Alea Henle
@armlh.bsky.social
Librarian & historian by day, at night fantasy all the way! https://aleahenle.com/
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The two NASA astronauts who were unexpectedly stranded on the space station for the last nine months have been picked up and are on the way back.
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
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federate.social
March 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The two NASA astronauts who were unexpectedly stranded on the space station for the last nine months have been picked up and are on the way back.
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
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‘Once I began wondering about history, I couldn’t escape the feeling that we only call it history when things go wrong.’
— Anne Carson in *Wrong Norma*
(And now I’ll be thinking about that for awhile.)
— Anne Carson in *Wrong Norma*
(And now I’ll be thinking about that for awhile.)
March 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
‘Once I began wondering about history, I couldn’t escape the feeling that we only call it history when things go wrong.’
— Anne Carson in *Wrong Norma*
(And now I’ll be thinking about that for awhile.)
— Anne Carson in *Wrong Norma*
(And now I’ll be thinking about that for awhile.)
Too many novels with billionaire heroes. I understand the appeal of wish-fulfillment, but can’t we have less-wealthy heroes who pay their employees well and provide great benefits and are okay with not making a ton more than everyone else?
February 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Too many novels with billionaire heroes. I understand the appeal of wish-fulfillment, but can’t we have less-wealthy heroes who pay their employees well and provide great benefits and are okay with not making a ton more than everyone else?
Dog photos don’t help in times like these. But they don’t hurt either. So here are two.
February 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Dog photos don’t help in times like these. But they don’t hurt either. So here are two.
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Don’t finalize your Valentine’s/Galentines’ week plans without registering for our 2025 Cotton Mather Lecture on Feb. 12 at 1 pm EST. Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be discussing Cotton’s granddaughter Hannah Mather Crocker, an 18th century advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Please join us on February 12th at 1 pm EST for our 3rd annual Cotton Mather Lecture.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
January 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Don’t finalize your Valentine’s/Galentines’ week plans without registering for our 2025 Cotton Mather Lecture on Feb. 12 at 1 pm EST. Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be discussing Cotton’s granddaughter Hannah Mather Crocker, an 18th century advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
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No eggs. And now he's going to drastically limit coffee imports.
The hell is this guy's problem with breakfast?
The hell is this guy's problem with breakfast?
January 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
No eggs. And now he's going to drastically limit coffee imports.
The hell is this guy's problem with breakfast?
The hell is this guy's problem with breakfast?
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A Black woman named Aliyah was struggling to find work. So, she catfished herself and made a fake profile on LinkedIn named "Emily." Emily had the same qualifications as Aliyah but received 57.9% of interview invites while Aliyah received 8.9%
This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.
This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.
January 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
A Black woman named Aliyah was struggling to find work. So, she catfished herself and made a fake profile on LinkedIn named "Emily." Emily had the same qualifications as Aliyah but received 57.9% of interview invites while Aliyah received 8.9%
This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.
This is what we mean when we say racism is systemic.
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Cat TV proving very useful this morning.
January 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Cat TV proving very useful this morning.
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You shouldn't need a terrible thing happening to us to motivate you to read trans stories, but one is happening today so 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
January 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You shouldn't need a terrible thing happening to us to motivate you to read trans stories, but one is happening today so 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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#Pompeii is back in the news with the discovery of an extraordinary private bathhouse.
The BBC’s ‘The New Dig’ documentary lovingly follows the process of its excavation and the dramatic discovery of two of the occupants of the house.
Watch on Monday 20th Jan 9pm BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The BBC’s ‘The New Dig’ documentary lovingly follows the process of its excavation and the dramatic discovery of two of the occupants of the house.
Watch on Monday 20th Jan 9pm BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Pompeii: The New Dig, House of Treasures
At the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists strike gold in a lavish Pompeiian home.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#Pompeii is back in the news with the discovery of an extraordinary private bathhouse.
The BBC’s ‘The New Dig’ documentary lovingly follows the process of its excavation and the dramatic discovery of two of the occupants of the house.
Watch on Monday 20th Jan 9pm BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
The BBC’s ‘The New Dig’ documentary lovingly follows the process of its excavation and the dramatic discovery of two of the occupants of the house.
Watch on Monday 20th Jan 9pm BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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It's 2025, I'm 70 years old, and I wish to comment on the following statements:-
a/ "You can't turn back the clock"
b/ "You can't put the genie back in the bottle"
a/ You literally can turn back a clock
b/ You need to read folklore
#writingcommunity #booksky #SpéirGorm #1001Nights
a/ "You can't turn back the clock"
b/ "You can't put the genie back in the bottle"
a/ You literally can turn back a clock
b/ You need to read folklore
#writingcommunity #booksky #SpéirGorm #1001Nights
January 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It's 2025, I'm 70 years old, and I wish to comment on the following statements:-
a/ "You can't turn back the clock"
b/ "You can't put the genie back in the bottle"
a/ You literally can turn back a clock
b/ You need to read folklore
#writingcommunity #booksky #SpéirGorm #1001Nights
a/ "You can't turn back the clock"
b/ "You can't put the genie back in the bottle"
a/ You literally can turn back a clock
b/ You need to read folklore
#writingcommunity #booksky #SpéirGorm #1001Nights
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Good LORD Alberta.
Y'all. -40c is ALSO -40f. Like both systems are in agreement that is appalling.
Y'all. -40c is ALSO -40f. Like both systems are in agreement that is appalling.
08:13 Jan 18 2025
EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT for Northern Alberta
Expires: 00:13 Jan 19 2025
Overnight and early morning wind chills near minus 40 will continue through the weekend.
Temperatures are expected to moderate Monday afternoon ending the pe...
Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details
EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT for Northern Alberta
Expires: 00:13 Jan 19 2025
Overnight and early morning wind chills near minus 40 will continue through the weekend.
Temperatures are expected to moderate Monday afternoon ending the pe...
Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details
January 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Good LORD Alberta.
Y'all. -40c is ALSO -40f. Like both systems are in agreement that is appalling.
Y'all. -40c is ALSO -40f. Like both systems are in agreement that is appalling.
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Thread on money and happiness, worth checking out. Anecdotally, for me the sweet spot for money and happiness seems to be All Your Life Expenses + 25%, because everything critical is taken care of and you have some money for life enhancement. More than that won't make you much happier overall.
So rather than thread in someone’s mentions, I’m going to mention a talk that I went to in 2004-ish from a guy who researches the psychological impact of money on happiness and I have no idea who it is so take my memory of this with a massive grain of salt.
More money does seem to mean more happiness—to a point, beyond which it becomes horrifyingly psyche-distorting
January 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thread on money and happiness, worth checking out. Anecdotally, for me the sweet spot for money and happiness seems to be All Your Life Expenses + 25%, because everything critical is taken care of and you have some money for life enhancement. More than that won't make you much happier overall.
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Please join us on February 12th at 1 pm EST for our 3rd annual Cotton Mather Lecture.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
January 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Please join us on February 12th at 1 pm EST for our 3rd annual Cotton Mather Lecture.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
Dr. Alea Henle (@armlh.bsky.social) will be speaking about Hannah Mather Crocker’s life in the shadow of her family legacy and work to establish her own identity as an advocate for women’s intellectual equality.
10-15" of snow -- how well does your neck of the woods handle it?
Mine is okay, in drips and drabs, but during the first 8-10" we made it up to level 2 snow emergency; just level 1 for the last 3" (two separate storm systems).
Mine is okay, in drips and drabs, but during the first 8-10" we made it up to level 2 snow emergency; just level 1 for the last 3" (two separate storm systems).
January 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
10-15" of snow -- how well does your neck of the woods handle it?
Mine is okay, in drips and drabs, but during the first 8-10" we made it up to level 2 snow emergency; just level 1 for the last 3" (two separate storm systems).
Mine is okay, in drips and drabs, but during the first 8-10" we made it up to level 2 snow emergency; just level 1 for the last 3" (two separate storm systems).
Random doesn't mean everyone in any-which-way order. It means one or more people several times and others not at all. 1 person in state X receives 0 jury summons in 42 years; another gets 3 in 7. Random.
January 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Random doesn't mean everyone in any-which-way order. It means one or more people several times and others not at all. 1 person in state X receives 0 jury summons in 42 years; another gets 3 in 7. Random.
Since it’s been a while, here’s #proofofdog
January 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Since it’s been a while, here’s #proofofdog
So many people live in fictional worlds
December 30, 2024 at 1:36 AM
So many people live in fictional worlds
Running through a sub-genre rabbit hole that decided to connect to my usual warren. Life is weird, and sometimes fiction is weirder.
December 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Running through a sub-genre rabbit hole that decided to connect to my usual warren. Life is weird, and sometimes fiction is weirder.
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Let the one who is without sin throw the first stone.
(Hint—if you think you’re without sins take a second and a third look at yourself before picking up any stones.)
(Hint—if you think you’re without sins take a second and a third look at yourself before picking up any stones.)
December 8, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Let the one who is without sin throw the first stone.
(Hint—if you think you’re without sins take a second and a third look at yourself before picking up any stones.)
(Hint—if you think you’re without sins take a second and a third look at yourself before picking up any stones.)
The ups and downs of winter temps are even more troublesome as evidence of global warming.
And on a different note, my dogs continue to insist that they don't want coats even when shivering in the chill wind. Sigh.
And on a different note, my dogs continue to insist that they don't want coats even when shivering in the chill wind. Sigh.
December 7, 2024 at 4:20 PM
The ups and downs of winter temps are even more troublesome as evidence of global warming.
And on a different note, my dogs continue to insist that they don't want coats even when shivering in the chill wind. Sigh.
And on a different note, my dogs continue to insist that they don't want coats even when shivering in the chill wind. Sigh.
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BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE
www.theolivepress.es
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
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I’m not in favor of any part of this world.
December 7, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I’m not in favor of any part of this world.