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“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham director of the ...

2026-04-12T14:09:51Z

“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham director of the Wayback Machine.

When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history & knowlege.

The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors.
➡️ https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/technology/internet-archive-collateral-damage-in-ai-news-battle/article_d3a37294-dc35-4861-8f7a-0a8cbfb12a58.html

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP (1930) 🎨 ...

2026-04-11T17:00:42Z

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP (1930) 🎨

🖼️ Celebrate U.S. National Pet Day with Paul Klee’s delicate, whimsical work exploring the poetic bond between humans and animals.

See it in our collections ➡️ https://archive.org/details/tier-freund-schaft-paul-klee-1930

#NationalPetDay #AnimalArt #PetLovers #PublicDomain #OpenAccess

Olivia M Ross’ "Pandora’s Aquarium (2025)" is a ...

2026-04-10T21:00:43Z

Olivia M Ross’ "Pandora’s Aquarium (2025)" is a techno seapunk choose-your-own-adventure that links its story to the user’s webcam 🐠 Commissioned for the Internet Archive x Gray Area Trillionth Webpage Net Art Commissions, it lives both online and in the Archive 🌐

https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

#Wayback1T #GrayAreaOrg internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

🎶 Hear from WNYC’s Simon Close on the Public Song Project ...

2026-04-10T18:45:20Z

🎶 Hear from WNYC’s Simon Close on the Public Song Project

What can you create from the public domain? From poems to forgotten songs, discover how open culture becomes new music and how you can take part.

Learn more 👉 https://www.wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

#PublicSongContest The Public Domain Review (npub1qer…zunx) #wnyc

🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️ 🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026: ...

2026-04-09T23:00:53Z

🎟️ TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE 🎟️

🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems is a five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web (DWeb).

Early bird ticket sales, volunteer applications, and Call for Proposals are open on https://dwebcamp.org 🎉

Join hundreds of dreamers, builders, and hackers to envision the decentralized technologies we need today.

DWeb (npub17f3…hrka) c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355) Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d) #DWeb #BerlinEvents #BerlinTech

🎶 The Public Song Project is back for 2026! WNYC invites ...

2026-04-08T23:00:59Z

🎶 The Public Song Project is back for 2026! WNYC invites everyone to create songs inspired by the public domain. Remix, reinterpret, or reimagine & be heard on WNYC & the Internet Archive.

📅 Submit your song by May 10.

📝 Submission form, contest rules & more info ⤵️
https://www.wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

📩 Questions? Email aoi@wnyc.org

#wnyc internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #PublicSongProject #PublicRadio

🇨🇦 Canada’s Council of Prairie and Pacific University ...

2026-04-08T22:10:03Z

🇨🇦 Canada’s Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) has joined a global movement to protect digital rights for libraries, archives & museums—supporting access, preservation, and shared cultural heritage online. 🌍📚

Learn more ⤵️ https://internetarchivecanada.org/2026/04/07/coppul-joins-the-global-movement-to-protect-digital-rights-for-memory-institutions/

Internet Archive Canada (npub1p8d…ly2z) #CARL_ABRC #LibraryArchives #CdnHeritage

Who gets to decide how your data is used, especially when you ...

2026-04-08T16:50:10Z

Who gets to decide how your data is used, especially when you never gave informed consent?

Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert explore the ethical gray areas of data use, from facial recognition to unseen algorithmic decisions, in THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA on the Future Knowledge #podcast, in conversation with Laura DeNardis.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-secret-life-of-data

#Consent #DataEthics #Privacy #AI Aram Sinnreich (npub1xup…5k4x) [@jesse](https://socialserver.science/@jesse ) #Bookstodon

Congrats to "FLIP THE FROG THE DAME WHO CROAKED" by Adam ...

2026-04-07T20:32:56Z

Congrats to "FLIP THE FROG THE DAME WHO CROAKED" by Adam Gaulke and Ben Haynes, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A new noir story of amphibious revenge that is stylish, funny, and sharp.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/FliptheFrog-TheDameWhoCroaked

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

How do you build a better, more decentralized web? 🌐 In ...

2026-04-07T00:00:26Z

How do you build a better, more decentralized web? 🌐

In Berlin, technologists, artists, and organizers are coming together to co-create DWeb Camp 2026—rethinking the internet from the ground up.

Learn more: https://blog.archive.org/2026/04/02/how-dweb-camp-is-being-built-in-berlin/

DWeb (npub17f3…hrka) c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355) Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d) #DWeb #BerlinEvents #BerlinTech

Back in THE APPLE II AGE, the first encounters with computers for ...

2026-04-06T22:00:58Z

Back in THE APPLE II AGE, the first encounters with computers for millions were defined by a software ecosystem including The Print Shop & early games.

Historians Laine Nooney & Finn Brunton explore the lasting cultural impact of this influential 1977 machine on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/the-apple-ii-age

Laine Nooney (npub1wu5…tna3) #AppleII #Apple #PersonalComputing

🎙️ Why preserve college radio? Radio researcher Jennifer ...

2026-04-06T18:28:05Z

🎙️ Why preserve college radio?

Radio researcher Jennifer Waits stopped by CJSF to share insights from her work managing college & community radio collections.

Jennifer volunteers at KFJC & works with the Internet Archive, where she curates the college radio collection within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC). 📻

🎧 Full interview ⬇️
https://soundcloud.com/cjsfradio/interview-with-jennifer-waits

Internet Archive Canada (npub1p8d…ly2z) internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #DLARC #CollegeRadio

Jennifer volunteers at KFJC & works with the Internet ...

2026-04-06T18:28:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…3ym4
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Jennifer volunteers at KFJC & works with the Internet Archive, where she curates the college radio collection within Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC). 📻

#DLARC #CollegeRadio #RadioHistory @internetarchiveca.bsky.social

The project is building a global archive of campus, community, and amateur radio materials, and inviting stations to contribute their history.

