That would be amazing television!

A cooking competition show where they declare a winner every week but nobody ever gets eliminated, they just have a nice experience, and then after 10 weeks everyone just goes home happy.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Group Sues to Stop Closure of the Iowa State Historical Society Library and Archives Facility in Iowa City (via Radio Iowa) www.radioiowa.com/2025/10/06/g... More Here (via @iowacapitaldispatch.com) iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/10/02/l... #libraries #archives

Cara Tremain discusses the future of Canadian museums and the need for continued support and policy change.

Running our first quarterly workshop in the History Explorers Club today. As members in our first cohort are working on independent research projects, Nadine Zimmerli has joined us and is taking us through the world of History publishing.

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There are so many talented actors out in this world, some famous, some waiting for that break. I don't understand the need to create an "AI" actor when there are so many waiting for that chance. I don't want to see a computer talk, I want to see an actor perform.

They need names - both are in the Montreal Tartan, the bear with a QC tartan bow and Cdn tartan heart; the bunny with a Cdn tartan bow and QC tartan heart. All polite suggestions entertained.
Will be up for sale at the St Andrew's Ball charity silent auction in November

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Roger believes there are many more ceramic pieces like these in antique shops or personal collections. We welcome anyone with similar pieces to contact us. Work like this is helping to fill in a huge blank spot in the history of Residential Schools. museum.novascotia.ca/blog/residen...

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Today @nulybranch.bsky.social introduce a new series in "Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories."

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We need new professional models that don’t assume stable salaries, institutional subsidies, or invisible labor.

If we want history to thrive, we need to rethink how we value and pay for its work. 10/

The Students and Early Career Special Interest Section is excited to be hosting their first event, "KASAYSAYAN, KARAPATAN, AT KALAYAAN: RECORDKEEPING & HUMAN RIGHTS," in partnership with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP). archivists.ca/event-6337215.

Just deleted my academia dot edu account. Why should this kind of thing belong to a private company, why should they be able to monetize my information, likeness, etc? How do they get away with using .edu? The academics in the academic market should be making the money, not the spongers.

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Reading the obituaries for Robert Redford, and how so many are calling him a decent human being. Which is great, but so sad that it has to be made a point. Wouldn't it be wonderful if more could be called decent human beings?

Victorianists - a little bit of silly joy in all the gloom: take a moment today to vote for this gorgeous Lego set idea of the Great Exhibition so we can all get it for Christmas! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Sunflowers finally in bloom!

Thank you so much!

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Perfect

A small painting I made last night.

Reminder for scholarly folks of the occult: kalaity.com/2025/09/04/c...