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Margy MacMillan

@margymaclibrary.bsky.social
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Retired librarian with time on her hands, interested in pretty much everything, but especially wildlife/ecology, SoTL, Indigenous matters/decolonization, science, medieval literature… Settler on unceded Songhees, Esquimalt & WSÁNEĆ territory.

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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 15h
Yes, well worth hearing.
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 11h
Midweek Treat: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay! Sorry about the uneven layers, Paul🙈 www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Over the years, I’ve made many different cakes for my children’s birthdays, but for some time now this has been the chosen one, the cake of cakes, elected to celebrate many special occasions, and with...
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 10h
💥New | Practitioner-researchers in social care and social work – hope for the future or promises unfulfilled? ✍️ @hannahkendrick87.bsky.social @sharonpaul333.bsky.social & @juliettemalley.bsky.social (@cpeclse.bsky.social) #Care #SocialCare #Expertise #ResearchImpact
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Practitioner-researchers in social care and social work – hope for the future or promises unfulfilled? - LSE Impact
As investment in research capacity building for those who work in social care and social work increases, Hannah Kendrick, Sharon Paul and Juliette Malley discuss areas of potential, whilst setting out...
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Sheila Webber @sheilawebber.bsky.social · 10h
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Online conference: Critical Issues in Modern Academic Librarianship
There is a free online conference on 16 October 10.00-15.00 US Pacific time (which is 18.00-23.00 BST): Informed, Inclusive, Independent: Critical Issues in Modern Academic Librarianship Virtual Conference  "We will discuss many different topics related to academic libraries including: Collaborations with public libraries Approaches to AI Literacy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Libraries Encouraging student scholarship through information literacy learning experiences Understanding the effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning Resources provided by the library Challenges to academic freedom in California State University Libraries". Programme is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/162e5inFpl-j9mJEccYhnDZ0kCBFBJOlEJ0G8Reil58U/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.nd3ucuogufre  Zoom link to register: https://sdccd-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/2xV9spoJTJiXPyHminVJCA  Photo by Sheila Webber: big tree, Sheffield Botanic Gardens, September 2026
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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 10h
Honouring Alfred Kirkness, a hero who fought and made possible for everyone to remember children lost at Brandon Residential School - today’s #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation column www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2026/0...
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Opinion: Hero fought to remember children lost at residential school
The story of the gravesites of students who attended the Brandon Indian Residential School underneath the Turtle Crossing Campground is truly a Manitoba tragedy.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10h
New Philly voice article on the fight to reopen the Academy of Natural Sciences! www.phillyvoice.com/academy-natu...
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Academy of Natural Sciences is closed, but the fight for the museum continues
A grassroots group is urging Drexel's board to disaffiliate from the institution and calling for a public process to decide its future.
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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 9h
Interested in Asian collections in UK archives? Come to a one-day conference @thejohnrylands.bsky.social on 4 Dec! Sponsored by the National Committee for Information Resources on Asia, it includes fascinating talks and networking opportunities for only a tenner (to cover biscuits). #skystorians 🗃️
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NACIRA Conference and AGM
NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES ON ASIA
CONFERENCE & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
DECEMBER 2026

John Rylands Library, University of Manch
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Events to mark National Truth and Reconciliation Day on Vancouver Island
A roundup of events on Sept. 29 and 30.
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John E Marriott Photography @johnemarriott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Who's coming to Banff to catch my show with wildlife artist Susie Cipolla? It's live now at Canada House Gallery or you can check it out online at: canadahouse.com/collections/...
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 29/09/2026
Status report, "Just Thought I'd Mention": Noting some Discourse on alternate YA material about young #wizards (without toxic additives). If you're interested (and not in the UK: sorry, Brexit issues...), these nine diverse & inclusive works are on #sale at a really low price!🙂 bit.ly/YWNMESET
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YW New Millennium 9-Volume Box Set
Our New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ...
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Chantal Hébert @chebert18.bsky.social · 23h
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Notes de campagne 5
Si la tendance se maintient, l'île de Montréal et la grande région de Québec vont se retrouver dans deux camps idéologiques distincts au lendemain des élections du 5 octobre.
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Vancouver Island Regional Library @vilibrary.bsky.social · 22h
All VIRL branches are closed tomorrow (Sept.30) for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. 🧡 👉Check out resources in the library’s collection: ow.ly/Moe650ZRBJ4 *Thanks to Sooke's knitting community for the tiny orange sweater display!
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Paul R. Pival 🇨🇦 he/him @ppival.bsky.social · 22h
UNT Removes LGBTQ Archive Amid Lawmaker Criticism www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/25/u... What a #snowflake. Happy to see UNT didn't remove all the other LGBTQ+ content I was able to still find on their site(s)!
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UNT Removes LGBTQ Archive Amid Lawmaker Criticism
The University of North Texas faces backlash after removing its LGBTQ Archive webpage following comments from state Rep. Brian Harrison.
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nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social @nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social · 20h
What happens when schools and libraries misinterpret cultural difference as a problem to be solved? This session explores the experiences of Gullah Geechee children through the lenses of cultural humility, intellectual humility, and servant leadership. sc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · 19h
It's taken a minute but I'm excited to tell you about a new project and a new podcast (eventually). In many ways, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s was just the beginning…. More here: contactingconnie.substack.com/p/who-is-pro...
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Who is protected by the destruction of Indian Residential School records?
“There’s not a single Indigenous person in Canada, who has not been touched by the legacy of Residential Schools.” - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Make that 4:30-6:30. Drexel board gets there at 5. Based on info we currently have.
a pachycephalosaurus is MAD under the words "emergency protest today Demand Drexel Disaffiliate. Constitution center, 525 arch st Tuesday Sept 29, 4:30-6:30
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation special starts at 11 a.m. ET on September 30, with hosts Dennis Ward and Tiar Wheatle. Watch live on APTN and online here: www.aptnnews.ca/rememberingt...
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Remembering the Children | APTN News
For 160 years, Indigenous children were taken and put into institutions across Canada. September 30 is a day to remember the children.
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨🚨Emergency protest🚨🚨 The Drexel board will be at the constitution center in Old City (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106) from 5-6. We're asking Drexel to disaffiliate from the Academy of Nat Sci to allow them to negotiate what's best for them w/o Drexel interference. Be there.
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@seancarleton.bsky.social and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social’s new edited collection confronts the growing presence of harmful and disrespectful residential school denialism in mainstream media and public discourse. Read more of their writing in Canadian Dimension here:
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Putting truth and respect before reconciliation
Sean Carleton and Niigaan Sinclair, Indigenous studies professors and editors of the new book, Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism, respond to the slow creep of harmf...
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Sarah Polkinghorne @sarahpolk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FWIW Canadian librarians have been pushing back against Springer Nature on this issue for many months now. I always appreciate faculty support for libraries. It'd be great if they would also call in their own colleagues -- in this case, the researchers agreeing to stamp their names on slop "books."
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nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social @nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How 2026 Midterm Election Narratives Take Shape. At the center of every worldview are sets of anecdotes strung together to justify deviations from the status quo, and mass election fraud conspiracy theories are no exception. #PoliticalLiteracy #Disinformation sc-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 29/09/2026
Ancient virus hunters: how we discovered sheeppox DNA hidden in medieval gospels by Kevin Daly DNA can survive in parchment for well over a thousand years. theconversation.com/ancient-viru... Books about ancient diseases at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature
LA PESTE À ROME. BY DELAUNAY

Photograph by Giraudon, Paris 

Title: Plague and pestilence in literature and art

Author: Sir Raymond Henry Payne Crawfurd

Illustration of an angel of plague striking down a figure at a doorway with a sword or spear, amid a stricken city with fallen bodies and mourners.
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Having one of those days today.
In the Park
 
In the park,
the tall trees are waving
in the morning breeze.
 
I wave back
only to realize they are waving
at the person behind me.