🐣 It's Easter Monday. The day after Easter Sunday is ...

2026-04-06T11:01:39Z

🐣 It's Easter Monday.

The day after Easter Sunday is celebrated across many countries as a spring holiday of family, outings & music.

🎶 Check out this 1899 "Festival of the Lilies" program from the historic Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, preserved in the collections of the Internet Archive 👇 https://archive.org/details/festivaloflilies00unse_0

#EasterMonday @InternetArcCA

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, LADIES OF LEISURE (1930). ...

2026-04-05T17:00:59Z

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, LADIES OF LEISURE (1930).

Released on this day in 1930, Barbara Stanwyck broke out in a star-making role under Frank Capra. 🎬

🎭 As Kay Arnold, a party girl turned artist’s model, Stanwyck's raw, naturalistic performance helped redefine screen acting in the talkies.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/ladies-of-leisure_1930

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #OTD

🐥 Peeps marshmallow chicks have been around for 73 years! 🤯 ...

2026-04-05T13:02:16Z

🐥 Peeps marshmallow chicks have been around for 73 years! 🤯

Starting all yellow, they expanded into a rainbow of Easter egg-like hues.

Their official website has been online for decades, but tracing its changing domains is like an Easter egg hunt through web history.

Take a "peep" into the colorful past of your favorite sites with the #WaybackMachine ➡️ https://web.archive.org

#Easter #Peeps #InternetHistory

Jesse Walton’s "1,000,000,000,000" visualizes one ...

2026-04-05T01:00:28Z

Jesse Walton’s "1,000,000,000,000" visualizes one trillion archived pages using a custom "2x4 font" to show scale, displayed atop the Internet Archive in San Francisco.

This text-based sculpture reflects how today’s art can become tomorrow’s artifacts.

🌐 Learn all about this & other artworks created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area Trillionth Webpage Net Art Commissions ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

The housing crisis doesn't spare older adults. In fact, for ...

2026-04-04T19:00:53Z

The housing crisis doesn't spare older adults. In fact, for many seniors it's getting worse.

RSVP for a free screening of "No Place to Grow Old" in San Francisco, and stay for a panel Q&A with community advocates.

📅 April 22
🕠 Doors 5:30 PM / 🕕 6 PM
📍 Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ https://luma.com/lrtq1eg5

League of Women Voters of SF (npub1hk0…ny88) SFPublicPress (npub1n3x…yshk)

🗂️🇨🇦 Preserving the Ethnic Press: Expanding Access to ...

2026-04-03T21:01:23Z

🗂️🇨🇦 Preserving the Ethnic Press: Expanding Access to Historical Newspapers

Discover the rich stories of Canada’s immigrant & ethnic communities 📜

Internet Archive Canada (IAC) & the Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario (MHSO) are partnering to make historical newspapers like Canadian Jewish Review, The New Canadian & L’Ami du Peuple freely accessible for research & exploration.

More about this initiative ⤵️ https://internetarchivecanada.org/2026/03/31/preserving-the-ethnic-press-internet-archive-canada-and-the-multicultural-historical-society-of-ontario-partner-to-expand-access-to-historical-newspapers/

Internet Archive Canada (npub1p8d…ly2z)

DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote 📻🌀 The ...

2026-04-02T23:00:55Z

DLARC: The Radio Geek’s Doomscrolling Antidote 📻🌀

The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC) gathers 225,000+ items: magazines, QSL cards, audio, video, and more, free through the Internet Archive. 📚💿

It’s a deep, searchable rabbit hole of radio history, research & culture. 🔎📡

Tune in ⤵️🔗
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/dlarc-the-radio-geeks-doomscrolling-antidote

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #RadioHistory internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

Congrats to "SEEING YOU IN DREAMS" by Grace Mural, a ...

2026-04-02T19:01:34Z

Congrats to "SEEING YOU IN DREAMS" by Grace Mural, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

"A sentimental story from the diary of a dreamer." A lyrical and intimate dreamlike journey.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/seeing-you-in-dreams-film-PDRC2026

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

On Apple’s 50th anniversary, the Future Knowledge #podcast ...

2026-04-02T17:43:30Z

On Apple’s 50th anniversary, the Future Knowledge #podcast presents THE APPLE II AGE 🍎

A computer that didn’t just launch Apple but shaped how a generation discovered technology. Historians Laine Nooney & Finn Brunton explore how games, classrooms, and creative tools made the Apple II a cultural phenomenon.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/the-apple-ii-age

Laine Nooney (npub1wu5…tna3) #Apple #Apple50 #AppleII #PersonalComputing

🐦🔍 #OTD 2002 Google revealed the secret of its search ...

2026-04-01T14:01:58Z

🐦🔍 #OTD 2002 Google revealed the secret of its search ranking tech: pigeons.

April Fools! PigeonRank™ claimed queries were sent to a “data coop,” where flocks watched flashing results and pecked rubber bars to rank pages in true pecking order.

Revisit this fine feathered foolishness on the Wayback Machine ⤵️
https://web.archive.org/web/20020401000000/http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

#WebNostalgia #InternetHistory #WaybackMachine #AprilFools #April1st

Apple turns 50 today 💻 The iconic Apple II became home to ...

2026-04-01T13:02:17Z

Apple turns 50 today 💻

The iconic Apple II became home to countless software breakthroughs. "The Print Shop" let anyone create posters, cards, and more from home 🖨️

Celebrate classic software preservation ⤵️ https://archive.org/details/The_Print_Shop_1984_Broderbund

#Apple #Apple50 #AppleII #HomeComputing #VintageComputing #HomeComputing #SoftwareMilestone

Some news organizations are restricting access to the ...

