Samantha E Thompson
@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.
Very moving to see the names of those who would otherwise be forgotten. They made their "marks" in more ways than one. These are my people.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Very moving to see the names of those who would otherwise be forgotten. They made their "marks" in more ways than one. These are my people.
Same experience for me around the same time and a bit after. Many didn't know what a paragraph was and struggled to form sentences or use basic punctuation. The gap between what was being asked of them and what they could do was too large to mitigate. And this was before the smartphone.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Same experience for me around the same time and a bit after. Many didn't know what a paragraph was and struggled to form sentences or use basic punctuation. The gap between what was being asked of them and what they could do was too large to mitigate. And this was before the smartphone.
For me teaching was like this before 2008. I was so demoralized I got out. And the smartphone hadn't even been invented yet.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
For me teaching was like this before 2008. I was so demoralized I got out. And the smartphone hadn't even been invented yet.
We're going to need some sort of AI-free certification process.
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We're going to need some sort of AI-free certification process.
I really loved doing paleography and transcription. Sigh.
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I really loved doing paleography and transcription. Sigh.
This isn't even a joke, it's just fact.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This isn't even a joke, it's just fact.
The world is funny that way.
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The world is funny that way.
Hope you're okay
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hope you're okay
I find myself becoming the parent more than I thought I would. I don't like it.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I find myself becoming the parent more than I thought I would. I don't like it.
Beautiful photograph. Wishing you peace.
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Beautiful photograph. Wishing you peace.
Yes, sounds odd. I'll have to check it out.
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yes, sounds odd. I'll have to check it out.
People have no clue. Even scholars. Someone I know was offered minimum wage on an hourly basis for cataloguing the papers of an academic.
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
People have no clue. Even scholars. Someone I know was offered minimum wage on an hourly basis for cataloguing the papers of an academic.
Sometimes I feel like a fraud but it's certainly not making me famous.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Sometimes I feel like a fraud but it's certainly not making me famous.
Yes not an inspiring site when one is undergoing a test requiring precision.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Yes not an inspiring site when one is undergoing a test requiring precision.
I have no idea who this is but I could easily have books like that on my dining room table.
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I have no idea who this is but I could easily have books like that on my dining room table.
The irony is that Pan is the representation of the divine or numinous (aka God) in that sub-creation. I knew that as a child.
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The irony is that Pan is the representation of the divine or numinous (aka God) in that sub-creation. I knew that as a child.
As well, more often than not technology simply allows labour and stress to be offloaded to the client e.g. parking apps, airport and grocery kiosks.
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As well, more often than not technology simply allows labour and stress to be offloaded to the client e.g. parking apps, airport and grocery kiosks.