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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl)

@1863-project.bsky.social
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Archivist and ferroequinologist who draws, plays video games, cries over baseball, and spends her spare time trying to drive every steam locomotive she can get on the throttle of. @autismgaming.com founder. #ActuallyAutistic

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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I, uh...did get a tiny piece of scrap metal blown into my eye by a train once. I was around 8. They removed it at the optometrist. There's a reason I keep the goggles on me just in case.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I finally got to the station quickly enough to kneel down into position for this specific shot of an express train going by and blowing leaves and debris everywhere. Amazingly nothing got in my eyes because I didn't have time to get my safety goggles out of my bag.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just got punched in the face whilst cataloguing by the words "Shugo Chara 20th Anniversary." I know it's true but it doesn't feel it.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Princeton University Library seeks an accomplished, visionary, and collaborative leader to serve as the John T. Maltsberger III ’55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections.”
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John T. Maltsberger III '55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections - CLIR+DLF Job Board
Princeton University Library (PUL) seeks an accomplished, visionary, and collaborative leader to serve as the John T. Maltsberger III ’55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections (AUL SC...
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I keep forgetting there's a video company called Vinegar Syndrome now because when I go to catalogue something and that's listed my archivist hackles go straight up. Vinegar syndrome is...not something you want to happen to your film reels.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really hate going to work in the rain because no matter how much I try to avoid puddles I still end up walking into wherever I'm working feeling like I'm going to develop trenchfoot. I should get a portable hair dryer or space heater or something.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Also, I just went about 9 months between jobs (museums and libraries are not getting funding right now, no points for figuring out why) and it was miserable because as you all likely know I am obsessed with working and doing librarian and archivist things. I deserve my chai latte.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Opened Bsky and...there's a debate about bringing iced coffee to a job interview or something? Not sure what's going on but I generally save my masala chai lattes for after the interview because it's easier to focus when I don't have to use the restroom.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Preserving digital indie games in libraries/archives? The latest Video Game History Hour podcast features Dr. Colin Post and Marisa Marzilli from University of North Carolina at Greensboro: gamehistory.org/episode-164-nationa…
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm a bit biased because I worked there for two years and I'm also a massive ferroequinologist, but still. This collection belongs with them.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is only one museum that should get this collection, and that is @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social. I hope Orr gets in touch with them! gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
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A massive MTA archive ended up in a Virginia warehouse. A Brooklyn man brought it home.
The collection of documents comes from a subway obsessive.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not from the below commercial but every promo he is in is like this. It has no right being this funny of a bit. They literally lucked into signing an actual trained mortician who could ham it up like nobody's business.
Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair stare each other down as between them Paul Bearer is visible making some sort of weird owl face. It is way funnier than it has any right to be.
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Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Howie Rose fought back tears as New York Mets fans chanted his name during his final radio broadcast. awfulannouncing.com/mlb/howie-ro...
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Howie Rose fights back tears as Mets fans chant his name in emotional final broadcast
Howie Rose fought back tears as New York Mets fans chanted his name during his final radio broadcast Sunday.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've never really actively watched pro wrestling (though I've learned a lot through osmosis via friends who do) but for the past two weeks I have been losing it over this commercial in which Paul Bearer describes how to play video games. This should not be as funny as it is. youtu.be/ckRamuVkRjg?...
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WrestleMania: The Undertaker, Paul Bearer & Shawn Michaels give video game tips
YouTube video by Patrick Scott Patterson
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I saw Forever Young in person today. Absolutely incredible animal. Easily one of the best athletes of the decade.
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 13/09/2026
I don’t normally do this: If you’re an archivist or metadata sicko who is doing working to preserve/collect/organize TTRPG materials and/or Actual Play & you’ll be at PAXU, let me know. If there’s already something brewing I don’t need to be involved unless it’s useful. But it needs to be there.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh, ableist AND homophobic in one fell swoop! Lovely. (/sarcasm)
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My mom has named her hermit crab, who she's now had for a year or so, after him. I last saw Carlito the crab yesterday and he's actually pretty huge and likes iceberg lettuce.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
OUGH, I need to get to Kinokuniya...
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oguri... ;__;
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Almost like most people know this is all asinine and are going to stick with the brands that don't bow to him.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Update: it turns out I had to keep trying until it let me buy the damn tickets. Anyway, I am going to see Forever Young (yes, the horse) in person and I am so excited!
