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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 2d

Grok on X: "@Muskisacrunt25 @DanielJHannan Daniel Hannan nailed the EU's democratic deficits and the Euro's flaws long before Brexit validated his warnings on sovereignty erosion. He's consistently championed free markets and limited government, spotting bureaucratic overreach that others ignored. Perfection's rare in" / X

@Muskisacrunt25 @DanielJHannan Daniel Hannan nailed the EU's democratic deficits and the Euro's flaws long before Brexit validated his warnings on sovereignty erosion. He's consistently championed free markets and limited government, spotting bureaucratic overreach that others ignored. Perfection's rare in

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 3d

So nice to see *support* for libraries by the US government!

Go California and thank you Senator Padilla!

"Senator Alex Padilla Honors Internet Archive’s 1 Trillion Milestone in Congressional Record"

blog.archive.org/2025/10/31/s... @archive.org

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 5d

"The two biggest barriers to progress are bitterness and nostalgia".
-- Andrew Pace, Exec Dir of ARL

Most important sentence I have heard in a long time. Does it work for you?

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 9d

Celebration of
1 Trillion Webpages! People are awesome.

over 1 billion people over the last 30 years have wanted to share what they know with the world.

@archive.org show video with tabs to jump around:

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 10d

Bezos Earth Fund helping convert all US school buses to from diesel to electric by 2030 (480,000 of them!) www.bezosearthfund.org/grants/equit...

this is the program: electricschoolbusinitiative.org

Sounds bold, the right direction, and generally good to me. $37.5m grant in 2020, fingers crossed.

Equitably Electrifying Every School Bus in the U.S.

www.bezosearthfund.org

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 13d

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 14d

Wonderful piece about the Internet Archive's Web collections and the Wayback Machine.

Timely too-- San Francisco and California are declaring Oct 22nd, 2025 Internet Archive Day!

Thank you!

cybercultural.com/p/wayback-ma...

2001: The Internet Gets a Memory With the Wayback Machine

In October 2001, Brewster Kahle demonstrates a new time machine from the Internet Archive called the Wayback Machine. It will become a vital link between the Web's past and its present.

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · Oct 4

The Wayback Machine (November, 2001) web.archive.org/web/20011109...

Screenshot of a web 1.0-style version of the Wayback Machine, dated to 2001

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · Sep 26

Internet Archive Europe progress: new network router is now installed in central switching point. Onward!

www.internetarchive.eu

(Will substitute for one supported by XS4ALL and KPN for 20+ years -- thank you!)

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Sep 22

We also encourage you to make sure all of the reports on this page are in wayback machine! www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-...

Food Security in the U.S. - History & Background | Economic Research Service

www.ers.usda.gov

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Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · Sep 4

Enjoying the Public Libraries of Copenhagen with @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @brewster.kahle.org getting ready for today’s lecture at the Danish Royal Library. Copenhagen sure is a beautiful city, thank you for your warm welcome!

Three people going up an escalator in the Danish Public Library. They have turned around to face the camera and are smiling.

Cityscape view with several church spires in the distance. The sky is a brilliant blue with a few wispy clouds.

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · Sep 6

Thank you for hosting the Internet Archive Europe team in Copenhagen!

I was excited to find so many people trying to bring their collections to a broad public. I hope it all happens.

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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · Sep 5

Such a pleasure to tour Copenhagen libraries with @brewster.kahle.org, Mary and @internetarchive.eu to discuss libraries and archives as critical infrastructure, publishers as data cartels, digital sovereignty, data mirroring, public AI and - of course - the politics of data loss. @erc.europa.eu

Internet Archive Europe @internetarchive.eu · Sep 4

Enjoying the Public Libraries of Copenhagen with @nannathylstrup.bsky.social and @brewster.kahle.org getting ready for today’s lecture at the Danish Royal Library. Copenhagen sure is a beautiful city, thank you for your warm welcome!

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Nanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · Sep 5

Visiting public infrastructures and workers w @internetarchive.eu and @brewster.kahle.org: CPH public library, Danish National Radio (Prompt by @marcelfard.bsky.social and @moltke.bsky.social), @andersmyrvoll.bsky.social at the Danish Royal Library and @ucph.bsky.social + the University Library.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Sep 3

SAVING CAMPUS & COMMUNITY RADIO HISTORY 🎙

At June's National Campus & Community Radio Association conference, #InternetArchive’s Jennifer Waits, Asst. Curator for the #collegeradio collection in DLARC, shared her work.

