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Hannah

@hannahkittyking.bsky.social

Midwest museum worker, cat appreciator, hobby collector, nature enjoyer

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Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Springtime bird watching

An orange and white cat has her front paws propped up on the arm of a couch as she stares intently out a window (though you can’t see the birds she is so interested in).

Alyssa S.@drsepinwall.bsky.social · 5mo ago

LLMs do not write “history” & cannot do new historical research. Historical research might become a dead art… But that will come from closings of departments & slashings of research grants… not from bots summarizing what’s already known.

M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

Emily Higgs Kopin @ehkopin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I care deeply, DEEPLY, about archival silences. I think reliance on automated crawling of web resources is only shifting the hegemony instead of addressing the frameworks. Who's not online? What's not online? What never will be and/or never should be?

charli xkcd @ky.fyi · 5mo ago

this web poem by Helen Shewolfe Tsang involves painstakingly removing bones from a milkfish as you uncover the words in the poem. genius execution

milkfish 𓆟

coyote.computer

old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 6mo ago

paul bunyan and babe, route 2, bemidji, minnesota, 1980

N Sims @copyrightlibn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Why am I reposting rent funds? It's still pretty bad here. I am real close to tapped out on donations this month & last, but we're gonna keep going. There's some matching right now, if you've got anything you can spare. Standwithminnesota.com

Stand With Minnesota

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

standwithminnesota.com

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I'm all in favor of celebrating (eventually) but not like this. Local organizing efforts were grassroots and localized and tailored to specific communities, and biz leaders don't get to just swoop in and slap their sponsorship logos on the hard work *they didn't do* We'll plan our own parties

Joe Vital@joevital.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We don’t need a celebration we need to abolish ICE and get justice for those murdered and for those whose rights have been violated and return our neighbors. Reminder the Roman Colosseum was a propaganda machine that enforced hierarchy and was a distraction from living standards. Stay focused MPLS.

Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is my third year of #secretsamol, my first year not getting a prompt for Lyke, and my most ambitious project so far. Thanks to @glenatron.bsky.social for the Perpetua prompt ‘where the star fell,’ which allowed me to spend a lot of time looking at images of both stars and swamps.

An embroidered and quilted panel showing a shooting star falling onto a changing landscape. Each corner has a smaller appliqué in yellow, a hand holding a star, a butterfly wing, and orchid, and a snail shell. Everything is on a bright pink background with an embroidered blue star border.

Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · last yr.

No kings

Fours different hands pull a golden crown apart, surrounded by the words "Many hands make light work."

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · last yr.

This is something that most people will miss, because they're not in the profession and haven't ever really thought about historical knowledge is produced. But it's an incredibly important point.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · last yr.

Relatedly, if you haven't been in an archives you have no idea just how much historical material is not online, not even a digital record of it. An LLM cannot research data it doesn't have. It can't even extrapolate where to find that material.

Boneshaker Books @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

this month's red threads is coming up on may 15!

Boneshaker Books@boneshakerbooks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Red Threads Mending Skillshare meets tomorrow (Thursday, 2/20) in the meeting room. Join the Signal group at bit.ly/red-threads-mpls for updates!

A red flyer with black text. Red Threads Mending Skillshare: Learn, teach, problem-solve. All skill levels, basic supplies provided. Bring any clothing or textiles you want help fixing (holes, tears, patching, buttons, darning, hems, etc.) and any supplies you want to share (we'll have needles, thread, embroidery floss, pins, buttons, patch fabric, yarn.) Every 3rd Thursday, 6–8 pm, Boneshaker Books. Join our signal chat: bit.ly/red-threads-mpls

Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · last yr.

The cute print was definitely an incentive to choose Boneshaker as my store of choice for Independent Bookstore Day

A zine titled this is just to meme and two books titled Occult Features of Anarchism and queer Little Nightmares sit on top of the 2025 Independent Bookstore Day print

Boneshaker Books@boneshakerbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

Our annual Indie Bookstore Day riso print is here! Stop by on Saturday 4/26 to get one for free with any purchase. Our extended hours (11–8) continue today and Saturday as well! Design + printing by @mothdude.bsky.social 📚

A three-color risograph print in blue, sunflower, and bright red ink on white paper of an isometric view of the inside of Boneshaker Books, a small bookstore with zines and paper lanterns. Text reads Boneshaker Books Independent Bookstore Day 2025.

Trish @slowpiracy.bsky.social · last yr.

From tumblr user vmkhoneyy
“People are inherently terrible” no!!! Have you ever seen a child wait for their friend while they tie their shoelaces? Have you ever known someone who would bring hurt squirrels and rabbits and mice to the nearest vet just so it doesn’t suffer? Have you seen someone grieve? Have you ever read something that hit your heart like a freight train? Have you looked at the stars and felt an unexplainable joy? Have you ever baked bread? Have you shared a meal with a friend? Have you not seen it? All the love? All the good? I know it’s hard to see sometimes, I know there’s pain everywhere. But look, there’s a child helping another up after a hard fall. Look, there’s someone giving their umbrella to a stranger. Look, there’s someone admiring the spring flowers. Look, there’s good, there’s good, there’s good. Look!!!!

Bee Zelda 🍉@beezelda.com · last yr.

This will not be the first economic blackout or the last. But it's a place for new people to start, and for others to continue their boycott. Eat. The. Rich.

A graphic titled "2025 Economic Blackout Schedule" outlines planned consumer blackouts. The word "BLACKOUT" is displayed in bold black letters with a crossed-out shopping cart icon inside the letter "O." A calendar and clock emoji appear in the top right corner. The schedule lists:

Total Blackout (Feb. 28): No purchases at all, with a recommendation to buy essentials in advance and shop local if necessary.
Amazon Blackout (March 7-14): No purchases from Amazon.
Nestlé Blackout (March 21-28): No purchases of Nestlé products, including Gerber, Perrier, Chefmate, Purina, and Friskies.
Walmart Blackout (April 7-14): No purchases from Walmart or Walmart.com. A sad face emoji is next to Walmart's name.
Total Blackout 2 (April 18): Another full no-purchase day with similar recommendations.
At the bottom, three sections encourage people to:

Spread the word – by sharing the information.
Prepare – by purchasing necessities before the blackout days.
Spend $0 – by avoiding purchases on blackout days and shopping local if necessary.

Objects and Order @objectsandorder.com · 2y ago

Looking for a dozen eggs?

View of a gridded group of photos of 12 egg-related objects: 1) James Sowerby, A Bird's Egg, n.d., watercolor over graphite. Yale Center for British Art; 2) "Baby in Egg" Still Bank, early 20th century, lead, pigment. Minneapolis Institute of Art; 3) Denis Martinot (designer), attributed to Theodor de Bry (decoration), Engraved Egg Watch, 1590–1600, silver, steel, and rock crystal. The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4) Attributed to Peter Carl Fabergé and House of Fabergé, Lapis Lazuli Easter Egg, ca. 1885–90, gold, enamel, lapis lazuli, pearls, diamonds, rubies. The Cleveland Museum of Art; 5) William Blake, At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell, 1793, etching and engraving. From For Children: The Gates of Paradise, pl. 8. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection; 7) Ira Blount, Handmade Wooden Egg, 1992, wood. Anacostia Community Museum, Gift of Ira Blount 8) Paul Wolff, Egg in Cup, ca. 1930, gelatin silver print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Digital image courtesy of Getty’s Open Content Program; 9) Egg, 1865, colored egg. The Art Institute of Chicago; 10) Odilon Redon, The Egg, 1885, lithograph. The Art Institute of Chicago 11) Netsuke of Bird in an Egg, 19th century, ivory. The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and 12) Egg, late 18th–early 19th century, glass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Violet Fox 🦊@violetbfox.bsky.social · 2y ago

Also encourage people to email LC to oppose this proposed revision, which was announced a few hours ago (with comments deadline of today 😡). Your email can be short (1-3 sentences) and can focus on impact to your patrons. #critcat #LCSH #cataloging 📚

Allison@readaway.bsky.social · 2y ago

LC published a tentative list to change #LCSH Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America & Mt Denali to Mt McKinley. Comments on the proposed changes can be sent to listcomments@loc.gov by Tues. February 18, 2025 (which is TODAY). If you oppose the change, please email! #critcat (classweb.org/tentative-su...

PSLF Defense @pslfdefense.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you are a public servant working towards #pslf and are worried about the future of your relief, you are not alone. We are a group of public servants dedicated to supporting PSLF, helping our members navigate forms, and planning action. Join for support and to help support. discord.gg/CSYnyDBc

Join the PSLF Defense Discord Server!

