Matt Testa

Music listener. Archivist. Cardigan lover. Currently brewing tea.

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@TheBirdist Has anyone determined which species got plunked?

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@TheBirdist Gunning for 100 species here by the end of the year. There are some notable absences. https://t.co/XqbyiZXyiX

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@RichHovorka If only my serve had that much force and precision.

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Birds of my neighborhood, ranked:
1. American goldfinch
2. red-bellied woodpecker
3. house finch
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18,094. The Canada goose that took a giant dump on my shoulder while I was playing tennis

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@dPreservation @Preservica @ArchivesBoston @NAACP_LDF @LIUPost @mtuarchives Only by phone. The launcher is still not letting me in. I've tested my system and it meets the GoToWebinar requirements.

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Steamfitters radio ads, I missed you most of all.

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@ajseyler_ I have found all of those things on trips to Berkeley Springs WV and the Shenandoah.

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So this morning I was mildly excited to be answering some reference questions with our physical collections once again and then the first folder I rummaged through had photos of an opera singer in blackface.

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@JeffEisenband USA Hockey won a semifinal game in 1980.

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@JeffEisenband The Mets pitcher hit a ball farther than expected.

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@zeyneparsel ...and deal with the time-consuming part later. I made a quick guide here: https://t.co/Sd3DzvHse5. Personally I always feel relieved when I let go of accumulated photos and other digital flotsam.

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@zeyneparsel Hello from the world of digital archives. As you've identified, there are blunt approaches (keep everything! keep nothing!) and then there is the careful appraising/renaming that requires a lot of time and patience. If the latter is too daunting, start with just a full backup...

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This story in @nytimes, beginning with its headline, fails spectacularly to explain what is happening right now to universities all across this country. The conflicts over plans for the fall are warning signs of an epic crisis for higher ed.

https://t.co/pTHedtI5wW

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@RichHovorka I put off watching this for years while l lived in Canada but now that I've joined a curling club I feel ready.

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"Our strategy is outlined below, but the short answer is this: Our university will proceed as if everything will be okay because we really, really want it to be." https://t.co/vCc69B0bHH

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Just finished my first day of work back on campus and can confirm that it was, in fact, weird.

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@allanaaaaaaa I feel like we are professionally obligated to intervene when we see such blindness. If they still want to look past the knowledge and skills that AWs put in and focus instead on a humanistic theories, that's on them.

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@ajseyler_ My wife and I just ordered a couple feeders to park outside our home office windows. With no pets in our household, we'll take whatever animal companionship we can get.

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@ajseyler_ I have started leaving https://t.co/EmDT3Rb0g6 open in a tab and checking in throughout the day. The most conflict you'll find is an occasional squirrel-bombing.