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#BenRobertsSmith has been arrested for #warcrimes. Will his awards/medals be taken from him? lsj.com.au/articles/for...

This is wonderful

So Taylor says 'be kind' and 'Australia is worth fighting for'. All this over a #petrolshortage??? Insane! Where were these comments from him during #covid19 ? #auspol #Australia #Iran

I mean it is April Fools today 🫠

I'm back to blogging again after a short break. clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/a... #medlibs #ukmedlibs #healthlibraries

Born 24 March 1935 - Carol Kaye, one of the most prolific bass guitarists, who has played on an estimated 10,000 recordings in a career spanning over 50 years. Kaye was the bassist on many Phil Spector and Brian Wilson productions in the 1960s and 1970s. She is 91 years old today. #CarolKaye

Who knew there was a #bookburning incident in #mildura ? I didn't. It's well known that there are very very conservative ppl in top ranks in #australia . #alia #censorship burningbookspalgrave.blogspot.com/2010/10/

New blog post about meeting the artist Peter Tyndall at the anti-Herzog rally in Melbourne. melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/m...

More about #AI and #copyright in #Australia : www.minterellison.com/articles/ai-... www.copyright.com.au/membership/a... copyright.unimelb.edu.au/shared/using... www.copyright.org.au/browse/book/... #alia #libraries #medlibs #auspol

Colour me suprised! I agree with something Trump. The US Supreme Court upholds US #copyright Office which stated that #AI content cannot have copyright because no human was involved in its creation. #libraries #medlibs www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

“If the assassination of Julius Caesar became a model for the effective removal of a tyrant, it was also a powerful reminder that getting rid of a tyrant did not necessarily dispose of tyranny.” ― Mary Beard, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

My Dad appears early in this archive film about the last working horses in #melbourne He drove a milk delivery cart and worked at a dairy. youtu.be/FjT6LxdBq4E?... #history #horses

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

How would you retrieve an earlier donation to a state library if the state library has fallen into disrepute/is no longer able to care for historical items due to changed focus/has massively reduced funding? #statelibraries #publiclibraries #libraries #australia #auspol #medlibs

If you haven't 'verified' your #LinkedIn account, don't! Another company is stealing your data and secretly sending it to others. #privacy #dataharvesting #AI

Yet more dire news about the #SLV. I used to know Roxanne Missingham, so this is extremely disturbing and disappointing. #medlibs #ALIA

So, the HR Manager at #SLV used to work for TAB, a large Australian gambling company (responsible for destroying many lives). The #SLV is being dismantled before our very eyes. #medlibs #ALIA

How many female medical mannekins have you seen? None or hardly any? #medlibs #medicind #equality insightplus.mja.com.au/2026/1/bikin...

Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Plan: Academics against racism overland.org.au/2025/07/open...

I'm impressed. Instats have launched 2 free AI tools. That in itself isn't impressive. What's impressive? The tools have carbon offsets! #medlibs Two new free AI tools: Research Assistant and Pathways, available now at instats.org. Both tools are carbon-offset by Gold Standard .www.goldstandard.org

Tony Abbott and a few others, did not withdraw from the Adelaide Writers Week This demonstrates what values he has. www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/s... #AdelaideWritersWeek

She is such a sweetie! #cats

deposit.savethedaintree.org I'm a regular donor to this important cause. If you can give to save the Daintree Rainforest, please do! #daintreerainforest #donate #climate

Sharing this event on behalf of ALIAVic. They would love to have people from as many different types of library sectors as possible in their contingent at this year’s Pride March in St Kilda on Sunday 1st Feb. #hla #healthlibrariesvictoria #medlibs alia.org.au/EventDetail?...

If you want to understand what happened with the Adelaide Writers Festival, this book will enlighten and frighten. I plan to read it soon.

BREAKING: I have just received this from the Adelaide Festival Board as a (former) Adelaide Writers Week participant. They have apologised to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, cancelled Writers’ Week, expressed regret and the remaining festival board members will now step down.

after “thinking through the chronology”, it would seem from this account the SA Premier has not ruled out the possibility that it was he who approached “the Jewish community” and not the other way around. Link in alt text.

Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard

My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.

Well, f me! I had to verify that I was an adult to use #bluesky. What else does this middle-aged lady have to do? Arrrgghh - sigh. #ageverification

The RC into anti-semitisim is a mistake. It should be into racism in Australia. Jewish people are not the only minority who experience racial violence in Australia. To reduce bias if little else, it should include more than anti-semitisim. @albomp.bsky.social #racism #auspol #australia

I've always thought Israel should not compete in Eurovision. Neither should Australia! Australia and Israel are not European countries. Televising it is fine. #eurovision

There is a new scam trying to lure lonely people. It starts ... "There’s a community growing online where conversation matters more than looks or likes. It’s a space where singles talk honestly...". Do not click the link in this email! #scams #spam #fakedate

Out of spite this would make me mention Michel Breal in my acknowledgments (who apparently developed the concept of semantics in 1883, which LLMs are based on) www.dataversity.net/articles/a-b...

What do you think of this? "Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section." ICMJE I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs

Responsible Use of AI in Evidence Synthesis: Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT REGISTER for this FREE webinar! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #medlibs

I'm reading a William book and this is great! Famous (and rather pompous) actor is walking down the village street, encounters William. Do you know who I am? he asks. No, said William, an' I bet you don't know who I am either. LOL!!!

Musicians, what is the most unlikely and catastrophic thing that has ever happened to you or your instrument while you were playing? E.g. falling off your seat, your instrument falling apart, or hitting someone... For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.

Well, I found out I can subscribe to blog feeds in Thunderbird. Hooray! I'm really liking Thunderbird as an email client. I have 3 email accounts added to mine. No logging into separate accounts - all able to be seen in one space. I like!

Same year difference, but one would be totally alien and the other, not so much. 1868 - 1968 | 1925 - 2025

One expert called it: “The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Go to your public library and borrow books by these authors! #anticensorship

I too have withdrawn from participating in the Bendigo Writers Festival www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply

If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.

#latrobeuni attempted censorship by saying no criticism of Israel allowed. 'Scuse me, criticism of Israel (their politicians etc) is not antisemitism. If you criticise Australian politicians, is that unAustralian? No! #BendigoWritersFestival organisers have shot themselves in the foot.

I knew it was a matter of time before the dismantling of NLM started. Still, it's very depressing. Read this important blog post: eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/06/bias... #medlibs #healthequity #healthliteracy #consumerhealth