Siobhán
@sluginkpress.bsky.social
artist, art librarian, sentient binbag. Commute whinges, nice artists’ books, photos of bins.
Brighton Scum City//LDN.
Brighton Scum City//LDN.
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Up the BL workers.
‘A sound archivist told me he and his colleagues could earn more in the private sector but they work here for less pay because “we believe in what we do.”’
Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan on the picket line at the British Library, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...
Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line
On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Up the BL workers.
Pls enjoy these pics of my sister’s cattes. Had to help wrangle them to the vets for their checkup. poppy, the one with short fur, yelled a lot in the car but was fine otherwise. Inca, the large fluffy cat absolutely kicked off 😂 both getting in the carrier and actually at the vets.
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pls enjoy these pics of my sister’s cattes. Had to help wrangle them to the vets for their checkup. poppy, the one with short fur, yelled a lot in the car but was fine otherwise. Inca, the large fluffy cat absolutely kicked off 😂 both getting in the carrier and actually at the vets.
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I've got a new piece at @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today following on from my previous piece about the British Library cyberattack and arguing that, since the UK Government clearly doesn't care about the UK knowledge sector, we need to develop our own community-led tech and infrastructure solutions.
💥New: Don’t rely on government to save the British Library
✍️ @simonxix.com
#BritishLibrary #HigherEducation #ResearchInfrastructure
✍️ @simonxix.com
#BritishLibrary #HigherEducation #ResearchInfrastructure
Don’t rely on government to save the British Library - Impact of Social Sciences
Following a catastrophic hack British Library remains in crisis. Can it recover by refocusing on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I've got a new piece at @lseimpactblog.bsky.social today following on from my previous piece about the British Library cyberattack and arguing that, since the UK Government clearly doesn't care about the UK knowledge sector, we need to develop our own community-led tech and infrastructure solutions.
Keep thinking about the lady Di battle jacket I saw in Covent Garden today
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Keep thinking about the lady Di battle jacket I saw in Covent Garden today
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One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
Anyway I only seem to use this account for commute whinges, so have some nice old book covers that I stumbled across at work instead.
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Anyway I only seem to use this account for commute whinges, so have some nice old book covers that I stumbled across at work instead.
Now three guys have been talking loudly across the aisle for about 45 mins about jujitsu and Bitcoin and it’s like some pieces of foam board have been made sentient. Protein shakes! Training! Stocks! SHUT THE FUCK UP.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Now three guys have been talking loudly across the aisle for about 45 mins about jujitsu and Bitcoin and it’s like some pieces of foam board have been made sentient. Protein shakes! Training! Stocks! SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
This evening’s train treat: a man whipping out a can of lynx deodrant and spraying himself with great abandon. The train carriage smells like a school disco from 1998.
November 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This evening’s train treat: a man whipping out a can of lynx deodrant and spraying himself with great abandon. The train carriage smells like a school disco from 1998.
Was trying to speak to a group of students at work earlier and was disrupted by the sounds of this.
Tractors arrive in Whitehall for farmers’ protest on Budget day despite police ban
Tractors arrive in Whitehall for farmers’ protest on Budget day despite police ban
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Was trying to speak to a group of students at work earlier and was disrupted by the sounds of this.
The start to the morning you want: a woman getting on the train with her kid and saying “it’s good this carriage is empty as nobody will be able to smell Mummy’s horrible egg sandwich…oh the carriage isn’t empty, oh well!”
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The start to the morning you want: a woman getting on the train with her kid and saying “it’s good this carriage is empty as nobody will be able to smell Mummy’s horrible egg sandwich…oh the carriage isn’t empty, oh well!”
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
Now everything reeks of evil fart. Too early for this shit.
This week: absolute train hell for 2/4 of my commute days and reaching my absolute limit due to various things at work. Last night was DELIGHTED when I remembered this prebatched martini was in the fridge.
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This week: absolute train hell for 2/4 of my commute days and reaching my absolute limit due to various things at work. Last night was DELIGHTED when I remembered this prebatched martini was in the fridge.
