Caroline Rauter

How AI exposes the hypocrisy of academic publishing - ABC Religion & Ethics Academics punish students for using AI, even as they gift their own research to a publishing business that directly feeds the research into the very models that we caution students against using — wit...

"What this means for humanists is stark. The very articles and books we painstakingly produce are being fed, legally and lucratively, into AI systems that will soon replicate, and perhaps replace, our intellectual labour."

www.abc.net.au/religion/how...

On Saturdays, I sometimes visit a history club,
where they hold good lessons on history.
I was there today.
The night attack didn’t stop it from happening.

Knowledge is power.
Please study history, read books, discover your land’s culture.

📢 Speaker announcement! Not long left to register for our Britain Talks Climate & Nature Launch Event in Cardiff.

🗓️ Wednesday 22 October 🕜 2–4pm📍Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
👉 Register your interest: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/britain-ta...

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

Interesting view. We need more Gordon in our ear during these divisive times. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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My late friend & fellow @newscientist.com consultant, Frank Lesser, fought the fascists at Cable Street. He was Jewish. Not sure what he would have made of Israel rolling out the red carpet for Tommy Robinson, an actual fascist, especially as he also fought the fascists in Spain.

Flat pink mushroom on grass. Underside of mushroom two.

One of the boletes, quite large, grassland on woodland edge. #Fungi #WaunLas #NationalBotanticGardenWales

As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.

Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.

Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

New horizons. The view from Laugharne castle looking to the sea and sky.

42 years ago I had my first job in a library. After 35 years at Swansea University I have finished my last working day in my research support role. I am officially 'withdrawn from stock' like so many others in the sector. I have made great friends and had ace colleagues. From analogue to AI!

I came across two bee hives in the woods today. Being nosey and not afraid of bees at all, having introduced myself, 'Hello Bees' I had a good look from a foot away. One of the drones took a dislike to me and got tangled in my hair. As it stung me right on the top of my head, ouch, I felt alive!

Try using CORE – Aggregating the world’s open access research papers share.google/GkOKvuHAJ1QU...

Cast with reduced ears after skin cancer

Don't forget shade and suitable sunscreen for those light coloured ears or else they get chopped off #Cats

Frilly burgandy poppy flower with lime green seed pod

#Flower Delightfully scruffy

Hey hey hey what the hell is this

‘A gardener’s dream itinerary’: a tour of Carmarthenshire, the Garden of Wales A road trip is the perfect way to explore the county’s horticultural highlights, with great places to eat, drink and stay en route

Who knew, a garden on my doorstep I have never been to, the Bishop's Park. On the 'go to' list for next week. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Sign the Petition SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY

If you value access to the excellent Bangor University Archive Service you may want to support their petition against proposed service cuts. #Solidarity #UniversityCuts #ArchivesWales chng.it/tWRvr5PCCz

​‘The hypocrisy is staggering’: will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform? Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds may be dropped

@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social "A senior Labour minister told me that [housing minister] Matthew Pennycook was getting irritated by the mention of swift bricks, implying that I should pipe down. How about you just do it and then I’ll go away?” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Common, cloud and mountain view

Cloud and sunshine

Cloud inversion

Spectacular cloud inversion today at the Black Mountain Road. Windmills poking out of the cloud below looked surreal.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

Just saying...over the top? Nah. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Blue skies on BlueSky – a new home for social media An academic librarians experience, thoughts and suggestions on past and current social media, focusing on a history on Twitter and and future on BlueSky.

It’s been great to see more people here in the last few weeks, including lots in library & information professions. Many people have been sharing my blog post with recommendations on here. It’d be great to draw more people onto BlueSky, so please do share, here & with colleagues & on other platforms

Red sky and stars

Just like half the population of Wales thrilled to post a picture of the Northern lights from my very own spot on the planet. Better than Christmas 🙃

Hello @gingergalwales.bsky.social Met Lynette last week and we yapped about the old days. Hope you are still having adventures in Library land. Greetings from west Wales 👋