Historic Stuffs
@historicstuffs.bsky.social
Jess (they/she). GLAM employee, digital archives consultant. Lover of music and the outdoors, and firm believer that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Currently residing within the Wolastoqey nation.
Currently residing within the Wolastoqey nation.
Can't relate.
Also I'm under the cat.
Also I'm under the cat.
June 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Can't relate.
Also I'm under the cat.
Also I'm under the cat.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
My ears are ringing
Daniel Romano Outfit
Violets are blue
My ears are ringing
Daniel Romano Outfit
June 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
My ears are ringing
Daniel Romano Outfit
Violets are blue
My ears are ringing
Daniel Romano Outfit
Ever had geese hiss at you?
New fear unlocked.
New fear unlocked.
May 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ever had geese hiss at you?
New fear unlocked.
New fear unlocked.
Hello from some nondescript section of the #TransCanadaTrail while I #explorenb.
May 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hello from some nondescript section of the #TransCanadaTrail while I #explorenb.
I know about shrinkflation, but WTF is this nonsense?
May 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I know about shrinkflation, but WTF is this nonsense?
One perk of working behind the scenes for libraries is that sometimes you get to convince them to rush a title out to patrons. @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, I'll see you on Bluesky.
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
One perk of working behind the scenes for libraries is that sometimes you get to convince them to rush a title out to patrons. @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, I'll see you on Bluesky.
I honestly have no idea who this is, but apparently this is a #covid19 moment I memorialized on 28 September 2020. While I wouldn't normally post a photo like this ... there's just something about it that is worth tossing into the internet history books.
Anyone in #halifax know who this person is?
Anyone in #halifax know who this person is?
May 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New tattoo, which we'll pretend is dedicated to @coldh20.bsky.social forcing me to wake up for his 8:30am classes filled with maps.
April 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New tattoo, which we'll pretend is dedicated to @coldh20.bsky.social forcing me to wake up for his 8:30am classes filled with maps.
Plot twist I'm in Halifax.
April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Plot twist I'm in Halifax.
"There are many parts like that in this city, in this province, in this country. And I welcome the opportunity to engage in the work of remembering."
That quote hits differently in Kent Brockman's voice.
That quote hits differently in Kent Brockman's voice.
April 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"There are many parts like that in this city, in this province, in this country. And I welcome the opportunity to engage in the work of remembering."
That quote hits differently in Kent Brockman's voice.
That quote hits differently in Kent Brockman's voice.
I've been told I'm an animal whisperer.
April 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've been told I'm an animal whisperer.
When you're in an Irish pub just waiting for someone to point out Belle and Sebastian are from Glasgow because you know they won't get the joke.
March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When you're in an Irish pub just waiting for someone to point out Belle and Sebastian are from Glasgow because you know they won't get the joke.
This quote on Reddit about LGBTQ lives is giving everything it needs:
"I don't know if hell exists, but if the hell Christians believe in does exist, the irony is that most of them will end up there for hating people like us according to their own rules."
"I don't know if hell exists, but if the hell Christians believe in does exist, the irony is that most of them will end up there for hating people like us according to their own rules."
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This quote on Reddit about LGBTQ lives is giving everything it needs:
"I don't know if hell exists, but if the hell Christians believe in does exist, the irony is that most of them will end up there for hating people like us according to their own rules."
"I don't know if hell exists, but if the hell Christians believe in does exist, the irony is that most of them will end up there for hating people like us according to their own rules."
Everyone's got that mythical show that they'll talk about for the rest of their life. For me, it's undoubtedly this one - and after all these years, the grainy, blurry photo just adds to the charm of how chaotic that tiny room got.
March 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Everyone's got that mythical show that they'll talk about for the rest of their life. For me, it's undoubtedly this one - and after all these years, the grainy, blurry photo just adds to the charm of how chaotic that tiny room got.
Told myself getting a set of twelve would be fun.
Did not anticipate the scale.
Did not anticipate the scale.
March 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Told myself getting a set of twelve would be fun.
Did not anticipate the scale.
Did not anticipate the scale.
According to my feed, one bird is insufficient.
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
According to my feed, one bird is insufficient.
The biggest comfort of my job is that it's a solid distraction from the chaos outside of work.
Books gotta book, y'all.
Books gotta book, y'all.
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The biggest comfort of my job is that it's a solid distraction from the chaos outside of work.
Books gotta book, y'all.
Books gotta book, y'all.
4 Feb 2025, Anita Martinez (one of Halifax's most prolific activist photographers) left us.
It was an honor and a joy to have known her, but even more so that I was invited to help prep tens of thousands of photographs for acquisition that touch on AIDS, LGBT/Women's/BPOC Rights Marches.
It was an honor and a joy to have known her, but even more so that I was invited to help prep tens of thousands of photographs for acquisition that touch on AIDS, LGBT/Women's/BPOC Rights Marches.
March 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
4 Feb 2025, Anita Martinez (one of Halifax's most prolific activist photographers) left us.
It was an honor and a joy to have known her, but even more so that I was invited to help prep tens of thousands of photographs for acquisition that touch on AIDS, LGBT/Women's/BPOC Rights Marches.
It was an honor and a joy to have known her, but even more so that I was invited to help prep tens of thousands of photographs for acquisition that touch on AIDS, LGBT/Women's/BPOC Rights Marches.