Stefanie Archivist
@stefarchivist.bsky.social
Archivist. Records Manager. Talks nonsense. Over here now. She/her. All views are my own etc.
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Dec 1st and #YayAdvent has begun!
The festivious of festive traditions!!
Thanks @gazpachodragon.bsky.social for keeping it all going and, this year, to @melindahaunton.bsky.social for my box of Christmas joy. 🎄
The festivious of festive traditions!!
Thanks @gazpachodragon.bsky.social for keeping it all going and, this year, to @melindahaunton.bsky.social for my box of Christmas joy. 🎄
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#yayadvent and #yayswap signups are now live. Though I'm around, this account is not actively monitored so please get in touch via the contact form on the website if necessary.
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Yay Advent
The original advent gift exchange. Get partnered with a stranger, give 24 gifts, get 24 gifts - one for each day of advent!
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September 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#yayadvent and #yayswap signups are now live. Though I'm around, this account is not actively monitored so please get in touch via the contact form on the website if necessary.
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Can neither confirm nor deny….
February 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Can neither confirm nor deny….
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Accidentally neepless through my own poor planning, I’m fully in on the mash ‘n’ haggis.
Sipping a low alcohol G&T and sending Burns’ night greetings out into the world #ConfinedCocktails
Sipping a low alcohol G&T and sending Burns’ night greetings out into the world #ConfinedCocktails
January 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Accidentally neepless through my own poor planning, I’m fully in on the mash ‘n’ haggis.
Sipping a low alcohol G&T and sending Burns’ night greetings out into the world #ConfinedCocktails
Sipping a low alcohol G&T and sending Burns’ night greetings out into the world #ConfinedCocktails
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Social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy. “It’s the things that make places, really: those parks, those youth clubs, those sports facilities, those #libraries and museums." #LibrariesChangeLives
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
If Rachel Reeves wants growth, improved community cohesion could be essential | Heather Stewart
A new paper has found that social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy. “It’s the things that make places, really: those parks, those youth clubs, those sports facilities, those #libraries and museums." #LibrariesChangeLives
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Excellent tip!
#Archives
#Archives
Going through some old photos from the archives today. I am grateful to Past Me who developed a system of hand signals to mark photos during research trips.
thumbs up means "this is important"
pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail"
palm up means "WTF"
thumbs up means "this is important"
pointing finger means "notable/quotable detail"
palm up means "WTF"
January 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Excellent tip!
#Archives
#Archives
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Lemon pigs at the ready…..
They bring good luck AND demonstrate your commitment to bat shit crazy stuff 🤪
They bring good luck AND demonstrate your commitment to bat shit crazy stuff 🤪
December 31, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Lemon pigs at the ready…..
They bring good luck AND demonstrate your commitment to bat shit crazy stuff 🤪
They bring good luck AND demonstrate your commitment to bat shit crazy stuff 🤪
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for the potato fears not death
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
for the potato fears not death
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"Man-Pleasing" by Betty Crocker in 1971 – timeless 🗃️
December 31, 2024 at 9:54 AM
"Man-Pleasing" by Betty Crocker in 1971 – timeless 🗃️
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My 2024 Recap:
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch. What the fuck was that?
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch. What the fuck was that?
December 30, 2024 at 8:39 PM
My 2024 Recap:
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch. What the fuck was that?
Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch. What the fuck was that?
On to the Bellinis #ConfinedCocktails
December 31, 2024 at 7:44 PM
On to the Bellinis #ConfinedCocktails
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The word for what she wants to do is genocide. This is a plan for genocide.
The word for what she wants to do is genocide. This is a plan for genocide.
Helen Joyce reveals plans to use fears around trans kids as stepping stone to eliminate “trans” in public life
Speech to conversion therapy lobby conference in Lisbon laid out plans to use puberty blockers as stepping stone to attack rights of trans adults
transsafety.network
December 31, 2024 at 2:38 AM
transsafety.network/posts/joyce-...
The word for what she wants to do is genocide. This is a plan for genocide.
The word for what she wants to do is genocide. This is a plan for genocide.
Fruit.
It wants watching.
It wants watching.
Here's the problem with fruit: it's inconsistent. Some apples are delicious, some taste bad, sometimes blueberries are great, sometimes they are disgusting.
You know what's the same every time?
Doritos.
You know what's the same every time?
Doritos.
December 31, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Fruit.
It wants watching.
It wants watching.
The Chocolate Pudding.
December 31, 2024 at 7:04 PM
The Chocolate Pudding.
May your Hogmanay be as you would want it and best wishes for 2025 to the #ConfinedCocktails crew.
I’m starting out with a pomegranate martini along with my Venetian duck leg ragu & linguine.
I’m starting out with a pomegranate martini along with my Venetian duck leg ragu & linguine.
December 31, 2024 at 6:31 PM
May your Hogmanay be as you would want it and best wishes for 2025 to the #ConfinedCocktails crew.
I’m starting out with a pomegranate martini along with my Venetian duck leg ragu & linguine.
I’m starting out with a pomegranate martini along with my Venetian duck leg ragu & linguine.
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“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post.
December 30, 2024 at 3:20 PM
“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post.
Thanks to @woodsiegirl.bsky.social for sharing with me
If you are an archivist you should read this. It's so rare to see labor and expertise of archivists acknowledged let alone celebrated that I might have cried a little
to share with your friends and colleagues if necessary
December 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Thanks to @woodsiegirl.bsky.social for sharing with me
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🏺 Scabbard lined with beaver fur!
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent
Exclusive: Sword is among striking objects unearthed from Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Canterbury
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:40 PM
🏺 Scabbard lined with beaver fur!
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Also, no skeleton mentioned, burial contains sword with unusual ring on pommel, & a female-associated pendant; gender interp as male with heirloom from girl or woman
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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I love Tumblr because things like this, Ursula K Le Guin's takedown of Watership Down, come on my dash and it's incredible and eye-opening and I am so angry at myself for not having the critical thinking skills to even have noticed this before...
December 26, 2024 at 6:42 PM
I love Tumblr because things like this, Ursula K Le Guin's takedown of Watership Down, come on my dash and it's incredible and eye-opening and I am so angry at myself for not having the critical thinking skills to even have noticed this before...
Using up leftover pomegranate juice on Boxing Day via the medium of a pomegranate cosmopolitan.
Though I vaguely feel there should be a pomegranate cocktail out there called a Persephone….
#ConfinedCocktails
Though I vaguely feel there should be a pomegranate cocktail out there called a Persephone….
#ConfinedCocktails
December 26, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Using up leftover pomegranate juice on Boxing Day via the medium of a pomegranate cosmopolitan.
Though I vaguely feel there should be a pomegranate cocktail out there called a Persephone….
#ConfinedCocktails
Though I vaguely feel there should be a pomegranate cocktail out there called a Persephone….
#ConfinedCocktails