I deleted my previous post about the US National Archives. Turns out it was a change in parking policy only.

Trying to help spread the word about NARA. It isn't as bad as we thought, but bad news spreads quickly and is hard to rebut. 🗃️

To be in public office right now is to constantly ask yourself: How do I make sure I'm standing on the right side of history? There's a simple answer. The wrong side of history will always tell you to be afraid - the right side of history will always expect you to be brave.

Well well just look at what the CBP didnt do to their federal employees:

WTF www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Also if you really really want to dive down the rabbit hole of Roman Catholic clerical dress: why, when, what the materials are & the significance of each garment and the ceremonial life of the Church, pick up a copy of James Charles Noonan’s The Church Visible:

I know everyone is talking about “Conclave” & don’t mistake me-I love Fiennes Tucci Lithgow & La Rossellini but please watch “The Shoes of the Fisherman” from the late Cold War 60s when a Ukrainian bishop & political prisoner in Siberia is elected pope. Filmed on location in Rome & St John Lateran.

Je suis penguin. 🐧 team penguin. Flippers up!!

Don't forget to follow Steve here too: open.substack.com/pub/inottern...

Scottish Airways aviation poster by Leffler c1937. The airplane is a Spartan "Cruiser" Mark III bearing marking G-ADEL.

How do we hold our government accountable? In part, government records. The kind that Signal-gate made impossible. It's not just incompetence. It's not only national security. It was an attack on democracy as well. On this episode of "History Matters" -- link below.

“You’re all things I’ve got to remember.” One of my favorite lines from an 80s song. Tell me some of yours!! Let’s get some good ear worms going!! 🎶👂🏼🐛

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Forgot to show off my hellebores: they really great this year!!

Be aware that government records belong to the government—& the American people. And that those records can hold people w/political power ACCOUNTABLE for what they do. The accountability of politicians to the people who gave them power is the ESSENCE of democracy. Signal prevents accountability.

Heads up for all my record manager & GLAM peeps:

The stages in MAGA responding to a negative story: 1: It's all lies 2: Most of it is lies 3: Some of it's true, but it doesn't matter 4. It's all true, but it's fine when we do it 5. F**k you

"A tariff is a regressive tax. It hurts people more the less money they have. The most progressive thing progressives wanted to do back in the McKinley era was replace tariffs with an income tax." — @rauchway.bsky.social

Brand new online release of over 60 articles from the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club (2010-2019). The 35 volumes in the Original Series (1908-1985) are now split into over 250 articles for reading and download. Enjoy over 400 Edinburgh history tales! oldedinburghclub.org.uk/improving-ac...

Just early morning photos from Penn Quarter to cleanse everyone’s timeline!

@schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov Don’t be a pair of Quislings!

Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"

Why has no one sent JD any eyeliner?? Wouldn’t want him to run out!

You keep doing you Steve!!

❤️@number10cat.bsky.social

Def’ly a rise sort of person!

Happy World Book Day from this preciously tiny book

Catchy 🎵 . I think it might make it to the top ten!! www.threads.net/@allisonknow...

Ranunculus. Taken on my iPhone. Incase you needed something beautiful today.

How absolutely horrible and on the eve of President’s Day. How can children be taught about the history of the US and Washington & Lincoln without alluding to slavery & the Civil War and the fight for civil rights?

Why are soft shell books more affordable than hard covers? How expensive is that cardboard

When I wake up in the morning and start to remember things

Patriotism is seeing the best in your country and celebrating it. It's not seeing the worst in other countries and blaming it.

Announced 2 hours ago: Donald J. Trump: I am pleased to announce that Jim Byron will be serving as Senior Advisor to our Acting Archivist, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). 1/

Wishing a happy Valentine's Day to my friends across the world, and particularly the attractive tabby that I sometimes see gliding through St James' Park

Sure, dinner at a nice restaurant is great, but reservations at the void to scream together, now that’s an act of service right there

“Despite the demands of Trump, Leavitt, and Big Brother, the AP is not changing their style to suit the whims of a would-be tinpot dictator. And by defying Trump, the AP has created a rallying point for other organizations and individuals to find their spines and defy him as well.”

Well- that didnt take long: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I personally will continue to use "Gulf of Mexico" because our president is a wrathful felonious nincompoop with the intellect of paramecium and I do not consent to his cartographic buffoonery

Snow! Miss Matty Jenkyns is not certain about this cold white stuff!

I’m just saying it feels like this level of sustained anxiety should be burning more calories than this

Will there be anyone left? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

*taps mic* we're launching a podcast! Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Choose your favorite policy/slogan name for the #trump administration