we are (Doctor) Devo

Digital Preservation Manager @yivoinstitute, PhD in musicology from @GC_CUNY. Iowa ex-pat. I mostly tweet about the cool things I’m digitizing in the archives.

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@Komaniecki_R Is this Casey’s or

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

A reminder that you don't start to really shrink the racial wealth gap until you cancel at least $75,000 of student debt. To *really* achieve racial justice, you have to cancel every single penny.

[Bronxology 🔮 @MindBodyBronx]

A crucial part of my needs being met with friends and in romantic relationships is being loved out loud. I love to hear you talk positively about me to others in my presence, not only when we’re apart. Show me off. Brag about me. Tell the world why I am important to you.

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@annamcnally That pleat really had me thinking trousers, which in that color would be perfection. 🖤

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@annamcnally This fabric is beautiful 🤩

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

I am sad to report that if @yivoinstitute archives has a brick among its collections, it is not discoverable online at present. 😔

[Snowden Becker @snowdenbecker]

Seriously though, who else out there has one or more bricks in their archive/museum/library/special collections?

[Astro Poets @poetastrologers]

The world: running
Virgos: responsible for it

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

In-progress shot of my first Yiddish embroidery project, the letter vov from Ben-Tsiyon’s Kinstlerisher alef-beys.

📖: https://t.co/s6HsMdzFJY

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

Always a bright day when I stumble on crafty inspiration at work. How amazing would these be as embroideries?! From Kinstlerisher alef-beys (Vilne, 1920). Available online soon @yivoinstitute

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@joeweber_dad 😭

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

goodbye Columbus Day, hello Strega Nona Day

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@fauvelized Did you watch The Elephant Show 🐘

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@fauvelized 🥺

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@SarahZarrow Fesenjan!

[Tyler Thorsted @CHLThor]

PSA. Please avoid using Microsoft Windows Photo Viewer if you work in archives. Just opening a TIFF and doing something as simple as rotating the image will compress and replace much of the metadata without informing you.#digipres

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@byekitty One of the worst work “surprises” 😭

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

Feeling Very Seen 😭😭😭

[Astro Poets @poetastrologers]

Therapist: so what you’re saying is that you’re always worried about being the boring friend
Virgo: yeah

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@Alanuschka 🔥

[we are (Doctor) Devo @akadevo]

@nosiejaron Large archival baby photos > bits of paper pasted onto other bits of paper