Amy Brady, PhD
@amybrady.bsky.social
Wrote a book called, Ice: FROM MIXED DRINKS TO SKATING RINKS—A COOL HISTORY OF A HOT COMMODITY | Environmental historian & journalist | Newsletter: "Library of Wonders": https://libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-library
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Amy Brady, PhD
@amybrady.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Depending on how you feel about books, maps, and, well, me, I either have great news or bad news for you: there’s gonna be another Amy Brady book in the world! 📚
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Spotted a rare white deer, walking with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social today...
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Spotted a rare white deer, walking with @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social today...
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Ok, this is cool.
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ok, this is cool.
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
In America, in Nebraska, we lived next to an airbase. British Vulcans were based there; Vulcans are the coolest of planes - an art nouveau Star Wars of a shape and Neil Young feedback of a roar. I recall them flying over, and here one is, all faded like a photocopy of a photocopy
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Sure, monks loved their eels. But so did the nuns!
In 1235 Henry III granted a charter to the nuns of Godstow Abbey that included the rights to local eel-rents.
Or, rather, some rights. Turns out, the nuns couldn't get eels all year round...just in the autumn. 1/2
🗃️🧪
In 1235 Henry III granted a charter to the nuns of Godstow Abbey that included the rights to local eel-rents.
Or, rather, some rights. Turns out, the nuns couldn't get eels all year round...just in the autumn. 1/2
🗃️🧪
November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sure, monks loved their eels. But so did the nuns!
In 1235 Henry III granted a charter to the nuns of Godstow Abbey that included the rights to local eel-rents.
Or, rather, some rights. Turns out, the nuns couldn't get eels all year round...just in the autumn. 1/2
🗃️🧪
In 1235 Henry III granted a charter to the nuns of Godstow Abbey that included the rights to local eel-rents.
Or, rather, some rights. Turns out, the nuns couldn't get eels all year round...just in the autumn. 1/2
🗃️🧪
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“The Family Pet” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1910.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“The Family Pet” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1910.
Evergreen
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Evergreen
Last of the lady coral asters, with squirrel-munched pumpkin 🌱
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Last of the lady coral asters, with squirrel-munched pumpkin 🌱
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If I weren't a writer I would've been an archivist. I learned so much in this interview w/Malika Desire, reference archivist at the NYPL. We discussed her work, her favorite question ever received, and the witchy display case she curated for the NYPL!
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with an Archivist
Witches, Witchcraft, and the Art of Curation
libraryofwonders.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If I weren't a writer I would've been an archivist. I learned so much in this interview w/Malika Desire, reference archivist at the NYPL. We discussed her work, her favorite question ever received, and the witchy display case she curated for the NYPL!
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
If I weren't a writer I would've been an archivist. I learned so much in this interview w/Malika Desire, reference archivist at the NYPL. We discussed her work, her favorite question ever received, and the witchy display case she curated for the NYPL!
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with an Archivist
Witches, Witchcraft, and the Art of Curation
libraryofwonders.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If I weren't a writer I would've been an archivist. I learned so much in this interview w/Malika Desire, reference archivist at the NYPL. We discussed her work, her favorite question ever received, and the witchy display case she curated for the NYPL!
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
libraryofwonders.substack.com/p/interview-...
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New from @carriej.bsky.social: Folks, we’ve got a white loon. 🪶https://www.audubon.org/magazine/once-lifetime-photos-capture-rare-white-loons-first-summer
‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Photos Capture a Rare White Loon’s First Summer
Montana photographer Tony Gangemi documented a season in the life of a leucistic Common Loon, from its first days as a “little cotton ball” up until its first flight.
www.audubon.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
New from @carriej.bsky.social: Folks, we’ve got a white loon. 🪶https://www.audubon.org/magazine/once-lifetime-photos-capture-rare-white-loons-first-summer
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You want to know how important eels were in early medieval Britain. I hear you.
Bede says they were very important. And grave goods from a 7th C. burial site in Cambridge include a copper bowl w/ the skeletal remains of three complete eels.
Who says you can't take it with you?
🗃️🧪
Bede says they were very important. And grave goods from a 7th C. burial site in Cambridge include a copper bowl w/ the skeletal remains of three complete eels.
Who says you can't take it with you?
🗃️🧪
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You want to know how important eels were in early medieval Britain. I hear you.
Bede says they were very important. And grave goods from a 7th C. burial site in Cambridge include a copper bowl w/ the skeletal remains of three complete eels.
Who says you can't take it with you?
🗃️🧪
Bede says they were very important. And grave goods from a 7th C. burial site in Cambridge include a copper bowl w/ the skeletal remains of three complete eels.
Who says you can't take it with you?
🗃️🧪
going into the week like
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
going into the week like
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me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
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Essay from @orionmagazine.bsky.social by Priyanka Kumar - Eating Apples: Finding hidden happiness in nature’s variety. "I suggest finding beauty in the apple’s flesh." orionmagazine.org/article/eati...
Eating Apples - Orion Magazine
Finding hidden happiness in nature’s variety
orionmagazine.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Essay from @orionmagazine.bsky.social by Priyanka Kumar - Eating Apples: Finding hidden happiness in nature’s variety. "I suggest finding beauty in the apple’s flesh." orionmagazine.org/article/eati...
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Me after doing fall chores all weekend.
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Me after doing fall chores all weekend.
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NEW: this genetically engineered fungus lures mosquitoes to their death—by smelling absolutely divine
my latest in @nytimes.com, with sharp edits from @michaelroston.bsky.social 🧪
my latest in @nytimes.com, with sharp edits from @michaelroston.bsky.social 🧪
This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
NEW: this genetically engineered fungus lures mosquitoes to their death—by smelling absolutely divine
my latest in @nytimes.com, with sharp edits from @michaelroston.bsky.social 🧪
my latest in @nytimes.com, with sharp edits from @michaelroston.bsky.social 🧪
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it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!
Get yourself a friend who mails you 2 bulbs of garlic and a packet of rare runner beans with a note that says “plant these and you will be happy” 🌱
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Get yourself a friend who mails you 2 bulbs of garlic and a packet of rare runner beans with a note that says “plant these and you will be happy” 🌱
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The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Celia Mattison wants to know: Why do so many book covers have sheep?
What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?
Think back to the last time you saw a sheep. Where were you—some grassy rolling hills? A dusty petting zoo? Or was it, maybe, in a bookstore? Maybe in the new releases, on the cover of Midnight Tim…
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Celia Mattison wants to know: Why do so many book covers have sheep?
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Be sure to check out this conversation with me and @holleysnaith.bsky.social on her podcast, Say It With History.
💼 Frances Perkins was a true trailblazer — overcoming personal struggles to shape America’s social safety net and dedicate her life to public service. Alycia from @civicspod.bsky.social says, she was “the perfect example of institutionalizing community care.” redcircle.com/shows/6092bd...
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Be sure to check out this conversation with me and @holleysnaith.bsky.social on her podcast, Say It With History.
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Recently I’ve been combing through newspapers from a hundred years ago, and in the spirit of the season (and in the spirit of procrastination) I’ve assembled a little gallery of Halloween advertisements from 1925 on my site: dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Recently I’ve been combing through newspapers from a hundred years ago, and in the spirit of the season (and in the spirit of procrastination) I’ve assembled a little gallery of Halloween advertisements from 1925 on my site: dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Too Good To Go is a great app for local grub on the cheap. We got 3 baker’s dozen of fresh bagels for $10
With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Too Good To Go is a great app for local grub on the cheap. We got 3 baker’s dozen of fresh bagels for $10