Erin O'Neill
@erinvam.bsky.social
Follower of figure skating, dance, cult TV and movies. Navigator (Journal Editor) for The Sydney Passengers Sherlock Holmes Society. Librarian/Archivist by training; broadcast media by profession.
If only companies, oh, I don’t know, kept records? Maybe in a central database all the relevant staff could access?
January 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM
If only companies, oh, I don’t know, kept records? Maybe in a central database all the relevant staff could access?
The turnaround time between the European & Four Continents figure skating championships seems particularly brutal this year. Only time for very selective viewing. Working day not helping with 4CCs being nearly in my time zone.
January 21, 2026 at 7:31 PM
The turnaround time between the European & Four Continents figure skating championships seems particularly brutal this year. Only time for very selective viewing. Working day not helping with 4CCs being nearly in my time zone.
My favourite TV show. Trying to keep an open mind about a reboot but makes me uneasy.
January 20, 2026 at 9:18 PM
My favourite TV show. Trying to keep an open mind about a reboot but makes me uneasy.
Grateful to have all the windows in the house open this morning after yesterday's 45C (113F) scorcher. And this is what the car showed after being parked in the street (under a tree) for a couple of hours. Nobody tell me climate change isn't real.
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Grateful to have all the windows in the house open this morning after yesterday's 45C (113F) scorcher. And this is what the car showed after being parked in the street (under a tree) for a couple of hours. Nobody tell me climate change isn't real.
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Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...
Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
This essay has been reprinted with permission from the official website of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, the first and longest-running podcast for Sherlock Holmes fans. It is hard to believe that…
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January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...
For all my archives and library friends who have never wondered about the plural of compactus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhp...
Nerdatorium Shorts: The Compactus
YouTube video by Sydney Symphony Orchestra
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January 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
For all my archives and library friends who have never wondered about the plural of compactus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhp...
Thanks Matt @221bcooee.bsky.social . The Passengers updated URL is as follows: www.sherlock-holmes.au
Passengers Home Page
www.sherlock-holmes.au
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Thanks Matt @221bcooee.bsky.social . The Passengers updated URL is as follows: www.sherlock-holmes.au
Our traditional family Christmas ornaments.
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Our traditional family Christmas ornaments.
I heartily second this sentiment.
I love #DuvetKnowItsChristmas each year, mainly appreciating that most peoples houses are not show home perfect and we all have “stuff”
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I heartily second this sentiment.
For those not in the know, apart from the hilarious (and sometimes scary) pics of sleeping arrangements #DuvetKnowItsChristmas aims to raise money for homeless charities. Centrepoint in the UK (www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...) or an equivalent local charity in your country.
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
For those not in the know, apart from the hilarious (and sometimes scary) pics of sleeping arrangements #DuvetKnowItsChristmas aims to raise money for homeless charities. Centrepoint in the UK (www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...) or an equivalent local charity in your country.
Christmas morning here in 'Straya. We've breakfasted, opened presents and Christmas lunch is in the oven (thank you husband!). Time to settle down and catch up on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and be thankful our Christmas tradition is to be at home in our own house. My favourite so far:
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Christmas morning here in 'Straya. We've breakfasted, opened presents and Christmas lunch is in the oven (thank you husband!). Time to settle down and catch up on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and be thankful our Christmas tradition is to be at home in our own house. My favourite so far:
Oh - Netflix Australia has Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. That will do nicely as light viewing which I’ve seen before and enjoy but not a bazillion times.
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Oh - Netflix Australia has Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. That will do nicely as light viewing which I’ve seen before and enjoy but not a bazillion times.
Both arrived in today’s mail! Of course I’ve already read the Log several times when editing, but still, some light Christmas reading.
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Both arrived in today’s mail! Of course I’ve already read the Log several times when editing, but still, some light Christmas reading.
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Christmas party season is upon us... and these medieval faces feel way too relatable!
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Christmas party season is upon us... and these medieval faces feel way too relatable!
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
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Picard writing tip: Getting your point across is more important than following archaic rules. It's okay to boldly split infinitives.
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Picard writing tip: Getting your point across is more important than following archaic rules. It's okay to boldly split infinitives.
With one month still to go, wondering what else 2025 will manage to throw at us. Can I see a trailer for 2026 please before I decide to purchase?
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With one month still to go, wondering what else 2025 will manage to throw at us. Can I see a trailer for 2026 please before I decide to purchase?
So not just me who would like to see this in a home renovation or real estate show just once.
CLIENT: we’d really love to redo this into like a niiice closed floor plan
DESIGNER: closed?
CLIENT: yeah something that’s just terrible for entertaining, you know?
DESIGNER: but…
CLIENT: think we can put a wall up here? I’d really love this to be the kind of kitchen nobody wants to hang out in
DESIGNER: closed?
CLIENT: yeah something that’s just terrible for entertaining, you know?
DESIGNER: but…
CLIENT: think we can put a wall up here? I’d really love this to be the kind of kitchen nobody wants to hang out in
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So not just me who would like to see this in a home renovation or real estate show just once.
Interesting. I'm not optimistic anything will come of this review, but perhaps it could turn into something longer term. There must be a way to put some structure around the rules to make the calling of elements more consistent.
The ISU says they are “undertaking a review following inquiries received about the ice dance event at ... Finlandia Trophy.”
This action comes after top ice dancers at Finlandia spoke out against the scoring & overall direction of the discipline.
anythinggoe.com/finlandia-tr...
This action comes after top ice dancers at Finlandia spoke out against the scoring & overall direction of the discipline.
anythinggoe.com/finlandia-tr...
Finlandia Trophy is over; the ice dance controversy is not - Anything GOEs
The ISU will be reviewing the ice dance event from Finlandia Trophy after skaters object to tech panel decisions
anythinggoe.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Interesting. I'm not optimistic anything will come of this review, but perhaps it could turn into something longer term. There must be a way to put some structure around the rules to make the calling of elements more consistent.
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The original end-to-end encryption
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The original end-to-end encryption
Oh my goodness, yes. The low level anxiety of contemplating a batch of redirected mail, contents unknown, is very real.
October 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh my goodness, yes. The low level anxiety of contemplating a batch of redirected mail, contents unknown, is very real.
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This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: Victorian lady detectives in fiction. Read the story here!
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
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The first fictional female sleuths!
'Revelations of a Lady Detective' and other good books
lucyworsley.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: Victorian lady detectives in fiction. Read the story here!
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
Such a nice man. He was newsreader at 7 when I started working in the News Library in 1993. Always a gentleman.
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Such a nice man. He was newsreader at 7 when I started working in the News Library in 1993. Always a gentleman.
What on earth is happening to my former workplace? This does not sound like a good thing, either for the BBC Written Archives Centre or for access to archives as a general principle.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What on earth is happening to my former workplace? This does not sound like a good thing, either for the BBC Written Archives Centre or for access to archives as a general principle.
I will always regret being out of office the day she visited BBC Written Archives Centre. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Stella Rimington, first female MI5 chief, dies aged 90
Former director general died on Sunday night ‘surrounded by her beloved family and dogs’
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I will always regret being out of office the day she visited BBC Written Archives Centre. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...