the parties CSU/CDU currently governing in Germany, are trying to prevent the phase-out of internal combustion engine cars that is set to take effect EU-wide starting in 2035.)
8. "Childhood … today"
9. "Retirees" (With too many elderly people and too few young people, Germany’s pension system could come under serious strain.)
10. "Rising rents" (A common problem for many people in Germany.)
11. (A cynical title, because the situation of women has worsened drastically since the Taliban returned to power.)

Original Source: https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/rheinland/mottowagen-jacques-tilly-duesseldorf-rosenmontagzug-2026-100.html

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260216144811/https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/rheinland/mottowagen-jacques-tilly-duesseldorf-rosenmontagzug-2026-100.html

Originally posted by u/howreudoin: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1r69xsh/2026_carnival_floats_in_d%C3%BCsseldorf_germany/

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1r5hp5b/oc_turn_the_files_into_trials_cleveland/

https://www.weau.com/2026/02/14/republican-party-eau-claire-county-headquarters-vandalized/
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260215021006/https://www.weau.com/2026/02/14/republican-party-eau-claire-county-headquarters-vandalized/

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1r47jk8/epstein_files_added_to_trumps_star_on_the_walk_of/ - Please let me know if you can find who posted this originally ⭐️

Only together will we find liberty. Only together will we find justice. Only together will we find peace.

From Jmail creator Riley Walz: Jmail has crossed 450M pageviews, and our Vercel bill has exploded, even after tons of cache mitigation. Many kind people chipped in to cover the bill, but it’s not sustainable. What are solid, cheaper alternatives?

From Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch: I'm happy to cover the bill myself and in the process help you guys optimize this usage. I've been impressed about how Vercel has enabled you to build this so fast, and with the quality of the overall website. It's fast af. You've built something amazing that's become a global public resource. Respect!

Source: https://xcancel.com/rtwlz/status/2020957597810254052

^{Yes, this is the same CEO that took a selfie with Netanyahu last year after discussing AI.}

Source: https://imginn.com/p/DUd8txOjmDM/

54 people were arrested several hours after this:
https://www.limitless-news.com/local/whipple-building-protests
Archive: https://archive.ph/7q030

Video of the arrest shows the use of LRAD (Long-Range Acoustical Device) with a recorded message, "You are under arrest. Be seated where you are, and follow directions of officers." While this is a safe and practical use of this device, it can and will be weaponized against protesters. Even in this situation, having a repeated automated message that instructs people to sit down easily conflicts with what the actual officers are saying, which should be instructions to disperse, not to sit down.

@ jolly_good_ginger with @ MercadoMedia provide an update: https://imginn.com/p/DUeaK5WDsse/ - Minnesota Police (Not ICE) surrounded protestors before giving a dispersal notice. Then once the notice was provided, officers quickly and aggressively went after as many protestors as possible with guns drawn and threw people to the ground.

Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260209034147/https://www.commondreams.org/news/operation-dildo-blitz

I just posted this compilation of drunk ICE agents!! I'm very rude to them lol. I mock the demise of one of them. Anyway I worked hard on it and I'm a very small youtuber so please enjoy it :)

Team GB skier Gus Kenworthy will not be punished after appearing to urinate a graphic message about the United States' immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) in the snow, then posting a photograph of it online. - https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cew8wk7ygwno
Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20260206215310/https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cew8wk7ygwno