Kate Jarman
@ermerlindaj.bsky.social
Archivist, misanthrope, haver of opinions. Posting archives, history of medicine, music, cats, kids, South London goings-on. she/her.
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Very excited to read today that the big daddy of archives, Sir Hilary himself, visited the Bart's hospital archives in 1938
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Very excited to read today that the big daddy of archives, Sir Hilary himself, visited the Bart's hospital archives in 1938
A narrowing of human knowledge - LLMs risk "creating a feedback loop where dominant ideas are continuously amplified while long-tail or niche knowledge fades from view"
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A narrowing of human knowledge - LLMs risk "creating a feedback loop where dominant ideas are continuously amplified while long-tail or niche knowledge fades from view"
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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The grotesque spectacle of a Labour government — a Labour government! — promoting the idea of stealing from refugees to appease the far right
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The grotesque spectacle of a Labour government — a Labour government! — promoting the idea of stealing from refugees to appease the far right
Although this article focuses on US libraries and universities specifically, the line that really sticks with me strikes me as the universal danger of genAI: "AI is a direct attack on the way we verify information: AI both creates fake sources and obscures its actual sources.”
Can't stop thinking about this quote, from @maggietokudahall.bsky.social.
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
(Read the full article here: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...)
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Although this article focuses on US libraries and universities specifically, the line that really sticks with me strikes me as the universal danger of genAI: "AI is a direct attack on the way we verify information: AI both creates fake sources and obscures its actual sources.”
Hanging out with the relaxation expert this evening
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hanging out with the relaxation expert this evening
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Job klaxon 📢: fancy managing a busy University archives service? Now's your chance: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
MRC Manager and Head of Archives and Special Collections (42364-1025) - University of Warwick
Title: MRC Manager and Head of Archives and Special Collections (42364-1025). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
warwick-careers.tal.net
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Job klaxon 📢: fancy managing a busy University archives service? Now's your chance: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
Listening to the folks chatting on their way to Selhurst Park and again wanting to remind people that British police are not 'feds', and are unlikely to become so unless we get a lot further down the path of devolution. Yes, I am a pedant
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Listening to the folks chatting on their way to Selhurst Park and again wanting to remind people that British police are not 'feds', and are unlikely to become so unless we get a lot further down the path of devolution. Yes, I am a pedant
Just hearing a victory speech that draws on real, cross-cultural history and obvious knowledge of politics feels like a win these days
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Just hearing a victory speech that draws on real, cross-cultural history and obvious knowledge of politics feels like a win these days
Going to have this printed on a tshirt
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Going to have this printed on a tshirt
Was I foolish to imagine you could buy a pumpkin anywhere in south east London on Halloween?🤦♀️
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Was I foolish to imagine you could buy a pumpkin anywhere in south east London on Halloween?🤦♀️
Kid 1 made me a bookmark.
I feel seen
I feel seen
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Kid 1 made me a bookmark.
I feel seen
I feel seen
When the kids return from their grandparents place with a tall green sibling
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When the kids return from their grandparents place with a tall green sibling
Fascinating looking archive volunteering project helping open up access to asylum records in Northumberland - intro event online soon:
northpennines.org.uk/event/histor...
northpennines.org.uk/event/histor...
Historic environment research opportunity: unlocking the asylum archives
Join us online to learn about a new volunteer research project revealing untold stories in historical collections from Garlands Asylum (Carlisle Archives), Winterton Hospital (The Story, Durham), and ...
northpennines.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Fascinating looking archive volunteering project helping open up access to asylum records in Northumberland - intro event online soon:
northpennines.org.uk/event/histor...
northpennines.org.uk/event/histor...
Kid 1 has learnt the words to Fresh Prince of Bel Air in KS2 music assembly. We did a dinner time duet. What a way to Friday night
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Kid 1 has learnt the words to Fresh Prince of Bel Air in KS2 music assembly. We did a dinner time duet. What a way to Friday night
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If, as I assume, the use of 'blood' in family-related phrases like 'blood relative' or 'flesh and blood' predate knowledge of DNA and cellular structure, why did people think that blood was something that relatives had in common?
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If, as I assume, the use of 'blood' in family-related phrases like 'blood relative' or 'flesh and blood' predate knowledge of DNA and cellular structure, why did people think that blood was something that relatives had in common?
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Fun fact: Dame Sarah Mullally is the second medical professional to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Archbishop Thomas Secker (1758-1768) qualified as a medical doctor before being ordained #ArchbishopOfCanterbury
October 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Fun fact: Dame Sarah Mullally is the second medical professional to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Archbishop Thomas Secker (1758-1768) qualified as a medical doctor before being ordained #ArchbishopOfCanterbury
Brian Patten lived next door to my geography teacher. I'll never get over him coming to school to do a reading and blowing my tiny teenaged mind with the devastating and restorative powers of poetry. Still one of my absolute favourite poets.
RIP Brian Patten
RIP Brian Patten
October 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Brian Patten lived next door to my geography teacher. I'll never get over him coming to school to do a reading and blowing my tiny teenaged mind with the devastating and restorative powers of poetry. Still one of my absolute favourite poets.
RIP Brian Patten
RIP Brian Patten
Never a truer word said
Everybody talks about efficiency savings in the NHS, but I really think that getting someone who knows what they're doing to look at signage and navigation (and making what's on patient letters match up with the names of depts on signs) would save a lot of time and therefore money.
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Never a truer word said
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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Chingford station c.1900. Built in 1878 to replace the station near Chingford Green, it was soon a popular destination for tourists visiting Epping Forest. In 1882 Queen Victoria travelled by train to Chingford station for the ceremony at High Beach dedicating the Forest to the people. #Railway200
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Chingford station c.1900. Built in 1878 to replace the station near Chingford Green, it was soon a popular destination for tourists visiting Epping Forest. In 1882 Queen Victoria travelled by train to Chingford station for the ceremony at High Beach dedicating the Forest to the people. #Railway200
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We're organising a workshop funded by a grant, which has a buget for catering. Oh but the workshop is not taking place in my university. Guess how many emails I've exchanged and how many people are involved.
Anyway, if anyones knows of a catering company in London that invoices lmk! thank you!
Anyway, if anyones knows of a catering company in London that invoices lmk! thank you!
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We're organising a workshop funded by a grant, which has a buget for catering. Oh but the workshop is not taking place in my university. Guess how many emails I've exchanged and how many people are involved.
Anyway, if anyones knows of a catering company in London that invoices lmk! thank you!
Anyway, if anyones knows of a catering company in London that invoices lmk! thank you!
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Any recs for guidance on managing book collections that's (a) modern (b) for poor wee archivists who don't know books <I don't know her dot gif> tysm! 📜 📚
September 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Any recs for guidance on managing book collections that's (a) modern (b) for poor wee archivists who don't know books <I don't know her dot gif> tysm! 📜 📚
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"Perhaps prison would have persisted this way forever. Perhaps our granite hearts and iron wills would have never crumbled. Perhaps the prison mentality, that we be cold and heartless, would have endured.
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
April 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Perhaps prison would have persisted this way forever. Perhaps our granite hearts and iron wills would have never crumbled. Perhaps the prison mentality, that we be cold and heartless, would have endured.
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
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Really enjoyed this interview on Wooden Lives with the owners of a book, music and ephemera shop (not an archive!)
open.substack.com/pub/woodenci...
open.substack.com/pub/woodenci...
September 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Really enjoyed this interview on Wooden Lives with the owners of a book, music and ephemera shop (not an archive!)
open.substack.com/pub/woodenci...
open.substack.com/pub/woodenci...