Patrick Crowley

Librarian, explainer of printing history, concocter of convoluted RPG scenarios, watcher of Classic Doctor Who, mixer of cocktails, enby. they/them or Þ/Þ/Þs.

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

The season's getting spooky,
So watch your back.
Beware the minions
Of the Cailleach.

They look like stone,
But don't be fooled.
They're aliens who
Lived where amino acids pooled

Cessair of Diplos
Flintnapped these stony bois
To guard her as she
Hatched her evil ploys.

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Between the years of 1940-1941, Varian Fry became a beacon of hope in Vichy, France.

He ran a secret rescue network, risking everything to save 2,000-4,000 lives from the clutches of Nazi terror and the Holocaust.

This is the story of his immense courage:
(a thread)

[JW Wharton @PreppyProf]

On Tuesday 9/24, @SCSU’s @SCSUPoliSci and @SCSULibrary are hosting panel talks on the Ricci v. DeStefano court case. Both Ricci and DeStefano will lead the discussion!

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@Thedragonlord0 @OneShotRPG @open_sketchbook Also, not trying to randomly jump in and 🦭. I was interested to find out about this testimony.

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@Thedragonlord0 @OneShotRPG @open_sketchbook Here’s a fairly well balanced video that processes some of the recent testimony in the Hill and talks about some of the effects positive and negative in regulation: https://t.co/b1gHXi806i.

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@ArchaeologyGame I hear this image. Thanks for an end of week chuckle.

[Art History Memes for Aesthetic Fiends @ArtMemeLord]

future archaeologists be like:

"they had a Ritual significance. clearly."

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This long-tailed tit quenches its thirst with a melting icicle

[BL Printed Heritage Collections @BLprintheritage]

Our colleague Christian Algar was invited to give the Foxcroft Lecture at State Library Victoria. His lecture ‘Books in Hand: but whose hands?’ explores the BL’s Thomason civil war pamphlet collection and the SLV’s Emmerson Collection and is now online: https://t.co/IoX6kDq3Wl

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

Stay for Shakespeare—who is playing billiards with Dr. Johnson—being pelted with a glass of ice by Emperor Nero?

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

Come for the cover of this whimsical collection of vignettes of famous historical personages traveling down the Styx together.

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@jgmac1106 @bioscilibrarian @luckysitsinback @CavanaughTO Sorry I missed this! I was on vacation when this tweet dropped. Let me see what I can do tomorrow!

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@Libitina2 Wish I could oblige! Hope you are doing something to take care of self. You deserve it!

[DFA New Haven @DFANewHaven]

College Street, New Haven, circa 1900

[Grace Wright @graceq_22]

What do we have here?

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@PreppyProf All of these reactions are me right now.

[Patrick Crowley @gilgalad]

@ArchaeologyGame @VillaGorilla207 @aap_saaorg Kinda depends what you’re trying to date. We have some mighty helpful reference books that establish chronology. ;)

[Hugh Brechin @HughRBrechin]

going to apply 'I have a solution: wolves' to as many contexts as possible