ElMurphs
@elmurphy.bsky.social
Digital Technologist working at a UK uni. Dead by Daylight survivor. PCD. Senior Listener to the Important Broadcast. Lover of comedy podcasts. International worrier.
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Why are so many non-Library folk so clueless about the cyberattack on a national institution, 2yrs after the event? Are Libraries so boring that the media just aren't interested? Or was the BL so embarrassed it limited media coverage?
A good piece. It is very sad that there is not more public interest in the British Library. But then, I suppose, most people have never been inside a reading room and don't really understand how research infrastructure works.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Why are so many non-Library folk so clueless about the cyberattack on a national institution, 2yrs after the event? Are Libraries so boring that the media just aren't interested? Or was the BL so embarrassed it limited media coverage?
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The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... #TheLibrarians
The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship
Kim A Snyder’s documentary highlights the defenders of young readers’ rights to see their lives in print facing rightwing attacks
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... #TheLibrarians
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You would assume that anything sensitive held on such a database will be restricted to those who need to access it, but the truth is that, somewhere up the line, an IT person in a basement with a degree in an unrelated field will have admin control over absolutely everything because they know Excel.
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
You would assume that anything sensitive held on such a database will be restricted to those who need to access it, but the truth is that, somewhere up the line, an IT person in a basement with a degree in an unrelated field will have admin control over absolutely everything because they know Excel.
At Parents’ house. Their bees, normally buzzing around, have formed a protective barrier as a hornet is trying to invade the hive. #SaidInBestDavidAttenborough #LoveNature
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
At Parents’ house. Their bees, normally buzzing around, have formed a protective barrier as a hornet is trying to invade the hive. #SaidInBestDavidAttenborough #LoveNature
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Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
This beautiful cat keeps visiting my garden. Look at those blue eyes 😍
August 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This beautiful cat keeps visiting my garden. Look at those blue eyes 😍
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It looks like you’re trying to find a creative marketing angle for your disappointing NSS results. Would you like me to start?
July 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It looks like you’re trying to find a creative marketing angle for your disappointing NSS results. Would you like me to start?
Cheeky afternoon gig- Daniel Kitson @ The Bill Murray
July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cheeky afternoon gig- Daniel Kitson @ The Bill Murray
Entering the largest lock in the Danube…..
June 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Entering the largest lock in the Danube…..
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Every non-librarian who gets upset about libraries discarding books should be given a project where their college has decided that they want one of the floors of the library and they have to clear it out; project length: 3 months, project budget: $0
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Every non-librarian who gets upset about libraries discarding books should be given a project where their college has decided that they want one of the floors of the library and they have to clear it out; project length: 3 months, project budget: $0
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Proud of my fellow professionals.
I'll also add that we deal with every type of human behavior. Librarianship is not for the conflict-adverse or fearful.
I'll also add that we deal with every type of human behavior. Librarianship is not for the conflict-adverse or fearful.
“After library officials resisted, the DOJ officials departed without resolving the conflict.”
One of those sentences that tells you who and where we are as a country in 2025: librarians are braver than law firms and CEOs.
One of those sentences that tells you who and where we are as a country in 2025: librarians are braver than law firms and CEOs.
Top congressional leaders are pushing back against Trump’s attempt to replace two Library of Congress leaders.
May 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Proud of my fellow professionals.
I'll also add that we deal with every type of human behavior. Librarianship is not for the conflict-adverse or fearful.
I'll also add that we deal with every type of human behavior. Librarianship is not for the conflict-adverse or fearful.
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It could be the end for many of Britain's universities, but it's an end we've all seen coming for many years and I hope most of us are prepared for.
May 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It could be the end for many of Britain's universities, but it's an end we've all seen coming for many years and I hope most of us are prepared for.
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Pope Leo XIV's mother was a Librarian: Mildred Martinez Prevost studied library science at DePaul University, getting her bachelor’s degree in 1947 at 34.
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From Chicago's south suburbs to helping choose the next pope
Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South Side church. "Even as a young teenager, he knew what he wanted to do and wh...
chicago.suntimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Pope Leo XIV's mother was a Librarian: Mildred Martinez Prevost studied library science at DePaul University, getting her bachelor’s degree in 1947 at 34.
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the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
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Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
May 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hey! I really felt the weight of everything last week, and I wanted a way to talk through it... so I've been working on (maybe the first???) choose your own adventure game set up directly *in* Bluesky. And here it is!
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
Would you like to visit the Garden of Fortune with me?
Enter the garden.
One of the neighbours just popped round.
April 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One of the neighbours just popped round.
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This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is Quick Cook Leek Orzotto with Asparagus, Hazelnuts and Rocket, from The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan and Vegetarian One Dish Dinners by Rukmini Iyer!
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
April 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is Quick Cook Leek Orzotto with Asparagus, Hazelnuts and Rocket, from The Green Roasting Tin: Vegan and Vegetarian One Dish Dinners by Rukmini Iyer!
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...
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I had a joke about Ariadne but
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I had a joke about Hercules but it’s a bit too labored.
I had a joke about Cassandra but no one would listen
April 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I had a joke about Ariadne but
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A lot of interesting talk about AI literacy at #Digifest. In other news the woman next to me in the train has just copied a whole Guardian article and is asking chatGPT to maker her a PowerPoint from it.
March 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A lot of interesting talk about AI literacy at #Digifest. In other news the woman next to me in the train has just copied a whole Guardian article and is asking chatGPT to maker her a PowerPoint from it.
Lovely Birmingham sky at the close of day one of #Digifest25
March 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Lovely Birmingham sky at the close of day one of #Digifest25
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Absolutely right: universities are key to place, belonging, media literacy, engineering, R&D, manufacturing and science. They should be central to Cold War II. Instead, we are letting them degenerate - with no clue, no plan and few if any controls. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/cris...
The crisis in UK higher education is a national security issue
The UK cannot enter an era of heightened geopolitical instability without high levels of social resilence, say Katharine Wright and Megan Armstrong
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Absolutely right: universities are key to place, belonging, media literacy, engineering, R&D, manufacturing and science. They should be central to Cold War II. Instead, we are letting them degenerate - with no clue, no plan and few if any controls. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/cris...
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Yeah I know people say anxiety is bad, but mine has just been collecting all the possible things that can go wrong so far. Once it has an exhaustive catalog of every possible mishap, it’ll move on to suggesting solutions and then you better watch out.
February 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Yeah I know people say anxiety is bad, but mine has just been collecting all the possible things that can go wrong so far. Once it has an exhaustive catalog of every possible mishap, it’ll move on to suggesting solutions and then you better watch out.
Well I also would have bet my mortgage that was Harry Hill. Even when unmasked singing I still thought it was him. #MaskedSinger
February 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Well I also would have bet my mortgage that was Harry Hill. Even when unmasked singing I still thought it was him. #MaskedSinger
#ThreeGoodThings
1. Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social @ Bill Murray ❤️
2. Aware I have found my perfect balance of being able to do stuff and see fave comedians in London but live somewhere that is affordable and countryside-adjacent
3. Work not far from Bill Murray comedy club
1. Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social @ Bill Murray ❤️
2. Aware I have found my perfect balance of being able to do stuff and see fave comedians in London but live somewhere that is affordable and countryside-adjacent
3. Work not far from Bill Murray comedy club
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#ThreeGoodThings
1. Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social @ Bill Murray ❤️
2. Aware I have found my perfect balance of being able to do stuff and see fave comedians in London but live somewhere that is affordable and countryside-adjacent
3. Work not far from Bill Murray comedy club
1. Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social @ Bill Murray ❤️
2. Aware I have found my perfect balance of being able to do stuff and see fave comedians in London but live somewhere that is affordable and countryside-adjacent
3. Work not far from Bill Murray comedy club