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Rachel J Kirkwood

@drkirky.bsky.social

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Academic library manager-researcher, bi mum, singer, Quaker, European; #DH, languages & linguistics, #QuakerStudies #EarlyModern stuff #metaphor #GoodOmens #DoctorWho #SpeculativeLiterature

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Nov 27

Delighted to introduce you to at least 2x Sarah Jones in my contribution to the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. One #Quaker, one #Congregationalist, both strong women. Are you keeping up with the #earlymodern Joneses?
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Jones, Sarah

Sarah Jones is a name which occurs more than once in the period spanning the English Civil Wars and Interregnum, associated with very different types of writing and diverse geographical locations. A M...

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18d

Yup. See also RTD’s Years and Years.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 19d

Nah, it’s using fuzzy matching and treating Moffat as the same as Moffett.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 19d

Kinda chilling.
I was wanting to post sth about Boom, AI & war.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve been severely rationing my news intake since the pandemic. Need to balance ‘being informed & ready to act’ with ‘being healthy & able to act’.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19d

Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 19d

@scribblesscript.bsky.social Google’s AI thinks you are Steven Moffat 😆 (only superficially funny)

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 9

Well I googled the name of the act + “territorial application” and it pointed me to a Wikipedia entry that suggested the Act applied to E, W, NI, but not S (which has its own act).

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 7

Perfectly valid choice in an English context.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 7

Er, hello?
Interesting choice of GIF there …

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yeah, she’s the one who when working for the politically impartial BBC described Jeremy Corbyn ‘leaving his lair’. A memorable phrase.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 5

Long got summers are overrated.
Emily Brontë had it right!

Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · Sep 5

Every time a film of Wuthering Heights yet again reduces Emily Brontë’s radicalism and imagination to something supposedly “relatable” it makes me go back to her poetry and remember how wild and enigmatic she really is. I love this poem on autumn
#EmilyBronte

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 5

Aha! So that’s who they named the library after!
My first encounter with an OPAC was there.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fabulous! But at least your parents were there. In 1989, the year it was 99.9% certain I would graduate, my parents double-booked themselves to a holiday abroad and couldn’t come.
I’m still bitter …

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 5

I shook her hand when I graduated.
Didn’t curtsy though 😆

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Chartered Institute of Linguists @ciol-linguists.bsky.social · Sep 5

Perfect timing for the first weekend of Autumn - the new issue of The Linguist has just been published on the CIOL website! Full of features and news from the world of languages, download your copy here👇
www.ciol.org.uk/thelinguist
#CIOL #TheLinguist #Translation #Interpreting #LatestNews #Languages

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 4

What would life be without a TBR pile?
I have to admit that I actually shelved some of mine yesterday in a sudden attack of realism. And the need to actually write something.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring!
Have you got experience in collections-related higher education library work? Come and work with me @manchester.ac.uk @uomlibrary.bsky.social, and help turn ideas into practical solutions. #skybrarians #library #vacancy #ModernCollections www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Collection Development Librarian:Oxford Road

Please watch the video linked below to learn more about this role -

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Sep 4

It stinks when even reading is tiring.
There's always doomscrolling ...

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CILIP LGBTQ+ Network @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social · Aug 29

"Trans & #gender diverse people are present in all areas of #library work" from 'Decistifying #trans & gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review' ⬇️

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2024/decisti...

#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#LGBTQ
#LGBTQIA
#NonBinary
#Queer

Decistifying trans and gender diverse inclusion in library work: A literature review – In the Library with the Lead Pipe

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Aug 21

Do you have skills and experience in managing modern academic library collections? Help me do it AT SCALE in the Uni of Manchester Library @uomlibrary.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk Watch the video for tips on how to apply www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #libraryjobs #skybrarians #colldev

Collection Development Librarian:Oxford Road

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Aug 5

In diese Stadt hatte ich mich verliebt.
In der Stadt auch.
😍

klaus radke @kradke.bsky.social · Aug 5

Hamburg, meine Perle … ;)
🎥 www.instagram.com/reel/DMkTFej...

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Aug 5

Weird but kinda beautiful.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Aug 5

Free stuff!
First batch of items from the Rylands' Early European Print collection is now fully digitised and freely available to explore online via Manchester Digital Collections #EarlyModern #incunabula #TheRylands #HistoryOfTheBook www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/collections/...

Early European Print

Discover globally significant early European print items within our digitised special collections, including rare incunabula and woodblock impressions.

www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · Aug 5

It's a false narrative of illegal immigration created by the media (traditional as well as social) which politicians are either unaware of or unable/unwilling to challenge. Where is the leadership?

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