Boston's Leslie Knope

Former govt archivist now in the ivory tower. Moonlight as cultural heritage prof. Once described as "insane in a great way" Views expressed here are all mine.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Amal Khalil was alive for hours. She phoned her family and the Lebanese military for help. People followed in horror as her colleagues updated the world on what was happening. And yet Israel blocked the Red Cross from reaching her for seven hours. That is stone cold murder.

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

I was also present for this and Megan is correct

[Megan Johnson @megansarahj]

Every MBTA rider in Govt Center would rather throw themselves in front of the train than listen to this busker murder “Wonderful Tonight”

[Burns Library, Boston College @burnslibrary.bsky. @burnslibrary]

Digitization alert! We just digitized this topographical map of Kent, England from 1637. The map shows rivers, bridges, woods, parks and settlements. Check out the high resolution digital image at this link: https://t.co/mDCyIXQKMf

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

1. Do not obey in advance.

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

As is my Election Day custom, I am posting the best election day card I have ever received. Now go vote

[Burns Library, Boston College @burnslibrary.bsky. @burnslibrary]

Its #ElectionDay in the United States! In 1955, a photographer snapped this photo of Congressman Tip O’Neill voting in @CambMA. Do you have a voting plan for today? @cambridgepl @universalhub

[not very eva @veryalt]

these are clearly the mannerisms of a woman who has met a werewolf before and does NOT want to meet another one

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

I would like this to not become our new election normal

[Idrees Ali @idreesali114]

A person eats inside of a restaurant with plywood covering the windows near the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

[hellogan1 @gebrauchsmusik]

And lead us not into penn station

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa

It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

@godandchocolate I haven't read that one, but it has always looked good to me.

This one made everything make sense to me. https://t.co/uz46t5X3Uz

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

@godandchocolate Have you read Homeward Bound? It's all about this and shows the anti-communist ideology that also prompted some of it. It was a fascinating read!

[Burns Library, Boston College @burnslibrary.bsky. @burnslibrary]

We just digitized this 1920 map documenting violent actions by British forces between 1919-1920. It was likely posted publicly to raise awareness of British military and police activities. 

Check out the digitized map at this link: https://t.co/9jo0AsCNBU

@BCIrishStudies

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

@stephestellar We need to have that zoom we discussed sometime....

[Boston's Leslie Knope @archifydd]

Our grad student assistant is a hero

[Burns Library, Boston College @burnslibrary.bsky. @burnslibrary]

We made our student assistant pretend to be a ghost in a sheet so that we could bring you excellent Burns Library Ghost Tour content this Halloween. Like and follow

#BurnsLibrary #SpookySeason #Halloween #ArchivesUndercover #ArchivesLife #SpecialCollectionsLibrary

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

The University of Coimbra in Portugal has a colony of bats in their library. It keeps their books safe by eating bugs.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Every year on #Halloween we like to carve a #pumpkin from our collection of Penguin 60s. 🎃🔪

We're up to our elbows in juicy plots and seedy characters, but luckily there's not much pulp fiction. 🎃📚