2026-03-31T13:30:24Z

Some news organizations are restricting access to the #WaybackMachine over fears of AI scraping. Mark Graham Mark Graham (npub1sy2…wuw5), director of the Wayback Machine, explains why these concerns are unfounded and that blocking archives risks harming the public record.

Get the story on Techdirt 🔗
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/preserving-the-web-is-not-the-problem-losing-it-is/

#techdirt

Open Library volunteers like Nazar Kotsur 👨‍💻 work behind ...

2026-03-31T00:00:26Z

Open Library volunteers like Nazar Kotsur 👨‍💻 work behind the scenes every day.

From tracking Ukrainian books that aren’t yet online to improving access via Wikisource, his work keeps culture from disappearing.

Learn more 👇 https://blog.openlibrary.org/2026/03/24/featuring-nazar-kotsur-tracking-ukrainian-books-missing-from-the-digital-commons/

#DigitalPreservation #OpenLibrary #BooksForAll

The most complete archive of your life may belong to a commercial ...

2026-03-30T20:01:21Z

The most complete archive of your life may belong to a commercial tech company. What could go wrong? /s

Vauhini Vara explores how search engines and AI systems are shaping memory & identity in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE on the Future Knowledge #podcast, in conversation with moderator Luca Messarra.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/searches

#AI #DigitalCulture #VauhiniVara #LucaMessarra internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

Where will San Francisco's seniors live as they age? Join us ...

2026-03-27T21:00:53Z

Where will San Francisco's seniors live as they age?

Join us for a free screening of the short documentary "No Place to Grow Old" and a panel discussion with local advocates working on solutions.

📅 April 22
🕠 Doors 5:30 PM PT / Screening 🕕 6 PM PT
📍 Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave, SF
🎟️ RSVP https://luma.com/lrtq1eg5

League of Women Voters of SF (npub1hk0…ny88) SFPublicPress (npub1n3x…yshk)

Congrats to "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT BECAUSE EVERYONE ...

2026-03-26T23:36:16Z

Congrats to "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS DESERTED AND THEY’RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD." by Bea Bordanove, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A modernized remix with contemporary cutouts, drones, and digital masks that shows the timelessness of its message in a TikTok-like form.

Watch the full short film ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/all-quiet-on-the-western-front-because-everyone-has-deserted-and-theyre-doing-so

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

📰 The future of local news depends on what we preserve today. ...

2026-03-26T23:00:31Z

📰 The future of local news depends on what we preserve today.

Join the Internet Archive, Poynter Institute, and Investigative Reporters and Editors for the National Summit on Local News Preservation.

Collaborate with journalists, archivists & media leaders to tackle urgent preservation challenges through panels, workshops & discussions.

📅 June 17, 2026
📍 National Harbor, MD
🎟️ 🆓 Secure your spot now 👇
https://blog.archive.org/2026/03/23/nationalnewssummit/

internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #IRE_NICAR #Poynter #PoynterInstutute

Are machines changing how we see the world and ourselves? In ...

2026-03-26T17:01:27Z

Are machines changing how we see the world and ourselves?

In SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE on the Future Knowledge #podcast, journalist Vauhini Vara reflects on grief, memory, and identity filtered through AI & digital platforms, in conversation with Luca Messarra.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/searches

#AI #DigitalCulture #VauhiniVara #LucaMessarra internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

We are experiencing a fiber outage in San Francisco. Hope to be ...

2026-03-25T17:28:34Z

We are experiencing a fiber outage in San Francisco. Hope to be back online soon. Apologies for the disruption!

⏰ TOMORROW! Don’t miss Ryan Calo & Danielle Citron ...

2026-03-25T14:02:19Z

⏰ TOMORROW!

Don’t miss Ryan Calo & Danielle Citron discussing LAW AND TECHNOLOGY & how we can navigate legal challenges in emerging tech while defending digital rights 📖

Sponsored by internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) and Authors Alliance (npub17kr…p88t) .

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/

Danielle Citron (npub1r2k…gs80) #DigitalRights #TechPolicy

🎯 Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list! LAW AND ...

2026-03-24T19:01:44Z

🎯 Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list!

LAW AND TECHNOLOGY explores how law can guide innovation while protecting human rights & defending digital freedoms ⚖️💻

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/

internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) Authors Alliance (npub17kr…p88t) Danielle Citron (npub1r2k…gs80) #LawAndTechnology #DigitalRights #TechPolicy

Raúl Feliz & Mai Ishikawa-Sutton’s "Hello World Wide ...

2026-03-24T17:02:04Z

Raúl Feliz & Mai Ishikawa-Sutton’s "Hello World Wide Web" offers an interactive timeline tracing the web’s origins via the Wayback Machine 🕰️

Created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area Trillionth Webpage Net Art Commissions, it shows how archives aren’t just storage, but memory 🌐

More on these net․art works ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine #GrayAreaOrg internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

What does it take to provide universal access to all knowledge? ...

2026-03-24T16:02:22Z

What does it take to provide universal access to all knowledge? 📚

BUILDING AND PRESERVING THE LIBRARY OF EVERYTHING features Brewster Kahle in conversation with Cindy Cohn and Jason Kelley of @EFF.org

From the Wayback Machine to a 99+ petabyte digital library, Kahle unpacks the mission to preserve the web, safeguard our cultural record, and keep information free.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/podcast-episode-building-and-preserving-library-everything

Electronic Frontier Foundation (npub1m24…d9a3) internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s)

Congrats to "THE WRITER" by Matthew Cutchen, a Finalist ...

2026-03-19T19:01:51Z

Congrats to "THE WRITER" by Matthew Cutchen, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A lively soundtrack carries this playful meditation on our moment. "We are living in a time scramble."

