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this is the first #AHA26 I didn't feel like I needed Twitter to follow along, thanks to everyone's summaries and liveskeets!

Man I work so hard managing these digital asset libraries all week, can’t wait to unwind for the weekend by playing my favorite video games with massive inventory management mechanics that take up most of playtime. that’s work/life balance baby

Loooooooooooooooong Book #NewberryLibrary (Vault Case MS minus VM 1619 M98) #shelfie

I've offered to Zoom with Aaron's class anytime he wants, and that offer goes for any other teacher or professor whose administration has banned WHITE FLIGHT from their classroom.

full version (only one of the many people already killed by this rogue regime)

Horrors. That library was my home from home in my youth.

I know the world is shit, but supporting women who are being fucked over by banks is one tangible way to take care of our communities. Mar is SO close to making it so her stuff isn't auctioned off while she is unhoused-- can you please help her out? And share if not?

New from #HistoryInFocus — a conversation with new executive director of @historians.org Sarah Weicksel. We talk about her path to her current position, he work as a historian of material culture, and her vision for the AHA in this challenging moment.

So just found out that Audible have silently removed six audiobooks from my library. Because I noticed, and complained, they gave six credits to buy them back again. They did this because the publishers updated the books and Audible just deleted the old versions.

I co-wrote an article that just came out! 📜 Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link: american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...

Aretino would be (was) the greatest poster of all time; inventor of the gossip column; trolled Michelangelo so hard that he's immortalized on the Sistine Chapel holding the artist's flayed skin; friend to one Pope, another tried to assassinate him; beloved by & friend of sex workers, died lol-ing

For decades, Canadians eagerly rushed onto US tech platforms and services. But now the drawbacks of that dependence are on full display. For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the economic and political consequences of a US-dominated internet — and why digital sovereignty is imperative.

Today, this made me happy 🥰 @brimwats.com #museumlife

Adding screenshots for when this is inevitably pulled down

I am writing a book about historic news flows. And while researching the past for news flows, theatre-like maneuvers, and some more, I increasingly better understand why people turned away from the news in bat-shit crazy times. #newsfatigue is a normal reaction on days like today. #skystorians

i am the problem (at least every email I send says that they'll come out of business hours and to not reply, but I'll admit to being the problem)

i usually try to start on december 1st the previous year, so that by january 1st i know whether or not i want to continue or not

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New Order of Canada appointees include Andre de Grasse, Terri Clark, Ellie Black, Ziya Tong and this legend www.gg.ca/en/appointme...

my current working theory for why some people (but especially older white men) were driven *insane* by COVID

my #1 ADHD cooking hack/rec is to buy MANY tongs and MANY funnels, which constantly saves my butt (more important: minimising cooking mess making it less burdensome, more enjoyable, etc.) tl;dr no favorite tongs bc I have so, so many of them; I do (must) click-test every pair I use tho

my favorite taskmaster bits are when the "character" that the comedian puts out into the world conflicts with the task (someone usually gruff having a moment of glee); it's even funnier when someone commits extra hard to their bit despite (and them knowing) it will make them lose the task

🤓 investigation of how many #marc bib subfields there are

a big reason why we have concepts like "obscenity" and ,"pornography" is because the state slowly took away the power of church courts to adjudicate morals at a town/village level

METADATA 4 LYFE

every day I greet my poor mexicana wife with another fresh hell horror of winter. today it's "the windows in the sun/garden room froze" a concept she has never before needed, nor conceived, nor understood

very pleased to see that JAQing is becoming more common parlance

I can confirm that @wynkenhimself.bsky.social was the real live person that edited my real live manuscript (and real lovingly!)

slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums

I was really delighted to talk with Jack Gieseking for the @ourdykehistories.bsky.social episode about the '40s - 60s! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/q...

current status of the @westernufims.bsky.social office fridge

Imagine moving from the UK to Mexico and saying that you were going to open Mexico's greatest bakery because Mexico don't have a culture of bread. I live in NYC which is not heavily Mexican for the US, and I still live a couple of blocks from a panadería. What is this man talking about?

I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.

The 19th century is so back, baby!

DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚

When you buy into the USPS as a business losing money, you are buying into losing these other public services: -libraries -public schools -fire/EMT/911 -public transportation -senior services -public utilities -roads & infrastructure And MORE... Public good costs very little for the benefits.

I truly forgot the power of drunk east coast undergraduates in December at 11pm: wearing nothing but antlers, short skirts, belly shirts, and high heels in 0° & a few inches of snow

what endstage of capitalism is this

University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜 www.thegazette.com/news/univers...

useful app for rescued or wild animals in distress

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."

For the past six weeks, an AI Facebook account has been pulling my history posts on Instagram and slopping out new captions, so I’ve been feeding it poison pills and its followers are having meltdowns in the comments. It’s been pretty spectacular.

the way we talk about "the economy" hasn't really caught up with this.

Man walking past the British Library: It’s closed. I must come back. Libraries are the best.

Has anyone read my beautiful (credit to my lovely publisher), calming, life-affirming book? Do you think it would make a nice Christmas gift? Can you help me let people know about it? Here it is: geni.us/ThePlaceImin 🎁