Brett
@brett-d.bsky.social
Archivist, Digital Preservation Manager, living in Westchester NY and working in the Bronx. Scroll on.
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Welcome to the resistance, director of the Eisenhower library in Kansas who would not let the president steal a historic sword
BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword
The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
www.kcur.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Welcome to the resistance, director of the Eisenhower library in Kansas who would not let the president steal a historic sword
Having a hard time with this #LibraryofCongress mess.
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Having a hard time with this #LibraryofCongress mess.
They came for #museums and zoos yesterday, and yet I'm hung up on the use of the word "effectuate." We're deep into the 1984 newspeak now.
March 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They came for #museums and zoos yesterday, and yet I'm hung up on the use of the word "effectuate." We're deep into the 1984 newspeak now.
I get to be @wcs-archives.bsky.social #socialmedia jockey among my many responsibilities😁. Here's one that went out yesterday.
We’re glad to be joining the #ArchivesHashtagParty this month, looking at #ArchivesHandwriting. Here we see an early 1916 page from the guestbook of the Department of Tropical Research’s station in Kartabo, British Guiana.
#archives
#archives
March 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I get to be @wcs-archives.bsky.social #socialmedia jockey among my many responsibilities😁. Here's one that went out yesterday.
Saw this with the other nominated animation shorts and this one has images that stuck with me. It is triggering as it opens with a scene of domestic violence. But what was even more stunning was the abstract visuals of what pain and rage looked like inside of a character's psyche. #Oscars #animation
The Art of Minimalism: Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi on Crafting Oscar Animation ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’
directorsnotes.com/2025/02/14/s...
#filmsky #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Oscars2025 #animation
directorsnotes.com/2025/02/14/s...
#filmsky #AcademyAwards #Oscars #Oscars2025 #animation
In the Shadow of the Cypress by Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi // Directors Notes
We learn how Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi battled against the headwinds of filmmaking in Iran all the way to the Academy Awards with their animated short.
directorsnotes.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Saw this with the other nominated animation shorts and this one has images that stuck with me. It is triggering as it opens with a scene of domestic violence. But what was even more stunning was the abstract visuals of what pain and rage looked like inside of a character's psyche. #Oscars #animation
Raise your hand if you were also in an indie rock video with prop archival photos and footage years before becoming an #archivist
youtu.be/2KblK5-AcYw?...
#archives Anyone?
(I'm in the "Los Alamos" sequence.) And yes I do miss you, V.P.N. Sorry that Information Technology took your name from you.
youtu.be/2KblK5-AcYw?...
#archives Anyone?
(I'm in the "Los Alamos" sequence.) And yes I do miss you, V.P.N. Sorry that Information Technology took your name from you.
Flypaper - VPN
YouTube video by poorthings65
youtu.be
February 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Raise your hand if you were also in an indie rock video with prop archival photos and footage years before becoming an #archivist
youtu.be/2KblK5-AcYw?...
#archives Anyone?
(I'm in the "Los Alamos" sequence.) And yes I do miss you, V.P.N. Sorry that Information Technology took your name from you.
youtu.be/2KblK5-AcYw?...
#archives Anyone?
(I'm in the "Los Alamos" sequence.) And yes I do miss you, V.P.N. Sorry that Information Technology took your name from you.
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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NYC folk: Hakeem Jeffries office is at 55 Hanson Pl. Suite 603, Brooklyn, NY 11217 near the Atlantic Ave Barclays Center stop
Both K. Gillibrand and C. Schumer have district offices in midtown Manhattan at 780 Third Ave. NY, NY 10017
Gillibrand's office is 2601, Schumer's is 2301
Both K. Gillibrand and C. Schumer have district offices in midtown Manhattan at 780 Third Ave. NY, NY 10017
Gillibrand's office is 2601, Schumer's is 2301
February 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
NYC folk: Hakeem Jeffries office is at 55 Hanson Pl. Suite 603, Brooklyn, NY 11217 near the Atlantic Ave Barclays Center stop
Both K. Gillibrand and C. Schumer have district offices in midtown Manhattan at 780 Third Ave. NY, NY 10017
Gillibrand's office is 2601, Schumer's is 2301
Both K. Gillibrand and C. Schumer have district offices in midtown Manhattan at 780 Third Ave. NY, NY 10017
Gillibrand's office is 2601, Schumer's is 2301
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
Now's the time to add the A for #Accessibility to DEI efforts everywhere. Maybe lead with it (ADEI) or mix it in (DAEI) so the radicalized right won't find #DEI in every online search.
The Society of American #Archivists has emphasized accessibility alongside DEI for years. Who's with them?!
The Society of American #Archivists has emphasized accessibility alongside DEI for years. Who's with them?!
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Now's the time to add the A for #Accessibility to DEI efforts everywhere. Maybe lead with it (ADEI) or mix it in (DAEI) so the radicalized right won't find #DEI in every online search.
The Society of American #Archivists has emphasized accessibility alongside DEI for years. Who's with them?!
The Society of American #Archivists has emphasized accessibility alongside DEI for years. Who's with them?!
This fantastically illustrated Tony Sarg book from the 1920s reminds me of a special research time when I helped to prepare an exhibition and book for the Grand Central centennial. And I am a bit wistful for the Manhattan bustle. www.google.com/books/editio...
#museums #archives #nyc
#museums #archives #nyc
Tony Sarg's New York
www.google.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This fantastically illustrated Tony Sarg book from the 1920s reminds me of a special research time when I helped to prepare an exhibition and book for the Grand Central centennial. And I am a bit wistful for the Manhattan bustle. www.google.com/books/editio...
#museums #archives #nyc
#museums #archives #nyc
I had the honor of working on an 18 month #oralhistory processing project funded by an NHPRC grant at #Brooklyn Historical Society. The recordings represented a phenomenally diverse crosssection of over 40 years in the borough.
oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
January 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I had the honor of working on an 18 month #oralhistory processing project funded by an NHPRC grant at #Brooklyn Historical Society. The recordings represented a phenomenally diverse crosssection of over 40 years in the borough.
oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
Nostalgia is as much a heartbreak as it is a balm. I'm in bittersweet anticipation for tonight's #SNL50 special on the musical segments co-directed by @questlove.bsky.social
In the late 90s I was an NBC Page and then worked at 30 Rock for a few years.
In the late 90s I was an NBC Page and then worked at 30 Rock for a few years.
January 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nostalgia is as much a heartbreak as it is a balm. I'm in bittersweet anticipation for tonight's #SNL50 special on the musical segments co-directed by @questlove.bsky.social
In the late 90s I was an NBC Page and then worked at 30 Rock for a few years.
In the late 90s I was an NBC Page and then worked at 30 Rock for a few years.
I have come to the realization in the past year that I gravitate to creating/unpacking narratives in the places I've worked; history exhibitions, oral history description, archives finding aids, even providing stock footage to productions felt like I was helping to tell a part of a human story.
January 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I have come to the realization in the past year that I gravitate to creating/unpacking narratives in the places I've worked; history exhibitions, oral history description, archives finding aids, even providing stock footage to productions felt like I was helping to tell a part of a human story.
Still my all time favorite "real world" David Lynch moment: Cow Parade.
''Don't you think when people tell you you're allowed to do whatever you want as long as it's not sexually X-rated, that they should stand behind their word and show your cow?''
#RIPDavidLynch
''Don't you think when people tell you you're allowed to do whatever you want as long as it's not sexually X-rated, that they should stand behind their word and show your cow?''
#RIPDavidLynch
January 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Still my all time favorite "real world" David Lynch moment: Cow Parade.
''Don't you think when people tell you you're allowed to do whatever you want as long as it's not sexually X-rated, that they should stand behind their word and show your cow?''
#RIPDavidLynch
''Don't you think when people tell you you're allowed to do whatever you want as long as it's not sexually X-rated, that they should stand behind their word and show your cow?''
