The Artist formerly known as AnAnarchivist
@oddflame.bsky.social
#ScholComm, #digitalhumanities, #archives, #librarian, #coffee, #swords. Possibly a wookie. Opinions & language are my own.#blm #antifa #lgbt #auadhd
I work on large scanning projects at work and make datasets from manuscripts for fun.
I work on large scanning projects at work and make datasets from manuscripts for fun.
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Reintro for bluesky: I mostly talk about academia & libraries. I will yell about copyright law at some point. I'm working on the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions digitization at my job & creating a dataset of Early Modern Costume book contents for fun. This is Lucy Lawless and Appa, my managers.
Can someone recommend a good book on Leftist politics and Islam? I read a knitting pattern and now I'm curious about the way this manifests in different religious traditions.
Knitting pattern is here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Knitting pattern is here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Abolish ICE Beanie pattern by Daniel Drennan ElAwar
This pattern is an offshoot of my other beanie patterns. Suggested yarn weight is fingering/light sport. The pattern features a corrugated rib followed by stockinette, both in stranded colorwork. Inst...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Can someone recommend a good book on Leftist politics and Islam? I read a knitting pattern and now I'm curious about the way this manifests in different religious traditions.
Knitting pattern is here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Knitting pattern is here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Everything is terrible, but #academia continues to be a well of weird and useless (to me) facts. Today, I learned that pigeons love fruit loops.
I was in a meeting about a textbook grant that had very little to do with pigeons, fruit loops or why you would want to bribe pigeons with fruit loops.
I was in a meeting about a textbook grant that had very little to do with pigeons, fruit loops or why you would want to bribe pigeons with fruit loops.
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Everything is terrible, but #academia continues to be a well of weird and useless (to me) facts. Today, I learned that pigeons love fruit loops.
I was in a meeting about a textbook grant that had very little to do with pigeons, fruit loops or why you would want to bribe pigeons with fruit loops.
I was in a meeting about a textbook grant that had very little to do with pigeons, fruit loops or why you would want to bribe pigeons with fruit loops.
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it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
it is 2016. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
it is 2020. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithfuls say they just need more training.
it is 2026. the cops have murdered someone in minneapolis. the dem faithf
Emperor Huizong in 1107: Yes, yes administration of the empire, first, here's my new book on tea production and serving....
MAHA cranks: we didn't have ADHD and autism and all these other non-neurotypical conditions in the olden days
Herman Melville: here is a new taxonomy for whales that is based on book printing formats. I also have many other whale facts to share! First... 🐋
Herman Melville: here is a new taxonomy for whales that is based on book printing formats. I also have many other whale facts to share! First... 🐋
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Emperor Huizong in 1107: Yes, yes administration of the empire, first, here's my new book on tea production and serving....
In good news, I'll begin my MA in #History @ Marquette University fall 26 pt. time. I do want to continue to my PhD, but 4 years is a long time and a lot can happen in 4 years.
Everything is terrible but I'll get to study the long 16th century publications & tell dad jokes to the younger students.
Everything is terrible but I'll get to study the long 16th century publications & tell dad jokes to the younger students.
January 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
In good news, I'll begin my MA in #History @ Marquette University fall 26 pt. time. I do want to continue to my PhD, but 4 years is a long time and a lot can happen in 4 years.
Everything is terrible but I'll get to study the long 16th century publications & tell dad jokes to the younger students.
Everything is terrible but I'll get to study the long 16th century publications & tell dad jokes to the younger students.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
Professional conferences as learning opportunities and a weird form of group therapy....
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Professional conferences as learning opportunities and a weird form of group therapy....
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Honestly just want to know how bread is holding up in all this.
So there's an EU-funded campaign to get millenials to eat potatoes and - I swear to Jesus I'm not making this up - it's slogan is: "Europe's favourite since 1536."
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Honestly just want to know how bread is holding up in all this.
At my first professional job, I handled and read survivor accounts. It remains some of the most horrific things I've read in the archives. The medal of honor was given for bravely killing unarmed women, children, and the elderly. The opposite of honorable.
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
At my first professional job, I handled and read survivor accounts. It remains some of the most horrific things I've read in the archives. The medal of honor was given for bravely killing unarmed women, children, and the elderly. The opposite of honorable.
The city sent me a notice about my native garden and #LucyLawless immediately tried to eat it. To be clear, Lucy Lawless is a cat and is ready to fight the man, right after this nap.
September 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The city sent me a notice about my native garden and #LucyLawless immediately tried to eat it. To be clear, Lucy Lawless is a cat and is ready to fight the man, right after this nap.
For later viewing. I must start my day.
This video is too long for Bluesky but for those interested in cataloguing, library mistakes, and 14th or 5th century manuscripts:
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September 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For later viewing. I must start my day.
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Adam Serwer put it best: For the right, free speech means they can say whatever they want, and you, too, can say whatever they want: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
September 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Adam Serwer put it best: For the right, free speech means they can say whatever they want, and you, too, can say whatever they want: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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When Turkey purged their universities, "The 'to be expelled' lists were prepared by the university administrations. The few universities where massive dismissals did not take place were the ones who did not submit any 'to be expelled” lists."
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merip.org/2018/12/turk...
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
When Turkey purged their universities, "The 'to be expelled' lists were prepared by the university administrations. The few universities where massive dismissals did not take place were the ones who did not submit any 'to be expelled” lists."
merip.org/2018/12/turk...
merip.org/2018/12/turk...
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
General thoughts about this week: There is no order of words or rephrasings that will get you a republicans' agreement unless you're willing to replace your beliefs with theirs.
Nothing will be good enough so stop trying to get them to nod along with you. It's not helping and they'll be mad anyway
Nothing will be good enough so stop trying to get them to nod along with you. It's not helping and they'll be mad anyway
September 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
General thoughts about this week: There is no order of words or rephrasings that will get you a republicans' agreement unless you're willing to replace your beliefs with theirs.
Nothing will be good enough so stop trying to get them to nod along with you. It's not helping and they'll be mad anyway
Nothing will be good enough so stop trying to get them to nod along with you. It's not helping and they'll be mad anyway
In these troubled times, this is what we need: collective caffeine withdrawal due to #tariffs and #inflation. A more irritable country for all. #coffee
Your morning coffee has gotten more expensive.
Why?
President Trump's chaotic tariffs and failed policies benefit billionaires and raise prices for everyone else.
Why?
President Trump's chaotic tariffs and failed policies benefit billionaires and raise prices for everyone else.
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In these troubled times, this is what we need: collective caffeine withdrawal due to #tariffs and #inflation. A more irritable country for all. #coffee
Donald Trump announced that he won't be sending troops to #Chicago bc the city is "Hostile" & full of "Professional Agitators."
Wrong: The entire city is professional agitators.
They made malort for no reason.
Their pizzas are made of spite.
Da Bears play football to hurt their own fans. 1/2
Wrong: The entire city is professional agitators.
They made malort for no reason.
Their pizzas are made of spite.
Da Bears play football to hurt their own fans. 1/2
September 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Donald Trump announced that he won't be sending troops to #Chicago bc the city is "Hostile" & full of "Professional Agitators."
Wrong: The entire city is professional agitators.
They made malort for no reason.
Their pizzas are made of spite.
Da Bears play football to hurt their own fans. 1/2
Wrong: The entire city is professional agitators.
They made malort for no reason.
Their pizzas are made of spite.
Da Bears play football to hurt their own fans. 1/2
I'm a bad person but I am drinking the tears of both bears and vikings fans because my entire NFL fan experience is defined by dunking on every team for kicks.
September 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm a bad person but I am drinking the tears of both bears and vikings fans because my entire NFL fan experience is defined by dunking on every team for kicks.
News continues to be bad. Lucy continues to be a model with her ability to find the light and hold a pose and while simultaneously being a terrible workout companion.
September 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
News continues to be bad. Lucy continues to be a model with her ability to find the light and hold a pose and while simultaneously being a terrible workout companion.
In defiance of everything, I refuse to have a singular THING. I am bad at focusing unless it's hyper focusing, and I refuse to stop.
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In defiance of everything, I refuse to have a singular THING. I am bad at focusing unless it's hyper focusing, and I refuse to stop.
Last year we got a Department of Education Grant focused on decreasing textbook costs for dental education on all levels! We just published our first book last week (While I was on vacation, so we is doing a lot of heavy lifting here).
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🚨BIG NEWS - A year ago I announced that a group of us received a grant to develop the Open Dental Education Consortium, where we are embracing innovative #edtech to create the infrastructure and… | C...
🚨BIG NEWS - A year ago I announced that a group of us received a grant to develop the Open Dental Education Consortium, where we are embracing innovative #edtech to create the infrastructure and plat...
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July 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Last year we got a Department of Education Grant focused on decreasing textbook costs for dental education on all levels! We just published our first book last week (While I was on vacation, so we is doing a lot of heavy lifting here).
www.linkedin.com/posts/casey-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/casey-...
I swear to God, Ignatius Loyola sometimes gives me a jump scare.
July 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I swear to God, Ignatius Loyola sometimes gives me a jump scare.
A more moderate pope is good for American Catholic colleges and universities, as it provides a small bulwark against pressure from the administration. Freedom of Religion allows Unis to not change policies on a theological basis , and the pope supports that particular interpretation.
May 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A more moderate pope is good for American Catholic colleges and universities, as it provides a small bulwark against pressure from the administration. Freedom of Religion allows Unis to not change policies on a theological basis , and the pope supports that particular interpretation.
I am here for the pope jokes and puns. That is all.
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am here for the pope jokes and puns. That is all.
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold