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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · 2d

I only moved to Brighton for a chance to live nearer an Electrophone

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 7d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Sep 3

History IS for everyone, see! (National Archives cat!!!)

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Sep 2

As part of the National Archives' new research seminar series, Research Routes, I'll be hosting @arranjrees.bsky.social in October for a talk all about digital preservation and humour. Come join!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-laughin...

No laughing matter: Preserving humour in a digital age

Explore the importance of documenting meme culture in digital archives in this Research Routes event

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oh wow!

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Aug 29

Part two: the General.

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Aug 29

Working at the National Archives is great, I mean, look at THIS!

(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Aug 26

Alongside the UKGWA team, I'm hosting two free half-day workshops this October to teach researchers more about the web archive, and shape our future researcher offering.

If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...

UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops

Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Jun 20

Copyright and other ethical issues temporarily aside, I do sometimes wonder if the Venn diagram of “people moaning about AI ruining our ability to think for ourselves” and “people that worried about the introduction of calculators” might be a circle

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · Jun 10

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · May 15

Truly, how does anyone ever find the motivation to publish their PhD research (if they do not work in a university)

Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · May 12

The best thing about working with web archives is, hands-down, the absolutely ludicrous designs we thought were acceptable in the early 2000s

Check out the page itself to see a man fall over: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/200401...

Very yellow webpage for the 'Incident Contact Centre' website from the UK Government Web Archive

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · May 8

I know nothing else about any of this but wow what a time for an American pope

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · May 6

On today, the final day of Skype, can we appreciate my initial PhD interview was hosted on there! My PhD on convergence and dead media! This cracks me up

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · May 2

I’m walking 26 miles for Alzheimer’s Society next week! It’s a hard time to be asking anyone for money, but if you have anything to spare for this amazing charity that would be really appreciated (and make me feel a bit better while I’m limping in the weeks after)

www.justgiving.com/page/tasha-a...

Tasha and Josh walk ANOTHER marathon for Alzheimer's Society!

Help Tasha Kitcher raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

www.justgiving.com

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 16

Half-joking BUT given the overuse of GenAI in job applications... are employers now looking more kindly on typos in job apps? At least that person didn't use a bot!

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you! Is there an email I can reach you on? Or if you follow me I think we can chat via DM :)

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 16

Great thank you! I'll DM you

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 16

Hi Mark, that would be great thank you! I will DM you

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 10

If you’re a follower and you’ve ever used a web archive for historical work, I’d be really interested in hearing about your project and your approach to the archive. Please get in touch if you exist!

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 10

If you’re a follower and you’ve ever used a web archive for historical work, I’d be really interested in hearing about your project and your approach to the archive. Please get in touch if you exist!

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 9

Spring is here: goslings and flowers amid a day in the office

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David Beavan @davidbeavan.bsky.social · Apr 4

🚀 Shaping the future of RSEs in Arts & Humanities! Two key reports outline a national vision - essential reading for all disciplines. Developed by the community, for the community. Dive in & be part of the conversation! 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Graphic report cover: Towards a National Research Software Engineering Capability in Arts and Humanities Research: a Roadmap

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 3

This is BIG news!

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Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social · Apr 1

Does the telephone in the first image give away who curated this? 😂

Stamen Design @stamen.com · Mar 25

We worked with the Science Museum to develop an interactive exhibit about The Congruence Engine, a 3-year research effort to digitally connect industrial heritage collections across the UK. Read more about our collaboration, focused on the industrial city of Bradford:

stamen.com/navigating-p...

Telling the story of how technology and people-power unlocked new insights for historians

Read more about The Connection Engine for Science Museum

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