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Still growing stuff, running and generally interested. Probably library chat will happen.
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Cat ate a massive piece of cheese rind so looking forward to having to deal with the consequences of his actions

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Overheard in Lidl: Him: {munching} Her: You know you've been eating dog biscuits for the last five minutes? Him: {stares at packet} Oh my God I didn't know! Her: There's a fucking Alsatian on the front of the packet, you twat. What did you think they were? Him: {meekly} Dunno. Muesli crunches?

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Very normal cat

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

“Our next speaker will address the enshittification of PubMed”. @hildabast.bsky.social at her incisive best. #academicsky absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/02/14/w...

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

@sluginkpress.bsky.social horrific potato content

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

So refreshing to see a library extended and embracing the space around it - well done London Borough of Waltham Forest www.ribaj.com/buildings/ma...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Google Ngram for #biblioblogosphere Good times!

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

The Braille Institute created a font designed to make reading easier for people with low vision called Atkinson Hyperlegible in 2019. It just released an update (Atkinson Hyperlegible Next) and monospace version with enhanced characters, 7 weights, and variable weight. They’re free for […]

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Ahh, what a day! Up at 6:00, a big bowl of weetabix, unpicking the confusion in someones cashbook and now 5 miles of bracing cross country! How I love the crazy hedonism of the weekends!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Art Brut ear worm as we discuss various things where we cannot get any progress from people "I'm ignoring my grown-up problems as I've got no idea how to solve them"

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

First time to Downstairs at the Dome. Decent venue

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Off to a gig and one of the supports reminds me of The Dears so now I am listening to "No cities left" and happy with my choices

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Enjoyable enquiry as to why including truncation / wildcards in a phrase search on EBSCO Discovery Service can reduce the number of articles you retrieve📚

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Useful exploration of factuality in RAG via @aarontay.bsky.social Loved thinking about the importance of the rate of rejecting to answer a question. How does an LLM balance whether it reaches for the bullshit or says it can't answer that? musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2025/02/when...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

submitted 22 days ago • 125 comments

Stats on the recent Parish / Town council elections in England. Dismaying how many seats were left unfilled and how many were filled uncontested democracyclub.org.uk/blog/2025/01...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

What a difference this will make!

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment