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These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 UNHCR’s future is at risk – and so is its past UNHCR’s archives are not just dusty shelves of internal paperwork. Within around 10 kilometres of shelving lie official records, file notes, testimonies and images dating back to UNHCR’s creation in 1950, documenting global displacement from the aftermath of the Second World War through the Cold War and decolonization to today’s conflicts and climate-driven crises. Alongside this sits a vast digital archive: websites and social media content amounting to around 5–6 terabytes, and a dedicated Digital Preservation System holding almost 90 terabytes of material. Once destroyed, these records cannot be reconstructed. There is no backup co archive delete politics 🔖 Street Books Street Books is a street library that provides community, resources, and advocacy for people living outside or at the margins in Portland, Oregon. We cultivate mutual relationships rooted in dignity and…