Sarah Werner
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
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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Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout! www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...
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Just a reminder to anyone spending time with family today:
BE THE WEIRD AUNT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
BE THE WEIRD AUNT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just a reminder to anyone spending time with family today:
BE THE WEIRD AUNT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
BE THE WEIRD AUNT YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
Yesterday I went to hang out with some redwoods and the smell of the trees and moisture and everything growing and decaying! Such bliss! It's probably the deepest I've breathed in months and the connection to the planet was intense. Sending that energy to everyone today <3
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yesterday I went to hang out with some redwoods and the smell of the trees and moisture and everything growing and decaying! Such bliss! It's probably the deepest I've breathed in months and the connection to the planet was intense. Sending that energy to everyone today <3
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Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind
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Happy Noam Chomsky Day to all who celebrate
One year at a bar the night before thanksgiving a stranger leaned over to ask me the name of the guy who was both a linguist & an activist & I blanked for a minute & then leaned over & shouted NOAM CHOMSKY, & he shouted back NOAM CHOMSKY & soon we had the whole bar chanting NOAM CHOMSKY NOAM CHOMSKY
Small town and suburban bars the week of thanksgiving have the most insane vibes—adults at home visiting parents and already going insane and sneaking out at night to drink. Weird and terrifying kinships form
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Happy Noam Chomsky Day to all who celebrate
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We are so proud of the 2026 New Scholars! Congratulations to Cassandra Gillig, Clara Shaw, and Mindi Zhang.
Can't make it to New York for their live presentations on 23 January 2026? Join us for virtual talks the week of 12 January (check back for exact dates/times and registration info).
Can't make it to New York for their live presentations on 23 January 2026? Join us for virtual talks the week of 12 January (check back for exact dates/times and registration info).
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We are so proud of the 2026 New Scholars! Congratulations to Cassandra Gillig, Clara Shaw, and Mindi Zhang.
Can't make it to New York for their live presentations on 23 January 2026? Join us for virtual talks the week of 12 January (check back for exact dates/times and registration info).
Can't make it to New York for their live presentations on 23 January 2026? Join us for virtual talks the week of 12 January (check back for exact dates/times and registration info).
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
a copy editor's work is never done and this copy editor is still continually forgetting that CMOS18 says to capitalize the initial word after a colon if what follows is a complete sentence
as a protest I am not capitalizing any sentences here on bluesky
as a protest I am not capitalizing any sentences here on bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
a copy editor's work is never done and this copy editor is still continually forgetting that CMOS18 says to capitalize the initial word after a colon if what follows is a complete sentence
as a protest I am not capitalizing any sentences here on bluesky
as a protest I am not capitalizing any sentences here on bluesky
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Lord, I see what you’ve done for others
A Supreme Court judge ruled the former Brazilian president’s legal appeals have been exhausted on.ft.com/3XeOgNj
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Lord, I see what you’ve done for others
been offline because I have been with my oldest who is now an honest-to-god real adult who very sweetly drove to the airport to pick me up in his own car and I'm just quietly crying with love for him over here
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
been offline because I have been with my oldest who is now an honest-to-god real adult who very sweetly drove to the airport to pick me up in his own car and I'm just quietly crying with love for him over here
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Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Welcome to our three-part series on book rebinding, where Library of Congress advanced book conservation interns Brittany and Devon will take you through all the steps of rebinding a book from the Library's Thomas Jefferson Library Collection. Stay tuned for parts two and three!
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Passive optimism is the opposite of hope
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Passive optimism is the opposite of hope
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Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reference question that I'm crowdsourcing:
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
Does anyone know of any guides or resources for someone who is trying to transition to a new name in professional settings? This is specifically in the LIS field.
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Do you (or does someone in your network) want to tour New York City's book world with me on a "study abroad - at home!" trip next May? We'll be going to the Morgan Library, Grolier Club, Christie's book department, and the NYPL (the one with the lions) and a few other places I'm still looking into!
Librarians’ Tour of New York City
Tour Dates: May 17-23, 2026 Location: New York City, see tour highlights Cost per person: $2,725* for a double room, $3,980* for a single room *Air fare not included, see cost details below for more ...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Do you (or does someone in your network) want to tour New York City's book world with me on a "study abroad - at home!" trip next May? We'll be going to the Morgan Library, Grolier Club, Christie's book department, and the NYPL (the one with the lions) and a few other places I'm still looking into!
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Taking "ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter" energy into everything now.
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Taking "ha-ha bitches, I got a new scooter" energy into everything now.
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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With the Boston International Antiquarian book fair fully in the rear view, here are two early books BPL acquired over the course of that week. We of course added a bunch of other amazing stuff to the collections as well, which I'll detail a bit later . . . 1/7
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
With the Boston International Antiquarian book fair fully in the rear view, here are two early books BPL acquired over the course of that week. We of course added a bunch of other amazing stuff to the collections as well, which I'll detail a bit later . . . 1/7
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People need to reckon with the hypocrisies of governments prepared to suport products that algorithmically fabricate history while stripping funding from the archives and repositories that hold actual historical artifacts. This is far more expansive than the cyberattack on the British Library.
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
People need to reckon with the hypocrisies of governments prepared to suport products that algorithmically fabricate history while stripping funding from the archives and repositories that hold actual historical artifacts. This is far more expansive than the cyberattack on the British Library.
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PUB DAY for DICTIONARY
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
PUB DAY for DICTIONARY
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This arrived in the mail today. My essay analyzes Greg’s Bibliography of English Printed Drama and its idiosyncratic taxonomies for “Collections,” which prioritized canonical authors like Shakespeare but completely excluded dramatists like Margaret Cavendish.
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This arrived in the mail today. My essay analyzes Greg’s Bibliography of English Printed Drama and its idiosyncratic taxonomies for “Collections,” which prioritized canonical authors like Shakespeare but completely excluded dramatists like Margaret Cavendish.
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The deadline to apply for the SHARP News Editor-in-Chief position has been extended through November 28th. This is such a great opportunity for any one interested in public-facing book history work!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The deadline to apply for the SHARP News Editor-in-Chief position has been extended through November 28th. This is such a great opportunity for any one interested in public-facing book history work!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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The new features are still in alpha—but @djevans.bsky.social's contextual tools for Viral Texts data are live clusters.viraltexts.org
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new features are still in alpha—but @djevans.bsky.social's contextual tools for Viral Texts data are live clusters.viraltexts.org
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints
Click "View witness in context" to see a given reprint on the newspaper page, alongside other reprints on that page—click a cluster ID here to see its other reprints