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Journalists don’t just report from the web anymore—they report on it 🕵️‍♀️

Learn 9 Ways Web Archives Are Used In Digital Investigations on how reporters track deleted pages, uncover hidden connections, document edits & follow what vanishes,

Read FOLLOW THE CHANGES ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/02/02/f...
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The recording from our #PublicDomainDay virtual event is now available!

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

Watch the full recording ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...

#PublicDomain
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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⏰ TOMORROW ⏰

Join us #LIVE for a Future Knowledge #Podcast recording: AI TOOLS, NOT GODS.

It's a timely conversation cutting through AI hype and policy myths, focused on evidence, accountability & real-world impact.

📆 Tues Feb 10
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online event
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/future-kno...
Red event flyer with white text announcing an online talk on February 10th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Text reads: “AI isn’t magic—it’s tools we build and govern. Join author Caroline de Cock for a talk on cutting AI hype, exposing myths & shaping policy, with Glyn Moody (Walled Culture).” Authors Alliance logos appear at the bottom, with an illustration of stacked books on the right. Book cover for AI Tools, Not Gods by Caroline De Cock. Subtitle reads “Why Artificial Intelligence Hype Threatens Global Governance—and How to Fix It.” The cover shows a small toy-like robot holding a wrench and pliers against a white background, with bold red and black title text. Red promotional graphic titled “AI Tools, Not Gods – Book Talk.” The layout is a grid with two portrait photos of speakers, stacks of books, and bold red blocks. Text reads “with Caroline De Cock & Glyn Moody.” The overall design uses red, white, and gray tones.
February 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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A few folks are rushing in with "this is not football"

Here's 1,400 emulated games calling themselves football to sort through.

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Post the best!
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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🗓️ Mark your calendar.

Join us for the Future Knowledge #Podcast live recording: AI TOOLS, NOT GODS 🎙️

AI is often framed as supernatural, shaping policy. This #booktalk explores what AI is & how it should be governed.

📆 Tues Feb 10
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/future-kno...
Red event flyer with white text announcing an online talk on February 10th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Text reads: “AI isn’t magic—it’s tools we build and govern. Join author Caroline de Cock for a talk on cutting AI hype, exposing myths & shaping policy, with Glyn Moody (Walled Culture).” Authors Alliance logos appear at the bottom, with an illustration of stacked books on the right. Book cover for AI Tools, Not Gods by Caroline De Cock. Subtitle reads “Why Artificial Intelligence Hype Threatens Global Governance—and How to Fix It.” The cover shows a small toy-like robot holding a wrench and pliers against a white background, with bold red and black title text. Red promotional graphic titled “AI Tools, Not Gods – Book Talk.” The layout is a grid with two portrait photos of speakers, stacks of books, and bold red blocks. Text reads “with Caroline De Cock & Glyn Moody.” The overall design uses red, white, and gray tones.
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Waiting for kickoff… ⏳🏈

Go wayback & play FOOTBALL FOR WINDOWS (Windows 3.1, 1994), made by an ex-college player.

You're the Coach. Pressure's on 😬

📋 Call the plays. Try not to blow it as the clock runs out! ⏱️

Preserved and emulated in the browser ➡️ archive.org/details/FOOTFW

#SuperBowl
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, DOUGHBOYS (1930)

🎤 #BusterKeaton talks… & sings! In his first talkie, the Stone Face of the silent era reveals a surprisingly deep voice 🎶 & joins a ukulele-led scat jam of with Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards.

Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/doug...

#PublicDomainDay
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Annie Rauwerda, creator of Depths of #Wikipedia, lives for the internet’s weirdest footnotes.

Case in point: the long-gone Garfield the cat “G-Mail,” a defunct web curiosity now surviving only on the #WaybackMachine. 🙀📬

Read more 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/d...

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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Someone decided today is DDOS the Internet Archive Day, a holiday celebrated all too frequently. Work is being done to mitigate it.
February 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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🎙️ Join us for a FUTURE KNOWLEDGE #PODCAST LIVE RECORDING: AI TOOLS, NOT GODS

Featuring Caroline De Cock, LL.M., Head of Research at information labs.A clear-eyed look at how AI narratives influence real laws.

📆 Tues Feb 10
🕙 10 AM PT
📍 Online event
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/future-kno...

