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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 11h

a man wearing a headset says i dunno jeff in front of a crowd of people

ALT: a man wearing a headset says i dunno jeff in front of a crowd of people

media.tenor.com

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 11h

Sometimes you can see where there is a natural end point. A point of full stop, end of discussion, nothing else to see, everyone go home now.

“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work,” Clegg said.

Naturally, Cleggy goes on.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Dr Laura Molloy @lmhatii.bsky.social · 18h

📢Good news alert!📢 NEW version (v002) of the CODATA RDM Terminology now online! Info + link: codata.org/codata-and-t... Direct link: vocabs.ardc.edu.au/viewById/685 Thanks to our fabulous expert Working Group and technical heroes @ardc.edu.au 👏 @codata-isc.bsky.social

CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) announce the updated 2025 CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT) - CODATA, Committee on Data of the ISC

Paris, October 2025. CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) are delighted to announce the publication of the updated CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT) 2025. The Termin...

codata.org

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 1d

God bless delimiter-separated values.

Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone is focusing on the NI gaffe, obviously. But the switch from "we came up with..." to "i'm not here to talk about what the Conservative government did" makes me think she really is the world's first genAI party leader.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

I admire how bad it is, it's like an anti-search engine.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

Good question. Key reading for me was Yeo (2010) that SP hadn't yet decided what it meant, never mind be operationalized (that's how I read it anyway). Not sure how much the debate moved on, but my readings on it stop around the mid 2010s.

Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

The BBC archive is always posting clips that do this. "Information Superhighway" was a particular favourite.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

By the way "Disingenuous Slop Feedback Loop" will be available soon from all good local independent record stores. Pressed on 180g vinyl, of course.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 5d

Good point this. It's a disingenuous slop feedback loop.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

I thought the tone if how quickly she agreed with the correction to plough on was very much in the style of ChatGPT if told it is spouting nonsense

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 8d

It's open. No dynamic pricing! No Oasis songs either! Win, win. #idcc26

Digital Curation Centre @digitalcuration.bsky.social · 8d

📢Registration is now open for #IDCC26

Multiple tickets options are now available⬇️
🐦Early bird
🗺️Lower Middle-Income Countries
🧑‍🎓Student
☀️One day tickets (Tuesday or Wednesday)
🎫Book by 31 October 2025 to take advantage of the Early Bird rate⬇️
dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 8d

Another of the wonderful @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy team is here! #digipres

Jenny Mitcham @jennymitcham.bsky.social · 8d

I thought it was about time I created an account. Hoping to chat about digital preservation (and other things of course). Great to see so many familiar faces already! :-)

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 9d

One for those that remember the 2010s there.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently you can only opt out by posting a facebook status
asserting copyright "as a result of the Berner [sic] Convention."

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

Oh it's coherent alright. For people who look and sound like you and me, no need for ID; for people that don't, card 'em.

Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

Soon everything will have persistent identifiers!

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 12d

If your university tries some more gentle persuasion, you can ask them if they have a ROR yet, or if they've integrated Research Activity Identifiers into their systems.

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Digital Curation Centre @digitalcuration.bsky.social · 12d

🏨Venue announcement!🏨

#IDCC26 will be hosted in the Hotel Esplanade Zagreb next year from 16-18 February.

Check out the venue now, ahead of an exciting announcement next week....

➡️https://dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc26/venue-and-accommodation

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 14d

That's a great one for the bad #dataviz slides.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 19d

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 19d

I'd never have estimated a share this high for a positive response to the Q: "In your opinion, what impact will open-source generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, have on the peer review process?" but that's my librarian focused bsky bubble for you.
ioppublishing.org/ai-and-peer-...

AI and Peer Review 2025: Insights from the global reviewer community - IOP Publishing

AI and Peer Review 2025 Insights from the global reviewer community Introduction The last few years have seen a rapid increase in the use of consumer generative AI in almost all industries. Large lang...

ioppublishing.org

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 19d

Sending my best to @lyndamk.bsky.social and team on this special day!

Dan McQuade @dhm.bsky.social · 19d

Make sure to wish a librarian a happy Gerald Ford Trapped in The Penn Library Elevator Day.

A sign in an elevator

On the 19th day of September, 1984
Former U.S. President
Gerald R. Ford
was temporarily trapped in this elevator.
VAN PELT-DIETRICH
LIBRARY CENTER

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 20d

And if I were religious, then reference librarians would be in my evening prayers.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 20d

Worrying that nominally information professionals are asking a journal if an article exists, as if we *hide* them! No. If we published, it's there; if we published and isn't there, a reason's stated; and if you still can't find it then you believed the bullshit machine and may the Lord have mercy.

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Laurence Horton @laurencehorton.bsky.social · 20d

Having to check submissions hallucinated works, and getting the occasional email asking for an article that AI made up has added a whole load of value to the academic publishing game.

Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social · 20d

More and more of my time is wasted double-checking non-existent references, it's infuriating.

Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 20d

“These companies all advertise these tools as knowing your intent,” Taylor told 404 Media. “Understanding what you meant when you put those terms in. They don’t know. They don’t understand. None of those things are true. There is no technical way these tools can do that.”

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