Antoine
@ant.bsky.social
📚 Internet Archive.org & @EOTArchive.org & FDLP 🏛️ We build tools so the past and future can meet.
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Yesterday, Premier David Burt joined Filecoin Foundation, in collaboration with partners including @archive.org, to announce Bermuda’s initiative to upload publicly available government datasets to the Filecoin network
fil.org/blog/governm...
fil.org/blog/governm...
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Yesterday, Premier David Burt joined Filecoin Foundation, in collaboration with partners including @archive.org, to announce Bermuda’s initiative to upload publicly available government datasets to the Filecoin network
fil.org/blog/governm...
fil.org/blog/governm...
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This year’s contest received over 270 submissions from creators across 35 U.S. states, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, and 28 countries worldwide. 🌐
And thanks to @npr.org for shining a light on these fantastic creators!
🔗 Read the NPR piece ⤵️
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
#publicdomain
And thanks to @npr.org for shining a light on these fantastic creators!
🔗 Read the NPR piece ⤵️
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
#publicdomain
Public domain contest challenges filmmakers to remix Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and more
Nearly 280 filmmakers entered the Internet Archive's annual contest celebrating creative freedom without copyright restrictions.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
This year’s contest received over 270 submissions from creators across 35 U.S. states, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, and 28 countries worldwide. 🌐
And thanks to @npr.org for shining a light on these fantastic creators!
🔗 Read the NPR piece ⤵️
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
#publicdomain
And thanks to @npr.org for shining a light on these fantastic creators!
🔗 Read the NPR piece ⤵️
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
#publicdomain
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Hey who's going to the @archive.org Public Domain Day 2026 celebration? blog.archive.org/event/the-ca...
The Case of the Disappearing Copyright: Virtual Public Domain Day 2026
blog.archive.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Hey who's going to the @archive.org Public Domain Day 2026 celebration? blog.archive.org/event/the-ca...
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🎉 Join us January 21 for a virtual #PublicDomainDay celebration! We’re throwing an online party to mark the latest wave of creativity entering the #publicdomain .
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
🎉 Join us January 21 for a virtual #PublicDomainDay celebration! We’re throwing an online party to mark the latest wave of creativity entering the #publicdomain .
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
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🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026 is happening in the Berlin area on Jul 8–12 ✨
Are you curious, excited, want to participate?
Fill out this survey!
We would love to shape the first-ever DWeb Camp in Europe together!
Detailed location and further info soon 👀
Are you curious, excited, want to participate?
Fill out this survey!
We would love to shape the first-ever DWeb Camp in Europe together!
Detailed location and further info soon 👀
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
🏕️ DWeb Camp 2026 is happening in the Berlin area on Jul 8–12 ✨
Are you curious, excited, want to participate?
Fill out this survey!
We would love to shape the first-ever DWeb Camp in Europe together!
Detailed location and further info soon 👀
Are you curious, excited, want to participate?
Fill out this survey!
We would love to shape the first-ever DWeb Camp in Europe together!
Detailed location and further info soon 👀
The short film Public Domain Film Remix Contest still open!
Two days left to send in a your music & video mix!
There are the prizes (USD):
1st prize: $1500
2nd prize: $1000
3rd prize: $500
Two days left to send in a your music & video mix!
There are the prizes (USD):
1st prize: $1500
2nd prize: $1000
3rd prize: $500
Now that these works have entered the public domain, put them to good use in our annual Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.
Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
January 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The short film Public Domain Film Remix Contest still open!
Two days left to send in a your music & video mix!
There are the prizes (USD):
1st prize: $1500
2nd prize: $1000
3rd prize: $500
Two days left to send in a your music & video mix!
There are the prizes (USD):
1st prize: $1500
2nd prize: $1000
3rd prize: $500
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Welcome to the public domain, DIZZY DISHES (1930), the first appearance of Betty Boop! ⭐️
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
January 1, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Welcome to the public domain, DIZZY DISHES (1930), the first appearance of Betty Boop! ⭐️
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
blog.archive.org/public-domai...
I love seeing the fun things that creative people build on #Bluesky like this flag mashup bot
Special edition
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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North Atlantic Treaty Amsterdam:
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I love seeing the fun things that creative people build on #Bluesky like this flag mashup bot
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A preview of coming attractions! In addition to our January 1 countdown, look out for our Public Domain Day celebration, in person and virtually!
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A preview of coming attractions! In addition to our January 1 countdown, look out for our Public Domain Day celebration, in person and virtually!
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A group of leading authors are calling for every newborn baby in the UK to be signed up for a library card automatically at birth. #libraries #reading
Give all newborn babies library card automatically, top authors urge
Sir Philip Pullman and Richard Osman are among writers to back the proposal to boost literacy.
www.bbc.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A group of leading authors are calling for every newborn baby in the UK to be signed up for a library card automatically at birth. #libraries #reading
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This is the most beautiful Christmas story.
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is the most beautiful Christmas story.
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I am on the committee for the SAA Brenda S. Banks Travel Award given annually to archivists of color who would like to become active in SAA. It provides generous travel support and a years membership in SAA.
Please share in your networks and with those that might be our next recipient!
Please share in your networks and with those that might be our next recipient!
Brenda S. Banks Travel Award | Society of American Archivists
Society of American Archivists
www2.archivists.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am on the committee for the SAA Brenda S. Banks Travel Award given annually to archivists of color who would like to become active in SAA. It provides generous travel support and a years membership in SAA.
Please share in your networks and with those that might be our next recipient!
Please share in your networks and with those that might be our next recipient!
