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Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off acc...
06/02/2026

Some publishers and news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving their journalism, cutting off access to the public record.

📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter to keep journalism preserved: https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

Two libraries. Two sets of superpowers. 📚⚡The NOAA Library and the Internet Archive are working together to preserve and...
05/29/2026

Two libraries. Two sets of superpowers. 📚⚡

The NOAA Library and the Internet Archive are working together to preserve and expand access to decades of scientific and historical research collections, from weather data and fisheries research to deep-sea exploration materials. 🌊

Both libraries are part of the Federal Depository Library Program, sharing a commitment to long-term stewardship and public access. Together, they’re digitizing and safeguarding public knowledge while making these collections more accessible to researchers, educators, and curious minds around the world.

Read more about the collaboration on the Internet Archive blog:
https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/27/two-libraries-two-sets-of-superpowers-the-internet-archive-and-the-noaa-library/

Explore the growing NOAA digital collections:
https://archive.org/details/noaa 🌊

📚 What happens when libraries can no longer preserve the knowledge they purchase?In “Preserving the Library System,” Bre...
05/29/2026

📚 What happens when libraries can no longer preserve the knowledge they purchase?

In “Preserving the Library System,” Brewster Kahle warns that libraries are losing the ability to preserve and lend digital works as publishers replace ownership with temporary access.

Libraries are an interconnected public system built on sharing knowledge, preserving culture, and making information accessible to everyone.

“Our evolving digital age can be our next Carnegie moment or it can be a Library of Alexandria moment. It is up to us.”

Read Kahle's essay and much more in VANISHING CULTURE from the .
📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/
🛒 Purchase in print: https://betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new
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05/29/2026

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, HELL'S ANGELS (1930) ✈️🔥

🎬 Howard Hughes’ massive aviation epic stunned audiences with spectacular aerial combat sequences, real stunt flying, and one of Jean Harlow’s breakout performances.

💥 Famous for its dangerous dogfights and extravagant production, the film became one of the most expensive movies of its era.

Watch the full film ➡️ https://archive.org/details/hells-angels_1930

05/27/2026

Technology can become a “shell game” of responsibility, where companies push the consequences of dangerous systems onto individuals instead of the decisions made in boardrooms.

On the Future Knowledge , legal scholar Ryan Calo points to social media addiction, autonomous vehicle failures, and other technological harms as examples of why legal liability matters.

🎧 Listen & subscribe at https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/law-and-technology

05/27/2026

“People aren’t sure what’s true, and what libraries are here for is to help with that.”

Brewster Kahle, digital librarian of the Internet Archive, discusses the future of the Wayback Machine in ABC Radio National (Australia)’s “Wayback Machine: The internet’s archive in peril” — a look at how media companies are restricting the preservation of the web itself.

🎧 Listen ⤵️
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sundayextra/wayback-machine/106604988

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05/27/2026

Musician and human rights activist Peter Gabriel sent a special congratulatory message to Brewster Kahle, founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive, on being honored as a 2026 Computer History Museum Fellow at the April 25 gala ceremony.

In his message, Gabriel speaks to the importance of preserving and sharing knowledge, work that has defined Kahle’s vision for the Internet Archive.

Watch Gabriel’s message and more on our blog ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/20/brewster-kahle-receives-2026-computer-history-museum-fellow-award/

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Memorial Day weekend calls for picnics 🧺One Hundred Picnic Suggestions (1915) contains ideas both traditional and… quest...
05/25/2026

Memorial Day weekend calls for picnics 🧺

One Hundred Picnic Suggestions (1915) contains ideas both traditional and… questionable to modern tastes before you pack your picnic basket: chicken salad, roast beef sandwiches 🥪, eggs in aspic jelly 🥚, and… tongue salad 👅🥗?!

Check out this public domain culinary curiosity in our collections ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/onehundredpicnic00larn/page/n7/

“You’ve Got Mail.” 📬 Founded in 1985 as Quantum Computer Services & renamed America Online in 1991, AOL was synonymous w...
05/24/2026

“You’ve Got Mail.” 📬

Founded in 1985 as Quantum Computer Services & renamed America Online in 1991, AOL was synonymous with online services. 🌐

In the ’90s, AOL flooded mailboxes with millions of free trial CDs 💿, introducing an entire generation to email, chat rooms, instant messaging, and the web itself.

Though the dial up era is long gone, AOL persists today as a digital media brand.

Browse decades of web history with ➡️ https://web.archive.org

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