Nostr notes by John Overholt

Some readers record reflections on the text or family history in ...

2026-04-12T14:22:30Z

Some readers record reflections on the text or family history in the blank spaces of their Bibles, and some just want to draw chickens. https://library.chethams.com/blog/births-deaths-marriages-and-chickens-strange-finds-in-the-margins/

Bringing weaving patterns from a 300-year-old notebook back to ...

2026-04-12T14:08:11Z

Bringing weaving patterns from a 300-year-old notebook back to life on the loom. https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/drafting-narratives/

The Great Gatsby got eight words longer in its 2023 Library of ...

2026-04-12T13:58:58Z

The Great Gatsby got eight words longer in its 2023 Library of America edition thanks to the editor returning to the original manuscript housed at Princeton and discovering a copyist’s error. https://specialcollections.princeton.edu/2026/04/gatsby-at-101-an-east-egg-easter-egg/

“Each ‘handset’ was connected to a vast national network of ...

2026-04-09T11:32:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…lv7r
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“Each ‘handset’ was connected to a vast national network of copper wiring, but calling outside one’s own local area accrued steep per-minute charges.”

It is remarkable to see something like this explained as though ...

2026-04-09T11:25:23Z

It is remarkable to see something like this explained as though it was the technique for casting bronze in Ancient Greece. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZlA.OETP.MPLF9R5oa0F1&smid=url-share

I myself am speechless, so I'll just quote the bookseller: ...

2026-04-08T13:32:46Z

I myself am speechless, so I'll just quote the bookseller: "The painting dates from Reed's History of the Western Ant period (roughly 1967-1971). Observing that in photos and paintings of historical events, people in crowds looked like insects, he went on to give ants their due." https://www.veatchs.com/pages/books/17118/joseph-w-after-paul-revere-reed/a-view-of-part-of-the-town-of-boston-in-new-england-and-british-ships-of-war-landing-their-troops-1768 cc myrmepropagandist (npub1ppe…qv2g)

Your password must contain at least one character flaw that you ...

2026-04-08T12:45:08Z

Your password must contain at least one character flaw that you have long recognized within yourself, but that you would never admit to anyone--not your therapist, your spouse, nor your most trusted friend. It is the dark secret shame that you must bear alone.

Two of the awesomest folks I know!

2026-04-07T23:47:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…wwgt
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Two of the awesomest folks I know!

Misogynists drove out the only charter female member of the ...

2026-04-06T15:08:35Z

Misogynists drove out the only charter female member of the American Chemical Society. That's not 21st century sensibilities talking--that's what they called themselves. https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-misogynist-dinner/

Cat Shamans – The Fantastic Felines of Pre-Columbian Pottery ...

2026-04-04T14:00:39Z

Cat Shamans – The Fantastic Felines of Pre-Columbian Pottery https://lib.cua.edu/wordpress/newsevents/28773/

Not sure if I just don’t know what to look for or if I’m ...

2026-04-01T16:40:48Z

Not sure if I just don’t know what to look for or if I’m getting trolled by a Victorian, but I can’t find the profiles supposedly present in this picture. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/33288131

The TSA line at San Diego Airport is truly staggering in its ...

2026-03-29T18:09:01Z

The TSA line at San Diego Airport is truly staggering in its scope, and the part where it looks like you’re reaching the back of the normal set of rope barriers only to have it loop BACK OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT AGAIN is a real dagger in the heart.

On the beach in Cabo San Lucas. The spring break bar next to us ...

2026-03-23T21:49:34Z

On the beach in Cabo San Lucas. The spring break bar next to us is having a Sexiest Macho Man contest, but given that I’m already married it seems cruel to get everyone’s hopes up for no reason.

Not long after the recovery of lost Doctor Who, a lost episode of ...

2026-03-21T05:10:58Z

Not long after the recovery of lost Doctor Who, a lost episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 turns up at a Minnesota garage sale. Keep circulating the tapes! https://www.avclub.com/mystery-science-theater-3000-lost-episode-k03-found

The perfect neighborhood if you hate getting pizza delivered ...

2026-03-17T14:29:47Z

The perfect neighborhood if you hate getting pizza delivered successfully.

I just read a sentence that referred to “the decades since” ...

2026-03-09T10:55:39Z

I just read a sentence that referred to “the decades since” 2005 and I feel personally attacked.

A spectacular discovery by film archivists at the Library of ...

2026-03-07T15:13:50Z

A spectacular discovery by film archivists at the Library of Congress, a lost film by the pioneer George Méliès and the first appearance of a cinematic robot. https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/lost-19th-century-film-by-melies-discovered-at-the-library/

I've never been to Commencement, and this is a rare one I ...

2026-03-05T13:30:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…v5jt
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I've never been to Commencement, and this is a rare one I would be excited to see. I may though be spending the day with my 1776 exhibition. (And if I'm not doing that I have no idea how I'd get a ticket.)

Conan O'Brien to headline commencement: ...

2026-03-05T13:24:01Z

Conan O'Brien to headline commencement: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/03/conan-obrien-85-named-commencement-speaker/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116166340256614006 Well, old ...

2026-03-03T17:52:21Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116166340256614006

Well, old Rembrandt painting newly identified is a little more accurate.

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New Rembrandt Painting Discovered. "A painting from 1633 called Vision of Zacharias in the Temple has been newly identified by Rijksmuseum researchers as an authentic Rembrandt van Rijn." https://kottke.org/26/03/new-rembrandt-painting-discove

The Wellcome Collection has digitized the sketchbook of Emily ...

2026-03-01T16:01:56Z

The Wellcome Collection has digitized the sketchbook of Emily Madden, a Victorian girl documenting the fantastical adventures of her cat, Mouton. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rzwecsjy via [@metafilter](https://mefi.social/@metafilter )

Always a sign that things are going great when there's a ...

2026-02-20T13:23:02Z

Always a sign that things are going great when there's a prominent "Ask me about my lawsuits!" button on your homepage.

Doing a class with a bunch of wonderful medieval manuscripts, but ...

2026-02-19T19:55:47Z

Doing a class with a bunch of wonderful medieval manuscripts, but one of the rarest and most interesting has no text, because it was a model book for illuminators to copy from.

Yeah, I think the premise is cultural impact on GenX people--Judy ...

2026-02-19T18:19:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…uth3
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Yeah, I think the premise is cultural impact on GenX people--Judy Blume was born in the 1930s.

We’re watching GBBO Professionals and the presumably ...

2026-02-18T00:48:37Z

We’re watching GBBO Professionals and the presumably auto-generated captioning is having some struggles with the French vocabulary of patisserie.

I looked up Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner’s ages and it was ...

2026-02-17T02:03:21Z

I looked up Jonathan Frakes and Brent Spiner’s ages and it was profoundly disorienting. https://www.youtube.com/@dropping-names

Adapt xckcd 2501 to your area of abstruse specialization. ...

2026-02-17T01:48:37Z

Adapt xckcd 2501 to your area of abstruse specialization. https://marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-generator/

Wow, I have just been sent a Generation X-themed rare book ...

2026-02-11T14:59:58Z

Wow, I have just been sent a Generation X-themed rare book catalog and I have been so precisely targeted that there's a red dot on my forehead as I'm typing. First editions of the first Encyclopedia Brown and Choose Your Own Adventures? The scripts for 16 Candles and Heathers? Yes, please! Downloadable here: https://www.typepunchmatrix.com/catalogues.php

"In the late 19th century, some women made the boldest, most ...

2026-02-05T19:47:19Z

"In the late 19th century, some women made the boldest, most bizarre fashion choice imaginable—they started wearing pants." Fashion, Feminism, and Fear is a new online exhibition from Princeton. https://dpul.princeton.edu/fashionfeminismfear

When a piece of type gets damaged, it's like a fingerprint ...

2026-02-05T15:33:31Z

When a piece of type gets damaged, it's like a fingerprint that can be used to tie all the work of a printer together, whether or not their name appears on the title page. The Catalog of Distinctive Type is building a database of these fingerprints for Restoration England. https://cdt.library.cmu.edu/

Seen in Harvard Yard ...

2026-02-03T21:12:21Z

Seen in Harvard Yard

“U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Harvard pay $1 billion in ...

2026-02-03T17:59:35Z

“U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Harvard pay $1 billion in a settlement in a Truth Social post Monday night, pushing back against reports that the White House would no longer demand a cash payment from the University.” https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/2/3/trump-harvard-1-billion-claim/

I really hope there's an institution collecting the Mather ...

2026-02-03T13:56:04Z

I really hope there's an institution collecting the Mather Work Incentive posters. They are such an insight into 20th century capitalism and workplace culture. https://www.swanngalleries.com/auction-catalog/vintage-posters_K5FF5IMS83?algoliaParam=upcoming_lots_lotNumber_asc_prod%255Bquery%255D%3Dmather%26upcoming_lots_lotNumber_asc_prod%255BhitsPerPage%255D%3D180

I don't disagree that we are at the stage of having overseas ...

2026-01-29T13:59:22Z

I don't disagree that we are at the stage of having overseas conferences on how to protect US cultural heritage and historical records from a regime bent on erasing them, but it's still striking to see. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2026/mar/state-united-states-safeguarding-knowledge-when-memory-becomes-political

@npub1zgt…c69a Huge backup of folks waiting for the 77 and 96 ...

2026-01-28T22:22:11Z

Universal Hub (npub1zgt…c69a) Huge backup of folks waiting for the 77 and 96 at Harvard.

Can someone older than me let me know when it stops being scary? ...

2026-01-27T14:33:58Z

Can someone older than me let me know when it stops being scary? TIA. https://uwmspeccoll.tumblr.com/post/806835037422157824/milestone-monday-jules-feiffer

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2026-01-25T02:32:39Z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre

Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s ...

2026-01-20T17:44:05Z

Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/alaska-art-student-arrested-eating-ai-generated-art-protest-1234770081/ via Calishat (npub1ua0…ccmx)

My colleague the Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts just got ...

2026-01-13T17:56:51Z

My colleague the Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts just got something amazing—a Spanish technology encyclopedia from the 1910s full of multilayer plates to see inside all the machines.

PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with ...

2026-01-11T18:47:43Z

PSA: I’m turning 55 next month, and there’s an issue with people who got vaccinated for measles around the same time I did as a kid having waning immunity. I got tested and it turned out I had no immunity, so I got revaccinated this week. Don’t listen to the science deniers: measles is not a trivial disease if you’re 5 or 55 and we can no longer rely on herd immunity.

A week after Pearl Harbor, an Italian professor at Penn details ...

2026-01-11T15:41:34Z

A week after Pearl Harbor, an Italian professor at Penn details the Fascist persecution that forced him to flee the country. https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/my-desire-of-breathing-a-free-air-giorgio-levi-della-vida-letter-as-an-enemy-alien-december-1941/

My brain woke me up to tell me that everyone’s very clever in ...

2026-01-10T12:30:50Z

My brain woke me up to tell me that everyone’s very clever in the Canny Valley.

Mrs. Chicken, are you trying to seduce me? ...

2025-12-30T15:31:49Z

Mrs. Chicken, are you trying to seduce me?

The simple edit you need to make Fairytale of New York usable is ...

2025-12-24T01:11:30Z

The simple edit you need to make Fairytale of New York usable is “braggart”. You’re welcome.

I'm taking a shift as the lobby greeter this morning and my ...

2025-12-22T15:31:19Z

I'm taking a shift as the lobby greeter this morning and my most important role so far has been chasing down people who tentatively peer in the door but are afraid to come in. By god you're going to experience the joy of special collections if I have anything to say about it!

The 1884 case that established the precedent that even if ...

2025-12-17T17:38:41Z

The 1884 case that established the precedent that even if you’re shipwrecked and starving, it is not OK to just decide you’re going to eat the cabin boy. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/politics-and-law/harvard-law-school-cannibalism-ethics

Fediverse Gone Wild ...

2025-12-17T02:42:42Z

Fediverse Gone Wild

I’m sure it’s nothing. ...

2025-12-16T19:15:25Z

I’m sure it’s nothing.

This is surely much more of this than you actually want, but we ...

2025-12-12T20:44:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…t27l
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This is surely much more of this than you actually want, but we have digitized all of our accession records from our opening until 1983. https://listview.lib.harvard.edu/lists/drs-432564916

We paid $70,000 in current dollars for the Declaration of ...

2025-12-12T20:35:35Z

We paid $70,000 in current dollars for the Declaration of Independence in 1947, approximately a 99% discount on what it would cost you today.

Did I buy this to complement the American cookbook collection at ...

2025-12-03T18:27:45Z

Did I buy this to complement the American cookbook collection at the Schlesinger Library and because it has a contemporary female ownership inscription? Yes.

Did I buy it because it calls people who work in food preparation the "Officers of the Mouth"? Also yes.
#NewAcquisition

At the rate I go through letterhead and business cards I’ll ...

2025-11-18T20:30:01Z

At the rate I go through letterhead and business cards I’ll have to restock if I stay in this job another century or two.

This is a sheet of unused turnpike tickets from an 18th century ...

2025-11-17T20:08:41Z

This is a sheet of unused turnpike tickets from an 18th century English toll road. Something like this is so completely unremarkable in its time that it almost never survives, but in this case it was used as wastepaper to fill out a binding, and then recently discovered inside. #NewAcquisition

I'm learning a lot about my distinguished colleague President ...

2025-11-17T14:00:15Z

I'm learning a lot about my distinguished colleague President Summers. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/17/summers-epstein-wing-man-woman-described-as-mentee/

Verify you are human: click here to feel ongoing anxiety about ...

2025-11-17T13:43:26Z

Verify you are human: click here to feel ongoing anxiety about whether you badly handled a minor interaction the other person involved forgot about 10 seconds later.

“You know what happened to the last man who crossed me? I ate ...

2025-11-15T16:34:52Z

“You know what happened to the last man who crossed me? I ate him.”

I had the Quiet Car booked for a 6 1/2 hour ride to Baltimore, ...

2025-11-13T20:52:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…h4ge
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I had the Quiet Car booked for a 6 1/2 hour ride to Baltimore, but my train got cancelled and I had to take whatever they could squeeze me into. (I have to change seats in NYC because there wasn’t one free the entire way.)

Maybe Amtrak should have just one “People are Allowed to Talk ...

2025-11-13T20:36:17Z

Maybe Amtrak should have just one “People are Allowed to Talk Car.”The default is all wrong here.

Plur1bus Step Up 2 the Streets M3gan L4yer Cake 5nal Destination ...

2025-11-12T14:35:57Z

Plur1bus
Step Up 2 the Streets
M3gan
L4yer Cake
5nal Destination
Se7en
The H8ful Eight

(Is there a 6 out there I’m missing?)

FedEx is sending a package from the city in which I live, to the ...

2025-11-12T13:16:56Z

FedEx is sending a package from the city in which I live, to the city where I work a few miles away, via Chicago. I wish they’d let me know sooner, I could have just swung by and saved everyone a lot of trouble.

VAXXED 2 THA MAXX By which I mean I just got my COVID ...

2025-11-11T20:09:56Z

VAXXED 2 THA MAXX

By which I mean I just got my COVID vaccination, got flu a few weeks ago, and I’m getting my measles antibodies checked now that we’ve managed to save it from the verge of extinction.

I’m turning 55 in a few months and I have decided that’s old ...

2025-11-07T17:15:52Z

I’m turning 55 in a few months and I have decided that’s old enough that I can buy this hat without being that guy. I just want to keep my head warm and look put together, and I promise not to say “Llllladies…” at any point.

Everybody who vowed to leave New York, please note that you have ...

2025-11-05T02:43:29Z

Everybody who vowed to leave New York, please note that you have two weeks to do so, beginning at midnight.

I don’t have a rooting interest in the World Series, but I do ...

2025-11-02T02:40:20Z

I don’t have a rooting interest in the World Series, but I do know who’d be mad if Canada won.

“Apologies came back from the [AI-cheating] students, first in ...

2025-11-02T01:21:35Z

“Apologies came back from the [AI-cheating] students, first in a trickle, then in a flood. The professors were initially moved by this acceptance of responsibility and contrition… until they realized that 80 percent of the apologies were almost identically worded and appeared to be generated by AI.” https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/10/when-caught-cheating-in-college-dont-apologize-with-ai/

News you can use: How to Spot a Poison Book (If you grew up on ...

2025-11-01T16:04:04Z

News you can use: How to Spot a Poison Book (If you grew up on Mr. Yuk ads like I did, it turns out that was good training.) https://blogs.lib.ku.edu/spencer/how-to-spot-a-poison-book/

Eager to drum up anti-Mamdani stories for his right-wing ...

2025-10-30T23:05:26Z

Eager to drum up anti-Mamdani stories for his right-wing newspaper a (London) Times reporter interviewed a completely different Bill DeBlasio without confirming his identity. The Long Island wine importer used ChatGPT to script the answers he gave through his Ring Doorbell while away in Florida. I am not making this up. https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper-spoke-to-the-wrong-deblasio-not-an-imposter

Ever since I was bitten by a radioactive Cis ...

2025-10-29T15:27:52Z

Ever since I was bitten by a radioactive Cis

University of Alabama Special Collections, you have misunderstood ...

2025-10-29T13:48:00Z

University of Alabama Special Collections, you have misunderstood the assignment. https://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17336coll2/id/153

There’s lots of nice book history in this video of the recently ...

