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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sometimes I read the student evals just to feel better.

Handwritten comment on student evaluation reading "archivists work really hard so historians can write really cool stuff"

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And now we have a celebration of Spain's win to cheer us

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Downed wires (or something) has the blue line down between Maverick and Wonderland and there's not a shuttle in site. @universalhub.com

Crowd waits for mythical mbta shuttles at Maverick Square

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My parents' Gmail account consistently suggests to them how they should respond to my emails and so they have taken to ending each missile with. "This is not written by AI" on every message. Even the simple ones.

Screenshot of email reading "thanks (this was not written by AI). love dad

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

OMB has proposed a new rule to regulate all federal grants, including medical research grants. It fundamentally changes how research is conducted in the US and will, I think, devastate medical research. Public comment is open until July 13. I just commented and you can too. 🧵

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Agency: OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (OMB)
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
Document ID: OMB-2026-0034-0001

Comment:
I am the daughter of a cancer patient who is currently benefiting from federally funded medical research. While I am not a medical researcher myself, I care deeply about US medical research, especially cancer research. Not only is my father currently fighting lymphoma, but I have friends and family members who have survived cancer or had their lives significantly extended because of federally funded medical and scientific research. Having read this rule, I can see that it gives political appointees with no medical or scientific training the power to override qualified medical researchers in deciding whether or not research is funded. I am deeply concerned that people fighting cancer, including both my father and one of my good friends, could miss out on life saving treatments because a politician decided it didn't "advance the President's priorities." A great strength of the US medical system is that we rely on some of the smartest and most qualified people in the world to make decisions and advance research; not politicians. Our research should be evidence based, not politics based. I strongly urge the OMB to withdraw the pre-issuance political review provisions in §200.205. Please do not finalize this rule. It will harm life saving medical research our country is known for and will hurt countless cancer patients and their families.

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

And here's another one (newly processed!)

Archival box with label "Charles L. Glenn papers, 1963-2000"

Type written page with title "Participation of the Poor in the War on Poverty"

Newspaper spread of young people participating in Freedom School in various locations

Handwritten letter reading "They will see how negro school school children suffer under their segration and become inferer. This day has been great for me and I hope there will be many others

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Here's a collection I would love to spend some time exploring

Postcard with photo of young Black man gazing at camera and text "Young Black Artists Under 36"

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The button collection remains relevant for today

Buttons reading "Support Worthy Wages for Childcare,_ "Stop child sexual abusers, April 26, 1990, City Hall Plaza, Boston, No more!" And "Immunize Your Children. They can't protect themselves "

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Visited @nu-archives.bsky.social today and saw some delightful records. A thread. We begin with Big Dig ephemera.

"Now You See It. Now You Don't " promotional material for the Big Dig

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

This situation in Day Sq in Eastie is awful for pedestrians. It isn't clear which cars have the right of the way and there are no traffic signals. It doesn't look that bad from above but when you're navigating it, you really have to have your wits about you

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

The blue line is running but also this train stopped so the driver could dig out something on the tracks at Wood Island. @universalhub.com

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Scene at Park Street while they make announcements about a derailed train on the green line. @universalhub.com

Crew of workers gathered around a green line train at Park Street Station

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The MBTA is, again, pretending there is regular service on the Blue Line when we have been waiting at Govt Center for 10 minutes and there are no trains on the arrival board.

Train platform with people and blank arrivals board

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A side street in my neighborhood didn't get fully plowed and so the local children have made a snow wall/fort. I am personally in favor of this

Snow wall on a side street in an urban neighborhood

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

What an excellent weekend forecast for the Twin Cities

Weekend forecast for twin cities with lows of -7 and highs of 1

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Decent crowd in Govt Center for anti-Ice protest organized by Luce @universalhub.com

Crowd of anti-ice protesters in Government Center in Boston

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The hotel lobbies of New Orleans are a real situation during the holidays

Doorway decorated with garlands and lights with Christmas tree visible through it

Dog statue with golden bow tied around its neck

Hallway with lights and a crystal chandelier

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I love wandering around New Orleans and looking at the houses

Two shotgun houses next to a fire station

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I took a very touristy riverboat cruise down part of the Mississippi today. The scenery was industrial and I loved it. Now I want to read Huckleberry Finn and James. In that order.

Decrepit Dominoes Sugar refinery on the bank of the Mississippi River

Ship and port infrastructure on the bank of the Mississippi River

Large cargo ship on the Mississippi River

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

He has now pulled out a can of beer and is drinking it grouchily. My mother is resting in her peace and her power and reading The Atlantic. She could care less

A classic case of man spreading on a commuter train

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Me: The president has renamed the Kennedy Center after himself. Cat:

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The cats have finally decided to co-exist

Two cats on cushy beds gaze at the camera

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The cat always looks alarmed when I turn on the news

A black and white cat looks at the camera with an alert and anxious expression as the PBS newshour plays in the background

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

The Bennington Street Cemetery is open for visitors today! Guided tours at 2 and 4 pm @universalhub.com @gigi4district1.bsky.social

Sign posted at Bennington Street Cemetery reading "Tombstone Tour, Gates open, 1-5 pm, Cemetery Tours at 2 pm and 4 pm, All Day Activities"

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

No! Sweden! She lived on Carolina St in Jamaica Plain in 1920

Passenger list for the Cunard Line ship Ivernia

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

All right historian/archivist/genealogy pals.... I am trying to decipher this handwriting for the "occupation" column in a 1902 passenger list for the Ivernia which landed in Boston. Do we think it says "woman - weaver?"

difficult to read handwriting. Says "female" and then possibly "woman-weaver"

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It's Caturday and the human has, again, chosen violence by not letting us sprawl on her chest

Black cat wedged onto a chair besides a human attempting to relax

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Himself after I told him he was not to snack on the zinnias

A cat with ennui lies on a table next to a small vase of zinnias

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

And finally, I will be using this text in my classes

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Here is a woman accused of being a fortune teller during the Inquisition petitioning for her release

Exhibit text in English and Catalan reading "24 April 1632, Memorial of Isabel Juan Reguard requesting to be released from her imprisonment by order of the Inquisition which had accused her of being a fortune teller"

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

These are record inventories completed by early female archivists at the Crown of Aragon Archives

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

And then we have the Archives of the Crown of Aragon which are in a gorgeous building

Smiling woman in the Archives of the Crown of Aragon courtyard

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

This banking book from the 1400s (I think?) is massive. Hand for scale. Imagine the book cradle you would need for that

Extremely thick book in a glass case with a hand next to it

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

These children's drawings from the civil war show how children experienced heavy bombing of the city by the Italian air force (in cooperation with Franco) and fighting within the city

Children 's drawing of boat with "1936" on side and flag with lettering "CNT"

Children 's drawing of family inside house

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Obviously this part of the exhibit was important to me

Text about women's suffrage in Spain in front of black and white photo of women

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

This was a video at the BMA about the move from analog records to born digital and then need for digital preservation and I caught just enough Catalan to know I approved

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Today, in an entirely unplanned turn of events, I visited the Barcelona Municipal Archives and the Archives of the Crown of Aragon so brace yourself for a long thread with excruciating detail. Spoiler alert: it was AWESOME

Exhibit with colored archival boxes spelling out words in Catalan

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I have seen many beautiful things in my time but the stained glass at Sagrada Familia is absolutely stunning

Light streaming through Sagrada Familia stained glass windows

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I have been out of the country, hiking, largely with my phone off, and man, I couldn't have timed that better. What a great time to be unaware of current events. Instead I've been looking at this

View from a mountain top with clear skies

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Got to watch this Kraft truck hit a tree as it pulled up to the curb in front of this East Boston polling place. And then the neighborhood was mesmerized by the graphics. @universalhub.com

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Situation normal at the Morgan this afternoon

Pink shark works on laptop in Morgan Library

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Timeline cleanse. A friend and colleague has been working on digitizing this collection documenting Norwegian-Americans supporting Norwegian armed forces and civilians during WWII. It's so cool and worth a browse. www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-coll...

Royal Norwegian Air Force ski troops and husky dogs training for invasion at Vesle Skaugum,

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Boston 's Leslie Knope @archifydd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Found out today that I need to wear a wrist brace for a few weeks and so I was online shopping for one and this is what comes up

brightly colored plastic and metal kitchen tongs labeled "Now 6>50, 2 pcs wrist brace with steel plate for carpal tunnel, adjustable breathable night...."

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