Devin Fitzgerald, bibliothot
@devinfitz.bsky.social
Old Books, Global History, at UCLA (Curator of Global Book History and the History of Printing). Once described as, "in need of etiquette classes." Queer. Poly. They/them
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Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Yale Law School never beating the “they don’t teach law at Yale” allegations
Metal AF, from 1751 'Vida, maritirio, y beatificación del invicto proto-martir del Japón San Felipe de Jesus, patrón de México su patria, imperial corte de Nueva España en el Nuevo Mundo' printed in Mexico city. A biography of the San Felipe de Jesus, the first Mexican saint, martyred in Japan.
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Metal AF, from 1751 'Vida, maritirio, y beatificación del invicto proto-martir del Japón San Felipe de Jesus, patrón de México su patria, imperial corte de Nueva España en el Nuevo Mundo' printed in Mexico city. A biography of the San Felipe de Jesus, the first Mexican saint, martyred in Japan.
I have officially started a routine of sleeping for 20 minutes every lunch. And you know, it's magical. I think I may actually be on to something.
January 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I have officially started a routine of sleeping for 20 minutes every lunch. And you know, it's magical. I think I may actually be on to something.
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The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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Fuck this fascist administration and everyone who helped put them in power.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Fuck this fascist administration and everyone who helped put them in power.
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Back at work this week and I wanted to share something that's actually a cool history post and not just, like, anti-imperialist rage. This is a Buddhist 'dharani' amulet found in a tomb at Chang'an (modern Xi'an) in northern China. It was *printed* (probably by monks) circa 650-670 CE.
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Back at work this week and I wanted to share something that's actually a cool history post and not just, like, anti-imperialist rage. This is a Buddhist 'dharani' amulet found in a tomb at Chang'an (modern Xi'an) in northern China. It was *printed* (probably by monks) circa 650-670 CE.
Does anyone have a reference to a single peer-reviewed scientific article demonstrating the danger of gel nail polish (or nail polish) to rare books and manuscripts in their handling?
There are many anecdotes, which I expect are misogynist and classist dog whistles.
There are many anecdotes, which I expect are misogynist and classist dog whistles.
January 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Does anyone have a reference to a single peer-reviewed scientific article demonstrating the danger of gel nail polish (or nail polish) to rare books and manuscripts in their handling?
There are many anecdotes, which I expect are misogynist and classist dog whistles.
There are many anecdotes, which I expect are misogynist and classist dog whistles.
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Do you have an archive, collection, recent acquisition, or project on Japan worth showcasing in a short article? 🗾 NCC collaborates with institutions and scholars on “Japanese Studies Spotlight” features to introduce these important resources to the field!
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Do you have an archive, collection, recent acquisition, or project on Japan worth showcasing in a short article? 🗾 NCC collaborates with institutions and scholars on “Japanese Studies Spotlight” features to introduce these important resources to the field!
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On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
Classes already back. The quarter system is brutal. Happy first day of winter quarter UC goons.
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Classes already back. The quarter system is brutal. Happy first day of winter quarter UC goons.
Now that my Hunagarian is getting into A2 (we are in month 2), I would say the most interesting thing is watching a brain without scaffolding. No cognates, just gut busting memorization. My brain keeps making false friends.
Also started Hindi this week, for something a bit lighter.
Also started Hindi this week, for something a bit lighter.
January 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Now that my Hunagarian is getting into A2 (we are in month 2), I would say the most interesting thing is watching a brain without scaffolding. No cognates, just gut busting memorization. My brain keeps making false friends.
Also started Hindi this week, for something a bit lighter.
Also started Hindi this week, for something a bit lighter.
Here I was thinking we'd make through the first week of the year before starting a war. Silly.
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Here I was thinking we'd make through the first week of the year before starting a war. Silly.
Congratulations LA.! We did full Old Testament this year. We got raining fire, Pharoah's troops (ICE), and world submerging floods.
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Congratulations LA.! We did full Old Testament this year. We got raining fire, Pharoah's troops (ICE), and world submerging floods.
Looks like I am finally moving from the Westside to mid city. Will be nice to be near people with interests aside from surfing.
December 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Looks like I am finally moving from the Westside to mid city. Will be nice to be near people with interests aside from surfing.
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Can I get three chapters in a readable form by Jan 5?
No!
Will I be disappointed that I failed?
Yes!
Happy holidays from the beginning of my final failures of 2025. May you and yours also find impossible self imposed expectations and epigenetic Protestant shame!
No!
Will I be disappointed that I failed?
Yes!
Happy holidays from the beginning of my final failures of 2025. May you and yours also find impossible self imposed expectations and epigenetic Protestant shame!
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Can I get three chapters in a readable form by Jan 5?
No!
Will I be disappointed that I failed?
Yes!
Happy holidays from the beginning of my final failures of 2025. May you and yours also find impossible self imposed expectations and epigenetic Protestant shame!
No!
Will I be disappointed that I failed?
Yes!
