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· Jan 21
If I somehow had billions of dollars, I would spend as much as possible funding people’s “unrealistic” dreams. I want you to buy that typewriter repair shop, to become an antiquarian book dealer, to create unimaginable good in this world.
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Little blue house on press tonight. #letterpress
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Little blue house on press tonight. #letterpress
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Re: typewriter repair shop, saw this today: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Re: typewriter repair shop, saw this today: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I want someone to make a Merlin app but it's just Mark Catesby's descriptions of birds from 1732.
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I want someone to make a Merlin app but it's just Mark Catesby's descriptions of birds from 1732.
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
"This Bird, by its ungrateful brawling Noise, seems at Variance and displeased with all others" is a great field mark
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Also: you probably have enough shit laying around already, buy art.
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Also: you probably have enough shit laying around already, buy art.
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This is your friendly reminder to check the before and after prices of stuff going on sale for Black Friday and all way before November. When I worked in e-commerce I was regularly asked to hike all of the prices in a website by 20-40 % in October and then put everything on « Sale ». Be smart.
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is your friendly reminder to check the before and after prices of stuff going on sale for Black Friday and all way before November. When I worked in e-commerce I was regularly asked to hike all of the prices in a website by 20-40 % in October and then put everything on « Sale ». Be smart.
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Since the decimation of the federal workforce last spring, an incredibly generous group of colleagues have been offering free career advising for former feds.
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Career Support Request
Use this form to request career support for people impacted by U.S. federal firings, funding cuts, and/or hiring freezes.
Support is coordinated by Derek Attig and provided by professionals in the G...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Since the decimation of the federal workforce last spring, an incredibly generous group of colleagues have been offering free career advising for former feds.
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I just had a session this week and I can't recommend it highly enough.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
An upcoming leadership webinar about teamwork lists “viral” as a trait of a great teammate. I don’t want viral teammates. I want them to stay home and take a sick day.
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
An upcoming leadership webinar about teamwork lists “viral” as a trait of a great teammate. I don’t want viral teammates. I want them to stay home and take a sick day.
My eye is twitching. I may be more stressed than I think I am.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My eye is twitching. I may be more stressed than I think I am.
Higher ed folks, advocate for academic libraries and, more importantly, library staff. We aren’t okay.
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Higher ed folks, advocate for academic libraries and, more importantly, library staff. We aren’t okay.
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If you hate print books and want a ringside seat to witness their ongoing destruction as a cultural medium, maybe consider becoming a librarian
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you hate print books and want a ringside seat to witness their ongoing destruction as a cultural medium, maybe consider becoming a librarian
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JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
JOB POSTING!
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu
amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...
Still looking for help with this!
Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Still looking for help with this!
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Here is a nice tile floor.
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Here is a nice tile floor.
Yo, I’m dead 💀
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yo, I’m dead 💀
I’m trying to mute words/names, and do I actually have to account for punctuation variants like name+comma, name+period, etc.? Can I use regex?
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m trying to mute words/names, and do I actually have to account for punctuation variants like name+comma, name+period, etc.? Can I use regex?
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JOB POSTING! 📚📜
Catalog/Metadata Librarian (Arabic Language) at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
The salary range is $68,000—$145,250 (depending on experience).
careers.yale.edu/us/en/job/13...
Catalog/Metadata Librarian (Arabic Language) at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
The salary range is $68,000—$145,250 (depending on experience).
careers.yale.edu/us/en/job/13...
careers.yale.edu
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
JOB POSTING! 📚📜
Catalog/Metadata Librarian (Arabic Language) at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
The salary range is $68,000—$145,250 (depending on experience).
careers.yale.edu/us/en/job/13...
Catalog/Metadata Librarian (Arabic Language) at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
The salary range is $68,000—$145,250 (depending on experience).
careers.yale.edu/us/en/job/13...
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I’d believe in elves too if I lived on a magical landscape of naturally boiling water that explodes and bubbles from the ground.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’d believe in elves too if I lived on a magical landscape of naturally boiling water that explodes and bubbles from the ground.
Between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM should not be allowable as a scheduled service window. It’s like when job ads say between $1 and $100K as a salary range if they are required to include a range.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM should not be allowable as a scheduled service window. It’s like when job ads say between $1 and $100K as a salary range if they are required to include a range.
I’ve officially reached the point where I can’t tell if someone is sharing AI nonsense, a “Black Mirror Episode”, something real, or some combination of those possibilities. Blurring reality into meaninglessness is the goal, I suppose.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’ve officially reached the point where I can’t tell if someone is sharing AI nonsense, a “Black Mirror Episode”, something real, or some combination of those possibilities. Blurring reality into meaninglessness is the goal, I suppose.
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LCNAF & Trie – Storing +11M unique names in 50MB data structure in the browser
thisismattmiller.com/post/lcnaf-t...
- Optimizing LCNAF authorized headings into a trie data structure
- In browser MARC file name reconciliation + search tool
- OpenRefine / Command line tools for reconciliation
thisismattmiller.com/post/lcnaf-t...
- Optimizing LCNAF authorized headings into a trie data structure
- In browser MARC file name reconciliation + search tool
- OpenRefine / Command line tools for reconciliation
LCNAF & Trie
Storing +11M unique LCNAF names in 50MB Trie data structure
thisismattmiller.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
LCNAF & Trie – Storing +11M unique names in 50MB data structure in the browser
thisismattmiller.com/post/lcnaf-t...
- Optimizing LCNAF authorized headings into a trie data structure
- In browser MARC file name reconciliation + search tool
- OpenRefine / Command line tools for reconciliation
thisismattmiller.com/post/lcnaf-t...
- Optimizing LCNAF authorized headings into a trie data structure
- In browser MARC file name reconciliation + search tool
- OpenRefine / Command line tools for reconciliation
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If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If anybody would like to, or knows anybody who might like to, do a small amount of paid research work for me at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, I would be very glad to hear from them.
I think I saw the northern lights. My phone photos look vaguely green. The light pollution where I live is so bad that I can never tell what is happening in the sky :(
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I think I saw the northern lights. My phone photos look vaguely green. The light pollution where I live is so bad that I can never tell what is happening in the sky :(
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Does anyone in the #bookhistory or #history space know of a good article about the “publishing war” between the Old Farmer’s Almanac and the Farmer’s Almanac?
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Does anyone in the #bookhistory or #history space know of a good article about the “publishing war” between the Old Farmer’s Almanac and the Farmer’s Almanac?
Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.