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Laura Kitchings

@foodandarchives.bsky.social
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Food scholar and archivist exploring popular culture and experimenting in digital humanities (she/her). Childless cat lady and contributor to @maryelizaproject.bsky.social. laurakitchings.com

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Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social · 14h
“The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage.” No words. I am speechless. This violates all ethical boundaries.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, I repeat, Waffle House locations in the panhandle are closed, this is not a drill. #Isaias
Screenshot of a FB post by meteorologist Greg Dee showing Waffle House locations closed in the panhandle
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Human beings process information through narrative, through story. We think in stories, remember in stories, plan for the future in stories, worry in stories, dream in stories and connect with one another through stories. When we read to children we embody our deeply human birthright as storytellers
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Sarah Pyke @sarahpyke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Extremely excited to share the CFP for the ✨fifth✨ annual #QueerBibliography conference! bit.ly/QB2027CfP When? 2-4 September 2027 Where? Manchester, UK & online Theme: TAKING STOCK Deadline for abstracts: 29 January 2027 Decisions: by 12 March 2027 Submit here: forms.gle/WGjXKA1d6gWm...
Queer Bibliography
Taking Stock
Manchester, UK and online
2-4 September 2027

Call for Proposals

Since the inaugural 2023 conference, queer bibliography has grown from an interesting concept to a burgeoning field. Our 2027 theme, Taking Stock, marks the fifth annual conference and is a chance to pause and reflect on genealogies of the field, the present state of queer bibliographical enquiry, and our senses of the future. How might we trace queer histories of queer bibliography? How can we imagine critical futures for bibliographical enquiry within and beyond its traditional academic locations? Where do we find ourselves and our work? 

Stock also has meaning in bibliography. While “stock” originally referred to a tree trunk or plant stem, and figuratively to the source of a line of descent or even a human torso, it later began to connote an aggregate of goods—in the context of bookmaking, one might own a stock of paper or pasteboard. Towards the mid-nineteenth century, “paper stock” began to connote the raw material of paper itself. “Stock” might refer to the inventories of booksellers, the process of beginning and curating an institutional or personal collection, and the supply and material characteristics of paper. From the raw materials of books to the origins and shapes of personal, commercial, and institutional collections, how does "stock" participate in the production, articulation, and study of queer textuality and textual communities? What is queer about materiality, the ecology of books, and the processes of making and engaging with (collections of) physical textual objects?

We invite participants to engage in stock-taking or reflect on
bibliographical stock, broadly defined. We welcome meta, theoretical, and historiographical work that takes stock of queer bibliography, and we
welcome proposals that relate to “stock” in bibliography, book history, and reception studies.This three-day hybrid conference will be hosted at the John Rylands
Library, part of the University of Manchester, and online on 2–4 September 2027. The conference will feature two days of panels, conversation, and discussion on 2 and 3 September and will be followed by an optional workshop on 4 September. Conference programming may also include evening receptions, tours of Manchester libraries (including Chetham’s Library, the oldest public library in England), and collection viewings at the Rylands.

The conference welcomes participants from a diverse range of fields and
career stages, including: book arts practitioners, activists, postgraduates,
early career researchers, independent scholars, librarians, archivists, and
booksellers, both in person and via video conference. As in past years, the goal of the broadly articulated theme of “taking stock” is to bring people in and to shape conversation, not to exclude or limit. All submissions that engage with the intertwined relationship between queerness and bibliography are encouraged.

Participants will be invited to submit a 2000-word pre-circulated paper,
before presenting in panels of 10-minute papers. We also welcome
alternative contributions, such as workshops, roundtables, or self-organised seminars and creative presentations, with a pre-circulated submission that provides a grounding for the conference contribution.

Contributors should submit an abstract of 200–300 words, along with a
short bio, by 29 January 2027:

https:/ /forms.gle/WGjXKA1d6gWmtfjZ8

Prospective speakers will be informed of the outcome by 12th March. Pre-circulated papers will be collected and shared in mid-July. 

Any questions should be directed to: queerbibliography@gmail.com

http://queerbibliography.org
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you are on Facebook or instagram (this does not work on bluesky, sadly) there is an easy and free way you can donate money to New England animal shelters right now! Just post a photo of your pet with the hashtag #SNELovesPets. That's it. Subaru of New England does this every October. 💵
Screenshot of text that says "This October you can help animal shelters in New England raise thousands of dollars just by posting a picture of your pet! Something we all love to do anyway!

Every October Subaru of New England has their hashtag s n e Loves Pets campaign. During the whole month, every time someone posts a pet photo with the s n e loves pets hashtag , Subaru of New England will donate $10 (up to $75,000) to twelve New England animal shelters, including my local Vermont shelter the humane society of Chittenden County.

Please share your love of your pet and help shelter animals by posting photos of your little friends with the hashtag s n e loves pets this month!photo of my one-eyed black and white tuxedo cat marcel lying on his side on a beige velvet blanket, looking thoughtfully into the distance.
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Mary Eliza Project @maryelizaproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Join Us! We will be at the Nichols House Museum in #Boston this Wednesday to discuss the new 1920 Women Voters of Ward 8 (parts of #BeaconHillBoston and #BackBayBoston). More information is available at the link below. #BostonHistory #19thAmendment www.nicholshousemuseum.org/events/the-m...
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The Mary Eliza Project - nicholshousemuseum.org
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 6:00 pm
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Dr. Drew Donna Folk @drdrewfolk1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks #HATM peeps, @phdrachel.bsky.social, and @herberthistory.bsky.social!! That was a cute movie about families overcoming communication obstacles to find each other and grow together. It was a perfect movie to start off spooky season!! Everyone have a great week!! Love you peeps!! 🤗🤗☺️☺️😈🎃🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The movie worked hard to make all the stepfathers non-maga coded. Hard to do in 2017 #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great choice! Thank you for hosting us! #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Glad the mother got a hero moment #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m not usually a fan of scary movies, so I thought I would get through some busywork during this movie. That is not happening #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This movie is flying by #HATM
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HistorySmith @historysmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"You can't just pick any clown off the Internet." This film is full of great life tips. #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my nieces is a varsity lacrosse goalie, lots of questioning of her bruises at doctors’s appointments #HATM
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June Blackwell 🏳️‍⚧️ @junipercapita.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“I fucking love researching things” #HATM #LittleEvil
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An internationally adopted friend of mine is dealing with some real health problems due to having no health history from his biological parents #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my favorite childen’ parties ever, was when my sister got a taco truck for her son’s (I think fourth) birthday #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The adults in this movie do everything to avoid having necessary conversations #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I grew up in a house where the driveway was on a weird hill. My parents had a clown come to one of our birthday parties, the clown showed up drunk/high (don’t remember which) and his empty car tumbled down the side of the hill #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This movie does not waste time #HATM
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay, George Lucas remains a schmuck but his wife is pure class. She made him make the museum souvenirs and food cheap so that schoolchildren without much money can still have a good day, because she says she remembers how bad it felt to go on expensive field trips. It DOES.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Australian Data Science Education Institute, Charity @datasciau.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"When we collect data, you know, it's never purely objective. It's sort of like this very complex series of assumptions and decisions that we make along the way" Our latest episode of Make Me Data Literate features Associate Professor Nicole White discussing messy data collection and analysis.
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Associate Professor Nicole White on the value of messy data
This episode of Make Me Data Literate features Associate Professor Nicole White discussing the nuances and assumptions that can impact data collection and analysis. "When we collect data, you know, it's never purely objective. It's it's sort of like this very complex series of assumptions and decisions that we make along the way" "The thing that I think was really missing from my education was what happens when you've got messy data?
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the argument for women should know better than to go into a rape den like a frat house, explain to me why a rape house like a fraternity is allowed to exist at all.
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They also propose restricting the Census count to citizens and green card-holders, leaving out visa-holders, refugees, undocumented folks, etc. That means less representation for the purposes of redistricting as well as for distributing funding for programs including SNAP, Medicaid, transit, etc.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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br∞ke⸆⸉ 🪩 @captmirrorball.swifties.social · 30/09/2026
at this point let witney go on maternity leave and let britt finish out the season with guillermo #dwts
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yeah it’s not lost on me that it was a man who suggested family meal planning is rote. Research and loved experience shows that women structure their invisible labor to make the labor the men in their lives are willing to do predictable, ergo suitable to routinize.
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s a mistake to think there’s anything about this story that is unique to Cornell. One in five women is sexually assaulted at college. The majority of them experience institutional betrayal if they report. I would like to believe this story will change that, but I doubt it will.
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I paused the credits to catch up on the conversation. Watching them now, I appreciate how the photos drive home the point that WWII was a real war (even though significant parts of this film are fictional). For current traditional students, it is so far removed from them #HATM
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HistorySmith @historysmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare was a hoot! Fun ride with a charismatic cast. Loved it and will watch it again. And I'm totally adding the musical theme to my playlist of Western Themes. 🤠 Thanks for a great pick for #HATM tonight.
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thankful she rescued herself #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We definitely made the #HATM quota for fire in a film this week #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Eiza González Reveals She Improvised Singing in German for 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' #HATM www.etonline.com/eiza-gonzale...
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Eiza González Says German Singing for Guy Ritchie Film Was Improvised
'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' hits theaters on April 19.
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HistorySmith @historysmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TIL that Mack the Knife is originally a German song composed for The Threepenny Opera (1928). I had no idea... and I'm loving this version of the song. #HATM
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Mack the Knife - Wikipedia
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The character of Marjorie Stewart does a great job of using language to not say anything actually problematic, but her evil boss (her mark) interprets them as agreeing with his beliefs #HATM
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HistorySmith @historysmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The US started ramping up wartime production in 1940. It's one of the reasons why A Phillip Randolph organized his March on Washington in 1941; to pressure FDR to open up the defense industry to Black workers. #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fun seven min. in heaven joke #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, famous for her risqué performances, Josephine Baker responded to the start of World War II by becoming a spy for the French Resistance." #HATM www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...
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Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker
Iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, famous for her risqué performances, Josephine Baker responded to the start of World War II by becoming a spy for the French Resistance. Known as the “Creole Goddess...
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Andrew Harrell @harrell76.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They had an actress/singer working in the resistance against Nazis In Inglorious Basterds as well. I wonder how many actually did go undercover in the wars and if there are any good books about them ? #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That train plate is the opposite of food styling #HATM
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I just finished watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Great to see Babs Olusanmokun again this weekend. #HATM www.imdb.com/name/nm21298...
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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nice pacing; the exposition and film roll come after a quick open with a small moment of defeating some bad guys (including an explosion). The film took advantage of the audience needing a breather after the quick open #HATM
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Mary Sue @marysuesays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Grocery prices are going up. You're probably thinking "beans and rice". If you don't eat a high fiber diet already the beans are gonna fuck you up and gas you out of house and home. The solution is also add some yogurt to your diet. It helps the good gut bacterias that break down the fiber.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taught the Fugitive Slave Act for the first time in a few years. Man, my head was spinning as I uttered my familiar refrain about how the FSA radicalized Northerners who maybe never thought much about slavery until they saw people being snatched off the street right in front of them...
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Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us
Alt: Euphoria Wait Is This Fucking Play About Us
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The amount of food waste Trump has caused is infuriating all on its own, but combined with the fact that his administration is kicking people off of food stamps and forcing them to go hungry is unbearable.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I just lectured about the WPA this morning and it is absolutely a model we need to bring back, for this purpose and others too.
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