Yesterday the @internetarchiveeurope opened its new headquarters, in Amsterdam.
To celebrate this historical milestone, together with @brewsterkahle we officially added the Internet Archive Europe on OpenStreetMap 🎉
A new era begins! 🚀
Thanks @yawnbox for the video 🌻
(Also proudly showing off my shiny @frameworkcomputer)
@openstreetmap @internetarchive #InternetArchive #InternetArchiveEurope #Amsterdam #OSM #OpenStreetMap #OpenKnowledge
@tommi @internetarchiveeurope @brewsterkahle @openstreetmap @internetarchive @yawnbox @frameworkcomputer Join me all in sing and dance! 🎉🎊🎆
@tommi @internetarchiveeurope @brewsterkahle @openstreetmap @internetarchive @yawnbox @frameworkcomputer
First red flag directly on the landing page "Using AI Tools and ..."
To all those who are annoyed by the video having the wrong orientation (and I am too): please tell me how to rotate a video on Linux without making a mess (that is: re-encoding, installing obscure software, piping 58932570 terminal commands) and I will absolutely do it next time.
#Linux #video #videoRotation #terminal #videoEditing (I guess it’s gonna be a #ffmpeg thing, so this hashtag, too)
@tommi @internetarchiveeurope @brewsterkahle how come your website (listed on the OSM object) gives an OSM HTML error? Are you proxying an OSM page? :o
Hey @luc, I’m afraid I can’t replicate this error… Could you send me a screenshot or a screen recording?
@tommi thanks for checking! I had another look and the issue is the missing protocol, causing a relative link within the OSM website and nothing to do with proxying. Steps to reproduce:
0. Use e.g. Firefox mobile / Fennec
1. Open the object on OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/267108230
2. Click on the website tag value
3. Land on this 404 page: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/www.internetarchive.eu/
Sorry for the misleading report previously! Would you like me to edit the OSM object, prefixing https:// before the current value?
Oooh, I see. Thanks for spotting that, @luc! This is the fault of Firefox latest silly update, that hides the https:// part of an URL, so that it’s not included when you copy it 😠
I fixed it, now.
@tommi @internetarchiveeurope @brewsterkahle @openstreetmap @internetarchive @yawnbox and the reason they didn't open it in London, or Paris, or Berlin? Those are not any longer places where #FreeSpeech and historical research can be guaranteed for long.
Stichting Internet Archive has quite a long history already. The @internetarchiveeurope has existed since 2004 as a non-profit organization registered in the Netherlands. In the past year it has been rebooted and the foundation bought the building in Amsterdam.
@internetarchive @tommi @frameworkcomputer @yawnbox @openstreetmap @brewsterkahle @gimulnautti Thank you so much! We are excited about the Alliances we hope to build here. This was just published here in The Netherlands: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/09/19/het-internet-archive-verkiest-europa-boven-de-vs-want-hier-liggen-de-kansen-volgens-de-oprichter-a4906737
@tommi @internetarchiveeurope @openstreetmap @yawnbox
That's a pretty cool crossover, definitely feels pretty European based on the vibes as well :D
(P.S. pretty offtopic but I smiled when also seeing a Forgejo sticker out "in the wild" 😅)
