@svanimpe
Book historian, rare books curator Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp. Opinions mine, I may be wrong, follow/like isn't endorsement. He/him. Caregiver for a partner with Long Covid. Used to be @RareBookLibAntw on Twitter. Profile pic by LUCID.
Explaining the Dutch fingerprint method to my intern: slow, painful, but rewarding to get them to understand the process and the reason.
Having them look up an edition in STCN and realizing it's not in there at all: priceless!
I just remember when the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris was on fire and how every Western leader became a cultural expert and lamented the damage and how everyone donated money to rebuild it.
I am having a hard time finding a single article in any European or American publication about this.
Hey fellow scientists, I'm just letting you know that if you're promoting something with some junky AI image, I'm not gonna click. You've got a workshop, a conference, a new paper?
Just not gonna bother. You want a bespoke image? Hire an illustrator.
De geldloze maatschappij wordt op deze manier steeds aantrekkelijker.
Johannes Gutenberg invented leopard print
A headline reading “Camel pageant thrown into chaos after 20 competitors disqualified for using hump-plumping injectables”
Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.
Early modern scribes:
Cum glossa ordinaria!
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Historians are quite capable of explaining the hellscape that is the US at this particular minute, and its kind of telling that you imagine we won't because it means you haven't been listening or reading
“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
Title: "The Haters" panel 1. Two round characters sit in a cinema. Yellow blob "I hate this!" Red Blob "Me too!" Panel 2. They have left the cinema Red blob "I hated every minute of that film! It was nothing like the book!" Panel 3. "Did you like the book?" asks Yellow. Red replies "I hated it!" then asks "You?" Panel 4. Yellow blob "I've not read it. I hated the film purely on its own merits." Panel 5. Red blob "I'll lend you my copy." Yello blob"That's very kind." Panel 6. Caption: "Later" Yellow, reading the book "I hate this!" Red (happily) "I knew you would!!"
"the Haters" my books cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com
Man heeft echt wel respect voor vrouwen want hij bezit er zelf één
Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music
Several dozen folks did
Some even dubbed music over the original clip.
I haven't been able to get this out of my head.
So I give you
A Bluesky exclusive:
Reservoir Ducks
🐣 🪶
Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke:
Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?
A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.
The meme with a guy and two girls. The guy is labeled 1:59 AM. His girlfriend islabeled 2 AM. The cute girl coming the other way is labeled 3AM.
The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning.
thank fuck for some small bits of good news
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
You're more absolutely buckwild than a USB going in correctly on the first attempt
Submit yourself to The Evil One!
I mean, submit your abstracts to @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social !
everyone who longs to write and be read needs to read Clive James' The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered:
www.clivejames.com/the-book-of-...
“One of the great weaknesses of our era is we get lone superhero movies that suggest that our big problems are solved by muscly guys in spandex, when actually the world mostly gets changed through collective effort, more like caregiving than it is like war.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...
Modemuseum?
I also have a few boxes of original 1930’s 1950’ deadstock milliners flowers - for hats, fascinators, corsages. If anyone is interested in these let me know! #fashionhistory #vintagedeadstock #vintagefashion
We have the data. My longest columns have more readers, who read longer, and who share them the most.
#CfP The Yearbook for Dutch #BookHistory invites proposals on Patronage and Institutions in the Low Countries’ book history and readership culture (all periods).
Submit your proposal before April 1st 2026 or submit your full article (English or Dutch) Nov 1st 2026 www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
The Simon And Garfunkel 'Sounds Of Silence ' album cover except they're being chased by a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica.
Simon And Garfunkel next. #totp
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
Locutus safety tip: To prevent identity theft, avoid having your own identity.
Remind me to show you our books bound in eelskin.
Quarter bindings, obviously.
