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Marianne 🔆

@greatabysmal.northsky.social
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Adepta Bibliothecarum. Bookwyrm. Wikimaiden. Co-Chair, Spectrum (LSE's LGBTQ+ Staff Network) 💼 @lselibrary.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ she, et al. (William / Heteronymus)

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ændra. @aendra.com · 05/05/2026
I had the immense honour of being invited to work on the World Bank's Atlas of Global Development 2026 project last year and today it finally launched. I couldn't be more excited, it has been a career highlight to work with such an amazing team on this.
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Atlas of Global Development
The Atlas of Global Development presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations on key global trends related to people, prosperity, our planet, infrastructure, and digital transformations.
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Alyssa Barringer @alyssakaye.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I have now listened to/read enough @christianityon.bsky.social that my response to this Simone Weil paragraph was, “Jon is right, give this woman a Gundam.”
The beauty of the world is the mouth of a labyrinth. The unwary individual who on entering takes a few steps is soon unable to find the opening. Worn out, with nothing to eat or drink, in the dark, separated from his dear ones, and from everything he loves and is accustomed to, he walks on without knowing anything or hoping anything, incapable even of discovering whether he is really going forward or merely turning round on the same spot. But this affliction is as nothing compared with the danger threatening him. For if he does not lose courage, if he goes on walking, it is absolutely certain that he will finally arrive at the center of the labyrinth. And there God is waiting to eat him. Later he will go out again, but he will be changed, he will have become different, after being eaten and digested by God. Afterward he will stay near the entrance so that he can gently push all those who come near into the opening.
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 27/11/2025
Again, I'm so chuffed for you, Joey. You truly deserved this.
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Colette Townend @colettet.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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CILIP: the library and information association
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 24/10/2025
Working at UCL continues to inspire me to be my best.
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 24/10/2025
Jurassic Pork
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 24/09/2025
Please save some of your hotness for those of us who haven’t had years of practice in sliding augers into our drainpipe.
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Alberto Cairo @albertocairo.com · 04/08/2025
Big news: The archive of my old weblog, The Functional Art, is back online: www.thefunctionalart.com The blog won't be updated anymore, though. In the next 2-3 weeks I'll share some news about resuming the newsletter of my upcoming big project: openvisualizationacademy.org #dataViz #dataVis 📊
Logo of the Open Visualization Academy, which looks like a data-generated wave
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 11/07/2025
Where are you streaming this from? 💜
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Kuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦 @mackuba.eu · 09/07/2025
I updated my "Complete guide to Bluesky" post again 🙂 I added some new things that happened since November, e.g.: trends, verifications, new photo & video apps, and new settings mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/b...
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A complete guide to Bluesky 🦋
I've decided to write down some of the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code, or the advice and answers that I sometimes give to people that I find in some feed as...
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 09/07/2025
What would you use to build something like that? I've been brushing up on webdev and data viz again, and I'd love to pick your brain sometime — if you'd be up for it, of course!
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 09/07/2025
Ah, gotcha, that makes sense now. Sort of like the choreography of a post as it ripples outward, engagement by engagement? (I'd love to see it in motion even if you definitely don't have the time and it has to live in the "gloriously unbuildable" folder. 😄)
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 09/07/2025
So, you want to make a beautiful, OTT (wild) visualisation (using a force-directed layout) that shows the structure of how ideas are shared and relate to one another... using ATProto's semantic data/structured vocabulary (lexicon) for repost-like interactions (probably quotes, mentions, citations)??
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 09/07/2025
Cool blog of how @aendra.com built @xblock.aendra.dev her automoderation tuned screenshot classifier AI model and pipeline, including all the manual work behind it. www.aendra.com/xblock-summe...
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XBlock Summer 2024 Update
Howdy! I figure it's probably not the worst idea to do a quick update on XBlock progress, as well as give some indication what I'm planning to do in the future with it. This will be more roadmap-y tha...
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 08/07/2025
Again I ALWAYS advise to use group and algorithmic moderation with GREAT caution and usually only in warn mode as I do, but @xblock.aendra.dev as a screenshot labeler is working pretty well. It rolled-up screenshots you can click to view if you want. Works great and very safe.
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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 08/07/2025
Bluesky and the fediverse have constructed a narrative of how growth of the networks happen: when Musk does something particularly evil or stupid, people migrate in a wave looking for an ethical alternative. But what happens when that pattern breaks down? connectedplaces.online/growth-narra...
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Growth narratives on the new social networks
The narratives that networks like the fediverse and Bluesky have about themselves how their network grows are a snapshot of a specific moments in time. How do these narratives evolve as the circumstan...
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ATProto London • Bluesky social events in London, UK @atproto.london · 07/07/2025
Our next event has been announced! We'll be returning to Newspeak House on Wednesday, 23 July from 7 pm to 10 pm. RSVP here! lu.ma/15mefous?tk=... We're currently looking for shorter (5-15 minutes) and longer (15-30 minute) talks. Cool new project? Big new idea? We want to hear about it! DM us!
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July ATProto London · Luma
More details tktk
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Where to work in London when it's too hot to think? My top 10 pitch-ups with WiFi, air con and relative peace in my Substack this week. open.substack.com/pub/helenbar...
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Cool places to work when London is hot
Air-conditioned pubs, cafes and libraries (mostly) with architectural flair and where you can hear yourself think
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ændra. @aendra.com · 03/07/2025
Words don't come close to describing just how profoundly bad an idea this is.
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ændra. @aendra.com · 29/06/2025
One last selfie before I head back to the hotel and then the airport. Thank you Oslo, it's been brill. 💚🏳️‍🌈 (I cannot believe it's this light out at 2:45 am)
Me in a denim vest in front of the harbour leaving Salt. It looks very light out despite the late hour.
