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Yellow background with repeated text "blondes better" and scattered blue stars, showing animation of star positions changing across frames.

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Yellow background with repeated text "blondes better" and scattered blue stars, showing animation of star positions changing across frames.

Yellow background with repeated text "blondes better" and scattered blue stars, showing animation of star positions changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709161431161176615503
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.7 KB
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b0/b0474cc5ecc8b641041bb9d495bfccfc70dd8acfa57a4313a660e1bebccbb2f3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b0474cc5ecc8b641
SHA-256
b0474cc5ecc8b641041bb9d495bfccfc70dd8acfa57a4313a660e1bebccbb2f3
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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
200709161431161176615503
Archive entry
200709161431161176615503.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:46 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#200709161431161176615503.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709161431161176615503.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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