On the 3rd night of Hanukkah, we share this 1950s photo of Jewish American war veterans gathered around a menorah. 🕎 The preservation of images like this links the past to our present & shows how traditions endure across generations. 📸
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Lighting the menorah, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, circa 1950 : Cohn, Bernard M. : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive
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🎬 The 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest is on! Celebrate Public Domain Day by remixing & reimagining the past—using at least one item entering the #publicdomain on January 1, 2026 in your 2–3 minute film submission. by using at least one public domain item from 1930 in a 2–3 minute short film that shows off your creative vision. 📅 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Contest details:
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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🎬 Jeremy Floyd earned an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Public Domain Day Film Remix Contest for MOVING PICTURES AREN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE. The film draws from early talkies, celebrating the brief, unruly moment when films ran free of censorship. Show us your take on public domain history in the 2026 contest. Open now! 📆 Deadline: Jan 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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Planning your week? Add this #booktalk to your list! 📖 THE PUBLIC DOMAIN explores how we can protect the “commons of the mind” & why it’s as vital as intellectual property. 📆 Thurs Dec 18 🕙 10 AM – 11 AM PT 📍 Online 🎟️
Book Talk: The Public Domain with James Boyle
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🎁 Need a standout holiday gift? We’re down to the final batch of our Limited Edition Internet Archive Jersey. Features: Internet Archive in script + the number 10¹² WEB PAGES in recognition of 1 trillion pages preserved on the #WaybackMachine. Available in M, L & XL—but going fast! Shop here ➡️
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It’s the holiday season. Santa Claus is an icon of that history, but he wasn’t always reaching for a soda. 🎅 Covers, ads, and illustrations like these are part of our shared cultural heritage, and their preservation lets us experience not only Christmases past but also the media that shaped them. Unwrap more vintage Holiday magazine art & more in our collection ⤵️
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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🎬 Enter the 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest! Remix & reimagine treasures from 1930—early sound films, cartoons, music, literature & art—and turn them into unique 2–3 minute films. Use the Internet Archive’s collections & your creativity to breathe new life into these cultural gems. 📅 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details:
2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest: The Internet Archive is Looking For Creative Short Films Made By You! | Internet Archive Blogs
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🎂 E. H. Shepard was born on this day in 1879. A titan among British illustrators, he’s best remembered for his Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations. 🧸 The ways his artwork & the text work together to shape the Pooh stories are a story all their own ⤵️
In Praise of E. H. Shepard’s Illustrations | Internet Archive Blogs
 Check out more of Shepard's illustrations and the stories in each of the 1926 & 1928 books. Both are in the public domain & in our collections. 🧸🎈🐝 👉
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Winnie-the-Pooh : Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[2], [i]-ix, [3], 158 p., [2] leaves of plates : 24 cm
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The House At Pooh Corner : Milne, A.A. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is the original introduction of Tigger to the Hundred Acre Woods. Illustrations are by Ernest H. Shepard.
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💥 Why did the word ENSHITTIFICATION catch on? Cory Doctorow thinks people like a little cussing — & the word captures in blunt terms how tech platforms make the web frustrating & hostile. Want more? 🎧 Listen to the full episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast ⤵️
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Future Knowledge | Enshittification
The internet wasn’t ruined by accident—it was ruined on purpose. In this episode, Cory Doctorow joins us to break down enshittification, his te...
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