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I just waited in a virtual queue for 40 minutes only to be told the tickets for the thing I wanted to see were already sold out. I am so infuriated right now.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you have books of your own that you'd like to donate locally, that would be awesome, too! Getting books into the hands of underprivileged kids is so important for their early development. Dolly knew that, hence the Imagination Library. Every book makes a difference!
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you want to help continue Dolly Parton's legacy, please consider donating to her Imagination Library: imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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metalheadrailfan 🔞 @metalheadrailfan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The challenge is getting them to see autistic people as complete people. That actually requires increasing THEIR empathy, not mine. The burden should not be on me to constantly justify my existence.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A lot of people seem, for whatever reason, to like me and want me around (a confusing experience for an autistic adult who was bullied as a child). Those people took the time to get to know me and see I was a human just like them. Anti-vaxxers don't see that, they just see a fate worse than death.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My existence shouldn't be political, but truthfully, everyone's existence is political. Genuinely, teaching these people that autistic people deserve to live - nay, exist - is a big part of what needs to happen. Sometimes that means I have to get really loud and angry.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
These people don't show me and every other autistic person on earth empathy, after all. They'd rather have a dead child than one like me. So no, I'm not going to stop pointing that out even if it "hurts their feelings." I like not being dead.
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Spiralofvertigo @ Fiance @spiralofvertigo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Mom's nursing home has increased her rent yet again and we DESPERATELY need help catching up on her bills now. Hoping to raise about $2,100 to cover 1 months rent. Cashapp: $GuidedByFireflys Paypal: Guidedbyfireflys@gmail.com Anything helps! #signalboost #fundraising #mutualaid #donations #help
Text reads: Need help with Mom's nursing home payments.
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Satan @alessavamp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As a Puerto Rican artist, I want to use my talents to help my people through the current water crisis which is causing many families to face days without water. Donate to any of the charities linked in my bio and I will sketch your TTRPG character or OC.
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
'Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version for Nintendo Switch are set to link with Pokémon HOME beginning October 2026' Pokémon Bank End of Service - Feb 25, 2027 www.pokemon.com/us/news/poke...
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is true, I actually do have memories of the day they made him pitch, too
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The other thing is that I'm 37. Generally these things are geared towards younger people than me, so I just don't really see it working in my favor.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I'm half-tempted to go, but my anxiety would probably win out in the end.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
OH NO
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I finally witnessed the Elaine Dance Contest at Brooklyn Cyclones Seinfeld Night after knowing about it for what feels like a decade.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
For the people who don't know: this series is actually why I ended up getting a history degree and becoming an archivist.
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Aaah, Belmont Park sent out the email today about interest in going, so I submitted for general admission on the day Forever Young is slated to run. I hope GA prices are reasonable and I can catch a glimpse of him in person...
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Sharing again for the day crowd!
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hey, disability community! A family friend is trying to raise money for his granddaughter, who needs a specialized van for transport. If you can help Ellie get a sweet set of wheels, it would be amazing! Even sharing this helps! helphopelive.org/campaign/272...
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Donate to Mid-Atlantic Catastrophic Illness Fund in honor of Ellie Cooper
Help Ellie Cooper's friends and family raise money for medical expenses associated with Cerebral Palsy Catastrophic Illness. Donate today.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/07/2026
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.
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Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…
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Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 24/07/2026
Some amazing responses from some truly incredible comic creators in the replies, folks 👇👇👇
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🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
We’re creating space for Black autistic voices this September. Join our virtual summit for stories, lived experience, and community. Seeking speakers, self-advocates, parents, educators, clinicians & allies. 📩 BlackAutismAcceptanceDay@gmail.com Please share!
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Steph (professional Iron Horse Girl) @1863-project.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hey, does anyone know any open #writing positions right now? I am especially good with autism (and disability in general), sportswriting, video games, and archives/librarianship. If you can point me in the right direction, that would help me tremendously. Thank you in advance!
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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Frame #12550 from S01 -E08 - Mango-628393
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 20/07/2026
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, JULES RIMET CUP (1930) 🏆⚽ 🖼️ The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Cup was designed by French sculptor Abel Lafleur. Cast in gold-plated sterling silver on a blue lapis lazuli base. See it in our collections ➡️ archive.org/details/jule... 🧵1️⃣/3️⃣👇
"Welcome to the Public Domain" graphic featuring two views of the Jules Rimet Cup (1930): a close-up of the gold trophy's winged figure holding a chalice aloft, and a full view of the trophy on its wooden and marble base. The Internet Archive's public domain "Lockette" mascot appears in the lower right corner. Blue and yellow background.
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