Steven Van Impe
@svanimpe.bsky.social
Book historian, rare books curator Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp. Opinions mine, I may be wrong, follow/like isn't endorsement. He/him. Caregiver for a partner with Long Covid. Used to be @RareBookLibAntw on Twitter. Profile pic by LUCID.
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Doing this challenge called “January” where I try to make it through the whole month of January
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Doing this challenge called “January” where I try to make it through the whole month of January
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I will forever fondly remember the lady on a train in Germany who got so tired of listening to me try to explain what spice I meant in very broken German, so she leaned a row forward and said “Zimt” and then went back to ignoring everyone
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I will forever fondly remember the lady on a train in Germany who got so tired of listening to me try to explain what spice I meant in very broken German, so she leaned a row forward and said “Zimt” and then went back to ignoring everyone
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You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
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Choose the people.
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The number of folx who are pro-late fees is INSANE.
January 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
You can be a punk library or a cop library; you can care about the people or the stuff.
Choose the people.
📚
Choose the people.
📚
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Belgian fashion designer Olivier Theyskens was born #OnThisDay in 1977. He designed this crinolined black silk evening dress, inspired by the Lalique crystal perfume flacon of L'Air du Temps, for his inaugural collection at Nina Ricci in A/W 2007. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Belgian fashion designer Olivier Theyskens was born #OnThisDay in 1977. He designed this crinolined black silk evening dress, inspired by the Lalique crystal perfume flacon of L'Air du Temps, for his inaugural collection at Nina Ricci in A/W 2007. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
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Noontime supplemental cat picture: Smudge stares into your very soul
January 3, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Noontime supplemental cat picture: Smudge stares into your very soul
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Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
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December 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
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Tudorheads! Libraries reopen soon, if yours hasn't got a copy of Gonzalo's book on Philip, the under-regarded consort of Mary I, remedy that STAT. Deep work in the archives w/this one, and really a narrative-changing must-read.
January 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Tudorheads! Libraries reopen soon, if yours hasn't got a copy of Gonzalo's book on Philip, the under-regarded consort of Mary I, remedy that STAT. Deep work in the archives w/this one, and really a narrative-changing must-read.
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#BookHistory Help needed! I have trouble identifying this incunable page (back pastedown in a 1491 Cologne legal treatise, ISTC is00496000). Starting at "Non solum" seems to be a paraphrase and commentary on Decret., Lib. II, Tit. XV, cap. VII. Early provenance: Italy, c.1500.
Sharing=😘, solving=😍
Sharing=😘, solving=😍
January 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
#BookHistory Help needed! I have trouble identifying this incunable page (back pastedown in a 1491 Cologne legal treatise, ISTC is00496000). Starting at "Non solum" seems to be a paraphrase and commentary on Decret., Lib. II, Tit. XV, cap. VII. Early provenance: Italy, c.1500.
Sharing=😘, solving=😍
Sharing=😘, solving=😍
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A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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The power of ephemera! These things will have been mass-produced to be disposable, thousands manufactured and tossed out straight away; I suspect many will be the only surviving example. Everyday "rubbish" becomes a time-capsule if you just wait long enough.
A collection of more than 1,100 napkins are being preserved in perpetuity alongside documents from the Founding Fathers and tomes dating to the 15th century.
The collection offers a window into decades of American history and social change.
The collection offers a window into decades of American history and social change.
A Virginia woman’s epic paper napkin collection is being preserved
Her collection of more than 1,000 napkins, which the Library of Virginia is keeping safe, includes a series from the Pentagon that warns of threats.
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January 4, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The power of ephemera! These things will have been mass-produced to be disposable, thousands manufactured and tossed out straight away; I suspect many will be the only surviving example. Everyday "rubbish" becomes a time-capsule if you just wait long enough.
Joe Cocker voice:
Unclench your jaw
January 4, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Joe Cocker voice:
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Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)
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Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven) - Academic Positions
Full-time tenure-track position in cultural storytelling research and teaching, with focus on inclusion and sustainability. PhD required. English proficiency...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven)
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We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
We will either end fossil fuel dependency and the predatory extractivist basis of global production, or they will end us through wars and ecological collapse - all at the same time.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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My favorite fact about the year's 1st meteor shower is that it is named after an obsolete constellation!
Quadrans Muralis (the wall-mounted quadrant) was proposed by Jérôme Lalande in 1795 and was well-established when the #Quadrantids received their name in the late 1830s.
#histSTM #astronomy 🗃️🔭
Quadrans Muralis (the wall-mounted quadrant) was proposed by Jérôme Lalande in 1795 and was well-established when the #Quadrantids received their name in the late 1830s.
#histSTM #astronomy 🗃️🔭
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
My favorite fact about the year's 1st meteor shower is that it is named after an obsolete constellation!
Quadrans Muralis (the wall-mounted quadrant) was proposed by Jérôme Lalande in 1795 and was well-established when the #Quadrantids received their name in the late 1830s.
#histSTM #astronomy 🗃️🔭
Quadrans Muralis (the wall-mounted quadrant) was proposed by Jérôme Lalande in 1795 and was well-established when the #Quadrantids received their name in the late 1830s.
#histSTM #astronomy 🗃️🔭
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Yes, history repeats itself, but at the moment it's also getting consistently stupider
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Yes, history repeats itself, but at the moment it's also getting consistently stupider
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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if the EU and UK dont respond to this as they would if Putin did it then they really should shut up about the 'rules based international order'
January 3, 2026 at 9:54 AM
if the EU and UK dont respond to this as they would if Putin did it then they really should shut up about the 'rules based international order'
All right, how about the Nobel War Prize then?
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
All right, how about the Nobel War Prize then?
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January 3, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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browsing the internet used to feel like you were uncovering hidden new zones and getting rid of fog of war now it’s like a bunch of cannibal maniacs are chasing after you with crossbows trying to roast you alive
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
browsing the internet used to feel like you were uncovering hidden new zones and getting rid of fog of war now it’s like a bunch of cannibal maniacs are chasing after you with crossbows trying to roast you alive
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Anyone know where the manuscripts from the Aggsbach Kartause (Austria) ended up?
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Anyone know where the manuscripts from the Aggsbach Kartause (Austria) ended up?