I guess America has moved on from the old surreptitious, plausible deniability, ‘pay the Mafia to bump off foreign leaders to effect regime change’ playbook, huh? Let’s just openly abduct them instead!

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

wild to see every news outlet use the term "capture" to describe what happened. we're not at war with venezuela! this is *objectively* an illegal kidnapping of a sovereign country's leader

What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

#FinishedReading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America by Colin Woodard

I was hit by a lorry a few years ago - a man in a white van helped me climb out the car (driver’s door was crushed against the front of the lorry), sat me on the curb with water & a KitKat, called the police, dealt with the lorry driver, all while holding my hand & telling me it was okay.

Ending the year with news of a journal article acceptance - nice way to round things out!

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Never thought I'd find anyone who would agree to do a cheesy Christmas photoshoot with me - and in the end, it was his idea, even the matching pyjamas! Definitely a keeper. 😂

#FinishedReading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Upon a White Horse: Travels around Ancient Britain by Peter Ross

Weeding discourse. It comes around again and again and again and AGAIN and can people not just trust that librarians know how to do our jobs? That librarians, of all people, aren't in the habit of just chucking away books for no good reason?

Christmas reading: The junkification of research - Rhodes & Linnenluecke (Organization, 2025) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #academicsky Pictured: the downward spiral of junkification ⬇️

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

#FinishedReading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good by Colin Woodard

I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite

This looks amazing, May is too long to wait.

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

It's a big milestone for free knowledge! 🎉 The Wikimedia Foundation spoke at the UN General Assembly Hall, representing Wikipedia’s volunteer community. We showed that the future of the internet and sustainable development depend on protecting public spaces online and the people who build them.

Very sad to hear Dr Paul Ayris has passed away. He was a great champion of libraries and open access, hugely influential, and very supportive of us at #ebookSOS. A great loss to the library and research communities. www.leru.org/news/in-memo...

Ooh - something to look forward to in 2026! Neil Jefferies from @openpreservation.org is launching a new blog series on why open infrastructure matters for long-term access (and it really does) openpreservation.org/blogs/part-1...

#FinishedReading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light Through Britain’s Ancient Places by Fiona Robertson

😍We are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrow😍 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Might have helped if the 60 users in their lab sample actually had ADHD, if this is being touted as something to help people with ADHD? My problem is I’m often too aware of all the sounds around me, amplifying them would probably only be more distracting!

Although Trump’s abhorrent political beliefs are ultimately more damaging to the nation, his reprehensible personality is more shocking to me on a personal level. I can’t fathom how anyone can support someone who is so obviously a terrible human being.

#FinishedReading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage by Julie Dobrow

Please feel free to share! We want to understand how to better support autistic and or ADHD undergraduate students at UK universities. The entire study team is neurodivergent (as you can imagine we had some excellent meetings!)

this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Say the hero’s name. Ahmed Al Ahmed. #Sydney #Bondi

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate

#FinishedReading: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Victoria's Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen by Fern Riddell

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

"To attempt to find useful information + instead take part in the solidification of the internet as an ad-delivery business, where you’re given no option but to be the product... You think about how different it all was: when pages loaded quickly, half the internet wasn’t locked behind paywalls..."

Call for speakers! 📚 On 18.03.26 @nlisn.bsky.social is running a full-day online event on neurodivergency and entry into the LIS profession. We welcome proposals from current students, recent graduates, early-career, long-term staff, recruiters, anyone! More info & form - forms.gle/MjT2djGSXp1o...

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t... and these are our closest allies!

Media literacy is vital for our democracy 🗳️ Today we joined a group of experts urging the Govt to back curriculum reform with proper funding for schools and librarians. You can read more here: www.mila.org.uk/mil-car-statement

I know there are lots of people at fault here, but the fact that such an obviously unethical article got published is another illustration of how publishers have completely lost control of what they're publishing in the push for APCs.

“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”

some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think

no idea

Who has made this 🤣

Well, I guess that rules most librarians out, with our pesky commitment to knowledge equity and open access and information literacy! 📚

If you're a librarian interested in supporting the Open Book Collective, check out our website (openbookcollective.org) or email us at [email protected] to find out how! #AcademicSky #OpenAccess 📚

It's only through the support of libraries like @lshtm.bsky.social and others whose support we are endlessly grateful for, that our work towards sustaining a better future for open access book publishing can continue - so thank you to them, and to all of you - past, present and future supporters!

I didn’t think FIFA had much credibility left to lose, and yet…

Well, they've got 15 minutes to sneak in within their window. The odds are not looking good.

Waiting for an engineer to do my fibre installation (I will tell you sometime about the ongoing fibre saga at my house that has involved 4 different internet providers!) - but oh, I really hate when they just give you a ‘window’ in which to expect them. 8am to 1pm. Will probably turn up at 12.55!

comparia.beta.gouv.fr is so awesome for AI literacy - it makes it so easy to get a sense of different models, rate their responses on accuracy etc, then see what the models were and how they compare, plus the carbon footprint of your queries (as on the screenshot) #FF2025