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Kathleen E. Kennedy

@themedievaldrk.bsky.social

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manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology

Above: BL, Royal 18 D II, Lambeth MS 532
For more on the banner artist, read differentvisions.org/aging-artists-and-impairment-in-fifteenth-century-england/

Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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DMing a couple of questions

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David J Bauman's avatar David J Bauman @davidjbauman.bsky.social
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This this this! It’s the first thing I say when people ask how they can help the library. The second thing is show up, use our services. Come get your copies here instead of at Staples, we’re cheaper and the more you use us, the better are stats. The better our stats, the more our funding rises.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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ah gotcha. I'm still waiting for confirmation from a non-terfy source. unfortunately won't be surprised if it's forthcoming tho--soo much toxicity in those circles in the 80s and 90s (and today but little pushback then) disappointing : (

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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this feels like a Leeds subtweet and makes me glad I wasn't there : /

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I've found the last few days all but unendurable onhere--was glad to be working offline.

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Kingfisher & Wombat's avatar Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com
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Had the walls been an open grid, like in industrial buildings, it would not have been claustrophobic, but the white metal walls sliding downward and the sight of the ceiling approaching ever closer would make an unbelievable horror movie set piece.

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Paris Marx's avatar Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social
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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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My neighborhood. (Keen even fliered here and in so doing managed to burn money faster than AI does, which is a feat.)

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Was at a reception with such fancy catering last evening that the staff had been trained in European wine-glass etiquette and handed off filled glasses by the flat of the base only. By some miracle I did NOT exclaim: "I've only ever seen that in Renaissance paintings!" thou it'd've been funnier.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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Historian: *leaps up! ready!* *reads the room* *sits back down*

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A.R. Moxon's avatar A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social
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There's another key attribute of hope that doesn't get mentioned much.

Hope fights.

Even when victory seems unlikely—especially then—hope fights.

We should be hopeful people.

Full essay: www.the-reframe.com/a-fools-hope/

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A.R. Moxon's avatar A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social
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The last week felt much like the other two events that most advanced American fascism—that being the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Trump election. There's a pervasive and inescapable feeling of dread and despair around, because, as fascists see it, there is supposed to be.

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... and we have a winner. This book won the 2024 SHARP Book History Book Prize, as has been announced yesterday at #SHARP2024. Congratulations, Prof. Sebouh David Aslanian. #bookhistory

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David (he/him)'s avatar David (he/him) @dkbell0.bsky.social
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In that exact part of the aviary I heard a young father (probably in his late 20s/early 30s) say to his child, "What do you get when you give a baby owl a bath? A moist owlette." To which I busted up laughing as my boyfriend at the time just glared at me.

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For an election results morning that's gone reasonably well the Bluesky Temperature Check is somehow reading: 🟧 and tbh I'm a bit glad that it's a busy day and I may not be on v much.

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Kingfisher & Wombat's avatar Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com
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And this spectacular critter, which is definitely a Fritillary and tentatively ID’d as a Silver Washed Fritillary. Apparently the Finnish name translates as “Emperor’s Cloak.”

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I found it a chilling data-point that even Dan Rather's throwing doubt onto Biden now-if you lose Rather etc : (

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Boots still sells them (and masks), if you need to pick up a pack.

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Whenever I hear arguments why university libraries should cancel "the too many" journal subscriptions, I have to think of #Futurama S1E11:

"Over here is Wong Library. It has the largest collection of literature in the Western universe."

#bookhistory

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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At 0801 here I easily read this as 'Urbana-Champaign' and thought 'hell yeah, an 8bit fighter set in Chambana? Why not?'

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Colleen Theisen's avatar Colleen Theisen @librarycolleen.bsky.social
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Instead of "Reading Room Rules" I love how Smith College's Special Collections uses "Community Agreements" which establishes a partnership from the start rather than a "Don't you dare." I really recommend reading through this! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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Currently floored to discover 21st-century critics of modernist lit extolling as an amazing innovation the same method I can point to being used in the 1920s, 1850s, and even the 1690s. Not saying they're all directly related, or that they're all identical. But new in 1950? Yeah NOPE.

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I am envious of all of these results of your quest!

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Katie Mack's avatar Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
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Part of a good thread that illustrates why I don’t hang out on Twitter/X anymore

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John Scalzi's avatar John Scalzi @scalzi.com
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Here's some pretty flowers for your timeline today, thought you might want them.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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Once again asking how I am expected to write books without cheezits.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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ty for this absolutely necessary Cabbage Content

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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Alrighty, already begun a week thick with debates about my insecure future, and taking today to write to try to build myself up enough to endure it. So I'll be online today, is what I'm saying, so I'm gonna ask you, Bluesky, to lower the temp a bit, increase the petpix, etc, yeah? Be the helpers?

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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That is a fine pro-Minnesota thread alright enough

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Dr. Fade's avatar Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social
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I've heard this story before, but not like this. A damn fine thread.

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Carolina A. Miranda's avatar Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social
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"If MoMA is going to get serious about this world, it needs to start by dumping the whole concept of 'Latin America' and start getting specific."

I write about a show that has been irritating me for a hot minute.
www.curbed.com/article/moma...

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Kathleen E. Kennedy's avatar Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social
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ugh so sorry it got that bad in that thread. purity politics will end us : (

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K.B. Spangler's avatar K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com
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go into your photo roll or whatever and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud

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Kevin Gannon 's avatar Kevin Gannon @thetattooedprof.bsky.social
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Today's must-read. Everything has a history, including yesterday's judicial coup on behalf of the executive, now possessing legal immunities that would be the envy of an absolute monarch.

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