Shirley Wajda
@stwajda.bsky.social
Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. American material & visual culture, museum studies, craftivism, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects.
Congratulations! How wonderful for you--and for the Museum!
And for us.
And for us.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Congratulations! How wonderful for you--and for the Museum!
And for us.
And for us.
Reposted by Shirley Wajda
What this reveals is that for most people in charge right now “AI” is less useful as a technology than as a piece of language to shift a conversation in whatever direction they need it to go. In one minute it will propel a new economy; in another it’s the reason for a recession.
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What this reveals is that for most people in charge right now “AI” is less useful as a technology than as a piece of language to shift a conversation in whatever direction they need it to go. In one minute it will propel a new economy; in another it’s the reason for a recession.
Gary looks like Gary knows the real story.
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Gary looks like Gary knows the real story.
The time the interviewer was lying across the bed....
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The time the interviewer was lying across the bed....
Congratulations!!!
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congratulations!!!
Also, the LaCross, WI, Oktoberfest was the idea of local brewery--1960s, I think?
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Also, the LaCross, WI, Oktoberfest was the idea of local brewery--1960s, I think?
Cool! My mother was German-born; that side of the family belonged to various German clubs in Youngstown, OH. I wonder how many of these singing clubs' records are available. They definitely celebrated Oktoberfest.
Hunted for "Oktoberfest bier" for fun--yep, 1970, Löwenbräu. Newsday, 9/18/1970:
Hunted for "Oktoberfest bier" for fun--yep, 1970, Löwenbräu. Newsday, 9/18/1970:
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cool! My mother was German-born; that side of the family belonged to various German clubs in Youngstown, OH. I wonder how many of these singing clubs' records are available. They definitely celebrated Oktoberfest.
Hunted for "Oktoberfest bier" for fun--yep, 1970, Löwenbräu. Newsday, 9/18/1970:
Hunted for "Oktoberfest bier" for fun--yep, 1970, Löwenbräu. Newsday, 9/18/1970:
Congratulations!!!
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Congratulations!!!