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 29/06/2025
😂
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 29/06/2025
I'm sure that bathing suit deserves a proper debut, though. Surely you'll find an excuse to break it out soon? Don't keep us waiting too long, darling. 😉
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 28/06/2025
Overdressed in a sauna... always trying to be the hottest person in the room, come hell or high water. 😄😉
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 28/06/2025
I love you calling yourself "overdressed" in the alt text when you're simply setting the standard. You look incredible. 😮‍💨💚
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ændra. @aendra.com · 28/06/2025
Happy Pride Oslo! #oslopride
Selfie sitting on a rainbow bench, Oslo Pride parade in background Pride parade! There's a float that I think is a traditional boat with rainbows on itPride Parade! Big rainbow parachute More Pride parade! The marchers are wearing a traditional outfit of some kind
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Cameron @cameron.stream · 27/06/2025
Anthropic let Claude run a vending machine business at their HQ. People tricked it into buying a bunch of tungsten steel cubes that it sold at a loss. www.anthropic.com/research/pro...
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Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)
We let Claude run a small shop in the Anthropic office. Here's what happened.
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⟨ Ultranaut NPC Alex ⟩ @lastnpcalex.agency · 26/06/2025
ig has finally figured me out. im getting combined skateboarding and bowling content, and whatever the hell this is (perfection is what it is)
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Orual @nonbinary.computer · 21/06/2025
Done with the rough pitch up. Gonna let it settle before I fuss with it more and get it properly in tune. But holy hell is this ever an improvement on previous status quo, so glad I got it done.
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 27/06/2025
If you let me know which one it is, I could go over it and send you notes again?
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ændra. @aendra.com · 24/06/2025
Finally got around to reading this post and it's excellent.
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 23/06/2025
😘
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 23/06/2025
Super! The only caveat is that I have a date tomorrow afternoon and am out at the @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social with Daniel on Wednesday, so I'll likely get the transcripts/notes sent over to you on Thursday or Friday, if that's okay?
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 23/06/2025
Hard agree. My plan so far has been to bring the Mastodon people along in one big tent but so often when I mention public social media infrastructure people shake their head sadly and say "Oh, yeah, Mastodon… That's never going to work." We need to somehow unpoison the well.
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
I think there's something to this idea; I wonder if there's a way to make it more broadly connected to larger international development goals. ATProto pushes back against censorship. It creates space for marginalised communities. It protects journalism. We need allies outside the tech space.
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
I think also differentiating ATProto from Twitter is important because some part of me also feels Bluesky being perceived as Yet Another American Tech Company when really it's not! What we're doing with Northsky is a good example of how ATProto is uniquely suited to these challenges. #igf2025
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
The last panel was really indicative, so much of what's going on in the ATProto space directly addresses common needs, but Bluesky didn't get a single mention (Mastodon, however, got a single dismissive nod). #igf2025
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
I'm pretty adamantly against what I refer to as "protocol development as blood sport" but Bluesky/ATProto really needs to be more vocal about how we're *not* like Mastodon/Fediverse because nobody so far has mentioned the latter as a serious contender when the former actually is? #igf2025
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ARTICLE 19 Law and Policy @article19law.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🌍Are you at #IGF2025 this week? We're & you can catch us tackling: 🔹 Is a people-centred internet still possible? 🔹 Accountability in digital plumbing 🔹 Real multi-stakeholder governance 🔹 Digital markets, #AI & #HumanRIghts More details 👇 Please connect. Let’s shape a better #internet, together!
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ARTICLE 19 at the Internet Governance Forum 2025 - ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 will be taking part in a number of events, sessions and workshops during this year's Internet Governance Forum in Norway.
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
Excellent point by Abdallah Alsalmi, that shortwave radio and other older communication media are protected by international law but the internet isn't in the same way and so governments are allowed to censor or shut it off; call to action to energise local IGF fora. #igf2025
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 23/06/2025
Ændra, are there any events you'd be sorely interested in attending but can't that I could try to 'attend' in your place? If you like, I'll send you a transcript and/or my notes afterwards. I know these things become permanent videos on YouTube, but having two heads on it may be more efficient.
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 23/06/2025
Thank you! <3
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Marianne 🔆 @greatabysmal.northsky.social · 23/06/2025
That does sound fascinating. Is that the one that's streaming from Workshop Room 2?
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
This session on meaningful digital access is already super interesting. I should really consider rendering my news feeds in a super low-bandwidth manner using Graze's Contrails feature... 🤔 #igf2025
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ændra. @aendra.com · 23/06/2025
I've created a custom feed for #igf2025, all posts with the hashtag will show up here and you can pin it: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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AaronM @aaronm.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
A quietish week, only 36 #Manuscripts from the Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025... Includes a 13th C NT, 11th C Menologium, more 17th C papal stuff, Sistine Diaries and Ethiopic liturgy. Several humanistic texts, including one by one Raniero Fioravanti, unknown to me #MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 15 of 2025
Another somewhat quiet week with a total of thirty-six manuscripts digitized. Unexpectedly Ott.lat contributed the largest fraction with twelve, followed by Barb.lat with ten and Capp.Sist.Diari with...
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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
In this week's Vatican digitization roundup by @aaronm.bsky.social, I noticed a 15th-c. Aeneid on paper, dense with marginal commentary in the earlier books. The main script is humanist-ish and the big, pale blue initials are very pretty. digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott...
Manuscript page: opening of the Aeneid with initial E (for the book summary) and A (for the text proper) in light blue. The main tex is surrounded by commentary that completely fills all margins.Detail of the opening lines of the Aeneid from the first image in this post.
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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A must-watch if you haven't seen this, #bookhistory and #printinghistory people.
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