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I'm pleased to have co-authored a new article out today in the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. Kevin Sanders, @sluginkpress.bsky.social, and I reflect on the Radical Librarians Collective and how we situate radical librarianship alongside critical librarianship. doi.org/10.33137/cja...

red squirrels existing anywhere red squirrels exist (we had them in northumberland when I was a kid, not sure if they're still there)

Just this morning I was saying to some pals that i'm finding it so worrying that it is mid november and i still haven't had to wear a coat this year!

or just no real summary at all!!!! You're right though - not unhinged, just a Correct Opinion.

after everything they’ve done to us they should be thanking god on their knees fasting that the verb in our big catchphrase rn is ‘tax’

Obviously the answer to this question is no, but more importantly, I will not take a question like this seriously until it is demonstrated to me that the makers of LLM technology, and their boosters in business and the media, have even the slightest concern for the suffering of actual human beings.

Oh cool i should check that out, it's sort of fascinating but mainly quite sad and disconcerting.

Went down a rabbit hole on reddit yesterday looking at people talking about their AI partners and why they prefer to date AI over real people. Now reading this as well I fear we may be cooked.

i'd love to hear from whoever became the tropical librarian, i suspect it was an *experience*

Roundtable: Oxford students on AI 'We need a different approach': Oxford students share their thoughts on the future of AI in academia, the job market, and everyday life.

Anonymous Social Sciences Tutor you seem like a legend
www.cherwell.org/2025/05/28/a...

Pedants: actually, AI doesn't use that much water compared to farming

Wise people: literally a single drop of water spent on the Plagiarism Machine That Lies is one drop too many

It's useful to imagine people talking about LLMs as if they were talking about any other new technology for example air fryers. 'Air fryer adoption is inevitable'. What, you'd say, no it isn't‽ I don't have to get an air fryer.

Panel 1: Sex Matters: We want to change the law around trans rights Trans person: You want to prevent trans people from participating in public life Sex Matters: Nonsense hyperbole Panel 2: Later... Sex Matters: Now that we have changed the law around trans rights we think that people should be banned from transition because what kind of life could the lead without rights?! It would be awful

Genuinely unbelievable how blatant the ongoing trans rights scandal is in the UK

Have they considered simply living within their means?

An illustration of a woman standing with arms outstretched amid flowers and banners promoting workers’ rights, titled “A Garland for May Day: 1895,” dedicated to workers by Walter Crane.

Because if I wanted someone to confidently make up answers to my questions I would simply ask a man

I am once again reminding people that the lifeboats are one of the best things about the uk. They are specifically mentioned in mutual aid and the RNLI has written in its own publications about “lifeboats and anarchy” libcom.org/article/life...

BDS and proprietary software On 2025-04-07, the Palestinian BDS National Committee officially declared Microsoft a priority target for BDS and called for people who support Palestine to divest from Microsoft. Although their call ...

Well, you think, university libraries may use unreliable software that costs a fortune but at least they're not supporting genocide by doing so. My friend, do I have some bad news for you. opensauce.simonxix.com/bds-and-prop...

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