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Thomas Schmid
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archivar/archivist, historiker/historian, latinist #archivCH #fridaynightatthearchives #viedarchiviste #AarbergBisZweisimmen
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Thomas Schmid @thschmid.bsky.social · Jun 22
"Cäsar schlug die Gallier.
Hatte er nicht wenigstens einen Koch bei sich?"

Bertolt Brecht: Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters (www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?...)

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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Oberlangenegg: eine niete, ersatzweise die torfhütte aus dem Bauinventar des Kantons Bern, denkmalpflege.apps.be.ch/de/collectio...
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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post der #Burgerbibliothek #Bern:

#Archivtrouvaillen: Ahnen im Taschenformat

Dieses im Jahr 2025 der Burgerbibliothek geschenkte Medaillon birgt kein Porträt, sondern einen Stammbaum der Pfarrerdynastie Rytz. Er beginnt mit Peter Rytz (geb. 1661), der Burger von Brugg (AG) war. In Bern

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January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Wie Bundesrat Rösti das neue Plattform­gesetz verwässerte
Der Medienminister möchte nur eine minimale Regulierung heikler Online-Inhalte.
www.republik.ch
January 20, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Oberhünigen: eine niete, ersatzweise die Käserei aus dem Bauinventar des Kantons Bern, denkmalpflege.apps.be.ch/de/collectio...
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Ein Jahr Donald Trump
Das erste Jahr von Donald Trumps zweiter Amtszeit als US-Präsident ist um. Seit seiner Amtseinsetzung am 20. Januar 2025 ist kaum ein Tag vergangen, ohne dass er für Schlagzeilen sorgt. Die USA und di...
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January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

Oberhofen am Thunersee #OberhofenBE, Schloss, stall/remise

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January 19, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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suzpaul.bsky.social Suzanne Paul @suzpaul.bsky.social · 2d
Reason to be a Special Collections librarian no. 43…
tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Seventeenth-century squirrel, looks like it’s eating a little nut. On an embroidered binding from a 1641 psalter, SSS.34.27 @theul.bsky.social.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBooks 📷 #photography
A squirrel on an old embroidered book binding.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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jensfoell.de
A joke for the history buffs:

Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“
A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“
January 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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moudhy.bsky.social
“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”

A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
Photo of a fragment of a clay tablet shaped a bit like a diamond. Although it is only a fragment, the cuneiform text on it is well-preserved. There is a vertical line down the centre which indicates it once had at least two columns. The colour is reddish brown
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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senticomepiove.bsky.social
#followerpower #skystorians Sortiere gerade einen Bestand im Archiv unseres örtlichen Museums. Aus einem Nachlass haben wir Fotoalben bekommen, eins davon "Olympiade 1936 Garmisch", in dem eine Vielzahl privater Fotos von einem offensichlichen Besuch der Sportstätten, Sport- und Begleit- 1/
January 18, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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"Wenn man die Lage Polens auf dem Globus anschaut, sind die vom Deutschen Reich gestellten Fragen übrigens nachvollziehbar."

Was für ein wahnsinnig gefährlicher Trottel!
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Vor rund 100 Jahren begannen der Bau des Lungererseewerks. Ein neu digitalisierter Foto- und Filmbestand im Staatsarchiv Obwalden wirft nun Licht auf das monumentale Bauprojekt und auf die bewegte Geschichte des Lungerersees. www.ow.ch/themenalle/t... #archivCH
April 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Ein Stück Obwaldner Tourismusgeschichte im tollen Beitrag von Carla Roth: Auf fremden Füssen. Zwei "Herrenlotzer" und ihre Kundschaft unterwegs in den Alpen, in Traverse 1/2025. Die Gebrüder Britschgi aus Lungern und ihr golden verziertes Empfehlungsbuch.
May 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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farleypkatz.bsky.social
Bookplate!? Who needs a stinking bookplate when you can mark your books with a red-hot branding iron? Here are two 17th c. “Marcas de Fuego” showing that the book was owned by the Great Convent of St. Francisco in Mexico City - S. FRAN.CO d MEX. CO. The second mark AP refers to the apostolica sedes.
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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lesenswert 📜

bop.unibe.ch/iw/article/v...

probleme aus meiner sicht (vom aufwand abgesehen):
-ich halte das prinzip, dass die persönlichkeit und ihre rechte mit dem tod enden, für essentiell.

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Anzeige von Koloniale Bildwelten und archivethische Verantwortung im digitalen Raum | Informationswissenschaft: Theorie, Methode und Praxis
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January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Oberdiessbach, Torturm

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January 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Oberburg, Kirche

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January 17, 2026 at 5:44 AM
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These goons are flabby weaklings and cowards, the loser servants of a loser president whose policy of domestic authoritarian 'raids' has been defeated at every turn by plucky, mobilized, civic-minded citizens who banded together to protect their neighbors.

That's the good narrative, in my view.
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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sigialsace.bsky.social
C’est vendredi avec #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi ! Hans Adolf Marx von Eckwersheim est trop content et lève ses bras vers le ciel partout sur son sceau ! 🙌
Un meuble rare pour son enthousiasme au top ! 😄
Trouvé à #Erstein.

sigilla.irht.cnrs.fr/233404

#LesArmoiriesDuVendredi #SealOfTheDay #Medievalsky
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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"it does not appear that numerical reach is a principal method of measuring social media success for most users. It must be assumed that qualitative feedback or anecdotal connections are considered adequate to justify the effort involved.
Additionally, it is possible that repositories are using
librarycolleen.bsky.social Colleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 14d
I co-wrote an article that just came out! 📜
Thomas, Nikki Lynn, Colleen Theisen, Juli McLoone, and Sean Heyliger. "“I Despise It, But It Works”: Social Media Outreach in Special Collections." The American Archivist 88, no. 2 (2025): 404–440. Link:
american-archivist.kglmeridian.com/view/journal...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Trump follows some notable leaders in being re-gifted a Nobel Prize, as a sort of participation trophy.

Joseph Goebbels was given one by an author in 1943.

www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-... #history #Trump #Goebbels #Nazis
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Oberbipp, Dolmen

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January 16, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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consequences 😬
bucksarchives.bsky.social Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 6d
We'd like to come to you with an apology. This seal is actually Queen Anne of Denmark. Despite the figure looking like Elizabeth, if you closely around the edge of the seal you'll be able to see her name.

Our catalogue has now been updated and the archivist who made this mistake has been flogged.
bucksarchives.bsky.social Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 7d
This fantastic seal has popped up in our collection today! This is the Great Seal of Elizabeth I, who reigned from 1558 to 1603.
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM