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Internet Archive @archive.org · 21d
Libraries matter. Access matters.

After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.

@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
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Honored to see Mark Graham & the Wayback Machine get a shoutout from @alexmahadevan.com in @poynterinstitute.bsky.social's “Thankful" 2025 roundup.

We’re grateful to support journalists, researchers & fact-checkers everywhere.

🔗 poynter.org/commentary/2025/what-were-thankful-for-in-media-in-2025/
What we’re thankful for in media in 2025 - Poynter
Two dozen Poynter colleagues reflect on 2025’s bright spots, including brave local reporting, ‘Andor,’ meme Fridays, WIRED scoops and … a mug warmer?
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Erin Malone — author, design historian, and Chair of Interaction Design at CCA — discusses building Kodak’s first website in the mid-1990s and gives a look at that site, now preserved in the #WaybackMachine.

📝 More ⤵️
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#Wayback 1T #WebHistory #WaybackMachine
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Friends, we gather to honor the dearly departed icons of the early web. 🖥️⚰️ Though they have vanished from our screens, their spirit endures both in our memory & in the Wayback Machine, preserved across 1 trillion pages of web history.

Pay your respects ⤵️
archive.org/details/in-m...

#Wayback1T
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🧵 The Winged Monkeys in Baum’s Oz weren’t followers of the Wicked Witch – they were compelled by the magical Golden Cap. Whoever wore it could summon them three times.
The Wicked Witch used it first, then Dorothy.

🐒🪽More Oz in the #publicdomain ⤵️
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#Oz #Wicked
A W.W. Desnlow illustration from the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book. It depicts the Winged Monkeys in flight, one bearing the Ton Woodman, one carrying Toto, and two carrying Dorothy, wearing the golden cap that allows its wearer to command Monkeys. The caption reads "The Monkeys caught Dorothy in their arms and flew away with her."
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I appreciate it and here is a window into what I do with it: I did a big rewrite of an article about a species of plant called meadow penstemon. More to be done one it, but almost all the books I reference are in the archive.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penstem...
Penstemon rydbergii - Wikipedia
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November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I need you all to know that a ton of folks put a HEROIC amount of effort into keeping Archive going this week
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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🧵 Before Hollywood turned her green, L. Frank Baum’s Wicked Witch of the West looked very different… & she appears only briefly in the 1900 book. 📚
🧙🏼Check out her earliest depictions in these images, & explore more Oz history on our blog ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...

#PublicDomain #Oz #Wicked
A collage of W.W. Denslow illustrations from the original The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book. Clockwise from top: the book cover featuring the Cowardly Lion; the Wicked Witch ready to strike Toto with her umbrella; Dorothy holding the empty bucket as the Wicked Witch dissolves after being doused with water; the first illustration of the Wicked Witch, wearing a tall, pointed hat, seated, with her hands upon the handle of her umbrella.
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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📢 Don't miss today's #booktalk with Cory Doctorow on his new book ENSHITTIFICATION.

Join us & Authors Alliance to learn why the internet broke & how we can fix it.
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...

#enshittification
Cover for the book “Enshittification” by Cory Doctorow, featuring a poop emoji with symbols representing expletives. Text reads “Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
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The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.

We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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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
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Status update: fiber cut between data centers - trucks are rolling. Services are slow but functional, except for the Wayback Machine, which is still offline.
archive.org Internet Archive @archive.org · 5d
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.

We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.

We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🌈 Long before rainbows, there were longing laments in Oz. Check out this 1913 sound recording of a song from the stage musical, THE TIK-TOK MAN OF OZ.🎧

Learn more about Oz in the #publicdomain ⤵️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...

#Oz #Wicked
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: Part of a 1950s series on environmental conservation, this #filmstrip talks about bodies of water and what can happen if the ecology gets out of balance.

archive.org/details/unco...
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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How do power, access & inequity shape who benefits from the music economy? ⚖️

In MUSIC AND COPYRIGHT IN THE ERA OF TAYLOR SWIFT, Michael Menna & Anjali Vats explore copyright’s ideals vs. realities on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 ⬇️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/mus...

#taylorswift
Podcast cover for Episode #14 of "Future Knowledge" titled "Copyright In the Era of Taylor Swift." The design features the portraits of Michael Menna & Anjali Vats. Surrounding the portrait are collage-style retro-futuristic elements, including a classical statue head, a vintage computer with the word "NEW" on its screen, a modernist observation tower, and abstract architectural shapes. The title uses bold, blocky typography, giving the cover a vintage sci-fi aesthetic.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Jean Armour Polly, aka Net-mom, celebrates the Internet Archive’s 1 trillionth webpage, highlighting the ephemerality of websites, the need to preserve digital culture, & the librarians & archivists who make that possible.

More ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/v...

#Wayback1T @netmom.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The internet does not have to stay broken. Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION walks through how we reached this point & what steps can move us toward a healthier digital world.
📆 Fri Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...

@AuthorsAlliance.bsky.social
Promotional graphic for an online book talk titled “Enshittification” with Cory Doctorow, scheduled for November 21 at 10am PT / 1pm ET. The event is hosted by the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance. The design includes a black-and-white photo of Cory Doctorow smiling beside a stack of books and the book cover featuring a poop emoji with symbols representing expletives. Text reads “Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The classic Oz books are great fun (especially the sequels), anyone with a bit of spare time and a penchant for whimsy should burn through them. We have a set of all but one of the ones written by L Frank Baum, and the one we did not have, I read on Internet Archive! They truly do essential work.
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Hearing a lot about Oz this week? 🧙🏼‍♀️ Did you know many of the original Oz books & early media are in the public domain? Explore these classic works & how you can access them in our blog!
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...

#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
Map of Oz; John R. Neill – Tik-Tok of Oz, first published in the United States in 1914. At the top is the title from the book The Marvelous Land of Oz.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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97 years ago today, Steamboat Willie paddled onto the screen. In 2024, this iconic cartoon entered the public domain, opening new possibilities for sharing, remixing & reimagining.

Follow us for Public Domain Day 2026 announcements!

👀 Full cartoon ➡️ archive.org/details/stea...

#OTD #PublicDomain
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The Internet Archive’s microfiche digitization #livestream gives you real-time preservation work plus mellow lo-fi vibes — the chillest way to watch history get saved.

Our second shift is live now (4 PM–Midnight PT).
📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...

#LiveNow #Preservation #LiveStream @Archive.org
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Hearing a lot about Oz this week? 🧙🏼‍♀️ Did you know many of the original Oz books & early media are in the public domain? Explore these classic works & how you can access them in our blog!
📖 Learn more ⬇️
blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/t...

#PublicDomain #Oz #ClassicLiterature #LFrankBaum
Map of Oz; John R. Neill – Tik-Tok of Oz, first published in the United States in 1914. At the top is the title from the book The Marvelous Land of Oz.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved | CNN Business
The Internet Archive has been saving web history for nearly 30 years. CNN’s Hadas Gold goes inside its headquarters to see how the archive is innovating for the AI age and protecting itself from both ...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Inside the Internet Archive, home of the Wayback Machine as they save one trillion web pages and prepare themselves for the future: "Libraries have always been under attack, now more than during my lifetime, but let's go and live up to the moment." www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/t...
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are stored | CNN Business
The Internet Archive is preserving the web one page at a time, a job that’s more critical than ever as the internet evolves in the age of AI.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Planning your week? Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION is your chance to learn who broke the internet & how we can fix it.

The concept was the 2023 Word of the Year & an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror.

📆 Nov 21st
🕙 10 AM PST
📍 Online
www.eventbrite.com/e/1839608451...
Cover for the book “Enshittification” by Cory Doctorow, featuring a poop emoji with symbols representing expletives. Text reads “Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.”
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🧵 UC Berkeley’s California Local Government Documents Collection, hosted by Internet Archive, makes local planning treasures available to all. Example: the 1990 Loyola Corners Neighborhood Commercial Center Specific Plan.
Learn More ⤵️
igs.berkeley.edu/news/spotlig...

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
Cover of the “Specific Plan: Loyola Corners Neighborhood Commercial Center,” prepared for the City of Los Altos. Features black icons representing cars, shops, dining, and people. Stamped “Institute of Environmental Studies Library, University of California, April 30, 1983."
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM