Elspeth
@lunabrd.bsky.social
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Librarian. Archivist. Obsessive crafter. History nerd seeking community. Overdeveloped sense of whimsy.
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Hey friends new and old, I make things! And sell them on Etsy! If you find yourself in need of hand-beaded ornaments or cross-stitch bookmarks, come check me out: www.etsy.com/shop/TinyShi...
Hand holding a dark green ornament encased in a net of gold and red seed beads. Large white ornament hanging on a metal “tree.” It has a combination of gold and purple seed and bugle beads, and hanging fringe with purple glass and amethyst beads. Large red ornament with white and red seed bead netting and swags, a red bugle bead “belt,” and dangles of red and white millefiori glass beads that look a bit like peppermint candy. Hands cradling a rough stone molcajete. Inside there is a sprig of cedar and a circle of six small ornaments decorated in rainbow-striped netting made of tiny seed beads.
lunabrd.bsky.social
I can smell vinegar.
impavid.us
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
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melindahaunton.bsky.social
Something that's so hard with reading history second-hand is to remember that no one knew what was going to come next. Which is archives magic.

Nobody at *this exact moment* knows that Nurse Cavell will become a tragedy and a cause celebre. They just know what she has done, and her family.
norfolkro.bsky.social
On this day nurse #EdithCavell and #PhilipeBaucq were shot at dawn for helping allied soldiers to escape Belgium during the First World War. This is a letter from one of those soldiers.
lunabrd.bsky.social
Are undergraduates the new ensigns?
lunabrd.bsky.social
WOULD WHOEVER IS BANGING ON THE PIPES PLEASE CUT IT OUT THANK YOU
lunabrd.bsky.social
Best paper i wrote was 10-15 pages on the history of the Beowulf manuscript. Covered 1200 years in about six hours with a daylong marathon of Storage Wars in the background. By the end I wasn’t even sure what time zone I was physically in.
monkeyminion.com
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes
lunabrd.bsky.social
Good things on all points!!
lunabrd.bsky.social
I just had a slice of homemade challah with butter. Simple pleasures.
lunabrd.bsky.social
Finished the complete rewrite of my book chapter and submitted it to the editor. I keep yawning! Always forget the energy expenditure of writing. #AcademicSky
lunabrd.bsky.social
The first two may lead to the third.
lunabrd.bsky.social
Half a dozen exhibits later, I've finally figured out how the Photoshop "straighten" tool is supposed to work. 🤦‍♀️
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
I’m actually pretty good with money as long as I don’t need to eat or live
lunabrd.bsky.social
You’re not?? Why on earth not?? 😁
lunabrd.bsky.social
Ta-da! Handmaid’s cupcakes!
A rimmed baking tray with red velvet cupcakes, iced in bright red swirls, with round chocolates on top. The chocolates have white fondant shaped like Handmaid’s Tale bonnets around them.
lunabrd.bsky.social
Update: red food coloring in the icing. And on my hands. And assorted surfaces. Oh dear.
lunabrd.bsky.social
It’s the edible banned books thing at work tomorrow and i’m working with fondant for the first time as a result. I remain deeply suspicious of this substance for two primary reasons. 1, nothing edible should behave like modeling clay. 2, *I bought it at the craft store.*
lunabrd.bsky.social
In Big Friend’s defense, you are extremely hamsome.
lunabrd.bsky.social
Fwiw i was first diagnosed with fibroids when I was in Vancouver for grad school. They also told me I needed to wait several months for an MRI, but I went back home to the states for summer not long after and my GP said MRI wouldn’t show anything more than the ultrasounds had already. 2nd opinion?
lunabrd.bsky.social
I am disproportionately amused by this bit of sign damage in my workplace.
Black and white signs about elevators. The top one has part of a letter missing so it now reads “No access to floop 1 from these elevators.”
lunabrd.bsky.social
If you see this post, share a random photo (or meme) from your photo gallery without explaining it.
Screenshot from Instagram: A white dove, hunkered down on a floral-patterned cloth. The dove is wearing a tiny daisy crown.
lunabrd.bsky.social
Maybe it’s Fiasco’s screenplay.
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archivistsanon.bsky.social
The messaging on AI in academia has very strong “you aren’t allowed to say no” vibes. It’s extremely unsettling and uncomfortable, especially for anyone who spent their formative years getting pelted with “no means no” lessons.
lunabrd.bsky.social
The Dickens Fair braiders are wizards!