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Izzy Eddyshaw

@izzyed.bsky.social
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Health sciences librarian, weird little sci-fi nerd. She/her

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Ben Abrahamse @babrahamse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
once again: the reason we have libraries is to keep librarians off the streets where they cause trouble
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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/09/2026
Researchers have filed a new lawsuit alleging that the U.S. National Institutes of Health is illegally censoring research grants. scim.ag/4gY2aOr
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Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wish the honourable Lady Catherine De Bourgh would condescend to advise *me* on the arrangement of my humble abode to be quite honest
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
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Diane Tucker @theshymuseumgoer.com · 25/08/2026
Looking for a meaningful way to honor the exceptional life and legacy of Dolly Parton? Consider making a donation to one of her passion projects: The Imagination Library. 📚 #DollyParton #ImaginationLibrary #LiteracyMatters #BookCommunity
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/08/2026
“Baffling.” Exeter is still consulting staff yet has already announced the closure of Geography programmes at Penryn. We’re calling on the university to come back to the table, listen to staff and stop the cuts.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Today I walked into work wearing my prescription sunglasses, forgetting entirely to bring my regular glasses. Thus all day I have been sat at the front desk, indoors, wearing sunglasses so I can see, and looking absolutely deranged 👍
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have never wanted anything in my life more than I want Count Binface to triumph in this by-election
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Even if we accept the financial reasoning (questionable), I fail to see how tanking our international reputation and getting rid of world-leading researchers can have anything other than a crushing financial impact in the long run. If we let this happen, the only result will be more cuts later.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This is indeed a key test. The proposals are morally indefensible, legally questionable, economically self-destructive, and politically delusional. No-one with "legitimate concerns" about migration will vote Labour for pledging to deport care workers. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk
Burnham could ditch tougher settlement rules for migrants already in UK
Shabana Mahmood has been planning to double the time it takes for most migrant workers to qualify for permanent residence
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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
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Ann (she/her) @agvbergin.net · 21/06/2026
Rounding-up heat preparedness information for the coming week here in the UK, a thread, 🧵 The best and most comprehensive guide to heatwaves is from the British Red Cross. If you only bookmark one page to come back to, make it this: www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/pre... 1/8
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Heatwaves in the UK | Support and advice | British Red Cross
Heatwaves in the UK are becoming more common. Learn how extreme heat could affect your life, as well as advice on preparing for extreme heat and first aid help.
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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is an utterly, pointlessly cruel policy and cis folks need to do whatever we can stand up against it. Solidarity with our trans and NB siblings 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is a failure of journalism, on a really basic level, but it is also a failure of political leadership. It was going to fall simply in the basis of what the previous govt did. But Starmer somehow conspired to actively spread the impression it was rising.
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Maarten Paulusse @maartenp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Good piece by Jefferson Pooley on how LLM-powered “research” tools like Google’s “Deep Research” and Elsevier’s “AI Discovery” likely strengthen the “Matthew effect”: highly-cited authors are amplified while undercited (often female) authors are increasingly ignored: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
The Matthew effect in AI summary - LSE Impact
AI research tools are trained on a literature that is structured by an unequal distribution of attention. Does their use simply recreate these biases ?
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
So much of the response to this BARE MINIMUM OF RESEARCH expectation being laid out by arXiv is depressing.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
anyone but Wes Streeting, please.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
20 years today since this masterpiece permanently damaged the personalities of millennials everywhere ♥️ youtu.be/uE-1RPDqJAY?...
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taking the hobbits to isengard
YouTube video by Aaron Hardbarger
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
the genuinely evil JD Vance here just outright announcing what is, of course, already very obvious from everything he has done in office - that his politics are entirely devoid of morals of any kind.
theguardian.com
JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’
Catholic vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after pope criticized the White House over the Iran war
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
oh hey that's me! tldr; the US is really stable and fine and normal right now, don't even worry about it
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
MCP connectors for academic research really give off the vibe of an abusive boyfriend who'll only let you see your friends as long as they're also present to supervise. "What's that, you want to see your buddy PubMed? Sure, how about I talk to him for you and tell you what he says 🙂"
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
just gets worse and worse. The lying and the sheer stupidity is staggering. "the investigation was prompted by their discovery of Men Who Hate Women, saying: “the content was inappropriate for children and even challenging for adults to access”. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/grea...
