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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How anti-AI am I? I just spent nine months slowly handsewing a repro of an 18th Century garment. And I ENJOYED it. GenAI can't tell me SHIT.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I require Layers to feel fully myself, and when the summer weather is too hot to layer, this causes me to feel Wrong (and I think is a large contributor to my summer SAD). I am much more Myself when I am in layers. The woolier the better.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tmw you've spent 9 months hand sewing a garment and now you're trying to prep your presentation on it, which includes trying to practice the proper pronunciation of Wolfenbüttel.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Monday; here's a migraine 😵‍💫

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We really need to put people in government who don't think the tech oligarchs are unquestionable geniuses who perform unfathomable magic every time they put a new app on our anxiety boxes. They're businesspeople, not dieties.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm sorry, are you telling me Ed Sheeran covered Galway Girl? Like, THAT Galway Girl? 😨🤢

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got an appointment for a flu shot during the clinic at work. Super pumped about it.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If ppl spent as much time yelling "stop saying you're willing to discriminate agains trans folks" at the Dem candidates as they do yelling "but vote Blue no matter who!!" at other Bsky accounts... we might actually get Dem candidates to stop saying they're willing to discriminate against trans folks

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Explaining milkshake duck to my dad while stuck in rush hour traffic after a funeral.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

you can be arrested if you give water to people waiting on line to vote

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Making sewing even more of my entire personality than it already was. Tattoos, custom license plates, avoiding making social plans so I have more time to stay at home and sew...

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For the last two years, authors and books that I have been raving about to my coworkers have won Hugo Awards, and I am feeling very Smart and In the Know right now.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I found out about Tim Curry while I waiting for my boba tea and physically reacted. When I noticed the man waiting for his lo mein looking at me weird I said "sorry, Tim Curry just died" and he just uncomfortably said "oh, I'm sorry for your loss."

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm sitting here absolutely demolishing some grapes that I splurged on this morning while a little voice whispers in the back of my mind "what if these are recalled an hour from now and we end up in the bathroom for the rest of the night?" and that's what it's like buying groceries in the U.S. rn

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hahahahhaha hahaha haahahahahahaha ha ha ha *deep breath* hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahah hahaha haha ha ha... 😭

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I've finally found my "most Boomer opinion" and it is that it should be illegal to call something a "floor lamp" if it does not come with a plug that can plug directly into a standard wall outlet. What do you mean I need to buy a wall adapter for my USB plug lamp?

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

*buying up random mass markets at used book sales just because they're a dead medium now*

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Don't ask me how, but I think I pulled a muscle in my rib cage as my dog and I were running away from a skunk just now

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Did you know you can just put molding on your own walls and make them fancy? They just let you do it. No one can stop you. And then you have fancy walls. (Chair rail, baseboard, new doors and trim still to come)

A short hallway with several doors, some closed, some open. There is a dropcloth on top of the hardwood floor, and blue painters tape around the ceiling. The bottom half of the hallway walls are painted a khaki color and have rectangles of molding. The top half is painted white.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm on day 2 of a hallway remodel project, and it's going smoother than it probably has any right to be, but man is my sedentary lifestyle catching up with me.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I was put on 500mg Naproxen as a teen to manage debilitating menstrual cramps; mom was nervous bc Naproxen was what killed my grandma--not the cancer, the liver failure from the cancer pain meds. Turns out I had endo & wasn't diagnosed until my tubal at 39y.o. Had luckily stopped Naproxen @ 20y.o

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Number of new ILL requests put in in the final ten days of July: 5. Number of new ILL requests put in in the last three days before I go on vacation and will not be here to receive and process them: 8. Always. This is always the way.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Least favorite question in a Dewey library: "where is psychology section?" "Did u want Freud in 150? Psych for Dummies which hasn't been updated since 2013??" *a siren starts going off somewhere & I start crying* "Books about mental health or disorders in 616? Neurology? The Sociopath Next Door!?"🚨😭

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Yo I am SO ready to get the flu vaccine this year. Like, I'm actually pumped about it. I unintentionally dragged my feet on it last year until I got the flu and it was awful. Truly 0/10 experience. I'm excited to not let that happen this year.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

*spoon feeding my dog mushy kibble bc it's the only way he eats rn* "Max, idk why you can't just eat on your own like a big boy. Don't you want to be a big boy?" *slowly and sadly sings the Toys R Us jingle*

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Is it just me, or is there a direct line from the justice system overusing felony murder charges to this admin overusing the conspiracy to impede charges. 🤔

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It has been 18 yrs since I left my coercive control abuser--I managed to get out BEFORE it got physical. But any time I see a DV abuser speak on tv, justifying himself and questioning his accuser, I still get the chill certainty of recognition in the pit of my stomach. I believe her.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I was born in 1985 and raised on "no one on the internet is who they say they are, so you can't believe most of what you read there" and I think it's long past time to go back to that.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We're getting an entire summer's worth of rain dumped on us today; flash flooding, power outages, states of emergency declared, and my head is like "I'm gonna give you a migraine to sound whiny about."

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The goal is to satisfy the *emotions* behind every information need without providing real information.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"Hi, I'm the owner of a 'prediction market' platform. Insider trading as a legal concept no longer exists." It's 8am on Monday and I am already So Fucking Done.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I'm just blocking accounts that post stupid AI tug-at-your-heartstrings videos at this point

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hilarious that my summer SAD would finally kick in fully during one of the nicest, lowest-humidity weeks we've had since May. It's sunny and 78°, why am I missing wool socks? Why did a post abt cute Edwardian oxfords bring me to tears? Why do I want to turn down the a/c & bury myself in XXL sweats?

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Did this dude forget to sign the back of his credit card and now he thinks you have to show ID to buy anything? (But, at least in NY, everything is tap now, so that can't be right, can it? Unless he hasn't done his own purchasing since 2012? 🤔)

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hi, where the GODS is Alys getting velvet embroided with silver goldwork for her robes while living in Harrenhal??

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/07/2026

Everyone should read this story and see how the state of Idaho, the Trump administration, and hate groups such as ADF, SEGM, Do No Harm, and the Manhattan Institute have blood on their hands. They murdered this trans teen and her future. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

nbcnews.com

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I finally had to get a new phone, and I finally understand why everyone uses apps in dark mode now. This screen is too hi-res for my eyes. Why do we need screens so hi-res that we resort to dark mode. What have we let them do to us.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Remember, both the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally audiobooks.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I just know bluetooth ear buds will not stay in my freakishly tiny ears, and I will lose one on day 1. This is why I have been refusing to replace my 8 year old phone that has a headphone jack.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/07/2026

ICE agents shouldn’t be executing people on the street even if they ARE the target of the warrant

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I literally almost just threw my phone across my office

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I have two library programs this week, and I am checking in on my sister's cat while she's away. So far it's 8am on Monday and I can't get my own dog to eat his breakfast before I go visit the cat. Doing great so far.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Better show up to our board meetings to support your local library coven, then.

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The Victorian Archivist @victorianarchivist.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

You put it out into the void and the librarians, booksellers, and authors appear. What kind of books do you like to read?

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