IKEA needs to do D&D figure models of the popular toys. Particularly the Aftonsparv alien. Smallest boy needs one.

As someone who regularly jokes that she has a master's degree in 'stalking people on the internet' let me tell you that Alex de Campi is dropping lots of good advice here. (I promise, I only use my library powers for awesome, I mean good. I use them for good)

Thank goodness for @channel4.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A note to say: I am still around. I just spend a *lot* less time on social media these days. Some of that is the World Today. Some of it is that my graduation gift to myself was a gaming system and last Xmas I got Zelda: BotW. Some of it is going for caterpillar walks with a local friend.

Local folks, Wed 9/17 5:30pm visit UVA Special Collections for the catered opening of a new exhibit of microexhibits. 48 of our library staff curated quick+deep dives into an "A-Z" of topics they care about in our collections, from Artist Books to Zines, Sea Monsters to Pandemic Books. Pls register:

Our fall term events are, as always, free & open to the public! More events to come, including invited speakers; & our many coming makerspace workshops don't get announced right when term starts (to give students time to design them). Our upcoming events are always listed at scholarslab.org/event

One of DC's crime-infested hellholes at 8am on a Friday

Senior social club is now! Gather, share stories, make new friends, and maybe teach the younger ones a trick or two! #owlbearsrest #maineseniors #eatdrinkplayconnect

Someone shared this with me and it pretty much made my day so I'm passing it on for everyone else's entertainment, too!

National President Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden 📜📚 www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...

Anyone at a museum or cultural heritage org that has an internal learning/knowledge management system to help staff stay up to date?

And anyone who thinks univerisities are “homogenous” has never served on a faculty committee or attended a faculty meeting 🙄

For those of you unfamiliar with the respective organizations, this is like if Graydon Creed and the X-Men issued a joint statement.

📢📢📢 We are looking for contributors to respond to RFK’s recent eugenic-laden speech, his response to the measles outbreak, or any of his other policies. If you are interested you can DM this account or send us a pitch via our website. Please share widely! nursingclio.org/write-for-us...

ASAN, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, the Autistic People of Color Fund, Autism Society of America, Autism Speaks, The Arc, and others stand united: Autistic people deserve respect, support, and science-based policy, not dangerous disinformation. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/04/lead...

Me watching the trailer for the new Fantastic Four movie: Is this going to make me like Reed Richards?! I don’t know how I feel about this.

In August 1776, Polly Palmer opened a letter only to find within it a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Find out why on the latest episode of Humble Servant featuring @katyghistory.bsky.social's conversation with @emilysneff.bsky.social. #history www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...

Huge existential sigh.

Let's build a thread on what the cancellation of NEH grants is doing to state councils. Add yours here, I'll start:

Lazy web ask - I remember a site to see NEH grants and projects in your communities from 4-6 years ago. Is that still around? Is there something like for IMLS?

I love redbud trees. They create little wisps of color in the early spring forests, pointillist flashes of pink-purple in the gray-brown of leaves and trunks. And the flowers seem to be especially vibrant on cloudy April days.

Share a story about IMLS, and if you've had (or anticipate) project impacts, also fill out the form that @ach.bsky.social has put together.

Great idea -- here's where you can find a list of some great NEH projects! www.neh.gov/essentials Talk them up to anyone and everyone.

So pleased with the successful ambush celebrations for @meghillhistory.bsky.social and @stasiatanzer.bsky.social, they're hands down the glue and glitter of @ncph.bsky.social #NCPH2025

Just mentioned this on the session on the 250th, sharing more broadly: the Feast of Reason program and resources from Monticello. A framework/toolkit for encouraging civil and civic conversation #ncph2025 www.monticello.org/exhibits-eve...

Love to see inclusions of material culture, sociology, archaeology etc. ours is a broad profession #ncph2025

I love being part of organizations who recognize the amazing contributions of the people who make things work (staff, volunteers, hotel staff and beyond) #ncph2025 Especially when there is a sense of humor 😆

#NCPH2025 attendees: if you are attending tonight's Public Plenary, please be respectful of the speaker's preference to NOT take pictures of the photos or videos shared on screen. Thank you, and enjoy!

