Brewster Kahle
@brewster.kahle.org
Digital Librarian, Internet Archive, Open Library. https://brewster.kahle.org https://archive.org https://openlibrary.org
Public Domain Day short film contest by @archive.org on NPR!
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
2-3 minutes long films Winners are announced: blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2...
A fav entry for me did not win, but is heart bending: archive.org/details/geor...
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
2-3 minutes long films Winners are announced: blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2...
A fav entry for me did not win, but is heart bending: archive.org/details/geor...
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 8:13 PM
Public Domain Day short film contest by @archive.org on NPR!
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
2-3 minutes long films Winners are announced: blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2...
A fav entry for me did not win, but is heart bending: archive.org/details/geor...
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
2-3 minutes long films Winners are announced: blog.archive.org/2026/01/21/2...
A fav entry for me did not win, but is heart bending: archive.org/details/geor...
ride hailing trips in San Francisco (helped by chatgpt)
Uber: ~54%
Lyft: ~26%
Waymo: ~8%
Taxis: ~11%
waymo's seem to be everyhere but are only 10% of lyft/uber
total/day ~150k
Uber (ride-hail)~82k-90k/day
Lyft (ride-hail) ~38k–45k
Waymo. ~13k
Taxis (trad) ~15k–20k
Uber: ~54%
Lyft: ~26%
Waymo: ~8%
Taxis: ~11%
waymo's seem to be everyhere but are only 10% of lyft/uber
total/day ~150k
Uber (ride-hail)~82k-90k/day
Lyft (ride-hail) ~38k–45k
Waymo. ~13k
Taxis (trad) ~15k–20k
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
ride hailing trips in San Francisco (helped by chatgpt)
Uber: ~54%
Lyft: ~26%
Waymo: ~8%
Taxis: ~11%
waymo's seem to be everyhere but are only 10% of lyft/uber
total/day ~150k
Uber (ride-hail)~82k-90k/day
Lyft (ride-hail) ~38k–45k
Waymo. ~13k
Taxis (trad) ~15k–20k
Uber: ~54%
Lyft: ~26%
Waymo: ~8%
Taxis: ~11%
waymo's seem to be everyhere but are only 10% of lyft/uber
total/day ~150k
Uber (ride-hail)~82k-90k/day
Lyft (ride-hail) ~38k–45k
Waymo. ~13k
Taxis (trad) ~15k–20k
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Welcome to the public domain: KING OF JAZZ (1930) 🎷
🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Welcome to the public domain: KING OF JAZZ (1930) 🎷
🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🎙️ Bing Crosby’s first on-screen appearance, as a member of the Rhythm Boys, performing in this early sound-era jazz moment filmed in two-strip Technicolor!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Welcome to the public domain, THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK (1930), the first appearance of Nancy Drew 🔎🕰️
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Welcome to the public domain, THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK (1930), the first appearance of Nancy Drew 🔎🕰️
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Announcing the location and date of the next global DWeb Camp >>>
✨ July 8 - 12, 2026, near Berlin! ✨
We can’t disclose the exact location yet, but it'll be a more DIY camp like in 2019 at the Mushroom Farm.
Please answer these questions to help co-design Camp 2026: airtable.com/appO6XXgm4TU...
✨ July 8 - 12, 2026, near Berlin! ✨
We can’t disclose the exact location yet, but it'll be a more DIY camp like in 2019 at the Mushroom Farm.
Please answer these questions to help co-design Camp 2026: airtable.com/appO6XXgm4TU...
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Announcing the location and date of the next global DWeb Camp >>>
✨ July 8 - 12, 2026, near Berlin! ✨
We can’t disclose the exact location yet, but it'll be a more DIY camp like in 2019 at the Mushroom Farm.
Please answer these questions to help co-design Camp 2026: airtable.com/appO6XXgm4TU...
✨ July 8 - 12, 2026, near Berlin! ✨
We can’t disclose the exact location yet, but it'll be a more DIY camp like in 2019 at the Mushroom Farm.
