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I had such a good time at the Tori Amos concert last night in Boston. “Precious Things” was on my set list wishlist.

Tori Amos News from Undented@undented.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here's the printed setlist for tonight. CALS was a late addition! "A beautiful night by the water in Boston….. We all love being outside and this was a truly special night even with mischievous breeze threatening to blow the lyrics away….. onwards to Philly, see you at The Met Philly tomorrow."

Are you familiar with the University of Washington special collections Decorative and Decorated Papers digital collection? If not, you SHOULD be... what a cool resource! digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/coll...

Exciting upcoming updates for @gettymuseum.bsky.social vocabularies! #DH2026 #LinkedOpenData

This week is my first time training someone else on how to copy catalog. Teaching another person has made me notice how complicated basic cataloging is.

My secret, Cap, is that I'm *always* angry about old books. For instance, here's a tiny slice of the millions of books 1931-1986 that have no commercial value, that are digitized, but that we're unable to use in large-scale research because they are illegal to share or display.

My tarot alt account is so sad. I only have 6 followers 😭 It’s so much easier posting here compared to Instagram. BlueSky doesn’t aggressively try to set my photos to (usually poorly matched) pop songs.

Woodcut device of a bird of prey with a small bird in its talons, flying over a castle with the sun blazing. Used by the London printer Thomas Scarlet, in his 1592 edition of Henry Smith’s sermon ‘Satans compassing the earth’. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Syn.8.59.60.

After yesterday’s CSV data wrangling high, everything about MARC cataloging feels deeply annoying. Is anyone hiring for a non-MARC GLAM metadata position? Asking for a friend 👀

Never realized that Excel (or anywhere I can work with CSV data) is my happy place. I miss spending most of my work day on data wrangling projects.

I said what I said

I have the World Cup automation on for my lights, and that game triggered so many flashing lights.

Amazon Fresh/Grocery is still selling Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce for $2.29 if you want recalled produce.

There is an exhibit in NYC that I won’t get to see until September, and I want to yell “No spoilers” when I see social media posts about it. Can exhibits even be spoiled?

Ohio. Maybe the rest of the state is fine, but may Toledo, OH and its probate court never know peace.

jesse@jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 3w ago

Name the U.S. state you loathe the most, I don't care what the reason is unless it's like weird or bigoted

Wildfire smoke day 2 with a side of vintage tile floor.

I’m finally going to listen to my doctor and eat more vegetables and get more fresh air

One weird thing that I noticed yesterday was that very few people were wearing masks outside.

Classic black and white with a chain link edge.

So, like, does anyone have info handy on what expiration dates on masks/respirators mean? If I have some KF95s that expired a year or two ago, is it still ok to use them in a pinch for something like shitty air quality?

Universal Hub@universalhub.com · 3w ago

Sunflower in the haze; state issues warning for people in "sensitive" groups www.universalhub.com/2026/sunflow... Photo by Mary Ellen #Boston #Massachusetts #ForestFires #smoke

I’m so excited to learn about this. The history of Japanese department stores is one of my research interests.

sakura christmas@prof-christmas.bsky.social · 3w ago

A visual stunner from Nozomi Naoi, THE LAND OF HAPPINESS, coming out in August from @mitpress.bsky.social, on the art history of Japanese department stores with 100+ color illustrations (!!!) Can’t wait to assign parts to my #Tokyo lecture! #デパート mitpress.mit.edu/978026205442...

Duolingo gave me an ad for beef today. The Beef Board must be seizing the current public health crisis as an opportunity to advertise. Not effective for me as a vegetarian though.

I witnessed a bicyclist getting hit by a car today, and with the recent death of a cyclist, I felt so panicky about it. The person hit was scraped up and shaken but okay, a relief since they were on a Blue Bike and not wearing a helmet.

the combination of it being too hot to cook and lettuce not being safe is quite a thing to navigate

I knew this data format was old, but this is ridiculous

While at the Fred Rogers Institute, was not prepared for the feelings of seeing the last cardigan the mom of Mister Fred Rogers ever knit for him 🥹🩶✨

I need this for the sign on the book cart I am using for a nautical collection cataloging project.

Lucy Bellwood@lubellwoo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Made these stickers for the Melville stans, but have been informed they are also very popular with whale watching fleet captains so if that's you THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY

Seeing myself on the RBMS homepage will never stop surprising me. I was so much younger in that photo—like an entirely different person.

George E. Johnson passed away Monday morning. He founded Johnson Products Company, and was the maker of Afro Sheen, the iconic Black hair product. We spoke to him earlier this year about his role in turning the Black haircare industry into what is now a multi-billion-dollar industry.

How Black hair care grew Black power : Planet Money

The Afro is one of the most iconic hairstyles of the last century. And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen. But Afro Sheen did so much more than make Black afros shine. It was…

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Fun new acquisition here at the Boston Public Library. This is a 1476 edition of Eusebius of Caesarea's church history, printed in Rome. We bought this book for basically one reason only -- a fantastic printing error that left an impression on one page from a single piece of "fallen type."