"Verify your age"

My brother sent me this.

I endorse this slide, particularly: Join a committee Present at conferences. Find a niche - find a subject to become an expert in.

A poor day at work, so this really is a palate cleanser. The legendary Jane Burns talking to ASL and HSLG members

Honestly, the EU can get in the sea with this. How about less data centres are built instead?

Good news, everyone! Copilot is no longer for entertainment purposes only. Terms and conditions have been updated. I bet it's still shite though. www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

Thoroughly recommended. Wonderfully written and framed.

Personally, if I was an ebook vendor who watched to switch from Adobe Digital Editions, I'd wait until my preferred alternative had released iOS and Android apps. But perhaps that's just me.

When I (infrequently!) talk about the iniquities of academic publishing these days, I make the comparison with having to subscribe to streaming services to watch the TV and films you want. This works just as well.

#ASL2026 Case in point

#ASL2026 Ooh! A data stewardship microcredential!

#ASL2026 Librarians do do a lot of this.

#ASL2026 Good point. What's the difference between a collection and a library? Custodianship and collaboration. "Preservation keeps books alive Collaboration keeps libraries alive".

#ASL2026 More memes, please

#ASL2026 How about better questioning the use of LLMs in the first place?

#ASL2026 I do not believe that AI is going to win. LLMs produce slop and will poison the well concerning attitudes towards more "proper AI".

#ASL2026 There's a challenge, a tension, I think, between instilling ethical values but not developing Fobazi Ettarh's (gone far too soon) idea of vocational awe.

In Soviet Russia*, you don't consult us...

Shot and chaser

Came across this on a website. A fake CAPTCHA which, if the steps were followed, would download information-stealing malware. This will catch out some people. Probably years old, but...

Oh, just eff off with this will you, Clarivate.

The author works for Microsoft research. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

I've been using Netvibes to manage RSS feeds ever since iGoogle was shuttered. Now, Netvibes parent, Dassault Systèmes, have drank the AI kool aid and are closing it down. I am disgusted.

Strangely, I find myself in Belfast talking to theology librarians about open scholarship