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Rachel J Kirkwood
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Academic library manager-researcher, bi mum, singer, Quaker, European; #DH, languages & linguistics, #QuakerStudies #EarlyModern stuff #metaphor #GoodOmens #DoctorWho #SpeculativeLiterature
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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Nov 27
Delighted to introduce you to at least 2x Sarah Jones in my contribution to the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. One #Quaker, one #Congregationalist, both strong women. Are you keeping up with the #earlymodern Joneses?
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Jones, Sarah
Sarah Jones is a name which occurs more than once in the period spanning the English Civil Wars and Interregnum, associated with very different types of writing and diverse geographical locations. A M...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
drkirky.bsky.social
@scribblesscript.bsky.social Google’s AI thinks you are Steven Moffat 😆 (only superficially funny)
October 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
drkirky.bsky.social
Long got summers are overrated.
Emily Brontë had it right!
drnaomibaker.bsky.social Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · Sep 5
Every time a film of Wuthering Heights yet again reduces Emily Brontë’s radicalism and imagination to something supposedly “relatable” it makes me go back to her poetry and remember how wild and enigmatic she really is. I love this poem on autumn
#EmilyBronte
September 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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ciol-linguists.bsky.social
Perfect timing for the first weekend of Autumn - the new issue of The Linguist has just been published on the CIOL website! Full of features and news from the world of languages, download your copy here👇
www.ciol.org.uk/thelinguist
#CIOL #TheLinguist #Translation #Interpreting #LatestNews #Languages
September 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
We're hiring!
Have you got experience in collections-related higher education library work? Come and work with me @manchester.ac.uk @uomlibrary.bsky.social, and help turn ideas into practical solutions. #skybrarians #library #vacancy #ModernCollections www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Collection Development Librarian:Oxford Road
Please watch the video linked below to learn more about this role -
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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ciliplgbtq.bsky.social
"Trans & #gender diverse people are present in all areas of #library work" from 'Decistifying #trans & gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review' ⬇️

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/decisti...

#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#LGBTQ
#LGBTQIA
#NonBinary
#Queer
Decistifying trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
Do you have skills and experience in managing modern academic library collections? Help me do it AT SCALE in the Uni of Manchester Library @uomlibrary.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk Watch the video for tips on how to apply www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #libraryjobs #skybrarians #colldev
Collection Development Librarian:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
In diese Stadt hatte ich mich verliebt.
In der Stadt auch.
😍
kradke.bsky.social klaus radke @kradke.bsky.social · Aug 5
Hamburg, meine Perle … ;)
🎥 www.instagram.com/reel/DMkTFej...
August 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
drkirky.bsky.social
Free stuff!
First batch of items from the Rylands' Early European Print collection is now fully digitised and freely available to explore online via Manchester Digital Collections #EarlyModern #incunabula #TheRylands #HistoryOfTheBook www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/collections/...
Early European Print
Discover globally significant early European print items within our digitised special collections, including rare incunabula and woodblock impressions.
www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk
August 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
It's not just #Quakers who do silence.
sacredsalford.bsky.social Sacred Trinity Church @sacredsalford.bsky.social · Aug 5
Join us at Sacred Trinity Church at 6pm on Wednesday evening for 30 minutes of quiet & meditative prayer. We gather to sit silent in the presence of God for 20 minutes #Salford
Silence in the city flier showing a close up image of a candle flame. The whole flier has warm, orange tone. The text reads: Meditative prayer. Silence in the city. Wednesday 6-6.30PM. Sacred Trinity Church.
August 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
Doing a guest slot at Sacred Trinity in a Taizé service jointly devised with my dear colleague @timcalvert2.bsky.social
I may have snuk in my favourite chant by Margaret Rizza 🎶
sacredsalford.bsky.social Sacred Trinity Church @sacredsalford.bsky.social · Aug 2
As well as our normal morning service at 11:15am, tomorrow we gather for our monthly Taizé Service. Doors opening at 6.45pm and the Service starts at 7.15pm. Taizé Services consist of meditative prayers, chants, and music. Everyone is more than welcome!

#Taizé #salford
Flier for the service. There are three pictures: a candle, the alter and piano keys. The flier reads: 'Taizé service. Meditative chants and prayer first Sunday every month at 7:15 pm. Doors open 6:45pm. Sacred Trinity Church.’
August 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
drkirky.bsky.social
The tradition of the Library Cat being upheld by my #ModernCollections team @uomlibrary.bsky.social Manchester.
“Last one out please turn off the cat” 🙀
Ginger and white ‘cat’ reclining on stool in front of an orderly desk. Notices on door: “please keep this door closed” and “Last one out please turn off the cat”.
July 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
drkirky.bsky.social
How’s this for embodied theology? Tattoo highlights from the Genesis3 story as subverted by the Pratchett/Gaiman #GoodOmens story, where knowledge and asking questions is a good thing and angels are on the side of humans alongside demons.
Tattoo Snake reaches for red apple symbolic of knowledge of good and evil. Tattoo of protective flaming sword of Aziraphale, guardian of the eastern gate of Eden, and angel wings.
July 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
High summer is apparently the time to buy boots on sale. This brown box is giving me a Magritte vibe.
A stack of two brown boxes, one of which says ‘C’est boîte est verte’.
July 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
Best of this week’s 3 conferences today: in Leeds for #QuakerStudies with Ben @cosmichope.bsky.social on Fox+Blake & @barbarabirch.bsky.social on embodied theology. Mention of the CONTAINER #metaphor not by me but @markdruss.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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manchesterup.bsky.social
We're looking forward to showing off our #Shakespeare titles at the @bsashakespeare.bsky.social conference today! #BSA2025

If you’re not attending, explore our #ShakespeareStudies #books, enjoy FREE chapter access, and grab discounted books here 👇
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/06...
William Shakespeare Reading list 2025 - Manchester University Press
We’re delighted to launch our 2025 William Shakespeare reading list, featuring a selection of our latest publications alongside some of our bestselling titles in the field. Whether you’re researching ...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
drkirky.bsky.social
Librarian thrills: when a user finds what they needed in a previously gnostically obscure library, cos you made the right labels and signs - and they read them.
In dyslexia-friendly fonts on off-white paper, of course.
(Apologies to the Gnostics) #skybrarians #metadata #catNclass #classification
June 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Where does the @uomlibrary.bsky.social Collections Team go for a brilliant awayday? To the #FestivalOfLibraries workshop on dictionary-making and words @mancathedral.bsky.social with @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social and the Linguistic Diversity Collective.
Door labelled ‘The Bishop Wickham Library’. In the foreground a large, colourful screen with the question ‘What’s in a word, and what’s in a dictionary?’; in the background a small portrait and a carved ‘Agnus dei’ illustration.
June 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
We have truly entered the Age of Onanocracy*.

(*Government by w#nkers)
March 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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violetblue.bsky.social
Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs.

Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more:

www.wired.com/story/trump-...
How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To
Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
www.wired.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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richove.bsky.social
Fantastic from Fara Dabhoiwala but he misses a crucial point. Libraries are at the heart of the ‘free speech’ debate - they provide a great environment for encountering diverse ideas but are under attack for doing so in the US. on.ft.com/4kxlH8g The real history of free speech.
The real history of free speech — from supreme ideal to poisonous politics
The 300-year-old doctrine is being tested by the excesses of digital oligarchs, says historian Fara Dabhoiwala
on.ft.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities.  As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
drkirky.bsky.social
What do #Quakers think about #Lent? Does the Q Testimony to Simplicity override Lent??
If ‘all of life is sacramental’ does that make all of life equally bland???
March 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM