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sheilab01.bsky.social
Publishing metadata; supply chain; system change management; Chair, Nine Arches advisory board. Also following climate, biodiversity, nature writing & natural history conversations. Gardener; educator; recovering carer; parkrunner. Based in Cumbria.
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submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

AI lousy, overhyped; Wikipedia, amazing, taken for granted

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

Excited to share that my new collaborative book - Eco-communities - is now published with Bloomsbury + open access We examine eco-communities worldwide through questions of transformative possibilities, inclusion, collective governance + diverse economics Please read + share!

submitted 11 days ago • 6 comments

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

submitted 11 days ago • 447 comments

If you eat at any of these restaurant chains, remove the service charge from the bill. Tell them you’re experiencing difficult times and need to cut your supplier costs.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

BTW, our new guide on protesting safely in the age of surveillance is unpaywalled. From phone safety tips to just how much law enforcement can track your movements, take a look at the guide:

submitted 17 days ago • 25 comments

Reading @clairekc.bsky.social & #ZoeVenditozzi How to Kill a Witch. The passage about obsequious flattery feels horribly contemporary in the US context. Loving the combination of serious research with wry tone. May not be helping me manage my rage at the patriarchy..

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

We are deeply disappointed that the Data Bill will not include the necessary provisions to keep creators' works safe from being used without their knowledge or permission by AI companies, despite clear and unified calls from across the creative industries. (1/3)

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

📚 Join the Bodleian Conservation Team as a Book Repair Technician! 📚 We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

submitted 20 days ago • 23 comments

Delighted to be chairing a panel at Global Ink, the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s International Industry Day, on 12 August. The panel will be on "Web Novels and the Global Reading Revolution", a subject close to my heart and my PhD research. Tickets soon! www.edbookfest.co.uk/industry

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

Baroness Kidron is doing the work that so many politicians all over the world should be doing. She's using her position of power to stand up for the creative sector against AI companies and their belief that our work is there's to do what they want with. #supportartists #noAI

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

This

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

banger opening line alert

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

“It's so emblematic of the moment we're in, the Who Cares Era, where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore.” dansinker.com/posts/2025-0... When the most radical thing you can do is care. H/t @chemjobber.bsky.social

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Thoughts…

submitted 37 days ago • 8 comments

Seconded

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

📢 If you have a passion for academic publishing and a knack for managing production processes, we'd love to hear from you! ➡️ For more info, visit: buff.ly/dsnbpZS #PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

This is not OK

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university. University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

submitted 43 days ago • 71 comments

Can anyone tell me who is the new editor of Cumbria Life magazine please? Thanks

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Zelensky really understands the power of icons and images. He is extraordinary.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

submitted 43 days ago • 67 comments

The filth of forever chemicals has seeped into every part of our lives & our land - on today's @theguardian.com "It's Complicated", @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social outlines some of the places most polluted with PFAS. You can catch the full episode via👇🏾 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

If AI really is the future to the degree many believe, then the owner of one of the few big publicly-accessible AIs manipulating it to fixate on a false conspiracy theory the owner likes, instead of responding according to the widespread data it trained on, should be considered a watershed moment.

submitted 46 days ago • 22 comments

🔥 "The Reform company, sorry party, has already seen four of their new cohort announce that they can’t or won’t represent them in the council chamber, decisions that in some cases will cost local government tens of thousands of pounds."

submitted 46 days ago • 20 comments

So weird. Here I thought this government was all about rules and responsibilities. I feel sure Starmer said that just the other day.

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

I had just started to doubt whether the physical artifact actually existed when it arrived! Thank you, Agenda Publishing, for such a beautiful job on #GaiaWakes.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments