Be more playful at work! I've just opened bookings for an online, asynchronous (with optional timetabled sharing session at the end), "Being more playful in the workplace" course spread over 7 weeks. As cheap as possible, including some "pay what you can tickets". #Play playfulwork.eventbrite.co.uk

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Be more playful at work! I've just opened bookings for an online, asynchronous (with optional timetabled sharing session at the end), "Being more playful in the workplace" course spread over 7 weeks. As cheap as possible, including some "pay what you can tickets". #Play playfulwork.eventbrite.co.uk

BREAKING: Peaceful protestors arrested outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm... 🧵

Looks like day two of the petition will bring the second million signatories 😂

Hoping watching Sapphire and Steel won't bring me nightmares like the first time of watching when I was little!

If I could get non-autistic people to understand one thing, it wouldn't be that I have support needs. It would be that YOU have support needs.

A solution in search of a problem: ID cards are back on the agenda ... this time with a union jack: 'Brit card'! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

journals.cilip.org.uk/jil/announce... if you have been part of this and want to write about it anonymously we in the UK library land are here for you

Fancy learning some basics of Lego Serious Play to use with adults in a teaching or learning support setting? Online with a small pack of Lego posted out to you? Then sign up for my workshop on 21st November, just £90 per person. legoteaching.eventbrite.co.uk

Charlie Kirk never cared about debates.

First harvest of Aklam Russet apples from the tree I planted! I think these are meant to be stored for 2 or 3 months before eating.

Supporting neurodiverse staff (autistic, adhd, etc) is part of workplace well-being. "Research consistently shows companies that welcome neurodivergent individuals and build neurodiverse teams excel beyond their counterparts." www.springhealth.com/blog/6-ways-...

Not sure when I last mentioned it, but I run an assortment of courses places can book me for! All reasonably priced (I think!) and most can be online or in-person. Summarise the main ones on my website, but do playful stuff (leadership, workplaces, teaching), neurodiversity, and more. playbrarian.uk

Oi! Stop trying to eliminate autism! We are human beings, not problems to solve! Start accepting us, and supporting us... not distressing us! #Autism #ASD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #Neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #FuckTrump

It's far too sunny and nice to be working today, so I've hung some washing out, made a flask of tea and I'm off to a beach with a book!

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

On Trump, autism and tylenol: A student I was talking to today had it exactly right on this latest White House bullshit claim “It’s at the perfect intersection of hating disabled people and wanting women to be in pain” There’s not only no link, the claim is both ableist and misogynist.

If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties

A mini adventure this morning, Runswick Bay. Never been there before, but it's lovely! Walk along the beach, a cuppa overlooking the beach, then called at the fishmonger in Staithes and bought brown shrimps in butter for lunch (on toast, yummy!) and kippers for tomorrow.

This week @pammckinney.bsky.social and I will be liveblogging from the European Conference on Information Literacy ecil2025.ilconf.org - look out for our posts #infolit #ecil2025 #ecil

I've just found out that Space: 1999 is free to stream! I only vaguely remember watching it first time around and it being really weird, think I might have to watch it again nearly 50 years on!

If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Keir Starmer ought to be standing up to Donald Trump’s authoritarian playbook, not borrowing from it. Together we will - and must - resist.

Not sure when I last mentioned it, but I run an assortment of courses places can book me for! All reasonably priced (I think!) and most can be online or in-person. Summarise the main ones on my website, but do playful stuff (leadership, workplaces, teaching), neurodiversity, and more. playbrarian.uk

Fancy learning some basics of Lego Serious Play to use with adults in a teaching or learning support setting? Online with a small pack of Lego posted out to you? Then sign up for my workshop on 21st November, just £90 per person. legoteaching.eventbrite.co.uk

Well, I must be in a relatively high functioning mode today, just sent out an invoice, chased up another one, and sent an official looking receipt out, I struggle massively with anything invoice related most of the time!

We're delighted to be presenting this fascinating live event - FREE - on Oct 7, 2025. Reserve your place via bit.ly/flaevents #FolkloreThursday #folklore #survey #NationalFolkloreSurvey #WhatsOn #Devon #Crediton #custom #tradition #superstition #story #storytelling #sayings

Just been around the delightful little Winkie's Castle museum for today's adventure! A tiny house / museum in Marske. Only open 2 days a week in summer, so taken me more than 2 years to get around to visiting! winkiescastle.co.uk

Look at the fab knitting project my son has just finished! Just in time for Autumn too!

Playposium 2026-Exeter, UK! Registration open. playposium.com #playposium #play #playful_learning

Cats say a £22bn investment in Dreamies and new Catnip technologies will boost Britain's economy in the next few years

@nlisn.bsky.social is attempting to assess the proportion/spread of neurodiversity across across all UK library sectors. If you identify as neurodivergent, with or without a formal diagnosis, or suspect you may be - please fill in our short survey! Reblogging/signal-boosting much appreciated!

Bookings have been coming in over the last week, but still spaces left :)

Repeating the question for Monday morning, especially if you're suffering the Monday morning workday blues! What do you think of a "being more playful in the workplace" online course? See the link for slightly less vague details...

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

Fab news that CounterPlay is returning next year, 7th to 9th May! In Kolding rather than Aarhus this time... #Play #Playfulness #GameBasedLearning #PlayfulLearning www.counterplay.org

Repeating the question for Monday morning, especially if you're suffering the Monday morning workday blues! What do you think of a "being more playful in the workplace" online course? See the link for slightly less vague details...

Made a quick letterpress print as struggling to concentrate on anything else!

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to stay warm and still beneath the covers for as long as humanly possible.

If I was to do an affordable "being more playful in the workplace" online (asynchronous) course, would anyone be interested? Take a look, let me know (and please re-post to reach a wider potential audience). www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-...

Letterpress printed cards, prints, plus other custom printed goodies done, take a look at my Etsy shop if that sounds interesting! Due some lovely paper delivered today, so A4 custom print ideas would definitely be welcome (and I think they make nice presents).

If I was to do an affordable "being more playful in the workplace" online (asynchronous) course, would anyone be interested? Take a look, let me know (and please re-post to reach a wider potential audience). www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-...

The #LILAC26 call for presentations opens soon (29 Sept). If you're thinking about submitting an abstract but you have questions, or would like some practical tips, come along to the @infolitgroup.bsky.social online workshop on Friday 3 October, 12-1pm BST. Book your place:

wonkhe.com/blogs/the-fi... Greenwich and Kent come together under one vice chancellor and governance structure. Massive news.

I'm running another webinar soon that's essentially a basic (practical) intro to using Lego Serious Play approaches, everyone gets a pack of Lego in the post, so very hands-on. 21st Nov, 1:00-4:30pm, £90 pp. (Slightly more outside the UK for postage! But no USA, sorry.) legoteaching.eventbrite.co.uk