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Greater Manchester school library censorship: who is accountable? - Index on Censorship
Now that Lowry Academy has been publicly named, Index has written a follow-up to last week's book banning story
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I loved being a Guide. This move makes it a less safe space for everyone. It's typical of anti-trans policies generally, which are never about protecting girls, but about imposing misogynistic limits on who we can be, what we can do, and what we can achieve. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Girlguiding didn’t have to do this to its trans members. There was another way | Zoe Williams
Girlguiding’s response to last year’s supreme court ruling is not the humane option – and changes the organisation’s identity, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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Dave @mediocredave.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
They asked an AI to determine which books were inappropriate and among many other dumb outputs it flagged Reni Eddo-Lodge and Michelle Obama because their books deal with racism.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
recently had the joy of reading the Undermind creators' whitepaper on benchmarking the tool. It is absurd. "Because Undermind is likely truly exhaustive, if Undermind provides no relevant results, one can be reasonably certain nothing exists on the topic." Pardon?? www.undermind.ai/whitepaper.pdf
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
words fail me www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Google scraps AI search feature that crowdsourced amateur medical advice
Exclusive: Revelation comes as company faces mounting scrutiny over use of AI to provide health tips
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Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
So if using AI actually does erode human cognition the way studies suggest, then it's a feature instead of a bug? The world is gross enough without "take away people's ability to think so we can sell it back to them" being on the list.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Well at least we've got the Ides of March to look forward to.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Announce ☺️
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Great article on how to un-garbage-ify google. Would also recommend putting -ai after your searches to get rid of the irritating AI summaries too. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
open.substack.com
Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Hey, I'm doing a webinar for the CILIP info lit group on Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US, with a particular focus on healthcare research. It'll be super fun and not at all depressing, honest www.tickettailor.com/events/cilip...
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Select tickets – Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US – Teams
Information Literacy, data and evidence removal in the US – Teams, Thu 26 Feb 2026 - During the US government shutdown in October and November of last year, many of us saw the notice on the PubMed web...
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University of Exeter Library @exeterunilib.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
February is LGBTQ+ History Month! Borrow any book from the displays at Forum & St Luke's Libraries and discover more via the LGBTQ+ History Reading List: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibLGBTQHistoryList. Recommend books you'd like to see in the Library via the form on the Libguide: libguides.exeter.ac.uk/lgbtq
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LibGuides: LGBTQ+ Collections: LGBTQ+ History Resources List
LibGuides: LGBTQ+ Collections: LGBTQ+ History Resources List
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Now I don't wish to alarm anyone, but it seems that it's currently not (as far as I can tell) (at this precise moment) (external confirmation needed) (could be wrong) raining????
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Friends I fear this endless rain may be starting to render me Somewhat Unusual
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
You know you're totally one of the good guys when you're actively trying to (and let me quote here) "narrow the definition of 'inhuman and degrading treatment'". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’
Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
diabolical that in order to be able to find where you've put your glasses, you must be wearing them so that you can see to search. Truly the world is unjust
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Galina Esther Shubina, my coffee is my own @galsh.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I have now got all 20, though there was googling and some heavy hints on a couple from a friend. This was necessary for my blood pressure because some of these answers are utterly unacceptable and because I am a very impatient person full of hate hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com?competition=...
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!
Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
From the German National Library of Medicine, beta version of site for tracking additions and deletions to PubMed now available #medlibs
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
the vampire community continues to bombard me with unsettling little messages
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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR: Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility. Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Amazon is Building a Surveillance Empire on the Backs of Delivery Drivers. A new report from the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) exposes the dark underbelly of technology-driven workplace surveillance.” Above the text is an old school television with an antenna featuring a surveillance snapshot from a camera inside of an Amazon delivery van. The Amazon logo is upside down and is a frown. Around the television are disembodied eyes and ears.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Seems bad, but at least we can use PollutionBot3000 to summarise this article with questionable accuracy if we can't be bothered to read it though, eh. Must make sure to consider both the pros and cons www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Today I cheerfully said to a class full of slightly dazed-looking students, "I appreciate it's Monday morning, so you're probably all a little tired". Blank, befuddled stares followed. Lads, turns out it's not Monday. I'm fine.
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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 15/10/2025
oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.
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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
AI 🤝 fascism
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
got some lads working on some scaffolding on our house, having some very sweet conversations, including but not limited to such lines as: "Mate you're a great scaffolder - you just need to have more confidence!"
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Hilda Bastian @hildabast.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Tracking Shutdown Impact and Changes at PubMed There's been some panic about PubMed again, since a notice on the website warned it could be out of date because of the US government shutdown. Shutdown is dreadful, in so many ways. But that notice doesn't mean PubMed has been de-funded, or that it's…
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Tracking Shutdown Impact and Changes at PubMed
There's been some panic about PubMed again, since a notice on the website warned it could be out of date because of the US government shutdown. Shutdown is dreadful, in so many ways. But that notice doesn't mean PubMed has been de-funded, or that it's not being maintained. The notice is the same as the one displayed during a shutdown in 2018.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Had a great time at Titus Andronicus at Hampstead Theatre this weekend, highly recommend. Leaned effectively into the fact that the play as written is objectively hilarious. Also I got given a blanket to protect against all the blood sprays 😊
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Genuinely have seen circulating entirely serious suggestions to use AI generated people for library focus groups. Because finding real participants is too hard.
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Izzy Eddyshaw @izzyed.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#medlibs #pubmed
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