Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Thinking for the first time today about how actually, in the nursery rhyme, the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker ALL have very important jobs in a pre-electrification world. As a kid, I always thought "one of these things is not like the other" I see you now, candlestick maker! 000
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As in, what we'd now call nostalgia but in the pre-modern era (not nostalgia *for* the pre-modern haha) 010
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Does anyone have a syllabus on pre-modern nostalgia? 121
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Perhaps what frustrates me about it most is the extent to which many people have (negative) opinions and BIG BIG feelings about academia and research/researchers while knowing next to *nothing* about how any of it works, even if they did an undergraduate degree 020
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I think what's worse is the inevitable follow-up to these sorts of things that goes roughly like "You're welcome, academics, for getting people talking about your work!" and "Well if you all would just *collaborate* more instead of having Big Academic Egos, maybe we'd have it figured out!" 🙄 120
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I know people are often loud and wrong about the Voynich Manuscript, but the current wave of it on tiktok is driving me NUTS 😩 240
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God I love the internet sometimes. Years ago u made this table runner, but I can't remember how it was done & was having a VERY hard time reverse engineering it. I posted on reddit and a couple hours later, someone responded with a graph paper draft 😭❤️ 140
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 20/09/2026(much of what you see is non-final art & graphic design! we're still in development) 000
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 20/09/2026DERELICT is a co-op game for 1-4 players in which you explore a derelict spaceship, rescue its nuclear fuel core, and try not get killed by whatever did in the main crew. The 1st half is reminiscent of Betrayal, and the 2nd half has combat mechanics inspired by Gloomhaven discord.gg/MmuKAEKDG 100
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The board game we've been developing for the last ~year is in playtesting! To participate digitally, join our Discord discord.gg/D9eNuDJTux 110
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Like, even if it's not perfect, at least it's fast! 011
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This table runner is not coming out quite as I hoped, but it's sooo refreshing to be working with something thicker than 8/2 cotton 😅 140
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Do NOT ask how much money I just spent at The Woolery 👀 010
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Between The Handweaver's Pattern Directory and my Maurice Brassard color card, I can see an infinite number of weaving possibilities unfolding before me 😂 100
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 18/08/2026What a killer deal! Listening to this while I try to finish this warp 😅 2153
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Bookbinding / book arts friends, help!! I have a bunch of old posters and other large ephemera I want to bind together to put in my keepsake box. They're various sizes, and for practical purposes some need to be folded into quarters. How would you approach this? 021
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My first thought seeing this was that it was some kind of alternate alphabet with each letter represented by differently-placed holes in cheese (like... flat braille?) 😅 110
Reposted by Dr. Liz FischerDavid Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Teaching Text Mining for History/Lit again for the first time in a while, what corpora are people excited about? 7275
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If you want to donate to what is sure to be a very long recovery effort, Innovia is a reputable local foundation that is organizing relief funds goinnovia.org/spokane-comp... I donated $50 to start (screenshots encourage others to do the same, I've heard, so... ) 020
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The day after the Spokane fires started, the smoke was apocalyptic. I went to Target to shop for CASA donations, and overheard a dad in the socks section say to his son "Doesn't matter what it costs, we don't have anything anymore" 😢 120
Reposted by Dr. Liz FischerSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I’ve seen in two culture /higher ed magazines recently the claim that the printing press engendered a crisis of authority at universities bc anyone could publish what they wanted and people could learn things without universities. This is not true. 1737690
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 02/08/2026When the wind shifted around 6:20 today, I had this view looking SW toward the Old Trails fire in Spokane. Send our city good vibes, y'all--it's already been quite devastating & isn't close to over 252
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Shout out to Spokane Public Radio for their fire coverage today, and for breaking format to play KHQ's new coverage this evening too. With power out & bad cell service, being able to get info over the radio is a comfort! 0130
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I love this kind of local history! Toponymy!! 🥰 010
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Wow, this looks to be a very beautifully designed book! Excited to get my hands on it! 110
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 31/07/2026You know work is going great when an unplanned tooth extraction was the *least* stressful part of your day 😅 010
Reposted by Dr. Liz FischerJosh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 28/07/2026this summer's cultural cross over we've all been waiting for jimothy x bayeux 14960265
Reposted by Dr. Liz FischerNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7678522570
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 29/07/2026One of my favorite things in life is the way music speaks to you differently in different stages of life. Revisiting some college favorites recently and finding they hit really different a dozen years later 🥰 💔 010
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Lego loom! Can you share a wider picture, I'm so curious 👀 101
Reposted by Dr. Liz FischerMatt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 21/07/2026just got an email from my (former) chair that the university has acted & the state has approved the formal closure of my department. this was done without any faculty input on the decision or the process, & has ended a vibrant, growing (!), humanities department that won teaching and research awards 1591559509
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I am not being the most consistent with #TourDeFleece but in fairness I have an new obstacle named Benji 0100
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This is an excellent take! I might go MD over TXT but if HEIC has no haters I'm dead 1280
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 04/07/2026All warped with a chaotic mix of cotton I had on hand and threaded rosepath to do a little sampling while I get to know the loom ❤️❤️ #dhmakes if you're a weaver, drop your favorite 4-shaft patterns 😊 190
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Y'all were not convincing and now I might be driving 14 hours round trip this weekend to pick up a (free!!!) Artistat 😭🤩 020
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Playing the game Ransom Notes with friends yesterday, and I'm *quite* pleased with how I did summarizing Romeo and Juliet from a random pool of word magnets 😅 020
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 06/06/2026That's the great thing about fiber arts, one hobby to use up the products of others!static.klipy.comBig Brain Meme GestureAlt: Big Brain Meme Gesture 000
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 06/06/2026My table loom woes have been temporarily solved by buying a slimmer shuttle and giving up on the towels I was weaving (I got SO bored) and just messing around with some handspun I don't have enough of to knit with. 200
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 06/06/2026I also have the 8-shaft Ashford table loom 😅 I've been eyeing a Baby Wolf but I think I'm too tall for it. Might keep my eye out for a used one anyway, since they do make that height extension... 110
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I need someone to talk me out of buying a floor loom just because I'm annoyed with my table loom 😭 #dhmakes 340
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 03/06/2026My phone recently got this "Comfort view" feature that reduces color intensity on the screen-- I've had on for many weeks now and on the rare occasion I turn it off I'm appalled at how saturated everything is "normally"! How did I stare at that all the time?? (my attempt to simulate pictured below) 010
Reposted by Dr. Liz Fischer🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸 @dean-tane.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Repost the Leather Dachshund from Seattle Pride 1991 to be blessed this Pride Month! 257352842
Dr. Liz Fischer @lizfischer0.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I miss when tech bros were just really into VR/AR 010
Reposted by Dr. Liz FischerAlex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social · 14/04/2026#BookHistory people, we gotta join forces with #DHmakes to take care of paper, parchment, and vellum making! 1172