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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold

@mambolica.bsky.social
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I am a museum curator and PhD Candidate studying community museums, veteran experience, Cdn WWII radar history, memory, and secrecy, but mostly I'm sassy, opinionated, and post about my cat. @mambolica on most platforms she/her #museums #history 🇨🇦🇺🇲

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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 12m
What is it about young women named Madison working in museums, archives, and libraries? Why are there so many? In 20 years of hiring students and interns, teaching, and TAing, I think I've had more Madisons than anything else, except maybe variations on Elizabeth. Or is Madison just everywhere?
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A.I. and corporate lingo are dragging language ynto drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language must have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave wet dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them. Save us.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Order my friend's frogs!
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyone I know going to be at AeroGatineau this weekend? Come visit me at my museum booth!
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Adroitly Absurd @adroitlyabsurd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Haven’t laughed this hard at a title snafu since the Norwegians accidentally ran Sopranos subtitles over The Teletubbies
Teletubbies screen grabs showing Laa-Laa & Po, the yellow & red Teletubbies. Erroneous subtitles read “I know you were high at my mother-in-law’s funeral,” “did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!” & “you’re nothing but a failure of a man”
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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Bonz Hero Smiling
Alt: Nicolas Cage in Con Air, winking while also having glorious hair waving in the breeze.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
These dayes the greatest danger to the future of universityes ys universityes. Remembir the missioun, remembir the studentes, remembir those who have come bifor and will arryve aftir, remembir teachinge and learninge and dialogue. A universitye ys much more than a corporation wearinge a mortarboard.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hahaha! Landed about 35 minutes ago. Then they taxied past us, and we waved, and the pilots waved back.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's jet landing at YYB.  Jumbo jet airplane in Ukrainian livery landing on quiet runway against a bright blue sky.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is across the street and I can't meet him. Waaaahh
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You know who was at 9/11? Within an hour of the tower strike, Canadian firefighters were loading up gear to get to New York to help. In this photo: Ottawa crew - Brian Foley, Steve Carmichael, Gordie Thorpe and John Hamilton. You know who didn't show up? Donald Trump.
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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Poppies and Butterflies - 1890 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Wuttup wuttup wuttup, followers, it’s ya boi, Thomas Stearns, smash that like and follow! If this get ten thousand likes I’ll EAT THIS PEACH with rolled trousers!” *stares silently into the camera for several minutes
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you're planning a kindness for your children when you die, please actually for real downsize. Do not leave your crap in a storage unit and fill every possible cabinet with 80+ years of your life. This clean out has taken months and is costing me time, emotional labour, and tonnes of money.
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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Autumn is arriving and trees are preparing for the cold. This is not a simple response of trees to changing weather, but a complex series of physiologic events in trees that begins in early spring. Have a look at Our Trees.
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Trees End Their Season
A complex series of events prepare trees for cold
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I wish to live here, thank you, yes. discover.swns.com/2026/09/conv...
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Converted WW2 RCAF control tower on sale for £900,000 - Discover SWNS
A World War Two RCAF control tower has been converted into a stunning four bedroom house - worth £900,000.
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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cee @cee.wtf · 04/09/2026
throng.cee.wtf i've invented a new way to browse bluesky
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You know that expression, "an emergency on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine?" Sometimes it actually does, and I'm pretty missed about it right now.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Come on, people, help a girl out.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without saying the year, what is your favourite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?
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Starship Troopers - I'm Doing My Part!
Alt: A clip from Starship Troopers - I'm Doing My Part!
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Okay, my life is anxiety and chaos, so naturally, now is the best time to start planning for a spooky-themed trivia night I'm running in October. Hit me with your themes, the spooky/haunted/supernatural/otherworldly/horror subjects and music you'd love to see in a Hallowe'en trivia night.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: The Adequate Seven
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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The Japanese Bridge - 1918/1919 botfrens.com/collections/41/content…
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You guys, I'm on a podcast. None of YOUR podcasts, but one nonetheless. www.northbayecho.ca/what-stories...
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What Stories Are Hidden Inside The Canadian Forces Museum of Aerospace Defence? - North Bay Echo - Community Podcast Network
In this episode of The Backroads Bill Podcast, Bethany and Maya from the Canadian Forces Museum of Aerospace Defence join the conversation to explore the stories, artifacts, and technology behind Nort...
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
God, Dolly was bad enough on my birthday, but Tim Curry, too? One of my favourite celebrities, and one of my favourite meetings. Tim, thank you.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You know, my plan for today was to be as unbusy as possible so I could get some project work done (also, it's my birthday), but it was not to be.
Goofy selfie of Mambolica standing in front of a red and white striped quad radar.  Mambo is wearing a button-down blouse and mirror ball head band.
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𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 @churchstreetimages.com · 25/08/2026
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday August 29, 2026 The theme is #Summer You should have plenty of material by now! Use both tags to be included in the feed. Multiple entries welcome. #art #artists #photography #drawing #painting #sketching #writing #poetry
Photo of bright yellow marigolds in the sun with text reading:
Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday August 29, 2026
The theme is #Summer
Any Art. Any interpretation.
Use both tags to be
included in our feed.
Multiple entries welcome.
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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 22/08/2026
post by Zeekerss @ZeekerssRBLX on X on 1/10/26

Concept art is the most poisonous place to use Al. That's when your creative vision is the most fragile and undeveloped. When you see what the Al made and say, "That looks cool, I want my game to look like that!" it's like it's secretly swapping out your baby with its own.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I went on a date! We had fun! We smooched! He is not local. Le sigh. But he's here for a week so for a week we can be cute together.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 14/08/2026
Vintage matchbox labels and other everyday ephemera offer a window into the styles, products, and aspirations of bygone eras. These Soviet matchbox covers promotes nuclear technology's promise. Find more fascinating items in the Matchbox Posters Archive ⤵️ archive.org/details/matc...
Two Soviet matchbox labels from the "Мирный Атом" (Peaceful Atom) series, printed on red textured cardstock. The top label features the Bowl of Hygieia — a snake coiled around a chalice, the symbol of pharmacy and medicine — alongside the atomic orbital symbol and the text "Мирный Атом." The bottom label depicts a round-bottomed flask, a test tube, and an industrial plant silhouette, again with the atomic orbital symbol and the text "Мирный Атом." Both labels use a bold two-color graphic style in navy blue and white on red.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 12/08/2026
😻😻😻
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
And to the people arguing Count Binface is a mockery of democracy, but not the same about Farage, I offer my sympathies... to the people who have to tolerate you every day.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Like, no, the dog did not save the baby from the falling TV. And no, the lion is not looking after a piglet. But for real, there was a confused moose stuck in that guy's swimming pool, because this is northern Ontario.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I've finally dug into @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social "Everything Will Swallow You" and 44pgs in I've laughed out loud 5 times, dogearred 2 pages that have pithy comments about memory I'd like to quote in my dissertation, AND was reminded of the existence of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. 💗
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Listen, I would 100% give Count Binface my vote just for highlighting heritage and environment.
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Eighty-one years ago today ...
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Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is just to say I have eaten the sailors that were in the ship and which you were probably saving for Ithaca Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so Greek
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Do you have a most productive day of the week? For me, I realised, it's Thursdays. I have a much better chance of accomplishing things on Thursdays, and I have no idea why.
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‎ @handle.invalid · 18/07/2026
“The effect of ChatGPT on educators’ lives is catastrophic. Whether you intended to do it or not, you’ve made every teacher’s life infinitely more difficult than it was two years ago. So, just let that settle in… If students are using it to compose, which is the biggest tragedy of all, they’ll never learn to write. And their voice is stolen from them. They’ll never have the ability to say their truth and tell their own story. And that’s silencing an entire generation or two.”
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh. You guys. Cheesesteak Cringeworthy Gamer NPC Radar gun
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 27/07/2026
Just a quick reminder for when you’re thinking about who should vote in a democracy: the masses won us self-government and rights while billionaires gave us pervert glasses and personal-data harvesting.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am seriously considering hiring someone to help me wrangle my dissertation. Have any of you worked with an academic editor to see a major project across the finish line? Is there someone you can recommend? Ideal if in Canada, but not strictly necessary.
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This was exactly what the doctor ordered. But not Dr Simon. Fuck Simon. #FrightClub #Mausoleum
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What the fuck, Ben. #FrightClub #Mausoleum
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"But where's Oliver?" "Well, sometimes when a Nomed woman loves a man very much, her breasts devour him." #FrightClub #Mausoleum
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
That's a different kind of chest burster. ##FrightClub #Mausoleum
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Art dealer, master of wire work. ##FrightClub #Mausoleum
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Simon's colleague Ronie is wearing the same shade of lipstick as Susan. #FrightClub #Mausoleum
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Mambolica, PhD-on-Hold @mambolica.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Aunt Cora, master of wire work. #FrightClub #Mausoleum
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