Monica Keane
@monicakeane.bsky.social
Special collections librarian. I'm interested in literary history, gardening and baking cakes. Personal account.
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I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I! M! L! S!
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The ruling nullifies the Administration’s actions to dismantle IMLS and permanently prohibits the Administration from taking such actions in the future. The ruling has immediate nationwide effect."
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Sure he did
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
Trump’s Net Worth Drops $1.1 Billion
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sure he did
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MTG talked about impeachment more in one speech than the Dem caucus has in weeks
Marjorie Taylor Greene literally said in her exit video that she didn't want to have to defend Trump in an impeachment.
What are we doing here people?
What are we doing here people?
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
MTG talked about impeachment more in one speech than the Dem caucus has in weeks
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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It's wild to me how on point Pope Leo seems to be with AI use. A quote from today:
"Be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth...Use it in such a way that, if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, create, and act on your own."
"Be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth...Use it in such a way that, if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, create, and act on your own."
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's wild to me how on point Pope Leo seems to be with AI use. A quote from today:
"Be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth...Use it in such a way that, if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, create, and act on your own."
"Be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth...Use it in such a way that, if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, create, and act on your own."
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Using a dishwasher rather than hand washing can save you nine days of personal time over the course of a year.
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Using a dishwasher rather than hand washing can save you nine days of personal time over the course of a year.
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Galileo explaining the cosmos to the muses. The frontispiece from the first edition of his collected works, printed in Bologna 1655-6.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Galileo explaining the cosmos to the muses. The frontispiece from the first edition of his collected works, printed in Bologna 1655-6.
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one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
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Want to start the new year by learning new things? In January 2026 Anna Somfai will teach an online course on medieval philosophical and scientific manuscripts. More information here 👇 @warburginstitute.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social #MedievalSky please reskeet!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
ies.sas.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Want to start the new year by learning new things? In January 2026 Anna Somfai will teach an online course on medieval philosophical and scientific manuscripts. More information here 👇 @warburginstitute.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social #MedievalSky please reskeet!
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you are putting your $200 rib roast in the crock pot, we need to talk about an intervention
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If you are putting your $200 rib roast in the crock pot, we need to talk about an intervention
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one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
Just think about how stressful it is to choose from just your company's plans once a year. No one wants to actually do this
Dr. Oz is clearly a moron who, incredibly, doesn't understand anything about how the insurance system works.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
But also: Conservatives genuinely believe that people want to spend endless hours "choosing the insurance that's best for them." They don't. They want good, secure health care. It's simple.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just think about how stressful it is to choose from just your company's plans once a year. No one wants to actually do this
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i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i’d be more comfortable with the olivia nuzzi coverage if every story was headlined something like “seduced by a guy who eats roadkill: the story of an extremely stupid lady”
What circle of hell is this
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What circle of hell is this
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This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
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Overjoyed to say that this is now on my desk. The auction house -- and the consignor in particular -- were enthusiastically cooperative and now this frankly incredible manuscript is back in Boston. Many thanks to you and to @drleonj.bsky.social for bringing this to my attention!
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Overjoyed to say that this is now on my desk. The auction house -- and the consignor in particular -- were enthusiastically cooperative and now this frankly incredible manuscript is back in Boston. Many thanks to you and to @drleonj.bsky.social for bringing this to my attention!
What model of sociopath do people like best?
The release follows complaints earlier this year that its previous models were excessively cheerful and sycophantic, and arrives amid a time of intense scrutiny for the company.
OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities
New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming.
arstechnica.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What model of sociopath do people like best?
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TYPEWRITTEN.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
TYPEWRITTEN.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.
They don't sell spumoni anymore 😢
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They don't sell spumoni anymore 😢
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We have lots of student notebooks containing sketches on anatomy, diseases etc, however, this one is by far our favourite. It shows Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, disappearing through a trapdoor after his lecture in Glasgow in 1868. Now that's how to make an exit!
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We have lots of student notebooks containing sketches on anatomy, diseases etc, however, this one is by far our favourite. It shows Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery, disappearing through a trapdoor after his lecture in Glasgow in 1868. Now that's how to make an exit!
#Museum30 #Sketchbook
#Museum30 #Sketchbook