Planning the defense of Public Service Loan Forgiveness | 134 members

discord.gg

Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s very easy to tell them how shameful it is to pull up the ladder on those who fought beside you for your place.

Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 2y ago

This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument. (Scroll down.)

kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social · 2y ago

i see people quoting emma goldman’s “if i can’t dance, i don’t want to be a part of your revolution” wayyyy more often than i see them planning to assassinate financier and industry magnate henry clay frick

Genie Lauren@moreandagain.me · 2y ago

The issue is — like so many things — “the politics of joy” has been disconnected from its roots and lost its meaning. The idea was originally introduced by Zora Neale Hurston.

Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · 2y ago

Second year of #secretsamol, second time making something about Lye Lychen. I honestly wouldn’t be mad if I got a Lyke prompt for the next several years.

A portrait of Lyke and Aterika’Kaal, characters from the podcast Friends at the Table, embroidered on a white handkerchief with a rose lace border. Lyke lovingly cradled a beaded felt rose bloom to his embroidered face as blood made of red beads drips from various points where its vines, made of braided embroidery thread, touch his neck and hand. One of the lace roses on the upper corner has been made to look like Aterika’Kaal’s spider form. It has a felt rose head and legs made out of the same braids as the vines. Rose vines are embroidered across the back, with the lines fading into a blood red near the bottom.

A close up view of Lyke’s face that shows the embroidered and beaded details.

A close up view of Aterika’Kaal’s face that shows the various materials used to create it, including felt, beads, braided embroidery thread, and the floral lace that forms its body.

A close-up image of the rose border along the base of Lyke’s bust-style portrait. The roses are three dimensional and are made of red felt with green embroidered leaves.

Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 2y ago

Friends, I need you to use alt text on every picture. Plus the full name and nothing with an asterisk. 1. For accessibility 2. So muted words work. That's helping people who are caring for themselves. 3. If you're gonna take a stand about how we should care for people, this is part of caring.

Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am never more jealous of my cats than when they are cozily napping and I have chores to do.

An orange and white cat sleeps on a starry blanket

A fluffy black cat is tucked into bed, asleep with her head on a pillow.

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)@moudhy.bsky.social · 2y ago

What I love in these complex glass-making instructions from the Library of Ashurbanipal is a reference to older texts. “Copy of an ancient tablet”, reads a line from this, to us, ancient tablet. A reminder that the scholars writing these instructions worked to preserve older knowledge and history

Photo of a broken cuneiform tablet with many lines of text. It is made up of several fragments put back together

Photo of a broken cuneiform tablet with many lines of text visible. It is made up of 5 fragments stuck together preserving several zigzagged breaks

Sanctuary Supply Depot @supplydepotmpls.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you have been meaning to help, the time is now. Multiple camps with fires and evictions at this moment. We'll be handing out hand warmers and coffee and supplies, bring warm clothes (especially gloves) if you want, or go let people just sit in your car to warm up until there's somewhere to go ❤️

✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird@riotousmuse.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yes to GMCC @ 1100 E Lake if you're available

Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you are worried about your cats and avian flu there are very reasonable steps you can take to protect them. apnews.com/article/cats...

Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here's how to protect them

The death of an Oregon house cat from bird flu and a pet food recall are raising questions about how people can protect their pets.

apnews.com

Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thinking back to my project for last year’s #secretsamol while preparing for this year. I’m doing a completely different medium, but I’m interested to see how the overlap plays out.

A block print titled From the Inventory of Lye Lychen, Collected from across the Heartland. The print depicts and labels a variety of items that were part of Lyke’s story in Sangfielle, a season of Friends at the Table. The print is laid on a square of blue fabric and has a dried rose set on one corner.

Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2y ago

I had an interaction with a stranger today who wanted to tell me how much they thought history was important, that it's something we should face head-on. When I suggested that she should advocate for empowered/employed educators, it was clear she'd never thought about educators as part of history.

Hannah @hannahkittyking.bsky.social · 2y ago

I just wrote to both senators through their contact forms. I hope they get the message that this kind of callousness won’t be tolerated by Minnesotans.

Andrew Karre@andrewkarre.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am sickened that senators @smith.senate.gov and @amyklobuchar.com enabled the Republicans' ghoulish obsession with harming trans children and their families. Do better. Protect trans kids.