Watch the full short film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-writer-v-3-prores

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

Brewster Kahle, digital librarian of the Internet Archive, ...

2026-03-19T18:00:55Z

Brewster Kahle, digital librarian of the Internet Archive, reveals the history of the fight to preserve humanity’s knowledge against closed platforms, copyright battles, and digital decay, and his quest to build a global, open library.

Watch this eye-opening conversation on the ATG Podcast with Michael Upshall ⤵️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ-R9j7Oc4s

@Brewster.Kahle.org #OpenAccess #DigitalLibraries #InternetArchive

Mass surveillance is on the rise. License plate reader cameras ...

2026-03-19T17:55:11Z

Mass surveillance is on the rise. License plate reader cameras & tools meant for safety can also put people at risk, including those seeking reproductive health care or those targeted by ICE.

On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Cindy Cohn talks with Rainey Reitman about digital safety, surveillance, and why protecting yourself online matters.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/privacys-defender

Electronic Frontier Foundation (npub1m24…d9a3) internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #Privacy #DigitalRights

💯 Big news! @npub1ftl…3e6s, founder & digital librarian ...

2026-03-18T22:00:29Z

💯 Big news! Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s), founder & digital librarian of the Internet Archive, has been named to the 2026 Curious 100 by the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity.

Kahle built one of the largest digital libraries in the world, preserving books, websites, music, TV, and software with over 1,250 libraries & universities.

He was recognized for using curiosity to preserve knowledge, drive innovation & shape cultural conversations.

More: https://www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/2026/#brewster-kahle

#curious100

New post from Joe Mullin, EFF's Sr. Policy Analyst: ...

2026-03-17T21:00:26Z

New post from Joe Mullin, EFF's Sr. Policy Analyst: Publishers say they’re blocking the Internet Archive because they fear AI scraping. This is a misguided notion: it won’t stop AI, but it will erase the web’s historical record.

Electronic Frontier Foundation (npub1m24…d9a3) has the story ⤵️
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/blocking-internet-archive-wont-stop-ai-it-will-erase-webs-historical-record

🎙️ Meet the voices behind the upcoming LAW AND TECHNOLOGY ...

2026-03-17T19:02:22Z

🎙️ Meet the voices behind the upcoming LAW AND TECHNOLOGY #booktalk 📖

RYAN CALO, UW Law & Computer Science professor, studies emerging tech & its legal implications 🤖⚖️

DANIELLE CITRON, UVA Law professor & MacArthur Fellow, researches privacy, civil rights & free expression 🔐🗣️

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/v

Danielle Citron (npub1r2k…gs80) #DigitalRights #TechPolicy @Auths_Alliance internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

☘️ From shamrocks to the Blarney Stone, vintage St. ...

2026-03-17T17:05:43Z

☘️ From shamrocks to the Blarney Stone, vintage St. Patrick’s Day postcards sent wishes of Irish luck and pluck.

Charming & playful, these colorful cards from the past are archived so new generations can enjoy the fun. 🍀

Find yourself a bit o’ good fortune 👇
https://archive.org/search?query=st.+patrick%27s+day+postcard

#StPatricksDay #VintagePostcards #Preservation

Welcome to the public domain, BARNACLE BILL (1930)! ⚓️ ...

2026-03-16T19:37:47Z

Welcome to the public domain, BARNACLE BILL (1930)! ⚓️

🚢💥 Ahoy, cartoon fans! Bimbo the dog plays the boisterous Barnacle Bill on a rollicking adventure ashore. And keep your eyes peeled 👀 for the second cinematic appearance of Betty Boop (playing the part of "Nancy Lee"). 🎩🐶🎶

Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/barnacle-bill_1930

#PublicDomainDay #FleischerFun #ClassicCartoons

🎬 The Oscars celebrate movie history, but their website has a ...

2026-03-15T22:00:26Z

🎬 The Oscars celebrate movie history, but their website has a history too.

Take a trip back to the early web with this vintage capture of oscars․org, preserved in the #WaybackMachine.

See how Hollywood’s biggest night's site appeared online 30 years ago ⤵️
https://web.archive.org/web/19961229154935/https://www.oscars.org/

#Oscars #InternetHistory #WaybackMachine

🏆 On Oscar Day, roll out the red carpet for Norma Shearer! ...

2026-03-15T15:00:41Z

🏆 On Oscar Day, roll out the red carpet for Norma Shearer!

Revisit the performance that won her Best Actress for The Divorcee at the 3rd Academy Awards. Here's a clip of her unforgettable speech near the film’s end.

🎬 Now in the Public Domain, you can watch the full film on the Internet Archive! ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/the-divorcee_1930

#Oscars #RedCarpet #ClassicFilm

💧🏛️ Early 1900s California cities in action! Pamphlets ...

2026-03-14T17:30:13Z

💧🏛️ Early 1900s California cities in action!

Pamphlets from San Diego, Pasadena & San Jose reveal how California cities tackled water planning, civil service reform & public health during the Progressive Era.

They’re part of UC Berkeley’s California Local Government Documents Collection, hosted by the internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7).

Learn more⬇️
https://igs.berkeley.edu/news/california-local-government-pamphlets-early-municipal-governance-practice

#UCBerkeley #DigitalPreservation #UrbanHistory

🎶 3.1415926535… 🎶 For #PiDay, enjoy the first 50 digits ...

2026-03-14T16:01:17Z

🎶 3.1415926535… 🎶

For #PiDay, enjoy the first 50 digits of Pi, sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

𝝅 It’s one of 56 delightfully nerdy readings of The First Fifty Digits of Pi by LibriVox volunteers, performed in styles & languages from Hebrew & Chinese to Gilbert & Sullivan to Cylon. Real Pi, served with a side of silliness.

