We are very happy to announce the new-look PIF TICK website is now live. The revamped PIF TICK website helps people find trusted health information and avoid dangerous misinformation. See the updated PIF TICK website here: piftick.org.uk Read the news story here: pifonline.org.uk/news/pif-tic...

Researching #DEStevenson - overlooked multi-million selling Scottish author - for a talk I am giving this month

this is pretty dire. Can you please help by buying a CD or a digital download? ♥️ ionafyfe.bandcamp.com/music

@clothesinbooks.bsky.social I have just finished On the side of the angels by Betty Miller and the fact that one of the characters wore an outfit made of this fabric made me think of you.

🎉 New Year, New QI Knowledge! 🎉 The January 2025 Evidence Update is hot off the press and it's full of inspiration! 💡 Just 2 sides of A4 packed with QI research, news & insights from the last month ⬇️ www.theqihub.com/post/january... @lourodrigues.bsky.social @helenbevan.bsky.social

So I appreciate this is *NICHE* but thinking up Severance-esque words of affirmation about an innie reference book's loanable outie was the most work fun I've had in ages... 📚 (If you've not seen Severance you'll just have to take my word for the fact this is the best thing I've ever done 😄 )

"As advocates for information literacy, academic librarians should be explaining why ChatGPT’s output has introduced a qualitatively different type of misinformation."

"A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users." Our physical space and resources matter *greatly!* bookriot.com/innovative-s...

My favourite festive film

Day 6 of the NHS need to know calendar HAVE A SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY PLAN. Have a plan for when your elderly or frail relative becomes unwell, in exactly the same way as you would have a plan if one of your children was too unwell to go to school. 1/?

Advent calendar day 3 HOSPITAL IS A VERY HARMFUL PLACE. Hospitals provide essential medical interventions that can’t be done at home but there are greater risks including infection, 1/

Follow @drtanya.bsky.social for an advent calendar of excellent tips for interacting with the NHS as a patient #patientinformation #healthcareinformation #realisticmedicine

There's an app they made in Scotland: rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk/being-a-part...

So, I've been thinking of doing some tips for interacting with the NHS for a while and I've shoe horned it into 24. Sooooo, over December you will get my "NHS advent calendar". Not especially festive but my gift to you... And let's face it. Sometimes, 2/8

NHS ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 2 MEDICINES AND THERAPIES. Make sure you know what medicines you are taking and why. No one should be putting unknown substances into their body. If you know what your medicines are for, you can work out if they make the problem better. 1/8

Liberal England: Three good podcasts on 19th-century literature liberalengland.blogspot.com/2024/11/thre...

I'll give away a set of all three of the brilliant Indiana Bones books to one person at random who retweets this and follows @trouteyes.bsky.social. Winner will be chosen on Sunday 17th November at about 6pm. Good luck! www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php?se...

Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

Here's a list of all the BlueSky "starter packs". Filter by keyword to find people and organisations in subject areas that interest you. blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... And here's my starter pack of plain-speaking voices in climate & nature. go.bsky.app/BGrM5Z8

Only cats can make us feel better

BlueSky chums, I'm still getting to grips with this platform. Does anyone know if NHS/medical libraries are moving here, or anywhere else? Is there a starter pack of any kind? Thanks for any suggestions?