Former govt archivist now in the ivory tower. Moonlight as cultural heritage prof. Once described as "insane in a great way" Views expressed here are all mine.
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
Apr 23
Amal Khalil was alive for hours. She phoned her family and the Lebanese military for help. People followed in horror as her colleagues updated the world on what was happening. And yet Israel blocked the Red Cross from reaching her for seven hours. That is stone cold murder.
Apr 23
"Khalil was trapped alive under rubble for hours, having made a phone call to her family and the Lebanese military for help, Qudah told CNN on Thursday.
'The Red Cross was blocked for seven hours and when they reached her after seven hours, she was already dead,” she said. 'This kind of obstruction of rescue efforts may really amount to war crime.'"
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9 Nov 2024
I was also present for this and Megan is correct
9 Nov 2024
Every MBTA rider in Govt Center would rather throw themselves in front of the train than listen to this busker murder “Wonderful Tonight”
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
Digitization alert! We just digitized this topographical map of Kent, England from 1637. The map shows rivers, bridges, woods, parks and settlements. Check out the high resolution digital image at this link: library.bc.edu/iiif/view/991…
ALT Color topographical map of Kent with symbols for rivers, bridges, woods, parks, and settlements
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
6 Jan 2024
1. Do not obey in advance.
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5 Nov 2024
As is my Election Day custom, I am posting the best election day card I have ever received. Now go vote
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
Its #ElectionDay in the United States! In 1955, a photographer snapped this photo of Congressman Tip O’Neill voting in @CambMA. Do you have a voting plan for today? @cambridgepl @universalhub
ALT Black and white photograph of Tip O'Neill casting his ballot with Millie O'Neill looking on
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
4 Nov 2024
these are clearly the mannerisms of a woman who has met a werewolf before and does NOT want to meet another one
4 Nov 2024
The Michigan “I Voted” sticker is interesting. Go vote today and get your own.
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5 Nov 2024
I would like this to not become our new election normal
4 Nov 2024
A person eats inside of a restaurant with plywood covering the windows near the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
4 Nov 2024
And lead us not into penn station
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
2 Nov 2024
The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa
It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
We just digitized this 1920 map documenting violent actions by British forces between 1919-1920. It was likely posted publicly to raise awareness of British military and police activities.
Check out the digitized map at this link: library.bc.edu/iiif/view/991…
@BCIrishStudies
ALT A map of Ireland with red dots marking sites of violence and a list of the sites of violence
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
31 Oct 2024
The University of Coimbra in Portugal has a colony of bats in their library. It keeps their books safe by eating bugs.
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
31 Oct 2024
Every year on #Halloween we like to carve a #pumpkin from our collection of Penguin 60s. 🎃🔪
We're up to our elbows in juicy plots and seedy characters, but luckily there's not much pulp fiction. 🎃📚
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31 Oct 2024
Our grad student assistant is a hero
We made our student assistant pretend to be a ghost in a sheet so that we could bring you excellent Burns Library Ghost Tour content this Halloween. Like and follow
#BurnsLibrary #SpookySeason #Halloween #ArchivesUndercover #ArchivesLife #SpecialCollectionsLibrary
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29 Oct 2024
This one is wild.
In 1872, the Illustrated Police News published an account of “The Phantom Train,” a ghostly train carrying the body of assassinated President Lincoln that made a yearly trip on the New York Central Railroad. Want to read the entire tale? during #spookyseason? Visit us!
ALT black and white newspaper sketch of a train with a coffin and skeletons and ghostly images of President Lincoln's funeral processionin background. Caption reads "The Phantom Train - The Dead Lincoln's Yearly Trip Over the New York Central Railroad as Related by a Night Watchman"
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
Did you bring a leopard skin rug to decorate your dorm room or are you basic?
Newton College of the Sacred Heart records, Box 57, Folder 65
ALT Student sits on floor of dorm room on a leopard skin rug
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Boston's Leslie Knope retweeted
Happy Birthday, Evelyn Waugh! This photo was taken in November 1948 during a visit Waugh made to Boston College. It now lives at Burns Library in the University Archives. See more images from the visit here: findingaids.bc.edu/repositor…
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28 Oct 2024
Everyone in the taxi queue at Logan is complaining about the tunnels. It's good to be home
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28 Oct 2024
Haitian cab driver muttering because a lunatic cut us off pulling onto 1A. Boston, you're my home
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