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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 3h

That's pretty quick. I still take care at the bottom of stairs in the dark in case there's a dog lying there, and I haven't had the dog that liked to lie at the bottom of the stairs at night since 2002.

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 19h

YEF!

Two hoardings with words on placed next to each other to make nonsense: SAUARE
IS TAPTER
IN A AND
YEF
REIT

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 19h

Oh no, not Antony Cat! I'm so sorry.

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 2d

#EarlyModern meme! #BookHistory

The bottom of a page of printed text, showing three hands (or printers' fists) pointing at each other.

The spiderman meme: three spidermen pointing at each other.

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, scene of my youth.

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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for #half-term fun!
⭐27 Oct 'Tales from the doctors library' with storyteller Vanessa Woolf @londondreamtime.bsky.social
⭐28/29/30 Oct 'Patterns, pages & prints' creative family crafts.
⭐31 Oct 'Perilous patterns & ghoulish prints' - #Halloween family crafts!

history.rcp.ac.uk/events

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 2d

Book now for a family storytelling session with the absolutely amazing @londondreamtime.bsky.social based on the history of the wonderful RCP library, 27 Oct. Designed for ages 5 – 11 but all welcome!

RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for #half-term fun!
⭐27 Oct 'Tales from the doctors library' with storyteller Vanessa Woolf @londondreamtime.bsky.social
⭐28/29/30 Oct 'Patterns, pages & prints' creative family crafts.
⭐31 Oct 'Perilous patterns & ghoulish prints' - #Halloween family crafts!

history.rcp.ac.uk/events

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 2d

I've been trying not to say anything because they've been through a lot and all that, but it really does.

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · 2d

Don't miss the first talk in this year's series of the History Of Libraries Seminar, ✨ tonight ✨ online or in person @warburginstitute.bsky.social!

Libraries and delinquency: the case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)

Free of charge, but reservation is required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Libraries and Delinquency: The Case of Charles Burney (1757-1817)

ies.sas.ac.uk

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 2d

Decent cakes, I recall.

Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 2d

Friends House in London?

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 2d

*blink blink blink* I've been following the busway since near its start and had somehow never stopped to wonder if that was the case. Wow.

Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 3d

URGH. Very sorry to hear that. Well done you for doing it.

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 3d

I, hitherto blissfully ignorant of his appearance, was able to ID in the VT simply from this observation. Down with him!

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Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 4d

Saw someone (not a mutual) posting that fig newtons are a lot of work, and I had to refrain from replying "actually, fig newtons are a lot of force; if they're a lot of work, then they're fig joules"

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for being there.

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 4d

Cake in the oven. Thanks for the reminder!

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 4d

Cake! I was going to make a cake!

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 4d

At some point soon I'm probably going to succumb to a jar of Fancy Cherries (tm) to put in the Manhattans I'm developing a taste for.

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no! Not three cherries. Woe, etc. It's Vielle Ferme (with the chickens on) red here, a thank-you gift from a church I gave a recital in earlier this week.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 5d

Younger daughter & I are sorting our fossil
collection with a late breakfast of ammonite pancakes 🐚🌀

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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

It was #InternationalTranslationDay yesterday, slightly late but we couldn't resist showing off one of the most significant books in the @rcphysicians.bsky.social Heritage Library to celebrate!

'Recuyell of the historyes of Troye', translated & printed by William Caxton, published in Bruges, 1473.

Open pages of the 'Recuyell of the historyes of Troye' showing the printed prologue with a large illuminated letter W. The book was translated and printed by William Caxton, published in Bruges, 1473.

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 5d

Happy name day!

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kottke.org @kottke.org · Aug 15

This music video, directed by Kevin McGloughlin for Max Cooper’s song Repetition, features remixed fractal-like forms from the constructed world (roads, skyscrapers, wind turbines, etc.) interspersed with scenes from nature. Totally mesmerizing. [kottke.org]

Max Cooper, Repetition

This music video, directed by Kevin McGloughlin for Max Cooper’s song Repetition, features remixed fractal-like forms from the constructed world (roads, skyscrapers, wind turbines, etc.) interspersed with scenes from n

kottke.org

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Katie Birkwood @girlinthe.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, absolutely someone might want these. At the very least, a charity shop that stocks crafty things, but if you know fabric type people they'll find a home for it.

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