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Today from the #TimeLibrary: my blog post about #smartwatches and #horology. How does your smartwatch know the time, anyway? hs-ny.org/news/you-mus... #Watches #Libraries #Librarians

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Today from the #TimeLibrary: #Swatch was absolutely killing it in 1993. They made a pager watch. And a whole-arse mobile phone! Amazing. #Libraries #Watches #Horology

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The Saga of Thrigdür and Snorffsen, an underrated classic of old Icelandic literature that not many people are aware is the basis for Keeping Up With the Kardashians. There's a translation by Tolkien.

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Some glimpses of part of the bookshop most people don’t get to see…our ramshackle charming basement.The feeling down here is very special. Tons of old, out of print queer books, our archives and office, old signage: ephemera of our history. We plan to restore and bring up to shop floor level in time

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Today from the #TimeLibrary: "a neglectful husband pursued by the spirit of his wife in the guise of a grandfather clock". What in the name of sanity... #Libraries

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Think it has to be "Matt Berry reads prince Harry's 'spare'"

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Bona Books loves to throw a great party, so we're always looking for a good excuse! Coincidentally, here is a list of our award-eligible work from 2024, and the relevant categories. If you enjoyed any of it, please consider including it in your nominations! 👉👈

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You: They did the math. Me: ᵀʰᵉʸ ᵈⁱᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿˢᵗᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵗʰ You: What was that? Me: Nothing. Me three hours later in a whisper: ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍʳᵃᵛᵉʸᵃʳᵈ ᵍʳᵃᵖʰ

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It was so much fun joining #TheBigFibPodcast for a quiz show about #clocks! Can you tell who the fibber is? gzmshows.com/shows/listin... #TimeLibrary

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New post on bloggERS! saaers.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/h...

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Anyone who walks across a chessboard floor is just asking to get fucked up. #DoctorWho

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A happy moment amid the doom - I was honored to be the person to publish a new collection at MPOW. There are a lot of folks who worked on getting this collection ready, but an oral history project focused on women of color in medicine is finally available library.weill.cornell.edu/archives-blo...

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Decided, on balance, not to terrify my (week 3) hieroglyphs students with "Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive" in Middle Egyptian.

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Ooooh... Artist: Ninj https://b3ta.com/board/11415142

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‘The Heart of Lincoln': Long-lost early 1900s silent film found on Long Island www.nbcnewyork.com/long-island/...

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

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Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book. "They say every planet has its own smell, but then so do armpits."

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It's always entertaining when #librarians get messy. Anyone following the #ALA listserv right now knows what I'm talking about. In about five minutes someone's gonna snatch a weave.

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I keep getting letters addressed to Chapin McAfee Nutter, who used to live at my address. Mr. and/or Mrs. Nutter, you have my new favourite name, edging out Guido Crapanzano by the tiniest of margins.

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Been reading your posts.

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Today from the #TimeLibrary my article about a quirky #DecimalTime system from the mid-20th century United States. But first how did we wind up with 24 hours in a day anyway? Why are there 60 minutes in an hour? Wouldn't 100 make more sense? Maybe... hs-ny.org/news/decimal... #Libraries #Archives

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I'm not normally a coffee drinker. I find it either mild, smooth, and pleasant, or else it tastes like bitter old anus. I can't allow my emotional well-being to depend on some random crepuscular bean filled with caprice and deceit. I need the reliable equanimity and gentle embrace of tea.

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How can the media possibly say that there's no positive male role models when Kel Knight exists?

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Always worth sharing! My piece from the @cartoonart.bsky.social Watterson tribute, a few years ago. I like to call it “Susie’s Revenge.”

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In 1969, newly elected president Richard Nixon resolved to defund PBS and use the money to wage war in Vietnam. Fred Rogers was summoned to testify before Congress, and what he said that day changed the course of history. A thread:

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This is bang on EXCEPT that for most of history powerful men have been absolute losers. Let's look at some of the classics 1/n www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I've been fooling around with a #Python script for converting #MARC bibliographic records to #Markdown for use with a static website generator. github.com/dazzlepansy/... #Libraries #Cataloging #Code4Lib

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From my own #library and #archives today, have you ever wanted to write #Esperanto without a typewriter? Now you can! Just use this handy square alphabet and writing grid, and Bob's your auntie. www.stjohnkarp.net/blog/esperan...

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Very much here for the staff of IKEA inventing fake board games for their room display

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