I wish that I could go.
23.01.2026 16:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@doflaherty.bsky.social
Transcribing English inquest records with some annotations, 1888-89 North East Middlesex coroner's district. Pals with Emma and Molly. Learning astrophotography for the peace and quiet of it. Views are my own.
I wish that I could go.
23.01.2026 16:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The boundary line cut through the mortuary that was behind St. Leonard's! :)
08.01.2026 21:47 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0βIt was not in his nature to do anything by halves:β Mary Booth on her husbandβs work. No lie detected. I run a course that demystifies Charles Boothβs massive Life & Labour survey and the accompanying Poverty Map.
Starts Tue 13 Jan at the Mary Ward Centre, nr Stratford High St DLR short.do/wLa3Vc
Saw this!
18.10.2025 21:08 β π 384 π 79 π¬ 5 π 3Every book of history involving original research should be accompanied by a 2nd vol where the historian relates the false starts, twists & turns etc the research took before it finally got its ultimate framing/shape. Not only is this fascinating itβs also fundamental to the historianβs craft(ing).
28.08.2025 09:07 β π 48 π 4 π¬ 5 π 2"Stephen Miller Tears Up as Son Says First 14 Words."
14.08.2025 18:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Brilliant satire @theonion.com:
βAttorney General Pam Bondi directed her department to comb through all its articles, images, videos, and social media posts to remove any βun-American, leftist propagandaβ related to upholding the rule of law, keeping the nation safe, or protecting citizenβs rightsβ
Book historian Bill Bell's latest blog post is a meditation on the liberating experience of the British Museum Reading Room. crusoesbooks.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/a... #bookhistory
30.07.2025 10:51 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1So you find yourself doomscrolling through Bluesky and feeling more and more downhearted and then up pops an engrossing thread that a fave scholar has taken the trouble to put together and suddenly the world looks a little brighter. Thanks, @peteorford.bsky.social!
31.07.2025 11:29 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
27.07.2025 21:01 β π 8661 π 3616 π¬ 143 π 717www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #romans
20.07.2025 14:35 β π 23 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1A green representation of a fat, round frog that looks like it's about to say something sarcastic.
That's sort of like my backyard, which has lots of frog statues that the previous owner left behind. Real frogs pass through on their way to the next pond (I suppose). No penal code that I'm aware of but maybe I should look closer.
10.07.2025 17:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cover of How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco. Author sits at his desk, stacked with books, a push-button phone, and a pipe in his mouth.
A reviewer bagged on Eco for looking pretentious on this cover, but his pipe is a corncob, not very grandiose imo.
08.07.2025 12:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
04.07.2025 13:32 β π 35241 π 10959 π¬ 822 π 769I donβt think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make whatβs happening now look like childβs play. And people are disappearing.
If you've been to Paris, is it true about the butter?
08.06.2025 17:08 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...
01.06.2025 20:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Police Code 1889 is great, isn't it? I like the part about the orange peels in particular.
31.05.2025 15:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hardback copy of Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay. Illustration is a night scene lit with a blue light beneath an enormous full moon. I have the sense that it's very late at night. A cloaked figure on horseback traverses a stone arch bridge over a river. A medium fog floats in the air. In the left background is the edge of a castle or keep topped with crenellations. The briar pipe is Danish, a 2019 Nording nose. A red and black finish complements the grain of the wood.
New book by my favorite novelist and new pipe!
31.05.2025 15:17 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0πΌ 'Gather round while I sing you of Wernher Von Braun,
A man whose allegiance was ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,
"Ha, Nazi, Schmazi," says Wernher von Braun...'
Today is release day.
27.05.2025 15:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cover of Julia Margaret Cameron's Women, featuring Julia Jackson staring back at us, taking us in as much as we take her.
Marie Spartali 1870, her gaze directed downwards, seems lost in thought, as slightly out of focus as the image is.
Bought this book at an exhibition at The Art Institute back in the 90s. I don't think I've seen it since until today. I like Marie Spartali here from 1870 as she looks lost in thought.
16.05.2025 20:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0None of them have any idea what the Librarian of Congress does. For example, thereβs no childrenβs section because itβs a research library.
09.05.2025 20:16 β π 451 π 136 π¬ 7 π 7It's important to understand the position of the US government in this case. They are arguing no court can have habeas corpus jurisdiction while they are randomly moving political prisoners about the country.
These are the actions of a secret police. These are the actions of a Gestapo.