Karen Frenchu

Special librarian. Dirty column hugger. Thinking too hard about public health, libraries, & classical civilizations (not necessarily in that order). | She/her

[Karen Frenchu @Kinthelibrary]

Today's #medlibs win: a friend just described my work as "saving babies with citations." Is that too short to be my new elevator speech?

[Karen Frenchu @Kinthelibrary]

@MBTA any chance the AC could be turned on in the redline train between north Quincy and JFK, please? Car 1723.

[Eduardo García-Molina @eduardo_garcmol]

Athenian #1: “Did you catch that new Aristophanes play?”

Athenian #2: “Yes, I found it ribbiting.”

[Karen Frenchu @Kinthelibrary]

If you are looking for ways to help MA farms struggling with the impacts of our recent storms (and other extreme weather), a local friend shared this page of fundraisers: https://t.co/6X9zErM32L

[katie kadue @kukukadoo]

(watching the gathering armies) it’s giving bees pouring out in endless swarms (pointing at a warrior felled on the battlefield) same energy as a poplar cut down by a chariot builder’s bright axe (pointing at another warrior’s leg wound) “ivory stained with purple dye” vibes

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Cerberus. They're picking out a new squeaky toy. Even guardians of the underworld deserve a little treat. 13/10 would pat all three noggins

[Karen Frenchu @Kinthelibrary]

I just filled out @ThomasCranePL's Summer Beach Reads (delightfully detailed) request form and I am so excited to see what they suggest for me!

[Karen Frenchu @Kinthelibrary]

An incomplete collection of things I have loudly wished could be purchased as replicas from the museum shop.

[iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd]

SERIOUSLY. museum shops should just be entirely full of replicas. i can't tell you how many times i've said "man i wish i had that cool little thing on my mantle"

you can get books anywhere, and nobody wants a coffee mug with the museum logo on it.

I WANT A MAJAPAHIT PIGGY BANK

[US Consumer Product Safety Commission @USCPSC]

These images are freely available to download and in the public domain.

[Karen Frenchu @Kinthelibrary]

I have said it before and I will say it again, but I am so grateful for @BPLBoston: from citation to accessing a 1970 article via @JSTOR in 3 minutes or less. What more could a niche-interest nerd ask for?

[Ben Cartlidge @benjcartlidge]

Archaeologists of the future: "the mask of Agamemnon had a ritual function"

[Homer Predicts @homerthebot]

Your day will be like...
a little boy joyfully making sand castles only to, even more joyfully, tread them back to dust. (Iliad 15.360-6)
#ClassicsTwitter

[Helen McVeigh @ClassicsAcademy]

οί βοες, τους βους was one of the 1st Ancient Greek words I learned. τους βους always gets a cheer in class!
These little Greek, bronze bulls date from 550 BC.
🏛 @britishmuseum
📷 mine
#ClassicsTwitter

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

If your book's back cover looked like this, you knew you were in for a great time

[Dr. Jacqueline Robinson-Hamm @JRobinsonHamm]

"NIH is particularly interested in hearing about promising solutions to address current challenges affecting the postdoctoral trainee community."

Input is sought from trainees, ESIs, faculty, training directors, postdoc/grad office leaders, and more.

Comments are DUE April 14

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

Major renovation planned for Athens’ archaeological museum https://t.co/gnlXfRiJ79

[The Greek Institute @TheGreekInst]

Fifth Translation Workshop | Hellenic Studies, Princeton https://t.co/JDhu8nyAYm

[Liv / Myths, Baby! @mythsbaby]

@eduardo_garcmol Psychopompsutawney Phil

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The first principle of psychological safety:

The harder you make it to voice problems, the harder it becomes to solve them.

The issues people are most afraid to raise are the most likely to become thorns in your side. It’s impossible to fix what you don't know is broken.