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The Night Manager review – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers
The Night Manager review – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers
The racy espionage blockbuster caused a global frenzy a decade ago – and set an unbelievably high bar. As Tom Hiddleston’s M16 agent Jonathan Pine returns to take down a new supervillain, he just about pulls it off
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January 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The Night Manager review – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers
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BOOK-RELATED HIVEMIND LONGSHOT REQUEST: can anyone identify this children's book of the 1970s/80s from this incomplete and possibly inaccurate synopsis?!
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
BOOK-RELATED HIVEMIND LONGSHOT REQUEST: can anyone identify this children's book of the 1970s/80s from this incomplete and possibly inaccurate synopsis?!
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🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
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😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
😱Sounds outrageous?
You know the drill…
If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some
1/25
🧵
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Join us on Wednesday 3rd September from 2pm (BST) for our AGM Event with a Cataloguing Ethics Panel Discussion.
Hybrid event: in-person at the University of Manchester, or online via Teams.
Full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #cataloguing #cataloging #ethics #critcat #event
Hybrid event: in-person at the University of Manchester, or online via Teams.
Full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #cataloguing #cataloging #ethics #critcat #event
August 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Join us on Wednesday 3rd September from 2pm (BST) for our AGM Event with a Cataloguing Ethics Panel Discussion.
Hybrid event: in-person at the University of Manchester, or online via Teams.
Full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #cataloguing #cataloging #ethics #critcat #event
Hybrid event: in-person at the University of Manchester, or online via Teams.
Full details at: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
#metadata #cataloguing #cataloging #ethics #critcat #event
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There are so many fun and interesting aspects to being an archivist!
Rusty paperclip removal is not one of them 😬
Rusty paperclip removal is not one of them 😬
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
There are so many fun and interesting aspects to being an archivist!
Rusty paperclip removal is not one of them 😬
Rusty paperclip removal is not one of them 😬
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I’m a bit late to the party, but I have no doubt the Motability furore ain’t going anywhere…🫣
So here’s a handy FAQ🧵debunking the myths and headlines
You've probably seen the outrage:
"Free cars!"
"Scroungers!"
"Gaming the system!"
But what’s actually true?
1/30
So here’s a handy FAQ🧵debunking the myths and headlines
You've probably seen the outrage:
"Free cars!"
"Scroungers!"
"Gaming the system!"
But what’s actually true?
1/30
July 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m a bit late to the party, but I have no doubt the Motability furore ain’t going anywhere…🫣
So here’s a handy FAQ🧵debunking the myths and headlines
You've probably seen the outrage:
"Free cars!"
"Scroungers!"
"Gaming the system!"
But what’s actually true?
1/30
So here’s a handy FAQ🧵debunking the myths and headlines
You've probably seen the outrage:
"Free cars!"
"Scroungers!"
"Gaming the system!"
But what’s actually true?
1/30
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On which note, I was highly entertained by this post on our local history Facebook group today. (NB I am not suggesting Cornwall is in 'England'.)
July 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
On which note, I was highly entertained by this post on our local history Facebook group today. (NB I am not suggesting Cornwall is in 'England'.)
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#SeythenKewselKernewek yw an seythen ma! / This week is #SpeakCornishWeek!
Yma lies lyvrow a-dro dhe Gernewek y'gan Kuntel Arbennik #GorsedhKernow. / There are many books about Cornish in our Gorsedh Kernow Special Collection.
Vysytyewgh ni rag dyski moy! / Visit us to find out more!
#Kernewek
Yma lies lyvrow a-dro dhe Gernewek y'gan Kuntel Arbennik #GorsedhKernow. / There are many books about Cornish in our Gorsedh Kernow Special Collection.
Vysytyewgh ni rag dyski moy! / Visit us to find out more!
#Kernewek
June 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
#SeythenKewselKernewek yw an seythen ma! / This week is #SpeakCornishWeek!
Yma lies lyvrow a-dro dhe Gernewek y'gan Kuntel Arbennik #GorsedhKernow. / There are many books about Cornish in our Gorsedh Kernow Special Collection.
Vysytyewgh ni rag dyski moy! / Visit us to find out more!
#Kernewek
Yma lies lyvrow a-dro dhe Gernewek y'gan Kuntel Arbennik #GorsedhKernow. / There are many books about Cornish in our Gorsedh Kernow Special Collection.
Vysytyewgh ni rag dyski moy! / Visit us to find out more!
#Kernewek
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Our new exhibition is up in the Penryn Campus Library! 'Nick Darke: Life, Work, Legacy' commemorates Cornwall's best-known playwright 20 years on from his death.
#NickDarke #NickDarkeArchive #FalmouthUniversity
#NickDarke #NickDarkeArchive #FalmouthUniversity
June 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Our new exhibition is up in the Penryn Campus Library! 'Nick Darke: Life, Work, Legacy' commemorates Cornwall's best-known playwright 20 years on from his death.
#NickDarke #NickDarkeArchive #FalmouthUniversity
#NickDarke #NickDarkeArchive #FalmouthUniversity
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This looks like the cover of their third album
Puffins, up close and personal on Staffa. For #BlueskyArtShow #joy
June 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This looks like the cover of their third album
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This is Louie. He got a really bad haircut. And also a villain origin story. 13/10 (TT: maddiehilaski)
May 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is Louie. He got a really bad haircut. And also a villain origin story. 13/10 (TT: maddiehilaski)
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That is, the notebooks that were in the archive, and known to be in the archive, all the time? The news is, that they have been digitised, not 'unearthed'.
March 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That is, the notebooks that were in the archive, and known to be in the archive, all the time? The news is, that they have been digitised, not 'unearthed'.
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I know that my US library friends and colleagues are in need of kindness and bravery in ways that are unimaginable. I have 4 spaces left on this course - if you are a US librarian who can benefit from this get in touch before Wednesday and I can offer a free space to up to 4 of you.
My Kind Brave Leadership course kicks off on Wednesday. "We now are far and away more kind to each other: acknowledging our highlights and accomplishments and showing gratitude for the work that we do" - feedback from my Kindness in Libraries course www.thekindbraveleader.co.uk/the-kind-bra...
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Join our 6-week online leadership course to develop courageous, kind leadership skills. Includes live sessions, Strengthscope® feedback, and actionable strategies.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I know that my US library friends and colleagues are in need of kindness and bravery in ways that are unimaginable. I have 4 spaces left on this course - if you are a US librarian who can benefit from this get in touch before Wednesday and I can offer a free space to up to 4 of you.
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I don't actually know whether non-US librarians are invited to comment on this or not because these procedures are obscure as flip to me, but I've written in. #critcat 📚
Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I don't actually know whether non-US librarians are invited to comment on this or not because these procedures are obscure as flip to me, but I've written in. #critcat 📚
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Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Tentative Monthly List 12 LCSH 2 (February 13, 2025)
classweb.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su...
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes
*lies awake to the sound of thunderous rain*
Apple Weather app: Chance of light rain in the next hour.
January 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
*lies awake to the sound of thunderous rain*
Apple Weather app: Chance of light rain in the next hour.
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"....a colossal cowardice which masks itself as warring virtue, love of country and faith in an idea."
A quote that has more resonance with me with every year that passes.
(3/3)
A quote that has more resonance with me with every year that passes.
(3/3)
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"....a colossal cowardice which masks itself as warring virtue, love of country and faith in an idea."
A quote that has more resonance with me with every year that passes.
(3/3)
A quote that has more resonance with me with every year that passes.
(3/3)
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"... Rejection of human solidarity, obtuse and cynical indifference to the suffering of others, abdication of the intellect and of moral sense to the principle of authority, and above all, at the root of everything, a sweeping tide of cowardice...."
(2/3)
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January 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"... Rejection of human solidarity, obtuse and cynical indifference to the suffering of others, abdication of the intellect and of moral sense to the principle of authority, and above all, at the root of everything, a sweeping tide of cowardice...."
(2/3)
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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz I wanted to share this quote from Prime Levi:
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)
January 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz I wanted to share this quote from Prime Levi:
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
(1/3)
"Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it....
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I stood there for over half an hour and nothing happened:
January 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I stood there for over half an hour and nothing happened: