This October, the @npub1umd6...wfr7 celebrates an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved & available for access via the #WaybackMachine. We're celebrating in style. Join us in person or online! πŸ“† Weds, Oct 22 πŸ“ IN-PERSON: 5–10 PM PT (San Francisco) πŸ’» VIRTUAL: 7–8 PM PT | 10–11 PM ET 🎟️ Register ➑️ #Wayback1T #event image
πŸ›’ Fall fashions & car batteries: #autumn, Kmart style, 1989. πŸ‚ Thanks to a forward-thinking staffer, this and many other in-store audio tapes were saved from the dustbinβ€”now preserved at the @npub1umd6...wfr7. 🎧 Hear the full tape, part of our Attention K-Mart Shoppers collection ‡️ https://archive.org/details/KmartOctober1989 #archives #preservation #1980s
Get a fascinating glimpse at how technology brings forgotten archives back to life! 🎞️ Watch government documents on microfiche become searchable & accessible online, set to #lofi tunes – live πŸ‘€βž‘οΈ https://www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZYBIUs #LiveStream #LiveNow @npub1umd6...wfr7
🌐 From the first web page created in 1991… to 1 trillion web pages archived today. Every meme, blog, tweet & vanished site is part of our shared story. This is our collective memory. And it’s being saved. Join in our celebration this October: #Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
Explore the past, present, and future of the Web with its inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, & Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. πŸ“… Thurs, Oct 9 @ 7:30 PM PT 🎟️ IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL Details ➑️ @w3c.social/@timbl @npub1ftlr...3e6s image
From sampling to streaming, copyright touches every part of modern music. Jennifer Jenkins & James Boyle explore this & more in MUSIC COPYRIGHT, CREATIVITY, AND CULTURE on the Future Knowledge #podcast. 🎧 Listen to all episodes ‡️ @npub1umd6...wfr7 #DukeLaw @thepublicdomain
πŸ’™ Hit the right note by wearing your fave blue item when you join THE VAST BLUE WE with Del Sol Quartet 🎢 We’re celebrating 1 trillion pages saved on the #WaybackMachine with an evening of live music and new works inspired by our shared digital memory. πŸ“… Tues, Oct 7 at 7 PM PT 🎟️ IN-PERSON ➑️ πŸ’» VIRTUAL ➑️ #Wayback1T @npub1umd6...wfr7 image
We’re celebrating 1 trillion webpages archived in the Wayback Machine on October 22 πŸŽ‰ Now we want to hear from you: Why is the Wayback Machine important to YOU? Make a short video & share it with the hashtag #Wayback1T 🀳 Together, let's celebrate a trillion moments captured online. DETAILS ➑️ image
Before TikTok, before Instagram, there was MySpace: the internet’s hub for music, culture, & eye-frying HTML. Tom was everyone’s default friend, Lady Gaga was building her buzz, Patton Oswalt was plugging gigs, & even the White House joined, but was late to the party. MySpace is mostly gone now, but the Wayback Machine keeps it alive. πŸ•°οΈ Use the #WaybackMachine to visit the space that was MySpace. hxttps://web.archive.org/web/19960901000000*/https://myspace.com #Wayback1T
As announced in The New Yorker today, Sir Tim Berners-Lee will receive the 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award! Sir Tim is being honored for inventing the World Wide Web, opening the door to a globally connected information commons, and for his ongoing advocacy for a free, open, and accessible web for all. Celebrate Sir Tim & the web on October 9 & October 22: