Sarah Polkinghorne
@sarahpolk.bsky.social
Librarian, researcher. My account is a grab-bag -- libraries, info sci, qual research, science, film, art. Lift heavy/knit fast. 🇨🇦
https://www.sarahpolkinghorne.ca/
https://www.sarahpolkinghorne.ca/
What's the last book you noticed in passing that stopped you right in your tracks?
I'll go first.
#librarylife 📚
I'll go first.
#librarylife 📚
August 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What's the last book you noticed in passing that stopped you right in your tracks?
I'll go first.
#librarylife 📚
I'll go first.
#librarylife 📚
February 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Post your favourite Pokémon. Wrong answers only.
January 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Post your favourite Pokémon. Wrong answers only.
For the #artadventcalendar - a beaded book pin by my fabulous colleague Lorisia (find her at 3dbeadbee.myshopify.com). She can also make you a beaded Baby Yoda(s)...guess how I know 🤓
December 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
For the #artadventcalendar - a beaded book pin by my fabulous colleague Lorisia (find her at 3dbeadbee.myshopify.com). She can also make you a beaded Baby Yoda(s)...guess how I know 🤓
Found this old card from a patron stowed with the decorations. I can see why I held onto it. My librarian heart grew three sizes that day 📚 🎄
December 7, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Found this old card from a patron stowed with the decorations. I can see why I held onto it. My librarian heart grew three sizes that day 📚 🎄
Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek
November 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek
Never given a conference talk backstage at a theatre before, let alone in a space like Dressing Room 3.
And it wasn't even a theatre conference! We were talking about thesaurus development, which is rarely theatrical (if occasionally dramatic).
It wasn't bad -- just unconventional
And it wasn't even a theatre conference! We were talking about thesaurus development, which is rarely theatrical (if occasionally dramatic).
It wasn't bad -- just unconventional
November 17, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Never given a conference talk backstage at a theatre before, let alone in a space like Dressing Room 3.
And it wasn't even a theatre conference! We were talking about thesaurus development, which is rarely theatrical (if occasionally dramatic).
It wasn't bad -- just unconventional
And it wasn't even a theatre conference! We were talking about thesaurus development, which is rarely theatrical (if occasionally dramatic).
It wasn't bad -- just unconventional
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
(What a coincidence!)
(What a coincidence!)
November 12, 2024 at 5:43 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
(What a coincidence!)
(What a coincidence!)
The knitters, they will understand. 🧶
October 2, 2024 at 10:34 PM
The knitters, they will understand. 🧶
Arriving to the party early, but not too early. 🎉
September 18, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Arriving to the party early, but not too early. 🎉
If you see this, quote skeet with a famous landmark you've seen
September 15, 2024 at 4:37 AM
If you see this, quote skeet with a famous landmark you've seen
Just in case you get tired of cosmic horror and feel like something furniture-oriented
August 6, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Just in case you get tired of cosmic horror and feel like something furniture-oriented
This is a really interesting study -- thoughtful quant analysis around several important questions.
Tl;dr: book banning is primarily a conservative *galvanization* tactic
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P. 5:
Tl;dr: book banning is primarily a conservative *galvanization* tactic
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P. 5:
July 24, 2024 at 3:59 AM
This is a really interesting study -- thoughtful quant analysis around several important questions.
Tl;dr: book banning is primarily a conservative *galvanization* tactic
📚📜
P. 5:
Tl;dr: book banning is primarily a conservative *galvanization* tactic
📚📜
P. 5:
Hi all -- I'm recruiting participants for a study of how people are handling the rising cost of food in Australia and Canada. I'd love to speak with adults (18+) across demographics and walks of life, living in Canada and Australia.
Contact: sarah.polkinghorne@rmit.edu.au
Reposts very appreciated!
Contact: sarah.polkinghorne@rmit.edu.au
Reposts very appreciated!
May 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Hi all -- I'm recruiting participants for a study of how people are handling the rising cost of food in Australia and Canada. I'd love to speak with adults (18+) across demographics and walks of life, living in Canada and Australia.
Contact: sarah.polkinghorne@rmit.edu.au
Reposts very appreciated!
Contact: sarah.polkinghorne@rmit.edu.au
Reposts very appreciated!
April 9, 2024 at 11:53 AM
(half-heartedly, because it’s Bluey) She has a name, you know!
April 2, 2024 at 11:35 AM
(half-heartedly, because it’s Bluey) She has a name, you know!
With the arrival of seasonal baseball discourse I’d like to introduce Bluesky to the Saskatoon Berries, new to the Western Canadian Baseball League and 2024 recipients of Angriest Fruit Logo
GO BERRIES
GO BERRIES
February 13, 2024 at 7:20 AM
With the arrival of seasonal baseball discourse I’d like to introduce Bluesky to the Saskatoon Berries, new to the Western Canadian Baseball League and 2024 recipients of Angriest Fruit Logo
GO BERRIES
GO BERRIES
Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉
And remember,
And remember,
January 1, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉
And remember,
And remember,
I'd be so interested to listen. I hope the hosts took questions from callers, which would be even more intriguing. (Just considering the description in this Vancouver Sun clipping, 1951).
December 18, 2023 at 11:34 AM
I'd be so interested to listen. I hope the hosts took questions from callers, which would be even more intriguing. (Just considering the description in this Vancouver Sun clipping, 1951).
Weeping with laughter over an unhinged typo.
Fortunately, this wasn’t really a core reference for me.
It was perhiperhal
Fortunately, this wasn’t really a core reference for me.
It was perhiperhal
December 7, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Weeping with laughter over an unhinged typo.
Fortunately, this wasn’t really a core reference for me.
It was perhiperhal
Fortunately, this wasn’t really a core reference for me.
It was perhiperhal