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Today has been a long and busy work day. But not as busy as the evening busier day tomorrow, which I am nearly prepared for. Kind of. #OscillatingOctober #Day15 Autumn term. No matter how busy it always feels in the summer, it’s nothing compared to the actual fullness of autumn.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today I’m thinking about how interesting it is that my job involves having a certain amount of experience in using a lot of different databases and techniques, developing my skills and inspiring others to make use of these things #OscillatingOctober #Day14 Plus a lot of other things.

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Michael 🖖🏻💙🎶🎨🇵🇸🐈 @michaelangie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today something was sorted in the nick of time, after lots of worry over the last week or so. Just in the nick of time, ready for tomorrow. It’s been such a relief to has this sorted.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today something was sorted in the nick of time, after lots of worry over the last week or so. Just in the nick of time, ready for tomorrow. It’s been such a relief to has this sorted.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today I had to make a list of the days and times over the next couple of weeks when all four of us are free for something, and realised that these occasions are few and far between. As my children get older their lives get busier! #OscillatingOctober #Day12

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Being well grounded. That’s a good way to think about it. Thanks.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I am fully aware that current Alice will become past Alice soon enough…

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today is one of those days where all the wonderful things that past Alice say I would do around now are coming back to bite me. As I try to plan the wonderful things while also dealing with the constant chaos of other things occurring. I can’t keep up!

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today I have spent silly amount of time exploring council sub-committee meeting minutes from decades ago. And getting frustrated at some things being there when googling but seemingly not indexed in a way I can see them all. It’s been fun! #OscillatingOctober #Day11

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today I went out with friends to an exhibition and to catch up in the pub. It is nice to have activities arranged in advance to force me to do things #OscillatingOctober #Day10

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today I went out with friends to an exhibition and to catch up in the pub. It is nice to have activities arranged in advance to force me to do things #OscillatingOctober #Day10

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Michael 🖖🏻💙🎶🎨🇵🇸🐈 @michaelangie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Symphony, by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky

Painting by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky of four young women dressed in white, group around a piano in evening candlelight, with one of them playing the instrument.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today has been a day of many things, home and work. Positives and stressful. It has concluded with champagne (which has sad waiting for months for the right day for it) - so generally positive! #OscillatingOctober #Day9

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This evening I’ve been explaining to my teenage daughter teaching I am planning for next week, on academic/non-academic sources, evaluating them & accessing them. And she’s been testing this & other things I bring in, critiquing & hugely improving what I’m trying to create. #OscillatingOctober #Day8

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

we have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-... pdf: zenodo.org/records/2322...

A flowchart that guides reflective thinking around generative AI in the context of research. It highlights key, interconnected values underpinning scientific integrity, alongside practical and wider socio-political considerations when deciding whether to use generative AI for research.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today I sad down for a while after doing a half hour bit in a module (one of my favourites to do once I get into preparing) and had multiple people stop for a chat. It is good to be out and about - will do it more often, if I can find the time… #OscillatingOctober #Day7

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Way too many typos in this! I need to post before I get ridiculously tired…

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today I spent time updating slides for a class that no-one turned up to. I’m still glad to have done this update done (well, kind of), to be ready for another time - later in the time when hopefully more people have had a chance to realise how useful it would be #OscillatingOctober #Day6

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Very frustrating. I had a tech failure lecture today too. Computer would not restart, then would not let me login (it wasn’t just that computer). There’s only so long I can chat away when I really need to be showing examples and getting students’ input on them.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Drink the tea and tackling the inbox are surely core librarian machining!

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wore trainers to work today, intending to change to something smarter once I got there. But the trainers are so pretty and practical I have a feeling I’ll be wearing them again tomorrow #OscillatingOctober #Day5

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Take care out on the street…

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today I’ve been pottering at home. Clearing bits in the attic (just bits - there is a lot!), hanging and folding washing, watching tv and batch cooking #OscillatingOctober #Day4

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today I’ve been pottering at home. Clearing bits in the attic (just bits - there is a lot!), hanging and folding washing, watching tv and batch cooking #OscillatingOctober #Day4

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I can manage to get things when I really don’t want them anymore (am making the decision today to offer two big boxes of childhood comics - Buntys and M+Js) on a local group, hoping that someone will want them. The issue is that I want or need to keep a lot of things!

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

5. The footage that shook America, by David B. Lyons (audiobook) 6. The Traveler, by Joseph Eckert (audiobook) 7. The murders that Killed America, by David B. Lyons (audiobook) #2026reads #SeptemberReads 2/2

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

1. Nonesuch, by Francis Spufford (audiobook) 2. In the middle of Middle America, by David B. Lyons 3. Eve of Man, by Giovanna Fletcher 4. Stories of your life and others, by Ted Chiang #2026reads #SeptemberReads 1/2

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today I sorted out a drawer and got rid of half the stuff in it. Then started going through a box file, initially planning to do similar, then realised there’s a reason why I’ve kept these things. So I will be filling up the drawer again. But hopefully lose the box file #OscillatingOctober #Day3

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today I’ve been making lots of plans for the next month or two, both work and home. In everything, I’m feeling the weight of a lot to do! #OscillatingOctober #Day2

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today I’ve been making lots of plans for the next month or two, both work and home. In everything, I’m feeling the weight of a lot to do! #OscillatingOctober #Day2

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Unfortunately one of us got too tired so we’ve only managed one episode of Traitors and Uncloaked tonight. More to look forward to. For once it wasn’t me who fell asleep, though I fell asleep in the thing we watch instead of a second episode, so I probably would have done…

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why is it that Outlook thinks that when I’m scrolling up my inbox to find emails from a few days ago, I must want to go to the top of my inbox to see the emails from a year ago?!

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today I walked out to chess club and back, having sat working all day. It was nice to walk, to see lots of people, and to chat. #OscillatingOctober #Day1 We had been planning for Celebrity Traitors, but will have a bumper night tomorrow!

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

4. Not with a bang, by Temi Oh 5. Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz (audiobook) 6. Everybody’s Perfect, by Jo Walton #2026reads #AugustReads I wrote a blog post inspired by reading Not with a bang, and buying Everybody’s Perfect.

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Into (and out of) Edinburgh theatre narratives

Reflection on theatre seen at the Edinburgh Festival 2026, the links with other fiction, including books, and the effective of experiencing narratives for a second time. By an academic librarian on…

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1. Releasing our burdens: a guide to healing individual, collective and ancestral trauma, by Richard Schwartz & Thomas Hubl 2. We burned so bright, by T.J. Klune (1st book read by this author, keen to read more!) 3. The kraken wakes, by John Wyndham (audiobook, reread) #2026reads #AugustReads 1/2

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I had to make the hard decisions to cancel something due to the trains being down. Though I still managed a full and interesting day of work from home. #SeptemberStrengths #Day30

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

4. Inheritocracy, by Eliza Filby (audiobook) 5. A Deadly Episode, by Anthony Horowitz (audiobook) #2026reads #JulyReads 2/2 July was a month where I didn’t read (or at least didn’t finish) a lot of books. Only one non-audiobook. I’m still ‘behind’ my random target now at the end of September.

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve got very behind posting about books I’ve read this year. Will try and get caught up throughout today. 1. The Name Game, by Beth O’Leary (audiobook) 2. Me and Mr. Darcy, by Alexandra Potter (audiobook) 3. American Fantasy, by Emma Straub #2026reads #Julyreads 1/2

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Alice Cann @alicecann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today I had to make the hard decisions to cancel something due to the trains being down. Though I still managed a full and interesting day of work from home. #SeptemberStrengths #Day30

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