🎧 Listen to the full collection ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/pi_0803_librivox

#HappyPiDay #March14 #3Point14

We love π around here. In the Great Room at the Internet ...

2026-03-14T14:30:10Z

We love π around here.

In the Great Room at the Internet Archive, the first nine digits of π are mounted on the wall.

A small #PiDay tribute to a very big number. 🥧📚

Here’s Brewster Kahle with 3.14159265… proof that π is part of our architecture.

internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #PieAndPi

😱 Another Friday the 13th. With that much misfortune we need ...

2026-03-13T21:37:48Z

😱 Another Friday the 13th.

With that much misfortune we need some good luck. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is on the job with his own lucky foot 🐰🦶

🍀 Luckily we've preserved some good fortune for you in our collections ⤵️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/14/friday-the-13th%2C-2026

#FridayThe13th #Superstitions #Preservation #OswaldTheLuckyRabbit

📖 How can law can shape technology for the public good? Find ...

2026-03-12T19:02:14Z

📖 How can law can shape technology for the public good?

Find out by joining us for the LAW AND TECHNOLOGY #booktalk with Ryan Calo & Danielle Citron as they share a step-by-step approach to navigating legal challenges in the digital age 🏛️💡

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/

Danielle Citron (npub1r2k…gs80) #DigitalRights #TechPolicy @Auths_Alliance internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

Chia Amisola’s "Elegiac" unfolds hundreds of browser ...

2026-03-12T18:02:25Z

Chia Amisola’s "Elegiac" unfolds hundreds of browser windows into a generative myth from archived media, sound, and text 🎨🎶📝

Created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area Trillionth Webpage Net Art Commissions, it evokes a web that disappears even as the Archive stays 🌐

Learn more ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

#Wayback1T #GrayAreaOrg

How did Mickey Mouse go from borrowing hit songs to making ...

2026-03-12T17:02:30Z

How did Mickey Mouse go from borrowing hit songs to making Disney’s own musical legacy? 🎶

1930 Mickey Mouse comic strips referenced popular songs, like "Singin’ in the Rain," placing the character inside a shared musical culture. But that all changed with the original tune, "Minnie’s Yoo Hoo," marking the shift from borrowing culture to creating it.

Learn more on our blog 👇
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/24/mickey-tunes-in/

#AnimationHistory

For decades, Cindy Cohn & @npub1m24…d9a3 have led the fight ...

2026-03-12T02:18:31Z

For decades, Cindy Cohn & Electronic Frontier Foundation (npub1m24…d9a3) have led the fight for digital rights—challenging surveillance, defending encryption, and protecting online freedom. Her new book, Privacy’s Defender, is out now.

🎧 On the latest Future Knowledge episode, Cohn talks with Rainey Reitman about the cases that shaped the internet and why privacy still matters.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/privacys-defender

Congrats to "THE KING IN YELLOW" by Caleb Hernandez, a ...

2026-03-10T17:01:57Z

Congrats to "THE KING IN YELLOW" by Caleb Hernandez, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

An eerie remix that is genuinely unsettling and even frightening when watched alone at home.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/king-in-yellow

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

Welcome to the public domain, CIMARRON (1930) by Edna Ferber 📖 ...

2026-03-09T20:34:32Z

Welcome to the public domain, CIMARRON (1930) by Edna Ferber 📖

This sweeping saga of the Oklahoma land rush follows Yancey & Sabra Cravat as they build a life on the American frontier 🌾🏜️

The book inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Dix & Irene Dunne.

Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/cimarron0000edna_o9w0

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #InternetArchive

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! ...

2026-03-06T20:51:11Z

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻

🎬 If the star looks a little odd, it's because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks (who left to create Flip the Frog). It's also the first Mickey short released by Columbia Pictures, making it a unique piece of animation history.

Full short ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/fiddling-around-aka-just-mickey_1930

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #animation

🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨 Join us for Ryan Calo’s LAW AND ...

2026-03-05T18:01:37Z

🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨

Join us for Ryan Calo’s LAW AND TECHNOLOGY, exploring a clear framework for governing tech ⚖️💻 and defending rights in the digital age. Ryan will be in conversation with legal expert Danielle Citron.

📆 Thurs Mar 26
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-law-and-technology-with-ryan-calo-and-danielle-citron/

Danielle Citron (npub1r2k…gs80) Authors Alliance (npub17kr…p88t) internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #LawAndTechnology #DigitalRights #TechPolicy

Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the ...

2026-03-05T17:01:43Z

Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. 🎬

After all the art on Earth was harvested, it was discarded. Only a few businessmen reaped the new profits, while the artists searched for a means to create & survive. Elpis employs public domain works to show the value of human artists.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/elpis_202601

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

Sarah Friend & Arkadiy Kukarkin’s "The Lives of ...

2026-03-04T20:01:58Z

Sarah Friend & Arkadiy Kukarkin’s "The Lives of Infamous Men" generates live video where politicians, clips, and Foucault collide 🎥

Created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area Trillionth Webpage Net Art Commissions, it draws on an Archive that holds books, code, images, video, and a trillion pages 🌐

More about the art ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

#Wayback1T internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #GrayAreaOrg

Welcome to the public domain, GRAND HOTEL (1930) by Vicki Baum ...

2026-03-03T20:00:47Z

Welcome to the public domain, GRAND HOTEL (1930) by Vicki Baum 🏨

A glamorous Berlin hotel becomes the crossroads for intertwined lives in this bestselling novel of drama, romance, and ambition 📖

In 1932, it received a big-screen treatment starring Greta Garbo.

Read it here ➡️ https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-DGV-438

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #InternetArchive

Congrats to "TOM FROM COLORADO" by Nicola Eddy, a ...

2026-03-03T18:01:38Z

Congrats to "TOM FROM COLORADO" by Nicola Eddy, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

A poetic montage of indeterminacy and fleeting meaning using contemporary confessional text to evoke evanescent memory.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/tom-from-colorado

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

🎼 The 2026 Public Song Project is here! And this year, we’re ...

2026-03-03T16:45:25Z

🎼 The 2026 Public Song Project is here! And this year, we’re turning up the volume on the public domain.

🤝 For the first time, WNYC’s Public Song Project is partnering with the Internet Archive!

🎤 Anyone can participate.

📚 The public domain in the U.S. includes creative works published in 1930 or earlier, sound recordings from 1925 or earlier, plus U.S. federal government works.

📆 Submit your song by May 10

Details & entry form ⤵️
https://www.wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

📩 Questions? aoi@wnyc.org

Congrats to "ELPIS" by Heather Tahl, a Finalist in the ...

2026-03-02T19:13:20Z

📽️📺 Named for a classic Star Trek torture device, The ...

2026-03-02T18:00:50Z

📽️📺 Named for a classic Star Trek torture device, The Agony Booth was a cult site for brutally honest movie & TV reviews.

Running from the early 2000s until 2022, it chronicled pop culture pain for a generation.

Revisit web history with the #WaybackMachine ⤵️
https://web.archive.org

#WebNostalgia #InternetHistory #WaybackMachine #PopCulture #MovieReviews #StarTrek

Rodell Warner’s "Ghosts of the Internet Archive" ...

2026-02-27T16:01:40Z

Rodell Warner’s "Ghosts of the Internet Archive" creates generative “ghosts” from Web 1.0 blog fragments.

The work was created for the Internet Archive x Gray Area: Trillionth Webpage Commission, which invited artists to create new works from archived materials.

Learn more about the project and artists ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #Wayback1T

⏰ TOMORROW. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 🎟️ There’s still ...

2026-02-27T11:02:01Z

⏰ TOMORROW. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE 🎟️

There’s still time to join #DWebCamp 2026 Berlin! 🏕️

Unconference + Meetup + fireside chat with Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s). All free. All community-led.

Exploring decentralization & Europe’s public knowledge future 🇪🇺 .

📅 Feb 28, 2026
🕙 Unconference 10:00–18:00 CET
🕖 Meetup 19:00-22:00 CET
📍In-person at c-base in Berlin
🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d) DWeb (npub17f3…hrka) c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355)

Scrapbooks. Witchcraft. Cats. 🐾 Our latest Artist in ...

2026-02-26T15:01:59Z

Scrapbooks. Witchcraft. Cats. 🐾

Our latest Artist in Residence, Cindy Rehm, mined the Internet Archive to create The Seers—a 100-piece collage series inspired by feminist mysticism.

Watch her talk & explore the work ⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9Xc-D5U-8&t=938s

Mickey’s theme song, “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo,” debuted in ...

2026-02-25T19:01:00Z

Mickey’s theme song, “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo,” debuted in Mickey’s Follies (1929) 🎶

In the 1930 Mickey comic strips, the song wasn’t promoted but casually referenced, moving it from a commercial song to a cultural work.

Learn how Mickey’s 1930 comics turned popular songs into the foundation of Disney’s music & see the original strips ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/24/mickey-tunes-in/

#mickeymouse #comics #DisneyHistory

To clear up any confusion, this action is not about the Internet ...

2026-02-25T16:15:51Z

To clear up any confusion, this action is not about the Internet Archive, which is at archive.org, or the Wayback Machine.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/wikipedia-blacklists-archive-today-after-alleged-ddos-attack?utm_source=chatgpt.com

We keep hearing AI framed as an apocalypse or a miracle. Reality ...

2026-02-25T15:01:31Z

We keep hearing AI framed as an apocalypse or a miracle. Reality is far less dramatic.

On the Future Knowledge #podcast, Sayash Kapoor joins Kevin Frazier to unpack AI as a powerful—but ultimately normal—general-purpose technology & what that means for democracy, work, risk, and policy.

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⬇️
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-as-normal-technology

#ai #techpolicy internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

📢 TOMORROW! Learn how tech & capitalism shape human ...

2026-02-25T14:01:43Z

📢 TOMORROW!

Learn how tech & capitalism shape human creativity in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ Vauhini Vara & Luca Messarra.

🎙️📖 A LIVE #booktalk you won’t want to miss.

📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/

#ai #techculture

Long before Disney songs became iconic, Mickey’s 1930 comic ...

2026-02-25T00:15:13Z

Long before Disney songs became iconic, Mickey’s 1930 comic strip was already in tune with popular music 🎶

The musical moments weren’t incidental. By referencing hits like “Singin’ in the Rain,” Mickey participated in the cultural soundscape, building his own relevance & laying the groundwork for Disney’s musical identity.

Learn how Mickey’s 1930 comic strip turned borrowed hit songs into the foundation of Disney’s musical legacy ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/24/mickey-tunes-in/

#mickeymouse #comics

2026-02-24T06:09:41Z

🎬📚 Just dropped: MYSTERY COPYRIGHT THEATER 2026!

Two of the Authors Alliance (npub17kr…p88t) crew talk back to the screen about works that entered the public domain, untangling the weird, wild, and confusing world of copyright law with irreverent but relevant commentary.

Watch the full short 👇
https://archive.org/details/mct2026

#PublicDomain #Copyright #OpenAccess #Libraries #CreativeReuse #PublicDomainDay

🚀 Coming THIS SATURDAY #DWebCamp 2026 Berlin Join us for a ...

2026-02-23T09:01:04Z

🚀 Coming THIS SATURDAY #DWebCamp 2026 Berlin

Join us for a free Unconference day + Meetup evening + in-person fireside chat with Brewster Kahle.

