Kate Hensley
@khensley.bsky.social
mom, runner, reader, and future archivist
Even one of Dave McCormick's staff members who I left a message with seemed genuinely of the same mind about DC statehood and federal agents, just sayin.
August 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Even one of Dave McCormick's staff members who I left a message with seemed genuinely of the same mind about DC statehood and federal agents, just sayin.
I am sorry but it is just too much that his name was Learned Hand.
July 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I am sorry but it is just too much that his name was Learned Hand.
Better World sale happening the same time as the Philly strike (during which the Philly Free Libraries are all closed). What books should I get for the boys?
July 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Better World sale happening the same time as the Philly strike (during which the Philly Free Libraries are all closed). What books should I get for the boys?
important to note that I just realized that the way my 1.5 year old sits in chairs looks 1000% like he learned it from a Mr. Bean skit
June 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
important to note that I just realized that the way my 1.5 year old sits in chairs looks 1000% like he learned it from a Mr. Bean skit
Definitely tracks that on a pleasant and mild spring morning the bro with the leaf blower yelled at pedestrians to get a grip while he blew debris at them.
April 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Definitely tracks that on a pleasant and mild spring morning the bro with the leaf blower yelled at pedestrians to get a grip while he blew debris at them.
My fellow library science students and I have talked a lot the past few weeks about the importance of advocacy. Strength in numbers. Tell your libraries and local politicians why you love and need libraries!
New from Library Journal: "Our Secret Weapon: Stories" www.libraryjournal.com/story/our-se...
As LJ's Hallie Rich writes, "Arriving at a clear story for libraries will take great effort ... But it’s critically important for future funding."
Use our tools to tell your library story: ala.org/showup
As LJ's Hallie Rich writes, "Arriving at a clear story for libraries will take great effort ... But it’s critically important for future funding."
Use our tools to tell your library story: ala.org/showup
Our Secret Weapon: Stories | Editorial
We cannot be caught flat-footed when library funding is called into question. Doing the work of capturing stories today will help ensure we’re prepared to deal with threats that we may face tomorrow.
www.libraryjournal.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My fellow library science students and I have talked a lot the past few weeks about the importance of advocacy. Strength in numbers. Tell your libraries and local politicians why you love and need libraries!
Maybe you need some chill, droney vibes. Windy & Carl are good for what ails. www.nts.live/artists/2621...
Windy & Carl | Listen on NTS
On 3 June 2020, Windy & Carl was a guest on Kranky. Windy & Carl has been played on NTS over 100 times, featured on 91 episodes and was first played on 12 February 2015.
Windy & Carl is the music pro...
www.nts.live
February 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Maybe you need some chill, droney vibes. Windy & Carl are good for what ails. www.nts.live/artists/2621...
Woof it can be so jarring when you check in on someone you used to sort of know and realize that somewhere along the way they drank the kool aid and now believe every horrible conspiracy theory.
February 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Woof it can be so jarring when you check in on someone you used to sort of know and realize that somewhere along the way they drank the kool aid and now believe every horrible conspiracy theory.
This has now become an illness reporting account
February 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This has now become an illness reporting account
Sorry I'm busy leaving endless scathing messages for Senator McCormick
February 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sorry I'm busy leaving endless scathing messages for Senator McCormick
In other news, reading about humidification and flattening techniques in archives led to my purchasing some much needed shampoo and conditioner.
February 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In other news, reading about humidification and flattening techniques in archives led to my purchasing some much needed shampoo and conditioner.
The flu has descended upon my vaccinated house. Pray for us!
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The flu has descended upon my vaccinated house. Pray for us!
bless the internet archives forever
Despite the Trump administration’s efforts, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. And thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places. 👇
February 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
bless the internet archives forever
@pilgrimdear.bsky.social please go see this for me.
So yes I do know there's a lot going on in the world right now but I also want to share that these photos of Nina Simone & James Baldwin in current National Portrait Gallery show on Baldwin and voices of queer resistance are giving me LIFE npg.si.edu/exhibition/j...
February 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@pilgrimdear.bsky.social please go see this for me.
Going down a rabbit hole on the Appalshop Archive, and discovered Lee Sexton, a banjo player and coal miner from Eastern Kentucky, and how he would play his banjo in the coal mines on his lunch break (despite his boss' protests). He was also a roving picketer. appalshoparchive.org/Gallery/83
Appalshop Archive
Lee Sexton (1928-2021)
appalshoparchive.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Going down a rabbit hole on the Appalshop Archive, and discovered Lee Sexton, a banjo player and coal miner from Eastern Kentucky, and how he would play his banjo in the coal mines on his lunch break (despite his boss' protests). He was also a roving picketer. appalshoparchive.org/Gallery/83
Deeply, deeply despise AI.
January 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Deeply, deeply despise AI.
Don't understand why several of my professors for online courses provide lecture notes, but no recorded lectures??
January 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Don't understand why several of my professors for online courses provide lecture notes, but no recorded lectures??
My sister-in-law and her husband! Bravo!
The Challenge: Building a Passive House on a Greek Island (Gift Article)
A Brooklyn architect wanted an energy-efficient home on Skopelos that could stand up to the Mediterranean’s increasingly vicious climate extremes.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My sister-in-law and her husband! Bravo!
"In recent years, however, archival theory has been
affected by postmodernism." 👀
affected by postmodernism." 👀
January 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"In recent years, however, archival theory has been
affected by postmodernism." 👀
affected by postmodernism." 👀
Haunted by memories of a conversation with a neighbor. It was during the drought a few weeks back and she asked me if I thought the British were controlling the weather.
December 8, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Haunted by memories of a conversation with a neighbor. It was during the drought a few weeks back and she asked me if I thought the British were controlling the weather.
I am a breathing human so I know this goes without saying, but I really loathe PowerPoint.
December 3, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I am a breathing human so I know this goes without saying, but I really loathe PowerPoint.
Practicing my audiobook voice when reading bedtime stories to the boys. Normal, right?
December 2, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Practicing my audiobook voice when reading bedtime stories to the boys. Normal, right?
Waiting for those course evaluation emails
a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a window looking out .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a window looking out .
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Waiting for those course evaluation emails
Not my cat slowly murdering a mouse
December 1, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Not my cat slowly murdering a mouse