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Sarah Werner

@wynkenhimself.bsky.social

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feminist bibliography, old books, mutual aid, and doikayt // author, Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide; editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America // sarahwerner.net

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · Jul 8

Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout! www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...

BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
NEW SERIES
Book History for the Future
SERIES EDITORS:
Lisa Gitelman, New York University, USA
Tom Mole, Durham University, UK
Sarah Werner, Independent Researcher, USA
Book History for the Future aims to define the cutting edge for a new generation of book historians, as book history enters a new chapter of its evolution. Books sit at a densely trafficked intersection of social relations, status negotiations, emotional investments, material possibilities, desires, aspirations, and dreams.
They require an intellectual approach grounded in attention to physical artefacts and material conditions while also engaged in theoretical reflection, attentive to historical contexts while attuned to contemporary resonances. This series publishes books that eschew academic parochialism in favour of adventurous engagements with new theoretical developments, innovative methodologies, digital tools, and global
contexts.

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Jess-Icabod Zellers @stellagarp.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to edit. I want to look out the window at the clouds.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 1d

@iamdylanlewis.bsky.social you need to see this and maybe Zuzu does too

Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 1d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 1d

lol to someone with a strong Midwestern American accent, this note is especially hilarious and opaque!

Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 1d

oh man that sounds delightful! At one point I started collecting the run of editions of ABC with the thought of doing a longitudinal look at how definitions and needs have shifted. And then... I think I got distracted? Someday!

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 1d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 1d

Such a big fan of the sly humor in that book!

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 1d

omfg MANICULES although it is true that some manicules look like they've had some very fancy manicures. Anyway. Go read Bill Sherman.

Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 2d

Kadin is 100% right about this (indexes/fists for print; manicures for hand-drawn) and if those words make any sense to you, you should read the discussion 👇

Trans* Book History @transbookhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Indexes or printer's firsts (not manicules). This is the hill I die on.

Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 6d

#EarlyModern meme! #BookHistory

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 3d

If you are employed & doing pretty fine right now, set aside some money from each paycheck to dedicate to mutual aid asks. Even just $20.

Shit is really bad, the social safety net is being shredded, & truly TRULY all we have is each other right now.

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Jolie Braun @joliebraun.bsky.social · 3d

Interview with John R. Davis about his new book, Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC: newbooksnetwork.com/keep-your-ea....

Cover of Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC by John R. Davis

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 4d

Not thrilled with this development. UNC’s School of Information and Library Science to be merged w/ the School of Data Science and Society.

#librarysky #libraries

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 4d

mmm 😵‍💫

www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...

University leadership announces development of new school at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill

The School of Information and Library Science and the School of Data Science and Society will be founding leaders of a new school to amplify and lead Carolina’s response to the information and data ne...

www.unc.edu

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 4d

more gutter antisemitism from Mary Rambaran-Olm (read down in the thread where she suggests that she supports murdering Jews)

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 4d

This is a person who is still taken seriously and published in left-wing spaces.

To be clear: No, most Israeli Jews are not descended from Polish Jews. And even for the minority who are, it would obviously not be safe for them all to go there now, given the Polish government.

Tweet from Axel Folio, PhD: "To Poland where they are from"

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 4d

This is how Trumpism squares the circle of using antisemitic tropes against bad rootless diaspora Jews while also claiming to be acting to protect Jews. They, the Christian nationalists, get to decide who is a Jew and who is therefore deserving of protection. Jews as symbols of Christian politics.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 4d

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Melissa @bibliothecar.bsky.social · 4d

#bannedbooksweek

NYCLU statement: We have been receiving reports that ICE agents are unlawfully banning all books from entering the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (Batavia). Titles include a dictionary, books about religiong, drawing books, and even a Sudoku puzzle book. Banning books in immigration detention facilities plainly violates the First Amendment, which is afforded to all people in the United States--including those trapped in immigration detention. The Buffalo Federal Detention Facility must take immediate steps to end this practice and comply with the First Amendment"

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 5d

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 5d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 5d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 5d

Whoo!! Congratulations to you but also to all of us for getting to read this!

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DC Abortion Fund ⭐ @dcabortionfund.bsky.social · 5d

we have a 5k gap to close by this friday for a DC native. we know it's rough out there-- can our community dig deep and show up for our neighbor? love & rage! xo DCAF 💕

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 6d

exciting news: i'm graduating from physical therapy to the actual gym and my starting level, according to the trainer, is not "foundational" but "level 1" and I don't know what any of that means but i'm taking it as a win

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 6d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 6d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · 6d

Under the Canopy of a Shaken World.
This Sukkot, the world feels fragile. Hope feels harder to hold. But Sukkot has always been a festival of fragility. We sit in open huts, under a sky we cannot control, to remember: our security has never come from walls, but from one another.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 6d

Like a good thread about airports? (obvs yes)

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 6d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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Leo Cadogan @leocadogan.com · 6d

Well-researched article including opinion from our colleague in the book trade Pierre-Yves Guillemet.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 6d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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