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Sarah Werner

@wynkenhimself.bsky.social

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feminist bibliography, old books, mutual aid, and doikayt // author, Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide; editor, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America // sarahwerner.net

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 13d

Want to learn more about what a bibliographical approach might be for working with hand-press books? Come think with me about how to notice, ask questions, and maybe even discover new things about the material features of old books! 📜📚 #BookHistory

Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 13d

We're accepting applications for our fall online course, A Bibliographical Introduction to the Hand-Press Period. The course, taught by @wynkenhimself.bsky.social, runs Sundays, 10/19-12/14. Application deadline is Fri 10/10. More at rarebookschool.org/fall-online-course-thinking-bibliographically

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 16h

Not thrilled with this development. UNC’s School of Information and Library Science to be merged w/ the School of Data Science and Society.

#librarysky #libraries

Triangle Blog Blog @triangleblogblog.bsky.social · 17h

mmm 😵‍💫

www.unc.edu/posts/2025/1...

University leadership announces development of new school at Carolina | UNC-Chapel Hill

The School of Information and Library Science and the School of Data Science and Society will be founding leaders of a new school to amplify and lead Carolina’s response to the information and data ne...

www.unc.edu

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 16h

more gutter antisemitism from Mary Rambaran-Olm (read down in the thread where she suggests that she supports murdering Jews)

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23h

This is a person who is still taken seriously and published in left-wing spaces.

To be clear: No, most Israeli Jews are not descended from Polish Jews. And even for the minority who are, it would obviously not be safe for them all to go there now, given the Polish government.

Tweet from Axel Folio, PhD: "To Poland where they are from"

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17h

This is how Trumpism squares the circle of using antisemitic tropes against bad rootless diaspora Jews while also claiming to be acting to protect Jews. They, the Christian nationalists, get to decide who is a Jew and who is therefore deserving of protection. Jews as symbols of Christian politics.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 17h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Melissa @bibliothecar.bsky.social · 22h

#bannedbooksweek

NYCLU statement: We have been receiving reports that ICE agents are unlawfully banning all books from entering the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility (Batavia). Titles include a dictionary, books about religiong, drawing books, and even a Sudoku puzzle book. Banning books in immigration detention facilities plainly violates the First Amendment, which is afforded to all people in the United States--including those trapped in immigration detention. The Buffalo Federal Detention Facility must take immediate steps to end this practice and comply with the First Amendment"

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 1d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 1d

Whoo!! Congratulations to you but also to all of us for getting to read this!

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DC Abortion Fund ⭐ @dcabortionfund.bsky.social · 1d

we have a 5k gap to close by this friday for a DC native. we know it's rough out there-- can our community dig deep and show up for our neighbor? love & rage! xo DCAF 💕

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 2d

exciting news: i'm graduating from physical therapy to the actual gym and my starting level, according to the trainer, is not "foundational" but "level 1" and I don't know what any of that means but i'm taking it as a win

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 2d

someone call the etsy witches this is a fucking emergency

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

variety.com

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Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · 2d

Under the Canopy of a Shaken World.
This Sukkot, the world feels fragile. Hope feels harder to hold. But Sukkot has always been a festival of fragility. We sit in open huts, under a sky we cannot control, to remember: our security has never come from walls, but from one another.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 2d

Like a good thread about airports? (obvs yes)

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 3d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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Leo Cadogan @leocadogan.com · 3d

Well-researched article including opinion from our colleague in the book trade Pierre-Yves Guillemet.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 3d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Stephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.social · 3d

It’s come to my attention that some of you don’t know/forgot that Bari Weiss dated Kate McKinnon. This is a crucial element of her lore.

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 3d

Just so many #FeministBibliography opportunities here

Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social · 3d

Epic; no notes

Headline from the Times: "Bestselling novelist Jilly Cooper dies in fall aged 88", illustrated with a rather famous black and white picture of Virginia Woolf

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Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 4d

This is today at 5:15 PM EST! You are invited to attend, either in-person on the sixth floor of Penn's Van Pelt Library or remotely on Zoom (See pennmaterialtexts.org for details.) Hope to see you there!

Penn Material Texts @pennmaterialtexts.bsky.social · 8d

Monday, October 6 at 5:15PM ET, we welcome Dee E. Andrews & Christopher S. Parmenter to the workshop for a talk titled “Thomas Clarkson’s Latin Essay: Radical Antislavery, Classical Reception, and Abolitionist Print in the Age of Revolution."
At Penn & on Zoom! Full details at: pennmaterialtexts.org

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James Loxley @oldnorthroad.bsky.social · 6d

It’s Raining Men

ɪᴍᴍᴀɴᴜᴇʟ ᴋᴜɴᴛ @soberthots.bsky.social · 6d

question for the timeline

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 6d

Oh nooooooo!! This whole system is really rotten. I hope you find someone soon!

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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 6d

in honor of steve reich's birthday, here's my hands-down favorite piece of his: tehillim

Reich - Tehillim - Complete (Official Score Video)

YouTube video by Boosey & Hawkes

youtu.be

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 6d

update: I think Yom Kippur did this for me! or I did this for Yom Kippur! either way, I'm exhausted and today is devoted to napping and tomorrow is Shabbat and rest but LOOK OUT SUNDAY I HAVE PLANS (also so much editing to do lol)

Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 8d

but this, from In Our Name's director Cody Edgerly, is helping: "our rituals aren’t about wallowing in the pain of falling short and not being enough, but about returning to essence our inherent goodness, and taking actions that align ourselves with our moral core."

Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 9d

I can't believe I thought the 5785 high holidays were hard. The turn into 5786 is so much worse.

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Zachary Lesser @zacharylesser.bsky.social · 6d

Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 6d

Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder that if you're not able to fast on Yom Kippur for any reason -- and mental health is a health reason -- it's regarded as a MITZVAH to eat.

Resources and more here:

Home | A Mitzvah to Eat

At A Mitzvah to Eat, we empower Jews needing ritual accommodations to safely connect to sacred Jewish practice and community. We provide resources, support, and advocacy for these Jews, as well as the...

www.amitzvahtoeat.org

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 8d

actual lol! g'mar tov!