Rebecca
@jeybecques.bsky.social
Current librarian, former classicist, perpetual nerd. Expect special collections, book history, yarn.
“Is there anything you aren’t interested in??”
“Is there anything you aren’t interested in??”
Pinned
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Glorious Magnolia campbellii. Image via @biodivlibrary.bsky.social and @wikicommons.bsky.social Created by Joseph Hooker and William H. Fitch. Public Domain commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Il...
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Glorious Magnolia campbellii. Image via @biodivlibrary.bsky.social and @wikicommons.bsky.social Created by Joseph Hooker and William H. Fitch. Public Domain commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Il...
well that’s one way to wake up on a friday
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
well that’s one way to wake up on a friday
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would you like to see the ancient medieval wooden winch that Durham cathedral used to hoist great tonnes of stone up several stories to build the nave?
silly question, here it is
silly question, here it is
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
would you like to see the ancient medieval wooden winch that Durham cathedral used to hoist great tonnes of stone up several stories to build the nave?
silly question, here it is
silly question, here it is
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
“but her* emails!”
*the gray lady
*the gray lady
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“but her* emails!”
*the gray lady
*the gray lady
how. how do you manage to do this to a perfectly nice gathering.
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
how. how do you manage to do this to a perfectly nice gathering.
I just want to register a strong objection to HRID standing for Human Readable ID instead of Holdings Record ID. why do I have to deal with a tiny i or h in the middle of the number to figure out if it’s holdings or instance
BAH
BAH
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I just want to register a strong objection to HRID standing for Human Readable ID instead of Holdings Record ID. why do I have to deal with a tiny i or h in the middle of the number to figure out if it’s holdings or instance
BAH
BAH
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
the poor stressed bby
The Fitzwilliam has one of the funniest faience hedgehogs in their collection. Something about this little face is so funny and almost modern in a way, it makes me laugh every time I see it.
data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/med...
data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/med...
Egyptian faience hedgehog, from Beni Hasan
Figure/figurine/tomb figure. Faience Hedgehog. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Tomb 655 Beni Hasan, Egypt. Faience, moulded, length, 6.25 cm, width, 3.75 cm, 1976-1793 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle...
data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
the poor stressed bby
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A gentleman skeleton at a ball asks a lady skeleton to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A gentleman skeleton at a ball asks a lady skeleton to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
Image: Wellcome Collection, London.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
seriously contemplating starting a new set of nested threads for stuff I find in our collections, with my attempts at taxonomy where applicable
the realistic plant illustrator made a few startling and lovely appearances too
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
seriously contemplating starting a new set of nested threads for stuff I find in our collections, with my attempts at taxonomy where applicable
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I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"save your anger for 2026" wait you think I'll run out in a year this is why I hate amateurs
hey book history people: has anyone encountered marcas de fuego on the fore-edge of a book (instead of the top or bottom)? We’ve got a weird one (that also doesn’t show up in the BUAP database)
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
hey book history people: has anyone encountered marcas de fuego on the fore-edge of a book (instead of the top or bottom)? We’ve got a weird one (that also doesn’t show up in the BUAP database)
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Folks...she did it. Our new favorite death metal singer lady won Miss World Chile.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ4QrRQkVuP/
www.instagram.com/p/DQ4QrRQkVuP/
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Folks...she did it. Our new favorite death metal singer lady won Miss World Chile.
www.instagram.com/p/DQ4QrRQkVuP/
www.instagram.com/p/DQ4QrRQkVuP/
I’m not awake enough for a 16 degree windchill
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I’m not awake enough for a 16 degree windchill
… ok back to the audiobooks and away from the social media
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
… ok back to the audiobooks and away from the social media
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
the temple of flora is a stunning book
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
the temple of flora is a stunning book
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"If discovery tools return hallucinated results, the credibility of the library itself could be undermined. Students may come to see the library’s systems as just another unreliable search engine."
BINGO
BINGO
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"If discovery tools return hallucinated results, the credibility of the library itself could be undermined. Students may come to see the library’s systems as just another unreliable search engine."
BINGO
BINGO
this thread remains so good
Time to bring a twitter series to Bluesky: Given the incredible number of 20th-century churches in Northrhine-Westphalia (the topic of my dissertation), I’m going post one or two every day. None of these images are mine, they're all credited in the alt text, and I'll take any down if asked
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
this thread remains so good
… hm. a worrying number of wwii scholars appear to be writing about tissue paper made of mulberry leaves. this seems Highly Unlikely to me, but also, is it really worth digging out the root of the misunderstanding? also perhaps there really is a mulberry leaf paper tradition?
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
… hm. a worrying number of wwii scholars appear to be writing about tissue paper made of mulberry leaves. this seems Highly Unlikely to me, but also, is it really worth digging out the root of the misunderstanding? also perhaps there really is a mulberry leaf paper tradition?