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Darren Flynn (he/him/his)

@patchedelbows.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Library and Information Studies at UCL. PhD student researching social class in the academic library workforce. Co-organiser of Critical Approaches to Libraries Conference (CALC) and member of Fair Library Jobs.

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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Picked up my pre-ordered copy this week 🥳 Question is can I keep my mits off it this weekend to read it on my holibobs?
Photo of 'Out Now; a queer journey through modern television' by Scott Bryan
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Huh, "interesting" 😬
Screen shot of Google AI response to question "am alone with a gay man".
Response starts with "if you are feeling unsafe or need help right now, please leave the room or call emergency services immediately". Response continues with an inappropriate level of homophobia.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I'll tell you what's especially sad; there's lots of great *real* photos of library-land out there that could have been crowd-sourced and used instead. May I respectfully submit LILAC2016 me doing my past faux-coy and camp "oh hello there" to the photographer. Source: www.flickr.com/photos/lilac...
Photo from LILAC2016 showing Darren looking back and smiling at the camera. Nigel Morgan and Sam Aston in the foreground.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The fingers are ok in this one, but I think showing double-handed note taking is setting up an impossible standard
Image from CILIP website showing a patron(?) and librarian(?). Librarian is taking notes with one hand while also holding a second pen in the other.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This one doesn't have the whole gang, but I just adore this photo 😍
Photograph of Jess, Darren, Laura and Maria from Darren's wedding reception.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
18 years together and we finally went ahead and did it! 💕🤵🤵🌈 Absolute joy to share an amazing weekend with my family and friends. Just about down from the clouds to get back to regular life ☁️
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This keynote comes with a beautiful set of sketch notes from SketchnotesUK 💛
Sketchnotes from Rodney E. Freeman Jr's keynote talk May Day! at #CALC26
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My conference buddy. He's not sat on my knee during 6 years of WFH meetings. But T-Cups is interested in ageism it seems because he is indeed a venerable man 😻 #CALC26
Photo of Darren with his cat Terrence sat on his knee
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Why do I feel like they've seen me from across the bar and dog my vibe? 🤭
Snip from original image showing Brainiac (?) and Lex Luther (?) looking cunty
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Age yourself with gaming
Game cover of Baldur's Gate (1998)
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
No! bad journal, look at what you did!
Snip showing a pie chart showing (a pointless) gender split of 13% male and 87% female. Second snip showing a pie chart (the is unintelligible) showing ethnicity of participants. This includes no labels, a number rather than a percentage of the largest category. The rest are unlabelled.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Umm....ok thanks The Graun 😳
Screenshot from the Guardian showing a recipe for "Rachel Roddy's mini babas al rum". The photograph shows mini rum babas that look rather rude, 🍆
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I effing LOVE university catering. Oohhh sausage roll with "traditional dips". I wonder what the traditional dips will be??? 🤔
Photo of a card on a buffet reading "Vegan sausage roll with traditional dips"Photo of a catering buffet, showing the "Traditional Dips" are red and brown sauce.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Almost twin-sies 😍👀
Photo of Darren in front of a Kylie Tension tour poster.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Umm...insufficient power for both people and AI...? Seems a pretty obvious solution presents itself to me...🤷
Screenshot from The Matrix (1999) showing Neo waking from the weird human battery pod thing, and looking at more weird human battery pod things.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Thank you recent trip to St. Ives 😍
Photograph of shop sign in St. Ives reading "Gullz R Loud".
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
First morning home after a brilliant #LILAC25. Had a great time learning, talking and reflecting. Thanks to @lilacconf.bsky.social for a cracking job organizing the conference, @cardiffunilib.bsky.social for hosting and all the facilities and catering staff for looking after all of us 💛
Photo of Darren's garden and cat in the morning light. Photo shows a jungle style city garden.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Excellent session 👏 Also an additional learning moment for me when I find out why folks look the way they look when I sing (photo 2).
Photo of slide from Richard's findings. Titles "Types of information about the body" and lists a range of information types.Zoom in of previous photo, highlighting point which says "what you're hearing in your head is not what the audience is hearing"
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Feeling slightly micro-managed today 🙂‍↕️
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Sighs in seasonal gratitude to #SpringEquinox
Photograph of Darren's garden, morning of March 20th.Closeup photograph of a euphorbia against a red brick wall.Close up photograph of a Philadelphus (mock orange) just beginning to bud.Closeup photograph of a window box of winter pansies.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Browning on the edges is usually lack of humidity (probably from having central heating on lately). Helps if you stand it in a dish of expanded clay pellets with water. Can't fix the already browning leaves but helps prevent new ones.
Photo of a monstera standing in a dish of clay pellets and water.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
😱 look at these handsome fellas! marthaandhepsie.com/products/wal...
Screenshot of wrapping paper with walruses on it.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Glad I left my grey cardigan on the spare bed so that my mostly white cat knew where he should lie down 🙄😚🥰
Photograph of a bed with a grey cardigan and Terrance, a grey and white cat, specifically laying down on the cardigan and not the rest of the bed.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We've a light dusting as far south as Warwickshire 🥶
Photograph of Darren's garden with a light dusting of snow, November 2024.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I refuse to join BlueSky. I don't want to become part of an Ecco chamber.
Cover art of Sega Genesis 'Ecco the Dolphin' showing the titular dolphin jumping out of the ocean.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Can anyone think of a good reason why tables in journal articles are almost always formatted like this 👇 Surely I shouldn't have to use a ruler just to read across the data? Just gimme some gosh darn lines to work with!
Snip showing a demographics table from a journal article. The key point is that the table is formatted without lines which (to me) make it difficult to read the label and corresponding figures.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
It's been a long time, but driving through Cheshire this sign never failed to put my mum in hysterics.
UK tourist attraction road sign. Reads "Secret Bunker Turn right 180 yds ahead".
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
That's gorgeous 🥰 I keep making diversions through town to look at my favourite autumn tree 🍂🍁
Photograph of an acer in the church yard of St Andrew's Church, Rugby Warwickshire. It's showing glorious deep red autumn foliage. In the background is the church, a neo gothic church.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Yep, v into this 👌
Photograph of the book Rivals by Jilly Cooper on a side table next to a half drunk glass of red wine.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
and yet I love my little Potteries dialect being represented, albeit shown about x10 larger than it ought to be 🤗🫖
Zoomed in image of UK dialect map showing Potteries dialect amongst many other Midlands and North West dialects.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Not sure if they're on here but #LILAC2025 is going hard on next year's logo! 🤘🔥🐲🔥🤘 @jinfolit.bsky.social #LibrarySky
Logo for LILAC2025 at Cardiff/Caerdydd showing a purple dragon over a castle backdrop.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
Loving the to-do list I got in my goodie bag from @thekindbraveleader.bsky.social's book launch last night 😍
Photo of a to-do list produced by The Kind Brave Leader
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
T-Cups says "commit to comfort" 😽
Photograph of Terrance, a grey and white cat, reclining on 4 cushions on a bench.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Haven't gymmed all week, got the day off today and it's lovely out. So I decided to run around this b*stard lake 🏃
Photograph of Draycote Water, a reservoir in Warwickshire. It's a nice September day with blue skies and clouds.Photograph of a sign at Draycote Water, describing the 5 mile trail around the reservoir.
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Darren Flynn (he/him/his) @patchedelbows.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
🥺🥺😭 (from Fact's sample chapter)
Snip from the acknowledgements in Beth Montague-Hellen's Practical Tips for EDI in Libraries. Names listed include: Caroline Ball, Harry Batholomew, Michelle Bond, david Brown, Elizabeth Chapman, Jo Cornish, Anthony David Jr, Kirsten Elliott, Joanne Fitzpatrick, Darren Flynn, Kirsty Lingstaft, Keither Nockles, Harriet Notman, Anna Pelekanou, Holly Ranger, Emma Sansby, Joshua Sendall and Deborah Verenna.
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