Torches. Bike lights. Hiking head torches. Christmas lights. So many of these things have multiple "modes" (sometimes dozens) but nearly always one button. I hate it. Give me a physical dial, or switches. I know it's more expensive! One button tech is horrible to use.

RGU has introduced an Open Access and Rights Retention policy, which launched on the 1st March 2026. Read all about it on our blog: wp.me/p4ffyD-2UO

"There is no ethical consumption under Capitalism" is meant to explain things like why you shouldn't get mad at poor people for shopping at the only place they can afford. It's not meant for you to feel guilt free for consuming bigoted wizard books written by the TERF lady.

Good Friday has a lot to live up to.

I've been running this for about a dozen sessions now and I love it. The game really lends itself to building drama over time. The "rival" NPC element is so well thought out and really adds JUICE to the narrative. I recommend this to EVERYONE I speak to.

Copilot advised my colleague to wear blackface to a wedding.

Watched the Theroux Manosphere doc yesterday. It felt like low effort Theroux, but still necessary and good to see. I agree that it could have gone harder or deeper but putting this dark, hidden stuff on display is a net good. These men are not well, nor happy. RUN ANGIE!! RUN!!!

I stumbled across this image today and just had to share it. Portable CD player in the shape of the USS Defiant from Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Incredible.

Currently at level 11. Took "aquagirl" feat so I could swim safely to Diamond City at a very early level and get Piper as a companion; as I am melee-only I need a hired gun. Have cleared Olivia Satellite Station, next on my list is Corvega. The first big test.

Ok I'm backing down on this one. I was wrong.

I WON'T BACK DOWN

People with coughs.... you HAVE to stop.

Woke up early this morning to build my next #Fallout4 #Permadeath Sole Survivor. Her name is Khan and will be an alcoholic melee-only luck build. Rules are - Survival mode, vanilla (no mods), if she dies once, game over. This must be my 100th character by now.

Yesterday another #Fallout4 Sole Survivor bit the permadeath bullet. Her name was Blue and she was assaulting the Switchboard with Piper and Deacon when, despite having a sneak skill high enough to not trigger mines, Deacon wandered into a cluster of cryomines and killed all of us. Level 31. RIP.

Robert Gordon Uni #RGU has a school outreach event downstairs, it's basically Basketball Robot Wars and the schoolkids are SCREAMING they are having so much fun. A few grumbles in the library because the noise really travels but personally I think it's awesome. They are having the best time.

Part 2 of my "3:10 to Yuma" inspired #ChasingAdventure lunchtime TTRPG game runs tomorrow and in the spirit of the #LazyDM I am keeping prep to an absolute minimum. I have index cards for important places, NPCs and baddies. I have game rules on a PowerPoint for quick reference.

Don't multitask. Me, at - unfortunately - my least professional.

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“The media? More like chlamydia” thus spake my wife just now.

Moving to a non-smart/non-tracker watch has meant that time drift is a thing again! Had forgotten that inconvenience! However this classic #Casio quartz checks the atomic time broadcast over radio waves while I’m sleeping to set itself perfectly. It’s inexpensive and utilitarian and I love it.

I teach students literature searches on academic databases. I do a quiz at the end. Who invented Booleans? A. Julian Boolean. B. George Boole. C. Cassian Andor. Julian Boolean catches them out every time. I have a whole George Boole Slide and everything. The Andor joke always hits dead air.

Ran the #PBTA game "Chasing Adventure" during lunchtime for three new players (two brand new to RPGs in general). Used "3:10 to Yuma" as the starting situation. Escorting a calculating bandit captain to the a holding cell in the sheriff's office while his loyal thugs attack and cajole us. #ttrpg 1/2

Hello mecha fans. I'm a #BeamSaber GM (mecha&pilot TTRPG using FitD ruleset) and I'm looking for awesome scenes from anime/movies depicting your favourite mecha battles or "vibes". Trying to inspire myself. Get myself PUMPED UP. Got any recs, or even youtube links? Real Robot style referred. Love ya

Just want to profusely thank the person who thought vaping in the library was a GREAT IDEA for the 30 minutes I've had to spend in the freezing cold today with a megaphone and a walkie talkie while we evacuate an entire university building.

