Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026We watched this last night, and I swear everyone involved in that sequence was on acid. 010 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It was the V&A, I think. The original decision was made in 2006 for academic use, but I recall there was a later Ithaka S&R study that discussed the disparity between overhead and income at the V&A 110 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerYuzhou @baiy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Harvard-Yenching Library awards 10 travel grants for early-career or independent researchers (ABDs included) every year to access our scholarly resources in Cambridge, MA. Apply by September 30 to be considered for the 2027 awards at: library.harvard.edu/about/grants... #AsianStudies #Sinologylibrary.harvard.eduHarvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant | Harvard LibraryAssisting scholars from outside the Boston area in their use of Harvard-Yenching Library collections in their research. 003 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The bici bici is to die for, too! (Also hi from down the street!) 010 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Harvard is embarking on a new and exciting experiment to determine whether one truly needs to have a university that does university things in order to maintain an endowment the size of a small nation’s GDP. 112220 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerElizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026when cuts like this happen at Harvard of all places it at least clarifies that the motives are ideological not financial — not that it’s any consolation 213353 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerLuke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Solidarity with @janerosenzweig.bsky.social 0279 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBiodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Last chance to help shape the future of BHL: the BHL User Survey closes today, July 27. Take 3–5 minutes to tell us what would make BHL more useful to you. Your feedback will directly inform our priorities and guide improvements as we modernize the BHL platform. bit.ly/4fpc75Dbit.lyBHL User ExperienceBHL is beginning a major modernization of its platform. We’d like users to help shape what comes next. This 3–5 minute survey asks about how you use BHL and the improvements you’d like to see. Your ... 0106 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This thread is my favorite read of the film. 118339 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Great to see this feature in @theguardian.com today! The @biodivlibrary.bsky.social supports critical, wide-ranging biodiversity research for scholars around the world. Please consider supporting today so we can continue this important work. 041 0
Reposted by Rebecca Parmermegfos7.bsky.social @megfos7.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Happy End of Fiscal Year Panic to those who celebrate. 0264 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot 11797522444 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBen Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I'm at the MIT president decrying the denial of funding for basic scientific research/I'm at MIT closing three libraries to manage their shortfall/I'm at the combination - 311122 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The Dutch style cargo bike (carting kids and/or groceries) is hugely popular over here in Cambridge! Also, congratulations on the new gig! 010 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBiodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2026BHL celebrated 20 years at our 2026 Annual Meeting in London, hosted by @nhm-london.bsky.social and @rbgkew.bsky.social. Partners gathered to reflect on two decades of collaboration and plan the next chapter for open biodiversity knowledge. 🧪 Read more: blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2026/05/2026... 0163 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSteve Ammidown @stegan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I just wish some of y’all fought for libraries as much as you romanticize them. 09236 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 27/05/2026So here's what happened to my lab (and @viralemergence.org). www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on holdUS science funder once again restricts awards to Harvard University and other research institutions. 7332147 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBiodiversity Meets Data @bmd-project.eu · 22/05/2026Every year on 22 May, we celebrate #IBD2026 🐦🫶 You can take part in @unbiodiversity.bsky.social's campaign and be part of protecting biodiversity. 👉 Learn more: www.cbd.int/biodiversity... 043 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerGBIF @gbif.org · 22/05/2026🌍 25 years of enabling open access to biodiversity data. 🤝 25 years of global collaboration. 🌱 25 years of supporting research and policy worldwide. 🥳 🎂 We’re celebrating 25 years of GBIF on #InternationalDayForBiologicalDiversity, made possible by our incredible network. 💚 #BiodiversityDay 0165 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerDASSH @dassh-at-the-mba.bsky.social · 22/05/2026🐙🐚 Happy International Day for Biodiversity! 🐟🦑 Today (22nd May) we’re celebrating the amazing variety of life on Earth 🌍 Join iNaturalist’s project (15th–31st May) & share your observations 👉 www.inaturalist.org/projects/idb-20… @thembauk.bsky.social 062 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I need your help. When I'm making projects happen, I don't have as much time to remind people to buy merch/donate to Skype a Scientist. SO our balance sheet is...oh dear 😅 If you're able, becoming a monthly donor, even a couple bucks a month, would be really amazing. givebutter.com/SupportSAS26givebutter.comSupport Skype a Scientist!By Skype a Scientist 6157159 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBuckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 14/05/2026We support women in STEM Studying Those Exciting Manuscripts 012630 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 11/05/2026In every academic book there is a secret second book hiding in the footnotes. Sometimes it is the first draft that had migrated there to escape the revisions. Sometimes it is the author's tortured secret rebuttal of their own claims, and sometimes it is the incipient form of the their next book. 441555278 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The Concord Bridge does fantastic work - grateful to have an informed and trusted local news source! 010 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerKatie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...mcsweeneys.netWe’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese... 171409507 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026An English Bluebell a day until I run out photos #1 519123 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🗃️ Glad to chat with @wgbh.org about Abigail Adams’ words & how to be a revolutionary in 1776 @mhs1791.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...wgbh.orgAbigail Adams implored her husband to ‘remember the ladies.’ Here’s what she meant.While it’s been used as a rallying cry for women’s political rights, the famous phrase may have had more to do with tyranny at home. 411944 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/05/2026They literally do 119937 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBiodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Thank you to @nhm-london.bsky.social for hosting #BHLDay2026, and to all the wonderful speakers for sharing their fabulous work, stories, and ideas for BHL's future. If you missed it, the recordings will be available soon on the #BHLDay2026 event page: about.biodiversitylibrary.org/get-involved... 🧪 0113 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBiodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social unofficially officially launches the new BHL Community Forum at #BHLDay2026. Yes, it’s live and buzzing. It’s for the BHL user community, by the BHL user community. Please join the conversation. forum.biodiversitylibrary.org 0105 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/04/2026Friends, for a student: does anyone know where a student might find digitized commonplace books & scrapbooks? All collections/suggestions welcome—she just needs more examples for a project she’s working on 212923 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The Winterthur Library has a bunch: digitalcollections.winterthur.org/collections/...digitalcollections.winterthur.orgCollage Albums - Winterthur Library Digital CollectionsCollage albums featuring interior scenes assembled from images sourced from magazines, newspapers, and trade catalogs. 010 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerOIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026From live lectures to in-depth conversations, the Omohundro Institute’s YouTube channel brings early American history to life. Watch and explore: 🔗 vist.ly/4ybewyoutube.comOmohundro InstituteIn an era of rapid change, we are dedicated to advancing scholarship on the Early Atlantic world through a diverse range of media platforms. Our work fosters... 053 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerKate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026There is no such thing as one objective narrative of history. Historians are actually a bunch of weird little guys obsessed with things like wars, yes, but also Washington's thighs and Henry's codpiece. Some weird little guys got into a textbook and some didn't. 1181 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerEamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Delighted to learn that my PhD dissertation has received the 2026 Research Prize from the International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music. The book version, Musical Warriors: British Military Music and the Napoleonic Wars, is out early next year with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social 54010 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerPrimrose Press @primrosepress.bsky.social · 26/03/2026This one semester, Book Arts position may be of interest to you or someone you know. 📚🎨 ☀️ www.scrippscollege.edu/hr/faculty/v...scrippscollege.eduVisiting Lecturer in Art Specializing in Book Arts Beginning Fall 2026 | Scripps College in Claremont, CaliforniaFounded in 1926 in Claremont, California, Scripps College offers a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, a robust intellectual community, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a rich residenti... 047 0
Rebecca Parmer @rlprm.bsky.social · 27/03/2026✊afscme31.orgAmerican Library Association employees forming union with AFSCMEJoining the wave of union organizing among cultural workers, employees of the primarily Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA) announced they are forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.T... 010 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 18/03/2026You can pre-order, unbelievably. Oct. 20! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...yalebooks.yale.eduSeeing Like a Supply ChainA history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and ... 712421 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerHarvard University Press @harvardpress.bsky.social · 11/03/2026The remarkable power of... paperwork? The Radical Spanish Empire is a new, groundbreaking history of political struggle in the Spanish New World— A world where commoners and elites alike challenged the social order through paper politics. Keep reading: bit.ly/46CYw73 0116 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerPeter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Coming soon! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/merri...hachettebookgroup.comFrom the Merriam-Webster Archives: 50 PostcardsFor lovers of the English language and American history alike, this deluxe boxed collection of fifty postcards features art and ephemera from the storied arc... 13913 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerContingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 06/03/2026"I saw a specimen of science and the natural world, of course, but I also saw a beautiful object constructed, created, by people—by paleontologists, museum curators, engineers, and welders."contingentmagazine.orgThe Second SkeletonMuseums construct knowledge by constructing objects—literally. 0258 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSuzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Puzzle Binding! Tricky! These are almost as rare as hen's teeth, and we just... Had One??? And, it includes HOW Many Books? (Five from Germany c. 1601 and a blank one at last count...) #Vexierbuch #DosADos @newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .966) 24704198 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerSuzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Why Can't We Have Nice Things Too? 0316 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerMongabay @mongabay.com · 14/02/2026An emerald-green moth missing for nearly 150 years has been rediscovered in South Africa. Photos posted online confirmed the survival of Drepanogynis insciata, once known only from 1870s specimens — highlighting the power of citizen science platforms like iNaturalist.news.mongabay.comCitizen science rediscovers rare South African mothA strikingly handsome emerald-green moth, lost to science for nearly one-and-a-half centuries, has been rediscovered in South Africa by citizen scientists who posted photographs of it online. The… 314852 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerBiodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Dear BHL Users, We’re seeing significant bot traffic surges causing intermittent disruptions to the BHL website. While our firewalls are blocking much of this activity, some legitimate users may be affected. Our team is actively working to reduce the impact. Thank you for your patience. 🧪 🌱 📖 🦗 2326 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance. And you know why? Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it. 6477822516 0
Reposted by Rebecca ParmerRob Townsend @rbtownsend.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I am looking for a part-time research assistant in the Cambridge (Mass.) area to help with a history of the Academy. Details at bit.ly/4asu0Pr and feel free to DM or email me with questions.bit.lyResearch Assistant for Humanities, Arts, & CultureThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences seek a detail-oriented undergraduate history student to support award-winning historian Jacqueline Jones with research for a 250th anniversary history of the ... 1711 0