Fisher-Price Is Pivoting to AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing “We at Fisher-Price have always believed in the power of imagination. In discovery. In the joy of a child pressing a button and hearing a satisfying sound. T...

"As a company founded in 1930 on the principles of 'safety, durability, and play value,' we felt the logical next step was autonomous kill drones."

Hopefully everyone who submitted to this should have had a reply now! Fingers crossed spam filters haven't stopped any of them...

Just finished off writing a book proposal with @ahaire.bsky.social and submitted it to a publisher, fingers crossed!
Though we're somehow over 7,000 words into writing it before submitting the proposal, whoops!

Nah, for me it's all the stuff, completely disordered, but that's ok as I forget it exists if it's not in direct line of sight 😆

And the woman did speak unto the hound, saying, What do you mean, normal men, and the hound answered the woman, saying, We are just innocent men. And great was her emotion

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That's the latest @nlisn.bsky.social newsletter done and sent out! Trying to let people know what we're up to every month now :)
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Anything you'd particularly like to see in it? We're currently writing the proposal!

you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of

The latest ALN Staff Development Weekly Update is now available with information on lots of internal and external events and how you can get involved, plus how to register for #ALN26 (theme of openness - prog to follow soon) with our early bird offer: academiclibrariesnorth.ac.uk/staff-develo...

Written another 1k(ish) words this morning sat by the beach at Marske⛱️
Time for a short walk, maybe lunch in a cafe and then sit somewhere else to do a bit more this afternoon!

This is my dog if I so much as put the bins out without him... including fetching a toy!

Wow, you did the transporter bridge! I didn't have time to go on it when I visited, was it as impressive as it looks?
(I have a local-ish transporter bridge but it's been closed for safety reasons since before I moved to the area ☹️)

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Online session from jobs.ac.uk: Interview Skills for Neurodivergent Candidates, a webinar with AuDHD coach and recruitment expert Lisa Gills.

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Yeah, they sometimes run out before Easter these days!

I used to love going to Woolworths after the Easter weekend and stocking up on bargain chocolate eggs! One of the highlights of the year...

Spent the morning mooching about Middlesbrough, including visiting the lovely library for the 1st time & having a sneaky 2nd breakfast in a cafe whilst waiting for the car to be MOTed. Sun is now shining, might have to have a cheeky nice lunch somewhere by the seaside on the way home!

Who would like a basic intro to Lego Serious Play stuff, online? Afternoon of Friday 5th June, small pack of Lego posted out to attendees so we can build together via Zoom :)
Happy to post the Lego packs internationally, tickets just close for that earlier!
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"Teaching Tips for Info Professionals" webinar open for bookings!
15th June (pm), £50. An afternoon of basic teaching tips for archivists, librarians & other info workers, backed up by a short (PDF) book. More info on the Eventbrite:

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Hungary election: Viktor Orbán concedes with opposition on course for landslide election win - follow live Hungary's prime minister has been ousted after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar set to be the country's new leader.

Victor orban has conceded! Hungary is no longer in Russias pocket. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Hungary election: Viktor Orbán concedes with opposition on course for landslide election win - follow live - BBC News

I was pondering writing a "Neurodiversity and libraries" book, got carried away this weekend and wrote 3k+ words as a sample chapter. Might have to commit to writing the full thing now ...

It's very impressive, went to a conference pretty much opposite it once.
Food is lovely in Bilbao too, enjoy!

"Teaching Tips for Info Professionals" webinar open for bookings!
15th June (pm), £50. An afternoon of basic teaching tips for archivists, librarians & other info workers, backed up by a short (PDF) book. More info on the Eventbrite:

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Who would like a basic intro to Lego Serious Play stuff, online? Afternoon of Friday 5th June, small pack of Lego posted out to attendees so we can build together via Zoom :)
Happy to post the Lego packs internationally, tickets just close for that earlier!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

I made sure I always had time alone with someone in the library too, so we could sort out "off the record" what we needed to do to make sure they had what they needed "on the record" later!

I used to go on all the validation events for our Education courses delivered by colleges. A core part of it was making sure they had the money to buy stock, while we had the bosses in front of us to pin down!

@academiclibsnorth.bsky.social are offering 10 sponsored places for both presenters and delegates at this years conference, "Reimagining Openness in Academic Libraries". The deadline to apply if the 29th of April.

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*digging not dogging!

An allotment, largely with bare soil, some black plastic covering sections, assorted fruit trees in bud, and a few tulips.

Allotment is starting to look ok again for Spring. Lots dug over today and 3 rows of potatoes planted. Getting my breath back while a blackbird helps with pest control in the bit I'm currently dogging.

If you don’t sin, Jesus will have died for nothing.