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Megan
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Public Historian, Genealogist, and Historian. Research Focus: American Revolution, America 250, Embroidery and Sewing, Historic Fashion.

Pet Mom to Quincy, Aziraphale, Winifred Sanderson, and Yadi. Disabled Girly Trying to Survive.
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Dressing the Queen includes a chapter on hats. This trio of mid c19th bonnets belonging to Queen Victoria includes straw from the industry around Luton, where women & children plaited straw braids for the plait stalls in the region. Publication in April! @londonmuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A photograph of the back of three straw bonnets, each a different colour and with different coloured ribbons decorating the crown an as bows around the neck A black and white photograph of a straw plait stall in Luton consisting of the straw plaits braided by women and children The cover of my book Dressing the Queen, a composite image of fashion drawings and ephemera connected with royal makers past
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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davewagner.bsky.social
we have survived another week of The Horrors and that's just going to have to do
A grat cat looks cozy
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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It’s hard to imagine what will be left of the USA if this regime is not ended.

#archives #library 📚

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’
The long read: The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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This is Peanut. His name isn't Peanut because he's small. It's because he is a lethal threat to a significant portion of the population. Still 13/10 (IG: peanut_tacoterrier)
a tan chihuahua mix pup sits on a fluffy rug outside in the sunshine. he's wearing a blue sweater and a brown collar with a bone-shaped name tag that says P-NUT. he looks at the camera with a soft and innocent expression.
January 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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The retention of vivid hues allows a window into the wearing of a garment that has survived more than 250 years. The #1750s caraco brocade bodice demonstrates the beauty of a supplementary weft allowing the flowers to float above the blue. Sold via #AugustaAuctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Back view of a bright blue brocade fitted bodice with multicoloured floral repeat. It has shaped elbow length sleeves and a peplum style hem Side view detail of the blue brocade bodice that focuses on the shape of the sleeve and the fit of the body A detail of the blue brocade silk fabric used for the 1750s bodice that shows the supplementary weft floral design
January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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How To Do Anything:

Step 1: start thing

Step 2: remove cat

Step 3: continue doing thing

Step 4: remove cat

Step 5: continue doing thing

Step 6: remove cat

Repeat until one of you is dead.
January 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
msherstorian.bsky.social
Lexington was looking for toilet paper to shred. I hid it earlier in anticipation. Lol #cats #kittens
An Orange kitten with amber colored eyes looks up from a shelf where she is not supposed to be.
January 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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I just had a specialist doctor appointment booked.

The first available is August.

People worried about single payer coming with wait times, as if we aren't already dealing with that, are so full of shit lol
January 2, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Woohoo 2026! 😻
January 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
msherstorian.bsky.social
Caught flu from mom this week. 2025 really trying to beat me up one more time before it goes! Lol Been a miserable week!
January 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Good bye 2025. Landet alle gesund und munter in 2026!

#KleineKunstKlasse #watercolor #watercolour #Silvester #Jahreswechsel
Aquarellskizze: Schneller Schneemann-Sketch eines rodelnden Schneemanns mit roter Pudelmütze. Oben steht 2025, unten 2026 und in der Mitte: Rutscht gut rüber!
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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A fascinating thread!
caitlindeangelis.bsky.social Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 13d
Looking for something else, I got sidetracked by an April 1919 issue of "Aussie: The Australian Soldiers' Magazine," produced for ANZACs in France.

Specifically, I wondered about Pte. V. McFarlane, the soldier who did the sexy "Salome Dance" in the 2nd Division spring concert.

Who was he?
illustration from Aussie magazine showing various acts from a military concert (drawn by Lance Mattinson). In the center, a large drawing captioned "Pte. V. McFarlane treats the boys to an energetic exhibition of the Salome Dance." The figure wears a short black wig, a bandeau top, and short, gauzy skirts. Around the large image are five smaller images of McFarlane dancing.
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I do love the details that are stitched into the construction of early #1820s outerwear. Whether it is the long pelisse or the short fitted spencer, the hand worked shoulder puffs and appliqués decorating the bodices are beautifully subtle #cincyartmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Two mannequins posed in 1820s style. One wears a long blue silk pelisse and holds a small reticule. The other wears a white cotton dress with a short bronze silk Spencer jacket. Both have shoulder puffs and long sleeves
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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tis the season to be snotty fa la la la laaaa
a pigeon sitting wearing a red "merry christmas ya filthy animal" sweater. next to it: a packet of cold and flu medicine, a light blue mug with a p on it, an open terry's chocolate orange, and a mince pie packet. the pigeon is snotty and sweating, with a spiralling eye and a blue flannel on its head. text above says "it's the gap between christmas and new year / i am riddled with the flu/ time has no meaning/ i am full of snot and chocolate"
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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billions of dollars and everlasting fame to whoever figures out how to stop webpages from loading new elements just as you’re about to click on something
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Everything about this thread. Yes.
adelebuck.com Adele Buck @adelebuck.com · 21d
*deep breath*

Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.

But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."

Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
December 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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CHARLIE BROWN: Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?

RICK STEVES:
ricksteves.bsky.social Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 22d
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.

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December 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
msherstorian.bsky.social
I made Potato Candy (anyone else know what that is?) Wednesday and it was yummy. I am going to make another batch on Monday that I think will go smoother this time around!
December 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Certain images just stick on the mind and this is one of those for me. Partly it is the strangeness of #1830s silhouettes and partly the depth of colour but it is one of those memorable garments whose age makes me smile #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A partial view of a rich green satin 1830a dress showing the upper part of the ballooning sleeve, the ruched bust and the top of the long skirt A full length view of the green satin dress with leg of mutton sleeves, ruching at the bust and a long skirt gathered into the waist and cinched with a matching belt
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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*chef's kiss*
nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 26d
Do you remember this?

Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Screen grab of a tweet from Sir Stephen Fry on 29 August 2019. It is a quote of a headline about the Cerne Abbas Giant 'Giant's erection to be polished by hand for two weeks'. His quote is 'I think we can all agree this is a fine headline'. The National Trust replied under saying, 'Hi Stephen, our top priority has always been taking care of our members.'
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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This might be a new low. My bank credit card thinks I have a subscription to Canes…
A sad sad freaks bank info that reports he gets the same thing from canes way too often
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Robe de Style
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100933
Gift of Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, 1962
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM