Celebrate 1 trillion web pages archived with the Del Sol Quartet! Live music & new works created to honor our shared digital memory. 📅 Tues, Oct 7 @ 7 PM PT 🎟️ IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL. Details ➡️

The Vast Blue We: Del Sol Quartet at the Internet Archive

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Not all art hangs in museums. Across 1 trillion web pages it lives in sketches, fan sites, & forgotten web design. The Wayback Machine keeps this digital gallery open for all to enjoy. 🎨🧑‍🎨 📝 Tell us what irreplaceable works the Wayback Machine has saved for you! ⤵️

Wayback Machine to Hit ‘Once-in-a-Generation Milestone’ this October: One Trillion Web Pages Archived | Internet Archive Blogs

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☀️ Kick back & catch some #lofi vibes as we scan microfiche live at the Internet Archive. One frame at a time, preserving history ⤵️ 📡 https://www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5RVh7U #livenow #livestream @internetarchive

Book bans get headlines, but the bigger threat to books is hiding in plain sight: A handful of companies control how ebooks reach readers, and they can cut off access with a click.

Columbia Journalism Review

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Access to e-books relies entirely on private distributors that have the power to shut them off at any moment.

New from [@maria](https://thelife.boats/@maria ) in Columbia Journalism Review: "The Bigger Threat to Books Than Bans"

Columbia Journalism Review

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Access to e-books relies entirely on private distributors that have the power to shut them off at any moment.

Before streaming or YouTube, there was cartoonnetwork․com, 📺 home to Flash games, clips of Ed, Edd n Eddy & Samurai Jack, & Cartoon Orbit, a virtual playground where kids collected and traded digital cards and “orbs.” The site's gone, but you don't need Dexter's Lab to travel back in time to revisit it — just use the Wayback Machine ⤵️

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⏱️ Here's a time-lapse taste of our after-hours #livestream: when the microfiche scan. teams log off, the feed rolls on with #InternetArchive gems—silent films, home movies, NASA images & more. This clip is sped up 45x, so you can sample the vibe in just over a minute. 📡 Watch here ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5RVh7U #DigitalPreservation #InternetArchive

📡 Our #livestream never sleeps. When our microfiche team clocks out, the feed rolls on – silent films, home movies & other treasures from the @internetarchive. Kick back & watch anytime ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5RVh7U #livenow

1 trillion pages saved, countless connections made. The web brings us together, expanding how we learn, share & build community beyond our immediate surroundings. 📝 Share how the web has shaped your world 🌐 ➡️

Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived | Internet Archive Blogs

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So much of today’s art world lives online: artist portfolios, digital exhibits, & indie galleries. But these sites can vanish overnight, & with them, the record of today’s creativity. CARTA brings together 40+ museums & libraries with @internetarchive to capture and preserve these websites. From experimental galleries in LA to glassblowers in Tacoma, the web we built is being preserved. Learn more at our blog ➡️

CARTA: A Collective Approach to the Preservation of Online Art Resources | Internet Archive Blogs

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What happens to democracy when government records vanish? Hear James Jacobs, Jim Jacobs, & Shari Laster on how libraries, archivists, & advocates fight to protect public access in the latest Future Knowledge #podcast, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION. 🎧 Listen & subscribe:

Future Knowledge

Future Knowledge

Future Knowledge explores the intersection of technology, culture, and information policy with leading authors, scholars, and experts. From copyrig...