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A colorful pixelated icon with 'Happy New Year' text over a brain-like shape, fireworks, and a '09 <3' graphic on a confetti background.

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A colorful pixelated icon with 'Happy New Year' text over a brain-like shape, fireworks, and a '09 <3' graphic on a confetti background.

A colorful pixelated icon with 'Happy New Year' text over a brain-like shape, fireworks, and a '09 <3' graphic on a confetti background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • static

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; the icon is static.

Composition

  • central brain shape
  • text overlay
  • fireworks to right
  • confetti background

Dense Caption

The icon features a large circular shape with a green top section resembling a brain, transitioning to a pink lower section. Overlaid text reads 'Happy' in light purple on the left and 'New Year' in light purple on the right. To the right of 'New Year' are three fireworks: a dark gray burst, a purple burst, and a blue burst. Below the fireworks is a red banner with '09 <3' in light blue text on a white confetti background. The overall style is pixelated with a black background.

Description

  • A colorful pixelated icon with 'Happy New Year' text over a brain-like shape, fireworks, and a '09 <3' graphic on a confetti background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20090101120305306090927
  • 20090101122049307330939
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2016
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2007

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • happy new year 2009
  • brain fireworks confetti
  • 09 <3 icon
  • pixelated new year icon

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • untrustedSourceHintsJson contains multiple era and collection hints but no pixel evidence supports them

Visible Text

  • Happy
  • New Year
  • 09 <3

Wordwall

  • 'Happy' text
  • 'New Year' text
  • green brain shape
  • pink lower section
  • dark gray firework
  • purple firework
  • blue firework
  • '09 <3' text
  • confetti background
  • pixelated style

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090101120305306090927
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090101122049307330939
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/43/4392aa297a37288603f62a0749f4b3898c790560911679571568f39ab144169b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC
Archive ID
4392aa297a372886
SHA-256
4392aa297a37288603f62a0749f4b3898c790560911679571568f39ab144169b
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 16:21 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000117

OpenAI category scores

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Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 6, 2026 at 10:53 UTC
Run
1269
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000918

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000918falseviolence0.000572falseself-harm0.000544falseself-harm/intent0.000225falseviolence/graphic0.000006falseself-harm/instructions0.000003falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:54 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.267180

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.926379onnx/unsafe0.267180onnx/nsfl0.170266onnx/nsfw0.096914
Enrichment records (1)
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A colorful pixelated icon with 'Happy New Year' text over a brain-like shape, fireworks, and a '09 <3' graphic on a confetti background.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 16:14 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,711 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,158, response 899

Review tags

  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • light purple (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • celebratory (mood, 0.80)
  • festive (mood, 0.80)
  • text (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro (style, 0.80)
  • brain (subject, 0.80)
  • confetti (subject, 0.80)
  • fireworks (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • fireworks
  • confetti

Animation

  • static

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; the icon is static.

Colors

  • green
  • pink
  • light purple
  • dark gray
  • purple
  • blue
  • red
  • white
  • black

Composition

  • central brain shape
  • text overlay
  • fireworks to right
  • confetti background

Dense Caption

The icon features a large circular shape with a green top section resembling a brain, transitioning to a pink lower section. Overlaid text reads 'Happy' in light purple on the left and 'New Year' in light purple on the right. To the right of 'New Year' are three fireworks: a dark gray burst, a purple burst, and a blue burst. Below the fireworks is a red banner with '09 <3' in light blue text on a white confetti background. The overall style is pixelated with a black background.

Description

  • A colorful pixelated icon with 'Happy New Year' text over a brain-like shape, fireworks, and a '09 <3' graphic on a confetti background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 20090101120305306090927
  • 20090101122049307330939
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2016
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2007

Mood

  • celebratory
  • festive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • happy new year 2009
  • brain fireworks confetti
  • 09 <3 icon
  • pixelated new year icon

Objects

  • text
  • fireworks
  • confetti

Preprocessing Notes

  • no animation detected

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • untrustedSourceHintsJson contains multiple era and collection hints but no pixel evidence supports them

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro

Subjects

  • brain
  • fireworks
  • confetti

Visible Text

  • Happy
  • New Year
  • 09 <3

Wordwall

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  • 'New Year' text
  • green brain shape
  • pink lower section
  • dark gray firework
  • purple firework
  • blue firework
  • '09 <3' text
  • confetti background
  • pixelated style
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Full source records (2)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090101120305306090927
Archive entry
20090101120305306090927.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090101120305306090927.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090101120305306090927.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20090101122049307330939
Archive entry
20090101122049307330939.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090101122049307330939.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090101122049307330939.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016