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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

My eldest finished sixth form today (🫠). Very amused to learn that during leaver's assembly the school finally acknowledged their most notorious alumni Liz Truss, as a warning to learn to be good with money and have decent principles (accompanied by an embarrassing photo of her as a student there) 😂

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

This morning I managed to retrieve a clinician's 3000 word assignment that they had accidentally deleted twenty minutes before their submission deadline. I have never felt career satisfaction like it.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The ultimate catch-22 for refugees: You have to be in the UK to seek asylum BUT According to our government, You are illegitimate if you come here through irregular means... AND you are illegitimate if you come on a visa, too 🤔🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MIP...

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Another BACK DOOR to seek asylum?

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Very interesting oral history -- interviews with some top NLP folks on the effects of GenAI on their field: www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...

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When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine

Researchers in “natural language processing” tried to tame human language. Then came the transformer.

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Gaaaahhh. Of interest to #medlibs ...so happy we pay so much to publishers for high quality work like this!

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Dr. Elinor Carmi @elinorcarmi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This is what I was talking about during my keynote at @lilacconf.bsky.social #LILAC25 last week for all those who asked, what can they do and how to be involved in challenging the way big tech shape oir worlds ✨️🤘

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AlanFricker @alanfricker.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

An excellent addition to the "How to read a paper" fold - focus is clearly on health but the introduction has wide relevance as do many of the questions 📚 #medlibs

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Already hoping to find a way to be back next year- so I'm very pleased that it will be in Yorkshire! I've had such a great time at my first LILAC-it has been both practical and inspiring (and fun) (and it dispelled some negative preconceptions I may have had about it as a conference 😬!). #lilac25

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Booked early afternoon train home from #lilac25, partly due to maternal guilt + wanting to be home by bedtime, partly because I'd usually be completely over it by day 3 of a conference. Still glad I'll be home by bedtime but I reallllly didn't want to leave yet and I'm gutted to miss the afternoon.

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Great shout-out to the brilliant work of @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social and Careful Industries during the discussion on the keynote from @elinorcarmi.bsky.social #lilac25

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Brilliant keynote from @elinorcarmi.bsky.social - definitely going to read the report on my way home! openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/31...

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City Research Online - What Mobilises People Against Big-Tech?

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Combining my Lilac experience with my love of outdoor pools by visiting the National Lido of Wales before the conference dinner...managed a (lovely) 15 minute swim before we all had to evacuate because of a thunderstorm 😂

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David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

"If you're providing an online system with very personal data about you, like your face or your job or your favourite colour, you ought to do so with the understanding that those data aren't just useful to get the immediate outcome — like a doll." I have to explain this to students almost daily!

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Jess Haigh's presentation about her research on the impact of LILAC is full of really informative descriptions of the practicalities of her research process and getting research done without funding or a supervisor. So useful to see this discussed in detail. #lilac25

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

First conference I've been to with a live musical performance (of an original folk song about information literacy no less) in the keynote. Jane Secker's keynote was amazing in all the ways! #lilac25

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Laura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Is traditional information literacy like folk music, and AI literacy our moment to "go electric"? Under the hype about AI we still need a solid foundation of information literacy, but we may need to rethink some of our models and practices #lilac25

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Really enjoyed this session, wondering whether there is any scope to try out something like this across NHS libraries to help us develop our teaching practice... #lilac25

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Here is a very good post by @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social on responsible use of AI. For those of us who think by writing (me included) the writing is the thinking and there’s no point getting AI to do it. But not everyone thinks by writing. www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...

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Responsible-ish GenAI dos and don’ts: text edition — Careful Industries

Seven things to bear in mind and three responsible-ish AI strategies

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Made an extremely regrettable choice by eating in the hotel bar because I'm too tired to move...this macaroni cheese looks and tastes like it came out of a sachet and cost just under half of my (very cheap) room for the night 😭

Insultingly pallid bowl of macaroni cheese

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Relatable insights from Katie Smith on the work they've been doing to evaluate attitudes of NHS staff returning to study. Themes are very recognisable from the staff we work with-lack of confidence in their academic skills (although they often have more skills than they recognise!) #lilac25

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Feeling very relieved that my #lilac25 presentation was during the first session this morning so I can now relax and enjoy the rest of the conference, which all looks great. (If I can stop obsessing about all the stupid things I said/didn't say when I presented...)

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

This is an incredibly brave, moving and powerful talk, 'speaking truth to tech gods.' Definitely worth a watch. youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...

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This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Information literacy anthem..❤️

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Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

So, @elsevierconnect.bsky.social added an AI question and answer to my article in Computer & Education. The answers are wrong! They did not ask permission! The answers are WRONG! How is this science?!

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Deeply strange entering middle-age at a time in world history where things are getting measurably worse. Just a continual psychic struggle of “is this fogeyism or are things just not what they used to be?”

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Matt Johansen @mattjay.com · 25/03/2025

Gentle parenting through military leaks

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Pro-AI hype and Anti-AI doom are so deeply personal and polarized for a reason: they are the only visions of the future anyone is offering at all. In my latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, a look at the loss of faith in participatory politics that frames AI hype, but also its backlash.

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Future Fatigue: How Hype has Replaced Hope in the 21st Century | TechPolicy.Press

To resist AI hype, we must not reassert the fiction that we could “return” to a functional democracy, writes Eryk Salvaggio.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

With no safe routes available to ppl fleeing danger, irregular journeys to the UK will continue. Our MPs must understand there are realistic, humane alternatives to REGULATE the arrival of asylum seekers. 🙏 Pls email your MP to attend this important event help.care4calais.org/page/168077/...

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Will your MP support 'Change' and back safe routes?

Take two minutes to email your local MP and ask them to attend the launch of Care4Calais' new safe routes report.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13/03/2025

the internet would be so cool if it wasn't evil

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"‘They know what you are working on, they know what you are submitting, they know the results of your peer reviews... They control every part of the process + register every action you take... When Eiko Fried.. asked Elsevier for his personal data[,] he received [100s of K's] of data points..."

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Elsevier’s stranglehold on academia: How publishers get rich off our data

Academic publishers get rich collecting and then selling data from researchers. That is extremely concerning, say UG researchers.

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Tracy @tcshields.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This has been my biggest fear and a grave concern I have as #medlibs. There are so many ways they could adulterate PubMed in obvious ways, but also less obvious things they could do that we may never pick up on. I check certain MeSH terms daily to see if anything changed.

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MILA - Media & Information Literacy Alliance @milalliance.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The CILIP Information Literacy Group is running a webinar on 1 April on AI and infolit teaching. Details below and the organisers will consider adding small case studies to the event, for anyone wishing to contribute. @infolitgroup.bsky.social #infolit www.tickettailor.com/events/cilip...

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Select tickets – AI and Information Literacy Teaching – Teams

Generative artificial intelligence has become a massive talking point in higher education. Everyone is learning about AI togeth...

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is not an intellectual point, bur I wanted to state that I am frightened by the situation in the US and I am becoming even more anxious by the extent to which most people I know IRL (ie: not politics addicts) are entirely unmoved

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MILA - Media & Information Literacy Alliance @milalliance.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The US Vice-president comes to Europe to lecture us on free speech & openness whilst his administration shuts down access to huge quantities of public US scientific & other data, with impact for scholarship across the globe. Is there such a thing as irony literacy?? www.cilip.org.uk/news/news.as...

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Statement: Removal of access to and modification of data by authorities in the USA

CILIP invites members and the wider information profession community to share examples of how content, reports, datasets, evidence, and tools are being removed by US authorities

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

CILIP is concerned that the removal, hiding, and modification of data, research and other information resources by authorities in the USA is already starting to impede the vital work of UK information professionals. Read more👇 www.cilip.org.uk/news/693964/...

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Statement: Removal of access to and modification of data by authorities in the USA

CILIP invites members and the wider information profession community to share examples of how content, reports, datasets, evidence, and tools are being removed by US authorities

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Carrie Price @carrieprice.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Why was my role important? Why is it still important? Biomedical librarians and other types of #medlibs support researchers at every stage of their career, from, a 🧵...

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/02/2025

there’s an alternate universe where AI products were introduced in a measured way, workers thoughtfully figured out how to integrate them into extant workflows, and reasonable leaders didn’t use them as rationale for laying people off (and legally couldn’t) unfortunately that’s not the one we’re in

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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Beth Tapster @bethtapster.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

So much of the international health information infrastructure is built on the work of NIH... How prepared are we as health librarians to deal with the erosion of the resources we rely on?

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

TODAY: Join us for our fifth #REALChallenge lecture. @hetanshah.bsky.social will be exploring what #AI might mean for health, and how to navigate and assess the opportunities and risks. Register now to attend online ⬇️   buff.ly/42TRHgu

What might AI mean for our health?

REAL Challenge lecture from Hetan Shah

Thursday 13 February 2025
11.00–12.30

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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/02/2025

“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av

A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A very readable summary of the state of the science around the Internet, AI, and human memory. The good news is that our cognitive architecture doesn't collapse in the face of new technologies. The bad news is that we don't have any idea what consequences will follow from mass cognitive automation.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

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INTRODUCTION

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I'm honoured to have been asked to give this year's @healthfoundation.bsky.social annual REAL Challenge lecture - on the theme of AI and health. Thursday 13th Feb in person / online. You can register here and please do share with any networks that may be interested www.health.org.uk/events/hype-...

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Hype, hallucination, hope – what might AI mean for our health?

In our fifth REAL Challenge annual lecture, Hetan Shah will warn of the risk of rushing breathlessly to unleash technology. He will explore how policymakers can navigate the hype and critically assess...

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Tim Vickery @timmytimmytimmytim.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨

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