Allegra Rosenberg
@tchotchke.bsky.social
community editor @atlasobscura.com + fandom + media + tech + history + polar exploration + the libidinal pleasures of obsession
newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com
website: allegrarosenberg.com
newsletter: tchotchke.substack.com
website: allegrarosenberg.com
new article on AO! about the HOT NEW TREND ON TIKTOK, memes about "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," just in time for the 50-year anniversary of the disaster
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/edm...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/edm...
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
new article on AO! about the HOT NEW TREND ON TIKTOK, memes about "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," just in time for the 50-year anniversary of the disaster
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/edm...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/edm...
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📣 SATURDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Inside Amundsen's House with Anders Bache!
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 SATURDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Inside Amundsen's House with Anders Bache!
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Step inside the historic home of Roald Amundsen, as curator Anders Bache invites us on an exclusive tour of his amazing recent discoveries. 🤩
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
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📣 FRIDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Careers in Polar Humanities!
Interested in becoming a professional polar obsessive? Join us as we hear from five incredible experts working across the field of polar humanities.
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Interested in becoming a professional polar obsessive? Join us as we hear from five incredible experts working across the field of polar humanities.
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📣 FRIDAY KEYNOTE ANNOUNCED: Careers in Polar Humanities!
Interested in becoming a professional polar obsessive? Join us as we hear from five incredible experts working across the field of polar humanities.
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
Interested in becoming a professional polar obsessive? Join us as we hear from five incredible experts working across the field of polar humanities.
❄️ Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
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Time for @terrorcamp.bsky.social at Shackleton Autumn School, kicking off with the brilliant @tchotchke.bsky.social ❄️🐧
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Time for @terrorcamp.bsky.social at Shackleton Autumn School, kicking off with the brilliant @tchotchke.bsky.social ❄️🐧
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📣 TERROR CAMP V PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 TERROR CAMP V PROGRAM ANNOUNCED!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/terror-cam...
We’re thrilled to bring you a fantastic line-up of presentations for Terror Camp V, from deep dives into Inuit texts and polar history to queer naval fiction & scurvy. Find out what we've got in store! 🤩
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i just wish more people knew about the race to the north pole of 1909
October 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
i just wish more people knew about the race to the north pole of 1909
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Full house tonight at South Street Seaport Museum for talks on queer polar and maritime history with @tchotchke.bsky.social @evamolinaflores.bsky.social and Seth Stein LeJacq! ❄️⚓️🌈
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Full house tonight at South Street Seaport Museum for talks on queer polar and maritime history with @tchotchke.bsky.social @evamolinaflores.bsky.social and Seth Stein LeJacq! ❄️⚓️🌈
I'm guest hosting @walthickey.bsky.social's Numlock News today! Read on for a numerical roundup of stories about the internet, fashion, literature, the Fringe, basically a lot of very on-brand fare: www.numlock.com/p/numlock-ne...
Numlock News: August 5, 2025 • Wattpad, Scams, Lying Prudes
By Allegra Rosenberg
www.numlock.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm guest hosting @walthickey.bsky.social's Numlock News today! Read on for a numerical roundup of stories about the internet, fashion, literature, the Fringe, basically a lot of very on-brand fare: www.numlock.com/p/numlock-ne...
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Web links and websites disappear all the time. But Google’s planned erasure of millions of links at once demonstrates the risks of putting our personal and collective digital histories in Big Tech’s hands. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... via @shiraovide.bsky.social
Analysis | Google is killing millions of web links to save a few bucks
The company junked its 15-year-old web address format, which will break a deluge of links in academic research, court documents and websites.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Web links and websites disappear all the time. But Google’s planned erasure of millions of links at once demonstrates the risks of putting our personal and collective digital histories in Big Tech’s hands. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... via @shiraovide.bsky.social
New from me on @sherwood.news: Wattpad is full of fanfiction and they want you to know it!
sherwood.news/culture/fand...
sherwood.news/culture/fand...
Fandom is big business, and Wattpad is poised to cash in
Wattpad wants to be the go-to destination for fans of existing IP as well as young creators looking to stir up new audiences for their own original...
sherwood.news
August 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New from me on @sherwood.news: Wattpad is full of fanfiction and they want you to know it!
sherwood.news/culture/fand...
sherwood.news/culture/fand...
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In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why No One Knows What’s Happening Tonight
A love letter to music listings
www.theatlantic.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
thank you to my mom for digging out a tom lehrer LP and sending me this insanely hilarious bio… rip to the 🐐
July 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
thank you to my mom for digging out a tom lehrer LP and sending me this insanely hilarious bio… rip to the 🐐
I would take a course on “how to win arguments against opinionated men at parties when you know you’re right but are easily intimidated by the other person being loud and dismissive” is this a thing that is offered anywhere
July 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I would take a course on “how to win arguments against opinionated men at parties when you know you’re right but are easily intimidated by the other person being loud and dismissive” is this a thing that is offered anywhere
New tchotchke about how being good at admin has possibly ruined my chances of being an artist: tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
tchotchke #46: Has being good at admin ruined my life?
The galloping life of the mind.
tchotchke.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New tchotchke about how being good at admin has possibly ruined my chances of being an artist: tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
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📢 This is your one week reminder!📢
Our FREE talk on queer polar history at the South Street Seaport Museum in NYC takes place in one week! Get your RSVP in now 🤩🌈❄️
Our FREE talk on queer polar history at the South Street Seaport Museum in NYC takes place in one week! Get your RSVP in now 🤩🌈❄️
🗣️ UPCOMING NYC EVENT 🗣️
On July 31st, we’ll be back at the South Street Seaport Museum for another FREE evening of polar & maritime talks, this time with a Queer History theme 🌈✨
❄️ MORE INFO & RSVP HERE: southstreetseaportmuseum.org/queer-polar-...
On July 31st, we’ll be back at the South Street Seaport Museum for another FREE evening of polar & maritime talks, this time with a Queer History theme 🌈✨
❄️ MORE INFO & RSVP HERE: southstreetseaportmuseum.org/queer-polar-...
Queer History: Polar Exploration - South Street Seaport Museum
Learn all about queer maritime and polar history in this evening of free talks in this mini-symposium presented by the South Street Seaport Museum and the polar social club, Terror and Erebus Society.
southstreetseaportmuseum.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
📢 This is your one week reminder!📢
Our FREE talk on queer polar history at the South Street Seaport Museum in NYC takes place in one week! Get your RSVP in now 🤩🌈❄️
Our FREE talk on queer polar history at the South Street Seaport Museum in NYC takes place in one week! Get your RSVP in now 🤩🌈❄️
let out a very happy sound at the sight of @hesterblum.bsky.social cited in this book about early 20th century female film fangirls ... MY INTERESTS !!!
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
let out a very happy sound at the sight of @hesterblum.bsky.social cited in this book about early 20th century female film fangirls ... MY INTERESTS !!!
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This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
I'm on the @atlasobscura.com PODCAST today chatting about IVAN THE TERRA BUS !!! open.spotify.com/episode/0RXg...
Ivan the Terra Bus
The Atlas Obscura Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm on the @atlasobscura.com PODCAST today chatting about IVAN THE TERRA BUS !!! open.spotify.com/episode/0RXg...
writing the second draft of this book is really like this
June 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
writing the second draft of this book is really like this
subscribe to my substack ... i will be posting more often ...!!!
new TCHOTCHKE — about wishing, uselessly, that my phone was not only gone but perhaps never existed at all:
tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
June 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
subscribe to my substack ... i will be posting more often ...!!!
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the use of the word "cured" here... "cured of the desire to watch any more episodes"...
Really a sad way to go through life www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b...
June 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
the use of the word "cured" here... "cured of the desire to watch any more episodes"...
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Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"
June 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Lander: "It's just gross, racist bigotry. Meanwhile he's running an optimistic, upbeat campaign for a NY where everybody belongs, and I feel proud as the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in NYC to be supporting somebody who would be the first Muslim mayor—what could be more NYC than that?"
once you’ve realized you need to wash your hair it’s already too late. trying to complete any kind of focused work while aware of unwashed hair is a fool’s errand. this is the leading cause of frantic 3pm showers in curly haired women
June 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
once you’ve realized you need to wash your hair it’s already too late. trying to complete any kind of focused work while aware of unwashed hair is a fool’s errand. this is the leading cause of frantic 3pm showers in curly haired women
subletting my room in ridgewood for AUGUST please let me know if you would like to live here !!!! it’s nice !!!!! mutuals or friends-of-mutuals preferred :)
June 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
subletting my room in ridgewood for AUGUST please let me know if you would like to live here !!!! it’s nice !!!!! mutuals or friends-of-mutuals preferred :)
new TCHOTCHKE — about wishing, uselessly, that my phone was not only gone but perhaps never existed at all:
tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
June 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
new TCHOTCHKE — about wishing, uselessly, that my phone was not only gone but perhaps never existed at all:
tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...
tchotchke.substack.com/p/tchotchke-...