Cory Doctorow’s #booktalk on ENSHITTIFICATION builds on his long career as a science fiction author, activist & journalist. His work from The Lost Cause to Chokepoint Capitalism to The Internet Con shows how power shapes our digital lives. Join us & Authors Alliance for this conversation. πŸ“† Friday, Nov 21st πŸ•™ 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET πŸ“ Online 🎟️
Book Talk: Enshittification with Cory Doctorow
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"A truly historic accomplishment," as NPR President & CEO Katherine Maher puts it: β€œ1 trillion web pages. That’s 1 trillion artifacts and snapshots of our interconnected world.” 🎬 Maher reflects on why preserving our digital record matters more than ever, and the crucial role of the Wayback Machine. πŸ“ More ‡️
Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Pages: Katherine Maher, President and CEO of NPR | Internet Archive Blogs
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Hi5 was an early social platform, launched in 2003. Mostly forgotten in the U.S., but big in Latin America & Southeast Asia with tens of millions of users around 2007–2008. Today it’s mostly social games & dating. The #WaybackMachine preserves the early web, from the famous to the forgotten. Use it to find your forgotten corners of the internet. ‡️
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Today’s web is fragmented, paywalled & dominated by a few powerful platforms. Some of the internet’s founders & current leaders gathered to discuss how it can still be saved: β€œa game with many winners.” Learn more ‡️
Internet Luminaries Unite to Defend the Open Web: “Let’s Have a Game with Many Winners” | Internet Archive Blogs
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From the Cleveland Museum of Art collection, these oil paintings capture autumn’s glow β€” forest paths, sunlit hills, & mountains brushed with color. A quiet reflection on the beauty of change. πŸŒ„ View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, NY, After a Storm, 1838 by Thomas Cole πŸŒ„ Autumn Scene in the Adirondacks, 1877 by William Hart πŸŒ„ Autumn in the Catskills, 1873 by Jervis McEntee πŸŒ„ The Golden Hour, 1865 by Samuel Palmer Each captures the atmosphere of the season. More ➑️
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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Vancouver Public Library has been honoured by the City of Vancouver for an innovative digitization project in partnership with Internet Archive Canada. πŸ†πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Together, they’ve made thousands of rare & historical materials from British Columbia accessible online, preserving local heritage for future generations. πŸ“š Learn more ‡️
Vancouver Public Library Honoured for Innovative Digitization Project with Internet Archive Canada – Internet Archive Canada
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What could a new court ruling mean for the future of Wikipedia? Authors Alliance ( @Authors Alliance ) unpacks the surprising implications of the latest decision in Authors Guild v. OpenAI ⬇️
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory Unive...
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Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, co-creator of the TCP/IP protocols that built the Internet, celebrates the Internet Archive reaching 1 trillion pages & reflects on why preserving our digital history matters for generations to come. More ‡️
Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Pages: Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer | Internet Archive Blogs
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🚨 Upcoming #booktalk! 🚨 #CoryDoctorow talks about his new book ENSHITTIFICATION & how the internet broke & how we can fix it. This talk explores why everything online feels worse & what we can do next. Co-hosted with @Authors Alliance πŸ“† Fri Nov 21st πŸ•™ 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET πŸ“ Online 🎟️
Book Talk: Enshittification with Cory Doctorow
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🌐 From dial-up to a trillion pages, we’ve built a web worth remembering. Watch THE WEB WE’VE BUILT, a cinematic journey through our shared digital history & preserved pages in the Wayback Machine. Our web is a story of connection, creativity, and triumph. 🎬
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Looking Back on Our Shared Digital History: “The Web We’ve Built” Mini-Doc | Internet Archive Blogs
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