Jay Trask
@rjtrask1.bsky.social
Archivist at UNCo. Husband of a librarian. Keeper of Bishop and ghostly Maisie and Kivrin. Interested in archival silence and archives/power. Nerd. I love comics, LOTR, Discworld, old ghost stories, and dogs. Currently learning Middle Egyptian. He/Him.
Bishop giving me the side-eye. He did not approve of me leaving the house today.
December 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Bishop giving me the side-eye. He did not approve of me leaving the house today.
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Merry Puritan Christmas!
"An Ordinance for the better observation of the monethly Fast; and more especially the next Wednesday, commonly called The Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Thorowout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales"
www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/ac...
"An Ordinance for the better observation of the monethly Fast; and more especially the next Wednesday, commonly called The Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Thorowout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales"
www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/ac...
www.british-history.ac.uk
December 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Merry Puritan Christmas!
"An Ordinance for the better observation of the monethly Fast; and more especially the next Wednesday, commonly called The Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Thorowout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales"
www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/ac...
"An Ordinance for the better observation of the monethly Fast; and more especially the next Wednesday, commonly called The Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Thorowout the Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales"
www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/ac...
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The headlines these days are like:
DHS Announces Swastika as New Logo
Trump Caught in Cabinet meeting with Pants Down
CDC Announces Free Measles Injections for Children
War with Random Country Imminent for No Reason
President Pardons Pedophiles and Insurrectionists
DHS Announces Swastika as New Logo
Trump Caught in Cabinet meeting with Pants Down
CDC Announces Free Measles Injections for Children
War with Random Country Imminent for No Reason
President Pardons Pedophiles and Insurrectionists
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The headlines these days are like:
DHS Announces Swastika as New Logo
Trump Caught in Cabinet meeting with Pants Down
CDC Announces Free Measles Injections for Children
War with Random Country Imminent for No Reason
President Pardons Pedophiles and Insurrectionists
DHS Announces Swastika as New Logo
Trump Caught in Cabinet meeting with Pants Down
CDC Announces Free Measles Injections for Children
War with Random Country Imminent for No Reason
President Pardons Pedophiles and Insurrectionists
During our university library strategic meeting, no one agreed with my goal to "Help destroy gen-AI in all of its forms on campus, the community, and the world."
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
During our university library strategic meeting, no one agreed with my goal to "Help destroy gen-AI in all of its forms on campus, the community, and the world."
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Aristotle on Democracy
existentialcomics.com/comic/633
existentialcomics.com/comic/633
Aristotle on Democracy
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Aristotle on Democracy
existentialcomics.com/comic/633
existentialcomics.com/comic/633
One act-play entitled “Tubby Archivist Goes to the Doctor.”
Dramatis Personae:
Overweight, yet ruggedly handsome, archivist
Doctor
Scene: Doctor’s Office
Dr: How can I help?
OYRHA: I’ve got this lingering cough that …
Dr:. Before you go on, I need to make sure you know you’re fat.
1/5
Dramatis Personae:
Overweight, yet ruggedly handsome, archivist
Doctor
Scene: Doctor’s Office
Dr: How can I help?
OYRHA: I’ve got this lingering cough that …
Dr:. Before you go on, I need to make sure you know you’re fat.
1/5
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One act-play entitled “Tubby Archivist Goes to the Doctor.”
Dramatis Personae:
Overweight, yet ruggedly handsome, archivist
Doctor
Scene: Doctor’s Office
Dr: How can I help?
OYRHA: I’ve got this lingering cough that …
Dr:. Before you go on, I need to make sure you know you’re fat.
1/5
Dramatis Personae:
Overweight, yet ruggedly handsome, archivist
Doctor
Scene: Doctor’s Office
Dr: How can I help?
OYRHA: I’ve got this lingering cough that …
Dr:. Before you go on, I need to make sure you know you’re fat.
1/5
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
Looking through the old Colorado State College yearbooks for the first evidence of superheroes, I found a photograph from a 1941 dance. It looks like one of the students is wearing a costume combing elements from the costumes of both Superman and Shazam.
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Looking through the old Colorado State College yearbooks for the first evidence of superheroes, I found a photograph from a 1941 dance. It looks like one of the students is wearing a costume combing elements from the costumes of both Superman and Shazam.
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well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
Looks like drinking with skeletons went poorly. Not sure what was said to start the fight, but it looks intense.
From the 1908 Colorado State Normal School Cache la Poudre yearbook.
From the 1908 Colorado State Normal School Cache la Poudre yearbook.
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Looks like drinking with skeletons went poorly. Not sure what was said to start the fight, but it looks intense.
From the 1908 Colorado State Normal School Cache la Poudre yearbook.
From the 1908 Colorado State Normal School Cache la Poudre yearbook.
