Genny G
@cobralingus.bsky.social
Definitely a librarian but only sometimes evil. All opinions my own and not those of my employer. She/her
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Genny G
@cobralingus.bsky.social
· Dec 19
I refuse to give over the required age verification information to get my DMs out of hock. If you know me in real life, drop me an email; if not, whatever communication you're making should be appropriate for a public space anyway, so just pay a skeet.
Oh man. If this ever makes it to PlayStation, I'll be there with bells on. It looks awesome.
It's not just a heist. It's a rescue mission.
On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you.
#indiegame
On 10 February 2026, Relooted arrives at a museum (and store page, we guess) near you.
#indiegame
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Oh man. If this ever makes it to PlayStation, I'll be there with bells on. It looks awesome.
I will defend with my last breath the value of fanfiction, and it's because of stories like this one.
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I will defend with my last breath the value of fanfiction, and it's because of stories like this one.
Oh look, another rabbit-hole to go down.
The newly re-released Medieval Libraries of Great Britain database, MLGB, as it is now commonly known, aims to list every manuscript and printed book associated with an institutional library during the Middle Ages. #siteoftheweek
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
Medieval Libraries of Great Britain
mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Oh look, another rabbit-hole to go down.
This is a thing of beauty.
Paper clip collection, annotated with date of invention.
Via @sedgarchivist.bsky.social & Denver Archives.
Via @sedgarchivist.bsky.social & Denver Archives.
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is a thing of beauty.
*ominous swan noises*
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
*ominous swan noises*
Apparently this weekend various cinemas are showing the Labyrinth. For its 40th anniversary.
WHAT.
This is not okay.
WHAT.
This is not okay.
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Apparently this weekend various cinemas are showing the Labyrinth. For its 40th anniversary.
WHAT.
This is not okay.
WHAT.
This is not okay.
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‘Hope isn’t a plan.’
Yeah? Neither is ‘this is really hard so let’s not even try.’
Yeah? Neither is ‘this is really hard so let’s not even try.’
December 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
‘Hope isn’t a plan.’
Yeah? Neither is ‘this is really hard so let’s not even try.’
Yeah? Neither is ‘this is really hard so let’s not even try.’
Am I listening to #9lc? No. However, I'm taking great pleasure in following the hashtag as a precursor to watching Carols From King's in a couple of hours, since they almost always duplicate the weird stuff for that broadcast. And it looks like we are in for some EPIC weird.
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Am I listening to #9lc? No. However, I'm taking great pleasure in following the hashtag as a precursor to watching Carols From King's in a couple of hours, since they almost always duplicate the weird stuff for that broadcast. And it looks like we are in for some EPIC weird.
I refuse to give over the required age verification information to get my DMs out of hock. If you know me in real life, drop me an email; if not, whatever communication you're making should be appropriate for a public space anyway, so just pay a skeet.
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I refuse to give over the required age verification information to get my DMs out of hock. If you know me in real life, drop me an email; if not, whatever communication you're making should be appropriate for a public space anyway, so just pay a skeet.
Sad to hear this. He was a constant while I was working at UCL.
Very sad to hear Dr Paul Ayris has passed away. He was a great champion of libraries and open access, hugely influential, and very supportive of us at #ebookSOS. A great loss to the library and research communities.
www.leru.org/news/in-memo...
www.leru.org/news/in-memo...
Dr Paul Ayris | LERU
Dr Paul Ayris LERU UCL Open Science
www.leru.org
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Sad to hear this. He was a constant while I was working at UCL.
It's tonight, gentlebeings!
📚 The Really Popular Book Club has two fantastic reads coming up!
📖 25 November
The Tap Dancer by Andrew Barrow
📖 16 December
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
🎟️ FREE tickets — register here to join us online: https://loom.ly/PlR2sr0
📖 25 November
The Tap Dancer by Andrew Barrow
📖 16 December
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
🎟️ FREE tickets — register here to join us online: https://loom.ly/PlR2sr0
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's tonight, gentlebeings!
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Worried about the environmental impact of using #LLMs in ( #DH ) research, but not sure where to start?
I got you covered!