Haters tell me "but that's not the technology's fault, you can also use it to enhance your own writing rather than outsource everything to the machine" And this is a great lesson in User Experience Design: you CAN but you WON'T, because of how the software is designed. Let's talk about friction.

Next week's public SLab events: @jmjafrx.bsky.social on mapping Black resistance across time+space; @jajrk.bsky.social & @amandalicastro.bsky.social on DH making+pedagogy #ByteSizedPedagogy #DHmakes; free making workshops=filigree bracelet worbla thermoplastics, lasercut wood, adv. paper airplanes,+

Sign of a great conference with thoughtful organizers: materials for play/de-stressing in the exhibit hall. #NCPH2025

Sitting with GMU history classmate @mebrett.bsky.social as we watch GMU classmate @faisdaudau.bsky.social + Denise Frazier + Hannah Krueger-Benson talk about work on amazing Frenchmen Notes public history project. #ncph2025 frenchmennotes.com

Last session of the day (other than poster session) is on the Frenchmen Notes project(s) - check out frenchmennotes.com #NCPH2025

Join us on Friday, April 4, from 3-5 pm for a hands-on journey through history! Play historical board games that bring the past to life as you roll the dice, make your moves, and uncover the stories behind them. 🃏🎲 This event is free and fun for all ages! Refreshments will be served.

If you find yourself in Montreal for any reason, consider patronizing this shop (and artist)

My stuff is in the artist alley shop in Montréal! If you hate paying for shipping, now is your chance ✨️ www.artistalleyshop.ca

This exhibit was right up my alley - costume balls as popular history. At the McCord Stewart #NCPH2025

Figured out which buses to take to get to the overlooks on Mount Royal… and it was snowing a bit too hard to see much. Ah well. Tomorrow is a 2 conference day! #NCPH2025 and the ArchivesSpace virtual member forum.

What I want to know is what do the designers of modern hotel interiors have against hooks or bars for the hand towels in the bathrooms?

Seriously contemplating just packing my day hikers for #NCPH2025 - between the weather forecast and the amount of walking I do when conferencing, it seems like a safe choice.

Okay but why have most of the songs stuck in my head today been from the 1990 album "Flood" by They Might Be Giants?

Seems to me what we’re seeing across the federal government are the dividends being paid from years of adopting market language to talk about public goods. Run government like a business? Businesses exist to make profit. Government exists to serve the people. We’re about to see the difference now.

Really looking forward to NCPH this year. Hoping to see people I haven’t had a chance to catch up with in a few years! Anyone else who’s coming in early, reach out if you wanna grab a coffee or something.

I never listened to the Wiggles (never the target demographic). But their recent collaboration with Orville Peck has a funny backstory and is pretty darn catchy.

When we were collecting and joining 56 different COVID datasets from 56 US states and territories at the COVID Tracking Project we tried so hard, so continually, to explain that the data was imperfect, that the schemas didn’t match, and that there were many special cases. Elon and his goons won’t.

Why were dinosaurs always on time? Cause they were early birds

A coworker and I are visiting a class tomorrow where students are doing digital projects for their final assignment. There isn’t a ton of time for full project updates, so instead we’re asking “on a scale of medieval cat, how are you feeling about your digital project?”

Looking for something to do for Women's History Month? I'll be giving a "Fireside Chat" with LCP on March 21st at 2pm. The event is free and on Zoom! Click here to register: support.librarycompany.org/event/firesi...

We are deeply saddened by the passing of David E. Whisnant (July 16, 1938 – December 10, 2024). A cherished author, David’s legacy will live on through his impactful works. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends, and colleagues 💚 uncpressblog.com/2025/02/26/i...

It's me! Looking forward to joining the #USLDH folks next month to talk about getting started with digital text analysis. Will use Voyant as a way in, but the goal is to focus less on a specific tool and more on the challenges, questions, and opportunities working with these methods.