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jessica cretney (is away)
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phd person, modernist architecture and nazi germany • she/her
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Don't put rubber bands or metal paperclips on things you want to save forever. They will get gross and damage your stuff if you leave them on. (Sincerely, an archivist who regularly has to pull rusty paperclips and crusty rubber bands off things like irreplaceable photographs and original records.)
Can we have an advice thread? It doesn’t have to be good advice.
November 6, 2023 at 3:34 PM
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"The Devil offers polished platitudes to the wounded
and easy excuses to the world."

From 'The Vanishing Song'
October 12, 2023 at 11:44 AM
in the weird post-submission zone of wanting to convalesce somewhere remote and green and warm, but am instead poking my potato brain with a stick to complete all of the admin I (still, somehow, endlessly) need to do
October 12, 2023 at 6:51 AM
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I need a pinned post saying "I'm not a total arse, I'm just generally a bit overwhelmed"
October 11, 2023 at 9:00 PM
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I’ve spent 20 minutes failing to book a £38 hotel through my university travel site because I can’t find the right analysis code. But I have found codes for
- moist food for dogs
- molybdenum ore
- reptile leather
- sanguine
- nuclear tools
- payload delivery systems for spacecraft
- yacht harbour
😂
October 10, 2023 at 5:22 PM
and it's done
September 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM