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Spying Before Stonewall: How the FBI Secretly Tracked Gay Activists in the 60s
A trove of previously buried documents tells the story of how anti-LGBTQ surveillance targeted queer people in the United States—and how those people pushed back.
The Most Interesting New Museum Is a Vintage Shop in Brooklyn
BLK MKT Vintage wants to be the “Blackest antique store there ever was.” But in trying to make Black cultural ephemera accessible to their community, its founders have revealed how often white curators control the narrative.
Archivists Are Uploading Hundreds of Random VHS Tapes to the Internet
Two-hundred new 90s and early 2000s tapes hit the Internet Archive from the same group in just in the last two months.
Climate Change Could Erase Human History. These Archivists Are Trying to Save It
Climate change making the word hotter, more humid, and more stormy—all conditions that put sensitive paper archives at risk. This problem is forcing us to ask, which histories will we choose to remember?
Border Patrol Union Just Deleted a Webpage Saying a Wall Would Be 'Wasting Taxpayer Money'
Digital archives show that the page was deleted after the union's president supported building a border wall with Donald Trump in the White House Briefing Room.
NASA Just Released Two Years’ Worth of Apollo 11 Mission Audio
That's more than 19,000 hours of audio from the first moon landing mission.
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Cruel Diagonals 'Disambiguation' Is a Lonely, Decay-Obsessed Wonder
The brilliant debut album from Megan Mitchell's experimental electronic project brings together a field recordings, disquieting beats, and an eerily clear voice.
Porn from the 1920s Was More Wild and Hardcore Than You Could Imagine
And the NSFW art form is disappearing.
Smoke Some Weed, Take a Walk, and Read This Interview With Neil Young
Sixty years into an iconic career, Young is still fighting back against the recording industry. In a rare interview, he talks to Noisey about art, algorithms, and the likelihood of music saving the world.
2,000,000+ Photos Archive 50 Years of Aussie Life—in Arkansas
This LA art dealer just bought 2 million vintage photographs from the Sydney Morning Herald archive; now he’s sorting it.
Archiving Vintage Liquor Ads Is a Job with Spirit (Pun Intended)
The archivists behind three of the biggest liquor brands share what it takes to keep the history of their drinks alive.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music Just Put 70,000 Art Objects Online
The extensive online archive spans 150 years of performance history.
