Trump and Musk: Bigger, better, dumber #TACO #G7 www.themandarin.com.au/293916-trump...

A pair of happy birds sitting in the margin of Josephus’ Antiquitates Judaicæ (Lübeck, 1475-76). In the library of the Earls of Sunderland at Blenheim Palace, sold in 1882 to @quaritch1847.bsky.social, from whom likely bought by William Morris. Now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Inc.1.A.14.1[1013.1-2].

lāð, adj: hostile, malign, bearing hate toward another. (LAWTH / ˈlaːθ) Image: Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 168v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Bell Systems Vehicle Graphics Manual, 1970 archive.org/details/bell...

#Breaking this classic #ACDC performance to be recreated in MEL 💙 #musicsky #skytv youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...

This from 2022 ‘The election is over. The Libs are tearing themselves and each other apart. There is serious talk of a Liberal split.’ w/ @stuartkells.bsky.social #auspol #AusVotes25 #DuttonDumped #ModeratesGone FastFwd. There is serious talk of a Coalition break. www.linkedin.com/pulse/grifts...

The Worlds Financial System Is Vulnerable to Trumpism!!

#Sorryday ‘Be Brave. Make Change’ Always was, always will be Aboriginal water. @unimelb @stuartkells.bsky.social pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/alw...

First Look 🌱🌸⚜️ This beautifully bound edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass features an elaborate gilt foliate design in an arts and crafts style. You can see this item displayed by Lucius Books at Firsts this year. Find out more: www.firstslondon.com

First Look at another highlight you can see at Firsts 💐 A lovely example of a miniature ‘language of flowers book’ from Camden Lock Books.

NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927–1928 Zwart’s innovative use of bold typography, dynamic layouts, and photomontage transformed otherwise dull topics into avant-garde masterpieces.⁠ Grab the facsimile: letterformarchive.org/shop/nkf-pie... #PietZwart #ModernistDesign

Before and After The Day After Judgement by James Blish. 1974, cover art by David Pelham. #booksky

Spotted down the shore, in Belmar, NJ (didn't realize there were many more!)

Antiquariat Walter Markov, Bonn - Antifaschistische Tarnschriften & illegale Kleinschriften, Dünndruckschriften 1933–1945 antiquariat-markov.de #Antiquariat

All aboard! Another BlueSky book review "par excellence!"

Here is another golden example from the #LibraryStampMadness series: featuring a thoughtful stamped horse connecting humans and the stars. Experts do know that this library stamp is from the HAB Wolfenbüttel. #bookhistory

Sad to hear about the passing of Rosemary Sandberg, co-founder of the Puffin Club with Kaye Webb and later editor of Collins' rival to Puffin, Lions and Picture Lions. I interviewed Rosemary about her fascinating career in 2017, you can read the piece here: tygertale.com/2017/03/28/r...

NEW ESSAY: Ribbons, Bands and Cords – Observations by 18th Century Naturalists and Artists. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/ri...

I'm sure one day this will happen to me. #BookChatWeekly #booksky #books #bibliophile #library #antiquebooks #ghost #skeleton #supernatural #paranormal

#AmReorganizing #TheLibrary #labyrinth

Book Binding ... OR Torture Device?! #NewberryLibrary (SC1665) 1/?

Some bindings and clasps are truly impressive. This is certainly the case with this 19th-century copy printed in Louvain (R5A12995). #rarebooks #tomorrowsresearch

A poetic BlueSky book review, perfectly executed, profoundly evocative - where's our rocket? #booksky

What does successful public policy look like, and how has it been achieved in Australia? John Brumby and Stuart Kells, co-authors of "In A Better Australia" joined Per Capita for their March John Cain Lunch. Listen to their speech on the JCL podcast. Now available here: apple.co/3Avhego

Quintessential Australia! A kookaburra in a gum tree with a rainbow behind it. #Birds #Rainbows #Australia

Tiffany Shellam reviews 'Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled' by Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1031...

#AmReorganizing #TheLibrary #labyrinth

For National Library Week, we can't recommend enough @shannonmattern.bsky.social's 2014 essay "Library as Infrastructure." A decade on, it remains a potent argument for libraries as social, technological & intellectual infrastructure — part of a critical network of institutions buoying public life.

Privileged to be on this panel of esteemed authors at #SmartEnergy25 @smartenergycouncil.bsky.social #booksky #skybooks @stuartkells.bsky.social @mupublishing.bsky.social

Highly recommend pre-ordering #StephenGapps new book on the frontier resistance in the south east of Australia. #UniNSWPress is the place to look.

Another in a long line of stunning BlueSky book reviews.

Variations on a theme. Doc Savage will find 'em.

#USAID ‘A narrow version of ‘America First’ risks putting America last.’ w/ @stuartkells.bsky.social @crikey.com.au #auspol #APAC #USA #China #PacificIslands www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/21/d...

Winding down after a @camglamresearch.bsky.social team meeting with a walk round outside @theul.bsky.social and spotted a tiny Bee resting inside a Crocus. #WildWebsWednesday

Stephen Goldin (1947-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Frank Kelly Freas, 1976; R, Don Maitz, 1981 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

When I need a pithy book review BlueSky delivers.

Did you know that of Australia's total population of First Nations peoples, a massive 8.6% are Torres Strait Islanders? As a minority within a minority, what do you even know about the Torres Strait? Remedy the situation with an easy read. 'Spirit of the Crocodile' is out next week. Can't wait!

For anyone who missed the Society’s virtual Winter Visit yesterday to the library of St Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai, a video is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=crcP...

A quill in an account book.

Walter Tevis (1928-1984) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Jim Burns, 1981; R, Lou Feck, 1981 #scifi #sciencefiction #book

BlueSky book reviews are being influenced by current events. #signofthetimes

‘USAID was a force for good around the world and a vital arm of American soft power - one which Trump has given up without a second thought.’ @crikey.com.au www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/21/d...

For #CelandineDay, a Lesser celandine from Cambridge Professor of Botany Charles Cardale Babington’s copy of ‘Flora Londinensis’ (1777-1798). CCF.47.45 @theulspeccoll.bsky.social

Occasionally, one finds BlueSky book reviews that might be just a little bit misleading.

‘A narrow version of ‘America First’ risks putting America last.’ @crikey.com.au #USAID #China #APAC www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/21/d...

Fantastic to be at Benalla Library for author talk with @StuartKells #SoldDownTheRiver #books #ABetterAus

A little late for Valentine’s Day: the heart-shaped printer’s device of Bernardino Stagnino. In a copy of the works of Vergil printed by him in #Venice in 1507. Now @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Td.52.53.