The Victorian Archivist
@victorianarchivist.bsky.social
Librarian, historical costumer, tea addict
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Let's punish those living in the U.S. with higher prices because Europe doesn't want us to take over Greenland? Truly, 4-D chess. Just, slow clap, everyone.
In a post on social media, Trump said a 10% tariff will take effect on Feb. 1, and will climb to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for the United States to purchase Greenland. n.pr/4qrLPDO
Trump says 8 EU countries to be charged 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
In a post on social media, Trump said a 10% tariff will take effect on Feb. 1, and will climb to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for the United States to purchase Greenland.
n.pr
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Let's punish those living in the U.S. with higher prices because Europe doesn't want us to take over Greenland? Truly, 4-D chess. Just, slow clap, everyone.
This continues to be the language of abusers. "Look what you made me do." "If you wouldn't talk like that, I wouldn't get so mad."
Rep. Randy Fine: "Jacob Frey is fomenting a second civil war ... for Democrat politicians to take the side of foreigners over American is treason. Jacob Frey should be arrested ... now there are two people who have been shut justifiably because of the rhetoric of Democrats."
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
This continues to be the language of abusers. "Look what you made me do." "If you wouldn't talk like that, I wouldn't get so mad."
I hope Tesla's sentinel mode records sound, because I just informed an incorrectly parked Tesla that "this is not a PARKING SPACE. This is a SIDEWALK."
January 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
I hope Tesla's sentinel mode records sound, because I just informed an incorrectly parked Tesla that "this is not a PARKING SPACE. This is a SIDEWALK."
"Get civil" to them means "shut up and take it." It means "if you speak up for your own rights, you're being UNcivil." This is the language of abusers.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Get civil" to them means "shut up and take it." It means "if you speak up for your own rights, you're being UNcivil." This is the language of abusers.
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If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
If you have time to doom scroll, you have time to read books!
Having 3 Drs appointments, 2 library programs, and PMS the first week I'm back to 100% after having the flu is just the unfortunate, mostly out-of-my-control confluence that just really sucks and there isn't much I can do about.
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Having 3 Drs appointments, 2 library programs, and PMS the first week I'm back to 100% after having the flu is just the unfortunate, mostly out-of-my-control confluence that just really sucks and there isn't much I can do about.
Working at a deli, cut my finger on a bagel. Not the bagel knife, the edge of the bagel. Didn't realize it went into my skin at first. Finished buttering it, wrapped it for the customer, took glove off and squeezed my finger. When blood came out I snatched the bagel back yelling "don't eat that!"
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Working at a deli, cut my finger on a bagel. Not the bagel knife, the edge of the bagel. Didn't realize it went into my skin at first. Finished buttering it, wrapped it for the customer, took glove off and squeezed my finger. When blood came out I snatched the bagel back yelling "don't eat that!"
I was once Very Wrong on the Internet, and among the snark one person very calmly explained why I was wrong, and changed my life. And now, unfortunately, that has made me one of those people who feels like I Must Say Something when someone is Wrong on the Internet, bc if it worked for me...
January 5, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I was once Very Wrong on the Internet, and among the snark one person very calmly explained why I was wrong, and changed my life. And now, unfortunately, that has made me one of those people who feels like I Must Say Something when someone is Wrong on the Internet, bc if it worked for me...
Can't wait until the library late fee fans who scream "just return your books on time, it's not hard!!" find out I'm a librarian who wouldn't use the library before I got my FT library job bc I could never remember to return my books on time while working 3PT jobs, and didn't want to accrue fines.
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Can't wait until the library late fee fans who scream "just return your books on time, it's not hard!!" find out I'm a librarian who wouldn't use the library before I got my FT library job bc I could never remember to return my books on time while working 3PT jobs, and didn't want to accrue fines.
Seriously, this administration can cover up the Epstein files and bury the victims WHILE ALSO destroying the lives of lots of other people and the foundations of our US government. They can do all that at once. On purpose. With intent. We don't have to ignore one crime for another.
If you tell me that this is a distraction from the Epstein files I will block you into last week.
For fuck's sake, people in other countries are actual human beings who do not deserve to be murdered. They are deserving of our attention and care. Their violent deaths should not be on our hands.
For fuck's sake, people in other countries are actual human beings who do not deserve to be murdered. They are deserving of our attention and care. Their violent deaths should not be on our hands.
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Seriously, this administration can cover up the Epstein files and bury the victims WHILE ALSO destroying the lives of lots of other people and the foundations of our US government. They can do all that at once. On purpose. With intent. We don't have to ignore one crime for another.
Some professional things I'd like to do in 2026:
•submit a proposal for a NYLA program
•get my bestseller ordering back into a good flow, where it hasn't been since we broke up with McNs and B&T went kaput
•Local History Fair 2.0: now with more History
•submit a proposal for a NYLA program
•get my bestseller ordering back into a good flow, where it hasn't been since we broke up with McNs and B&T went kaput
•Local History Fair 2.0: now with more History
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Some professional things I'd like to do in 2026:
•submit a proposal for a NYLA program
•get my bestseller ordering back into a good flow, where it hasn't been since we broke up with McNs and B&T went kaput
•Local History Fair 2.0: now with more History
•submit a proposal for a NYLA program
•get my bestseller ordering back into a good flow, where it hasn't been since we broke up with McNs and B&T went kaput
•Local History Fair 2.0: now with more History
Okay, I'll brag a little.
✅ planned a Read-In & open mic in support of libraries where we collected 100 supportive testimonials from patrons that we then scanned, printed, and mailed to our Senators & Reps
✅ started a program series w/a PoliSci prof teaching civics; gets 50 attendees on the reg (1/)
✅ planned a Read-In & open mic in support of libraries where we collected 100 supportive testimonials from patrons that we then scanned, printed, and mailed to our Senators & Reps
✅ started a program series w/a PoliSci prof teaching civics; gets 50 attendees on the reg (1/)
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Okay, I'll brag a little.
✅ planned a Read-In & open mic in support of libraries where we collected 100 supportive testimonials from patrons that we then scanned, printed, and mailed to our Senators & Reps
✅ started a program series w/a PoliSci prof teaching civics; gets 50 attendees on the reg (1/)
✅ planned a Read-In & open mic in support of libraries where we collected 100 supportive testimonials from patrons that we then scanned, printed, and mailed to our Senators & Reps
✅ started a program series w/a PoliSci prof teaching civics; gets 50 attendees on the reg (1/)
Staying up until midnight just so I can set my 2026 reading goal.
December 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Staying up until midnight just so I can set my 2026 reading goal.
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
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December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
When I worked as a barista we learned a dropped shot glass has no lid--we'd sometimes pull espresso shots into a shot glass, & sometimes the vibration of the machine would shake that half full glass right off the tray. Trying to catch it meant 1st or 2nd degree burns. You let that thing fall & break
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When I worked as a barista we learned a dropped shot glass has no lid--we'd sometimes pull espresso shots into a shot glass, & sometimes the vibration of the machine would shake that half full glass right off the tray. Trying to catch it meant 1st or 2nd degree burns. You let that thing fall & break
I've been watching a lot of TV while home with the flu, and the ad where the guy describes his girlfriend to an AI so it can tell him what to get her for Christmas is killing my last shred of hope for humanity.
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I've been watching a lot of TV while home with the flu, and the ad where the guy describes his girlfriend to an AI so it can tell him what to get her for Christmas is killing my last shred of hope for humanity.
I am two books and one sewing project away from completing my 2025 goals, but now I have the flu and cannot concentrate or sit up for long periods. 😫
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I am two books and one sewing project away from completing my 2025 goals, but now I have the flu and cannot concentrate or sit up for long periods. 😫
Me, but replace the word "novel" with "sewing project."
Me: (working on novel)
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Me, but replace the word "novel" with "sewing project."
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
It took me 3 months to get an appointment with a neurologist.
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It took me 3 months to get an appointment with a neurologist.
"I use AI as a shortcut to reading the whole book."
Yeah, well, I guess we all might as well pack it up and ask AI to shortcut our lives, because wtaf
Yeah, well, I guess we all might as well pack it up and ask AI to shortcut our lives, because wtaf
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"I use AI as a shortcut to reading the whole book."
Yeah, well, I guess we all might as well pack it up and ask AI to shortcut our lives, because wtaf
Yeah, well, I guess we all might as well pack it up and ask AI to shortcut our lives, because wtaf
Just ask them "hug, handshake, or high five" and then you still get to engage with them while allowing them agency? Plus their little face is so cute as they very seriously consider which one they'd prefer (at least my nephew's is).
Many parents are teaching their children that they don’t have to hug anyone they don’t want to—but not all relatives are understanding. Rheana Murray on the new rules of family affection: theatln.tc/oc7W069l
🎨: Liana Finck
🎨: Liana Finck
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just ask them "hug, handshake, or high five" and then you still get to engage with them while allowing them agency? Plus their little face is so cute as they very seriously consider which one they'd prefer (at least my nephew's is).
This morning's cringe, "okay, Milennial" thought:
Fuck these companies trying to make me/my eyeballs/my attention span a customer; I just wanna go be a costumer.
Fuck these companies trying to make me/my eyeballs/my attention span a customer; I just wanna go be a costumer.
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This morning's cringe, "okay, Milennial" thought:
Fuck these companies trying to make me/my eyeballs/my attention span a customer; I just wanna go be a costumer.
Fuck these companies trying to make me/my eyeballs/my attention span a customer; I just wanna go be a costumer.
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
Me in December: "you can do things after 6pm, you know."
Also me:
Also me:
December 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Me in December: "you can do things after 6pm, you know."
Also me:
Also me: