Kat
@byekitty.bsky.social
work: yelling at 270 years of archives backlog
leisure: needlework, snacks, parkrun tourism, cricket despair, sweepstakes
cats: Malka the rescue kitten, Penelope-in-the-Wardrobe
leisure: needlework, snacks, parkrun tourism, cricket despair, sweepstakes
cats: Malka the rescue kitten, Penelope-in-the-Wardrobe
going to disown the cats because I dropped a large amount of butter on the floor and they are completely disinterested
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
going to disown the cats because I dropped a large amount of butter on the floor and they are completely disinterested
I don’t want to say I have a sixth sense or anything but I turned on the AFCON final as they were showing VAR replays
January 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I don’t want to say I have a sixth sense or anything but I turned on the AFCON final as they were showing VAR replays
work trips to soggy Gloucestershire have one redeeming feature …
January 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
work trips to soggy Gloucestershire have one redeeming feature …
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any UK archive friends interested in a small archive-adjacent project? paid and entirely remote. DM me
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
any UK archive friends interested in a small archive-adjacent project? paid and entirely remote. DM me
any UK archive friends interested in a small archive-adjacent project? paid and entirely remote. DM me
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
any UK archive friends interested in a small archive-adjacent project? paid and entirely remote. DM me
yesterday it was five years since I started working at SAL. we’ve gone from zero to … 70,298
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
yesterday it was five years since I started working at SAL. we’ve gone from zero to … 70,298
start the year as you mean to go on - parkrun 80 miles from home
January 1, 2026 at 10:11 AM
start the year as you mean to go on - parkrun 80 miles from home
happy new year, friends and strangers
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
happy new year, friends and strangers
Malka is here to tell you that I’m the worst
(I shut the kitchen door with her on the outside – for very legitimate reasons)
(I shut the kitchen door with her on the outside – for very legitimate reasons)
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Malka is here to tell you that I’m the worst
(I shut the kitchen door with her on the outside – for very legitimate reasons)
(I shut the kitchen door with her on the outside – for very legitimate reasons)
someone is skeptical of my surgical skills when it comes to catnip mice
December 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
someone is skeptical of my surgical skills when it comes to catnip mice
grabbed the nearest vaguely celebratory drink to mark the day I made something-resembling-stuffing for the first time in my life (some improvisation occurred)
#ConfinedCocktails
#ConfinedCocktails
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
grabbed the nearest vaguely celebratory drink to mark the day I made something-resembling-stuffing for the first time in my life (some improvisation occurred)
#ConfinedCocktails
#ConfinedCocktails
tried to use my bed to sort my laundry. will have to sleep on the sofa
December 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
tried to use my bed to sort my laundry. will have to sleep on the sofa
good morning … surprise location!
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
good morning … surprise location!
good morning Fulham! and happy Christmas everyone.
(am volunteering not walking as I can’t get to anywhere new-to-me but parkrun never stops)
(am volunteering not walking as I can’t get to anywhere new-to-me but parkrun never stops)
December 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
good morning Fulham! and happy Christmas everyone.
(am volunteering not walking as I can’t get to anywhere new-to-me but parkrun never stops)
(am volunteering not walking as I can’t get to anywhere new-to-me but parkrun never stops)
BlueSky being amazing (and distracting me from the imminent penalties too) 👏👏👏
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/st-mildreds-...
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/st-mildreds-...
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
BlueSky being amazing (and distracting me from the imminent penalties too) 👏👏👏
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/st-mildreds-...
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/st-mildreds-...
fellow archivists, you can give me a virtual hug because what awaits me in 2026 is approx 70 more boxes of glass slides, in addition to the 25,000 slides I already knew about (about 18k of which are digitised) 🫠
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
fellow archivists, you can give me a virtual hug because what awaits me in 2026 is approx 70 more boxes of glass slides, in addition to the 25,000 slides I already knew about (about 18k of which are digitised) 🫠
are you bored at Christmas? want an opportunity to escape from your relatives because you are Making Valuable Contributions to Scholarship?
can I interest you in looking at (labelled!) slides from the early 20th century, architecture and archaeology? all I need you to do is write down the label.
can I interest you in looking at (labelled!) slides from the early 20th century, architecture and archaeology? all I need you to do is write down the label.
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
are you bored at Christmas? want an opportunity to escape from your relatives because you are Making Valuable Contributions to Scholarship?
can I interest you in looking at (labelled!) slides from the early 20th century, architecture and archaeology? all I need you to do is write down the label.
can I interest you in looking at (labelled!) slides from the early 20th century, architecture and archaeology? all I need you to do is write down the label.
challenge – how well do you know Canterbury? (looking for an unidentified building and/or more volunteers to look at glass slides from the early 20th century!)
collections.sal.org.uk/gls.02.1353
collections.sal.org.uk/gls.02.1353
Society of Antiquaries Collections Online | GLS/02/1353
collections.sal.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
challenge – how well do you know Canterbury? (looking for an unidentified building and/or more volunteers to look at glass slides from the early 20th century!)
collections.sal.org.uk/gls.02.1353
collections.sal.org.uk/gls.02.1353
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If anyone has a recommendation for a London-based data recovery service (external hard drive, on a Mac) – I am, unfortunately, in need
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If anyone has a recommendation for a London-based data recovery service (external hard drive, on a Mac) – I am, unfortunately, in need
if anyone is already bored with being on leave for Christmas, feel free to find out for me what George Grant MacCurdy’s wife was called … apart from my ideological objections this also makes metadata so much harder
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
if anyone is already bored with being on leave for Christmas, feel free to find out for me what George Grant MacCurdy’s wife was called … apart from my ideological objections this also makes metadata so much harder
If anyone has a recommendation for a London-based data recovery service (external hard drive, on a Mac) – I am, unfortunately, in need
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If anyone has a recommendation for a London-based data recovery service (external hard drive, on a Mac) – I am, unfortunately, in need
good morning Bicester!
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
good morning Bicester!