The year is 2030. I hunt my food with bow and arrow, just like my ancestors. My shot flies true. The metal demon plummets from the sky. I come closer. My prize is chicken tikka masala. An inscription says "Bob Smith," but that means nothing to me. I praise the gods. www.cbsnews.com/news/uber-ea...

Were these mentioned in catalogue/finding aid? As archivist, this was one of my bizarrer discoveries while cataloguing a collection: wellcomecollection.org/works/zej55x...

In order to delete your account without first agreeing to these terms you have to 1) login on desktop or desktop mode on the phone. 2) Click privacy policy (and not "agree") 3) click the profile icon and scroll down & click delete account. I had to do this cycle twice before it let me fully delete

In London, hate will never win.

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

Hey, spooky Chicago 👻 I'm in search of grave sites and/or memorials in our area that include a recipe. Any tips?

how badly I just want everyone to read this

1 question to ask about "debate" is whether or not one shares a goal with the opposing view. You might argue about how to house people - public housing, upzoning, deregulation etc. - but you at least share a similar goal. It's that overlap in a desired outcome that underpins the ideal of "debate."

This term I'm hosting monthly talks on LIS/Library/Schol Comms research through Cassyni. 📚 Talks on OA, demographics and international student support. Do take a look and sign up, or share with those you think would be interested. cassyni.com/series/KVXBf... #Library #LISResearch #LISConference

Fun explanation of precession with interactive graphics (themed to hook astrology fans). “Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

it's really (darkly) amusing how the trump administration is pulling out all the stops to get a Reichstag fire moment (invading cities, civil rights violations, deportations) and how they keep brutally failing to get what they want. testament to brilliant organizers, but also an indication that

Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements." Really meant, "For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

office bookshelves coming together; I have the first 4 100'dth classes done and need to finish the 10s and 1s. Primary Source shelf includes some prizes: Carrie Wade zine I got @qzap.bsky.social, Howl introduced by WCW; an early binding of The Pearl; 5 iss's of Lesbian Tide & 1st Eds of Anaïs Nin

tostitos is hitting the drugs early this morning

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

@dalhousie.bsky.social administration seems pretty dedicated to making things worth for students and faculty

'But specific deodorants for body parts other than the armpits weren’t really a thing until 2018': www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... I guess no-one involved with this piece was around during the previous iteration of vaginal deodorants around the early 1970s?

The racist extremists are on the move. Just like they did in Charlottesville. On Sept 13 they will try and take over Christie Pits where people fought the Nazi thugs in 1933. Show the world that Toronto will not put up with race-haters. Peaceful gathering:Christie Pits park 12:30 this Saturday.

given that you don’t actually need any historian credentials for this job, i feel like AHA could’ve skipped on posting this.

When I quit grad school and left academia, I assumed I would never publish a book. So The @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader is a literal dream come true. And now it gets to sit on my shelf with other publications that I have shepherded as an editor. www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...

A slide from my med school syphilis talk

Ayo Edebiri answers question she was purposely excluded from by interviewer. Kudos to Andrew for immediately recognizing the misogynoir, his body language says it all. #BlackSky

male-to-Man™ transition

I'm truly amazed at how much the prices of hard/dry goods have come down in Canada; I needed sheets and I snagged some really high thread ones for US$35, previously US$95. I'm assuming it has something to do with the tariffs and ships coming here instead

@ Starbucks this morning I wanted a chocolate cake pop because I like to dip it in cold foam or whipped cream. they said they were out of chocolate and only had strawberry or raccoon-shaped ones available. I asked what flavor raccoon was and we all just sat and blinked at each other for a few mins 🤣

@strepsirrhini.bsky.social mentions seeing these men elsewhere. This video was taken at 16:56 (4:56pm) at the corner of 6th and University bsky.app/profile/stre...

Can verify this. We do not know which branch or why, but they're on busses in bdu. Thank you for posting @brimwats.com 🖤💛

Best Job: Librarian Worst Job: Librarian Scariest Job: Librarian (ask me why) Funnest Job: Librarian

bunch of buses filled with men in uniforms (??) escorted by police into downtown Seattle

My publisher let me know and you know what? Hell yeah.

mutual aid request from a really lovely person 👇🏻

In a truly civilised society everyone should have free access to a licensed ontologist!

a canadian-born friend of mine one started crying when she heard that mass shooter victims still have to pay if they dont have insurance and can be bankrupted because of it

Prepping for my first one-shot digital humanities workshop 💪 Intro to Data for Humanists that is the most gentle walkthrough for folks who aren't used to thinking about their work in these terms. Working with data from my two fav projects: @ccp-org.bsky.social and the Womens Print History Project

New academic year, a new Bluesky account for Archives and Special Collections!

it's taken almost 3yrs for me to see what I'd consider the first valid use of "AI" for social justice (I'm really quite skeptical about it)—a law firm working w refugees to document their experience of suffering, rape, murder, and harm by Australia's government www.exhibitai.com.au/content/mbl-...

it's aliiiiiveeeeeee! all 700 pages of my dissertation can be found here: hdl.handle.net/2429/92159

This thread is incredibly validating. Administrator switches to classroom teaching and realizes that faculty actually have valid points.

this new CMOS18 thing of capitalizing after a colon when it's a complete sentence is really doing my head in (so many things are doing my head in that I'm allowing myself to complain about the most trivial one)

IMLS has had their funding reinstated, with 1% decrease to the funding they get, but a $400K increase for library grants. But NPR and PBS are still screwed.

kleptotech is so good 👌🏻

I do think the whole recent thing about sourdough breads has rather overlooked the pleasures of homebaking yeasted breads: paging Elizabeth David, britishfoodhistory.com/2022/11/17/f... (which is scathing about the commercial bread of the day)

a friend of mine did a PhD on bread and I read it and really enjoyed it but did not expect it to be constantly and continually relevant 😶

This is very awkward, but someone is impersonating me using the email [email protected], contacting artists and asking them for money. Several artists have forwarded examples of the emails.

even by thesis standards, this was a beast: over 500 pages of writing; 700 with paratext and appendices & 1300 if transcripts and full appendices were included

things that feel amazing: getting final thesis revisions in & notification of acceptance less than one hour before the cutoff for next semester billing

A privilege and a joy to spend these past few days thinking and chatting about death at #ddd17 in Utrecht!! Grateful to the organisers for such a lovely and lively gathering — and to Anna for the photo!! 🥹✨