Another day of feeling so overwhelmed by my To-Do list that I will simply stare into the void. Rinse and repeat. Carpe this diem.

I swear to dog if this rain doesn't stop I am going to COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS

This morning I poured my coffee beans into the water reservoir of my coffee machine instead of into the adjacent grinder. It's a miracle I made it to work at all.

I really hate it when websites don't let me SEE my password as I enter it. My password is complicated and I am clumsy. I have to open a text document instead and type it up there so I can see it, then copy.

Fear of academic misconduct allegations from AI useage among university students - some are so scared of accidentally using AI that they won't use RefWorks and we've had at least one report of a student not wanting to find resources on Primo LibrarySearch because they thought it was generative AI.

I fucking love eating food, folks

ChatGPT can't even get basic facts about Fargo (1996) right, but it gave me the wrong answers very confidently. If you don't know about something, AI is not the place to ask. If you've been enjoying AI lately, ask it about something you know. Watch it fumble. Lose faith. This is the way.

ICE hasn't been this unpopular since the Titanic

Average salary among Russell Group vice-chancellors increased above £350,000 last year, despite these universities losing almost 7,000 staff members due to cost-cutting www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

My poor broken bike. Hamish, my 2009 Honda CBF600, took a low impact spill on some unexpected black ice quite some time ago and has been in the garage ever since. I feel overwhelmed by the amount of fixes (he was never in primo condition anyway) but I really do need to get wrenching again!!

And this is why librarians are almost always the #1 champions of Open Access - because we run up against these brick walls of commercial enclosure and artificial scarcity ALL THE DAMN TIME, and if it frustrates users, for us ou can multiple that by 1000%.

This year I am going on a seven week hike along the GR11 (hiking the Spain/France border coast to coast, wild camping where possible) and I want to commemorate the event with a new watch. I have earmarked this Casio Gshock (solar powered, radio controlled time) and wow, I am very excited.

This right here! Academic textbooks used to be much more widely available as eBook versions and easy to provide, but publishers are pushing a "1:1 eTextbook model", whereby the institution has to buy one eBook for every student on the course, which can costs tens of thousands. (1/2)

The Frasier ski lodge episode is on channel 4 right now and my god - its no secret but this is peak Frasier

K-POP Demon Hunters was amazing. My only complaint was that it ended too quickly, which is a much better complaint than something dragging on. I laughed and I cried and I danced. On a long train journey. On my phone with earbuds.

This is definitely my experience. Students are also finding AI Generated content posted to ResearchGate and using it in their assignments.

I was shady towards #TheBeastInMe. It is uneven, it is heavy handed, it is not subtle. But it was fun!! A blast. Guilty pleasure 💯. I mean, I watch ‘90s Melrose Place… I have no right to be judgy about anything.

Saw Sunset Boulevard for the first time ever and on the big screen no less. What a an absolutely stacked movie. So big yet so intimate. Wonderful.

My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech. Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!

#TheBeastInMe - definitely a guilty pleasure, melodramatic and a little silly but a good time

So the only queen who doesn’t get a choice is PM, my absolute favourite queen of the season so far?! Brutal!! #CanadasDragRace

Just sharing a pic my wife took last week of our dog sleeping IN MY BED while I’m at work.

Cake for dinner last night. Cake for breakfast today. Cake for lunch. Not sure if I'm in heaven or hell.

I wished the man at the Post Office a merry Christmas and he was so confused it’s a miracle I’m still part of society and I didn’t spontaneously combust with embarrassment

The worst thing about buying anything secondhand on eBay is the AI generated nonsense that people put up describing the object. JUST TELL ME THE CONDITION INFORMATION I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR ARTIFICIALLY GENERATED ADJECTIVES