Jon Sweitzer-Lamme

Books: making, fixing, reading, storing, preserving. He/him. Library of Congress General Collections Conservation; views very much my own.

[National Mall NPS @NationalMallNPS]

We're often asked why there's a color change in the stone of the Washington Monument. The color change marks how far the towering monument was lowered underground every night in the 1940s to help planes avoid it after National Airport opened on the Potomac. #WashingtonDC

[(((Charles Fishman))) 💧 @cfishman]

4/ Cool, direct, urgent, successful.

Maybe not a college degree or a 6-figure salary among them—and they used their training & experience at the most critical, high-pressure moment to save lives.

All day, every day—that happens & we don’t see it.

That’s your ‘deep state.’

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[Rep. Nadler @RepJerryNadler]

For those who are asking: I was endlessly scrolling through all of President Biden's accomplishments.

[unregistered hyperkate 2 @kathrwn]

the portion* of americans (~6%) who claim to be licensed to operate a SSGN is the same as the portion of americans (6%) who think they could take on a grizzly bear unarmed and that is why i am proud to be an american

[Jon Sweitzer-Lamme @jsweitze]

@mkirschenbaum Because it's a deep cultural *symbol* of careful handling. It's the same as how CSI has broken our cultural understanding of what crime scene investigations can actually show.

[Ariel Cohen @ArielCohen37]

👏 Give👏CSPAN 👏permanent camera control in the House chamber👏

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

Welcome to the 118th Congress! The @librarycongress is here for you and your constituents back home. We look forward to working and serving you.

[Jon Sweitzer-Lamme @jsweitze]

so what was @DWStweets talking to Matt Gaetz about? #Speakerofthehousevote

[Jon Sweitzer-Lamme @jsweitze]

Seen on the way home from work: Domino's delivery pulling up to the House of Representatives office buildings. Seems like the staffers don't think they're going home any time soon.

[Lee Brontide @AmmoniteInk]

Look I know people are all on Mastodon but right now Tumblr has, en mass, decided to make up a 1970s Martin Scorsese mafia film that they've all seen that doesn't exist, and is doing pantomime fandom about it and it is AMAZING.

[soul nate @MNateShyamalan]

👏 give 👏 lizzo 👏 more 👏 haunted 👏 artifacts

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

For those concerned about the flute: Music Division curators made sure it could be played without damage. This sort of thing is not all that unusual, in fact. Some of the Library's priceless instruments were donated with the stipulation that they remain functional & be played.

[Jon Sweitzer-Lamme @jsweitze]

@kathrwn as ever

[unregistered hyperkate 2 @kathrwn]

You’re telling me the founding fathers could’ve been doing whippets

[Jon Sweitzer-Lamme @jsweitze]

Today in the lab: "In the past Patriotic War of Liberation, the Korean Peoples Army inflicted heavy blows on the US aggressor army. The photos on this page show their miserable defeat."

[Jon Sweitzer-Lamme @jsweitze]

Really @Amtrak ? "Remember folks, COVID is over, no more masks, no more social distancing" c'mon.