Christopher Olive

A hand holds up a biscuit with uneven edges against a cloudy sky. The biscuit has an egg-yellow background decorated with strong black lines. A man with curled hair and striking eyes features in the foreground of the design. Only his eyes, eyebrows, and forehead are visible; a jagged break line at the bottom of the biscuit shows where the design would continue.

Most of my biscuits get eaten, but I hung on to this one.

The flavour is orange, cardamom, and vanilla, and the design was painted by hand onto royal icing using food colouring gels and vodka.

A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Sabrina on stage revealing a silver and white bodysuit full of red lipstick kiss marks all over and a silver garter.

Sabrina Carpenter debuts a new silver and white bodysuit full of red lipstick kisses at the #Manchester show. 💋

Sabrina Carpenter in a yellow-gold two piece outfit with silver boots holding her hand on her left leg

Sabrina Carpenter standing on stage giggling in a yellow-gold two piece outfit at floor length with silver boots poking out.

Sabrina Carpenter in a yellow-gold two piece outfit with silver boots sitting down on a white chair. A dancer is to her left (your right).

Sabrina Carpenter in the yellow-gold three piece set for Short ‘n Sweet Manchester. 🌟

Photograph of an anatomy class with a lecturer in a white coat and full skeleton on display behind him. There's a blackboard with the text 'No Smoking allowed'.

"No Smoking allowed" in this anatomy class at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh. Stamp out the cigarettes for good on #NoSmokingDay, or you may end up like that class exhibit sooner than you'd like!

Black and white photograph dating circa 1940s of two women climbing a rock face. One woman stands on top of the rock, facing the camera, and is holding a rope helping the second woman, who has her back to the camera, to climb the rock. They wear jumpers and trousers, thick socks and climbing boots. Image courtesy of www.picturethepast.org.uk

Saturday was International Women’s Day, so we're celebrating strong, supportive women - no need to climb the gritstone rocks at Burbage Moorlands like these friends though!

#IWD2025 #WomensHistoryMonth

‘All Shall Be Afforded Dignity!' opening soon #Manchester

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Bottoms up! #birds

Crow with a tiny clam #birds

Wayback Machine Saves Thousands of Federal Webpages Amid Purge of Government Data Under Trump Thousands of informational government webpages have been taken down so far in the second Trump administration, including on public health, scientific research and LGBTQ rights. Amid this mass erasure ...

Today @mark.bsky.social spoke with Amy Goodman on @democracynow.org about our quadrennial effort to archive federal websites before, during, and after U.S. presidential administration changes.

Valentine card measuring 7.5cm by 4.5cm. Rectangular in shape the edges are finely pierced resembling lace. The center is a viola type flower in pale and dark pink with green leaves. One petal opens to reveal a message.

Valentine card measuring 7.5cm by 4.5cm. Rectangular in shape the edges are finely pierced resembling lace. The center is a viola type flower in pale and dark pink with green leaves. The pale pink petal is opened to reveal the printed message "Ever True to Thee".

This exquisite example has to be the smallest Valentine card we have in our collection. It was sent to Thomas Crofts of Belper (1815-1904), a poet, by his wife Martha. A collection of his work was published in 1892 as 'A Castle in the Air and other Poems'.

#EYALove #ValentinesDay

Literally why I only post like once a month now 😅

Quote tile with white text on an orange background: “[Knitting punch cards] are also, in the age of seemingly-endless proprietary software and terms and conditions, refreshingly punk, in a minimal computing, open-source sort of way…” Nichole Misako Nomura Digital humanities scholar

🧶💾 Punch cards aren’t just relics of computing—they’re still powering knitting machines today! Discover how hobbyists & archivists are preserving this blend of tech + textile. ⁠

🔗 https://blog.archive.org/2025/02/12/vanishing-culture-punch-card-knitting/
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🕳️ #VanishingCulture⁠

LJMUH/IMM/4/6/4/8, sepia photograph album photo c.1900s-1930s p.9, showing life ‘companions’ Kathleen M Henderson (left) with Irené Mabel Marsh (right) and their small terrier dogs Demon, Dodger, and Dock sat on their laps at their holiday cottage ‘The Shanty’ in Abersoch, Wales.

Combining #EYALove w/ #LGBTQ+ History Month to share 'life companions' Kathleen Henderson & Irené Mabel Marsh, the Vice Principal & Principal of I M Marsh College, w/ dogs Demon, Dodger, & Dock at their Abersoch holiday cottage, c.1920s 🧵1/6
#lgbthm #lgbtq #gayhistory #archives #history #queer #lgbt

This! Please please please include as much info as you can when labeling your photos. Full name + date is great; location is also helpful. We have so many photos with limited use because they are unlabeled.

Just one of the many amazing LGBT stories from the archive I work at! If you're local to Liverpool, pop along on the 27th February to visit and get your hands on our material (or book an appointment anytime!) ☺️🌈🌟

Shakti Khabar: Queer South Asian lives in Britain | Bishopsgate Institute By Sreya ChatterjeeAs part of my placement funded by the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities, I have been looking into the Bishopsgate LGBT Archives

Last year, Sreya Chatterjee explored Shakti Khabar’s legacy as part of her placement with the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities.

One of the first UK newsletters by & for queer South Asians, it built a vital space for activism, support & connection.

#LGBTHistoryMonth #QueerSouthAsianHistory

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

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 🧵

#WoodPigeons #Pigeons #Birds #Telford
"Anyone for a game of skittles?"

A newspaper clipping that reads: "Noisy, Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer's Life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt."

If you think today's news headlines are horrific, check out this one from 1906. Chilling.

Exquisite exhibit note writing here

Snowed In

Panel 1: close shot of a female house sparrow against a stark green background. “Winter isn’t so bad” she says. Panel 2: same shot as first panel. “It gives me time to take risks in my art” Panel 3: a square canvas made out of bark is fixed to a tree trunk. On it we see a full self-portrait of the sparrow. Dried leaves and sticks and seeds form its body. A piece of farfalle and a purple flower serve as accents. Assorted sticks and cigarette butts make a fashionable border. Panel 4: sparrow is in foreground with her eye closed in artistic expression. “My most haunting work to date” she says.

Winter isn’t so bad #oldknees

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.

#MosaicMonday

Radiology Case Reports Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2024, Pages 2106-2111 Case Report Successful management of an Iatrogenic portal vein and hepatic artery injury in a 4-month-old female patient: A case report and literature review

In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. I can provide general information about managing hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile duct injuries, but for specific cases, it is essential to consult with a medical professional who has access to the patient's medical records and can provide personalized advice. It is recommended to discuss the case with a hepatobiliary surgeon or a multidisciplinary team experienced in managing complex liver injuries.

Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.

“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “

LGBTQ+ History Month Workshops in the Archive A hands-on exploration of LGBTQ+ archive material and rare publications in a guided session for LGBT History Month.

Want to get a head start on #LGBT History Month? Our LGBTQ+ hands-on #Archive Workshops are already available to book for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lgbtq-hist...
27 Feb 10:30-11:00 or 14:00-15:30
#lgbtq+ #lgbtq #lgbthm #queerhistory #gayhistory #history #gay #queer #transgender #transhistory

TL:DR if you care about information hygiene -- personally, sure, but also professionally, as all historians should! -- then it should be your personal and professional mission to destroy AI.

Everyone working on queer history — this is it. This is why your work matters. Keep going.

Comparisons between paper and digitised wills (central to this week's MoJ statement) are also the subject of a recent 'Transactions of the RHS' article.

'Material and Digital Archives: the Case of Wills' considers how format informs use and interpretation, for pre-1858 documents bit.ly/3DMb6W7