Sam Oakley
@drsamoak.bsky.social
Research Governance and Integrity Manager at the University of Glasgow, formerly Archaeology, Egyptology, ex-Librarian...
Today's very small gripe: "OneNote for the web can't currently search across all notebooks. Use OneNote for Windows 10 or OneNote for Mac to search across multiple notebooks."
Always Microsoft products seem to have drawn lines slightly short of being truly useful...
Always Microsoft products seem to have drawn lines slightly short of being truly useful...
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Today's very small gripe: "OneNote for the web can't currently search across all notebooks. Use OneNote for Windows 10 or OneNote for Mac to search across multiple notebooks."
Always Microsoft products seem to have drawn lines slightly short of being truly useful...
Always Microsoft products seem to have drawn lines slightly short of being truly useful...
Resurrecting playlists from the early 21st century 😅 It still works! The Philips dock is the dodgy part here...
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Resurrecting playlists from the early 21st century 😅 It still works! The Philips dock is the dodgy part here...
Restored some calm yesterday with an autumnal lunchtime walk. Too easy to get overwhelmed with the monster 'to do' list these days...
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Restored some calm yesterday with an autumnal lunchtime walk. Too easy to get overwhelmed with the monster 'to do' list these days...
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🌐 The China Defence Universities Tracker is expanding 🌐
This September, ASPI will launch a major expansion of the Tracker with new data, deeper analysis and enhanced tools to understand the military, security and tech risks linked to Chinese universities.
👉 Sign up: unitracker.aspi.org.au
This September, ASPI will launch a major expansion of the Tracker with new data, deeper analysis and enhanced tools to understand the military, security and tech risks linked to Chinese universities.
👉 Sign up: unitracker.aspi.org.au
August 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
🌐 The China Defence Universities Tracker is expanding 🌐
This September, ASPI will launch a major expansion of the Tracker with new data, deeper analysis and enhanced tools to understand the military, security and tech risks linked to Chinese universities.
👉 Sign up: unitracker.aspi.org.au
This September, ASPI will launch a major expansion of the Tracker with new data, deeper analysis and enhanced tools to understand the military, security and tech risks linked to Chinese universities.
👉 Sign up: unitracker.aspi.org.au
I'm sitting in on leadership training with the most excellent Daniela Bultoc today = sparking so many ideas and thoughts...and it's a real masterclass in how to facilitate a good session danielabultoc.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I'm sitting in on leadership training with the most excellent Daniela Bultoc today = sparking so many ideas and thoughts...and it's a real masterclass in how to facilitate a good session danielabultoc.com
It's been a good week for music for me: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings on Sat, Gogol Bordello on Tue and Fields of the Nephilim last night. PS If anyone else matches on all of those, we should definitely be friends! 😁#ElderGoth
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It's been a good week for music for me: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings on Sat, Gogol Bordello on Tue and Fields of the Nephilim last night. PS If anyone else matches on all of those, we should definitely be friends! 😁#ElderGoth
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This Christmas present 🤣 I didn't know the Russell Group had merch?!
January 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This Christmas present 🤣 I didn't know the Russell Group had merch?!
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Time to roll out the funniest thing ever (thank you @gralefrit.bsky.social & @jasonhazeley.bsky.social ) #LadyBirdBooksForAdults #Hootenanny
December 31, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Time to roll out the funniest thing ever (thank you @gralefrit.bsky.social & @jasonhazeley.bsky.social ) #LadyBirdBooksForAdults #Hootenanny
These days as we crawl towards midwinter...every year I forget how hard it is... Still beautiful out there, but hard...
December 13, 2024 at 11:36 PM
These days as we crawl towards midwinter...every year I forget how hard it is... Still beautiful out there, but hard...
Those government-type surveys where they want an institutional response but you have no way to extract or even see the questions without clicking through their clunky survey tool...do they imagine we all sit round a computer together? 😂
December 11, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Those government-type surveys where they want an institutional response but you have no way to extract or even see the questions without clicking through their clunky survey tool...do they imagine we all sit round a computer together? 😂
I liked this focus on creativity, not least because it references Frank Turner on songwriting 😊 www.nature.com/articles/d41... (part paywalled)
‘That’s funny’: creative solutions for time-starved researchers
An immunologist and his illustrator friend reveal tips and tricks to help scientists to reach peak performance and creativity.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I liked this focus on creativity, not least because it references Frank Turner on songwriting 😊 www.nature.com/articles/d41... (part paywalled)
THANK YOU!!!! This has saved me from RSI and delirium = subtitletools.com Free tool to convert VTT subtitles to a plain text transcript without the timings...
Subtitle Tools - Online tools to fix your subtitles
This website is full of free tools to fix your subtitles. If you need to convert, sync, or clean your subtitles, then this is the right place.
subtitletools.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:31 PM
THANK YOU!!!! This has saved me from RSI and delirium = subtitletools.com Free tool to convert VTT subtitles to a plain text transcript without the timings...
In Dundee today for the Scottish #ResearchIntegrity network (SRIN) hearing about the work of UK CORI from @ralitsamadsen.bsky.social
Always so useful to meet Scottish peers and get this kind of sector update!
Always so useful to meet Scottish peers and get this kind of sector update!
November 26, 2024 at 11:55 AM
In Dundee today for the Scottish #ResearchIntegrity network (SRIN) hearing about the work of UK CORI from @ralitsamadsen.bsky.social
Always so useful to meet Scottish peers and get this kind of sector update!
Always so useful to meet Scottish peers and get this kind of sector update!
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🌟⭐️GIVE AWAY ⭐️🌟
Get your hands on a copy of the 2nd Edition of my book 'Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments.
🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
TO ENTER, LIKE AND REPOST THIS POST!! 🤩
[A winner will be randomly selected a week from now! Good luck!]
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #giveaway
Get your hands on a copy of the 2nd Edition of my book 'Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments.
🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
TO ENTER, LIKE AND REPOST THIS POST!! 🤩
[A winner will be randomly selected a week from now! Good luck!]
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #giveaway
November 24, 2024 at 10:49 AM
🌟⭐️GIVE AWAY ⭐️🌟
Get your hands on a copy of the 2nd Edition of my book 'Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments.
🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
TO ENTER, LIKE AND REPOST THIS POST!! 🤩
[A winner will be randomly selected a week from now! Good luck!]
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #giveaway
Get your hands on a copy of the 2nd Edition of my book 'Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments.
🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟
TO ENTER, LIKE AND REPOST THIS POST!! 🤩
[A winner will be randomly selected a week from now! Good luck!]
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #giveaway
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The Bluesky Swear Word Visualizer is absolutely amazing (and is that Matt Berry's voice?)
swearsky.bagpuss.org
swearsky.bagpuss.org
SwearSky
Bluesky profanity, as it happens
swearsky.bagpuss.org
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The Bluesky Swear Word Visualizer is absolutely amazing (and is that Matt Berry's voice?)
swearsky.bagpuss.org
swearsky.bagpuss.org
A whole load of good lists here! Ah the happiness of finding old friends have appeared here... 🥰
It's suddenly getting busy on here! Can anyone point me to some good lists for #researchpolicy, #researchfunding, #openaccess, #openscience, #scholcomm folks?
November 21, 2024 at 11:11 PM
A whole load of good lists here! Ah the happiness of finding old friends have appeared here... 🥰
Lunchtime walk was a much-needed break today 🌞
November 20, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Lunchtime walk was a much-needed break today 🌞
This article is about websites but I think useful here too for key message "focus on meaning rather than visual description"
"Does an image always require alt-text?" and other sections had me thinking about how to use this best for usefulness (and efficiency) www.nngroup.com/articles/alt...
"Does an image always require alt-text?" and other sections had me thinking about how to use this best for usefulness (and efficiency) www.nngroup.com/articles/alt...
November 20, 2024 at 6:30 AM
This article is about websites but I think useful here too for key message "focus on meaning rather than visual description"
"Does an image always require alt-text?" and other sections had me thinking about how to use this best for usefulness (and efficiency) www.nngroup.com/articles/alt...
"Does an image always require alt-text?" and other sections had me thinking about how to use this best for usefulness (and efficiency) www.nngroup.com/articles/alt...
Christmas shopping has started... and
I have just supported Daydreams Bookshop via Hive www.hive.co.uk/Shops/Daydre... (our new local bookshop! Will go in there too, obvs 😁)
I have just supported Daydreams Bookshop via Hive www.hive.co.uk/Shops/Daydre... (our new local bookshop! Will go in there too, obvs 😁)
hive.co.uk
www.hive.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Christmas shopping has started... and
I have just supported Daydreams Bookshop via Hive www.hive.co.uk/Shops/Daydre... (our new local bookshop! Will go in there too, obvs 😁)
I have just supported Daydreams Bookshop via Hive www.hive.co.uk/Shops/Daydre... (our new local bookshop! Will go in there too, obvs 😁)
This is not Croydon...
November 16, 2024 at 4:39 PM
This is not Croydon...
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The notebook sweet spot is so small.
Like the chances of finding one that's nice enough to buy but not too nice to ruin by writing in it are basically zero. Madness. This world is absolute madness.
Like the chances of finding one that's nice enough to buy but not too nice to ruin by writing in it are basically zero. Madness. This world is absolute madness.
November 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The notebook sweet spot is so small.
Like the chances of finding one that's nice enough to buy but not too nice to ruin by writing in it are basically zero. Madness. This world is absolute madness.
Like the chances of finding one that's nice enough to buy but not too nice to ruin by writing in it are basically zero. Madness. This world is absolute madness.
I am heading for Croydon. It's really hard to get enthusiastic 😆 Maybe Croydon will surprise me...
November 16, 2024 at 3:46 PM
I am heading for Croydon. It's really hard to get enthusiastic 😆 Maybe Croydon will surprise me...
Great to see @zjayres.bsky.social on here! We use these fabulous resources in our #ResearchIntegrity training 👍🏻
Mental health during your PhD - some of the challenges that PhD students face. #AcademicMentalHealth
November 16, 2024 at 7:58 AM
Great to see @zjayres.bsky.social on here! We use these fabulous resources in our #ResearchIntegrity training 👍🏻