incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

There is a lot about AI that impacts the work we do in cultural heritage institutions like special collections libraries--- I think one of the opportunities is for those of us who work with archives and rare books is to really embrace the beauty of materiality in an increasingly digital world

This is book history

Gorsuch finally starting to understand what they have unleashed

These were the obsequious headlines a Republican got for winning a race by less than 2%. Spanberger won by 15 tonight. The coverage should be absolutely apocalyptic for Rs tomorrow, but it largely wont be bc political news media sees Rs as their friends & allies & would never trash them like that

Bluesky rn

I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.

Now we can also add Prop 50 victory in Calif!

Holy shit, a +13 seat pickup in the VA house of delegates, amazing

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

An expert sixteenth-century binding artisan in Alabama is working on a bespoke binding for a recent Anton Koberger acquisition here at Emory--- 3 months behind schedule & over budget because of tariffs on all of the specific materials he needs for his craft. Tariffs touch everything!

"Democrats Deeply Worried About the Repercussions of Victory" could be the defining statement of our generation.

It's journalistic malpractice not to immediately follow these statements with questions like "Are you saying you didn't sign it?" and "Was it signed by autopen?" And "Is someone else making decisions for you?"

Feeling so energized & excited for NYC. Crossing my fingers for Mamdani!!

🚨 Hilary Duff countdown on her website nobody move 🚨

I didn’t know people I know cared about baseball? I didn’t even know there was a game lmfao

I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re an uncataloged book someone tried to rebind with duct tape

bar games, screenshot, dos (1989) www.mobygames.com/game/5618/ba...

At a new doctor here doing my prep renewal and I find this incredibly cursed!! “Human: responds during business hours” is especially sending me

If you email the rare book library & archives with the greeting “Dear Sirs” I *will* click on the trash icon and not think twice about it! 🗑️

Is me listening to my chemical romance for like a week straight a recession indicator?

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings

First use of a long s in a protest sign?

I’m thankful now to have instructional opportunities that don’t involve grading/assessment because I’ve heard from my bf and others that AI slop is at an all-time high (though part of me does miss teaching actual courses this semester!)

Paper engineering in pop-up books is always so fun— today’s treat is Star Trek: Giant in the Universe (1977)

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Queer Bib is my favorite annual conference! Please check out the cfp and send in your abstracts!

Deadline extended! You have until Monday October 20th to put in an abstract! #queerbibliography #transbookhistory @bibsoc.bsky.social @bibsocamer.bsky.social @obs1922.bsky.social @transbookhistory.bsky.social @thetransfemininereview.com @sharpnews.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org

This is so real

The planned electrical outage that lets me work from home tomorrow, the Monday after Atlanta Pride weekend, is an ally

Your challenge for this weekend is to put in an abstract for Queer Bibliography 2026. It's what all the cool kids are doing. The theme is Space, Place, Community (widely understood, certainly not limited to the South). CFP: shorturl.at/XAVJ0; Submit: forms.gle/XD7FgrrStp3j... Athens GA and online

Happy ATL Pride! 🌈 I’ve been here two months and I love this city so much.

This is what a rare book library looks like (from our annual special collections drag show)

copyright infringement and chill

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

Babe wake up it’s brat autumn

I think when i say “wow that’s not for me” three albums in a row, it’s time to stop trying 😬

These are all horrible, but this is just disgusting.

in the mood for the panera bread charged lemonade

I am teaching some of the reignited Mainz Catholicon printing debates to German print history students, and I realized others might also be interested in using these debates as a way to teach analytical bibliography, print hist, etc... so I made a teaching resource! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I just really hope we're all sitting with the fact that we're having a government shutdown in a year when ONE PARTY CONTROLS ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

I can’t believe how depressing it is to watch Trump crush norms, and institutions and to wonder if people are noticing.

I am teaching some of the reignited Mainz Catholicon printing debates to German print history students, and I realized others might also be interested in using these debates as a way to teach analytical bibliography, print hist, etc... so I made a teaching resource! docs.google.com/document/d/1...