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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS

@spoilheap.bsky.social

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Archivist, archaeologist, librarian, historian. 20th century Brit, 21st century USAian. Manc. "spoilheap"/ "SmallFind" on the Bird site. Former circuit digger. Roman & salvage archaeology, ruins, libraries & book history, archaeological archives. (GPA+VT)

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · Jul 20

Quick reminder about my SDUC/ CPDS (UWTSD/ PCYDDS) list. Please "hit me up," if you'd like to be added or removed. #UniversityOfWales, #PrifysgolCymru, #Lampeter, #Llambed. bsky.app/profile/spoi...

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 2d

Recently pulled out my (made by own fair hand) German-language flash cards from grad school.

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 9d

Do any UK peeps remember the author of the Mark’s Gospel commentary that was a set text for the NEA Religious Studies GCSE, c. 1985-1989?

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 2d

FWIW, there ARE problems with the Windows 10 Extended Support Updates—but I think I have the privacy settings set correctly AND it buys me some time to switch to Linux.

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Kingbooooo @kingbooooo.bsky.social · 4d

If you, like me, have no desire to upgrade to Windows 11 but Microsoft is rattling their metaphorical "no more protections for YOU!" saber,

Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.

Do it before October 14!!!!!

windowsforum.com/threads/how-...

How to Enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Before Support Ends

As the end of official support for Windows 10 approaches on October 14, 2025, many users are seeking ways to maintain their system's security without transitioning to Windows 11. Microsoft's Extended ...

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely picture of a Modern (yes, the 1980s are still Modern, that whispering wag at the back--at least, relatively speaking) staging of Eumenides: bsky.app/profile/woke...

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 4d

Tony Harrison’s Eumenides, the final play of The Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus, 1981, at the National Theatre, London, UK.
#drama #theater #poetry
Photograph: Donald Cooper/Alamy

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Nicola Scheyhing M.A. @prehistoryteller.bsky.social · 4d

Me (to The Internet, everybody listening, or just looking my way for more than 5 sec): „Look what we did!“
I received the prints of our #RepresentationMatters publication yesterday evening. It’s not only a collection of papers on the way we reproduce and communicate our knowledge towards audience.

A middle aged white Woman with an red updo and big glasses holding a large book, title says diversity in visual representations of the past. Representation matters.

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 9d

Do any UK peeps remember the author of the Mark’s Gospel commentary that was a set text for the NEA Religious Studies GCSE, c. 1985-1989?

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 14d

“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 14d

Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...

MACHINE YEARNING

Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.

www.artforum.com

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 18d

It just got worse.

My notetaking app on my iPad now has a Pro version where I can <wait for it> “chat” with my notes.

I wrote my notes. WTAF.

Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 23d

Oh ffs. No, I do not want to "Chat with the PDF" of this interesting looking academic journal article I just came across.

I would like to read it. With my own eyeballs. And think about it. You know, with that grey matter sitting between my ears.

Just make it stop.

#AcademicChatter

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Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social · 17d

PLEASE sign up for Skype a Scientist:

www.skypeascientist.com

They need more archaeologists! It's fun, answer kids questions on zoom for an hour.

SKYPE A SCIENTIST

Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!

www.skypeascientist.com

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 17d

No, Clarivate—I do not want an “AI” assistant in my EndNote.

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 17d

“FEW dissenting voices”—🙄😳

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

Okay. After complaining—only yesterday—that LIS lit had fee dissenting voices on the subject of LLM AI, I am finding more. Thank heavens.

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 18d

Jonathan Last on the decline of the fieldwalking as a method in the CBA Fieldwalking conference in Grantham #Archaeology

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

Oh, that sounds fascinating!

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

In slightly happier news, I will attending not one but TWO archaeology events in Vermont.

Anyone else going to the Vermont Archaeological Society’s Annual Meeting? www.eventbrite.com/e/vermont-ar...

Vermont Archaeological Society Annual Meeting 2025

Discover Archaeology at the VAS Annual Meeting! Join us at the Old Stone House Museum for presentations and tours. Limited tickets!

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

“AI Workslop Is Killing Productivity”—in no great surprise, this study describes how people using LLM AI pass the “cognitive load” to colleagues, forcing them to check & correct poor quality / erroneous work “product.” Unsurprisingly, this caused some resentment.
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AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable

AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

Okay. After complaining—only yesterday—that LIS lit had fee dissenting voices on the subject of LLM AI, I am finding more. Thank heavens.

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 20d

i wrote this so library workers had something to cite that explicitly calls for refusal. technology is not inevitable

Emily Zerrenner @ezerrenner.bsky.social · Sep 5

This article from part 2 of the Library Trends issue on Generative AI is a must read, from Kay Slater.
"In seeking to bridge the digital divide and save ourselves time, do we sacrifice our principles in favor of acquiescing to the latest trends in technology?" muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library

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kay slater @kslater.bsky.social · 18d

back on @librarypunk.bsky.social to chat about critical AI & librarianship!

librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 18d

155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay

This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.

155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay | librarypunk

This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory. Bsky: @kslater.bsky.social Media mentioned Kay’s article in Library Trends: Ag...

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David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

Today, I will mostly be attempting to untangle the mess produced when someone from tech support turned on MS OneDrive on my laptop.

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 18d

A useful Point of Information: Microsoft’s VALL-E can clone a voice from a three-second audio sample. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALL-E

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 18d

my most unpopular opinion is that it's a sign of defective moral character if you point blank refuse to answer phone calls from unknown numbers. it's not that hard to hang up on spam/scammers, and you are probably missing important calls!

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 19d

I am so sorry, Lorna.

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 19d

… that the “algorithms will get better.”) (2/2)

David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social · 19d

There’s a real push in archives & libraries to adopt this technology & it is driving me up the wall. Most of the boosterish articles in LIS I see refuse to tackle issues around the materiality of LLM AI. (So, nothing on energy & water consumption, labour conditions, etc. & a firm conviction … (1/2)

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