Mairi-Claire Kilbride
@mairiclaire.bsky.social
Crabbit but hopeful cataloguer, formerly owned by Buzz the westie. Trying to read more and to be more patient generally.
Anyone who has seen House of Games, knows that this is a bad idea.
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Anyone who has seen House of Games, knows that this is a bad idea.
Dear Students, once again, I remind you that I love you and your crazy PhD endeavours, but an abstract is not or ever appropriate when it appears 7 pages in length.
Love me.
Love me.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Dear Students, once again, I remind you that I love you and your crazy PhD endeavours, but an abstract is not or ever appropriate when it appears 7 pages in length.
Love me.
Love me.
With the exception of commenting of the quality of the Fantastic Four, my children have only interacted with me today in order to get codes for devices, to ask when lunch/dinner will be ready and to complain that I have asked them to empty the dishwasher or bring down laundry.
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
With the exception of commenting of the quality of the Fantastic Four, my children have only interacted with me today in order to get codes for devices, to ask when lunch/dinner will be ready and to complain that I have asked them to empty the dishwasher or bring down laundry.
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
I want someone to make me dinner. @williamkilbride.bsky.social you are not allowed to go away again.
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I want someone to make me dinner. @williamkilbride.bsky.social you are not allowed to go away again.
Ooh smugness of the Traitors!
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ooh smugness of the Traitors!
Are we sitting comfortably?
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Are we sitting comfortably?
On being presented with dinner:
Ew, what is that supposed to be? (Dinner had been explained beforehand and it was very clearly mac'n'cheese.)
Erm, mum, what is actually in this?
Child 1 picked at it and pretended to be sick until @williamkilbride.bsky.social called.
Le sigh.
Ew, what is that supposed to be? (Dinner had been explained beforehand and it was very clearly mac'n'cheese.)
Erm, mum, what is actually in this?
Child 1 picked at it and pretended to be sick until @williamkilbride.bsky.social called.
Le sigh.
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
On being presented with dinner:
Ew, what is that supposed to be? (Dinner had been explained beforehand and it was very clearly mac'n'cheese.)
Erm, mum, what is actually in this?
Child 1 picked at it and pretended to be sick until @williamkilbride.bsky.social called.
Le sigh.
Ew, what is that supposed to be? (Dinner had been explained beforehand and it was very clearly mac'n'cheese.)
Erm, mum, what is actually in this?
Child 1 picked at it and pretended to be sick until @williamkilbride.bsky.social called.
Le sigh.
I'm going to make macaroni cheese for dinner. I have 2 children who love pasta and who love cheese.
Does anyone want to guess how many ways this dinner will not make them happy and it will clearly be part of my plot to make them miserable?
And no, they are not toddlers.
Does anyone want to guess how many ways this dinner will not make them happy and it will clearly be part of my plot to make them miserable?
And no, they are not toddlers.
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm going to make macaroni cheese for dinner. I have 2 children who love pasta and who love cheese.
Does anyone want to guess how many ways this dinner will not make them happy and it will clearly be part of my plot to make them miserable?
And no, they are not toddlers.
Does anyone want to guess how many ways this dinner will not make them happy and it will clearly be part of my plot to make them miserable?
And no, they are not toddlers.
While connected, cataloguing and classification are not the same thing.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
While connected, cataloguing and classification are not the same thing.
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Calling all Glasgow and Central Belt folks - please do join us at the Mitchell Library on Sunday for our event with Tim Ingold. Tickets are only £8!
There may be a pub trip afterwards 🤔
There may be a pub trip afterwards 🤔
🤩 We are very excited for our conversation with world-renowned anthropologist Tim Ingold at the #AyeWrite book festival in Glasgow next month! 📚
📆 Join us on 9th November at 4:15pm at the Mitchell Library.
🎟 Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye...
#Anthropology
📆 Join us on 9th November at 4:15pm at the Mitchell Library.
🎟 Tickets available here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/aye...
#Anthropology
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Calling all Glasgow and Central Belt folks - please do join us at the Mitchell Library on Sunday for our event with Tim Ingold. Tickets are only £8!
There may be a pub trip afterwards 🤔
There may be a pub trip afterwards 🤔
As the shelling/fireworks continue, I am reminded again of how much of a dude Buzz was about fireworks. I think in part he was just excellent but also in part because when he was 1, & from the on, we used to walk his wee legs off to the point he was blissfully happy.
I miss those days
I miss those days
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
As the shelling/fireworks continue, I am reminded again of how much of a dude Buzz was about fireworks. I think in part he was just excellent but also in part because when he was 1, & from the on, we used to walk his wee legs off to the point he was blissfully happy.
I miss those days
I miss those days
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Watching some Eat, Cook, Repeat to distract the Peedies from the fact that their dad is in New Zealand. Not only do they both stop bickering when @nigella.bsky.social speaks, they are making a list of things to make when @williamkilbride.bsky.social gets home.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Watching some Eat, Cook, Repeat to distract the Peedies from the fact that their dad is in New Zealand. Not only do they both stop bickering when @nigella.bsky.social speaks, they are making a list of things to make when @williamkilbride.bsky.social gets home.
You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like this....
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You'll like this, not a lot, but you'll like this....
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🎉GET READY FOR #WDPD2025 TOMORROW🎉 Expect vlogs, blogs, campaign launches (including one from the #DPC 🥳), and plenty to think about as we raise awareness for digital preservation around the globe. Read up on buff.ly/uvCS2Jm and stay tuned for more - much more - posts!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🎉GET READY FOR #WDPD2025 TOMORROW🎉 Expect vlogs, blogs, campaign launches (including one from the #DPC 🥳), and plenty to think about as we raise awareness for digital preservation around the globe. Read up on buff.ly/uvCS2Jm and stay tuned for more - much more - posts!!
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I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
First full day of @williamkilbride.bsky.social being away for work. I have been chastised twice by Child 1 for not having organised more "fun activities" (he's 14) and asked several times by both of them when the cakes and treats are coming.
Sigh.
Sigh.
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
First full day of @williamkilbride.bsky.social being away for work. I have been chastised twice by Child 1 for not having organised more "fun activities" (he's 14) and asked several times by both of them when the cakes and treats are coming.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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Cat being the only woman left means she's out tomorrow. Traitors should have saved Kate.
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Cat being the only woman left means she's out tomorrow. Traitors should have saved Kate.
Joe is a big gem.
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Joe is a big gem.
Nick is a wee gem
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Nick is a wee gem
Get a Traitor or I'm not watching anymore
or.im
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Get a Traitor or I'm not watching anymore
Has anyone seen my ability to read? I lost it when I fell over at the end of August and I haven't read anything successfully since then. It's making me sad.
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Has anyone seen my ability to read? I lost it when I fell over at the end of August and I haven't read anything successfully since then. It's making me sad.
Sing it baby!
If we put half as much resources into metadata and cataloging as we do into dumb AI stuff, we’d way better off in terms of the info/data ecosystem
Panel at #Crossref2025 wonders if metadata has an image problem. Bianca Kramer says the word metadata not used in the Barcelona Declaration. Mariángela Napoli thinks perception of metadata is something too technical. Kazuhiro Hayashi describes metadata as "the unsung hero". Time for a rebrand ;)
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sing it baby!
This is most excellent news for both readers and authors of the trickiest books to write successfully!
Genuinely brilliant news, i'm made up!
The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
This is most excellent news for both readers and authors of the trickiest books to write successfully!