#object conservator

[crowbarsfavorite]

"My job is so high tech"

He says as he tapes scalpel blades to bamboo skewers to be able to scrape excess resin from the inside of a glass jar

[u-mspcoll]

Next week: Spotlight on Conservation

Join us next Thursday, 19 September between 4-6p on the 6th floor of Hatcher for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!

This event will feature recent conservation work on Special Collections materials.

The conservation department is responsible for the preservation of the library’s vast holdings of rare and special collection materials. The work they do includes preventive care activities, such as making protective boxes and enclosures for storage and constructing supports for items during exhibitions. They also perform treatments (the conservation term used to describe the repair process) on hundreds of items each year so the materials can be studied and appreciated by students, faculty, and other scholars.

Drop by for refreshments and a chance to chat with conservation colleagues who will be showcasing some of their recent projects, which include a variety of rare book treatments, housing projects that keep materials protected in storage, and figuring out how to care for oddities like a movie prop of a crying newborn baby. 

And be sure to check out the other Third Thursdays at the Library events!

[canisalbus]

I could see modern!machete being an art conservator, with a focus on 16th century religious art. If he works at a museum, he’d probably be closer to those kinds of paintings, but if he’s a private business, he’d definitely have the money for Armani and Loubotins

Awh, that sounds lovely actually. I've considered something related to museums and history before, but I don't think anyone has brought up art conservator, that does seem like something he'd enjoy. He has the meticulousness, precision and carefulness you need for the job.

[conservallama]

I'm only a conservator here. Who did I miss?

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[shitpostingfromthebarricade]

Why do you hate Alexander Hamilton so much? The guy lived and died before you were even born dude. He isn’t going to come alive and bite you XD

No, his actions just persist in the policies that my home nation was founded upon.

[bonefall]

Question: what’s your source on the phytoestrogens? Bc the only times I’ve ever heard that claim, they all source back to this one study on sheep in like the 40s, which… well it’s not very well supported

(Although maybe you don’t care about that, which would be fair. These are fictional cats after all not clinical studies)

You're probably coming from Hbomberguy when he was specifically addressing lunkhead chuds, who pass around the claim that phytoestrogens lower human fertility and sex drive. The "soyboy" claim.

Human studies on the effects of phytoestrogens are pretty lacking overall, but what does exist doesn't back up that claim-- because humans don't graze on red clover in west australia like a sheep. What that means is that it doesn't impact human fertility the way a terrified conservative brain stem thinks it does.

(ESPECIALLY not in a plate of soybeans, which has significantly lower levels of phytoestrogen than red clover.)

But what it DOES do is bind to the estrogen receptors in your body (and acts as a really good antioxidant but that's neither here nor there) which can mean it can act AS estrogen... or as an antagonist.

If you want to know more (especially if you have a background in chemistry, this source talks a lot about the structural similarities between estrogen and phytoestrogen and the mechanism of action) then go dive into PHYTOESTROGENS IN FUNCTIONAL FOOD by Fatih Yildiz, which collects together many of the studies that we do have on the matter and omits controversial ones.

(Plus it's an easy read for such a science-heavy publication imo)

Though I have to stress that my HRT guide is, y'know, fake cats! Nothing in nature replaces modern medicine***, but I wanted to make a good resource for WC fans with trans cats who wanted a little bit of scientific accuracy, wanted to cut herbs that cast Liver Failure 1000 on felines, and could reasonably be found in a temperate environment

***= Except medicinal maggots. Medicinal maggots are literally magical. Nothing debrides necrotic tissue like green bottlefly larvae and as far as I'm concerned they're the closest thing to divinity we have on this earth. And medicinal leeches I love you leeches im so sorry that anyone has ever called you a pest you're cherubic angels and she doesnt deserve this </3

[mugmegan]

Reading a book about old ottoman gravestones and the fucking author is just insufferable. I wanna learn about those intricate headstones and their history damn it, stop inserting your bullshit conservatist views into the text. Not only is all his commentary not objective in any way so it derails everything, it is also unnecessary. And this last bit was just unbelievable to me. He is talking about the graves of executioners and how the general public didnt want them to be placed in their graveyards because executioners are "not capable of human feelings and qualities such as mercy and love" and because islam forbades killing so this is clearly an example of how amazing and morally good our people are! Its like this guy didnt see any of the horrific irony in all this. Up until this point in the book he praised Sultans and commanders who waged and fought many wars and how they are the best muslims ever and now he is here talking about how these executioners who were ordered to kill by those very sultans are actually inhuman monsters. Do you not see the irony. At all. Are you fucking kidding me. Like do you think executioners are people who just choose random people to kill??? if you are just Oh So knowledgable about ottoman history... then surely... you must know... that executioners kill. On. The. Orders. Of. Sultans. But no. Sultans are the best and executioners are the ones who are evil. You fucking imbecile.

[saints-who-never-existed]

Sign me up!

(And pay no attention to the fact that I'm triply-ineligible what with not being a Kiwi/Aussie, not specialising in a relevant field of conservation, and not having NZD$2000 laying around to pay as a 'contribution' toward the expedition. Just let me dream though, god damn it!)

[wutheringheightsfilm]

the amount that stained glass conservation is just blatantly left out of conservation discussions is astounding . im going to start hunting down these article authors

[gojous-adderall]

About Noé's latest neurodivergent adventures (chapter 61.5 and 62)

(things I found relatable)

1. PUTTING UR HAND UP BC U CANT FIGURE OUT WHEN TO SPEAK. EVERYONE THINKS UR WEIRD FOR IT BUT ITS POLITE AND LIFE IS FUCKING HARD

2. Struggling to follow conversation, and seeing clearer ways of communication that no one else can and getting frustrated that the neurotypicals are so obviously communicating poorly

3. Vanitas designated translator

4. Being quite blind to politics (when it comes to discrimination against himself as a vampire [and his PRIVILEGES as a vampire] and in this case against others like dhams) bc he works individual by individual instead of by social categories

5. Last of all it hurts to see the other characters calling him ignorant and an idiot all the time bc Ive been there. He's booksmart, he's intelligent, just not socially, but here is everyone writing him off as dumb just bc he's different.

Its not like he's ignorant on purpose. Of course it's important to know this shit he's learning now, and it can be done, but it's a lot harder when ur autistic and, as Vanitas said, when u grow up so isolated. Learning is a neverending process and Noé is very clearly learning and just bc he works differently like putting his hand up to speak or interpreting the world differently doesn't mean he's stupid

[lilacs-stash]

Ya know Baseball probably had super controlling parents if he didn't learn where babies came from until he was a young adult

[mishtershpock]

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[colorisbyshe]

atla is such an interesting example because fans want it to be taken very seriously as a visionary piece of art instead of a kids cartoon but the moment u try and give it any criticism (as u would a visionary piece of art) they get very very angry and accuse u of thinking too much about a kids cartoon 🤡

yeah. and, not to be like, controversial

but even the "it's radical for a CHILDREN'S CARTOON" thing falls apart when you remember how pro-colonizer it is and how some of the most major character work it does is make you sympathize with a literal war criminal

like... no, i don't think this cartoon made for 8 year olds should have the fire nation beheaded on screen or whatever... but.... surely there are better takes than "awww the war criminal is sad :("

and that maybe if you can't avoid doing that because your children's media is trying to promote thinking from all perspectives with an open mind, maybe DON'T tackle heavy subjects like genocide and colonization

(but also the show seemed JUST FINE at killing off actual radical people?? so... weird??? like... they didn't have to do jet like that)

people always go OH SO YOU WANTED AANG TO MURDER PEOPLE but that's literally just to avoid the actual problem

especially when we have the sequel, korra, that IS intended for older audiences and DOES include killing people and time and time again it still came to "if you're radical in a leftist way, you're evil and you should die and if you're radical in a conservative way... well i hope you reform :3 or are dealt with in a calm and fair way"

like damn you can still be attached to the atla characters as an adult, i guess, like i won't pretend i'm not still attached ot the hip to my favorite retconned criminal boy sasuke, but can we please stop can we pleeeeaaaase stop

[conservallama]

You put all this effort in, and now all there is left to do is wait. Tell us what you've tried to make people show up? What works? What doesn't work?

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[anarchicarachnid]

Okay fine, I'll accept challenges on this, even though you're all deeply self-righteous: yes Biden is responsible for horrible shit, but on the specific issue of harm reduction through electoralism, I will take on any arguments for why it is absolutely immoral to let the greater evil win in the coming election (and yes I literally just acknowledged they're both evil, don't be a fucking child).

So. If you really feel like you can stick it to the democrats by not voting (and thus letting the fascists win) please, give me every last one of your best arguments, and I will respond at length and with citations, as I have time to do so.

[frevandrest]

Hello! I've been backreading a lot of your blog to learn more about Saint-Just, and first of all let me just thank you for having posted so much amazing info! If it's alright, I had two questions. You said Saint-Just had a nickname, Florelle. What does it mean and are there any further details on that? Secondly, I heard that Saint-Just increasingly mentioned his father in his writings closer to Thermidor. Is that true, and are there any other details on his relationship with his dad? Thank you!

Aww, thanks!

Florelle seems to have been a pseudonym that he gave himself. I assumed it was for his early literary writings, but there seems to be a document from Blérancourt with that signature. It's been suggested that "Florelle" comes from the Greek word for flower, "anthos", which, if true, would suggest that he used Antoine as his name earlier than we thought. But there is no proof that this is indeed why he chose Florelle.

For second, he mentioned his father only once, but it's significant because it's the only time he mentioned him, like... ever. It was in a draft of his 9 Thermidor speech. He didn't include it in the speech itself. It remained in his notes, and it was eventually published as part of "Les Fragments sur les institutions républicaines", even though it's not really part of that (there are also his notebook notes).

The father mention is in the fragment 55. Soboul quotes it as:

l'âme que le ravissement de mon bonheur en me sacrifiant pour la patrie et je n'ai plus devt les yeux que le chemin qui me sépare de mon père mort et des degrés du panthéon

And my French sucks, so I offer a translation from here (idk how good it is tho):

The soul that the ravishment of my happiness is sacrificing myself for is the patrie; and I do not have before my eyes but the path that separates me from my dead father and the steps of the Pantheon.

(there is more in the fragment; I can share it in a followup post. It has a very "preparing to die" approach)

SJ's father, Louis-Jean, died when SJ was 10 years old. So... there wasn't much of a relationship to know about. There is only limited info on how SJ felt about his father. Stuff like: he took his father's pistols when he ran away to Paris at 19, but didn't sell them even though he was broke. (And he ran away shortly after the anniversary of his father's death, though that could be a coincidence). Or the possibility he did not stop using "Louis" for a long time during the revolution, because it was his father's name (idk how much truth there is to this, but I've seen it mentioned). And, of course, this quote.