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Ruth MacLeod

@scottishruth.bsky.social

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Archivist doing archive things mostly. Easily distracted London based Scot. Current Chair of Archives and Records Association, but all views my own. She/her.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 3h

Something off from picture 3, only realised what it was much later.
But then, my kitchen is a triangle so I'm kind of used to weird (it's an extension, and the plot the house is on is much wider at the back than at the front)

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 3d

I want the dark green one but I have absolutely no excuse to buy it.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 4d

The only time I’ve been there we coincided with a primary school class visit!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 5d

a woman is making a funny face with her mouth open and her eyes closed .

ALT: a woman is making a funny face with her mouth open and her eyes closed .

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 6d

Self Esteem utterly joyous at Brixton tonight. So lovely to come out of a gig and everyone is happy.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 7d

Seconding this.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 10d

I have never seen The Wizard of Oz from start to finish. Bits of it, yes. Whole thing, nope.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 11d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 10d

Done! I’ve been meaning to for ages and kept forgetting - good luck!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 11d

Have just forced my chorister to test this.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 13d

Fucking hell

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 13d

Fair point. I don’t think I’ll manage to repeat the shot while I’m up this weekend though!

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 13d

I offer you the road leading to the Highland Archives (by the river in Inverness).

View of a river, with trees on the far bank, a suspension footbridge over the water and a pink castle in the distance.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 14d

That was A Decision. It's also quite the estate agent write up.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 15d

Real Edinburgh history is fascinating, and that nonsense gets top billing instead.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 15d

My old boss had written an actual paper on this, but it rarely came up when we were discussing either the repository or digital preservation...

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 18d

That’s quite the week - hope a quiet weekend helps!

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 18d

I hope your paint removing efforts were better than mine last time I painted - a week later I was still finding white paint in my hair!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 18d

Official (virtual) toast of life for N today, so champagne for us both. As she would have appreciated. Plus we’ve had a nice day out with friends #ConfinedCocktails

Champagne glass beside a bottle of champagne on my kitchen counter, so spice rack and purple salt pig in the background.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, and I’ve got a wee scar from splashing boiling sugar on my hand one time. Worth it though.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 19d

I’m from a family that makes tablet. We’re very into sugary things!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 19d

I associate barley sugar very strongly with my granny!

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 20d

I've literally pulled a muscle laughing at this.

Presuming Ed @presuming-ed.bsky.social · 23d

Tuesday.

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Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 21d

Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info:
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?

Photo of a paper airplane on fire with text that reads "I am under no obligation to disclose anything and the papers belong to me. If I wanted to I could take them into the yard and have a bonfire with them" South Yorkshire Chief Constable Med Hughes.

Credit for photo of on fire airplane is Aron Yigin via Unsplash

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Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 21d

Yesterday we sent out this briefing to all UK MPs and our press list. It is our response to calls for digitisation of adoption and care records. We believe there is a better - & much needed - solution to make these records more accessible to those that need them. #LongLostFamilies bit.ly/4mBqsxo

Statement on recent press discussion about the digitisation of adoption records — Campaign for Records

The Chief Archivists in Local Government Group of the Archives and Records Association have put out this statement in response to press discussion on digitisation of adoption records and propose an al...

www.campaignforrecords.org

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 21d

Hope things improve soon.