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Thomas Schmid
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archivar/archivist, historiker/historian, latinist #archivCH #fridaynightatthearchives #viedarchiviste #AarbergBisZweisimmen
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Thomas Schmid @thschmid.bsky.social · Jun 22
"Cäsar schlug die Gallier.
Hatte er nicht wenigstens einen Koch bei sich?"

Bertolt Brecht: Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters (www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?...)

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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Mattstetten, Dorfbrunnen

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December 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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helloginnybatty.bsky.social
Picking up my archival sword to fight in this blessed and divinely sanctioned war
bucksarchives.bsky.social Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 19h
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
That Tom Gauld meme of the two opposing nations perfectly mirrored, but edited to be between archives and museums.
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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ein genealogen-traum 😁
Confucius Has Living Descendants?
YouTube video by ReligionForBreakfast
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December 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Matten bei Interlaken, Hirschen

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December 19, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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noch auf der suche nach geschenken?

reisepantoffeln werden von damen und herren gern genommen!

oder doch ein buchener nähboy?

Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek, V BE 3840, ca. 1950
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Madiswil, ehemaliger Zehntspeicher

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December 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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forrestpass.bsky.social
If you need a copperplate of a capybara eating a banana today (I know I did...)
marshslibrary.bsky.social Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 2d
A break from Christmas content to enjoy this capybara eating a banana. From François Froger's 'A relation of a voyage ...' (London, 1698).
17th century engraving of a capybara under a palm tree eating a banana
December 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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wo das patriarchat so alles hockt, z.b. in dieser älteren verzeichnungseinheit:
tanz? doch eher belästigung und gegenwehr (als ansichtskartenmotiv in der zeit halt akzeptabel 🙄). und die normierte beschreibung hat zwar "frau", die frei vergebene beschreibung aber "mädchen". wird korrigiert.
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Lyssach, kreiselkunst

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December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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#AarbergBisZweisimmen

#Lyss, Zeughaus

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December 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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#archivCH #StAFR #ArchivesEFR 📜
Sortie du livre Tobie de Raemy d’Agy: Journal d’un archiviste (1914-1916)
Le quatrième volume de la Bibliotheca Otolandana, publiée par les Archives de l’État de Fribourg, vient de paraître. Pour rappel, cette collection a pour but de rendre accessibles des documents qui y ...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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"Kaul said the government's recent actions against academics make it appear insecure. 'Such actions towards academics like myself and others who may be critical of the Modi regime's policies bear the hallmark of an insecure regime that resorts to intimidation, repression, and vindictiveness

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audreytruschke.bsky.social Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 8d
I abjectly hate this, but it's the bitter reality: “We may reach a point where Indian history will be researched properly only outside of India. The real losers here will be Indian nationals.”

amp.scroll.in/article/1089...
Why scholars around the world are growing increasingly wary of studying India
While instances of academics being deported have received wide attention, some say these are just the “tip of the story”.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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#archivhimmel
frannabel2010.bsky.social Francesca Hillier @frannabel2010.bsky.social · 8d
#archiveadventcalendar #darknights I love this atmospheric photo, taken from the Museum’s Colonnade at night. #britishmuseum #archives
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Ce samedi, l'Association pour le patrimoine industriel ouvre ses portes. L'occasion de voir ou revoir son exposition "Le Chalet" et ce bel album de 1914 tiré du fonds de la Gentiane, club montagnard féminin, conservé aux AVG.
Un album déposé sur un coussin blanc dans une vitrine, ouvert sur deux pages avec des photos de scènes montagnardes, un récit manuscrit et une plante séchée.
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Nahostberichterstattung: Medienschaffende unter Druck
Wer über den Nahostkonflikt berichtet, muss mit Anfeindungen rechnen. Für heftige Diskussionen sorgt derzeit eine Auszeichnung für die ARD-Journalistin Sophie von der Tann. Kommunikationswissenschaft...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Blown out of the water 😫 oh well, I tried. Still spiritually mine 😭
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I believe that in the middle ages, this would have been seen ad an evil portent.
“If thy cart be landed upon by one of our Lord’s flying hunters, thy good wyfe and fields shall be barren and thy seed shall find no purchase within neither.”
Or something like that.
Eagle/hawk bird thing sitting on a light pole scanning for food. Eagle/hawk bird thing sitting on a the rearview mirror of my suv.
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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marccold.bsky.social
I'm trying to find birth and death dates for a student who created a scrapbook in our archives. I think I found her gravestone on a memorial site. Evelyn Smith, 1856-1911. the memorial site prompts me. "what's one thing you'll always remember when you think of Evelyn?"

uh, her legible handwriting?
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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frannabel2010.bsky.social
#archiveadventcalendar #christmascards The #BritishMuseum started selling Christmas Cards in the 1930s from its recently opened postcard stall in the Front Hall. Here’s a selection of what was on offer. #archives
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Trump went old-school Iraq war with his Venezuela tactics, so Jon is going old-school Daily Show too
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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repost eines posts der #Burgerbibliothek #Bern aus aktuellem anlass :)

#Archivtrouvaillen: Die #OMPI und der #Tschad

Dank einer Kollegin vom Konservierungsatelier sind die Siegelabdrücke, die das Werk des Graveur-Ziseleurs Paul Pulver (1906-1997) dokumentieren, jetzt fein säuberlich und

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December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: FELLOWSHIP IN RECORDS AND ARCHIVES — WIPO, GENEVA

Please share this call for applications widely and please encourage new(er) professionals in your communities to consider applying.

Contract Duration-12 months
Application Deadline: 09-Jan-2026

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Fellowship - Records and Archives
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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bucksarchives.bsky.social
We've had a few enquiries come in after chatbots told researchers that we hold documents we don't actually look after so this is particularly relevant. If you're ever unsure, contact us directly or use our catalogue, linked below.
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Just heartbreaking and infuriating to imagine the number of times this must be happening for staff to have to create this explanation—and the unstated plea of Please stop yelling at us
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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scottbot.bsky.social
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.

We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM