Dan
@danw3000.bsky.social
Assistant Librarian in an Academic Support Team in a Scottish University. Always learning, so much to learn, never an expert but enthusiastic.
Keen walker, dog father, gamer and GM. 🎲
Keen walker, dog father, gamer and GM. 🎲
Hello mecha fans. I'm a #BeamSaber GM (mecha&pilot TTRPG using FitD ruleset) and I'm looking for awesome scenes from anime/movies depicting your favourite mecha battles or "vibes". Trying to inspire myself. Get myself PUMPED UP. Got any recs, or even youtube links? Real Robot style referred. Love ya
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Hello mecha fans. I'm a #BeamSaber GM (mecha&pilot TTRPG using FitD ruleset) and I'm looking for awesome scenes from anime/movies depicting your favourite mecha battles or "vibes". Trying to inspire myself. Get myself PUMPED UP. Got any recs, or even youtube links? Real Robot style referred. Love ya
Just want to profusely thank the person who thought vaping in the library was a GREAT IDEA for the 30 minutes I've had to spend in the freezing cold today with a megaphone and a walkie talkie while we evacuate an entire university building.
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Just want to profusely thank the person who thought vaping in the library was a GREAT IDEA for the 30 minutes I've had to spend in the freezing cold today with a megaphone and a walkie talkie while we evacuate an entire university building.
Another day of feeling so overwhelmed by my To-Do list that I will simply stare into the void. Rinse and repeat. Carpe this diem.
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Another day of feeling so overwhelmed by my To-Do list that I will simply stare into the void. Rinse and repeat. Carpe this diem.
I swear to dog if this rain doesn't stop I am going to COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I swear to dog if this rain doesn't stop I am going to COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS
This morning I poured my coffee beans into the water reservoir of my coffee machine instead of into the adjacent grinder. It's a miracle I made it to work at all.
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
This morning I poured my coffee beans into the water reservoir of my coffee machine instead of into the adjacent grinder. It's a miracle I made it to work at all.
I really hate it when websites don't let me SEE my password as I enter it. My password is complicated and I am clumsy. I have to open a text document instead and type it up there so I can see it, then copy.
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I really hate it when websites don't let me SEE my password as I enter it. My password is complicated and I am clumsy. I have to open a text document instead and type it up there so I can see it, then copy.
Fear of academic misconduct allegations from AI useage among university students - some are so scared of accidentally using AI that they won't use RefWorks and we've had at least one report of a student not wanting to find resources on Primo LibrarySearch because they thought it was generative AI.
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Fear of academic misconduct allegations from AI useage among university students - some are so scared of accidentally using AI that they won't use RefWorks and we've had at least one report of a student not wanting to find resources on Primo LibrarySearch because they thought it was generative AI.
I fucking love eating food, folks
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I fucking love eating food, folks
ChatGPT can't even get basic facts about Fargo (1996) right, but it gave me the wrong answers very confidently. If you don't know about something, AI is not the place to ask. If you've been enjoying AI lately, ask it about something you know. Watch it fumble. Lose faith. This is the way.
January 15, 2026 at 12:10 PM
ChatGPT can't even get basic facts about Fargo (1996) right, but it gave me the wrong answers very confidently. If you don't know about something, AI is not the place to ask. If you've been enjoying AI lately, ask it about something you know. Watch it fumble. Lose faith. This is the way.
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ICE hasn't been this unpopular since the Titanic
January 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
ICE hasn't been this unpopular since the Titanic
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Average salary among Russell Group vice-chancellors increased above £350,000 last year, despite these universities losing almost 7,000 staff members due to cost-cutting www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell... via @patrickjack.bsky.social
Russell Group v-c salaries rise as 7,000 job losses confirmed
Leaders of research-intensive universities see pay top £350,000 despite financial strife faced by institutions
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Average salary among Russell Group vice-chancellors increased above £350,000 last year, despite these universities losing almost 7,000 staff members due to cost-cutting www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russell... via @patrickjack.bsky.social
My poor broken bike. Hamish, my 2009 Honda CBF600, took a low impact spill on some unexpected black ice quite some time ago and has been in the garage ever since. I feel overwhelmed by the amount of fixes (he was never in primo condition anyway) but I really do need to get wrenching again!!
