Erin O'Neill
@erinvam.bsky.social
Follower of figure skating, dance, cult TV and movies. Navigator (Journal Editor) for The Sydney Passengers Sherlock Holmes Society. Librarian/Archivist by training; broadcast media by profession.
Our traditional family Christmas ornaments.
December 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Our traditional family Christmas ornaments.
I heartily second this sentiment.
I love #DuvetKnowItsChristmas each year, mainly appreciating that most peoples houses are not show home perfect and we all have “stuff”
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I heartily second this sentiment.
Christmas morning here in 'Straya. We've breakfasted, opened presents and Christmas lunch is in the oven (thank you husband!). Time to settle down and catch up on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and be thankful our Christmas tradition is to be at home in our own house. My favourite so far:
I’m entering The Teenager as potential winner of #Duvetknowitschristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
He’s had to move from his bedroom to the unconverted attic
Cardboard floor & headboard is a nice touch which I’m sure he appreciates
He think it looks like he’s living in a meth den
#DuvetKnowItsChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Christmas morning here in 'Straya. We've breakfasted, opened presents and Christmas lunch is in the oven (thank you husband!). Time to settle down and catch up on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas and be thankful our Christmas tradition is to be at home in our own house. My favourite so far:
Oh - Netflix Australia has Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. That will do nicely as light viewing which I’ve seen before and enjoy but not a bazillion times.
December 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Oh - Netflix Australia has Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. That will do nicely as light viewing which I’ve seen before and enjoy but not a bazillion times.
Both arrived in today’s mail! Of course I’ve already read the Log several times when editing, but still, some light Christmas reading.
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Both arrived in today’s mail! Of course I’ve already read the Log several times when editing, but still, some light Christmas reading.
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Christmas party season is upon us... and these medieval faces feel way too relatable!
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Christmas party season is upon us... and these medieval faces feel way too relatable!
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
Seen any of these characters at your Christmas do? 👀
Shelfmark: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264
#MedievalMonday
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Picard writing tip: Getting your point across is more important than following archaic rules. It's okay to boldly split infinitives.
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Picard writing tip: Getting your point across is more important than following archaic rules. It's okay to boldly split infinitives.
With one month still to go, wondering what else 2025 will manage to throw at us. Can I see a trailer for 2026 please before I decide to purchase?
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With one month still to go, wondering what else 2025 will manage to throw at us. Can I see a trailer for 2026 please before I decide to purchase?
So not just me who would like to see this in a home renovation or real estate show just once.
CLIENT: we’d really love to redo this into like a niiice closed floor plan
DESIGNER: closed?
CLIENT: yeah something that’s just terrible for entertaining, you know?
DESIGNER: but…
CLIENT: think we can put a wall up here? I’d really love this to be the kind of kitchen nobody wants to hang out in
DESIGNER: closed?
CLIENT: yeah something that’s just terrible for entertaining, you know?
DESIGNER: but…
CLIENT: think we can put a wall up here? I’d really love this to be the kind of kitchen nobody wants to hang out in
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
So not just me who would like to see this in a home renovation or real estate show just once.
Interesting. I'm not optimistic anything will come of this review, but perhaps it could turn into something longer term. There must be a way to put some structure around the rules to make the calling of elements more consistent.
The ISU says they are “undertaking a review following inquiries received about the ice dance event at ... Finlandia Trophy.”
This action comes after top ice dancers at Finlandia spoke out against the scoring & overall direction of the discipline.
anythinggoe.com/finlandia-tr...
This action comes after top ice dancers at Finlandia spoke out against the scoring & overall direction of the discipline.
anythinggoe.com/finlandia-tr...
Finlandia Trophy is over; the ice dance controversy is not - Anything GOEs
The ISU will be reviewing the ice dance event from Finlandia Trophy after skaters object to tech panel decisions
anythinggoe.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Interesting. I'm not optimistic anything will come of this review, but perhaps it could turn into something longer term. There must be a way to put some structure around the rules to make the calling of elements more consistent.
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The original end-to-end encryption
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The original end-to-end encryption
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This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: Victorian lady detectives in fiction. Read the story here!
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
The first fictional female sleuths!
'Revelations of a Lady Detective' and other good books
lucyworsley.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: Victorian lady detectives in fiction. Read the story here!
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...
Such a nice man. He was newsreader at 7 when I started working in the News Library in 1993. Always a gentleman.
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Such a nice man. He was newsreader at 7 when I started working in the News Library in 1993. Always a gentleman.
What on earth is happening to my former workplace? This does not sound like a good thing, either for the BBC Written Archives Centre or for access to archives as a general principle.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What on earth is happening to my former workplace? This does not sound like a good thing, either for the BBC Written Archives Centre or for access to archives as a general principle.
I will always regret being out of office the day she visited BBC Written Archives Centre. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Stella Rimington, first female MI5 chief, dies aged 90
Former director general died on Sunday night ‘surrounded by her beloved family and dogs’
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I will always regret being out of office the day she visited BBC Written Archives Centre. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"Sorry to see you go! Will you let us know what we did wrong?"
Sure. I wanted to buy a reusable cup. I didn't want to enter a daily, lifelong correspondence
Sure. I wanted to buy a reusable cup. I didn't want to enter a daily, lifelong correspondence
August 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Sorry to see you go! Will you let us know what we did wrong?"
Sure. I wanted to buy a reusable cup. I didn't want to enter a daily, lifelong correspondence
Sure. I wanted to buy a reusable cup. I didn't want to enter a daily, lifelong correspondence
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The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.
July 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The hardest disbelief to suspend about the show.
Sydney - I know most of us don’t remember the last time we had trams, but I feel like we should know enough not to try & walk out in front of them, as observed several times today on a rare trip to the city.
July 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Sydney - I know most of us don’t remember the last time we had trams, but I feel like we should know enough not to try & walk out in front of them, as observed several times today on a rare trip to the city.
Also not a fan of the show (though know way too much about it due to work) but this is comedy gold, and whoever made it definitely lived through the 1980s.
This is some brilliant fake history.
An 1980s intro for 'Game of Thrones', made before we could have Al do this in just a few minutes, so made by someone with actual talent and abilities.
Enjoy!
I didn't like GoT, but this I'd watch :)
PS Sean bean.
youtu.be/8oVfIFrpslI?...
An 1980s intro for 'Game of Thrones', made before we could have Al do this in just a few minutes, so made by someone with actual talent and abilities.
Enjoy!
I didn't like GoT, but this I'd watch :)
PS Sean bean.
youtu.be/8oVfIFrpslI?...
Game of Thrones - VHS Intro (UPDATED music)
YouTube video by Mikolaj Birek
youtu.be
June 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Also not a fan of the show (though know way too much about it due to work) but this is comedy gold, and whoever made it definitely lived through the 1980s.
Minutes of the June meeting of The Sydney Passengers now on the society website. Includes the winner of the 2024 Montpellier Award for the best article in The Passengers' Log, as voted by members. www.sherlock-holmes.au/Events_Meeti...
Passengers Events and Meetings
www.sherlock-holmes.au
June 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Minutes of the June meeting of The Sydney Passengers now on the society website. Includes the winner of the 2024 Montpellier Award for the best article in The Passengers' Log, as voted by members. www.sherlock-holmes.au/Events_Meeti...
Great to meet @221bcooee.bsky.social in person this week.
Visiting Sydney - a Sherlockian meetup with Sydney Passengers Bill Barnes & @erinvam.bsky.social ; and looking at some books I've picked up . #sherlock
221bcooee.blogspot.com/2025/06/some...
221bcooee.blogspot.com/2025/06/some...
June 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Great to meet @221bcooee.bsky.social in person this week.
Looking forward to building my Lego Sherlock Holmes book nook (when I have the time to give it the attention it deserves).
June 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Looking forward to building my Lego Sherlock Holmes book nook (when I have the time to give it the attention it deserves).
Was wondering how long it would take for this to happen given current US policies.
May 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Was wondering how long it would take for this to happen given current US policies.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
Minutes from the most recent Sydney Passengers meeting now on the website, including link to view the whole meeting with mini magic show by Micah Cover.
Passengers Events and Meetings
www.sherlock-holmes.au
March 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Minutes from the most recent Sydney Passengers meeting now on the website, including link to view the whole meeting with mini magic show by Micah Cover.