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I found a youtube version of this article being read by a gray-bearded tech nerd with a Hawaiian shirt: https://youtu.be/KsDYul3J3Dc Maybe I should pop a pineapple pizza in the ove…

"Last, I must express my deep disappointment and disbelief at the accusation of excluding people from minority or marginalized backgrounds. As someone who highly values diversity a…

For those who might think that NNTP does not scale, keep in mind that in its heyday Usenet was not the only NNTP network. There were countless niche NNTP servers not necessarily pe…

I love treasure hunting. Sometimes Usenet feels like the dusty old thrift store of the Internet. If you have ever found a thrift store with rows of shelves chock full of books, old…

I gathered some html colors and dubbed some zany names. Also find enclosed some color schemes for text and accents.

Usenet runs on the NNTP protocol. NNTP stands for "Network News Transfer Protocol." It is not a mailing list but many mailing list operators mirror their mailing lists in a NNTP ne…

> What can I do with Usenet? You can enjoy threaded discussion in unmoderated groups without worrying about viewpoint censorship. You can run your own NNTP peer and create your own…

There are still active, moderated newsgroups. The majority of them have dried up, but some are still relevant.

People are working on this. In particular Retro Guy has one very good web front end that is really the only viable replacement for Google Groups at this point. Look for Rocksolid L…

I never thought I would see a poet put Kipling in his place. This is a masterpiece.

Usenet is the original social network and still the home of free speech online. Several more BIG8 hosts are added to the list.

Tuesday, September 11088, 1993 Usenet is dead. Usenet has always been dead. Usenet is dying. Usenet is always dying. Live with it. Long live Usenet! Google Groups is pulling the pl…

> "I wonder if SSH should really be used at all for git. While TLS certificates are relatively short lived these days thanks to Let’s Encrypt, SSH host keys live a very long time. …

> This community especially can be very toxic to people that are starting out, that aren't geniuses The toxic ones are especially cruel to people that have special genius. And the …

I am starting this thread to document complaints to Google to resolve the tsunami of Usenet spam originating with their servers. The spam flood attack has persisted for a very long…

Conquest banner: grammar Nazi vs. syntax Soviet. Take it to a whole new level. MIDI anthem not included.

Network News, AKA, 'Usenet' is still available as a means of propagating and discussing information on a censorship-resistant network. A world-wide network of NNTP servers store an…