url.gxvwb.dev is an instance of YOURLS to shorten URLs using easy to remember 4-digit numerical codes and without having to trust bit.ly or similar services. There is also an accompanying Firefox Add-on called ShortURL.
YouTube NoBS
FacebookAds-Organized
Last Thursday, democrats on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released 11 .zip files containing 3,519 Facebook ads purchased by the Internet Research Agency divided into subfolders by year, quarter, and month. FacebookAds-Organized is an attempt to simplify the viewing and searching of these documents by merging them all into a single chronological .pdf file. Alternatively, all individual files have been dumped into a single .zip file (all renamed to maintain chronology).
FacebookAdsFull.pdf (8.4 GB)
All FacebookAds .pdf files merged into a single .pdf file (ordered chronologically).
FacebookAdsAllFiles.zip (8.2 GB)
All FacebookAds .pdf files zipped into a single directory (renamed to maintain chronology).
Read Exposing Russia’s Effort to Sow Discord Online: The Internet Research Agency and Advertisements (archive.ph/2L6Yj)
How to access restricted YouTube videos
As of 2023 this method no longer worksStep 1: Visit a restricted YouTube video
Enter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik into the address bar. If you are logged in to Google, Disable Restricted Mode. Alternatively, if you are not logged in to Google simply proceed to Step 2.
Step 2: Change the URL of the restricted YouTube video
Replace
watch?v=in the URL of the restricted YouTube video withembed/. So https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik would be changed to https://www.youtube.com/embed/is9sxRfU-ik. The restricted video is now playable.
How to download C-SPAN videos
C-SPAN removed the Legacy Player, this method no longer worksStep 1: Disable Flash
(If Flash is already disabled, proceed to Step 2)
Using Firefox, enter about:addons into the address bar and navigate to the Plugins section. Next to Flash preferences select Never Activate from the drop-down menu.
Using Chrome, visit c-span.org and single-click the green Lock icon to the left of the address bar. Next to Flash preferences select Always block on this site from the drop-down menu.
Step 2: Log in to MyC-SPAN
Either log in to MyC-SPAN with Facebook or create an account. Alternatively, use username h9i3A6rst and password 84VdrzB8N (if using these credentials, proceed to Step 4).
Step 3: Switch to Legacy Player
If logging in with Facebook or creating a new account switch to the Legacy Player from MyC-SPAN edit.
Step 4: Save Video As…
Right-click any C-SPAN video and select Save Video As…, you will be prompted to save the video to your Desktop as an .mp4.