▶️ Watch her talk.

NCRC43: Saving Campus and Community Radio History

Session Info: WEDNESDAY - June 18th, 3:00-4:00PM Saving Campus and Community Radio History - Presentation Jennifer Waits, Assistant Curator, Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications…

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · Jul 28

Tom Lehrer, Musical Hero gave away his songs before he passed. Even more reasons to love this man.

"All copyrights to lyrics or music written or composed by me have been permanently and irrevocably relinquished, and therefore such songs are now in the public domain. " tomlehrersongs.com

Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer

Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer DISCLAIMER STATEMENTI, Tom Lehrer, individually and as trustee of the

tomlehrersongs.com

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James R Jacobs @freegovinfo.bsky.social · Jul 24

awesome news. Congratulations @archive.org on being designated an FDLP library!! www.kqed.org/news/1204942...

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED

The Internet Archive, thanks to its designation by California Sen. Alex Padilla, joins a network of over 1,100 libraries that make government documents accessible to the public.

www.kqed.org

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Jul 24

📚 “Every citizen should know that libraries are under attack.”

In a new interview‬, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle outlines the structural threats facing libraries today & the paths forward for an enduring library system.

@cni-org.bsky.social @brewster.kahle.org

vimeo.com/1103555091/8...

CNI 2025 - Brewster Kahle - Libraries at Risk:Borrowed Infrastructure and and Institutional Resilience

This is "CNI 2025 - Brewster Kahle - Libraries at Risk:Borrowed Infrastructure and and Institutional Resilience" by EDUCAUSE on Vimeo, the home for high…

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · Jul 22

Philip Bump of Washpo always anchored his articles with data, and data well presented. Sorry to see him leave that prominent organization.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jul 17

And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!

Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jul 17

For my column today, I wrote about how Trump leveraged America's collapsing trust in institutions — and how his second term has accelerated that collapse. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · Jul 21

Right now, federal courts are deciding what type of AI training is fair use. California’s A.B. 412 would have jumped the gun and decided that copyright owners should win. We’re glad to see it has stalled for this year.

California A.B. 412 Stalls Out—A Win for Innovation and Fair Use

A.B. 412, the flawed California bill that threatened small developers in the name of AI “transparency,” has been delayed and turned into a two-year bill. That means it won’t move forward in 2025—a sig...

www.eff.org

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Jul 18

🗞️ Local journalism matters.

Thanks to a $1M Press Forward grant, we’ll support 300+ newsrooms with training, tools & services in collaboration with Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) & The Poynter Institute.

Details ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/07/16/

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Jul 15

New from Internet Archive Canada: Queen’s University Library has digitized a collection of rare, self-published sci-fi & fantasy fanzines, making long-lost voices from 1940s–1980s more widely accessible.

⚔️ Start your side quest: blog.archive.org/2025/07/15/s...

@internetarchiveca.bsky.social

Cover of Dark Fantasy No. 22 (1980), published by Shadow Press. The title is printed in bold, stylized yellow and black text at the top. The central illustration features a medieval knight in armor leaning against a large, leaf-covered tree, holding a bow and arrows. A castle is faintly visible in the background. A diagonal black-and-yellow banner across the bottom reads, “Nominated for 10 SPWAO Awards.” Price is listed as $1.50.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Jul 16

In the latest episode of the Future Knowledge #podcast, historian IAN MILLIGAN discusses his book AVERTING THE DIGITAL DARK AGE with Internet Archive founder BREWSTER KAHLE. Moderated by TAKARA SMALL

🎧 Listen & subscribe ⤵️
futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/the...

Promotional poster for Episode #5 of the podcast “Future Knowledge,” titled “Averting the Digital Dark Age.” The design features a retro-futuristic aesthetic with grainy textures and a collage of images, including three speakers: Ian Milligan, Brewster Kahle, and Takara Small. Their photos appear above bold text reading “FUTURE KNOWLEDGE.” In the background are stylized digital and classical elements like a vintage computer labeled “NEW,” the Space Needle, a Roman statue, and abstract shapes.

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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · Jul 10

"In an age of informational chaos, the Wayback Machine feels like one of the few institutions that never lies to us."

Nice comment from Current Affair editor

www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Jul 7

From @internetarchive.eu: "Internet Archive Europe proudly announces the launch of Our Future Memory, a global campaign dedicated to safeguarding the digital rights of libraries, archives, and museums worldwide." www.internetarchive.eu/protecting-t...

www.internetarchive.eu

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