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#MusicChallenge
#SoundtrackThis
12/1 Cow sign -- [UFO over cow]

Of course, it's gotta be:
[Pixies,
Motorway to Roswell]

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There are many challenges involved when working with the evidence base on AI in education, and here's another one.

Women wearing a green shirt, sitting at a desk working on a laptop with her right hand raised. Plant in the foreground. Green Libraries Campaign logo in corner and #greenlibraries hashtag. ‘Pilot the Self-Assessment Framework’ top right

🗓️From November 26, library services across all sectors can begin testing a pilot Green Libraries Self-Assessment Framework and audit their climate actions.
Sign-up now #GreenLibraries https://forms.office.com/e/y4Ga4xEUkp

Learn about lace at Central Library! The Edinburgh Lace Club is celebrating forty-five years of creativity and friendship. The Club has almost forty members, from beginner to expert, and of all ages. They share a love of lace and lacemaking, which (like any craft) has been proven to be meditative, de-stressing and creativity enhancing. It's also a great way to meet…

Learn about lace at Central Library!
Drop in to see the beautiful display by the Edinburgh Lace Club or come along to one of their free lacemaking demonstrations.
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AI unreliable in identifying retracted research papers, says study LLMs don’t reliably identify retracted papers, a new study finds. (Image: DALL-E) Large language models should not be used to weed out retracted literature, a study of 21 chatbots concludes. …

Not only were the chatbots unreliable at correctly identifying retracted papers, they spit out different results when given the same prompts.

Patient Information Forum Health and Digital Literacy Survey 2025 Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

With the NHS plan positioning digital as default by 2029, @pifonline.bsky.social is running a survey for health information producers to find out how the sector is embedding health & digital literacy into their services. For anyone interested, the deadlne is 30 Nov. www.surveymonkey.com/r/DYL6FWZ

Surely they could have figured out a diversion to avoid that terrible junction. This is why cyclists and pedestrians need to be involved in planning things like this.

Important piece of work at a time when public policy on media literacy is gaining traction. The study relates to sub-UK levels of government, but the conclusions relating to regional settings bear some resemblance to the challenges faced at the the UK-wide level. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

AMA ethics journal shutters after 26 years The American Medical Association will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year.  The AMA Journal of Ethics, an open access, peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1999 und…

The @ama-assn.org will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year.

[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.] JANET: Ugh... LIZ: What's up? JANET: I am so bored of cooking peas! LIZ: Have you tried... AI peas? JANET: AI peas? LIZ: They're peas with AI! [Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI]. LIZ: Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas JANET: What LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines] Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas? [Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it] LIZ: Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine [Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas] LIZ: With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas! JANET: What LIZ: Shut up LIZ: Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow From opening the bag of peas to boiling the peas to eating the peas To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means. JANET: Is it really necessary to- LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]: THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET [Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan: AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas. [Ends]

Every ad now

Edinburgh cyclists, if you see Voi cycles parked in a way that blocks the cycle parking, here's a campaign you can contribute to: edi.bike/projects/202...

YouTube video by Talking Heads - Topic Life During Wartime (2005 Remaster)

Bonfire night vibes
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Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 - Environmental Evid... 1. Evidence synthesists are ultimately responsible for their evidence synthesis, including the decision to use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and to ensure adherence to legal and ethical...

Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Medical educators: please help your students develop their skills and knowledge to link patients to quality information sources. NHS Inform, Patient Information Forum, Right Decision Service, other decision support tools. Need help? Ask your library service.

For colleagues watching PubMed:

I've noticed that the south end of Bruntsfield Links has this problem. I wrote to Voi about it but nothing seems to have been done.

This programme looks great, and as always, Lighthouse does an excellent job with access.

The air we breathe: Air pollution and health past and present (hybrid) | Royal College of Nursing Join our speakers as they explore historical and current action to address air pollution effects on health.

Thu 23 Oct 2025 5.30-8pm. The Air We Breathe - an evening of talks exploring historical and current action to address air pollution effects on health. Royal College of Nursing 42 South Oswald Road EH9 2HH. Free event - hybrid.

Details: www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Yes, please!👏

I walked by a hideous vehicle the other day with a bonnet that came up to my shoulder. No one needs that. It should be banned, or taxed to oblivion.

US immigration enforcement using military hardware and tactics on civilians Agencies like Ice are way ahead of Donald Trump, who wants the military to treat cities like ‘training grounds’

Good description of how extreme this situation is, and a wake-up call to challenge those who would argue for "an agency like ICE" and stop this now: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A sign in back text printed on white paper is stuck on a graffitied wall. The sign reads 'check for traps'. The graffiti is illegible.

Spotted while descending the steps in the Grassmarket.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

This is very handy

www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...

YouTube video by HipHop Music Public Enemy - Hazy Shade Of Criminal

Definitely my #BestSongHeardToday
#MusicChallenge

Public Enemy
Hazy Shade of Criminal
1993(!)

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Escape Misinformation in the Library (ESC-MISINFO) will build the capacity of public #libraries across Europe, helping them to become active hubs for youth engagement, digital literacy, and democratic participation.
esc-misinfo.eu

That's a blast from the past!

If we don't see a battalion of these guys in the next Edinburgh Tattoo I will be seriously disappointed.

Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.

This is an excellent (and research-based!) article about the problems with this terrible policy proposal: theconversation.com/labours-plan...

Volunteering is by definition not forced labour.

Great book! Is the font size any larger in this edition? My husband would like this, I think, but can't read the font in the Jo Fletcher edition.