Amanda
@amandaholling.bsky.social
Archivist and public librarian who is determined to appreciate the magic along the way. She/her.
Super puzzled by this. What did they DO here? The tone is not looking great, but that tag at the end about suitable for ages 11 and up...Do they think they nailed a faithful retelling hidden inside humor? Is a funny Animal Farm even *possible*? Or advisable?
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Super puzzled by this. What did they DO here? The tone is not looking great, but that tag at the end about suitable for ages 11 and up...Do they think they nailed a faithful retelling hidden inside humor? Is a funny Animal Farm even *possible*? Or advisable?
I have been saying since Day 1 that his deathbed will look exactly like the Skeksis emperor's deathbed scene in The Dark Crystal.
Trump summoning his cabinet to kiss his ass and then falling asleep on them while they're droning on is so very on-brand. It's like the death of the Skeksis Emperor scene from The Dark Crystal meets Jabba's palace from Return of the Jedi.
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have been saying since Day 1 that his deathbed will look exactly like the Skeksis emperor's deathbed scene in The Dark Crystal.
If the American South was a building
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If the American South was a building
I am once again astounded that, of all my undergrad classes, it's John Z's literary criticism class that I think about and use the most. And I mean almost constantly! I would have never guessed this at the time. 🤯
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I am once again astounded that, of all my undergrad classes, it's John Z's literary criticism class that I think about and use the most. And I mean almost constantly! I would have never guessed this at the time. 🤯
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
It has been 0 days since I cut myself on an archival container.
This time, the metal edge of a ledger box got me *under* the left pinkie nail. 🫠
This time, the metal edge of a ledger box got me *under* the left pinkie nail. 🫠
October 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It has been 0 days since I cut myself on an archival container.
This time, the metal edge of a ledger box got me *under* the left pinkie nail. 🫠
This time, the metal edge of a ledger box got me *under* the left pinkie nail. 🫠
Why is it that the first tissue you pull out of the box is almost always two tissues stuck together? How has humanity walked on the moon, but we almost universally fail to start a box of tissues properly?
October 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Why is it that the first tissue you pull out of the box is almost always two tissues stuck together? How has humanity walked on the moon, but we almost universally fail to start a box of tissues properly?
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My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My comfort in folklore often comes from the fact it ratifies the truths that greed is an evil, tyranny is to be opposed and manners matter. If it legitimises a fear of trespassing against the common good by the rich, it is performing one of its fundamental roles. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday
It's finally sweater weather in my neck of the woods! Yay!
Also, crap, I need new sweaters. 🙃
Also, crap, I need new sweaters. 🙃
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's finally sweater weather in my neck of the woods! Yay!
Also, crap, I need new sweaters. 🙃
Also, crap, I need new sweaters. 🙃
I need one for work. We use a lotta pencils in the archive world!
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I need one for work. We use a lotta pencils in the archive world!
I wonder how Clark Construction Group sleeps at night? Maybe the ghost of Dolly Madison (said to protect the Rose Garden) will follow them home.
Give 'em hell, Dolly.
Give 'em hell, Dolly.
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I wonder how Clark Construction Group sleeps at night? Maybe the ghost of Dolly Madison (said to protect the Rose Garden) will follow them home.
Give 'em hell, Dolly.
Give 'em hell, Dolly.
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There is an old prayer much favoured in Hookland which I offer up today for my friends in America: Protect us from the tyranny of troubled spirits and make them as smoke upon the wind. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There is an old prayer much favoured in Hookland which I offer up today for my friends in America: Protect us from the tyranny of troubled spirits and make them as smoke upon the wind. #NoKings
Look at this ephemera! Look at it! 😍☠️💖
Funeral Invitation, 1688.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
Funeral invitations first appeared in the 17th century, and acted as an admission ticket to both the church and the funeral feast. Pallbearers were often assigned a number on the ticket to signify their position in carrying the coffin.
October 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Look at this ephemera! Look at it! 😍☠️💖
I'm so tired. Sure, part of it is working 8 days in a row without a day off. Part of it is also ::gestures vaguely::
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm so tired. Sure, part of it is working 8 days in a row without a day off. Part of it is also ::gestures vaguely::
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Dolly Parton could’ve written Das Kapital, but Karl Marx couldn’t have written 9 to 5 and it shows
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Dolly Parton could’ve written Das Kapital, but Karl Marx couldn’t have written 9 to 5 and it shows
Dolly has kidney stones. Don't panic! But those are absolutely godawful, so please continue doing whatever you do when a loved one needs some support!!
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dolly has kidney stones. Don't panic! But those are absolutely godawful, so please continue doing whatever you do when a loved one needs some support!!
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Happy October 3 to everyone celebrating
October 3, 2023 at 1:13 PM
Happy October 3 to everyone celebrating
Who's your favorite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Who's your favorite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
Pause with me for a moment to appreciate this book design triumph
Publication day is October 2nd tomorrow. Launch tonight for the first day of the London Month of the Dead at Highgate Cemetery!
October 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Pause with me for a moment to appreciate this book design triumph
I'm literally sitting here on Ebay looking at Trapper Keepers because padfolios are so goddammed bleak
September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm literally sitting here on Ebay looking at Trapper Keepers because padfolios are so goddammed bleak
::looks at the news::
😭
::wishes she hadn't::
😭
::wishes she hadn't::
September 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
::looks at the news::
😭
::wishes she hadn't::
😭
::wishes she hadn't::
I'll never get tired of public records when they include things like this ❤️🔥
Not sure if I've got this 100% right, but I've had a try at the full alt text
![Parchment: "The testimony of Abigail Williams testifyeth and saith that severall times last February she hath been much afflicted with pains in her head and other parts and often pinched by the apparition of Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn, and Tituba Indian all of Salem Village, and also excessively afflicted by the said apparition of said Good Osburne and Tituba at their examination before authority the 1st of March last past 1691/92.
Testified before us by Abigail Williams, Salem May the 23rd 1692: [signed] John Hathorne, Jonathan Corwin
Further the said Abigail Williams testifyeth that she saw the apparition of Sarah Good at her examination pinch Eliz. Hubbard and set her into fits and also Eliz. Parris, and Ann Putman.
The mark of [signed] Abigail Williams"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4so3wxwurnyjifldmdpdovlz/bafkreih6l7fx7kdr75kcigyg34rxweoo5xrzaks6qwqm7fucugludh4fcu@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'll never get tired of public records when they include things like this ❤️🔥
::flailing:: Sylv! And this guy who doesn't recognize Sylv! It's good to see him helping us fight the good fight, but damn I'm also feeling older by the second
BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.
September 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
::flailing:: Sylv! And this guy who doesn't recognize Sylv! It's good to see him helping us fight the good fight, but damn I'm also feeling older by the second
What on earth kind of archival practice is this? Archives are built around individual requests!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
What on earth kind of archival practice is this? Archives are built around individual requests!
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense