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Radical Left Lemmasmith

@k8bowers.bsky.social

Archivist at Harvard, librarian, contributing editor (Dictionary of Archives Terminology), Oxford comma enthusiast, grumpable knowmudgeon #archives #records #metadata #saawords #cataloging #bornDigital Mount Holyoke ‘86 she/her

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Jane Winters@jfwinters.bsky.social · last mo.

Of all the AI nonsense that comes my way, the one I really don’t understand is the PhD proposal. What do people think a PhD is? Do they know that it’s really expensive in the UK and there are no jobs?

Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · last mo.

I've spent years going after waste: corporate contractors overcharging taxpayers, insurers gaming Medicare, billionaires dodging taxes. But DOGE wasn't about any of that. It served the rich and powerful while leaving working Americans worse off.

Candidus 🌻@candidus00.bsky.social · last mo.

Ever called out a person with severe dementia in the memory-care ward of a senior living facility? It doesn’t really accomplish that much… & the average patient in one a memory care ward is more lucid than this deranged fuck. People ought to build padded walls around the WH…

Sarah Werner@wynkenhimself.bsky.social · last mo.

A huge loss for the Smithsonian and all of us. The man must be exhausted and deserves some rest! And it makes me despair of what will happen to yet another beloved DC institution that plays a huge part in our local lives

James Neal@james3neal.bsky.social · last mo.

"Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch will step down later this year, Kelsey Ables reports. He has faced pressure from the White House since last year" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Radical Left Lemmasmith@k8bowers.bsky.social · last mo.

If you love a good character encoding drama the way I do, read this mini-thread! #characterEncoding #unicode

adr (goddamit yes)@jbfink.bsky.social · last mo.

I mean I love LaTeX but I just spent about fifteen minutes jamming my head against a wall because it was like "hey I can't render this unicode character in one of your bibtex entries, so I'm not going to render your document at all lolololol" and I'm like "I took out that unicode character"

AG Andrea Joy Campbell@massago.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy Labor Day, Massachusetts! From the Lowell Mill Women to the Lawrence textile strike, I am thinking about the brave workers who fought for the protections we have today. My office will keep working tirelessly to enforce our labor laws and protect your rights and safety.

👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻@oldenoughtosay.com · last mo.

Having now dealt with the deaths of two parents within two months, let me just say that the kindest thing you can do for your loved ones, at every stage of life, is assume that some of them will outlive you, and make that as easy as possible for them, logistically. it sucks and it's morbid, but.

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last mo.

I accept that I am incredibly morbid, but this also goes within marriages, you really are better off using the process of doing your lasting power of attorney to try and have a frank conversation about end of life issues.