Phoebe C H
@phoebeceehaitch.bsky.social
♥️ GLAMs. Books. Many cheeses. Giraffes. The NHS.
What would Paddington do? Do that.
What would Paddington do? Do that.
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The BBC archive is an immensely important source of 20th UK history. It's not just a bit of entertainment. Losing access to it is erasing history. Perhaps some of the state and flag gang might take a break from harassing other citizens to worry about it.
This is not only a serious issue for historians and not only a serious issue for academics (although it is that). It's a development that's also deleterious for the GLAM sector, for example, and part of a much larger trend nationally and internationally to restrict and dismantle access to archives.
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 8:42 AM
The BBC archive is an immensely important source of 20th UK history. It's not just a bit of entertainment. Losing access to it is erasing history. Perhaps some of the state and flag gang might take a break from harassing other citizens to worry about it.
THIS
I honestly can’t believe there are still any AI skeptics out there. This tech is obviously revolutionary
August 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
THIS
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NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
This is the very best news! Please head to your local library or indie bookshop and get tore into it. It's an absolute treat of a read.
If you are surprised, you are not as surprised as I am, I promise
March 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is the very best news! Please head to your local library or indie bookshop and get tore into it. It's an absolute treat of a read.
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Today is Candlemas- which must be the best name in the calendar.
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
February 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Today is Candlemas- which must be the best name in the calendar.
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
Candlemas - a celebration of the return of light
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
Oh yes yes yes!
Join a @saintpodcast.bsky.social talk hosted by @folkloresociety.bsky.social, Saint Valentine: the Ersatz Patron of Love - and discover how Chaucer helped to turn an obscure Roman martyr into a commercial celebration of love. 💖
Tap the link for details:
folklore-society.com/event/saint-...
Tap the link for details:
folklore-society.com/event/saint-...
Saint Valentine, the Ersatz Patron of Love - The Folklore Society
Eric Huang looks at how an obscure martyr became the patron of love; online talk, Tues 18 February 2025, 19:00
folklore-society.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Oh yes yes yes!
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📆Deadline for proposals 31 January 2025📆 Call for papers: 'Folklore and the Senses'. Our annual conference, in collaboration with the Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.bsky.social. Fri 20 Jun - Sun 22 Jun 2025, online & at University College Cork. folklore-society.com/blog-post/fo...
'Folklore and the Senses' Call for Papers: Deadline for proposals Friday 31 January 2025 - The Folklore Society
Folklore and the Senses The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference, in collaboration with the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, Ireland. Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June 202...
folklore-society.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📆Deadline for proposals 31 January 2025📆 Call for papers: 'Folklore and the Senses'. Our annual conference, in collaboration with the Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.bsky.social. Fri 20 Jun - Sun 22 Jun 2025, online & at University College Cork. folklore-society.com/blog-post/fo...
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If you are an archivist you should read this. It's so rare to see labor and expertise of archivists acknowledged let alone celebrated that I might have cried a little
to share with your friends and colleagues if necessary
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 29, 2024 at 4:28 PM
If you are an archivist you should read this. It's so rare to see labor and expertise of archivists acknowledged let alone celebrated that I might have cried a little