#booktalk
Red promotional graphic titled “AI Tools, Not Gods – Book Talk.” The layout is a grid with two portrait photos of speakers, stacks of books, and bold red blocks. Text reads “with Caroline De Cock & Glyn Moody.” The overall design uses red, white, and gray tones. Book cover for AI Tools, Not Gods by Caroline De Cock. Subtitle reads “Why Artificial Intelligence Hype Threatens Global Governance—and How to Fix It.” The cover shows a small toy-like robot holding a wrench and pliers against a white background, with bold red and black title text. Red event flyer with white text announcing an online talk on February 10th at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Text reads: “AI isn’t magic—it’s tools we build and govern. Join author Caroline de Cock for a talk on cutting AI hype, exposing myths & shaping policy, with Glyn Moody (Walled Culture).” Authors Alliance logos appear at the bottom, with an illustration of stacked books on the right.
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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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.

Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Annie Rauwerda has built a career exploring Wikipedia’s weirdest corners 🌐

The creator of Depths of Wikipedia says, she’s had a “simultaneous love affair with the Internet Archive and Wikipedia” ❤️

More 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/d...

@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social #WaybackMachine #Wikipedia
February 5, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Congrats to "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME REIMAGINED" by Talissa Mehringer, an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

A music-film remix celebrating 1930s choreography & screen performers.

Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/drea...

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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All released in 1930, matching the new works that moved into the public domain!
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Libraries bring people together—online & in person 📚🎬

These photos by Mia Terracotta capture the fun at the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest Screening & Party held at the #InternetArchive 🏛️

Missed it? 📡 Watch the recorded livestream ⤵️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol9X...

#PublicDomainDay
Speakeasy to Me performing in front of the Internet Archive on Jan 21st, 2026. Photo by Mia Terracotta.
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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“It’s very important that websites have a memory and that the web overall has a memory,” said Alexander Rose of Automattic. “We are increasingly using the web as our only source of truth. When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI.”
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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WordPress powers over 40% of the web—and broken links are everywhere. This free plugin checks the Wayback Machine for archived versions of missing pages, redirects users automatically, and even queues existing pages for preservation.
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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🌐🛠️ We've teamed up with @Automattic.com to fight link rot on the open web. Check out new the Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer for WordPress—preserving pages, fixing broken links, and helping ensure the web keeps its memory.

More ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/02/04/i...

🧵 1️⃣/3️⃣

#WaybackMachine
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February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Hello, looks like independent publishers should beef up our books coverage.

If you're into the idea of joining the @flaminghydra.com collective and writing a book review each month (800-2000 word range), please send us your ideas and some clips to hello@flamingydra.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Congrats "HOW’S THE PLAY GOING?" by Noel David Taylor, an Honorable Mention in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

An absurd comedy with a confused main character in disjointed settings.

Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/hows...

#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Market-driven open access often reinforces commercialism & private control.

On the Future Knowledge #podcast, @SamuelMoore.org & @HJoseph.bsky.social discuss how PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET envisions ethical, commons-based publishing.

🎧 ➡️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pub...
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLESTICKS (1930)! 🐸🎶

🎬 Meet Flip the Frog in his very first cartoon—created by animator Ub Iwerks, who previously animated STEAMBOAT WILLIE and later formed his own studio.

Full short ➡️ archive.org/details/Fidd...

#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Congrats to "THE BOOTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT" by Thomas Biamonte,
an Honorable Mention, Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🏅

It pairs the 1930 Best Picture "All Quiet on the Western Front" with Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 poem “Boots.”

Full film ➡️ archive.org/details/all-...
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Journalists don’t just report from the web anymore—they report on it 🕵️‍♀️

Learn 9 Ways Web Archives Are Used In Digital Investigations on how reporters track deleted pages, uncover hidden connections, document edits & follow what vanishes,

Read FOLLOW THE CHANGES ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/02/02/f...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Volunteer #librarians from around the world joined forces to build the Nancy Drew collection on Open Library—volunteering their time to organize series, verify editions, untangle authorship, and clean up metadata so anyone can discover these books.

Learn more ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2026/01/30/a...
Gallery of dust jacket art for the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories books, published in 1930.
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Here's Oswald's brief cameo in KING OF JAZZ (1930) with a stylized Paul Whiteman and one annoyed monkey.🐒🌴🥥 Unlike My Pal Paul, this more elaborate presentation utilized the two-color Technicolor Process 3.

📽️ Watch the full film ⤵️
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#jazz #animation
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM