Is anyone else not having replies loading on bluesky? Let me innnnn I want to see what people are sayinggggg

Because it is terrifying! Whenever I click to finalise an order, I immediately think "WHAT IF THE DATES ARE ALL WRONG"

Hahaha only when you're buying the mojitos

The northerner in me actually wants to call that a 'gt eff off instrument'

Come see me talk about wellbeing collections in front of a... A massive organ apparently! What a space!

Coffee and a Chat. Join other NAG members for a forum to discuss InterLibrary Loans and the CONARLs scheme. Why not grab a brew and join us on Zoom? Wed 22nd April 1030

Ever heard of the CONARLs scheme? It's a way of accessing cheaper interlibrary loans by both libraries agreeing to a fee of £6.00. Open to all libraries & free to join.
Come and chat to librarians who use it at our next NAG Members Coffee and Chat event on Wed 22nd April
nag.org.uk/event/chatap...

That's down the road from me!

Traumatised friends, how do you know if you're trying to help because you like helping and it's a good thing, or if you're trying to help because your nervous system relies on being in control and believes that every problem is your fault. Asking for a, er, friend.

People Powered: Human-centred innovation. 16th NAG Collection Development Seminar, Nottingham 20-21 May 2026 #NAGcd16 https://nag.org.uk/2026-seminar/

This year, NAG Seminar and Forum is celebrating people; all the human factors that go towards making Library Acquisitions work. Without people, a library would just be a silent room of books. Come & join us and hear about the people making it happen!
Nottingham 20-21 May
nag.org.uk/events/
#NAGcd16

I did yoga before work for once and was so relaxed I forgot to then start work. Highly recommend.

Am I feeling happier and brighter or did I have a filter coffee at 4pm

Ally McBeal, hands down.

I accidentally watched parts of that version of IT when I was 7 and remain traumatised by it 🤡

I'd be annoyed. Valid!

Well that's clever!

I've deleted tiktok and Instagram because I'm sick of being addicted to scrolling. So I live here now. 👋

Do you work in acquisitions and collections in libraries? Do you have a project you could talk about for 30 minutes? Join NAG in Nottingham this year for a very special 2-day event, speakers (up to two) speakers get free tickets and UK travel expenses! nag.org.uk/cfp-2026/

Bed at 10:30, outfit laid out...
Ha, best laid plans. Brain decided to go completely haywire for 3 hours. Stayed home for first day back. Oh well, it's icy out anyway.

21 books!

In 2025 I
•came back from the brink
•started doing gratitude
•finally managed to do yoga regularly
•got my dream job, temporary though it may be (for now)
•visited Florence, and presented to international librarians in Siena
•supported my best friends as they launched into parenthood
•read 20 books

Anyone else out there working from home on Vodafone and therefore not working from home? I've been ill and a bit overwhelmed for a few weeks and I took the opportunity to mop the kitchen floor. I MOPPED THE KITCHEN FLOOR. Very proud of myself.

Wow my anxiety is through the roof today. Might try to revive my dead blog, Anxious Librarians. It was apt then and it's apt now.

Petition to add single's nights to conference social events.

If you think I'm joking then I'm joking. If you think it could work then schedule it plz.

JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.” Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner Kiddo: that’s AI Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

They've lost the 9yos

Omg twins 😂

Woops got COVID

Funnily enough Outlook, if I'm reading or writing an email, and flip to my calendar to check something, I'd quite like to be returned to the email I was working on???? Radical I know.

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

"hallucinations represent not a temporary engineering challenge, but a mathematical reality" says study from Open AI. This seems like a pretty major problem.

See this quoted thread for highlights from the lead author of this important paper!

My own key thoughts and connections will be in a thread right here, too. 🧵