St John Karp
@dazzlepansy.bsky.social
Librarian, archivist, Egyptologist, ornamental hermit. Talk archives and mummies to me.
Opinions are my own and not those of the Divine Zorb, whose numinous wrath sometimes speaks through me.
Opinions are my own and not those of the Divine Zorb, whose numinous wrath sometimes speaks through me.
I wrote a camp queer sci-fi adventure comedy! It's puns and innuendo - in space! I just did a print edition on the Evil Site but ebooks are available on Smashwords.
a.co/d/bdjZ0vQ
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
a.co/d/bdjZ0vQ
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
December 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I wrote a camp queer sci-fi adventure comedy! It's puns and innuendo - in space! I just did a print edition on the Evil Site but ebooks are available on Smashwords.
a.co/d/bdjZ0vQ
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
a.co/d/bdjZ0vQ
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
When your library receives a Dolce & Gabbana cake as a holiday gift.
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
When your library receives a Dolce & Gabbana cake as a holiday gift.
Sex in the 1940s sounds complicated.
"I should not wish to give way unreservedly to what is so unattractively called the libido, it suggests a state of affairs in which beach pyjamas are worn and jitterbugging is compulsory."
From the short story "Raspberry Jam" by Angus Wilson.
"I should not wish to give way unreservedly to what is so unattractively called the libido, it suggests a state of affairs in which beach pyjamas are worn and jitterbugging is compulsory."
From the short story "Raspberry Jam" by Angus Wilson.
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sex in the 1940s sounds complicated.
"I should not wish to give way unreservedly to what is so unattractively called the libido, it suggests a state of affairs in which beach pyjamas are worn and jitterbugging is compulsory."
From the short story "Raspberry Jam" by Angus Wilson.
"I should not wish to give way unreservedly to what is so unattractively called the libido, it suggests a state of affairs in which beach pyjamas are worn and jitterbugging is compulsory."
From the short story "Raspberry Jam" by Angus Wilson.
Also, any love for the new cover? I've spent a ton of money on these in the past, but this time I just wanted something fun and minimal to get it out there.
All my books are priced to sell. Pick yourself up a bargain!
All my books are priced to sell. Pick yourself up a bargain!
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Also, any love for the new cover? I've spent a ton of money on these in the past, but this time I just wanted something fun and minimal to get it out there.
All my books are priced to sell. Pick yourself up a bargain!
All my books are priced to sell. Pick yourself up a bargain!
Vladimir Putin in a red dress.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Vladimir Putin in a red dress.
The last LGBTQ+ community space in Vermont shut down so my friend opened a queer library and hangout space! With his own money! Check out Little Queery, it's amazing and adorable.
www.littlequeery.com
#Libraries #LGBTQ #Queer
www.littlequeery.com
#Libraries #LGBTQ #Queer
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The last LGBTQ+ community space in Vermont shut down so my friend opened a queer library and hangout space! With his own money! Check out Little Queery, it's amazing and adorable.
www.littlequeery.com
#Libraries #LGBTQ #Queer
www.littlequeery.com
#Libraries #LGBTQ #Queer
Exciting news for #archivists and #DoctorWho fans: the University of York has acquired Terrance Dicks' papers.
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Exciting news for #archivists and #DoctorWho fans: the University of York has acquired Terrance Dicks' papers.
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
Good morning Neshuu! Creeping round the corner. We call him Neshuu because, even though it's a reproduction of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, the bogus hieroglyphs in the cartouche are three cups. Hence his name must be "nšw.w" (cups).
#Egyptology
#Egyptology
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Good morning Neshuu! Creeping round the corner. We call him Neshuu because, even though it's a reproduction of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, the bogus hieroglyphs in the cartouche are three cups. Hence his name must be "nšw.w" (cups).
#Egyptology
#Egyptology
When I open the door of my sarcophagus cabinet, it looks like it's creeping on me from around the corner.
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
When I open the door of my sarcophagus cabinet, it looks like it's creeping on me from around the corner.
I love a good bitchy book review.
"excellent deck-chair reading"
"The short-comings of the work may be summed up in the statement that Mr. Baikie is not an Egyptologist."
"Is it too much to ask that he postpone the writing of his next Egyptological book?"
#Books #Egyptology
"excellent deck-chair reading"
"The short-comings of the work may be summed up in the statement that Mr. Baikie is not an Egyptologist."
"Is it too much to ask that he postpone the writing of his next Egyptological book?"
#Books #Egyptology
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I love a good bitchy book review.
"excellent deck-chair reading"
"The short-comings of the work may be summed up in the statement that Mr. Baikie is not an Egyptologist."
"Is it too much to ask that he postpone the writing of his next Egyptological book?"
#Books #Egyptology
"excellent deck-chair reading"
"The short-comings of the work may be summed up in the statement that Mr. Baikie is not an Egyptologist."
"Is it too much to ask that he postpone the writing of his next Egyptological book?"
#Books #Egyptology
From the #archives of the #TimeLibrary: a watchmaker from about 1887. You can't tell me John Krasinski is not a time traveller.
#Libraries
#Libraries
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
From the #archives of the #TimeLibrary: a watchmaker from about 1887. You can't tell me John Krasinski is not a time traveller.
#Libraries
#Libraries
Currently reading this volume of pure joy: "Life Among the Savages" by Shirley Jackson. America's queen of psychological horror and alienation writes a humorous memoir about raising her feral kids.
#Books
#Books
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Currently reading this volume of pure joy: "Life Among the Savages" by Shirley Jackson. America's queen of psychological horror and alienation writes a humorous memoir about raising her feral kids.
#Books
#Books
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
¿Por qué no los dos?
November 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
¿Por qué no los dos?
I'm a day late but I don't care. She went down for the count!
November 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'm a day late but I don't care. She went down for the count!
Today from the #archives of the #TimeLibrary! WTF is going on here?
#Libraries #Librarians #Archivists
#Libraries #Librarians #Archivists
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today from the #archives of the #TimeLibrary! WTF is going on here?
#Libraries #Librarians #Archivists
#Libraries #Librarians #Archivists
Amazing! But never forget...
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Amazing! But never forget...
I love that he's a style icon now! I'll always remember him like this.
October 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I love that he's a style icon now! I'll always remember him like this.
Ah yep. The collaboration he did with Lillian Wayne is a classic. She's such a class act.
October 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Ah yep. The collaboration he did with Lillian Wayne is a classic. She's such a class act.
Also the person who warns them away at the start. Like this queen from Puppet Master II:
“You know what’s good for you, you’ll stay away from that hotel. They say Satan’s got a suite o’ rooms in there, and brimstone comes out of the chimneys at night and it smells like roasting entrails.”
“You know what’s good for you, you’ll stay away from that hotel. They say Satan’s got a suite o’ rooms in there, and brimstone comes out of the chimneys at night and it smells like roasting entrails.”
October 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Also the person who warns them away at the start. Like this queen from Puppet Master II:
“You know what’s good for you, you’ll stay away from that hotel. They say Satan’s got a suite o’ rooms in there, and brimstone comes out of the chimneys at night and it smells like roasting entrails.”
“You know what’s good for you, you’ll stay away from that hotel. They say Satan’s got a suite o’ rooms in there, and brimstone comes out of the chimneys at night and it smells like roasting entrails.”
Went to the gym this morning. Now this gonna be me for the rest of the day.
September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Went to the gym this morning. Now this gonna be me for the rest of the day.
Yesterday from the archives of the #TimeLibrary.
September 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Yesterday from the archives of the #TimeLibrary.