Hannah
@hannahkittyking.bsky.social
Midwest museum worker, cat appreciator, hobby collector, nature enjoyer
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This is something that most people will miss, because they're not in the profession and haven't ever really thought about historical knowledge is produced. But it's an incredibly important point.
Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.
June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is something that most people will miss, because they're not in the profession and haven't ever really thought about historical knowledge is produced. But it's an incredibly important point.
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this month's red threads is coming up on may 15!
Red Threads Mending Skillshare meets tomorrow (Thursday, 2/20) in the meeting room. Join the Signal group at bit.ly/red-threads-mpls for updates!
May 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
this month's red threads is coming up on may 15!
The cute print was definitely an incentive to choose Boneshaker as my store of choice for Independent Bookstore Day
April 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The cute print was definitely an incentive to choose Boneshaker as my store of choice for Independent Bookstore Day
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This will not be the first economic blackout or the last. But it's a place for new people to start, and for others to continue their boycott.
Eat. The. Rich.
Eat. The. Rich.
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This will not be the first economic blackout or the last. But it's a place for new people to start, and for others to continue their boycott.
Eat. The. Rich.
Eat. The. Rich.
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Looking for a dozen eggs?
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Looking for a dozen eggs?
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Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to listcomments@loc.gov by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡).
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚
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If you are a public servant working towards #pslf and are worried about the future of your relief, you are not alone. We are a group of public servants dedicated to supporting PSLF, helping our members navigate forms, and planning action. Join for support and to help support.
discord.gg/CSYnyDBc
discord.gg/CSYnyDBc
Join the PSLF Defense Discord Server!
Planning the defense of Public Service Loan Forgiveness | 134 members
discord.gg
February 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If you are a public servant working towards #pslf and are worried about the future of your relief, you are not alone. We are a group of public servants dedicated to supporting PSLF, helping our members navigate forms, and planning action. Join for support and to help support.
discord.gg/CSYnyDBc
discord.gg/CSYnyDBc
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It’s very easy to tell them how shameful it is to pull up the ladder on those who fought beside you for your place.
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It’s very easy to tell them how shameful it is to pull up the ladder on those who fought beside you for your place.
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i see people quoting emma goldman’s “if i can’t dance, i don’t want to be a part of your revolution” wayyyy more often than i see them planning to assassinate financier and industry magnate henry clay frick
The issue is — like so many things — “the politics of joy” has been disconnected from its roots and lost its meaning.
The idea was originally introduced by Zora Neale Hurston.
The idea was originally introduced by Zora Neale Hurston.
I don’t know if I can “joy is resistance” my way through a great depression tbh
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
i see people quoting emma goldman’s “if i can’t dance, i don’t want to be a part of your revolution” wayyyy more often than i see them planning to assassinate financier and industry magnate henry clay frick
Second year of #secretsamol, second time making something about Lye Lychen. I honestly wouldn’t be mad if I got a Lyke prompt for the next several years.
February 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Second year of #secretsamol, second time making something about Lye Lychen. I honestly wouldn’t be mad if I got a Lyke prompt for the next several years.
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Friends, I need you to use alt text on every picture. Plus the full name and nothing with an asterisk.
1. For accessibility
2. So muted words work. That's helping people who are caring for themselves.
3. If you're gonna take a stand about how we should care for people, this is part of caring.
1. For accessibility
2. So muted words work. That's helping people who are caring for themselves.
3. If you're gonna take a stand about how we should care for people, this is part of caring.
January 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Friends, I need you to use alt text on every picture. Plus the full name and nothing with an asterisk.
1. For accessibility
2. So muted words work. That's helping people who are caring for themselves.
3. If you're gonna take a stand about how we should care for people, this is part of caring.
1. For accessibility
2. So muted words work. That's helping people who are caring for themselves.
3. If you're gonna take a stand about how we should care for people, this is part of caring.
I am never more jealous of my cats than when they are cozily napping and I have chores to do.
January 15, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I am never more jealous of my cats than when they are cozily napping and I have chores to do.
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What I love in these complex glass-making instructions from the Library of Ashurbanipal is a reference to older texts.
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
January 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What I love in these complex glass-making instructions from the Library of Ashurbanipal is a reference to older texts.
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
“Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet.
