The Bayeux Tapestry tells only the winner’s story – but the other side can be found in old English texts The story of the losers is full of meaningful silences and William of Normandy’s terror. by Cat…
Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Likely to LAN Party: Quake Before Twitch streams there were cables, pizza & Quake. You had to be there (literally). See…
37 Vintage Library Ads That Perfectly Capture The Joys Of Reading As public libraries began popping up across America in the early 1900s, these posters encouraged people to take advantage of their res…
When the Librarians Fought the Archivists Over Who Gets the Declaration of Independence Michael Auslin on the Final Battle to Control the Declaration of Independence https://lithub.com/when-the-librar…
Why Everyone is Talking About Salome These Days Leslie Baird on Exploring Enduring Questions of Patriarchy and Feminine Agency Through Fiction https://lithub.com/why-everyone-is-talking-about-salome-t…
Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Likely to Save Everything: Internet Archive Because the web isn’t forever, unless someone saves it. See more of the Cla…
Join us in welcoming Internet Archive Switzerland!🇨🇭 This independent non profit foundation in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is a mission-aligned organization with the Internet Archive, Internet Archive Can…
Legal scholar Ryan Calo argues that technology is never inevitable. The real challenge is building laws and institutions that can keep pace before new tools reshape society around us. In LAW & TECHNOL…
Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature Elizabeth Zaleski Finds Famous Moments of Flatulence in Classic and Contemporary Works https://lithub.com/seven-of-the-greatest-farts-in-western-liter…
How teaching the history of science can help equip students to face polarized times For decades, science educators have been encouraged to “stick to the science” and leave politics at the classroom do…
Did the First Robot Come from Oz? Long before chatbots, fiction grappled with rule-bound intelligence, exploring what it means to build and rely on thinking machines. By: Livia Gershon https://daily.j…
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Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Talkative: ICQ & Hotmail The beginning of being always reachable…for better or worse. See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ ht…
Congrats to "THE GORILLA" by Quinn Youngs, a Finalist in the Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest 🎬 A groovy and jaunty mashup of escaped gorilla stories full of delight, animation…
What Tradwife “Influencers” of Centuries Past Share With Their Social Media Contemporaries Maia Chance on the Age-Old Phenomenon of Toxic Nostalgia For a Nonexistent Past https://lithub.com/what-tradw…
How Medieval Literature Built the Arthurian Legend King Arthur is one of the most famous figures to emerge from the Middle Ages, but the legend surrounding him was built over centuries of medieval sto…
This Week in Literary History: James Joyce and Marcel Proust Meet for the First (and Only) Time Is a "Meet Ugly" a Thing? https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-james-joyce-and-marcel-proust…
Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Athletic: Atlanta Olympics Website 🥇 One of the first times the whole world followed the games online. Faster, higher, …
Welcome to the public domain, MYSTERIOUS MOSE (1930)! ⚡️ 🎩👻 In her fourth & final appearance of 1930, Betty Boop is startled awake on a stormy night & searches for the source while singing the song Mys…
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