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Spent some time today doing the annual snowdrop split on Easter Craiglockhart Hill, so next year snowdrops should appear in new places. Which sort of brings me to today's #SongOfTheDay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY... Talking Heads Nothing but Flowers Great video - can you believe it's from 1988?

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More of this, please.

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Today's #SongOfTheDay is a good on for taking the train to Glasgow with a migraine. youtu.be/62TZv0F9NYk?...

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Hmm, #SongOfTheDay #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKuZ...

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This is the whole purpose of Equality Impact Assessments -- to have evidence and lived/living experience knowledge to inform thoughtful decision making.

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This is the whole purpose of Equality Impact Assessments -- to have evidence and lived/living experience knowledge to inform thoughtful decision making.

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20 or so albums, an occasional series. It's sunny today.

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Today in books that stay with you:

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Albums that stay with you. Most likely will be an occasional series. Given (waves hand) everything.... it seemed obvious to start with this:

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#medlibs sla.org/news/697073/...

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20 or so books that stick with me, an occasional series.

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#IFLA calls for the reversal of cuts to IMLS, archives, restrictions on freedom of research in the United States Read the full statement: bit.ly/4hfsAYQ

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I should probably do the 20 books #BookSky thing but I am not good at following instructions on these sort of things. So consider this an occasional series instead. Anyway, this book has been very much on my mind recently, for various reasons. [Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov]

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“‘The Trump administration has removed safety, fairness, misinformation, and responsibility as things it values for AI, which I think speaks for itself,’ says one researcher at an organization working with the AI Safety Institute, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal.”

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Went for a bike ride with a pal to visit the wyvern at Lover's Loan, and its mate down the road. We hear there are griffins nearby, which makes me wonder how many other mythical creatures there are scattered around Edinburgh?

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Their work in this field is a must read.

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"Chatbots were generally bad at declining to answer questions they couldn’t answer accurately, offering incorrect or speculative answers instead. Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts." Sounds promising. www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...

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It's #WorldBookDay, and I went to my local library and picked up some timely new reading.

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Really useful and important focus on implementation here, along with the recognition that saving time is only one of a number of possible goals.

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Supplementary databases increased literature search coverage beyond PubMed and Embase www.jclinepi.com/article/S089.... #medlibs

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My wee determined thief face. Love my D&D companions.

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@cilip.bsky.social is concerned that the removal, hiding & modification of data, research & other information resources by authorities in the USA is starting to impede the vital work of UK library & information professionals, researchers & educators. www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...

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🌊✨ It's #MapMonsterMonday, and today we're diving into the depths of Loch Morar – the deepest loch in the UK! Did you know it's home to its very own resident monster, Mòrag? 🐉 Sighted over 30 times, she's a legend in her own right.

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Emerging picture of impact at the NIH, including the National Library of Medicine.

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Supporting companies that stand up and value equality is something we can all do.

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This is terrific and I am definitely adding a discussion on 'thingness' to a development session I'm planning.

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🗓️ Next Sunday our International Tracing Service research team are at the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre offering the chance to learn about taking care of the precious documents, photographs, and items that represent your family histories Sign up now 🔗 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/recove...

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Booking is now open for ARC South London's 2025 Implementation Science Masterclass. Learn from international experts in the field and receive guidance on how to work more effectively on your own implementation projects. #ImpSci arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/events-train...

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NEW: Ep 5 of the OII Podcast, featuring @swachter.bsky.social and @bmittelstadt.bsky.social discussing the current state of artificial intelligence regulation, and what needs to change about how AI is governed by policymakers. Listen here: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/how-ai-being...

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Important book talk coming up

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Here @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social we are running a project called 'The Algorithimic Archive', funded by the Mellon Foundation on the challenges & needs for archiving social media data. We need your help- if you use such data can you help us with this survey? forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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#medlibs - MLA is beginning to list out alternatives to removed public data, and invite suggestions for anything not listed. www.mlanet.org/article/acce...

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From sundown it's Tu b'Shevat, the new year of trees.

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SOO click on the ? next to the month & gear settings in your gcal and you can SEND FEEDBACK TO GOOGLE if you would like to share thoughts about their collaboration, erasing holidays & history months and the GULF OF MEXICO from their systems & encourage them to fight back in all the ways they can:

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