Ruth MacLeod
@scottishruth.bsky.social
Archivist doing archive things mostly. Easily distracted London based Scot.
Current Chair of Archives and Records Association, but all views my own. She/her.
Current Chair of Archives and Records Association, but all views my own. She/her.
The worst has yet to happen, so it’s been a nice day.
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The worst has yet to happen, so it’s been a nice day.
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
#ConfinedCocktails in the hotel bar in Amsterdam. Waiting for the bad news phone call I know is coming.
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#ConfinedCocktails in the hotel bar in Amsterdam. Waiting for the bad news phone call I know is coming.
This is great, but Pitlochry is nearly two hours drive south of Inverness - which has one theatre. Would love to see this spread further north and cover the full area of the Highlands (worth noting that the Highlands is an area approximately the size of Belgium)
‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is great, but Pitlochry is nearly two hours drive south of Inverness - which has one theatre. Would love to see this spread further north and cover the full area of the Highlands (worth noting that the Highlands is an area approximately the size of Belgium)
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It was great to be at the Houses of Parliament yesterday for the APPG Archives and History Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year's awards went to historian Lucy Worsley and archivist Geoff Pick - read more about it (and them) here www.archives.org.uk/news/histori...
Historian Lucy Worsley and Archivist Geoff Pick to be Honoured by All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History — Archives & Records Association
Historian Lucy Worsley and Archivist Geoff Pick to be Honoured by All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History Eleventh annual ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’ to be Presented on 12th November...
www.archives.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It was great to be at the Houses of Parliament yesterday for the APPG Archives and History Lifetime Achievement Awards. This year's awards went to historian Lucy Worsley and archivist Geoff Pick - read more about it (and them) here www.archives.org.uk/news/histori...
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
Someone came up to my colleague at a large history event in London this week and complained how young women seemed to be doing all the jobs these days. (she happily confirmed that they are, and started to talk to someone else)
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Someone came up to my colleague at a large history event in London this week and complained how young women seemed to be doing all the jobs these days. (she happily confirmed that they are, and started to talk to someone else)
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
This whole response is repellent, plus it’s not even accurate as a description of where the barracks is. Two sides are very busy roads and it’s further out than he claims.
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This whole response is repellent, plus it’s not even accurate as a description of where the barracks is. Two sides are very busy roads and it’s further out than he claims.
#UnconfinedWalks to the Brontë Waterfall from Haworth on the last day of a great trip with friends.
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#UnconfinedWalks to the Brontë Waterfall from Haworth on the last day of a great trip with friends.
Does anyone live anywhere near Pontefract? I have a weird enquiry.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Does anyone live anywhere near Pontefract? I have a weird enquiry.
Self Esteem utterly joyous at Brixton tonight. So lovely to come out of a gig and everyone is happy.
October 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Self Esteem utterly joyous at Brixton tonight. So lovely to come out of a gig and everyone is happy.
I have never seen The Wizard of Oz from start to finish. Bits of it, yes. Whole thing, nope.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I have never seen The Wizard of Oz from start to finish. Bits of it, yes. Whole thing, nope.
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I've literally pulled a muscle laughing at this.
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've literally pulled a muscle laughing at this.
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Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info:
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?
September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info:
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?
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Yesterday we sent out this briefing to all UK MPs and our press list. It is our response to calls for digitisation of adoption and care records. We believe there is a better - & much needed - solution to make these records more accessible to those that need them. #LongLostFamilies bit.ly/4mBqsxo
Statement on recent press discussion about the digitisation of adoption records — Campaign for Records
The Chief Archivists in Local Government Group of the Archives and Records Association have put out this statement in response to press discussion on digitisation of adoption records and propose an al...
www.campaignforrecords.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Yesterday we sent out this briefing to all UK MPs and our press list. It is our response to calls for digitisation of adoption and care records. We believe there is a better - & much needed - solution to make these records more accessible to those that need them. #LongLostFamilies bit.ly/4mBqsxo
Because we live hundreds of miles away. Piss off with your judgement, we’re all doing our best.
Why do the children of elderly patients stay away? Loneliness makes them get sicker and stay sicker for longer | Ranjana Srivastava
Why do the children of elderly patients stay away? Loneliness makes them get sicker and stay sicker for longer | Ranjana Srivastava
One of the greatest acts of love is simply bearing witness to the vicissitudes of ageing
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Because we live hundreds of miles away. Piss off with your judgement, we’re all doing our best.
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I'm not longer in the archive front-line since retiring, but I'd be interested to know if this is also becoming an issue with archives: hallucinated archival citations, possibly to whole collections? ascribing them to wrong repository? I can envisage nightmarish possibilities.
Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
www.404media.co/librarians-a...
Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books
It’s a trippy time to have a library card.
www.404media.co
September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I'm not longer in the archive front-line since retiring, but I'd be interested to know if this is also becoming an issue with archives: hallucinated archival citations, possibly to whole collections? ascribing them to wrong repository? I can envisage nightmarish possibilities.
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If you or anyone you know works/studies at University of Edinburgh, please ensure they have signed this petition to Court (governing body) calling on UoE to divest from genocide. So far 670+ staff and 800+ student/alumni signatures - not bad, but we can do better!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Emergency Court Session Now: Divest From Israel’s Genocide
Since the beginning of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza in October 2023, students and staff at the University of Edinburgh have mobilised an unprecedented multiethnic and multireligious divestment mov...
docs.google.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you or anyone you know works/studies at University of Edinburgh, please ensure they have signed this petition to Court (governing body) calling on UoE to divest from genocide. So far 670+ staff and 800+ student/alumni signatures - not bad, but we can do better!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Perfect day to be on Lindisfarne
September 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Perfect day to be on Lindisfarne
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‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers
‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers
The charity Refugees at Home helps volunteers with a spare room to lend take in people who have sought refuge
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers
I could have done with an extra day of work this week but I am now on holiday so it will all just have to wait.
September 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I could have done with an extra day of work this week but I am now on holiday so it will all just have to wait.
A day that starts with cancelled Thameslink and a delayed northern line is not going to be a good day.
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A day that starts with cancelled Thameslink and a delayed northern line is not going to be a good day.
All of this, thank you for expressing it so well @daneanne.bsky.social!
Home from #ARA2025 and I have some reflections on why I think it is beneficial attending conferences once in a while (and why I love going to @araconference.bsky.social). These are personal observations, you might not agree, and that’s fine. If that is the case, please share your thoughts. 1/7
August 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
All of this, thank you for expressing it so well @daneanne.bsky.social!
I'm so tired of the news being full of hate towards different minorities, all of whom just want to live their lives, and the government refusing to act on any of it.
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm so tired of the news being full of hate towards different minorities, all of whom just want to live their lives, and the government refusing to act on any of it.