A cross stitched bookmark of three floppy disks lined up vertically against a green background resting on a hardcover book with a black cover. The middle bookmark has a label with "misc." stitched on it. The book is resting on a wooden surface.

A cross stitched bookmark of three floppy disks lined up vertically against a green background; the bookmark is resting in an open book with green splayed edges on a wooden surface. The middle bookmark has a label with "misc." stitched on it.

I cross stitched a bookmark for my archives co-op student as a present for the end of term. Legacy storage technology labeled ambiguously felt appropriate 💾

Spent the day with my clothes caked in mud because a goose hissed and charged at me this morning and in my very brave attempt to run away, I slipped on wet grass and fell flat on my face. Turns out it's very hard to do archival work when you're desperately trying not to get things dirty!

🧵 The Canadian federal government’s 2025 budget has allocated:

More business tax breaks including for fossil fuels sector
$925 million for AI
$81.8 billion over 5 years for military

However, this comes at the expense of cultural heritage.

The best part of living in a university city is the opportunity to cheaply redecorate every spring when the students all move and get rid of their furniture

I've joked in conference planning committee sessions that we should run conference-wide games of assassin. The idea of archivists sneakily lobbing socks at each other kills me

My co-op student's outfit today is giving Kim Possible, but I don't want to comment on it in case they don't understand the reference and it makes me feel ancient

I just realized that I've been a high school graduate longer than I was in elementary and high school combined and if anyone needs me, I'll be crying and throwing up for the rest of the day.

Smiling awkwardly in solidarity at the other people at concerts who buy vinyl albums then have to deal with carrying them the whole show

A black dog with white patches with one blue eye and one black eye with her tongue out. She is wearing a red harness with a black and grey leash and a blue graduation cap. The dog is sitting on a yellow, green, and orange platform with a paper certificate propped up against it. Behind the dog is a large sign acting as a backdrop. At the top of the sign is a pink banner, but the writing is cut off. Under the banner in white letters it reads: "In Dogs We Trust" with the "o" in "dogs" as a paw print. Underneath in blue lettering it reads "graduation" with a drawing of a dog's face and a graduation cap.

A black dog with white patches with one blue eye and one black eye. She is wearing a red harness with a black and grey leash and a blue graduation cap. The dog is sitting on a yellow, green, and orange platform with a paper certificate propped up against it. Behind the dog is a large sign acting as a backdrop. At the top of the sign is a pink banner that reads: "congratulations" in blue letters. Under the banner in white letters it reads: "In Dogs We Trust" with the "o" in "dogs" as a paw print. Underneath in blue lettering it reads "graduation" with a drawing of a dog's face and a graduation cap.

A black dog with white patches with one blue eye and one black eye with her mouth open and an alarmed look. She is wearing a red harness with a black and grey leash and a blue graduation cap. The dog is sitting on a yellow, green, and orange platform with a paper certificate propped up against it. Behind the dog is a large sign acting as a backdrop. At the top of the sign is a pink banner that reads: "congratulations" in blue letters. Under the banner in white letters it reads: "In Dogs We Trust" with the "o" in "dogs" as a paw print. Underneath in blue lettering it reads "graduation" with a drawing of a dog's face and a graduation cap.

A black dog with white patches with one blue eye and one black eye with her mouth open and an alarmed look. She is wearing a red harness with a black and grey leash and a blue graduation cap. The dog is sitting on a yellow, green, and orange platform with a paper certificate propped up against it. Behind the dog is a large sign acting as a backdrop. At the top of the sign is a pink banner that reads: "congratulations" in blue letters. Under the banner in white letters it reads: "In Dogs We Trust" with the "o" in "dogs" as a paw print. Underneath in blue lettering it reads "graduation" with a drawing of a dog's face and a graduation cap.

I got a new puppy in November and she passed her first level of obedience school last week! I will never miss an opportunity to have a ridiculous puppy photo shoot

My favourite conspiracy theory is that future historians agree that 2016 is when the world went wrong and time travelers keep traveling back to that year to try to save the future, but just end up making the present progressively worse every time

A screen capture of a page from the Anglican Church of Canada website with the logo and name of the organization at the top. Below this is a cartoon of sandy desert land with sparse trees in the foreground and a distant seemingly ancient town on a hill in the background. Under the photo, the text reads: "They shall wander from seea to sea and from the north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word but they shall not find it. -Amos 8:12 (NRSVUE)" Below the Bible verse, in larger and bolder text it reads: "404 The page you are looking for cannot be found"

I have never been so delighted to click a dead link. Whoever is doing the website renovation for Anglican Canada has the best sense of humour 😂

The Royal Ontario Museum is reportedly reconsidering whether it will label Palestinian artifacts as "Palestinian" amid pressure from pro-Israel groups. Please consider fighting this act of erasure by signing this letter to the ROM:
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my take is that I have never done cocaine but seeing “Vance’s twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity has been repudiated by two popes” printed in one of the country’s largest Catholic publications hits like I imagine cocaine feels

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

Help, one of my student volunteers just regretfully told me that I'm "so unc." I'm guessing he called me old, but I'm so old that I'm not actually positive that that's what that means

Panicked a bit because I thought I was out of my ADHD medication, then I remembered that I picked up a new bottle 2 weeks ago and it's been rolling around on the floor of the backseat of my car ever since. I'd be embarrassed, but if I'd put it away properly at home, I'd be unmedicated at work today!

Ontario friends! Please submit feedback by midnight on Bill 40 to say NO to prioritization of data centres to our electricity grids

ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...

A woman with glasses and short black hair dressed in a tooth fairy costume. A silver crown decorated with teeth sits askew on her head. She is wearing a bright pink tshirt with a large tooth painted on the front and fake teeth glued to it. She also has a pink tutu covered in teeth over pink leggings and pink sneakers. She is holding a silver wand with a large sparkly white tooth.

A selfie of a woman with glasses and short black hair dressed in a tooth fairy costume. A silver crown decorated with teeth sits askew on her head. She is wearing a bright pink tshirt with a large tooth painted on the front and fake teeth glued to it. She is holding a silver wand with a large sparkly white tooth near her face

A picture of a woman with short black hair dressed in a tooth fairy costume from the back. A silver crown decorated with teeth sits askew on her head. She is wearing a bright pink tshirt and light pink fairy wings. The fairy wings are outlined with fake teeth.

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You might be best off separating each one into separate rows and using that list to create your dropdown menu? Then, unfortunately, going through to check the appropriate boxes. I can't think of a more elegant way to do it.

Separate rows can be accomplished easily with a SPLIT function though!

Once in a while, when I feel like hurting my own feelings, I'll ask my student volunteers what year they were born.

If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't Dracula.

Had to go with Dr. Acula!

Baseball organists like, "Let's do the Star Wars theme... Ready or Not by the Fugees... Seven Nation Army... some kind of sea chanty... bit of Bohemian Rhapsody... the first six notes of Sledgehammer... Star Wars theme again"

I'm not happy that Sportsnet is down and we've missed 3 runs already...but if it stays down and we keep scoring, I might not be THAT mad

I just got turned away from a walk-in clinic and told to try another clinic tomorrow where I can see a female doctor. Hot take: if you can't provide medical care for half the population, maybe you're bad at being a doctor.

Thank you - it's been a very difficult week, but hearing how much people cared for her has been very comforting

For over 11 years, my dog has been my biggest comfort during hard times. Leia went over the rainbow bridge this morning, and now I don't know what to do without her.

Today I learned that crying on and off for 14 hours (and counting!) can make your jaw ache and teeth hurt

Been stuck at the emergency animal hospital for 5 hours and counting. Got bored enough that I bought a sweater pattern off Etsy and ordered yarn and a crochet hook on DoorDash

One of my student volunteers was chatting with me about an "older show from the last century". It came out in 1995, and while her description was TECHNICALLY CORRECT, it still hurt my soul.

I not-so-secretly love it when the stores put out their back to school displays. Something deep within my soul is soothed by an orderly aisle full of colorful notebooks, pens, and backpacks