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🧵1️⃣ How do you visualize & explore millions of archived web pages?
@InternetArchive.EU partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to make a navigable mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
@InternetArchive.EU partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to make a navigable mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
December 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🧵1️⃣ How do you visualize & explore millions of archived web pages?
@InternetArchive.EU partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to make a navigable mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
@InternetArchive.EU partnered with software engineers & the Internet Archive to make a navigable mosaic you can explore with a joystick, buttons, or voice.
Learn more ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
These new library kiosks are a fun visual way to explore web collections!
Visitors to the National Library of the Netherlands used a physical joystick and buttons to explore a variety of webpages in a game-like experience.
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
Thank you @kb.nl & @internetarchive.eu
Visitors to the National Library of the Netherlands used a physical joystick and buttons to explore a variety of webpages in a game-like experience.
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
Thank you @kb.nl & @internetarchive.eu
Fun Library Kiosk and Novel Web-based Display of Millions of Web Pages | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
These new library kiosks are a fun visual way to explore web collections!
Visitors to the National Library of the Netherlands used a physical joystick and buttons to explore a variety of webpages in a game-like experience.
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
Thank you @kb.nl & @internetarchive.eu
Visitors to the National Library of the Netherlands used a physical joystick and buttons to explore a variety of webpages in a game-like experience.
blog.archive.org/2025/12/16/f...
Thank you @kb.nl & @internetarchive.eu
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An example of Democracy's Library in action, thanks to the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) UC Berkeley. Over 6,000 municipal documents digitized and available in @archive.org - "essential sources for understanding California’s civic past and present."
igs.berkeley.edu/news/library...
igs.berkeley.edu/news/library...
The Library Corner - Fall 2025 Recap Edition | Institute of Governmental Studies
igs.berkeley.edu
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
An example of Democracy's Library in action, thanks to the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) UC Berkeley. Over 6,000 municipal documents digitized and available in @archive.org - "essential sources for understanding California’s civic past and present."
igs.berkeley.edu/news/library...
igs.berkeley.edu/news/library...
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🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on!
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on!
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1, 2026, in your 2–3 minute film submission.
📅 Deadline: Jan. 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
Free Christmas gift: Get a National Library of Ireland card @nlireland.bsky.social stick the extra photos to holiday cards for your fam
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Free Christmas gift: Get a National Library of Ireland card @nlireland.bsky.social stick the extra photos to holiday cards for your fam
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The most unique bookshop I've been in yet. Boekhandel Dominicanen is in a 13th century Dominican Church in Maastricht, and it is beautiful. Good range of books too! 📚 #books #bookshop #photography #architecture #RepurposedBuildings
October 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The most unique bookshop I've been in yet. Boekhandel Dominicanen is in a 13th century Dominican Church in Maastricht, and it is beautiful. Good range of books too! 📚 #books #bookshop #photography #architecture #RepurposedBuildings
Meet Merrilee the new Internet Archive 🏛️ Director of Democracy’s Library.
She’s here on Bluesky: @merrileeiam.bsky.social
She’s here on Bluesky: @merrileeiam.bsky.social
New job alert! Thank you @archive.org @brewster.kahle.org and @chrisfreeland.com for this nice write up!
blog.archive.org/2025/11/18/m...
blog.archive.org/2025/11/18/m...
Meet Merrilee Proffitt, Director of Democracy’s Library US | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Meet Merrilee the new Internet Archive 🏛️ Director of Democracy’s Library.
She’s here on Bluesky: @merrileeiam.bsky.social
She’s here on Bluesky: @merrileeiam.bsky.social
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!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
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UCD Library is very pleased to see that @iua-official.bsky.social has signed this 'Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions'.
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
UCD Library is very pleased to see that @iua-official.bsky.social has signed this 'Statement on the Four Digital Rights of Memory Institutions'.
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @ucddigitallibrary.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social
Vancouver meetup coming up on Dec 18th 2025 for librarians, archivists, and friends of Internet Archive Canada!
Follow @internetarchiveca.bsky.social for more information and register at luma.com/csng5hm9
Follow @internetarchiveca.bsky.social for more information and register at luma.com/csng5hm9
Internet Archive Canada December Community Gathering · Luma
Another in a series of monthly after-work gatherings at Internet Archive Canada -- a mission-driven digital library for the web and beyond. Hosted by the…
luma.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Vancouver meetup coming up on Dec 18th 2025 for librarians, archivists, and friends of Internet Archive Canada!
Follow @internetarchiveca.bsky.social for more information and register at luma.com/csng5hm9
Follow @internetarchiveca.bsky.social for more information and register at luma.com/csng5hm9
Today starting in a couple hours:
I'm looking forward to this roundtable next Wednesday (December 3) on "Colonial Libraries and Anticolonial Resistance."
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
There's a fantastic lineup, including @cindyanguyen.bsky.social, who will be discussing her new book!
RSVP to get the Zoom link: calma.ischool.uw.edu/uw-event/col...
#libsky
December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today starting in a couple hours:
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Last week a CDC webpage about vaccine safety was edited.
Using the "Changes" feature of the Wayback Machine we can see a "before and after" comparison:
web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the change control system the web never had.
Using the "Changes" feature of the Wayback Machine we can see a "before and after" comparison:
web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the change control system the web never had.
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Last week a CDC webpage about vaccine safety was edited.
Using the "Changes" feature of the Wayback Machine we can see a "before and after" comparison:
web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the change control system the web never had.
Using the "Changes" feature of the Wayback Machine we can see a "before and after" comparison:
web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the change control system the web never had.