Olivia Smith
@oliviasmith.bsky.social
Early modernist. Thinking with literature and science about natural history, big emotions, cognition. I like working in archives, or do I mean hiding?
I think it is very good that the BBC is defining metaphors used in politics.
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I think it is very good that the BBC is defining metaphors used in politics.
Really had to pause over this image that came up when I tried to look up some quite prosaic information about a gym. Like an AI borked version of Klee's angel of history. 10/10.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really had to pause over this image that came up when I tried to look up some quite prosaic information about a gym. Like an AI borked version of Klee's angel of history. 10/10.
Have you ever seen a cooler book?
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Have you ever seen a cooler book?
And also this poster I made when I worked (briefly) in Ghent.
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
And also this poster I made when I worked (briefly) in Ghent.
Enjoyable exchange from a trashy ‘if you got a PhD and left academia what do you do now?’ thread
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Enjoyable exchange from a trashy ‘if you got a PhD and left academia what do you do now?’ thread
Subtle omen at St Anne’s college
August 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Subtle omen at St Anne’s college
What a stupid question, in a competitive field of stupidity
August 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What a stupid question, in a competitive field of stupidity
We loved Oxford Illusion Museum!
August 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We loved Oxford Illusion Museum!
The best piano for playing the blues.
August 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The best piano for playing the blues.
July 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is a sweet job (UK English sweet): conservator of a type archive
July 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is a sweet job (UK English sweet): conservator of a type archive
So nice to meet your partner. Did you guys find each other in
June 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So nice to meet your partner. Did you guys find each other in
I can remember how Satan got into the garden:
June 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I can remember how Satan got into the garden:
I've got a few tips from Vogue, June 1904.
June 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I've got a few tips from Vogue, June 1904.
I hadn’t seen this playful erasure before, by Heinrich Heine. ‘The German censors…….idiots’
May 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I hadn’t seen this playful erasure before, by Heinrich Heine. ‘The German censors…….idiots’
Absolutely love academia dot edu’s advertising image. Spot on, no notes.
May 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Absolutely love academia dot edu’s advertising image. Spot on, no notes.