In the spirit of Dr. Parcak's post, it is the RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS who are making you use a colon instead of a comma in front of the page numbers when citing a journal using the Chicago Manual of Style. My students do want SOMEONE to blame for the CMOS.
October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In the spirit of Dr. Parcak's post, it is the RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS who are making you use a colon instead of a comma in front of the page numbers when citing a journal using the Chicago Manual of Style. My students do want SOMEONE to blame for the CMOS.
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The RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS are why your midterms are not fully graded
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The RADICAL LEFT DEMOCRATS are why your midterms are not fully graded
just finished the Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. It was brutal, horrific, and amazing.
There was even an archivist character. Always happy to see my people represented in horror fiction. (We are the keepers of secrets and mysteries.)
There was even an archivist character. Always happy to see my people represented in horror fiction. (We are the keepers of secrets and mysteries.)
July 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
just finished the Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. It was brutal, horrific, and amazing.
There was even an archivist character. Always happy to see my people represented in horror fiction. (We are the keepers of secrets and mysteries.)
There was even an archivist character. Always happy to see my people represented in horror fiction. (We are the keepers of secrets and mysteries.)
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People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory.
Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human.
Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic.
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
WASHINGTON—Despite polls that show the American public overwhelmingly supports keeping the ancient burial chamber sealed, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday to pry open the evil tomb of Batibat, a ven...
theonion.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 To Open Evil Tomb Of Batibat
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Fuck ABC and all their subsidiaries.
They could have stood by their journalist and the first amendment.
But no.
Enough of this crap.
They could have stood by their journalist and the first amendment.
But no.
Enough of this crap.
ABC Suspends Star Anchor Over Midnight Stephen Miller Tirade
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted “so-called journalist” Terry Moran for his comments about the top aide.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fuck ABC and all their subsidiaries.
They could have stood by their journalist and the first amendment.
But no.
Enough of this crap.
They could have stood by their journalist and the first amendment.
But no.
Enough of this crap.
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While the university has ended the group's special status designation, with the support of the student body, student guides are doubling down on their commitment to share their campus’ history.
UVA Tried To Shut Down Its Historical Tours Discussing Slavery. These Students Resisted.
A conservative alumni group took issue with the discussion of difficult parts of UVA’s history.
www.teenvogue.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
While the university has ended the group's special status designation, with the support of the student body, student guides are doubling down on their commitment to share their campus’ history.
Just spent 15 days in Egypt! It was amazing!
April 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just spent 15 days in Egypt! It was amazing!
I made a sweet $7.07 during the last six months from royalties on a book that I did with Arcadia press over ten years ago. I am not sure where I am going to invest this windfall. Maybe a sandwich.
April 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I made a sweet $7.07 during the last six months from royalties on a book that I did with Arcadia press over ten years ago. I am not sure where I am going to invest this windfall. Maybe a sandwich.
Just saw a guy wearing a shirt that said "Size matters!" and it had a bunch of bullets with their dimensions printed all over it. I figure the guy must have gone to the store to buy a "I'm a moron" shirt, but they ran out, so he got the next best thing.
March 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just saw a guy wearing a shirt that said "Size matters!" and it had a bunch of bullets with their dimensions printed all over it. I figure the guy must have gone to the store to buy a "I'm a moron" shirt, but they ran out, so he got the next best thing.
Mysterious circle of young girls waving corn. I imagine it was a secret ceremony on the campus of the Colorado Normal School.
March 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Mysterious circle of young girls waving corn. I imagine it was a secret ceremony on the campus of the Colorado Normal School.
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When Nazi officials opened their "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937, they labeled modern art as ideologically impure. Now, nearly 90 years later, Trump's order targeting the Smithsonian uses similar language about "improper ideology" and "divisive narratives."
When Nazi officials opened their "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937, they labeled modern art as ideologically impure. Now, nearly 90 years later, Trump's order targeting the Smithsonian uses similar language about "improper ideology" and "divisive narratives."
Trump orders "improper ideology" purge at Smithsonian museums
When Nazi officials opened their infamous "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937, they labeled modern art as culturally corrupt and ideologically impure. Now, nearly 90 years later, Donald Trump's latest...
boingboing.net
March 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
boingboing.net/2025/03/28/t...
When Nazi officials opened their "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937, they labeled modern art as ideologically impure. Now, nearly 90 years later, Trump's order targeting the Smithsonian uses similar language about "improper ideology" and "divisive narratives."
When Nazi officials opened their "Degenerate Art" exhibition in 1937, they labeled modern art as ideologically impure. Now, nearly 90 years later, Trump's order targeting the Smithsonian uses similar language about "improper ideology" and "divisive narratives."
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“Improper ideology”? Get fucked.
Re:
“Trump’s order specifically names the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Women’s History Museum, which is in development.”
“Trump’s order specifically names the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Women’s History Museum, which is in development.”
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“Improper ideology”? Get fucked.
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