We reviewed the research & ran a #DigitalHumanities case study with carbon reporting, sharing all the tools, code & info:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... ( #DHd #GreeningDH)
I got you covered!
We reviewed the research & ran a #DigitalHumanities case study with carbon reporting, sharing all the tools, code & info:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... ( #DHd #GreeningDH)
Quantifying the Environmental Footprint of Curating Datasets with LLMs
This study evaluates the environmental trade-offs of using large language models to curate cross-collection oral-history datasets in the Commoning Oral Histories of Knowledge (CORAL) project. Manual s...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Worried about the environmental impact of using #LLMs in ( #DH ) research, but not sure where to start?
I got you covered!
We reviewed the research & ran a #DigitalHumanities case study with carbon reporting, sharing all the tools, code & info:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... ( #DHd #GreeningDH)
I got you covered!
We reviewed the research & ran a #DigitalHumanities case study with carbon reporting, sharing all the tools, code & info:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... ( #DHd #GreeningDH)
Soon. Soon you can come discuss one of my favourite books with me!
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis will evoke childhood memories for so many of us.
If you'd like to share your thoughts on this book, join us online at the next #ReallyPopularBookClub on 16 December at 7pm.
Register to attend: https://loom.ly/yRoMFnE
Pictured: CUL 1965.7.2989
If you'd like to share your thoughts on this book, join us online at the next #ReallyPopularBookClub on 16 December at 7pm.
Register to attend: https://loom.ly/yRoMFnE
Pictured: CUL 1965.7.2989
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Soon. Soon you can come discuss one of my favourite books with me!
IF YOU DON'T OWN IT PHYSICALLY YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE ACCESS. (Shouting at streaming services, not at Chris.)
Why the fuck isn't Box of Delights on iPlayer?
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
IF YOU DON'T OWN IT PHYSICALLY YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE ACCESS. (Shouting at streaming services, not at Chris.)
Some I still know. One, I live with. Most have vanished into the dark night of lost social media sites.
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Some I still know. One, I live with. Most have vanished into the dark night of lost social media sites.
"...generative AI tools always produce an answer, even when the historical sources are incomplete or silent. Because their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists; instead, they will invent details that appear plausible but have no basis in the [...] record."
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"...generative AI tools always produce an answer, even when the historical sources are incomplete or silent. Because their purpose is to generate content, they cannot indicate that no information exists; instead, they will invent details that appear plausible but have no basis in the [...] record."
Why am I choked up, though?
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Why am I choked up, though?
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Public transport isn't just for Middle Earth. Narnia's getting in on the act!
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Public transport isn't just for Middle Earth. Narnia's getting in on the act!
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
Well these are breathtaking.
These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Well these are breathtaking.
Major news for anyone interested in 20th-century history. Or, you know, how not to do a war crimes.
Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
hls.harvard.edu/today/harvar...
Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School's Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents.
hls.harvard.edu
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Major news for anyone interested in 20th-century history. Or, you know, how not to do a war crimes.
Dear Cambridge, try harder.
If you like cute cats with stupidly brilliant names, photographed amongst very pretty Oxford architecture, this article from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is for you: oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Dear Cambridge, try harder.
This whole thread is GLORIOUS. Long, but glorious.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This whole thread is GLORIOUS. Long, but glorious.
!!!!!!!
If you love insular manuscripts & have always wanted to visit Hereford Cathedral's chained library, 2026 is the year to come! Shaping Early Medieval Faith: The Hereford Gospels will run 30 March-12 September 2026. More details, including about the manuscript's palimpsest, coming soon.
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
!!!!!!!
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The witch made him hot chocolate.
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The witch made him hot chocolate.
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
"They say I'm strong," he said. "And I am."
He took a sip.
"They say I can overcome any hardship."
"Mm," said the witch.
"And I can. I do."
The witch said nothing.
"But I shouldn't have to!"
"No."
The witch held the hero as he wept.
"No, you shouldn't."
Reposted by Genny G
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is one of those song titles that sounds quite comforting until you imagine it as the title of a story in an M. R. James anthology
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ is one of those song titles that sounds quite comforting until you imagine it as the title of a story in an M. R. James anthology