So, I open up an LIS newsletter this morning where the "Top News" is an article about incorporating neural networks into information retrieval (doi.org/10.1038/s415...). From Scientific Reports. Behold Fig. 1:

We had a great time presenting some spooky scientometrics at #MonsterFest, hosted by @smuarts.bsky.social earlier this week! qsslab.ca/posts/2025-1...

Loving Elsevier's "AI" topic pages. So "insightful".

The @dalhousieu.bsky.social Board of Governors' "offer" for interest arbitration won't resolve this. It's just creating further delays. Bargaining on the issues important to our members is required. Stop with the stunts, let's get back to the table and talk. It's the only way to #KeepDalStrong

Doing background readings for comps, and while it's stressful, I'm sure it will be a nice distraction from the world for a little while. Just Bernal and Merton talking about science and society in the 1930s, what could go wrong?

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Come visit us in Halifax for CAIS's return to an in-person conference! We've got some great speakers and events lined up.

#4🏅 Identifying Ocean‐Related Literature Using the UN Second World Ocean Assessment Report @dalhousieu.bsky.social ➡️ shortt.link/oas8924bsky

I'm very proud to have worked on this paper and to see it published! Knowledge syntheses condense a wide range of works to a single publication, but we can also use them as starting points to identify a comprehensive body of research. doi.org/10.17645/oas...

Just putting something down to get rid of that pesky blank page. I don't know whether I'll get around to posting much, but this place seems nice so far!