@VarinaJR

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Librarian and open knowledge advocate. Lover of cats, yarn, tea, and liberation for all. All views my own. 🍵💙💜💗✡️
Sometimes living in the future doesn't seem so bad, like when I'm taking a relaxing pre-shabbat bath while my robot vacuum cleans the floor and my 12-function multi-cooker finishes the gumbo. Then I remember the horrors. But then I usually see a cat.
I would like my legacy at University of Aberdeen to be PhD students fighting to the death every year for this funky little guy, and £1 worth of haribo, via nerdy Halloween-themed crafts projects t.ly/WSCvc
A lovely colleague of mine got me a beautiful potted plant a few months ago when I started a new job. Naturally I killed it. Cause unknown. Do you think she'll notice I've replaced it? Sidenote: Sunflora is apparently Heliatronic in French #PokemonLocalisationFunFact
The existence of a unisex French press implies the existence of a gendered coffee press, an item beyond my wildest imaginings
#UnnecessaryGenderedProducts
In 'The Sabbath' Heschel argues that shabbat is a temple not in space but in time, where we encounter the divine and get a foretaste of the world to come. He didn't specifically mention brown butter brownies, but I assume that was just an oversight
@ryanhoulihan it's especially wild when you're from somewhere like the South. Like yes, thanks, it is a relief knowing I'm marginally better off than the queer (or female) friends and family I left back home and can't safely return to whether I want to or not. Cheers!

Organisations which hold collections of audio recordings of Scottish traditional music are invited to submit their details for inclusion in the Scottish Traditional Music Archive Directory

There's only one week left to get your details in, but the form is super quick!

Boosts appreciated 🥰

https://www.traditionalmusicforum.org/news-post/newsid/25160-scottish-traditional-music-archive-directory-call-for-organisations/

#FolkMusic #TradMusic #Folk #Folklore #Music #Scotland #GLAM #Archives #Libraries #Museums #Audio #Sound #Records #Recording #Musicology #Ethnomusicology #History #Culture #Heritage

Brian Ó hEadhra Appointed as New Director of the Traditional Music Forum | Events in Scotland

The Traditional Music Forum (TMF) is delighted to announce the appointment of Brian Ó hEadhra as their new Director. An accomplished professional with decades of experience as a musician, educator, p

Scottish Storytelling Centre
The Little Black Cat and the Iced Pumpkin Chai, a story in two acts
#BlackCats #BlackCatsOfMastadon #SpookyBeverages
@petersuber
Come on guys, you're supposed to be harassing Nature for their criminally high APCs, not the things they're correct about
Name your favourite local cryptid. I'll start