Emily Higgs Kopin
@ehkopin.bsky.social
texpat in philly, working in digital archives, libraries, and preservation. 20% professional, 80% nonsense. 🐶🐱🎮📖🧶💾
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it's really important when shopping for craft supplies that you know the difference between shibori and shibari
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
it's really important when shopping for craft supplies that you know the difference between shibori and shibari
this is something I want with all my cold little heart
I’ve seen enough. I am now fully prepared for Guillermo del Toro’s Middlemarch adaptation.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
this is something I want with all my cold little heart
The internet sucks because it makes me fall in love with, and subsequently grieve, the pets of total strangers
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The internet sucks because it makes me fall in love with, and subsequently grieve, the pets of total strangers
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FYI- if one of your Thanksgiving recipes calls for caramelized onions, start those today.
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
FYI- if one of your Thanksgiving recipes calls for caramelized onions, start those today.
If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If you're an academic who is protective or defensive about your own area of expertise (understandable, in this day and age), but are offended when it's suggested that professional archivists & librarians have unique expertise outside your own experience, that's worth some self-examination
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy
every lip gloss is a plumping lip gloss when you're allergic to beeswax
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
every lip gloss is a plumping lip gloss when you're allergic to beeswax
I, unfortunately, guessed the end of this post 😩
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I, unfortunately, guessed the end of this post 😩
Much of Bugonia is about the horribly tragic relationship between someone in trauma-induced psychosis and a loved one with a cognitive disability, it is very fucking hard to watch, and you should not see it in theaters if you’re not prepared for the audience to openly laugh at it
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Much of Bugonia is about the horribly tragic relationship between someone in trauma-induced psychosis and a loved one with a cognitive disability, it is very fucking hard to watch, and you should not see it in theaters if you’re not prepared for the audience to openly laugh at it
Every day I am playing chicken with my unopened Bonne Maman advent calendar
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Every day I am playing chicken with my unopened Bonne Maman advent calendar
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I will never stop being tired of Digital Humanities professors who never approach archivists as peers deeming fit to tell archivists how and why to do their jobs differently. It happens time and time again, rarely with a spirit of collaboration and often with an uncomfortable tech-disruptor energy
October 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I will never stop being tired of Digital Humanities professors who never approach archivists as peers deeming fit to tell archivists how and why to do their jobs differently. It happens time and time again, rarely with a spirit of collaboration and often with an uncomfortable tech-disruptor energy
I don’t know if I haven’t looked in the mirror lately or if I just slept like a rotating gas station hot dog last night, but I just noticed that three of my piercings are missing studs and I am PISSED
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I don’t know if I haven’t looked in the mirror lately or if I just slept like a rotating gas station hot dog last night, but I just noticed that three of my piercings are missing studs and I am PISSED
feel that chill in the air? the season is upon us, all my eczema baddies know what I’m talking about
(suffering, the season is suffering)
(suffering, the season is suffering)
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
feel that chill in the air? the season is upon us, all my eczema baddies know what I’m talking about
(suffering, the season is suffering)
(suffering, the season is suffering)
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Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief -new title due out in 2026. Co-edited by Kaylee Alexander and Robert Spinelli Bristol Press
Never too early to make an announcement!
Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief will be released in 2026 with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates… | Ro...
Never too early to make an announcement!
Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief will be released in 2026 with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates colle...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Libraries, Archives, and Collective Grief -new title due out in 2026. Co-edited by Kaylee Alexander and Robert Spinelli Bristol Press
the student tour guides always stop their groups in the same corner of the library to avoid people studying. they always say "let's gather over here so we're out of the way and not bothering anyone," directly in front of the open door of my office, often while making eye contact with me
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
the student tour guides always stop their groups in the same corner of the library to avoid people studying. they always say "let's gather over here so we're out of the way and not bothering anyone," directly in front of the open door of my office, often while making eye contact with me
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Grammys announcing Gaga's nominations this morning
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Grammys announcing Gaga's nominations this morning
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All things must end. Even the Farmer’s Almanac. abcnews.go.com/US/farmers-a...
Farmers' Almanac announces final publication after 208-year run
After more than two centuries in print, the Farmers' Almanac will end its run with its 2026 edition.
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
All things must end. Even the Farmer’s Almanac. abcnews.go.com/US/farmers-a...
I ruined the workplace today by starting a debate about our favorite Mass Effect companions in the slack. Correct answer is Garrus btw but I will also accept Jack and Legion
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I ruined the workplace today by starting a debate about our favorite Mass Effect companions in the slack. Correct answer is Garrus btw but I will also accept Jack and Legion
man this is a good year for feminine rage albums
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
man this is a good year for feminine rage albums
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A thing about AI in higher ed right now is that half of us are scrambling to deal with the implosion of our information environment that broke reading/writing/source verification, while the other half is trying to achieve a massive institutional buy-in of the very thing that's causing the implosion
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A thing about AI in higher ed right now is that half of us are scrambling to deal with the implosion of our information environment that broke reading/writing/source verification, while the other half is trying to achieve a massive institutional buy-in of the very thing that's causing the implosion
![Text on a black background reads: "10 PM Do you know where your digital collections are?" "10 PM" is in large red text and "Do you know where your [obscured] are" is in blue text, while "Digital collections" is sloppily pasted over the original message in white text](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4obdtap2xdezbn73lyo5dlu/bafkreibrk54o57zh43f3ecwuxqgy7sl4woqkdqvmimwjzsmtru2esz36xy@jpeg)
The first time I was reprimanded by a boss was because I told a male coworker he needed to stop watching hentai on the clock while sitting right next to me, and actually contribute to the project I was carrying. According to our boss, I needed to take "a softer approach" bc I "hurt his feelings"
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The first time I was reprimanded by a boss was because I told a male coworker he needed to stop watching hentai on the clock while sitting right next to me, and actually contribute to the project I was carrying. According to our boss, I needed to take "a softer approach" bc I "hurt his feelings"
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The weird thing about doing library school in a program based in Silicon Valley (@sjsuischool.bsky.social) is that one is constantly confronted with the specter of undead technology. #GradSchoolGripes
Undead tech takes a couple forms:
Undead tech takes a couple forms:
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The weird thing about doing library school in a program based in Silicon Valley (@sjsuischool.bsky.social) is that one is constantly confronted with the specter of undead technology. #GradSchoolGripes
Undead tech takes a couple forms:
Undead tech takes a couple forms:
it has finally happened, someone has finally asked me to help emulate an old + very niche indie PC game for a class!!! I have trained for this!!!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
it has finally happened, someone has finally asked me to help emulate an old + very niche indie PC game for a class!!! I have trained for this!!!!!!