A little light reading for this morning at work. (Boss indicated I might be able to do my capstone project on paint, and I have to make an oil paint that I've never done before soooooooo time to read up).

Usually I just have fruit and shavings on the fresh green wreaths for the holidays. This year we upgraded to not only add floral, but also one single potato that was inexplicably in the bag of lemons. Naturally it became a cute little embellishment.

Every time someone asks me if nails existed in the 18th cent, I lose an hour off my life. Every time someone INSISTS that nails didnt exist in the 18c, I lose 2 years. Why do so many people think that nail making is some insane modern marvel?

Finally catching up on the new Ken Burns and starting one of my most ambitious spinning projects

If you're traveling this holiday season and visiting museums, please remember to be kind and respectful to staff! These are often the busiest times of the year and staff are trying their best to help everyone have a educational and meaningful time. Practice patience with fellow guests as well.

I think it can be said that this is a good representation of my personal aesthetic: flowers and hand tools #WomenInWoodworking

How's today going? Well I opened the freezer door to retrieve my lunch from the microwave. 🫠

I need someone to just like puppet me like a muppet to get through the rest of the workday so I can just turn my brain off and stop being overstimulated

Time has changed me.

Not nailed together yet, but it actually is looking like a cupboard now!!!! All of this work has been done by hand without power tools.

Made an important saw cut on a big project on Saturday and tomorrow I need to replicate it. Send good vibes and prayers for steady hands.

Still thinking about Frankenstein

Watching the "Making Of" about Frankenstein 2025 has got me feeling so much "I am inspired to make by seeing how much care and attention went into making this movie." And I dont know where to put all that energy.

I wish I could figure out how to create a Frankenstein 2025 Elizabeth inspired wardrobe, that blends the Gothic 1850s vibes with some practicalities of 21st century daily wear. Time to hit the sketch book, I guess? #Frankenstein2025

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

I wish I could just directly imprint fall colors into my brain.

Did you know Virigina is at her prettiest in the fall when she's has just elected her first woman as governor and turned the state leadership blue again?

Also hi, good morning. How are we all doing today? I think today is a good day to have a lil treat.

Okay but now that we've just had a huge showing of exactly what people want... I hope Congressional Dems lock the fuck in and start pushing hard on the shutdown. I don't expect the Republicans to roll over, but there's no reason to tiptoe any more. Failing to use this momentum would be idiotic.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door, MOTHERFUCKERS.

Election nights are too stressful. I wish we could just instantly know election results when the polls close.

I can't believe I have to wait for election results and DON'T have a delicious basket of beignets to soothe my soul. I can't go on under these conditions.

Still 20 min to get in line and stay in line at your polling place!!!

Been sick with some upper respiratory crud, have no voice, and no energy, but my brain keeps clearing my fatigue and fog juuuust long enough to make me either feel guilty for taking off work or make me daydream about someday being brave enough to cosplay. Brains are so weird.

I think this is the National Trust for Historical Preservation version of same. savingplaces.org/press-center...

folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him

Had to fill out a routine anxiety questionnaire at my doctor and its like I live in the US in 2025 and attended a family wedding this past weekend, of course I've anxious in the past 2 weeks.

tiring work 😪

Things suck but rewatching Pacific Rim did give me the exact dose of love-powered monster slaying I needed.

I'm a "do whatever you want with your own books" librarian, not a "anything printed and bound is now a sacred untouchable object" librarian

HANG IN THERE! 화이팅! #art|#kpdh

yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit. Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil. 1🧵 #PlaymobilÖtzi #PlaymobilInfestation

Being a historian who gets to study women in trades can be rewarding, especially as a way to understand "how did we get here?" But it's also a lot of me grinding my teeth as I read about how women have been pared down, erased, ignored because some men can't bear to have women compete with them.

When we get new books in the library at work, we have a system to request to be the first to check it out. I may have screamed a little on the inside when I saw this and my name is indeed the first to request to read. #WomenInHistoricTrades

I am so grateful to finally have a craft room where I can lay out fabric and cut out patterns on the floor without having to contort myself around furniture. I'm also more in love with this fabric than ever. This is going to be a wrap dress with a lovely full skirt. #sewing

Sheep are very important to mental health.

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Screw it, we need nice things too right now: Got a cute sticker for my cane. I've started to have to use it when my vertigo is acting up or my knees are misbehaving, so it felt right to decorate a little.

Got on here to post about my cute new sticker for my cane, learned that while I was in my migraine anti-screen mode, the Ass In Chief has been making declarations of war against a US city. I hate this.

This kind of behavior is absolutely that of a man who has wanted to cosplay as a dictator and has finally realized that no one is stopping him from being the real thing. I'm glad to hear Illinois' gov speaking up, but we need Congress and any other capable government offical to step up too.

JUST IN: Trump threatens 'Apocalypse Now' style action against Chicago to boost deportations

ICE tapping into Angola's brutal history is another example of federal use of terror in its expanding war on civilians. As when calling the Everglades camp "Alligator Alcatraz," they want to seem omnipotent and appeal to their most sadistic followers, while reassuring them about who'll be punished.

Coming up with a title is the worst part of writing a presentation or paper.

You're my soda pop, my little soda pop~ 🥤💖 #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS #KPDH #sajaboys

Oh it'll definitely be my bumblebee friends. I'll also accept honey bees too. Love a good fuzzy pollinator.

I'm determined that this week be better than last, but I really do wish I could be at home reading "Inventing the Renaissance" by @adapalmer.bsky.social instead of at work right now. Or at work but reading, is also acceptable. Point is, it's a great book and I'm enjoying it a LOT.