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Andrew Walsh
@playbrarian.uk
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Run workshops on Neurodiversity, play(fullness), creative teaching and more. National Teaching Fellow. Journal of Play in Adulthood Editor. Neurodivergent. https://playbrarian.uk
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 13d
Be more playful at work! I've just opened bookings for an online, asynchronous (with optional timetabled sharing session at the end), "Being more playful in the workplace" course spread over 7 weeks. As cheap as possible, including some "pay what you can tickets". #Play playfulwork.eventbrite.co.uk
Being Playful in the Workplace
An online, asynchronous, course on being more playful in the workplace. Materials will be released once a week with a final sharing session.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6h
About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages
Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.
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Justin Of Brooklyn🇰🇳🇵🇸 @neohxc.bsky.social · 17h
The frogs rise!😭😭 #iceprotest
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Edward Newton @ewords.bsky.social · 16h
I beg the reporters of this nation to ask Trump whether he thinks the elderly folk singers are the dangerous ones, or if the real threat is the person in the plushy frog costume.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 1d
This is just down the road from me, can't say I'm surprised for that area, depressing as it is.
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d
Skelton East (Redcar & Cleveland) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 65.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 19.2% (-10.7)
🌳 CON: 13.9% (-29.4)
🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.5)

No Ind (-23.7) as previous.

Reform GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d
'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 2d
On the ferry on the way back now! And there's a dog! Who I've just given a big fuss to! I thought train dogs were good, surely ferry dogs trump even them?
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 3d
About to spend the afternoon in a little museum...
An ornate, very impressive museum entrance, the Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam.
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NLISN @nlisn.bsky.social · 4d
📣New online @nlisn.bsky.social event announced:
#Neurodivergent #Reading Practices in Swedish #Educational Contexts
www.eventbrite.com/e/neurodiver...
We've decided that online events will be free however a donation supports the costs of hosting the website & in person events
#Dyslexia
#Autism
#ADHD
Neurodivergent Reading Practices in Swedish Educational Contexts
Join NLISN and the two doctoral candidates Katarina Hagberg and Karin Lund in this session on neurodivergent reading research.
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 3d
Now on a boat across the North Sea, testing out my nice new Irish passport :)
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Megan All Hallows' Eve 🦇 @meganeve.bsky.social · 4d
📣OA event idea for December! ALN are looking for speakers and presentations focusing on Green OA (such as promoting, challenges, journals vs books and discoverability) Please let me know if you are interested or would like further information.💚
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Sheila Webber @sheilawebber.bsky.social · 4d
Call for proposals for the BOBCATSSS 2026 International Conference on Library and Information Science
There is a call for proposals for the BOBCATSSS 2026 International Conference on Library and Information Science taking place 20-22 January 2026 at  Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania. The theme is Thinking for Tomorrow: Redefining Information Networks in the Digital Age. Deadline for abstracts is 31 October 2025. "BOBCATSSS is an annual symposium in the field of library and information science. It is a tradition which has been passed on from one country to another since 1993. It is held under the auspices of EUCLID (European Association for Library and Information Education and Research) and is organized by students from at least two universities." This year the universities are Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania and Faculty of Letters and Arts, and Romance Studies Department, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.  More detail here https://bobcatsss2026.org.ro/conference-theme/
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 4d
First stop of the day, no prizes for guessing where I am!
A view from the top of some cliffs, sea to one side, a pair of whalebones in the foreground forming an arch, a ruined abbey in the background. This is a classic view of Whitby.
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elle @girlinsynthesis.bsky.social · 4d
" ... consuming AI art is like eating styrofoam."

Yep. Exactly.
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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 4d
Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 6d
I'm currently in the Beckett Kitchen, see you in a few minutes!
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 6d
Sneaking a bacon sandwich and cuppa as a late breakfast at Beckett Park before the @nlisn.bsky.social event today 🫖☕
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Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 7d
Saw someone (not a mutual) posting that fig newtons are a lot of work, and I had to refrain from replying "actually, fig newtons are a lot of force; if they're a lot of work, then they're fig joules"
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 6d
I'm counting myself lucky it's my first one in several decades of driving, so I can't complain!
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 6d
At a Kwik Fit now (only place I could find close enough and open today), there's a *big* hole in the tire! Looks like something significant went into and then out of the tire, leaving a proper hole behind! First time I've ever had a proper blown tire on the motorway rather than a slow puncture.
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 6d
Luckily got breakdown cover as part of my insurance this year, despite thinking I could probably do without it as I don't do high mileage!
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 6d
Meant to be having Sunday lunch with the (grown up) children at the moment, but I'm sat on the edge of the motorway with a blown tire.
Recovery vehicle hopefully 15 mins away, found a tire place open that will "try to squeeze me in", I do hate sorting stuff like this!
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 7d
Poor Amy getting lumbered with that idiot.
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 8d
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10d
My new book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS is out in a week! Order a copy today from you local bookshop or at one of the links here: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10d
I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).
A pin badge depicting a black cat floating in a black void orbited by colourful particles.
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Andrew Walsh @playbrarian.uk · 13d
Be more playful at work! I've just opened bookings for an online, asynchronous (with optional timetabled sharing session at the end), "Being more playful in the workplace" course spread over 7 weeks. As cheap as possible, including some "pay what you can tickets". #Play playfulwork.eventbrite.co.uk
Being Playful in the Workplace
An online, asynchronous, course on being more playful in the workplace. Materials will be released once a week with a final sharing session.
playfulwork.eventbrite.co.uk
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