Co-create the decentralized future of public knowledge in Europe 🇪🇺
🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe and Department of Decentralization.

Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d) DWeb (npub17f3…hrka) Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s) c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355)

🚀 Coming THIS SATURDAY, co-create #DWebCamp 2026 in #Berlin ...

2026-02-23T09:01:01Z

🚀 Coming THIS SATURDAY, co-create #DWebCamp 2026 in #Berlin

Join us Feb 28 for a free Unconference day + Meetup evening + in-person fireside chat with Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s).

Co-create the decentralized future of public knowledge in Europe 🇪🇺

🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe & Department of Decentralization

Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d) c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355) #DecentralizedWeb #BerlinEvents #BerlinTech

✏️📆 Filling out your calendar for the week? 🎙️📖 ...

2026-02-22T15:00:56Z

✏️📆 Filling out your calendar for the week?

🎙️📖 Consider joining us for a LIVE #booktalk exploring how AI transforms what we create & share in SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ Vauhini Vara & Luca Messarra.

📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/

#ai #techculture

Enter a world of mystic cats & feminist histories 🐈✨ ...

2026-02-20T21:00:32Z

Enter a world of mystic cats & feminist histories 🐈✨

Internet Archive’s latest Artist in Residence, Cindy Rehm, brings the Archive’s collections to life in THE SEERS.

Drawing from historic books on women, mysticism, cats, and craft, Rehm transforms archival fragments into a new feminist visual language full of symbolism, texture, and playful esoteric threads.

Learn more ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/19/the-seers-mystic-cats-feminist-histories-and-the-art-of-the-archive/

internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) #ArtistInResidence #WebArchives #FeministArt #CollageArt

🧵 Curious how researchers, journalists, and artists dig into ...

2026-02-20T20:00:30Z

🧵 Curious how researchers, journalists, and artists dig into the web’s past? 🌐

WAYS OF WORKING WITH THE WAYBACK MACHINE shows how the #WaybackMachine opens up discovery & creativity from tracking platform changes to investigating misinformation & remixing archived sites.

A recent gathering at Internet Archive Europe shared methods, tools, and collaborations shaping digital research and media art.

Learn more ⤵️
https://www.internetarchive.eu/2026/02/18/ways-of-working-with-the-wayback-machine/

#WebArchives #DigitalResearch Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d)

Congrats to "NOBODY KNOWS" by Mohamed Wane, a Finalist in ...

2026-02-20T16:01:28Z

Congrats to "NOBODY KNOWS" by Mohamed Wane, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬

An achievement in editing that builds a mood of longing, suffering, and rapture. Quietly powerful and deeply felt.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/nobody-knows-fc-1

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

📣 Co-create #DWebCamp 2026 in #Berlin next week! Join the ...

2026-02-20T09:00:33Z

📣 Co-create #DWebCamp 2026 in #Berlin next week!

Join the Unconference + Meetup exploring decentralization & the future of public knowledge in Europe.

Meetup features a live fireside chat with Brewster Kahle.

📅 Feb 28, 2026
🕙 Unconference 10:00–18:00 CET
🕖 Meetup 19:00-22:00 CET
📍In-person at c-base in Berlin
🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe & Department of Decentralization

Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s) Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d) DWeb (npub17f3…hrka) c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355)

🎼 Welcome to the Public Domain, BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON (1930) ...

2026-02-19T19:15:19Z

🎼 Welcome to the Public Domain, BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON (1930) 🌅

🎶 The beloved tune by Richard A. Whiting, Leo Robin & W. Franke Harling debuted in the musical film MONTE CARLO, where it was introduced on screen by Jeanette MacDonald & quickly became a standard of the era.

See the sheet music ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/beyond-the-blue-horizon-1930-sheet-music

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree

Meet the voices behind next week's #booktalk, SEARCHES: ...

2026-02-19T17:01:51Z

Meet the voices behind next week's #booktalk, SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE 📖

VAUHINI VARA reports for The Atlantic, The New Yorker & NYT Magazine, and is the author of The Immortal King Rao & This is Salvaged.

LUCA MESSARRA, Public Humanities Fellow internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) & Stanford PhD, studies literature, digital humanities & text tech.

📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/

#ai #techculture

Who benefits from the internet we’re building? Brewster Kahle ...

2026-02-19T15:52:30Z

Who benefits from the internet we’re building?

Brewster Kahle Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s) discusses building "a smarter infrastructure rather than more powerful monopolies" ahead of his keynote at CloudFest.

https://www.cloudfest.com/blog/brewster-kahle-cloudfest-internet-archive-public-ai

📚 How does tech shape our desire to understand & connect? ...

2026-02-18T22:00:33Z

📚 How does tech shape our desire to understand & connect?

Join Vauhini Vara, award-winning journalist & author, for a LIVE #booktalk on SEARCHES: SELFHOOD IN THE DIGITAL AGE w/ co-host Luca Messarra.

📅 Thurs Feb 26, 2026
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/book-talk-searches-selfhood-in-the-digital-age/

Co-hosted by internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7) & Authors Alliance (npub17kr…p88t)

#ai #techculture

Shipwrecks, mutiny & the relentless pursuit of knowledge. ...

2026-02-18T17:33:59Z

Shipwrecks, mutiny & the relentless pursuit of knowledge. Hernando Colón’s quest to collect everything ever printed comes to life in THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS.

Author Edward Wilson-Lee joins Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s) on the Future Knowledge #podcast to explore this extraordinary true story.

🎧 Listen & subscribe: https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the-catalogue-of-shipwrecked-books

internetarchive (npub1umd…wfr7)

A trillion webpages, saved. 🌐 To mark the milestone, Internet ...

2026-02-18T16:02:01Z

A trillion webpages, saved. 🌐

To mark the milestone, Internet Archive x GrayArea commissioned new net․art created from within the Archive’s vast collections.

Ex. “alive internet theory” by Spencer Chang takes the form of a séance with the Internet, channeling millions of archived media files to ask: can the web feel alive?

Talented artists turn preserved data into presence & memory into experience.

Learn more about the Trillionth Webpage Commissions ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/internet-archive-x-gray-area-trillionth-webpage-net-art-commissions/

#Wayback1T

Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded ...

2026-02-18T02:06:40Z

Wayback Machine director Mark Graham pushes back on unfounded claims from media organizations that the Wayback Machine is a backdoor for AI scraping.⁠
⁠
Read more via Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/preserving-the-web-is-not-the-problem-losing-it-is/

🇮🇹 Italy hosted the Winter Games in 2006 and they’re ...

2026-02-17T21:00:12Z

🇮🇹 Italy hosted the Winter Games in 2006 and they’re carving fresh tracks in the show again, right now, in 2026 ❄️⛷️⛸️

Official sites get replaced, but you can still revisit the originals & compare past and present on the #WaybackMachine ⤵️
https://web.archive.org

#Olympics #WinterOlympics #InternetHistory

The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now ...

2026-02-17T20:39:29Z

The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!

🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.

Watch the full recording ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #OpenCulture Authors Alliance (npub17kr…p88t)

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, THE SHINDIG (1930)! ...

2026-02-16T18:02:05Z

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, THE SHINDIG (1930)! 🐭🐭🎶

🎬 Mickey & Minnie take to the stage to show off their musical chops in this charming barn dance. Horace Horsecollar & Clarabelle Cow cut a rug as dancers.

🚫The cartoon got barred in Ohio for a gag where Clarabell is reading the controversial 1907 romance novel "Three Weeks" by Elinor Glyn & hides it when Horace comes a-calling. 🐮📖

Full short ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-shindig_1930

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #animation

💘Whether yearning or in love, vintage Valentine’s art shows ...

2026-02-14T16:01:01Z

💘Whether yearning or in love, vintage Valentine’s art shows how 💞 were shared.

Charming & sweet, this collection of cards, covers, magazines & books from the past, are preserved for new generations to fall in love with 💌

Revel in the romance ➡️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/13/valentines-2026

#ValentinesDay #VintageLove #Preservation

🌹 Roses are red 🍬 Candy is sweet 💖 GifGrams are fun 📨 ...

2026-02-14T15:01:26Z

🌹 Roses are red
🍬 Candy is sweet
💖 GifGrams are fun
📨 Sharing's a treat

Send your own holiday GifGram made from vintage GeoCities GIFs to someone you adore.

Make your own here ➡️ https://gifcities.org/gram/
🧵

#GifGram #GIFsAreGifts

📣 Co-create the #DWebCamp 2026 in Berlin! 🏕️ Join the ...

2026-02-14T00:00:11Z

📣 Co-create the #DWebCamp 2026 in Berlin! 🏕️

Join the Unconference + Meetup in exploring decentralization & the future of public knowledge in Europe 🇪🇺

On Feb 28, 2026, the #DWeb community gathers at c-base e.V. (npub1s9x…a355) in Berlin for a free DWeb Camp Unconference (day) & Meetup (evening) with an in-person fireside chat with Brewster Kahle (npub1ftl…3e6s).

🎟️🆓 https://dwebcamp.org/berlin-2026/

Co-hosted by Internet Archive Europe (npub1933…q89d), DWeb (npub17f3…hrka), and the Department of Decentralization.

The Winter #Olympics continue! ⛷️ 🏂 Celebrate gaming ...

2026-02-13T23:01:20Z

The Winter #Olympics continue! ⛷️

🏂 Celebrate gaming history by revisiting 1985’s "Winter Games" from our classic software collection ❄️

💾 #SoftwarePreservation is how we go for the Gold! 🥇

🕹️ Play it on your favorite vintage platform ⤵️
https://archive.org/search?query=winter+games&and%5B%5D=mediatype:%22software%22

#8bit

Congrats to "THE REALITY ENGINEER" by Konstantin, an ...

2026-02-13T22:16:07Z

Congrats to "THE REALITY ENGINEER" by Konstantin, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

A comedic short about a scientist who attempts to improve human life by altering reality, only to find that each well-intentioned fix deepens the chaos.

Full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/the-reality-engineer

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

4️⃣/5️⃣ Newly digitized collections include playlists ...

2026-02-13T20:00:35Z

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4️⃣/5️⃣ Newly digitized collections include playlists saved by the band Get Smart!, materials from the Cleveland College Radio Coalition and WBGU-FM, and decades of KVRX-FM history from 1986 to 2025. 🗂️

3️⃣/5️⃣ The Internet Archive’s DLARC College Radio ...

2026-02-13T20:00:35Z

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3️⃣/5️⃣ The Internet Archive’s DLARC College Radio collection brings that to life with 1980s paper playlists, airplay reports, zines, flyers, stickers, and materials from stations across the U.S. and Canada. 🎶🌈

5️⃣/5️⃣ Select recordings now feature AI-generated ...

2026-02-13T20:00:35Z

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5️⃣/5️⃣ Select recordings now feature AI-generated transcripts, making interviews, oral histories, and radio shows searchable and readable. 🎧📝

Tune in for the full story ⬇️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/02/13/Tuning_in_to_College_Radio_Materials_on_World_Radio_Day_2026

2️⃣/5️⃣ Commemorated every Feb 13 since UNESCO’s 2011 ...

2026-02-13T20:00:34Z

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2️⃣/5️⃣ Commemorated every Feb 13 since UNESCO’s 2011 proclamation, World Radio Day 2026 spotlights “radio and artificial intelligence,” including how AI-generated transcription can unlock decades of archived broadcasts. 📻

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