Catherine Voutier
@catherinerv.bsky.social
Medical librarian on haemodialysis currently looking for pt work; love gardens, cats, reading and long walks.
Sharing this event on behalf of ALIAVic. They would love to have people from as many different types of library sectors as possible in their contingent at this year’s Pride March in St Kilda on Sunday 1st Feb. #hla #healthlibrariesvictoria #medlibs
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January 17, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Sharing this event on behalf of ALIAVic. They would love to have people from as many different types of library sectors as possible in their contingent at this year’s Pride March in St Kilda on Sunday 1st Feb. #hla #healthlibrariesvictoria #medlibs
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If you want to understand what happened with the Adelaide Writers Festival, this book will enlighten and frighten. I plan to read it soon.
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 AM
If you want to understand what happened with the Adelaide Writers Festival, this book will enlighten and frighten. I plan to read it soon.
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BREAKING: I have just received this from the Adelaide Festival Board as a (former) Adelaide Writers Week participant. They have apologised to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, cancelled Writers’ Week, expressed regret and the remaining festival board members will now step down.
January 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
BREAKING: I have just received this from the Adelaide Festival Board as a (former) Adelaide Writers Week participant. They have apologised to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, cancelled Writers’ Week, expressed regret and the remaining festival board members will now step down.
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after “thinking through the chronology”, it would seem from this account the SA Premier has not ruled out the possibility that it was he who approached “the Jewish community” and not the other way around.
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January 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
after “thinking through the chronology”, it would seem from this account the SA Premier has not ruled out the possibility that it was he who approached “the Jewish community” and not the other way around.
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Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
Adelaide Festival board facing a stark choice: Are they willing to sacrifice the entire festival to prevent a single Palestinian-Australian author from speaking?
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
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My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
My statement regarding my decision to withdraw from this year’s Adelaide Writers Festival.
Well, f me! I had to verify that I was an adult to use #bluesky. What else does this middle-aged lady have to do? Arrrgghh - sigh. #ageverification
January 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Well, f me! I had to verify that I was an adult to use #bluesky. What else does this middle-aged lady have to do? Arrrgghh - sigh. #ageverification
The RC into anti-semitisim is a mistake. It should be into racism in Australia. Jewish people are not the only minority who experience racial violence in Australia. To reduce bias if little else, it should include more than anti-semitisim. @albomp.bsky.social #racism #auspol #australia
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The RC into anti-semitisim is a mistake. It should be into racism in Australia. Jewish people are not the only minority who experience racial violence in Australia. To reduce bias if little else, it should include more than anti-semitisim. @albomp.bsky.social #racism #auspol #australia
I've always thought Israel should not compete in Eurovision. Neither should Australia! Australia and Israel are not European countries. Televising it is fine. #eurovision
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I've always thought Israel should not compete in Eurovision. Neither should Australia! Australia and Israel are not European countries. Televising it is fine. #eurovision
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Out of spite this would make me mention Michel Breal in my acknowledgments (who apparently developed the concept of semantics in 1883, which LLMs are based on) www.dataversity.net/articles/a-b...
A Brief History of Large Language Models - Dataversity
The history of large language models starts with the concept of semantics, developed by the French philologist, Michel Bréal, in 1883.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Out of spite this would make me mention Michel Breal in my acknowledgments (who apparently developed the concept of semantics in 1883, which LLMs are based on) www.dataversity.net/articles/a-b...
What do you think of this? "Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section." ICMJE
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What do you think of this? "Use of AI for writing assistance should be reported in the acknowledgment section." ICMJE
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
I don't think non-sentient bodies should be listed with sentient bodies. Giving machines the same status as humans in Acknowledgements is setting a worrisome 'precedent'. #medlibs
Responsible Use of AI in Evidence Synthesis:
Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
REGISTER for this FREE webinar!
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Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
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October 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Responsible Use of AI in Evidence Synthesis:
Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
REGISTER for this FREE webinar!
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#medlibs
Filling the Gap Between Research and Practice
Speaker: Dr Farhad Shokraneh
Date & Time: October 30, 2025, at 14:00 GMT
REGISTER for this FREE webinar!
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I'm reading a William book and this is great! Famous (and rather pompous) actor is walking down the village street, encounters William. Do you know who I am? he asks. No, said William, an' I bet you don't know who I am either. LOL!!!
Gives me an excuse to post the Best One-liner of All Time, which was from Bob Monkhouse.
"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. Well. They're not laughing now."
"They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. Well. They're not laughing now."
This weekend @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social are recording episode 3, looking at shows from Nov 1984. Please do weigh in if you've any thoughts on Bob's Full House, Ray Davies' Return to Waterloo, Juliet Bravo, The Gentle Touch or Rentaghost (we're looking at it's very last ep).
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm reading a William book and this is great! Famous (and rather pompous) actor is walking down the village street, encounters William. Do you know who I am? he asks. No, said William, an' I bet you don't know who I am either. LOL!!!
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Musicians, what is the most unlikely and catastrophic thing that has ever happened to you or your instrument while you were playing? E.g. falling off your seat, your instrument falling apart, or hitting someone...
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Musicians, what is the most unlikely and catastrophic thing that has ever happened to you or your instrument while you were playing? E.g. falling off your seat, your instrument falling apart, or hitting someone...
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
For a random event table in a role-playing game I'm writing.
Well, I found out I can subscribe to blog feeds in Thunderbird. Hooray! I'm really liking Thunderbird as an email client. I have 3 email accounts added to mine. No logging into separate accounts - all able to be seen in one space. I like!
October 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Well, I found out I can subscribe to blog feeds in Thunderbird. Hooray! I'm really liking Thunderbird as an email client. I have 3 email accounts added to mine. No logging into separate accounts - all able to be seen in one space. I like!
Same year difference, but one would be totally alien and the other, not so much. 1868 - 1968 | 1925 - 2025
October 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Same year difference, but one would be totally alien and the other, not so much. 1868 - 1968 | 1925 - 2025
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One expert called it:
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump links autism with Tylenol, backs folic acid as treatment
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday there was a link between the use of popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol and the development of autism during pregnancy, a claim which many doctors dispute.
www.reuters.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One expert called it:
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
“The saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, and dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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A to Z of Expert Searching – M is for MeSH
… and search Methodologies! A friend asked me a little while ago about how to account for 4 articles that were found serendipitously by some researchers she is working with (they had forgotte…
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August 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Go to your public library and borrow books by these authors! #anticensorship
Clare Wright
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Evelyn Araluen
Jeanine Leane
Paul Daley
Claire G Coleman
Kate Mildenhall
Jess Hill
Sonia Orchard
Thomas Mayo
Daniel James
Fiona Stanley
Kirstin Ferguson
Michelle Scott Tucker
Kylie Mirmohamadi
Jock Serong
Melanie Cheng
Kate Larsen
Cher Tan
Madison Griffith
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Randa Abdel-Fattah
Evelyn Araluen
Jeanine Leane
Paul Daley
Claire G Coleman
Kate Mildenhall
Jess Hill
Sonia Orchard
Thomas Mayo
Daniel James
Fiona Stanley
Kirstin Ferguson
Michelle Scott Tucker
Kylie Mirmohamadi
Jock Serong
Melanie Cheng
Kate Larsen
Cher Tan
Madison Griffith
1/2
If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.
August 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Go to your public library and borrow books by these authors! #anticensorship
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I too have withdrawn from participating in the Bendigo Writers Festival
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Writers festival requires ‘complete self-censorship’ over Gaza war, academic claims, as speakers withdraw in protest
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah among those to boycott Bendigo writers festival, arguing she cannot appear ‘as a Palestinian’ due to speaker code
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I too have withdrawn from participating in the Bendigo Writers Festival
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
August 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
Reposted by Catherine Voutier
If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.
August 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you want to support all the writers boycotting Bendigo Writers Festival, borrow their books from your library. They get paid and libraries buy more of their books.
#latrobeuni attempted censorship by saying no criticism of Israel allowed. 'Scuse me, criticism of Israel (their politicians etc) is not antisemitism. If you criticise Australian politicians, is that unAustralian? No! #BendigoWritersFestival organisers have shot themselves in the foot.
This is ghoulish nonsense from the Bendigo Writers Festival
A response from Bendigo Writers Festival:
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#latrobeuni attempted censorship by saying no criticism of Israel allowed. 'Scuse me, criticism of Israel (their politicians etc) is not antisemitism. If you criticise Australian politicians, is that unAustralian? No! #BendigoWritersFestival organisers have shot themselves in the foot.
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Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
At first, NIH told me its contracts with SN were active and that they help “advance scientific discovery”.
Hours later, HHS said the opposite: "Precious taxpayer dollars should not be used on unused subscriptions to junk science.”
At first, NIH told me its contracts with SN were active and that they help “advance scientific discovery”.
Hours later, HHS said the opposite: "Precious taxpayer dollars should not be used on unused subscriptions to junk science.”
Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature
The action comes as high-ranking US officials criticize top journals as ‘woke’ and ‘corrupt’.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM