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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ronny hates Hasan, Hasan hates Ronny Fox, Oakland. ✅

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok ok, Dollar car rental is playing Highway to Hell so we're good now

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Banned Library @bannedlibrary.com · 25/08/2026

“I don't care what other people do as long as I'm left alone to do what I do and to do it my way.” - Dolly

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Bled all over a brand new folder before I realized I had a paper cut.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"We don't have the infrastructure for freedom." I love this episode and all the things it makes me think. Gender Spiral: A Baby? In this Economy? (8Sept2025)

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

If you have not read Ben Passmore's graphic novel Black Arms to Hold You Up A History of Black Resistance, it just won an Eisner and I highly recommend it. As Passmore says "Black liberation is your fight too." Thanks for this @benpassmore.bsky.social

Cover of Black Arms to Hold You Up A History of Black Resistance showing two Black men, one older wearing a beret with pins on it and a younger man in a white tshirt and pants running away from what look like giant guns with grey-on-white skulls in the background.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sometimes dinner is a sleeve of saltines and a glass of bad wine

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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The more you know.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 27/07/2026

Spokane police documents show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters’ cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.

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Records reveal how Homeland Security agents surveilled ICE protesters

Spokane police documents show a DHS task force officer tracing protesters' cars, identities, and whereabouts without alleging any wrongdoing.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

So we're at the airport and our flight is delayed so I have to pick up my dog tomorrow and I'm super sad but my companions are arguing about GhostRider kinda loud and I can't find my earplugs and I'm on the verge of crying

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today at SDCC... The Futurama panel, comics for the blind (amazing technological solutions!!) and maybe now Patton Oswald, if I get in.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'm an archivist. I've been a librarian. I guess mostly I'm just bossy. I've shushed at least one person in almost every session, because I don't want to hear your full voice conversation when I'm trying to hear a creator talk about a universe or their experience

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Stephanie Williams and Stephan Pastis and other folks at Comic Con being real about their mental health and I appreciate it

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Bill Amend (foxtrot) interviews Stephan Pastis (Pearls before Swine) Laughed so hard!!!!

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

SDCC Friday. Let's go!! I'm here for Stephanie Williams, one of the creators of Moon Girl 💚

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Oh and I met the creator of the comic strip Luann (which I do read) and he meet me vote on something that will happen in the droyp in a few months. 😁

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today was great. I learned a LOT when I didn't expect to, bought some lovely art, didn't get a headache, and am still excited about being here tomorrow.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are here to honor/canonize Jenny Blake (Creator of Black Lightning)

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is one of the best talks I've ever heard about archives... But it's about comics.

Dr. Priel Cohanim lays groundwork for his theory about Sōsō no Furiren with some Derrida details

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I love that the IP lawyer shouted through his presentation like a used car salesman, but the Comic Defense Legal Fund folks are very quiet and controlled with their passion and anger

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I was here at sdcc 33 yrs ago It's fantastic to see BIPOC everywhere!! #notsowhitenow

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Comic Con But I recognize a lot more than I thought I would AND I'm still the demographic sdcc aims for

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Yeah, I'm at Comic Con My young person fills in on what each cosplay character is

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I have a fabulous researcher this week, and, true to form, I'm over sharing. Gotta be mindful of his limited time and... Well, he's probably got more interesting content than the funny old archivist here. Want some espresso?

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Months ago I downloaded a "hyperlegible" font for use with researchers. Today I got a follow-up email about low-vision support and I burst into tears. I don't think I'm going blind but my vision is in decline and it was an unexpected kindness to hear from folks who could help.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Hey, people in public in the USA... Can you please be a little less self-absorbed?

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

May 9, 1967 New Building for National Center for Atmospheric Research -- a pioneer in investigating weather patterns & atmospheric phenomena using computers & other technology -- dedicated its new building in Boulder, Colorado. The building was designed by architect I.M. Pei. 59 yrs later: gutted

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Hey, Colorado, my love. I don't mean to be braggadocious. I'm just loving the rain, that's all. --NorCal

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

seeing and hearing some amazing, brilliant, beautiful people talking about archives and archiving and...becoming better people... #SCA2026

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Do you think that the hand of stale candy corn I had negated the desired effect of my iron pill?

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I'm in a Lyft on my way to work but bless me, I don't know ASL for "we can go in the HOV lane" nor "I'm of a certain age, turn down the heat!" Wilson is a good driver with the right amount of squelched traffic rage. *****

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Let me teach you a term you may not know: False Drops. False drops are *wrong* results you get a search. I enter "Lynn Conway" and I get some Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty videos. No no no no no. But a little bit funny! But NO!

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Today would have my mom's 80th birthday. I'll celebrate by Marie Kondo-ing her house, making her husband a nice dinner, and listening to songs from Harold & Maude. She was a good mom and a wonderful friend (all her friends are texting me).

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Car needs $3700 of work. Fix for love or look for new (used) ride that will kill my soul?

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Yes, I can put one whole McVitie's milk chocolate Hobnob in my mouth at once. And it keeps me from talking when I ought not be chatty.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

72 gorgeous joyful hours in Colorado. Back to reality, but people here love me too. I'm ok.

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Had a small procedure done yesterday only to find out that recovery is harder than anticipated... I can't really lean forward, bend over, or pick up anything heavier than my lunch. So I guess I'll clean data today instead of hands-on processing. #ArchivesDramedy

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

10am: realized I was having a nosebleed just before disaster occurred on his dissertation 2pm: barely avoided damaging her 1965 CV with my terrifying hangnail May I go home now?

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Look at me, in Lenox MA, at the Banff film festival!

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Pennington P. Ahlstrand (she/xe) @pahlstrand.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Yeah, I'm eating expired yogurt with stale granola but I want you to REMEMBER TO CITE YOUR SOURCES!!!

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