Steven Van Impe

Embroidered binding for 'The Book of Common Prayer' and bookmark, possibly by Broderers Company, embroidered in London, ca. 1634

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

A closed jar of pickled gherkins, with a white printed label showing the title and author of the poem. The gherkins look like they're past their due date.

#NewAcq: the #poem 'Jeroentje 9 voor, 9 na' by Jan Vanhaelen (1972). The text, on little sheets of paper, has been added to a jar of pickled gherkins. 🫙 🥒🥒🥒

Don't say: a nightmare for our preservation department.

Do say: an creative literary experiment!

EHC Antwerp 910872 📚💙 📖 📜

De Visdeurbel - Seizoen bijna van start — De Visdeurbel Zie je een vis? Druk op de Visdeurbel dan opent onze sluiswachter de sluis en kunnen de vissen doorzwemmen.

JONGENS MEISJES DE VISDEURBEL IS TERUG
visdeurbel.nl

Water your word documents once weekly, preferably with your tears

We are training undergrads (18-22) to digitize vcr tapes, cassettes, and vinyl. We introduce phrases like "rewind" into their vocab and made diagrams of what a tape looks like from 6 angles. And we get questions like "how do I rewind a record" which is understandable but turns my bones to dust.

In 2025, 129 journalists were killed. Two-thirds of them were killed by Israel.

🔗 cpj.org/wp-content/u...

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

sign on a post reading DO NOT LEAN ON ME, I AM UNSTABLE

me too, medical clinic sign

me too

(Getting an English person to think about how society could be better) imagine a cheap train beer

Spreading joy and knowledge is a perfect strategy against the world burning.

Librarian & Executive Director of the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut, 06032 | Other at Yale University Apply for Librarian & Executive Director of the Lewis Walpole Library job with Yale University in Farmington, Connecticut, 06032. Other at Yale University

JOB ALERT 📜📚

Librarian & executive director of Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library (Farmington, CT)

•Research center for 18th-century Britain
•You’d report to the fabulous Michelle Light

careers.yale.edu/us/en/job/13...

It's exhausting living through an entire verse of "We Didn't Start the Fire" every day.

Asking on behalf of a mentee--which US-based short courses on manuscript studies are still accepting applications rn?

(sorry I have no war-posting in me today folks. it is too much. so I am managing what I can.)

somewhere George Boole is crying, although Art Garfunkel is probably okay

if people are using classified information to place bets, then theoretically others can analyze betting behavior to find signals that reveal classified information.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

So, here's the article I have out as of today and it's #OpenAccess. It deals with one of the earliest Christian Arabic scribal workshops in the Sinai monastery, where many of the mss produced there have been preserved to this day. In this 🧵 I do a quick rundown of the most important findings. 1/n

🔓𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗗 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟬
𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
David Juste

More Info: bit.ly/4bavsX4

#Ptolemy #Astronomy #Astrology #ManuscriptStudies #Manuscripts #OpenAccess

I remember when trying to forgive student loans was massive overreach of Presidential power.

There used to be a joke in the East Block.

Dear Radio Yerevan, will there be a World War III?

No, but there will be such a struggle for peace that nothing will be left standing.

Eight years ago. Eight years of this.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

I heard stories of people who've fed crows, and been given gifts in return. It sounded charming, so I began doing that.

Then, one night, there was a rapping on my bedroom window. I stumbled up and opened.

A crow flew in and spoke: "They're coming for you. You must flee."

I only just made it out.

If 5 years ago, I had asked you to make a list of all the Black journalists with national reach and household name recognition, that asked these types of questions? There would be a very short list.

Fewer than 10 people.

About half of those people have been pushed out of their jobs since then.🤷🏿‍♂️

Inside you there are two Finnish icons

I'm now recruiting for a crucial post in my team - Curator: Parliamentary Art Collection. A rare chance to work with a wonderful collection in a unique setting.

Please do share, and feel free to get in touch with any questions

Two scientists look at a monitor attached to a large apparatus consisting of pipes, tanks, vessels and hoses. The first scientist says "I don't get it. The reaction is running perfectly, but we can't account for 7% of the heat." The other says "Have you Asked the Professor?" The first replies "We're not supposed To disturb him when He's in his office." On the other side of the apparatus, one of the pipes goes through a wall into another room where it warms the water for a hot tub in which the professor relaxes.

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

So Israel is launching a "preventive" strike on Iran and also announcing a state of emergency, because they expect Iran to respond to their "preventive" strike by launching missiles. So like... what's being prevented here?

LIBRARY POEM

See also: "We value your privacy."