"He’s 28 until he’s 29..."

Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wrong answers only. My bet: thanks for all the fish.

So, farewell then, Lord Jeffery Archer. Liar, fraudster, fantasist, plagiarist, narcissist, and, of course, a bully. A man ahead of his times! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...

Paul Foot · Those Suits

London Review of Books

lrb.co.uk

Changes to @digitalcuration.bsky.social IJDC. Data availability statement ✅ Statement on AI use ✅ Option of CRediT for authors ✅ In return, we've simplified the submissions template for you (and us, yes they were a nightmare to deal with). 🙌 www.dcc.ac.uk/blog/changes...

This reminds me of all the "greatest albums" lists. English language ✅ Guitars ✅ Men ✅ (Maybe Joni or Janis get a look in) White ✅ (The Jimi Hendrix Exception)

Bobby Kogan@bbkogan.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is an absolutely insane list lol

After a year or so, it's clear Carney is probably the best conservative leader of his generation. Says a lot that parties that actually call themselves conservative don't want to be associated with him.

Toronto Star@thestar.com · 3w ago

The federal government tabled new legislation Monday to make sweeping changes to environmental and labour rules, in Mark Carney’s latest effort to remove what he sees as barriers to development in pursuit of his pro-growth agenda.

Just desk rejected the third paper this week that was probably AI generated. Bots be busy!

Abigail is a reliable must read, but this is a must must read.

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Can you come and talk to them about AI usage and the risks?" -- it was a request from an *extremely* frustrated faculty colleague. And so I put together this framework. The ACToRS in AI Framework hedgehoglibrarian.com/2026/09/22/t...

I would go further. Call it "Super-Duper Intelligence."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump tells the UN he is officially changing the name of Artificial Intelligence to "Super Intelligence" and says all US government documents will now be changed to refer to "SI"

Sometimes @datarescueproject.org is depicted as *just* a crisis focused group. Our mission is to advocate for public data for the public good. We work to keep the importance of public data in public awareness by amplifying the work of data curators, gov info librarians, and others.

I'm tempted, purely for the chance to sit there and do this.

Karly Kingsley@karlykingsley.bsky.social · 4w ago

That’s one way to bring ticket prices down.

I put aside some time to do some linking recent publications to Zenodo records, but can't do that now because it's posting a 504. I'm aware this is what failing infrastructure is. You plan to do something, can't because the power/water/other public good is not working, so you shrug, and accept it.

Sitting here trying to access Zenodo, which is down again. Coincidently, four men on different coloured horses just trotted past the window.

Breaking my no discourse rule, but congratulations to Ed Sheeran on being the latest to learn that neutrality helps the oppressor. Assuming he's learnt, of course.

My pathway to crankdom is outrage at the impact of these Norman invaders had on the shire governance of England.

YouGov@yougov.co.uk · last mo.

As the Bayeux Tapestry opens to the public at the British Museum, what impact do Britons think the Norman Conquest had on British history? Positive: 25% Neither: 25% Negative: 6% Don't know: 44% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

What's remarkable about this day 25 years ago is I heard about it from someone at work, but none of us saw it. No smartphones, social media, televisions, radio -- not even computers connected to the internet. It wasn't until a few hours later at home I saw something that wasn't word of mouth.

Kevin Ashley is now @digitalcuration.bsky.social's former director. His reflections blog post is typically generous to colleagues and community, but also perceptive and cautionary. That's for us to deal with, for him a well-deserved and happy retirement begins. www.dcc.ac.uk/blog/reflect...

Back from my break. Inbox now open.