2025-10-26T01:26:36Z

There’s lots of nice book history in this video of the recently refurbished Spaceship Earth ride at EPCOT Center, but I must protest that Gutenberg should not be standing in front of a stack of bound volumes—before the industrialization of printing in the 19th century, buyers largely received unbound sheets and took them to their own binder. https://youtu.be/nnt5jYvY62c?si=G5oewMFy_8R_UUjK

A great exhibition idea from my colleagues at the Fine Arts ...

2025-10-21T13:27:43Z

A great exhibition idea from my colleagues at the Fine Arts Library: "Trying to Forget: The Removal of Figures from Early Photographic Images." https://harvardfineartslib.tumblr.com/post/798016873966026752/editing-photographs-wasnt-so-easy-before-the

@npub1l3c…kj65 Can a headline be a perfect sentence? (For me, ...

2025-10-21T01:22:05Z

Ingrid Burrington (npub1l3c…kj65) Can a headline be a perfect sentence? (For me, it’s the “once again”.)
https://flipboard.com/@smithsonianmag/smartnews-343feuq8z/-/a-ViCGpoucReSpn0wlhKfhSA%3Aa%3A2586892611-%2F0

ACRL has laid off the conference planner who made it possible to ...

2025-10-20T23:02:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…0uaw
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ACRL has laid off the conference planner who made it possible to put on the RBMS conference for 23 years, and it’s devastating.

The Save Our Signs archive preserves 10,000 National Park Service ...

2025-10-19T14:06:26Z

The Save Our Signs archive preserves 10,000 National Park Service signs at risk of government censorship for accurately describing American history. https://www.infodocket.com/2025/10/13/digital-collections-save-our-signs-archive-containing-over-10000-photos-of-national-park-service-nps-interpretive-materials-launches-online/

They’re talking about astronaut ice cream on a podcast I’m ...

2025-10-19T03:13:46Z

They’re talking about astronaut ice cream on a podcast I’m listening to and I’m having an intense Proust’s madeleine experience.

Huh, it’s just a GIF of Pete Campbell yelling “Not great, ...

2025-10-16T17:26:06Z

Huh, it’s just a GIF of Pete Campbell yelling “Not great, Bob!”

If I had tried to guess the date of this image in isolation, I ...

2025-10-16T16:50:29Z

If I had tried to guess the date of this image in isolation, I would have been pretty far off. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/le-brun-human-animal-hybrids/

Everyone knows that President Washington's farewell address ...

2025-10-16T13:24:00Z

Everyone knows that President Washington's farewell address to the nation doesn't rhyme. What my book presupposes is, what if it did?

At auction, an iPhone 1 sealed in box, estimated $8,000-12,000. ...

2025-10-16T12:40:47Z

At auction, an iPhone 1 sealed in box, estimated $8,000-12,000. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/31199/lot/1243/apple-iphone-1-sealed-in-original-box-apple-iphone-1-8gb-smartphone-2007/

We know about MK-Ultra, the CIA’s spectacularly illegal and ...

2025-10-12T13:40:10Z

We know about MK-Ultra, the CIA’s spectacularly illegal and immoral experimental mind control project, because while the CIA director ordered all the records destroyed, he missed the ones classified as budgetary records rather than project records. Cataloging matters! https://specialcollections.princeton.edu/2025/10/the-cias-quest-for-mind-control-piecing-together-project-mk-ultra-and-its-princeton-connections-part-i-allen-w-dulles-class-of-1914/

"Harvard will lay off roughly 25 percent of staff represented ...

2025-10-09T19:47:53Z

"Harvard will lay off roughly 25 percent of staff represented by its clerical and technical workers’ union at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and reorganize several offices in response to mounting funding pressures" https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/10/seas-staff-25-percent-layoffs/

I don't know if it's quite there yet, but like the floppy ...

2025-10-08T19:48:21Z

I don't know if it's quite there yet, but like the floppy disk save icon this is increasingly a symbol for which users have no real-world reference.

Wow, the beta version of the new catalog is way more powerful ...

2025-10-08T12:40:40Z

Wow, the beta version of the new catalog is way more powerful than I thought! My first wish, obviously, is going to be for three more wishes.

Ted Cruz should know that Wikipedia has robust systems in place ...

2025-10-07T22:25:57Z

Ted Cruz should know that Wikipedia has robust systems in place for unbiased information from the fact that it doesn’t list him as the Zodiac Killer or his dad as JFK’s assassin.

The UGA Library is fundraising for the restoration of a 1980 ...

2025-10-06T21:51:55Z

The UGA Library is fundraising for the restoration of a 1980 documentary about the burgeoning Athens music scene that gave birth to the B-52s and REM. https://give.uga.edu/funders/inside-out-funder/

So the good news is that the Harvard visiting professor arrested ...

2025-10-06T11:05:55Z

So the good news is that the Harvard visiting professor arrested for shooting a pellet gun at a synagogue on Yom Kippur was not motivated by antisemitism, but was merely hunting rats. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/6/gouvea-synagogue/

Either you can read, or you can believe it’s an open question ...

2025-10-05T14:31:33Z

Either you can read, or you can believe it’s an open question whether people born in the U.S. are citizens.

Either you can read, or you can believe it’s an open question whether Trump can legally run for President in 2028.

Competent journalism on these subjects should indicate whether the author can read.

When you have a shift staffing the Houghton Consultation Room, ...

2025-10-03T17:10:19Z

When you have a shift staffing the Houghton Consultation Room, the new scheduling system puts an event in your calendar called "C.R. Desk" and I suspect I am never not going to hear this to the strains of Beauty and the Beast.

Good news: The Harvard Gazette is going to come and do a story on ...

2025-10-02T15:42:30Z

Good news: The Harvard Gazette is going to come and do a story on my Banned Books Week popup exhibition next Thursday afternoon! (Open to the public, please stop by if you're around.) https://libcal.library.harvard.edu/event/15380035

Bad news: I have a week to make sure I'm at published-in-Harvard's-official-newspaper levels of knowing what I'm talking about.

I'm going in a couple of hours to get this year's flu ...

2025-10-01T14:53:08Z

I'm going in a couple of hours to get this year's flu vaccination. I neglected a lot of important health stuff for many years because (among other reasons) of intense needle-phobia. I have lately adopted this advice, substituting "anxiety" for "cat".

We're getting to the time of year when it's important to ...

2025-09-29T18:40:10Z

We're getting to the time of year when it's important to have a qualified visual inspection of household chimneys to guard against hazardous obstructions, so don't forget to get your flue shot.

What the hell, Autocomplete? ...

2025-09-29T14:11:56Z

What the hell, Autocomplete?

Dr. Sophie Herzog was buried in 1925 at the age of 79 in a ...

2025-09-28T13:45:25Z

Dr. Sophie Herzog was buried in 1925 at the age of 79 in a necklace made of the bullets she extracted from the bodies of Wild West gunslingers. https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/09/25/doctor-sophie-herzog-the-gunfighters-physician/

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2025-09-26T11:03:45Z

Ten Watergates a day is a DDOS on American democracy.

"Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli ...

2025-09-24T12:35:25Z

"Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump administration to link the drug to autism, a connection experts say is tenuous at best." https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/9/24/autism-dean-public-health/

Harvard Gazette covers the new exhibition I co-curated ...

2025-09-23T17:16:52Z

Harvard Gazette covers the new exhibition I co-curated "Fashion Police." https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/how-fashion-police-have-been-walking-beat-for-centuries/

"Over the past five years, SHARP has supported 25 scholars ...

2025-09-22T17:58:02Z

"Over the past five years, SHARP has supported 25 scholars through its Research Development Grants for BIPOC Scholars. The decision to stop issuing these grants stems from the potential risk to SHARP's non-profit status as a US-registered organization, a risk posed by an Executive Order that seeks to ban the privileging of a person's racialized identity in selection and evaluation processes." https://mailchi.mp/2298b4dd36f8/your-sharp-membership-12749099?e=32e244dcf2

New term of abuse just dropped. ...

2025-09-22T15:15:57Z

New term of abuse just dropped.
https://flipboard.com/@smithsonianmag/smartnews-343feuq8z/-/a-5hee_y8zThWPKoWXqqftiQ%3Aa%3A2586892611-%2F0

I’m old enough to remember when a website would take no for an ...

2025-09-22T01:17:40Z

I’m old enough to remember when a website would take no for an answer instead of just “ask me again tomorrow “.

A new online exhibition at the Grolier Club showcases the ...

2025-09-20T14:55:01Z

A new online exhibition at the Grolier Club showcases the manuscript treasures of the Jewish Theological Seminary. https://grolierclub.omeka.net/exhibits/show/jewish-worlds-illuminated