Allisterm
@allisterm.bsky.social
Curator. Museums, galleries, archives, libraries ⟐ Culture geek ⟐ TTRPGs ⟐ analogue photography ⟐ queer stuff 🏳️🌈. Views are mine. RP≠endorsements. He/him.
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Allisterm
@allisterm.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hi! Since there's so many new people I thought I'd reintroduce myself! I'm a curator of exhibitions working and living on Ngunnawal and Ngambri lands in Australia. I work a lot with contemporary and archival photography collections, and pretend I'm a photographer with an interest in alt. processes.
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I talk about this sometimes to folks not in academic or archival spaces and they scoff, then they get 👀👀, then they drink
One of the books in my office is 290 years old. It’s still in excellent condition and easy to read. I wonder how easy it’ll be to read electronic texts 290 years from now. I expect it’ll be rather trickier.
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I talk about this sometimes to folks not in academic or archival spaces and they scoff, then they get 👀👀, then they drink
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The problem with venture capitalism is you eventually run out of other people's money
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The problem with venture capitalism is you eventually run out of other people's money
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🌱🧄It’s here! My 6th annual Calendar Tea Towel has just launched for pre-order for this 2026 design! 🧄🌱
www.hannakin.com.au
www.hannakin.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🌱🧄It’s here! My 6th annual Calendar Tea Towel has just launched for pre-order for this 2026 design! 🧄🌱
www.hannakin.com.au
www.hannakin.com.au
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A better look at the little garlic sprout friends from my 2026 tea towel calendar (orders are open now if that’s your jam www.hannakin.com.au 🌱)
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A better look at the little garlic sprout friends from my 2026 tea towel calendar (orders are open now if that’s your jam www.hannakin.com.au 🌱)
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🧵Spotted in a Library in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A softly smiling man (20s?) is wandering around the shelves with a tiny new human snug against his chest in a sling. He's kissing the top of her head, tilting himself this way and that so she can see ALL the books she'll one day be able to read. (1)
A softly smiling man (20s?) is wandering around the shelves with a tiny new human snug against his chest in a sling. He's kissing the top of her head, tilting himself this way and that so she can see ALL the books she'll one day be able to read. (1)
July 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🧵Spotted in a Library in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A softly smiling man (20s?) is wandering around the shelves with a tiny new human snug against his chest in a sling. He's kissing the top of her head, tilting himself this way and that so she can see ALL the books she'll one day be able to read. (1)
A softly smiling man (20s?) is wandering around the shelves with a tiny new human snug against his chest in a sling. He's kissing the top of her head, tilting himself this way and that so she can see ALL the books she'll one day be able to read. (1)
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More and more I am hearing from archivist pals who are receiving enquiries for records that don't exist because AI has somehow generated fake catalogue numbers and titles...
July 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
More and more I am hearing from archivist pals who are receiving enquiries for records that don't exist because AI has somehow generated fake catalogue numbers and titles...
"to wake the songbirds in our hands,
to wake the music in our bones"
I'm heartbroken to learn of Gibson's passing today.
to wake the music in our bones"
I'm heartbroken to learn of Gibson's passing today.
Andrea Gibson's, "Birthday"
YouTube video by Andrea Gibson
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July 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"to wake the songbirds in our hands,
to wake the music in our bones"
I'm heartbroken to learn of Gibson's passing today.
to wake the music in our bones"
I'm heartbroken to learn of Gibson's passing today.
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May I make a suggestion from the arts world?
June 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
May I make a suggestion from the arts world?
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Happy birthday to David Attenborough.
99 today!
99 today!
a man in a blue shirt is holding a small frog in his hands .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is holding a small frog in his hands .
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Happy birthday to David Attenborough.
99 today!
99 today!
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Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Librarians doing anticipatory obedience 😡 🤢 💔
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151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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151 Denali, Mount (Alaska) CHANGE HEADING
151 McKinley, Mount (Alaska) [sp 85082617 ]
151 Mexico, Gulf of CHANGE HEADING
151 America, Gulf of [sp 85084621 ]
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Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (2025)Library of Congress Subject Headings (2025)
classweb.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Don’t change your subject headings. There is no library jail. Keep using the real names not these fake ones.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
Obeying in advance is worse than those doing the change because when you obey with soenthing that is clearly wrong you are putting false information into official “fact” places.
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Uhhh dawg? Your gyre is widening
February 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Uhhh dawg? Your gyre is widening
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Happy #twinpeaksday to all that celebrate
February 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Happy #twinpeaksday to all that celebrate
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Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
February 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.
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#InternationalWomensDay is 8th March. Please join me & Kris Belden-Adams in a unique 24hour online conference celebrating women of #photography.
60 speakers from 17 countries across multiple time zones from New Zealand to West coast USA. Registration here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…
60 speakers from 17 countries across multiple time zones from New Zealand to West coast USA. Registration here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…
February 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#InternationalWomensDay is 8th March. Please join me & Kris Belden-Adams in a unique 24hour online conference celebrating women of #photography.
60 speakers from 17 countries across multiple time zones from New Zealand to West coast USA. Registration here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…
60 speakers from 17 countries across multiple time zones from New Zealand to West coast USA. Registration here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…
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If you can get there, be there x transjustice.org.au/youth
February 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
If you can get there, be there x transjustice.org.au/youth
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The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
February 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
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On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
February 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned the library of The Institute for Sexual Science.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
The Institute was founded by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. Its community clinic pioneered healthcare for queer, trans, & intersex people.
The Institute was targeted & attacked as part of a Nazi government censorship program.
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Open now at Letterform Archive! GOOD LUCK is a vibrant celebration of Lunar New Year, a tradition that honors renewal, connection, and happiness.
On view in the Reading Room during gallery hours; see letterformarchive.org/visit to plan your visit.
#ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #ThingsToDoInSF
On view in the Reading Room during gallery hours; see letterformarchive.org/visit to plan your visit.
#ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #ThingsToDoInSF
February 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Open now at Letterform Archive! GOOD LUCK is a vibrant celebration of Lunar New Year, a tradition that honors renewal, connection, and happiness.
On view in the Reading Room during gallery hours; see letterformarchive.org/visit to plan your visit.
#ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #ThingsToDoInSF
On view in the Reading Room during gallery hours; see letterformarchive.org/visit to plan your visit.
#ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #ThingsToDoInSF
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Look at the Australian experience in Nauru and PNG for an idea of how hellish this will be. The writer Behrouz Boochani can tell you
Trump announces an executive order authorizing a 30,000 capacity migrant detention center in Guantanamo.
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
January 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Look at the Australian experience in Nauru and PNG for an idea of how hellish this will be. The writer Behrouz Boochani can tell you
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A soft sculpture I made for the annual Small Works show at Beinart Gallery a couple of years ago. I’m currently working on a larger collection of pieces in this theme/style (slightly overwhelmed by the open ended possibilities, but it should be fun… 😬)
January 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A soft sculpture I made for the annual Small Works show at Beinart Gallery a couple of years ago. I’m currently working on a larger collection of pieces in this theme/style (slightly overwhelmed by the open ended possibilities, but it should be fun… 😬)
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i went to a Chicago Public Library branch that I had never been to before and happened across these very cool Archival Grab and Go Kits with an invitation to archive your stories
January 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
i went to a Chicago Public Library branch that I had never been to before and happened across these very cool Archival Grab and Go Kits with an invitation to archive your stories
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This from Metabolic Studio feels extra relevant today
January 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
This from Metabolic Studio feels extra relevant today