Laura H
@ninewitchknots.bsky.social
Professional 18th cent historian; woodworker; long time fiber artist (knitting, sewing, handspinning, etc); chronic reader and occasional writer
Watching the "Making Of" about Frankenstein 2025 has got me feeling so much "I am inspired to make by seeing how much care and attention went into making this movie."
And I dont know where to put all that energy.
And I dont know where to put all that energy.
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Watching the "Making Of" about Frankenstein 2025 has got me feeling so much "I am inspired to make by seeing how much care and attention went into making this movie."
And I dont know where to put all that energy.
And I dont know where to put all that energy.
I wish I could figure out how to create a Frankenstein 2025 Elizabeth inspired wardrobe, that blends the Gothic 1850s vibes with some practicalities of 21st century daily wear.
Time to hit the sketch book, I guess?
#Frankenstein2025
Time to hit the sketch book, I guess?
#Frankenstein2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I wish I could figure out how to create a Frankenstein 2025 Elizabeth inspired wardrobe, that blends the Gothic 1850s vibes with some practicalities of 21st century daily wear.
Time to hit the sketch book, I guess?
#Frankenstein2025
Time to hit the sketch book, I guess?
#Frankenstein2025
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
I wish I could just directly imprint fall colors into my brain.
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I wish I could just directly imprint fall colors into my brain.
Did you know Virigina is at her prettiest in the fall when she's has just elected her first woman as governor and turned the state leadership blue again?
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Did you know Virigina is at her prettiest in the fall when she's has just elected her first woman as governor and turned the state leadership blue again?
Also hi, good morning. How are we all doing today?
I think today is a good day to have a lil treat.
I think today is a good day to have a lil treat.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Also hi, good morning. How are we all doing today?
I think today is a good day to have a lil treat.
I think today is a good day to have a lil treat.
Okay but now that we've just had a huge showing of exactly what people want... I hope Congressional Dems lock the fuck in and start pushing hard on the shutdown. I don't expect the Republicans to roll over, but there's no reason to tiptoe any more. Failing to use this momentum would be idiotic.
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Okay but now that we've just had a huge showing of exactly what people want... I hope Congressional Dems lock the fuck in and start pushing hard on the shutdown. I don't expect the Republicans to roll over, but there's no reason to tiptoe any more. Failing to use this momentum would be idiotic.
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Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door, MOTHERFUCKERS.
AMERICA: A LIFTED LAMP BESIDE THE GOLDEN DOOR; ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door, MOTHERFUCKERS.
Election nights are too stressful. I wish we could just instantly know election results when the polls close.
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Election nights are too stressful. I wish we could just instantly know election results when the polls close.
I can't believe I have to wait for election results and DON'T have a delicious basket of beignets to soothe my soul. I can't go on under these conditions.
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I can't believe I have to wait for election results and DON'T have a delicious basket of beignets to soothe my soul. I can't go on under these conditions.
Still 20 min to get in line and stay in line at your polling place!!!
Polls are open for two more hours, voting isn't over, make sure you vote!
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Still 20 min to get in line and stay in line at your polling place!!!
Been sick with some upper respiratory crud, have no voice, and no energy, but my brain keeps clearing my fatigue and fog juuuust long enough to make me either feel guilty for taking off work or make me daydream about someday being brave enough to cosplay. Brains are so weird.
October 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Been sick with some upper respiratory crud, have no voice, and no energy, but my brain keeps clearing my fatigue and fog juuuust long enough to make me either feel guilty for taking off work or make me daydream about someday being brave enough to cosplay. Brains are so weird.
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I think this is the National Trust for Historical Preservation version of same. savingplaces.org/press-center...
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I think this is the National Trust for Historical Preservation version of same. savingplaces.org/press-center...
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folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
folks can complain about the effectiveness of scheduled orderly mass protest but to think about it another way its the closest thing we have to the opening scene of A Muppet Christmas Carol where all the muppets sing "there goes Mr. Dipshit, there goes Mr. Ass" to Scrooge and it clearly bothered him
Had to fill out a routine anxiety questionnaire at my doctor and its like I live in the US in 2025 and attended a family wedding this past weekend, of course I've anxious in the past 2 weeks.
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Had to fill out a routine anxiety questionnaire at my doctor and its like I live in the US in 2025 and attended a family wedding this past weekend, of course I've anxious in the past 2 weeks.
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Things suck but rewatching Pacific Rim did give me the exact dose of love-powered monster slaying I needed.
October 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Things suck but rewatching Pacific Rim did give me the exact dose of love-powered monster slaying I needed.
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I'm a "do whatever you want with your own books" librarian, not a "anything printed and bound is now a sacred untouchable object" librarian
Unpopular opinion from a librarian,, but I love a tatty paperback- shows it’s been loved and read. I read in the bath too. #SorryNotSorry
Breaking the spine of a book is psychopath behaviour. It doesn't even take much care to read without doing so, you have to go out of your way to be that clumsy and destructive.
September 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm a "do whatever you want with your own books" librarian, not a "anything printed and bound is now a sacred untouchable object" librarian
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yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)
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#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
1🧵
#PlaymobilÖtzi
#PlaymobilInfestation
Being a historian who gets to study women in trades can be rewarding, especially as a way to understand "how did we get here?"
But it's also a lot of me grinding my teeth as I read about how women have been pared down, erased, ignored because some men can't bear to have women compete with them.
But it's also a lot of me grinding my teeth as I read about how women have been pared down, erased, ignored because some men can't bear to have women compete with them.
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Being a historian who gets to study women in trades can be rewarding, especially as a way to understand "how did we get here?"
But it's also a lot of me grinding my teeth as I read about how women have been pared down, erased, ignored because some men can't bear to have women compete with them.
But it's also a lot of me grinding my teeth as I read about how women have been pared down, erased, ignored because some men can't bear to have women compete with them.
When we get new books in the library at work, we have a system to request to be the first to check it out.
I may have screamed a little on the inside when I saw this and my name is indeed the first to request to read.
#WomenInHistoricTrades
I may have screamed a little on the inside when I saw this and my name is indeed the first to request to read.
#WomenInHistoricTrades
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When we get new books in the library at work, we have a system to request to be the first to check it out.
I may have screamed a little on the inside when I saw this and my name is indeed the first to request to read.
#WomenInHistoricTrades
I may have screamed a little on the inside when I saw this and my name is indeed the first to request to read.
#WomenInHistoricTrades
I am so grateful to finally have a craft room where I can lay out fabric and cut out patterns on the floor without having to contort myself around furniture.
I'm also more in love with this fabric than ever. This is going to be a wrap dress with a lovely full skirt.
#sewing
I'm also more in love with this fabric than ever. This is going to be a wrap dress with a lovely full skirt.
#sewing
September 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I am so grateful to finally have a craft room where I can lay out fabric and cut out patterns on the floor without having to contort myself around furniture.
I'm also more in love with this fabric than ever. This is going to be a wrap dress with a lovely full skirt.
#sewing
I'm also more in love with this fabric than ever. This is going to be a wrap dress with a lovely full skirt.
#sewing