Jay Moschella
@jaymoschella.bsky.social
Parent, librarian, public servant, person in Boston
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Big shout out to the 100+ British Library members out on the picket line today, on strike over pay.
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
October 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Big shout out to the 100+ British Library members out on the picket line today, on strike over pay.
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
Thanks to @rmtunion.bsky.social general secretary Eddie Dempsey who came along to speak to the strikers in #solidarity.
#BritishLibraryOnStrike #PCSonStrike
Late fall Vermont
October 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Late fall Vermont
Wild find from among my late grandfather's stuff: what appears to be a ticket to opening night of the run of April 1964 Lenny Bruce shows in Greenwich Village that ultimately led to his arrest, trial, and conviction on obscenity charges.
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wild find from among my late grandfather's stuff: what appears to be a ticket to opening night of the run of April 1964 Lenny Bruce shows in Greenwich Village that ultimately led to his arrest, trial, and conviction on obscenity charges.
Some newly acquired early print at the Boston Public Library: first, an unrecorded edition of Tifi Odasi’s Macaronea printed in Rome ca. 1493-1499. A bawdy verse satire on university humanists in Padua, it's written in a playful mix of Latin and Italian. Purchased from Patrick Olson Rare Books. 1/3
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Some newly acquired early print at the Boston Public Library: first, an unrecorded edition of Tifi Odasi’s Macaronea printed in Rome ca. 1493-1499. A bawdy verse satire on university humanists in Padua, it's written in a playful mix of Latin and Italian. Purchased from Patrick Olson Rare Books. 1/3
Ending Cape vacation in style
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ending Cape vacation in style
Blustery bayside Cape Cod morning
September 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Blustery bayside Cape Cod morning
A little Cape Cod beach time this week
August 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A little Cape Cod beach time this week
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Make this fucking happen and make Holly Hunter his partner
Nicolas Cage In Talks For ‘True Detective’ Season 5
Nicolas Cage is in talks to headline the upcoming fifth season of HBO‘s crime anthology series True Detective.
deadline.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Make this fucking happen and make Holly Hunter his partner
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You can check out the Boston Public Library’s unbelievable Special Collections in person at the newly renovated reading room: www.bpl.org/special-coll...
We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov
We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
You can check out the Boston Public Library’s unbelievable Special Collections in person at the newly renovated reading room: www.bpl.org/special-coll...
We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov
We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
Birthday party geode cracking
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Birthday party geode cracking
Working with the BPL Catholicon today. It’s such an ocean of information—textual and material.
August 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Working with the BPL Catholicon today. It’s such an ocean of information—textual and material.
This morning’s sunrise blanketed with the now more or less permanent wildfire smoke, or a backdrop from Bladerunner 2049?
August 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This morning’s sunrise blanketed with the now more or less permanent wildfire smoke, or a backdrop from Bladerunner 2049?
Watching agog at Paul Needham's ongoing lecture on **new** physical evidence of printing in the Catholicon. Inspiring. Amazing.
July 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Watching agog at Paul Needham's ongoing lecture on **new** physical evidence of printing in the Catholicon. Inspiring. Amazing.
Last day of Basque travels ends in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, a popular starting point for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Clear water, stone walls, and views of the Pyrenees.
July 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Last day of Basque travels ends in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, a popular starting point for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Clear water, stone walls, and views of the Pyrenees.
Morning hike in Basque foothills
July 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Morning hike in Basque foothills
A week in Basque Country
July 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A week in Basque Country
Interesting things that have come across our desks in the Boston Public Library Rare Books Dept. of late (1/4)
A previously unrecorded half-plate (i.e. LARGE) daguerreotype of the Boston abolitionist Wendell Phillips
A previously unrecorded half-plate (i.e. LARGE) daguerreotype of the Boston abolitionist Wendell Phillips
July 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Interesting things that have come across our desks in the Boston Public Library Rare Books Dept. of late (1/4)
A previously unrecorded half-plate (i.e. LARGE) daguerreotype of the Boston abolitionist Wendell Phillips
A previously unrecorded half-plate (i.e. LARGE) daguerreotype of the Boston abolitionist Wendell Phillips
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Some scholars have drawn comparisons between the military incursions in LA in support of ICE and federalized military support for the rendition of Anthony Burns from Boston back to enslavement in 1854 under the Fugitive Slave Act, and I wanted to add to that conversation by sharing these docs
Some scholars have drawn comparisons between the military incursions in LA in support of ICE and federalized military support for the rendition of Anthony Burns from Boston back to enslavement in 1854 under the Fugitive Slave Act, and I wanted to add to that conversation by sharing these docs
June 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Some scholars have drawn comparisons between the military incursions in LA in support of ICE and federalized military support for the rendition of Anthony Burns from Boston back to enslavement in 1854 under the Fugitive Slave Act, and I wanted to add to that conversation by sharing these docs
Some scholars have drawn comparisons between the military incursions in LA in support of ICE and federalized military support for the rendition of Anthony Burns from Boston back to enslavement in 1854 under the Fugitive Slave Act, and I wanted to add to that conversation by sharing these docs
Just finished redescribing BPL Boston’s fantastic pamphlet collection originally assembled by Aldino Felicani (1891-1967). Born in Italy, Felicani emigrated to Boston where he published the anti-fascist newspaper Controcorrente at his Excelsior press in the North End. 1/2
May 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just finished redescribing BPL Boston’s fantastic pamphlet collection originally assembled by Aldino Felicani (1891-1967). Born in Italy, Felicani emigrated to Boston where he published the anti-fascist newspaper Controcorrente at his Excelsior press in the North End. 1/2
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‘“It’s a reckoning for all museums and institutions that currently hold plundered property,” Ms. Lanier said of the settlement.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/h...
Harvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
‘“It’s a reckoning for all museums and institutions that currently hold plundered property,” Ms. Lanier said of the settlement.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/h...