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Diane Shaw

@museocat.bsky.social

Retired museum library cataloger in Washington, DC area. Fond of birds and travel.

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University of Virginia Library@uvalibrary.bsky.social · 3d ago

Open to all and happening tomorrow!

Rare Book School@rarebookschool.bsky.social · last wk.

You are cordially invited to join the Rare Book School staff for our fall Open House on 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟴 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗽.𝗺. in the RBS Suite (UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, Room 230). All are welcome! rarebookschool.org/events/2026/10/open-house @uvalibrary.bsky.social

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic contains a photo of a black chalkboard in the upper right quadrant, on which are drawn arrows with the words “RARE BOOK SCHOOL Open House. Demos! Scholarship & course info! Snacks!” To the left of this image, red and black text against white and tan reads “You’re invited! Join the Rare Book School staff for our Winter Open House 1–4 p.m. Thursday, 8 October. UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, Room 230. Free & open to the public.” The lower part of the graphic contains three thumbnail images: a photo of a woman and a man in aprons operating a letterpress, the detail of a book binding with a central medallion on which a woman in a blue Regency-era dress is visited by cherubs, and a close-up photo of a person with black and pink hair leaning over a table as they pick up a piece of gold foil on a metal tool. Below these, black text reads, “Print a letterpress keepsake. View items from RBS’s world-class teaching collection. Try your hand at gold foil stamping.” At the bottom of the graphic, white text on a horizontal black bar reads “rarebookschool.org.”
Amyville Hoyrror@amyhoy.bsky.social · 4d ago

in the art fraud world, faking a signature is the killing stroke for a legal case. the smart fraudsters let a faked artwork work its way through a series of deniable attributed-to's and in-the-manner-of's and let the buyer fill in the blanks.

Andrew Deck@andrewdeck.bsky.social · 4d ago

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
Diane Shaw@museocat.bsky.social · 4d ago

I was in Los Angeles recently and visited several museums and galleries. At the Broad, the exhibition “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,” featured this timely poster from 1969: “War is Over, if you want it.” (Exhibition closes Oct. 11).

Poster (lithograph on paper) dated 1969, featuring the text “War is Over!” In large block letters, followed in smaller type by the words “If you want it. Love from John and Yoko.”Large poster at the entrance to the exhibition “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,” at the Broad in Los Angeles, California. The accompanying photo shows Yoko Ono dressed entirely in black, sitting cross-legged on the floor in a medical office room painted entirely in white. This partly interactive exhibition closes on Oct. 11, 2026.
Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · last wk.

Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include...

Two ceramic cats in a vitrine
Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 4w ago

Something weirdly not noted in a lot of the coverage of the extortionate threats to murder the Kennedy Center unless it’s reimagined as a shrine to Trump: There was no dire fiscal crisis until Trump’s goombahs started mucking with it. Its finances were fine. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

John F Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

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Jack Gann@jackgann.bsky.social · 4w ago

Here I am promoting the display of Elizabeth Blackwell's 'A Curious Herbal' in the pages of The Yorkshire Post. But why, of all the plants I could have gone with to highlight for our exhibition on folklore, magic, and medicine, have I chosen to look at something as everyday as a tomato?

A photo of me in a newspaper clipping. I am looking at an old book, open to a page with a colour illustration of a tomato plant.
Diane Shaw@museocat.bsky.social · last mo.

As a former 30-year employee of the Smithsonian who still has close ties to the Institution, I am sad but not surprised Lonnie Bunch will be retiring this year. He’s widely appreciated by the staff & donors, and led us through difficult times (COVID; tough finances, and now Trump). I wish him well.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

Lonnie Bunch will step down from his position as head of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year, he announced

Kevin Sievers@diplotomodon.bsky.social · last mo.

New on the blog: a (brief) recap of what led to this point in the storied history of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. diplotomodon.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/p...

“Patterns of Visitation and Audience Behavior”: Or, How We Got Here

The Academy’s penultimate location at the corner of Broad & Sansom Streets, Philadelphia, where Hadrosaurus foulkii first stood, circa 1840 It’s been almost a week since the news ab…

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Ben Miller@extinctmonsters.bsky.social · last mo.

Take this seriously. Back when I joined field teams more regularly, paleontologists avoided talking about what they were up to in local gas stations and restaurants. They rented vehicles so they couldn’t be tracked and followed. And that was long before a dinosaur at auction broke 10 million.

Cary Woodruff@doublebeam.bsky.social · last mo.

I said it, & I mean it, in this new article by @sciam.bsky.social on the ever increasing conflicts between academic & commercial paleo: “I really think that, in a very short period of time, we will see someone killed in the United States over a dinosaur" www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last mo.

Hi, this is your seasonal reminder to back up your computer, your cell phone, your voice recorder, your memory cards, anything you think is important. Make multiple copies, because hard drives fail and are very expensive right now. Sometimes you drop you phone into a lake. Do it sooner than later.

The Shumater@theshumater.bsky.social · last mo.

Arkansas librarian fired for refusing to buckle under to demands from Republican county leaders to censor books receives $275K settlement: "Librarians should be able to serve their communities according to professional standards." #arpx #arnews #arleg arkansasadvocate.com/2026/08/27/a...

Arkansas librarian fired after opposing book ban efforts to receive $275K in settlement | Arkansas Advocate

Patty Hector's lawsuit is part of a larger fight over library restrictions playing out in Arkansas and other Republican-led states.

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