#RIPDavidLynch
Gorgeous preservation work by NFPF for films I'm all too happy to preserve digitally at @wcs-archives.bsky.social
Thanks to a National Film Preservation Foundation Basic Grant, we are thrilled to have been able to preserve 5 more films from our archives. Subjects include a 1936 Department of Tropical Research expedition to what was then British Guiana...
@thewcs.bsky.social
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January 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Gorgeous preservation work by NFPF for films I'm all too happy to preserve digitally at @wcs-archives.bsky.social
Jimmy Carter is the only President I ever saw up close and in person. My parents took me to a reelection campaign rally in Milwaukee in 1980. I was 8. I wonder if it was an event like this (plus an ERA rally and an outdoor concert or two) that made me comfortable with being in a crowd. #RIPCarter
December 30, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Jimmy Carter is the only President I ever saw up close and in person. My parents took me to a reelection campaign rally in Milwaukee in 1980. I was 8. I wonder if it was an event like this (plus an ERA rally and an outdoor concert or two) that made me comfortable with being in a crowd. #RIPCarter
Just saw that Richard Parsons died. 16 years ago, he sat for two #oralhistory interviews with Sady Sullivan of #Brooklyn Historical Society (now CBH, part of @bklynlibrary.bsky.social ). I think he was also a supporter of the institution, among others oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org?s=Richard+Pa...
You searched for Richard Parsons - Oral History
oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org
December 27, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Just saw that Richard Parsons died. 16 years ago, he sat for two #oralhistory interviews with Sady Sullivan of #Brooklyn Historical Society (now CBH, part of @bklynlibrary.bsky.social ). I think he was also a supporter of the institution, among others oralhistory.brooklynhistory.org?s=Richard+Pa...
In doing some research on the original New York Aquarium in Battery Park, I learned they had an exhibition of paintings by Stephen Haweis in 1925. Going by Google search results, he seems to have not left much of a legacy. I found myself transfixed by some of his composition and color, though.
December 24, 2024 at 4:54 AM
In doing some research on the original New York Aquarium in Battery Park, I learned they had an exhibition of paintings by Stephen Haweis in 1925. Going by Google search results, he seems to have not left much of a legacy. I found myself transfixed by some of his composition and color, though.
I know it's not right and I'm not experiencing the joy of an actual friendship but whenever a show I like features a song I like, then I think surely I would get along fabulously with the show's music supervisor. Tonight's "Bad Sisters" and this song being a great example. youtu.be/MLEcF3F6Nnc?...
YO! MY SAINT (Radio Version)
YouTube video by Karen O - Topic
youtu.be
December 19, 2024 at 4:10 AM
I know it's not right and I'm not experiencing the joy of an actual friendship but whenever a show I like features a song I like, then I think surely I would get along fabulously with the show's music supervisor. Tonight's "Bad Sisters" and this song being a great example. youtu.be/MLEcF3F6Nnc?...
Max/TCM has a festival of Bogart films right now, many from when he was a supporting actor and stereotypical tough guy. One I just saw, "Invisible Stripes," was written by the Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Lewis Lawes. Lawes thought he could reduce recidivism thru movies. This is a hokey one.
December 16, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Max/TCM has a festival of Bogart films right now, many from when he was a supporting actor and stereotypical tough guy. One I just saw, "Invisible Stripes," was written by the Warden of Sing Sing Prison, Lewis Lawes. Lawes thought he could reduce recidivism thru movies. This is a hokey one.
What's up since I personally left Twitter over a year ago? A few things: I have been posting on the accounts of the WCS Archives as part of my job. (At Bluesky the very new account is @wcs-archives.bsky.social )
I've been reading Elmore Leonard's early stories. I signed up for Citi bike again.
I've been reading Elmore Leonard's early stories. I signed up for Citi bike again.
December 16, 2024 at 4:08 AM
What's up since I personally left Twitter over a year ago? A few things: I have been posting on the accounts of the WCS Archives as part of my job. (At Bluesky the very new account is @wcs-archives.bsky.social )
I've been reading Elmore Leonard's early stories. I signed up for Citi bike again.
I've been reading Elmore Leonard's early stories. I signed up for Citi bike again.