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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The leaves are finally drying and the rain has hit Seattle. It's fall. The sun sets sooner, lower, redder. A copper focused Halloween shop drop for 2026 to remember the warm, weakening sun Monday Oct 12 7pm PST pamwishbow.com

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

In advance of tomorrow:

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Ghoulothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 11/10/2026

Conversion therapy in the west also includes asexuality. This isn’t a first nor will it be a last, so this isn’t shocking. High control religious people may be prudes, but they also want you to feel ashamed for your sexual attraction. If you lack one, then they view you as incomplete or inhuman

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you need a pickmeup, Ukraine struck and destroyed a Russian data center last night, reducing Russian bot traffic by 50%, dropping online pro-AfD discussion to zero, cratering MAGA traffic, and making Elon big mad. Just in time for the mid-terms. Slava fucking Ukraini.

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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Lesbian Lines is in cinemas across Ireland from October 8. 👉 buff.ly/7AIF0xn #GCNnews

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Ori Vandewalle @orivandewalle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Data Archivist: There's no gap. Just poor metadata. Didn't you read the documentation?

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

AI doesn't "bring the archive to life" or to even "show what this looked like in color." The medium is the message, in the sense that there is never life in a photo, there is a material object with artifacts that memorialized technology as much as any moment. It's all more imagination avoidance

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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 09/10/2026

hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm so glad #KnightsOfGuinevere is back! Episode 2 was fantastic. Gwen acting like a lizard might be one of my favorite shots so far! She's such a horrifying gremlin and I love her! #KOG @glitchprod.com @danaterrace.bsky.social

Guinevere droid acting like a mischievous lizard-gremlin with Sparky in the foreground. His knuckles spell out ZERO.

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Gina Murrell @ginamurrell1.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026

TUES, OCT 20: “Toni Morrison in the Archive, as Archive” at Mother Bethel AME Church, 419 S 6th St. A panel with historians Autumn Womack and Dana Williams (the latter, author of book Toni at Random). 5:30 PM. FREE! support.librarycompany.org/event/toni-m... #archives #Philly #Philadelphia

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GLITCH @glitchprod.com · 08/10/2026

She wakes up tomorrow

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And they also taught me that guest stars The Harlem Globetrotters, Batman and Robin, The Addams Family, Sonny and Cher, and the entire catalogue of Hanna-Barbera cartoons could assist in thwarting said monsters with the power of montage, music, and hallways.

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dread & circuses ♥️🖤🤍💚 @likeapen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Can't process for a little while because I got a paper cut from a file folder under my fingernail and now I'm bleeding everywhere" is such a specific interruption to my work day

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 05/10/2026

Lanterns and the folly of Black excellence aftermath.site/lanterns-dc-st...

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My aunts thought it would be a real smart idea to watch Cronenberg's The Fly with me...when I was three. Haven't stopped being freaked out by bugs since.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes! And if you can't donate, find local actions you can take ilovelibraries.org/fight-censor... Learn more about attending local school board & library meetings here: uniteagainstbookbans.org/guide-to-att... Also, consider running for school board!

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Fight Censorship - I Love Libraries

Fight Censorship Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. The American Library Association (ALA) documented...

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Dr. Carol Tilley 🏳️‍🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Me in a nutshell.

An astounded, exasperated tabby chonk looks at a tiny brain and exclaims, "WHY IS IT ALWAYS THINKING"

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Adler, The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"A History of Warner Bros. Through Mergers, Our Timeline" By popular demand, and now that the Netflix merger is officially well and truly an alternate timeline, time for an update, a 2.0 version. Yoicks, and away! #WarnerBros #Paramount #Skydance #VideoEditing

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I would make a Wildcat and Black Canary show my entire personality. And Bautista as Wildcat? *chef's kiss*

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Katy @katy-katy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time to teach the youth about zines, small press newsletters, artists books, and most importantly… Star Trek fanzines!

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is something I had wanted to think about Pop Bibliographically, but haven't yet had the time -- if you know of games with printing presses in them, hit up @ryancordell.org !

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

WE'RE MAKING A SHELVING SIM WHERE YOU USE THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM IN A LIBRARY THAT'S HAUNTED AS FUCK BECAUSE A BILLIONAIRE WAS STUFFING CORPSES IN THE WALLS TO GENTRIFY HIS CITY WISHLIST "SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE LIBRARY" TODAY store.steampowered.com/app/3971340/...

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JazzReads📚🏀 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Coming back to this video!!!!

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

Millennials are the apex predators that destroyed the diamond industry, traditional dining, department stores, Hooters, and entire fucking value structures. We are, in the eyes of some pundits, the end of all that is good and right. You think some zoomer/gen Alpha kid's scorn means anything to us?

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.

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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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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Long time ago, I processed some boxes with materials provided by WWII pilots and one of them had a viewfinder with nude women on the slides so me and my boss spent some time trying to figure out how to write the inventory.

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Dr. Jordan Breeding @drjordanbreeding.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I watched all 8 Resident Evil movies (even the new one): www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtL0...

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

Dorothy Porter in 1939, at her desk in the Carnegie Library at Howard University. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Division, Howard University

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A cleaner version of the fan named Jesteraffe. For all the weirdos who love him.

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Satan's gonna have to settle for that kid played by Clint Howard

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Lady Ru’etha & Timbit @ruetha.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We need to show James Hong how much we love him NOW, while he’s still with us. I don’t have the spoons to spearhead, but I will absolutely donate towards a mural fund.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

like i am sorry you will never be able to surpass this mercutio and this tybalt

Harold Perrineau as Mercutio in ROMEO + JULIET. He's a handsome Black man. He's in drag, with a huge white afro, long white gloves, a sparkly white skirt and bustier combo and surrounded by men dancing and bowing down to him. Mercutio has his hands lifted and a huge smile on his face.

John Leguizamo as Tybalt in ROMEO + JULIET. He's a handsome latin man. His dark hair is parted severely to the left into a slight pompadour. He has on a gun holster around his shoulders over a sleeveless top with an image of Jesus painted on the front. He has a gun in hand and a holster slung low on his hip.

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Professionally Nosy @professionallynosy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.

Quilt hanging on a card catalog. Neutral background with navy cursive appliqué “Do you hear thr people sing?” The background is embroidered in red starting light and getting bolder the lyrics to “killing in the name” the quilting effect is a focused sunburst from the center.

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Rule of Three says that Hal Jordan will throw himself out of a car one more time by season's end. However, if that doesn't happen, I reserve the right to use the two nickles meme. #Lanterns #GreenLantern #HalJordan

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

oh! forgot to post this here: there's a 15th anniversary edition of THE NIGHT CIRCUS coming out and i got to write an introduction for it <3 www.penguin.co.uk/books/412187...

a redone cover for THE NIGHT CIRCUS by erin morgenstern. a man in a bowler hat looking at a woman. sort of moulin rouge vibes. a line at the top says "with a new introduction by alix e. harrow"

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Got #Lanterns on the brain? Me too! Turns out Tomar-Re might be an #archivist, so let's see if we can confirm or deny that on the latest #POPArchives. #GLAMS And if you have any pertinent info to help solidify the proof, please let me know! 📜 www.pop-archives.com/post/are-the...

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Are They an Archivist?: Tomar-Re and Tomar-Tu

Let's figure out if Tomar-Re or his son, Tomar-Tu, are truly archivists for the Green Lantern Corps.

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Sam Cross (she/her) @poparchives.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Are They an Archivist?: Tomar-Re and Tomar-Tu

Let's figure out if Tomar-Re or his son, Tomar-Tu, are truly archivists for the Green Lantern Corps.

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pam lach @plach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For ~20 yrs I thought of my dissertation as a one-off, esp when I moved from history to libraries & digital humanities. But I just realized how connected it all is. Back then, I wrote about the spaces musical films opened up for imagining different possibilities. And I’m still writing about that now

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MurMyrrh @murmyrrh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

They make some fantastic teas. ICE has been active in Seattle this weekend, so glad to see a business I like taking a stand.

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