Please answer these questions to help co-design Camp 2026: airtable.com/appO6XXgm4TU...
Reposted by Brewster Kahle
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
Thank you to the large crypto donor ( 10BTC! ) to the @archive.org
Thank you crypto folks!
www.blockchain.com/explorer/tra...
to: archive.org/donate/crypt...
Thank you crypto folks!
www.blockchain.com/explorer/tra...
to: archive.org/donate/crypt...
Transaction: ae4800e03c1b55324deec6d6a7630e803eef321d6aba257b733c17b83585cc41 | Blockchain.com
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December 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thank you to the large crypto donor ( 10BTC! ) to the @archive.org
Thank you crypto folks!
www.blockchain.com/explorer/tra...
to: archive.org/donate/crypt...
Thank you crypto folks!
www.blockchain.com/explorer/tra...
to: archive.org/donate/crypt...
"The very first question to be considered is the applicability of the Copyright Law to the Moon. "
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
American Library Association. ALA Bulletin 1953-01: Vol 47 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
American Library Association. ALA Bulletin 1953-01: Volume 47, Issue 1.Digitized from IA1514523-07.Previous issue:...
archive.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"The very first question to be considered is the applicability of the Copyright Law to the Moon. "
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
$0.50 per mile for electricity for a semi truck? wow! lower than I imagined. can be as low as $0.12 w lower rates
"...the truck averaged 1.72 kWh per mile while hauling...75,000 pounds...over a 390-mile long-haul route."
tesla model 3 is ~0.3 kWh per mile.
www.electrive.com/2025/12/05/c...
"...the truck averaged 1.72 kWh per mile while hauling...75,000 pounds...over a 390-mile long-haul route."
tesla model 3 is ~0.3 kWh per mile.
www.electrive.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
$0.50 per mile for electricity for a semi truck? wow! lower than I imagined. can be as low as $0.12 w lower rates
"...the truck averaged 1.72 kWh per mile while hauling...75,000 pounds...over a 390-mile long-haul route."
tesla model 3 is ~0.3 kWh per mile.
www.electrive.com/2025/12/05/c...
"...the truck averaged 1.72 kWh per mile while hauling...75,000 pounds...over a 390-mile long-haul route."
tesla model 3 is ~0.3 kWh per mile.
www.electrive.com/2025/12/05/c...
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One of humanity’s most important cultural resources
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of humanity’s most important cultural resources
Reposted by Brewster Kahle
Just donated to the Internet Archive, home of the Wayback Machine.
You?
You?
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just donated to the Internet Archive, home of the Wayback Machine.
You?
You?
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Why SUV when you can LSV? (Low Speed Vehicles)
25mph max car! street legal in San Francisco.
Can drive on almost all roads in the city.
This one is not that great, imho (but try it at gocar). I want to see more LSVs. Amsterdam has many, and many types.
1/2
25mph max car! street legal in San Francisco.
Can drive on almost all roads in the city.
This one is not that great, imho (but try it at gocar). I want to see more LSVs. Amsterdam has many, and many types.
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Why SUV when you can LSV? (Low Speed Vehicles)
25mph max car! street legal in San Francisco.
Can drive on almost all roads in the city.
This one is not that great, imho (but try it at gocar). I want to see more LSVs. Amsterdam has many, and many types.
1/2
25mph max car! street legal in San Francisco.
Can drive on almost all roads in the city.
This one is not that great, imho (but try it at gocar). I want to see more LSVs. Amsterdam has many, and many types.
1/2
Minor good news for libraries: "A Victory for IMLS as Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle Agency"
IMLS funds leadership training and R&D in libraries in the US.
but everyone is gone and grants cancelled so who now gets employed?
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-vict...
IMLS funds leadership training and R&D in libraries in the US.
but everyone is gone and grants cancelled so who now gets employed?
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-vict...
