Brenna Bychowski
@brennab.bsky.social
Books (and maps), cross stitching, DnD, Legos, horror, booze. Special collections cataloger with hobbies
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I just got an e-ARC of Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall from @tordotcom.bsky.social, which I’ve been excited about ever since it was announced. I read Moby Dick for the first time during lockdown in 2020 and I unironically love it (1/)
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I just got an e-ARC of Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall from @tordotcom.bsky.social, which I’ve been excited about ever since it was announced. I read Moby Dick for the first time during lockdown in 2020 and I unironically love it (1/)
Train wine and a book getting me through the final leg of travel to teach at @rarebookschool.bsky.social this week! I’m so excited to meet the students taking my class this year ☺️
June 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Train wine and a book getting me through the final leg of travel to teach at @rarebookschool.bsky.social this week! I’m so excited to meet the students taking my class this year ☺️
We are hiring! Looking for both a general cataloger and an Arabic cataloger.
I think we’re a great group 😉, and I’m happy to chat about cataloging at Beinecke and working at Yale!
I think we’re a great group 😉, and I’m happy to chat about cataloging at Beinecke and working at Yale!
JOB POSTING:
Catalog/metadata librarian 📜📚
Come work with me at the Beinecke Library!
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Catalog/metadata librarian 📜📚
Come work with me at the Beinecke Library!
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Catalog/Metadata Librarian - Yale University - Job Details
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May 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We are hiring! Looking for both a general cataloger and an Arabic cataloger.
I think we’re a great group 😉, and I’m happy to chat about cataloging at Beinecke and working at Yale!
I think we’re a great group 😉, and I’m happy to chat about cataloging at Beinecke and working at Yale!
I just want to give a shout out to my grocery delivery drivers from Stop and Shop. I’ve been getting delivery since lockdown, and they are a uniformly kind and pleasant group of folks who always enthusiastically wish me a nice day and are happy to commiserate about bad weather
April 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I just want to give a shout out to my grocery delivery drivers from Stop and Shop. I’ve been getting delivery since lockdown, and they are a uniformly kind and pleasant group of folks who always enthusiastically wish me a nice day and are happy to commiserate about bad weather
Friday Legos!
Emotional support Eeyore and the world’s greatest detective
Emotional support Eeyore and the world’s greatest detective
March 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Friday Legos!
Emotional support Eeyore and the world’s greatest detective
Emotional support Eeyore and the world’s greatest detective
Sometimes life gives *gestures broadly*, and sometimes, life gives you an ancient Egyptian stone map to catalog
Boss was like, You want to tackle this? And my inner child who never left her ancient Egypt phase went OMG YES!!
Link to a beautiful pic from the museum currently borrowing it
Boss was like, You want to tackle this? And my inner child who never left her ancient Egypt phase went OMG YES!!
Link to a beautiful pic from the museum currently borrowing it
Map of the Cosmos | Echoes of Egypt | Yale Peabody Museum
echoesofegypt.peabody.yale.edu
March 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sometimes life gives *gestures broadly*, and sometimes, life gives you an ancient Egyptian stone map to catalog
Boss was like, You want to tackle this? And my inner child who never left her ancient Egypt phase went OMG YES!!
Link to a beautiful pic from the museum currently borrowing it
Boss was like, You want to tackle this? And my inner child who never left her ancient Egypt phase went OMG YES!!
Link to a beautiful pic from the museum currently borrowing it
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ICYMI, Space Unicorns! There are many ways to support Uncanny Magazine! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Pledges to Kickstarter! SPREADING THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!!! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/
February 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
ICYMI, Space Unicorns! There are many ways to support Uncanny Magazine! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Pledges to Kickstarter! SPREADING THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!!! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/
Reposted by Brenna Bychowski
Space Unicorns! There are many ways to support Uncanny Magazine! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Pledges to Kickstarter! SPREADING THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!!! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/
February 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Space Unicorns! There are many ways to support Uncanny Magazine! Patreon! Subscriptions from Weightless Books! Late Pledges to Kickstarter! SPREADING THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!!! https://www.uncannymagazine.com/support-uncanny/
What are folks reading for fun/to take care of themselves right now?
I’m reading:
-Mexican Gothic, for the 4th time
-Kristin Lavransdatter, slowly
-The first Emily Wilde book for Book Club
Also, Heavenly Tyrant and Velveteen vs. the Early Adventures are paused but in progress
I’m reading:
-Mexican Gothic, for the 4th time
-Kristin Lavransdatter, slowly
-The first Emily Wilde book for Book Club
Also, Heavenly Tyrant and Velveteen vs. the Early Adventures are paused but in progress
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What are folks reading for fun/to take care of themselves right now?
I’m reading:
-Mexican Gothic, for the 4th time
-Kristin Lavransdatter, slowly
-The first Emily Wilde book for Book Club
Also, Heavenly Tyrant and Velveteen vs. the Early Adventures are paused but in progress
I’m reading:
-Mexican Gothic, for the 4th time
-Kristin Lavransdatter, slowly
-The first Emily Wilde book for Book Club
Also, Heavenly Tyrant and Velveteen vs. the Early Adventures are paused but in progress
Timeline cleanse: a friend recently convinced me to give needle felting a try. Please meet my jellyfish, shark, and anglerfish friends!
Let me tell you, a craft that involves an insane amount of stabbing is extremely cathartic
Let me tell you, a craft that involves an insane amount of stabbing is extremely cathartic
February 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Timeline cleanse: a friend recently convinced me to give needle felting a try. Please meet my jellyfish, shark, and anglerfish friends!
Let me tell you, a craft that involves an insane amount of stabbing is extremely cathartic
Let me tell you, a craft that involves an insane amount of stabbing is extremely cathartic
It doesn’t get much more Monday than walking over badly shoveled sidewalks to get a root canal for an infected tooth
But it went smoothly and I was able to pick up my antibiotics before coming home to flop on the couch and watch Miss Fisher
But it went smoothly and I was able to pick up my antibiotics before coming home to flop on the couch and watch Miss Fisher
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It doesn’t get much more Monday than walking over badly shoveled sidewalks to get a root canal for an infected tooth
But it went smoothly and I was able to pick up my antibiotics before coming home to flop on the couch and watch Miss Fisher
But it went smoothly and I was able to pick up my antibiotics before coming home to flop on the couch and watch Miss Fisher
I genuinely enjoy how often the punchline of off topic conversations with my boss is an article he read in the New Yorker or the Economist. Last week, it was Legos in the Economist, today it was romance novels in the New Yorker (watching as he tried to find the word “romantasy” was also hilarious)
January 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I genuinely enjoy how often the punchline of off topic conversations with my boss is an article he read in the New Yorker or the Economist. Last week, it was Legos in the Economist, today it was romance novels in the New Yorker (watching as he tried to find the word “romantasy” was also hilarious)
A morning text conversation with my sister just escalated from “the new Franz Ferdinand album is out, and it’s good” to “let’s get tickets to see them on tour!”
What a way to start a Tuesday 😆
What a way to start a Tuesday 😆
January 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A morning text conversation with my sister just escalated from “the new Franz Ferdinand album is out, and it’s good” to “let’s get tickets to see them on tour!”
What a way to start a Tuesday 😆
What a way to start a Tuesday 😆
If ever there was a perfect time for wearing the Fuck necklace, it’s flying at the holidays for a funeral
December 19, 2024 at 12:48 PM
If ever there was a perfect time for wearing the Fuck necklace, it’s flying at the holidays for a funeral
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@blumenthal.senate.gov Shame on you, my senator, for taking health care away from military families' children. Really terrible move.
December 19, 2024 at 1:16 AM
@blumenthal.senate.gov Shame on you, my senator, for taking health care away from military families' children. Really terrible move.
This week, I’m working in our main library building on maps too large to take to the tech services workspace. Boss is joining me today, and, like me, Boss is a Midwestern expat. (1/2)
November 26, 2024 at 3:19 PM
This week, I’m working in our main library building on maps too large to take to the tech services workspace. Boss is joining me today, and, like me, Boss is a Midwestern expat. (1/2)
Me this afternoon when I’d rather be playing Dreamlight Valley:
November 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Me this afternoon when I’d rather be playing Dreamlight Valley:
We can’t have plants at or desks because special collections, so I brought in my latest Lego build to add some color to my desk
November 21, 2024 at 12:22 AM
We can’t have plants at or desks because special collections, so I brought in my latest Lego build to add some color to my desk
One day, I will remember which end of the scale spectrum is large scale and which is small scale without referring to this chart
Today is not that day
Today is not that day
November 15, 2024 at 2:34 AM
One day, I will remember which end of the scale spectrum is large scale and which is small scale without referring to this chart
Today is not that day
Today is not that day
Because cataloging special collections often involves research, I have a stack of reading on Marshallese stick charts and Pacific islander navigation for my work from home day next week
November 8, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Because cataloging special collections often involves research, I have a stack of reading on Marshallese stick charts and Pacific islander navigation for my work from home day next week
The Night Guest by @hildur.bsky.social came in the mail today, and I was just going to read the first chapter, and then suddenly I finished it 🤷🏼♀️
I loved the writing and the overall style, but I may need to read it again to crystalize my thoughts on the ending (which aren’t bad! Just … thoughtful)
I loved the writing and the overall style, but I may need to read it again to crystalize my thoughts on the ending (which aren’t bad! Just … thoughtful)
September 6, 2024 at 10:47 PM
The Night Guest by @hildur.bsky.social came in the mail today, and I was just going to read the first chapter, and then suddenly I finished it 🤷🏼♀️
I loved the writing and the overall style, but I may need to read it again to crystalize my thoughts on the ending (which aren’t bad! Just … thoughtful)
I loved the writing and the overall style, but I may need to read it again to crystalize my thoughts on the ending (which aren’t bad! Just … thoughtful)
In just a couple short hours, I’m on vacation for over a week, and I cannot freaking wait. (It’s been a very busy year, let me tell you.)
I also have explicit instructions from my boss not to think about work while I’m gone 😆
I also have explicit instructions from my boss not to think about work while I’m gone 😆
August 16, 2024 at 6:46 PM
In just a couple short hours, I’m on vacation for over a week, and I cannot freaking wait. (It’s been a very busy year, let me tell you.)
I also have explicit instructions from my boss not to think about work while I’m gone 😆
I also have explicit instructions from my boss not to think about work while I’m gone 😆
It’s been like a month and a half since I first saw Abigail, and every so often “Sammy, those are fucking onions” pops into my head, and I cackle to myself 🤣
August 12, 2024 at 11:04 PM
It’s been like a month and a half since I first saw Abigail, and every so often “Sammy, those are fucking onions” pops into my head, and I cackle to myself 🤣
Simone Biles is obviously amazing, but can we talk about Kaylia Nemour and her 15.533 uneven bars routine during the all around?!
August 1, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Simone Biles is obviously amazing, but can we talk about Kaylia Nemour and her 15.533 uneven bars routine during the all around?!