A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history
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If you have been meaning to help, the time is now. Multiple camps with fires and evictions at this moment. We'll be handing out hand warmers and coffee and supplies, bring warm clothes (especially gloves) if you want, or go let people just sit in your car to warm up until there's somewhere to go ❤️
Yes to GMCC @ 1100 E Lake if you're available
January 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you have been meaning to help, the time is now. Multiple camps with fires and evictions at this moment. We'll be handing out hand warmers and coffee and supplies, bring warm clothes (especially gloves) if you want, or go let people just sit in your car to warm up until there's somewhere to go ❤️
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If you are worried about your cats and avian flu there are very reasonable steps you can take to protect them. apnews.com/article/cats...
Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here's how to protect them
The death of an Oregon house cat from bird flu and a pet food recall are raising questions about how people can protect their pets.
apnews.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:46 PM
If you are worried about your cats and avian flu there are very reasonable steps you can take to protect them. apnews.com/article/cats...
Thinking back to my project for last year’s #secretsamol while preparing for this year. I’m doing a completely different medium, but I’m interested to see how the overlap plays out.
December 24, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Thinking back to my project for last year’s #secretsamol while preparing for this year. I’m doing a completely different medium, but I’m interested to see how the overlap plays out.
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I had an interaction with a stranger today who wanted to tell me how much they thought history was important, that it's something we should face head-on.
When I suggested that she should advocate for empowered/employed educators, it was clear she'd never thought about educators as part of history.
When I suggested that she should advocate for empowered/employed educators, it was clear she'd never thought about educators as part of history.
December 19, 2024 at 4:13 AM
I had an interaction with a stranger today who wanted to tell me how much they thought history was important, that it's something we should face head-on.
When I suggested that she should advocate for empowered/employed educators, it was clear she'd never thought about educators as part of history.
When I suggested that she should advocate for empowered/employed educators, it was clear she'd never thought about educators as part of history.
I just wrote to both senators through their contact forms. I hope they get the message that this kind of callousness won’t be tolerated by Minnesotans.
I am sickened that senators @smith.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com enabled the Republicans' ghoulish obsession with harming trans children and their families. Do better. Protect trans kids.
Here are the democrats who voted to no longer cover gender affirming care for military kids.
SHAME ON EACH OF YOU
Bennet (D-CO) @bennet.senate.gov
Blumenthal (D-CT) @blumenthal.senate.gov
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA) @cantwell.senate.gov
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
SHAME ON EACH OF YOU
Bennet (D-CO) @bennet.senate.gov
Blumenthal (D-CT) @blumenthal.senate.gov
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA) @cantwell.senate.gov
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Coons (D-DE)
December 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I just wrote to both senators through their contact forms. I hope they get the message that this kind of callousness won’t be tolerated by Minnesotans.
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BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
December 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.
The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.
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You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 PM
You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
You do not need a degree to visit an archive.
There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.
If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.
It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.
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"If you are a Democrat who yells about being part of the resistance, but you think it's okay to clear out homeless encampments and strip people of their civil rights merely for not having a fixed abode, then guess what? You are a foot soldier of fascism. Seriously, that's all I have to say."
My newsletter this week is a bunch of short rants instead of one long essay. Topics include Spider-Man, homelessness, Medicare, James Bond, and why The People's Joker is one of the year's best movies.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
A Basket Full of Mini Rants!
Sorry, there's no big essay or interview this week. Instead, here are a bunch of topics which I thought about writing a whole newsletter about — but...
buttondown.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:39 PM
"If you are a Democrat who yells about being part of the resistance, but you think it's okay to clear out homeless encampments and strip people of their civil rights merely for not having a fixed abode, then guess what? You are a foot soldier of fascism. Seriously, that's all I have to say."
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Oh man, non-archivists have no fucking clue how widespread this problem is. Chances are, whatever newspaper you're looking for, the archives going back more than 5-10 years aren't available on their site.
This is fucking insane.
So much of the foundational idea of the internet was permanent easy and cheap archival work, and that's just gone. There's now a war over the past to fund a market boom in a single tech product that's likely important but wildly overvalued.
www.indignity.net/the-washingt...
So much of the foundational idea of the internet was permanent easy and cheap archival work, and that's just gone. There's now a war over the past to fund a market boom in a single tech product that's likely important but wildly overvalued.
www.indignity.net/the-washingt...
The Washington Post burns its own archive
Indignity Vol. 4, No. 216
www.indignity.net
December 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Oh man, non-archivists have no fucking clue how widespread this problem is. Chances are, whatever newspaper you're looking for, the archives going back more than 5-10 years aren't available on their site.