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Sheila Webber @sheilawebber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Papers from the 2026 Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy
Presentations from the 2026 Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy are available, linked from within the schedule. The ones I looked at were powerpoints or posters e.g. Beyond the Buzzwords: Working with Faculty to Create AI-Informed Personal Information Literacy Frameworks (which is proposing scaffolding staff and students to develop their own framework) and Empowering Research Topic Development with Generative AI Prompts - a Pilot study for First-Year Writing Students. Go to https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2026/ Photo by Sheila Webber: Zagreb cathedral, the spires are under restoration, September 2026
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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Using the Library for your research, but not sure where to start? We've got just the thing Join us for an open day where our expert curatorial, research and reference teams will give you an introduction into areas of the collection and top tips on using our services Find out more link.bl.uk/4fd839
Photograph of indiviuals looking at various objects from the British Library collection laid out on a table in a boardroom.
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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Respiratory virus season is coming up. COVID & flu vaccines are rolling out in Ontario now for high-risk groups, & more broadly starting Oct 26. RSV vaccines are available for those 75+, & for 65+ with risk factors for severe illness. tinyurl.com/mwhcrw8u
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Reconciliation events important amid rising denialism, says Sooke walk organizer
Sooke walk, South Island Powwow, bike ride among many events marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Wednesday.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mark your calendar! So excited to organize “Frozen Accidents” with art historian Sefy Hendler! Join us Nov 20th at Galerie Colbert (INHA), Paris. Hosted by HiCSA, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Please share widely, especially outside your field. Be there or be frozen!!! (see poster & thread for details)
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100.3 The Q! @theq.fm · 28/09/2026
For the first time in its multi-decade history, the Victoria Jazz Society is doing a public fundraiser, after losing a significant source of funding. Here's my chat with Artistic Director Darryl Mar about that -Scott 🎷 www.theq.fm/2026/09/28/t...
An image from Victoria Blues Bash, now the Harbour Blues 'n Roots Festival
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
Five years since over 660 organizations added their name to an urgent call for B.C. government action in response to the climate emergency, the state of climate action in the province remains grim, the authors write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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BC Needs a Real Climate Action Plan | The Tyee
After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.
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STLHESAPES @stlhesapes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join SoTL Canada for the launch of Walking Together on Parallel Paths: Co-creating Ethical Space between Western and Indigenous Educational Practices. Explore this new collection and celebrate the co-authors, peer reviewers and collaborative work behind it. Register: stlhe.ca/events/book...
Book launch poster over a bright blue-sky landscape with clouds and a grassy field. Text reads: “Walking Together on Parallel Paths: Co-creating Ethical Space between Western and Indigenous Educational Practices.” Edited by Julie Mooney, Leslie Wexler, and Catherine Anderson. The event takes place virtually on Zoom on October 2, 2026, from 10:00–11:00 a.m. Mountain Time or 12:00–1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
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Brooks DeCillia @bdecillia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Blackfoot artist Faye HeavyShield receives Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts | CBC News
Kainai Nation artist Faye HeavyShield was announced as one of eight 2026 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts winners in September, making her the only Albertan recognized through this y...
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Windspeaker.com @windspeaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“There's just that magical moment before sleep where you're connecting to the universe in a different way. There are messages coming through and I think (children) get it.” #Indigenous #FirstNations #books
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Embers that fell from the sky create range of emotions in the belly
Lyrical writing and magical watercolour illustrations highlight Rebecca Lafond’s debut bedtime story, Fire In Your Belly, which tells children that all emotions, whether joy or anger, are natural, and...
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In light of recent events: @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I joined CBC's Front Burner to explain what's fuelling the rise of residential school denialism, including why this issue is being taken up by the extreme far-right: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdJI...
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What’s fuelling residential school denialism? | Front Burner
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I joined Vancouver's RedEye Podcast on the weekend to talk about our new edited book, Truth Before Reconciliation, and the need to confront residential school denialism: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Truth Before Reconciliation: Confronting Residential School Denialism
Podcast Episode · Redeye · September 27 · 17m
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John E Marriott Photography @johnemarriott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Albertans, take a minute, please: www.albertawilderness.ca/send-a-lette...
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Send a Letter: Oppose the removal of public parks for private resorts - Alberta Wilderness Association
In less than two years, the All-Season Resorts Act (ASRA) has removed upwards of 1,090...
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 28/09/2026
First women of philosophy Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm by Dag Herbjørnsrud aeon.co/essays/befor... Books about or by women philosophers at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc... #books #literature
Frontispiece from "Grounds of natural philosophy : divided into thirteen parts: with an appendix containing five parts / written by the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the Duchess of Newcastle." by Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674. London : A. Maxwell, 1668.

She stands in an arched niche, flanked by Athena and Apollo figures, above a pedestal bearing a verse praising her wit over her painted likeness.
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 28/09/2026
The wondrous history of fairy tale art – from wolves and witches to fallen princesses by Elena Sottilotta theconversation.com/the-wondrous... Books in Children's Myths, Fairy Tales at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/books... #books #literature
Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty.

Title: Old French Fairy Tales

Author: comtesse de Sophie Ségur

Illustrator: Virginia Frances Sterrett

A girl with a long braid, in a pale gown, leans toward a twisting red tree hung with colorful fruit and grapes. Set in a starlit garden beneath a stone arch, with flowers and a dark wall behind.
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Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Great-grandpa’s notes inspired UVic student’s prizewinning children's book
Samantha Beynon’s Celebrating Potlatches is based on observations of life in the Gitxsan village of Gitsegukla by hereditary chief and ethnographer William Beynon.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great to get a copy of me and Ian Beesley’s new book about walking and talking and older men’s friendships. Available from Salt’s Mill.
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Violet Fox 🦊 @violetbfox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you've got some time in the next few days, the September #Wikipedia editathon to show solidarity with the new Wikimedia union is behind its goal of editing 10,000 articles. You can help by registering, finding a relevant article, & making it a little better! 📚 meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:W...
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Event:WikiProject Organized Labour Month Online Campaign - Meta-Wiki
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The numbers of users might stay the same or may even grow, and social media could well retain its influence and power, but that doesn’t equate to enthusiasm and interest." #AcademicSocialMedia #Bluesky #SciComm
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Social media ennui – the end of academic social media? - LSE Impact
David Beer considers whether trends towards repetition & uniformity are prefiguring a new standard for the way in which social media intersects with academic life.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Title: Author Simulator 

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto  a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
 Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee
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John Lee @johnleewriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bird banders scramble to deal with surge in migrating saw-whet owls in Northern B.C. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Record-breaking owl migration in northern B.C. leaves researchers scrambling | CBC News
A boom in mice and voles may have helped produce an unusually large wave of young saw-whet owls near Mackenzie, north of Prince George.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This week is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Jennifer Laewetz says the disconnect between the people who are denying the history of what happened in Canada and the reality of today is frustrating. Truth & Politics: youtu.be/3SLJuS2kfHo
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks Bob! @rokewood.bsky.social
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 27/09/2026
Two Thousand Years Ago, Julius Caesar Conquered the Settlement That Eventually Became Paris. Archaeologists May Have Just Found It by Sarah Kuta www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... More information about Lutetia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutetia #archeology #history
Maps of Paris (Paris sous les Romains) from Atlas General Histoire et Geographie by Paul Vidal de La Blache.

Map titled "Paris sous les Romains" (Paris under the Romans), from Vidal-Lablache's historical atlas. Shows Roman-era Paris (Lutetia) with labeled sites: temples, aqueducts, forts, roads, and hills (Montmartre, Belleville, Mons Lucotitius), tracing the ancient city's layout.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
We desperately need much stronger disclosure, norms in academic publishing and we need publishers to step up their game in enforcing them.
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nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social @nicolethelibrarian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our class shirt from the 2026 iteration of The History of Black Librarianship course! www.bonfire.com/history-of-b...
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History of Black Librarianship | Bonfire
an iSchool Summer Course. All proceeds will go towards producing future iterations of the course. Thanks to DD Billups for the idea! https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools...
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