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
My poor broken bike. Hamish, my 2009 Honda CBF600, took a low impact spill on some unexpected black ice quite some time ago and has been in the garage ever since. I feel overwhelmed by the amount of fixes (he was never in primo condition anyway) but I really do need to get wrenching again!!
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And this is why librarians are almost always the #1 champions of Open Access - because we run up against these brick walls of commercial enclosure and artificial scarcity ALL THE DAMN TIME, and if it frustrates users, for us ou can multiple that by 1000%.
Today's early Spring semester reminder that if your academic library doesn't have an eBook you want and/or tells you they can't provide it, it is most likely not the library staff's fault.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
And this is why librarians are almost always the #1 champions of Open Access - because we run up against these brick walls of commercial enclosure and artificial scarcity ALL THE DAMN TIME, and if it frustrates users, for us ou can multiple that by 1000%.
This year I am going on a seven week hike along the GR11 (hiking the Spain/France border coast to coast, wild camping where possible) and I want to commemorate the event with a new watch. I have earmarked this Casio Gshock (solar powered, radio controlled time) and wow, I am very excited.
January 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
This year I am going on a seven week hike along the GR11 (hiking the Spain/France border coast to coast, wild camping where possible) and I want to commemorate the event with a new watch. I have earmarked this Casio Gshock (solar powered, radio controlled time) and wow, I am very excited.
This right here! Academic textbooks used to be much more widely available as eBook versions and easy to provide, but publishers are pushing a "1:1 eTextbook model", whereby the institution has to buy one eBook for every student on the course, which can costs tens of thousands. (1/2)
Today's early Spring semester reminder that if your academic library doesn't have an eBook you want and/or tells you they can't provide it, it is most likely not the library staff's fault.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
January 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This right here! Academic textbooks used to be much more widely available as eBook versions and easy to provide, but publishers are pushing a "1:1 eTextbook model", whereby the institution has to buy one eBook for every student on the course, which can costs tens of thousands. (1/2)
The Frasier ski lodge episode is on channel 4 right now and my god - its no secret but this is peak Frasier
December 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The Frasier ski lodge episode is on channel 4 right now and my god - its no secret but this is peak Frasier
K-POP Demon Hunters was amazing. My only complaint was that it ended too quickly, which is a much better complaint than something dragging on. I laughed and I cried and I danced. On a long train journey. On my phone with earbuds.
December 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
K-POP Demon Hunters was amazing. My only complaint was that it ended too quickly, which is a much better complaint than something dragging on. I laughed and I cried and I danced. On a long train journey. On my phone with earbuds.
This is definitely my experience. Students are also finding AI Generated content posted to ResearchGate and using it in their assignments.
“AI models not only point some users to false sources but also cause problems for researchers and librarians, who end up wasting their time looking for requested nonexistent records…”
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
www.scientificamerican.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is definitely my experience. Students are also finding AI Generated content posted to ResearchGate and using it in their assignments.
I was shady towards #TheBeastInMe. It is uneven, it is heavy handed, it is not subtle. But it was fun!! A blast. Guilty pleasure 💯. I mean, I watch ‘90s Melrose Place… I have no right to be judgy about anything.
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I was shady towards #TheBeastInMe. It is uneven, it is heavy handed, it is not subtle. But it was fun!! A blast. Guilty pleasure 💯. I mean, I watch ‘90s Melrose Place… I have no right to be judgy about anything.
Saw Sunset Boulevard for the first time ever and on the big screen no less. What a an absolutely stacked movie. So big yet so intimate. Wonderful.
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Saw Sunset Boulevard for the first time ever and on the big screen no less. What a an absolutely stacked movie. So big yet so intimate. Wonderful.
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My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
#TheBeastInMe - definitely a guilty pleasure, melodramatic and a little silly but a good time
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#TheBeastInMe - definitely a guilty pleasure, melodramatic and a little silly but a good time
So the only queen who doesn’t get a choice is PM, my absolute favourite queen of the season so far?! Brutal!! #CanadasDragRace
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
So the only queen who doesn’t get a choice is PM, my absolute favourite queen of the season so far?! Brutal!! #CanadasDragRace
Just sharing a pic my wife took last week of our dog sleeping IN MY BED while I’m at work.
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Just sharing a pic my wife took last week of our dog sleeping IN MY BED while I’m at work.