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Samantha E Thompson

@harchivist.bsky.social

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Brit-Canadian archivist-librarian, government records and local history museum staffer, trad-classical musician, post-academic philosophy PhD (on Augustine), and other hyphenated things. Can't help it: so much to learn.

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3h

Need to find me one of those...

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 6h

I've said this before, but I want to move onto your street. Kind of lonely around here.

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

The one at the Canadian National Exhibition is now so old and bad that it's good. Just not scary, except wrt dilapidation.

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Winner

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

They probably fact check with AI...

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Oh dear. FWIW, the other novels are quite different in reading level. The hobbit was very much meant for children. But fair enough re fantasy.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Did it put you off?

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Using AI

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

I bet AI wrote it. On CBC.

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Mood

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Wtf

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 3d

Where's this from?

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 4d

The fact that I have survived for 11 years in a particularly corporate-y corporation is nothing short of a miracle.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 5d

I hate myself for things I hear coming out of my mouth in work. But at least the hate means I'm not fully assimilated yet.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 5d

I wanted Rowan Williams.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 8d

How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️

Changing The Record

How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 8d

Unexpected and moving art installation in the rock garden pools at Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens, presumably for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

White canoes floating on a pool in a park with waterlily and willow trees.

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Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 8d

I thought he was clipping his claws, because I've been there and deserve sainthood.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 8d

Love this!

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 10d

I keep thinking this is bronze when scrolling past.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 11d

Fall raspberry leaves.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 12d

Unrelated, but I really miss "pet." 😭

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 12d

Oh yes flying too. When my grandparents would fly over to visit us in Canada later, we'd get the remainder of the tins.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 12d

Ouch the worst because it just keeps burning. You've earned your candy-making battle scars.

Samantha E Thompson @harchivist.bsky.social · 12d

You make it from scratch? I make make sponge toffee as they call it here. Good way to get third degree burns.