I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.
Reading this report on the recent Cloudflare Connect event. "more than 50% of traffic on the web is bot traffic". One of the approaches being offered to deal with that include actively poisoning the content being scraped... 📚
world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/...
Yes the people's "viral" response to its petition showed "the anger felt" because the people of Essex don’t want their library services to be diminished, undermined or threatened. #saveourlibraries #libraries #freebooks #literacy #equalopportunities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
Just pasted a picture of my carbfest of a lunch into one of the slides of a presentation I am working on and thinking I may leave it in
My car shows two / three warning messages every time I start it and I like athletics
It was cheese and potato
The visible cat feeder in bottom of shot is evidence of my A1 social media skillz
It ended up being a bit of a free for all on a buffet. Can confirm is was chaotic very good
It has a top and a bottom and a crimped crust. It isn't deep but it is definitely a pie!
A cheese and potato pie cooked on a baking sheet. It is in the sunshine on a wooden worktop and looks delicious
Made a pie
I think sometimes things can change and cause issues - a pub where I live saw a big increase in issues post covid due to volume of people outside. But generally I very much agree - people should look what is where they are proposing to live not agitate after
Lucky to have such a good pub on your doorstep
@helenjanota.bsky.social local interest!
I would believe that there could be 3
This is a valuable collection of articles on all things writing for publication #medlibs 📚
Moving house is just the pits. Fingers crossed for exchange, completion and a happy move
River Roding is full of sewage before it even reaches built up areas
www.essexlive.news/news/essex-n...
A sticker of a white van on a yellow background with the word 'VAN' in red.
A sticker of a blue dog on a green background. The dog is wearing a suit and tie. The word 'DOG' is in the top left of the sticker.
I have a new collection of stickers in my shop, under the tag of 'heta-uma', which roughly translates from Japanese to 'bad but good' or 'unskilled good'. It's one of my favourite art styles.
adarrenrileypainting.com/search?q=het...
So cool. Sadly no pile of cash
Fire up your 3D printer www.yeggi.com/q/venn+diagr...
When you start reading and your initial mental process is "they do boolean action figures now?" 📚
1,804 answered our survey on what difference the £1.15 reservation charge per book will make to their library use.
67.3% will use their library less
21.9% will stop using their library
10.8% will make no difference
58% not aware of the planned charge
#Essex #saveourlibraries #libraries
Ooh. Been away and delighted by the return of daily doodle
Nice little case study. Recent research on high and low uptake organisations for the discovery tool I manage is clear - Knowledge and library service team engagement and activity is critical for moving from having a knowledge resource to people using it #medlibs 📚
It is good that you provide that platform
Sorry you are going to go with this way of presenting election candidates again. I think it does a diservice to the needs of the electorate for clear information
