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Ruth MacLeod

@scottishruth.bsky.social

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Archivist doing archive things mostly. Easily distracted London based Scot. Current Chair of Archives and Records Association, but all views my own. She/her.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 1d

a woman is making a funny face with her mouth open and her eyes closed .

ALT: a woman is making a funny face with her mouth open and her eyes closed .

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 2d

Self Esteem utterly joyous at Brixton tonight. So lovely to come out of a gig and everyone is happy.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 2d

Seconding this.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 6d

I have never seen The Wizard of Oz from start to finish. Bits of it, yes. Whole thing, nope.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 6d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 6d

Done! I’ve been meaning to for ages and kept forgetting - good luck!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 6d

Have just forced my chorister to test this.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 8d

Fucking hell

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 8d

Fair point. I don’t think I’ll manage to repeat the shot while I’m up this weekend though!

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 8d

I offer you the road leading to the Highland Archives (by the river in Inverness).

View of a river, with trees on the far bank, a suspension footbridge over the water and a pink castle in the distance.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 9d

That was A Decision. It's also quite the estate agent write up.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 10d

Real Edinburgh history is fascinating, and that nonsense gets top billing instead.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 10d

My old boss had written an actual paper on this, but it rarely came up when we were discussing either the repository or digital preservation...

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 14d

That’s quite the week - hope a quiet weekend helps!

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 14d

I hope your paint removing efforts were better than mine last time I painted - a week later I was still finding white paint in my hair!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 14d

Official (virtual) toast of life for N today, so champagne for us both. As she would have appreciated. Plus we’ve had a nice day out with friends #ConfinedCocktails

Champagne glass beside a bottle of champagne on my kitchen counter, so spice rack and purple salt pig in the background.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 15d

Yes, and I’ve got a wee scar from splashing boiling sugar on my hand one time. Worth it though.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 15d

I’m from a family that makes tablet. We’re very into sugary things!

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 15d

I associate barley sugar very strongly with my granny!

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 15d

I've literally pulled a muscle laughing at this.

Presuming Ed @presuming-ed.bsky.social · 18d

Tuesday.

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Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 16d

Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info:
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?

Photo of a paper airplane on fire with text that reads "I am under no obligation to disclose anything and the papers belong to me. If I wanted to I could take them into the yard and have a bonfire with them" South Yorkshire Chief Constable Med Hughes.

Credit for photo of on fire airplane is Aron Yigin via Unsplash

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Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 16d

Yesterday we sent out this briefing to all UK MPs and our press list. It is our response to calls for digitisation of adoption and care records. We believe there is a better - & much needed - solution to make these records more accessible to those that need them. #LongLostFamilies bit.ly/4mBqsxo

Statement on recent press discussion about the digitisation of adoption records — Campaign for Records

The Chief Archivists in Local Government Group of the Archives and Records Association have put out this statement in response to press discussion on digitisation of adoption records and propose an al...

www.campaignforrecords.org

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 17d

Hope things improve soon.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 17d

Enjoying seeing Tâf supervising there.

Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 17d

AI isn’t going to solve anything. I’ll still be hundreds of miles away, just in an even more dried up planet.

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Ruth MacLeod @scottishruth.bsky.social · 17d

Yep, my dad complains he doesn’t see my brother, even if he was there the day before.