diana myers
@dianahmyers.bsky.social
quasi-feminist disdain for salad | medievalist + archivist, now working as a rare books dealer | philadelphian, and you’ll hear about it | she/her | dianahmyers.com
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if I was a 12th century Cluniac monk I never would have gotten to passively watch files download at 25 MB/s and would have had to content myself with observations of babbling brooks, fields of wheat swaying in the wind, sunsets, etc
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
if I was a 12th century Cluniac monk I never would have gotten to passively watch files download at 25 MB/s and would have had to content myself with observations of babbling brooks, fields of wheat swaying in the wind, sunsets, etc
now I admit it’s on me for being so foolish as to mop the kitchen floor before dinner and not after. however. dropping mac and cheese all over my freshly-mopped kitchen floor? not a GREAT way to end a trying weekend I must say
November 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
now I admit it’s on me for being so foolish as to mop the kitchen floor before dinner and not after. however. dropping mac and cheese all over my freshly-mopped kitchen floor? not a GREAT way to end a trying weekend I must say
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just trying to get out in front of this shit: i’m jewish. i am a jew. i do not celebrate christmas nor even really approve of it that much tbh. a surprising number of people every year fail to correlate ‘jew’ with ‘no christmas.’ regardless that is simply the way of the world
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
just trying to get out in front of this shit: i’m jewish. i am a jew. i do not celebrate christmas nor even really approve of it that much tbh. a surprising number of people every year fail to correlate ‘jew’ with ‘no christmas.’ regardless that is simply the way of the world
Just polished a silver bowl so well I can see my chin hairs in the reflection. Can’t wait to wake up tomorrow wondering why my forearms hurt
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Just polished a silver bowl so well I can see my chin hairs in the reflection. Can’t wait to wake up tomorrow wondering why my forearms hurt
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
this post made me make gyoza for dinner but somehow I didn’t think about Japanese fascism even once
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
this post made me make gyoza for dinner but somehow I didn’t think about Japanese fascism even once
it would be so cool if my commute stopped taking two hours and if septa ever communicated information in a timely manner but this appears to be too much to ask
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
it would be so cool if my commute stopped taking two hours and if septa ever communicated information in a timely manner but this appears to be too much to ask
finally finished reading all the issues of the LRB from my subscription for 2024. it is 20 November 2025. please clap
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
finally finished reading all the issues of the LRB from my subscription for 2024. it is 20 November 2025. please clap
just saw a Facebook comment referring to the “bemidbar b’Montana.” Jewish American English is so beautiful actually
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
just saw a Facebook comment referring to the “bemidbar b’Montana.” Jewish American English is so beautiful actually
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whomst up enjoying the satisfying feeling of establishing a much more accurate publication date on a 19th century imprint than WorldCat or even AAS
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
whomst up enjoying the satisfying feeling of establishing a much more accurate publication date on a 19th century imprint than WorldCat or even AAS
this is still happening btw. i know we have a lot of problems in this crazy mixed-up world of ours but i've been applying a Lot of aquaphor and for what? for my favorite food to hurt me?
it got so cold and dry so fast here and my lips have cracked so bad that eating potato chips irritates them. i can't go on like this
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
this is still happening btw. i know we have a lot of problems in this crazy mixed-up world of ours but i've been applying a Lot of aquaphor and for what? for my favorite food to hurt me?
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latin literature of the 5th-6th centuries AD
we asked 12 leading experts why everyone feels like shit and they all said, "heresy".
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
latin literature of the 5th-6th centuries AD
having one of those nights where I just spent hours making something elaborate that sounded good at the time and now it’s ready and I am thoroughly disgusted by the whole thing and don’t want to eat it
November 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
having one of those nights where I just spent hours making something elaborate that sounded good at the time and now it’s ready and I am thoroughly disgusted by the whole thing and don’t want to eat it
my mother just sent me a photograph of myself aged 15 with no warning which is a hate crime in and of itself
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
my mother just sent me a photograph of myself aged 15 with no warning which is a hate crime in and of itself
wait Elisa New is married to Larry Summers???? every day I learn things about harvard faculty
Interesting email here from Elisa New, Harvard professor and wife to Larry Summers, to Epstein, reflecting on Lolita.
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
"...it's about a man whose life is stamped forever by his impression of a young girl."
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
wait Elisa New is married to Larry Summers???? every day I learn things about harvard faculty
it got so cold and dry so fast here and my lips have cracked so bad that eating potato chips irritates them. i can't go on like this
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
it got so cold and dry so fast here and my lips have cracked so bad that eating potato chips irritates them. i can't go on like this
Mantel, Wolf Hall
Byatt, Angels & Insects
Forster, Howards End
Rooney, Conversations with Friends
Rose, Parallel Lives
Nelson, The Argonauts
Pym, Excellent Women
Warner, The Corner That Held Them
Byatt, Angels & Insects
Forster, Howards End
Rooney, Conversations with Friends
Rose, Parallel Lives
Nelson, The Argonauts
Pym, Excellent Women
Warner, The Corner That Held Them
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Mantel, Wolf Hall
Byatt, Angels & Insects
Forster, Howards End
Rooney, Conversations with Friends
Rose, Parallel Lives
Nelson, The Argonauts
Pym, Excellent Women
Warner, The Corner That Held Them
Byatt, Angels & Insects
Forster, Howards End
Rooney, Conversations with Friends
Rose, Parallel Lives
Nelson, The Argonauts
Pym, Excellent Women
Warner, The Corner That Held Them
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John Fetterman retire bitch.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
John Fetterman retire bitch.
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anyway. Dick Cheney died the same day Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City. you bet your whole ass a better world is possible.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
anyway. Dick Cheney died the same day Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City. you bet your whole ass a better world is possible.
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wait a second. better things are possible???
June 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
wait a second. better things are possible???
the Harvard alumni mag (which I do read cover to cover every time 🥴) is so centrist in my eyes as to be basically right wing but the letters to the editor in the most recent issue suggest that many alums actually experience it as unbearably leftist and I truly have to laugh. we are so fucked
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
the Harvard alumni mag (which I do read cover to cover every time 🥴) is so centrist in my eyes as to be basically right wing but the letters to the editor in the most recent issue suggest that many alums actually experience it as unbearably leftist and I truly have to laugh. we are so fucked
I have not previously tried to purchase concert tickets for a big star in a big arena tour situation with a presale and a queue but I am doing it for next year’s Florence and the Machine tour because, well, duh, and wow Ticketmaster sucks in basically every conceivable way
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I have not previously tried to purchase concert tickets for a big star in a big arena tour situation with a presale and a queue but I am doing it for next year’s Florence and the Machine tour because, well, duh, and wow Ticketmaster sucks in basically every conceivable way
sitting alone in my cozy little bookshop, cataloging and drinking a cup of coffee while the rain comes down… idk guys maybe the dark academia people had a point
October 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
sitting alone in my cozy little bookshop, cataloging and drinking a cup of coffee while the rain comes down… idk guys maybe the dark academia people had a point