Happy holidays from the beginning of my final failures of 2025. May you and yours also find impossible self imposed expectations and epigenetic Protestant shame!
This book is interesting. While it no doubt furthers the case that print had a major impact during the Song dynasty(960 to 1279), when it was adopted by the state and state actors, a couple of areas were completely unexplored. For ex, not a single surviving material text is discussed.
December 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This book is interesting. While it no doubt furthers the case that print had a major impact during the Song dynasty(960 to 1279), when it was adopted by the state and state actors, a couple of areas were completely unexplored. For ex, not a single surviving material text is discussed.
Every time someone talks about movable type as more advanced, I want to blast my face off. It was just one of many reprographic modes, all of which were used according to the needs of users. If by more advanced, you mean invented later, fine... But we have half of the world of print who rejected it.
December 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Every time someone talks about movable type as more advanced, I want to blast my face off. It was just one of many reprographic modes, all of which were used according to the needs of users. If by more advanced, you mean invented later, fine... But we have half of the world of print who rejected it.
Someone donate a blockbook or blockbook fragment to UCLA. They are expensive and I promise I would use it all the time. You will be very happy, just like these little devils:
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Someone donate a blockbook or blockbook fragment to UCLA. They are expensive and I promise I would use it all the time. You will be very happy, just like these little devils:
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Our next exhibition, Beginnings, features the work of contemporary painter Harmonia Rosales in conversation with works from the manuscripts collection, considering the legacy of Creation stories—opens January 27th at the Getty Center @gettymuseum.bsky.social !
www.getty.edu/news/getty-p...
www.getty.edu/news/getty-p...
Getty Presents Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages | Getty News
Exhibition spotlights humanity’s enduring fascination with how the world began through a display of medieval and contemporary works.
www.getty.edu
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Our next exhibition, Beginnings, features the work of contemporary painter Harmonia Rosales in conversation with works from the manuscripts collection, considering the legacy of Creation stories—opens January 27th at the Getty Center @gettymuseum.bsky.social !
www.getty.edu/news/getty-p...
www.getty.edu/news/getty-p...
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This is pretty wild ngl!
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is pretty wild ngl!
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I won a lottery — 2nd best job in my field that year — in a very bad year in a lifetime of bad & worsening years.
Back then 30ish jobs I could contort myself into being eligible for, because of generalist jobs. It being 08-09 meant most didn’t hire ANYONE that year.
It’s only gotten more brutal.
Back then 30ish jobs I could contort myself into being eligible for, because of generalist jobs. It being 08-09 meant most didn’t hire ANYONE that year.
It’s only gotten more brutal.
The academic job market is neither meritocratic nor preconditioned. It's a game of chance.
I’m sorry, this white guy who got a campus visit to Brown and was taken seriously by the committee thinks the only reason he didn’t get the job was because they only cared about race?
I think I can come up with another reason…
I think I can come up with another reason…
December 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I won a lottery — 2nd best job in my field that year — in a very bad year in a lifetime of bad & worsening years.
Back then 30ish jobs I could contort myself into being eligible for, because of generalist jobs. It being 08-09 meant most didn’t hire ANYONE that year.
It’s only gotten more brutal.
Back then 30ish jobs I could contort myself into being eligible for, because of generalist jobs. It being 08-09 meant most didn’t hire ANYONE that year.
It’s only gotten more brutal.
I got sick in November and had to stay home for a few days. I amused myself by starting Hungarian.
Today I had a 30 minute conversation in Hungarian.
I am socially very weird and have a hard time dating in LA.
I am old enough to understand that correlation is sometimes causation.
Today I had a 30 minute conversation in Hungarian.
I am socially very weird and have a hard time dating in LA.
I am old enough to understand that correlation is sometimes causation.
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I got sick in November and had to stay home for a few days. I amused myself by starting Hungarian.
Today I had a 30 minute conversation in Hungarian.
I am socially very weird and have a hard time dating in LA.
I am old enough to understand that correlation is sometimes causation.
Today I had a 30 minute conversation in Hungarian.
I am socially very weird and have a hard time dating in LA.
I am old enough to understand that correlation is sometimes causation.
As part of a field where we still regularly work with scrolls, let me dispell your technological relativism and assure you: they are an utter pain in the ass. Text only scrolls such. Handscrolls with images are tons of fun, but still a pain in the ass.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As part of a field where we still regularly work with scrolls, let me dispell your technological relativism and assure you: they are an utter pain in the ass. Text only scrolls such. Handscrolls with images are tons of fun, but still a pain in the ass.
One thing about doing Chinese bibliography. I can say something about an edition and try to amend cataloging etc., but it doesn't count unless I find a bibliographer in China to repeat exactly what I said. 'Foreigner' is an ontological handicap that prevents participation in some fields.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One thing about doing Chinese bibliography. I can say something about an edition and try to amend cataloging etc., but it doesn't count unless I find a bibliographer in China to repeat exactly what I said. 'Foreigner' is an ontological handicap that prevents participation in some fields.