I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

I love my Roomba. Yeah, it pushes the dirt around more than it actually vacuums anything, but it pushes that dirt around all by itself, no human intervention required.

Tell us your pet's name with a gif.

My favourite bad film! Yes, it sucks, but it's so much fun.

Bloody love this. A bunch of old people living out the rest of their days in a hotel while refusing to speak to each other and silently judging each other’s clothes. Life goals 🙏 youtu.be/zgpK5YxqmDo?...

I'm not crying, you're crying - wife asked me if I had a cable. Yes, yes I did!

Since it seems to be Paul Darrow's birthday, I repost my favourite 22 seconds. Whenever I show this to someone they say, "It's a video of you. So what?"

> “Lunch was good and drinks were free. Best $20 bucks I’ve ever spent…RIP Papa Ernie,” he wrote. It's nice to know he had the friends he deserved. Rest in piss, you creep.

Well, happy thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony at the library day to all who celebrate

Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.

📰 Reconstruction of the ceremonial dress of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy signify the complex relationship between the Church and state in Christian Nubia 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via Phys.org phys.org/news/2026-04...

Today I saw some bloke jogging on the treadmill in a collared shirt and a jumper. I didn't get a good look at his pants but there is a non-zero probability they were suit trousers.

Today from the #archives of the #TimeLibrary: police investigate a bizarre dance being performed by a young woman...

There's a guy next to me in the gym on a recumbent bike idly twirling the pedals while listening to something playing out loud on his phone. The bike isn't even switched on. I do love the people who drag themselves to the gym at 6 am and then *don't* exercise out of spite.

I was struggling to understand my autistic son - until we watched an episode of Doctor Who

Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱

Saw someone say the world is a boring place because there are no elves or dragons, so I'm legally obliged to share this:

So, BlueSky, one of my passions is the study of tea in WW2. I need you to watch this oral history from three ex-tea ladies from the Bermondsey WVS. Because you could guess for ONE THOUSAND YEARS and you would not guess where it is going... #skystorians #history #tea

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The BBC's 1973 adaptation of ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS contained enough nightmare fuel to put a rocket in orbit. Sarah 'Nyssa from Doctor Who' Sutton as Alice, there.

Me, trying to be normal.

New from me: ancient Egyptian funerary texts IN OUTER SPAAAAAAAACE 🏺 #egyptology doi.org/10.1093/note... academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...

The number of taxi and rideshare apps that offer me a discount is TOO HIGH. Bitch, my plans today were to stay on the sofa with an extra large bag of cool ranch Doritos. I'm not going to order a ride just because you give me a discount.

Missing Doctor Who Recovered! The Film is Fabulous! team are pleased to announce the recovery of two missing episodes of Doctor Who, from the serial entitled, ‘The Daleks’ Master Plan’: The Nightmare Begins (Broadcast: 13th Nov 1965) Devil’s Planet (Broadcast: 27th Nov 1965)

Completely horrified to read about this. Unfortunately it tracks. People think that writing isn't real work. If you don't think it has any value, you don't have qualms about stealing it, stealing the identities of people who do it, or having a computer do it for you.

Had a blast at Bat Boy: The Musical last night! Such an odd show but bags of fun. The students at the University of Nevada, Reno put on a great production.

Had a wild time thrifting in Reno yesterday.

Lady Penelope Investigates.. Someone who looks familiar To our male readers of “a certain age” at least The Sarah Jill "Lalla" Ward Daughter of Edward Ward The 7th Viscount Bangor

Oh Reno, never change.

This time librarian had a wild visit to the Bulova museum in the Empire State Building last week! Look at this gorgeous model of an Accutron watch showing the tuning fork movement. #Libraries #Museums #Archives #Watches

We hosted some gorgeous vintage Audemars Piguet watches at the #TimeLibrary this week. #Libraries #Watches

Trip Galey is publishing a new science-fantasy novel that looks *extremely* camp. If you liked his work editing the queer pulp anthology "I Want That Twink Obliterated!" then consider backing this inspired bit of gayness. #IWTTO #Booksky #SpeculativeFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Queer

Pure library joy at the 90 Second Newbery film festival in Brooklyn this afternoon. Kids make 90 second films of Newbery Medal books and everyone has an amazing time. This is the highlight of everyone's year. #Libraries #LibraryJoy

Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me

Yesterday my crack team of undergraduate limerickologists and I discovered the remains of a lost limerick within a Far Side cartoon, so we've reconstructed the full poem. Peer review is hereby invited, as we plan to formally publish our findings on a prestigious bathroom stall door later this year.

Sad news about Rob Grant. Tangential to his writing I know, but I could never get over the opening titles of the early series of Red Dwarf, their epic loneliness – what a way to start a sitcom youtu.be/HrNLLvAokO8?...

If you sneak up on it, you can startle it for long enough to take a picture before it goes invisible again.

A patron came to my library and told me, "This place would be so much nicer without all these books!" He asked about time locks, so I got him a book about them and as he was leafing through it he said, "This kind of thing really doesn't interest me." 🤦 #Libraries #Librarians #JustLibraryThings

Guys being Dudes

Donning my purple gloves to say happy birthday to our 1000-year-old astrolabe #histsci 📜 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

"The devil is drunk, everyone! He went into the sky and tore it open, AND NOW GODDAMN SNOW IS COMING OUT OF THE HOLE HE RIPPED IN HEAVEN!" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hol...

Who doesn't need some dots from the best domain name ever? dottydot.com

So if anyone is looking for an alternative to Wired after seeing this ridiculous homophobic slop, I definitely recommend @404media.co. They’ve been doing some great tech politics reporting.

Fuck off, @wired.com. You should be utterly ashamed and run out of town for this.

Kenneth Williams. How best to mark his centenary today? Here are all the 'Julian and Sandy' sketches from BBC radio's 'Round the Horne,' written by Marty Feldman and Barry Took, and co-starring High Paddick and Kenneth Horne. Nothing funnier has ever been broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l-3...

Unexpected gold in this review of the 1985 classic dino flick "Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend".

Today from the #archives of the #TimeLibrary: Twentieth Century Plea for the Rod. #Libraries

It takes a certain kind of couple to have these recommended videos.