A Victory for IMLS as Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle Agency
In a summary judgment on November 21 in Rhode Island v. Trump, Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ruled that the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS...
www.libraryjournal.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Minor good news for libraries: "A Victory for IMLS as Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle Agency"
IMLS funds leadership training and R&D in libraries in the US.
but everyone is gone and grants cancelled so who now gets employed?
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-vict...
IMLS funds leadership training and R&D in libraries in the US.
but everyone is gone and grants cancelled so who now gets employed?
www.libraryjournal.com/story/a-vict...
So nice to see *support* for libraries by the US government!
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So nice to see *support* for libraries by the US government!
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!
"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"
blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org
"The two biggest barriers to progress are bitterness and nostalgia".
-- Andrew Pace, Exec Dir of ARL
Most important sentence I have heard in a long time. Does it work for you?
-- Andrew Pace, Exec Dir of ARL
Most important sentence I have heard in a long time. Does it work for you?
October 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"The two biggest barriers to progress are bitterness and nostalgia".
-- Andrew Pace, Exec Dir of ARL
Most important sentence I have heard in a long time. Does it work for you?
-- Andrew Pace, Exec Dir of ARL
Most important sentence I have heard in a long time. Does it work for you?
Celebration of
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Celebration of
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.
over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.
@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:
Bezos Earth Fund helping convert all US school buses to from diesel to electric by 2030 (480,000 of them!) www.bezosearthfund.org/grants/equit...
this is the program: electricschoolbusinitiative.org
Sounds bold, the right direction, and generally good to me. $37.5m grant in 2020, fingers crossed.
this is the program: electricschoolbusinitiative.org
Sounds bold, the right direction, and generally good to me. $37.5m grant in 2020, fingers crossed.
Equitably Electrifying Every School Bus in the U.S.
www.bezosearthfund.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Bezos Earth Fund helping convert all US school buses to from diesel to electric by 2030 (480,000 of them!) www.bezosearthfund.org/grants/equit...
this is the program: electricschoolbusinitiative.org
Sounds bold, the right direction, and generally good to me. $37.5m grant in 2020, fingers crossed.
this is the program: electricschoolbusinitiative.org
Sounds bold, the right direction, and generally good to me. $37.5m grant in 2020, fingers crossed.
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
Wonderful piece about the Internet Archive's Web collections and the Wayback Machine.
Timely too-- San Francisco and California are declaring Oct 22nd, 2025 Internet Archive Day!
Thank you!
cybercultural.com/p/wayback-ma...
Timely too-- San Francisco and California are declaring Oct 22nd, 2025 Internet Archive Day!
Thank you!
cybercultural.com/p/wayback-ma...
2001: The Internet Gets a Memory With the Wayback Machine
In October 2001, Brewster Kahle demonstrates a new time machine from the Internet Archive called the Wayback Machine. It will become a vital link between the Web's past and its present.
cybercultural.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Wonderful piece about the Internet Archive's Web collections and the Wayback Machine.
Timely too-- San Francisco and California are declaring Oct 22nd, 2025 Internet Archive Day!
Thank you!
cybercultural.com/p/wayback-ma...
Timely too-- San Francisco and California are declaring Oct 22nd, 2025 Internet Archive Day!
Thank you!
cybercultural.com/p/wayback-ma...
Reposted by Brewster Kahle
The Wayback Machine (November, 2001) web.archive.org/web/20011109...
October 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The Wayback Machine (November, 2001) web.archive.org/web/20011109...
Internet Archive Europe progress: new network router is now installed in central switching point. Onward!
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
September 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Internet Archive Europe progress: new network router is now installed in central switching point. Onward!
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
www.internetarchive.eu
(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)
Reposted by Brewster Kahle
We also encourage you to make sure all of the reports on this page are in wayback machine! www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-...
Food Security in the U.S. - History & Background | Economic Research Service
www.ers.usda.gov
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We also encourage you to make sure all of the reports on this page are in wayback machine! www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-...