Josh Rodda

Everybody’s talking about a recent album that’s lyrically overwritten, very well-produced, and full of catchy pop ear worms. And whilst I am admittedly late to this party, I can confirm that Salt by Half Moon Run is *exceptionally* good.

A Hospitaller Novitiate with screen and heart monitor details.

A Novitiate miniature with skull details added to her weapon.

A Novitiate miniature with the contents of her chalice added and heavily (possibly excessively) gloss varnished.

Ok, happy now. ⚜️ Sometimes you just have to take a breath before going back in for the details!

An Adepta Sororitas Novitiates squad or Kill Team, wearing red robes and golden masks.

Three Novitiates, dressed in ceremonial robes and masks. The Maid of Hammers (Preceptor), Maid of Swords (Duellist), and Maid of Dust (Militant).

Three Novitiates, dressed in ceremonial robes and masks. The Maid of Wands (Condemnor), Maid of Straps (Exactor), and Maid of Teeth (Penitent).

Three Novitiates, dressed in ceremonial robes and masks. The Maid of Poisons (Hospitaller), Maid of Shells (Militant), and Maid of Cups (Pronatus).

Finished up my Novitiates squad / #killteam. Not as happy with the paint job on these, but I was going for a Stanley Kubrick vibe with the gold masks! #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting

I am (self-evidently) very interested in language. And also in technology. From that perspective, the rise of LLMs has created many new things for me to think about.

One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?

Eleanor's fundraiser for Beat and The Brain Tumour Charity Help Eleanor Rodda raise money to support Beat

Sharing this on behalf of my sister, who is the strongest person on the face of the Earth. www.justgiving.com/page/eleanor...

Inquisitor Greyfax miniature, painted and converted to have an adorable cherub servitor clinging to her back.

Unpainted Sisters of Battle miniatures: a warp ghost saint revenant thing based on Ephrael Stern, and a witch-like hooded Sororitas holding up a prayer book.

Unpainted Celestian Sacresant miniatures with Necromunda Escher heads to give them massive punk hair.

Painted Palatine and Novitiate Superior miniatures.

I’ll be back to posting library and Information Literacy stuff soon, but in the meantime here are some more of my witchy Sisters of Battle. The warp ghost and punk Celestians were a lot of fun to build! #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting

Photograph of a painted Eversor assassin miniature for Warhammer 40K.

Photograph of a painted Eversor assassin miniature for Warhammer 40K.

When you choose what you think is a good colour scheme for your Eversor assassin and then your GF walks in and says “Why is he dressed like Spider-Man?” ❤️ Anyway, here are some pictures of Spider-Man. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting

A painted Adepta Sororitas squad.

A painted Adepta Sororitas Battle Sister with relic.

A painted Adepta Sororitas squad with backpack detail visible.

An Inquisitorial Agents kill team.

Is my Inquisition #killteam slowly turning into an Ordo Hereticus / Sisters of Battle army? …Yes. Did I try to paint a tiny picture on each backpack screen? …Also yes. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity #miniaturepainting

‘The Voice of Beyond is always saying “Ph’nglui mgl’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn”’

Off to see the @theswellseason.bsky.social tonight, having been a fan of Glen Hansard and the Frames for 20+ years. With everything going on at work, if they play ‘People We Used To Be’ there’s a very real possibility of tears.

Close up of a painted Interrogator miniature for Warhammer 40k Kill Team, based on the Warhammer+ Inquisitor.

A painted Inquisitorial Agents Kill Team.

A painted Inquisitorial Agents Kill Team

An unpainted Inquisitor miniature for Warhammer 40k, based on Inquisitor Greyfax, with base decoration and an attached cherub servitor.

Finished my #KillTeam…
…Started working on their boss.
#Warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity

Can very much recommend joining the @infolitgroup.bsky.social New Professionals. For me, one year into my academic library role, it was such a phenomenal opportunity. Please do apply if you’re interested, or share if no longer eligible! 😁 #InformationLiteracy.

For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historyes, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.

We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:

H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching

Three painted miniatures from an Inquisition kill team - a Pistolier operative, an Enlightener (based on Doctor Arachnos from Necromunda) and a converted gun servitor.

First three Inquisition #killteam minis done (apart from their bases): Pistolier Alt Ecco, Enlightener Corvus “Candle” Wax, and an arco-flagellant gun servitor. #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity

Bunny in bluebell field

I long to be as chill as this bunny #bunny #bluebell

Trump-style book censorship is spreading – just ask British librarians | Alison Hicks UK school librarians are also coming under pressure to remove books from their shelves, says Alison Hicks, associate professor in library and information studies at UCL

It's @alisonhicks0.bsky.social in the Guardian! You should never have needed to write this. But well done 📚

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Design for Life? Libraries gave us power…

The Chatting Info Lit jingle was partially inspired by Nilsson’s Everybody’s Talkin’.

MPs being (rightly) recalled over the 2,700 jobs at risk in British steel, while 5,000 university jobs are actively being cut this year with a further 5,000 jobs under threat and very little intervention is... interesting. Academia is also an industry in collapse.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1393...

If you’re a new professional or attending LILAC for the first time, head over to the First Timers and New Professionals Breakfast! It’s taking place each morning of #LILAC25 before sessions begin on Level 3 of the Centre for Student Life (CSL).

A group of unpainted miniatures, forming a Warhammer 40K Kill Team.

Unpainted Kill Team interrogator and pistolier miniatures.

A group of unpainted miniatures, forming part of a Warhammer 40K Kill Team.

An unpainted mystic operative miniature, standing on a pyre made of books.

After two decades out of the hobby, I’ve been distracting myself from upheavals at work by building an Inquisition #killteam. Miniatures are the perfect decompression activity! #warhammer40k #warhammercommunity

Episode 10: AI and IL in HE (with Eva Garcia Grau and Josh Rodda) Play Episode 10: AI and IL in HE (with Eva Garcia Grau and Josh Rodda) by Chatting Info Lit on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

In the new episode of Chatting Info Lit, I blur the host / guest line to talk about AI literacy teaching in Higher Education. The brilliant @evetagg.bsky.social prevents it from becoming a rant. Find the episode on SoundCloud, Apple, and Spotify! m.soundcloud.com/chatting-inf...

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is running a webinar on 1 April on AI and infolit teaching. Details below and the organisers will consider adding small case studies to the event, for anyone wishing to contribute. @infolitgroup.bsky.social #infolit www.tickettailor.com/events/cilip...

Statement: Removal of access to and modification of data by authorities in the USA CILIP invites members and the wider information profession community to share examples of how content, reports, datasets, evidence, and tools are being removed by US authorities

CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals.
Read more👇
www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 📚

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge

20/20 🏔️

Somna: A Bedtime Story by Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 📚

No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (Valentine’s Day edition)

#BookSky
#BookChallenge

19/20 🔥

Uzumaki by Junji Ito.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 📚

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge

18/20 🌀

Doctor Faustus (The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus) by Christopher Marlowe.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 📚

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge

17/20 😈

New BBC study finds that four major gen AI platforms risk misleading audiences by distorting journalistic output. The study concludes that ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini & Perplexity can't currently be relied upon to provide accurate news, thereby undermining public trust www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 📚

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#BookChallenge

16/20 ⏳