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It must be stressful being told you belong in prison, I hope you're doing OK. FWIW, I think you -- and anyone else who collects, organises and makes this sort

It must be stressful being told you belong in prison, I hope you're doing OK. FWIW, I think you -- and anyone else who collects, organises and makes this sort of stuff available -- are doing God's work. Archivists are heroes. It's the people who try to ruin the lives of those providing public goods that belong in prison. sillysaurusx, I salute you.

sillysaurusx 3y ago
Thanks. It is really stressful. I can’t even mention our newborn at this point without being told I’m a horrible father and that I only talk about her to manipulate public opinion. Meanwhile we just pulled up to the ER at 1am to find out why she’s not eating enough, and we have an echocardiogram in 7 hours to try to diagnose why her heart isn’t pumping enough. The Silverman folks served me papers a few days ago. https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1704559992135717238?s=61&t=jQbmCk1JqL7depzFWJNuPA https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1704559992135717238?s=61&t=jQ... I’ve made negative dollars from books3. Thus far it’s been an impressive exercise in self harm. At this point I’m just living each day to the fullest. Whatever happens will happen. I’ve been making a thread of firsts to capture the magic moments. https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1706375699756384318?s=61&t=jQbmCk1JqL7depzFWJNuPA https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1706375699756384318?s=61&t=jQ... I take solace in that people like you can benefit from my work. It was always intended for hackers.
- all2 3y ago
  I'll be praying for you, man. If there's anything else I or anyone can do, please let us know.
- vasco 3y ago
  Those papers are only so you don't delete anything. They are asking you for a soft "legal hold" in case they'd subpoena you later. You can let them know everything was lost in a backup mishap last year and have nothing to hold for them and they can stick it where it doesn't shine.
  - sillysaurusx 3y ago
    I’ve been giving it a lot of thought. The reason I reacted so strongly was out of genuine surprise for what they want here. The books3 dataset was public from day one. I’ve done interviews being totally transparent where the data came from. I also made it in my wife’s parents’ basement, so this letter seems to imply that their basement is under legal hold. In other words, there is no data. There’s no evidence of anything. All the evidence was released openly — it’s how science is replicated. So it seems like it’s a precursor for more actions in the future. And whatever those are, they’ll likely not be friendly.

sillysaurusx 3y ago

Thanks. It is really stressful. I can’t even mention our newborn at this point without being told I’m a horrible father and that I only talk about her to manipulate public opinion. Meanwhile we just pulled up to the ER at 1am to find out why she’s not eating enough, and we have an echocardiogram in 7 hours to try to diagnose why her heart isn’t pumping enough. The Silverman folks served me papers a few days ago. https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1704559992135717238?s=61&t=jQbmCk1JqL7depzFWJNuPA https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1704559992135717238?s=61&t=jQ... I’ve made negative dollars from books3. Thus far it’s been an impressive exercise in self harm. At this point I’m just living each day to the fullest. Whatever happens will happen. I’ve been making a thread of firsts to capture the magic moments. https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1706375699756384318?s=61&t=jQbmCk1JqL7depzFWJNuPA https://x.com/theshawwn/status/1706375699756384318?s=61&t=jQ... I take solace in that people like you can benefit from my work. It was always intended for hackers.

all2 3y ago
I'll be praying for you, man. If there's anything else I or anyone can do, please let us know.
vasco 3y ago
Those papers are only so you don't delete anything. They are asking you for a soft "legal hold" in case they'd subpoena you later. You can let them know everything was lost in a backup mishap last year and have nothing to hold for them and they can stick it where it doesn't shine.
- sillysaurusx 3y ago
  I’ve been giving it a lot of thought. The reason I reacted so strongly was out of genuine surprise for what they want here. The books3 dataset was public from day one. I’ve done interviews being totally transparent where the data came from. I also made it in my wife’s parents’ basement, so this letter seems to imply that their basement is under legal hold. In other words, there is no data. There’s no evidence of anything. All the evidence was released openly — it’s how science is replicated. So it seems like it’s a precursor for more actions in the future. And whatever those are, they’ll likely not be friendly.