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AI is really ruining the art of badly photoshopping something
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
AI is really ruining the art of badly photoshopping something
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Letraset inspired blanket. www.thedesignersfoundry.com/goods/goodma...
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Letraset inspired blanket. www.thedesignersfoundry.com/goods/goodma...
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
Very good.
Via @its-nice-that.bsky.social
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Full credit to @simonxix.com for spotting that the French translation of 'radical librarianship' is 'bibliothéconomie militante'... watch out for our forthcoming article with the ever wonderful @sluginkpress.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Full credit to @simonxix.com for spotting that the French translation of 'radical librarianship' is 'bibliothéconomie militante'... watch out for our forthcoming article with the ever wonderful @sluginkpress.bsky.social.
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When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When Bruce Springsteen sang "at night, we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines", he was talking about people who log on to LinkedIn after 6pm to write fanfiction about how good they are at their job.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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NOVEMBER 2025's punk listings zine is out now! A few plans, a few videos in the 'newsletter for the newsletter' below: buttondown.com/anothersubcu...
The London punk newsletter — November 2025 listings out now
Hello, paper punks. Another Subculture’s issue for November is out now and making its away around town this Halloween weekend. Yes, I am getting back in the...
buttondown.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NOVEMBER 2025's punk listings zine is out now! A few plans, a few videos in the 'newsletter for the newsletter' below: buttondown.com/anothersubcu...
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Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
CILIP: the library and information association
www.cilip.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Are you a cataloguer or interested in cataloguing and have a view on whether LCSH is fit for purpose in a UK context? CILIP MDG @cilipmdg.bsky.social are hosting a Worldcafe event (a big meeting basically!) to discuss ideas at Wellcome Library in London Wed 26th Nov www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
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This post has been in draft a while but it feels particularly timely given the strike over pay that starts tomorrow (27th Oct) at the British Library. If you've ever despaired at the low salaries at the BL now is the time to act in solidarity www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/... #BritishLibraryOnStrike
Support the British Library strikers
More than 300 PCS members at the British Library in London are striking over their poverty wages for two weeks from Monday (27) to Sunday, 9 November and need your support in person and online.
www.pcs.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This post has been in draft a while but it feels particularly timely given the strike over pay that starts tomorrow (27th Oct) at the British Library. If you've ever despaired at the low salaries at the BL now is the time to act in solidarity www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/... #BritishLibraryOnStrike
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We could be in for a classic year
I think a Remembrance thong would look a treat on our local Poppy Man. Would help everyone Remember that little bit more.
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We could be in for a classic year
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The risible wages are well-known in the wider field of the library, museum, gallery and archive world. I’d like to think public opinion is with the people who make the place click day-in-day-out; they deserve better.
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The risible wages are well-known in the wider field of the library, museum, gallery and archive world. I’d like to think public opinion is with the people who make the place click day-in-day-out; they deserve better.
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
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No scabbing, please. Support your striking library workers.
Some of our Reading Rooms will be closed between 27 October and 9 November due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site, and there may be other short notice disruption.
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
Planned strike action in St Pancras
We have been notified of planned strike action taking place between Monday 27 October and Sunday 9 November 2025.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
No scabbing, please. Support your striking library workers.
Nothing but respect for these legends.
October 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nothing but respect for these legends.
Monday: no direct trains from Brighton to Victoria.
Tuesday: no direct trains from Brighton to Victoria.
Today: had to try to go into work at short notice. Standing on the platform waiting for a train: they’re cancelled due to points failure.
Price of season ticket: £5.5k
Tuesday: no direct trains from Brighton to Victoria.
Today: had to try to go into work at short notice. Standing on the platform waiting for a train: they’re cancelled due to points failure.
Price of season ticket: £5.5k
October 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Monday: no direct trains from Brighton to Victoria.
Tuesday: no direct trains from Brighton to Victoria.
Today: had to try to go into work at short notice. Standing on the platform waiting for a train: they’re cancelled due to points failure.
Price of season ticket: £5.5k
Tuesday: no direct trains from Brighton to Victoria.
Today: had to try to go into work at short notice. Standing on the platform waiting for a train: they’re cancelled due to points failure.
Price of season ticket: £5.5k