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harchivist.bsky.social
Brit-Canadian archivist-librarian, government records and local history museum staffer, trad-classical musician, post-academic philosophy PhD (on Augustine), and other hyphenated things. Can't help it: so much to learn.
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It's the least wonderful time of the year... for parking in Toronto.

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

A big-picture concern with the purge at the National Archives (which sets records management rules across fed agencies) and firing of FOIA officials is we may reach a point where we not only can't respond to FOIA requests, but nobody in the govt know what records exist and where they are.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

This. Much of the government's most important work is under-, not over-resourced.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Very poor piano player is relentlessly hammering away in the hospital lobby. Unfortunate for everyone but him. Looks like he's enjoying himself. Two hours so far.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

The government-haters don't seem to consider that the orderly settled existence they take for granted is made possible by hosts of people they don't see. If things work and nothing bad happens, we're seen as useless. If it doesn't work and bad things happen, it's also our fault.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

I see the US has reached the bread and circuses stage.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Hello to anyone who's awake. Nocturnal adventure. Got up at 2:30am for my MRI appointment. The machines run 24/7 here to increase access.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Sigh.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives

submitted 12 days ago • 6 comments