Paula Kate
@pkmarmor.bsky.social
Retiree, metadata wrangler, Wikidatan, Stratfordian, hopelessly Pre-Raphaelite. Past lives @ GEnie SFRT and LJ. Building online community since 1991.
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Paula Kate
@pkmarmor.bsky.social
· Dec 24
Found it! How I love map nerdery.
(Noted in passing - spell check thought “nerdery” should be replaced with “herders”. Sheesh.)
(Noted in passing - spell check thought “nerdery” should be replaced with “herders”. Sheesh.)
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Found it! How I love map nerdery.
(Noted in passing - spell check thought “nerdery” should be replaced with “herders”. Sheesh.)
(Noted in passing - spell check thought “nerdery” should be replaced with “herders”. Sheesh.)
That’s awesome.The hunt is up …
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
That’s awesome.The hunt is up …
Of course you do …! yes, it’s always shocking to look up a “residential” location and find a curry place and a Starbucks. I really wanted to see what black brick looked like, so I took a virtual stroll and imagined the trees much shorter.
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Of course you do …! yes, it’s always shocking to look up a “residential” location and find a curry place and a Starbucks. I really wanted to see what black brick looked like, so I took a virtual stroll and imagined the trees much shorter.
I’m quite enjoying @madrobins.bsky.social ‘s The Doxies Penalty, but I keep getting distracted looking up all the neighborhoods of London on Google Maps street view so I can picture everything properly. Hans Place!!
November 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m quite enjoying @madrobins.bsky.social ‘s The Doxies Penalty, but I keep getting distracted looking up all the neighborhoods of London on Google Maps street view so I can picture everything properly. Hans Place!!
@williamdcohan.bsky.social apologies; I should have tagged you on this thread. I didn’t realize you were here.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
@williamdcohan.bsky.social apologies; I should have tagged you on this thread. I didn’t realize you were here.
Which volcano are we talking about here? Do I get to guess?
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Which volcano are we talking about here? Do I get to guess?
And I like Cohan's writing; I’m an early subscriber to #Puck.
But do I really want to spend my time in retirement rehashing my ancient history with GE?
I admit to a fascination with train wrecks, 5/5
But do I really want to spend my time in retirement rehashing my ancient history with GE?
I admit to a fascination with train wrecks, 5/5
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
And I like Cohan's writing; I’m an early subscriber to #Puck.
But do I really want to spend my time in retirement rehashing my ancient history with GE?
I admit to a fascination with train wrecks, 5/5
But do I really want to spend my time in retirement rehashing my ancient history with GE?
I admit to a fascination with train wrecks, 5/5
Still, my years under GE earned me that rarest of things, a (modest) defined benefit pension. I do not regard this lightly. 4/
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Still, my years under GE earned me that rarest of things, a (modest) defined benefit pension. I do not regard this lightly. 4/
… whether we were a GE person or not. I was most emphatically not a GE person. 3/
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
… whether we were a GE person or not. I was most emphatically not a GE person. 3/
For those who don’t know me IRL, I worked for NBCUniversal through the GE years (thus the morbid fascination.). I attended one of their storied executive training programs in Crotonville, where one of the speakers said the most important thing we could learn in the class was … 2/
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For those who don’t know me IRL, I worked for NBCUniversal through the GE years (thus the morbid fascination.). I attended one of their storied executive training programs in Crotonville, where one of the speakers said the most important thing we could learn in the class was … 2/
I am thinking of reading William D. Cohan's Power Failure, a history of #GeneralElectric. I am torn between a morbid fascination and a serious case of “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” A 🧵.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I am thinking of reading William D. Cohan's Power Failure, a history of #GeneralElectric. I am torn between a morbid fascination and a serious case of “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” A 🧵.
These are so much fun!
#Booksky We’re doing our first ever ebook set and it’s up for preorder now! Get a great deal on the entire Astreiant Series for some great gay fantasy reading to end the year! Releases 12/15 and preorders are up at our site, Smashwords and beyond - queenofswordspress.com/product/comp...
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
These are so much fun!
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who-hoo!
Several years ago, we put a whole bunch of data from a project into Wikidata. Now, as a result, some people who we had no more info for aside from a name or could not disambiguate are actually identifiable. LOD FTW.
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Who-hoo!
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What began as a one-day field trip to the newly-reopened Egyptian Agricultural Museum turned into a harvest of knowledge documenting ancient farming tools, ceramics, and more.
Learn how Egypt Wikimedians are documenting history and culture ➡️ w.wiki/Fm3X
Learn how Egypt Wikimedians are documenting history and culture ➡️ w.wiki/Fm3X
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What began as a one-day field trip to the newly-reopened Egyptian Agricultural Museum turned into a harvest of knowledge documenting ancient farming tools, ceramics, and more.
Learn how Egypt Wikimedians are documenting history and culture ➡️ w.wiki/Fm3X
Learn how Egypt Wikimedians are documenting history and culture ➡️ w.wiki/Fm3X
I love this illustration! 🖤
For #MWE25 we’ve created free teaching worksheets on the Fibonacci sequence, golden number, & the golden ratio.
Download them plus a free chapter on Fibonacci from A Little History of Mathematics by
@snezanalawrence.bsky.social: yalebooks.co.uk/a-little-his...
#UKMathsChat #MathsToday #teamaths
Download them plus a free chapter on Fibonacci from A Little History of Mathematics by
@snezanalawrence.bsky.social: yalebooks.co.uk/a-little-his...
#UKMathsChat #MathsToday #teamaths
A Little History of Mathematics Teaching Resources
For Maths Week England, we’ve created a collection of engaging teaching worksheets exploring the Fibonacci sequence, the golden number, and the golden
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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I love this illustration! 🖤
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The British Art Journal is back!
Online only instead of hard copy
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Subscribe it’s free!!! – to receive notifications
Just click ‘Subscribe now’ at the top of the home page
Our last printed edition was Volume XXIV in 2023
And so here, in 2025, is Volume XXV – online
Online only instead of hard copy
britishartjournal.co.uk
Subscribe it’s free!!! – to receive notifications
Just click ‘Subscribe now’ at the top of the home page
Our last printed edition was Volume XXIV in 2023
And so here, in 2025, is Volume XXV – online
March 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The British Art Journal is back!
Online only instead of hard copy
britishartjournal.co.uk
Subscribe it’s free!!! – to receive notifications
Just click ‘Subscribe now’ at the top of the home page
Our last printed edition was Volume XXIV in 2023
And so here, in 2025, is Volume XXV – online
Online only instead of hard copy
britishartjournal.co.uk
Subscribe it’s free!!! – to receive notifications
Just click ‘Subscribe now’ at the top of the home page
Our last printed edition was Volume XXIV in 2023
And so here, in 2025, is Volume XXV – online
Looking forward to this one!
Popping in to say I’m writing a book! And St. Martin’s and @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social are publishing it! I’m very excited! Extra big thanks to Emma Bal at Madeleine Milburn!
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Looking forward to this one!
#Georgian #costume isn’t my core focus, but O.M.G. #18thCentury #dressHistory.
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Thomas Hudson, (1701-79) | Portrait of a Finely Dressed Gentleman
Oil on canvas 50 x 40 1⁄8 in. (127 x 102 cm)
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November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#Georgian #costume isn’t my core focus, but O.M.G. #18thCentury #dressHistory.
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There’s no place like home, there’s no place …
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
There’s no place like home, there’s no place …
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I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
These reliably turn color in the fall in Southern California, no matter the weather, and they are everywhere.
Sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua, is the tree that most represents the glory of autumn. It displays more colors in a single tree than any other in our flora. Have a look at these colors at Our Trees. Can you think of a tree with such a diversity of colors in a single tree?
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
There is one tree that, to me, represents the glory of autumn. It is sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua. There is no tree that can display so many colors at once. Here are leaves of a single sweetgum t...
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September 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
These reliably turn color in the fall in Southern California, no matter the weather, and they are everywhere.
Perfect little period piece.
This is a garment I have shared often for its neat little details but also because it reminds me of my grandmother’s wedding dress. She told me it was blue (it was a wartime wedding) and I picture her when I see this from 1939 #fidmmuseum #FashipnHistory 🗃️🪡
August 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Perfect little period piece.